"What are you looking at?" Priul held a wooden wine glass and sat next to Brutus. Following his gaze, he saw a group of young villagers dancing around the fire.
Brutus took a sip of the cider and replied, "Peace and hope."
"Peace and hope." Puliul repeated Brutus's words and laughed a few times, "Yes, it sounds like it is worth watching for a long time. Unfortunately, this kind of life is not what I want."
"Are you thinking about making great achievements?" Brutus withdrew his gaze and looked at Priul beside him.
"It's better to say it's the lintel of the main gate." Puliure touched the stubble on his chin, "Let my family, starting from me, stand at the top of power in this country."
"It's better to raise the pillows during the day. That would be easier to achieve." Brutus shook his head, "The gap between nobles and nobles is the same as the gap between nobles and commoners."
Prioul took a sip of fruit wine and choked and coughed several times: "Yes, even if we are both nobles, there are differences. Just like the difference between the wine drunk by an earl and marquis and the glass in my hand.
"
"It would be nice to have some." Phillip came up behind them at some point, "Normally alcohol is prohibited in the village. Only on important days will some be taken out from the stock. If you don't want to drink, why not give it to me."
Priul simply gave the wine glass in his hand to Philip, leaving Brutus on the side shaking his head secretly. After all, he did not want to kiss the man indirectly.
Philip poured the wine from the Puliou glass into his own wine glass that had already been empty: "I will also return the glass for you, so you don't need to thank me."
Priul waved his hand indifferently, signaling this guy to leave quickly.
"What about you, Brutus, what do you want to do?" He took up the topic and asked Brutus.
"Me?" Brutus shook his head, "To be honest, I haven't thought about it yet."
He drank the fruit wine in one gulp, leaned against the barrel behind him, and spoke his thoughts half-truthfully: "I came to Loma from Gris to escape the enemy's pursuit. After inspecting along the way, I felt that here
Obtaining citizenship is also a good option.”
"The results of it?"
"I was pushed all the time in Tatto Town, and that's what I'm like now." Brutus smiled bitterly, "The truth is that I haven't thought about what I should do in the future. If I get the status of a citizen,
I can live a good life here, and maybe that’s pretty good too.”
"To put it bluntly, you lack a clear goal." Puliure nodded, "I see that although you have no fighting skills, your physical fitness is pretty good; you are educated and have courage. Since you can be pushed forward, it means that
I can still help him."
"If you become a citizen, you must be a good cannon fodder."
"?" Brutus looked at Priul with happiness written all over his face.
"So-called citizens have both rights and responsibilities." Puliure's voice sounded extremely calm. "The Kingdom of Loma is in a period of foreign development, and the citizens of Loma need to fight a lot of battles.
.”
"When the political turmoil in the royal capital comes to an end, I am afraid that every male citizen of Loma will have to go to the battlefield at least twice. Of course, if you are rich enough, there will be no problem, but the amount of money spent each time is too much.
This amount."
Priul stretched out his hand and made a three sign.
"Thirty gold lat?"
"I'm not imaginative enough, three hundred." Puliure gave the correct answer.
"Then it's better to rob." Brutus knew very well that a male citizen of Tatto Town could only save a few gold lattice a year.
"It's not as fast as grabbing money." Puliure smiled, "So you have to serve the service sooner or later. After serving for four years, you might be able to go back to your hometown and enjoy your life with your military exploits and salary."
"It's even more difficult for free people. Paying money is a trivial matter. If you are sent to the auxiliary barracks, you will have to build roads and forts every day. People like you are especially targeted for special attention. The advantage is that you can become a citizen faster."
"Then how can I get here safely?" Brutus felt that Priul was bluffing.
"The citizens of the royal capital are still making trouble, but if we count the time, those old guys from the Senate should have made a decision." Priuld didn't care about Brutus' suspicion, "In a while,
, the mobilization documents are expected to be sent to the provincial capitals."
"So, Brutus, there is still an option to go to the Turner Province as soon as possible. Compared to betting on citizen corps of varying quality, an adventure group that has been tempered by long-term battles is obviously more trustworthy.
Priul patted Brutus on the shoulder and stood up to take a walk.
"It's much easier to draw lines on a map than to walk by yourself." Brutus sighed, stood up and walked towards the celebrating villagers, hoping to use this noisy environment to dilute some worries about the future.
"Brutus, you came just in time." Jack caught sight of Brutus walking over, took out a document and handed it to Brutus, "This is the certification document for this battle, you see
Take a look at it and accept it if you have no objections. I hope it can be helpful to you."
Upon hearing this, Brutus opened the folded paper and browsed it quickly, frowning: "This is too much, I don't have so much credit."
"You need this more than us." Jack pressed Brutus' hand to return the document, "Sissoko City will not give us any reward, but this will not be good for you and Knight Prieur.
It’s the same, if you have such merit, it will be useful.”
Brutus hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the document: "Thank you."
"There's no need for this. I heard from Knight Puliure that you have indeed made great contributions. And if you hadn't brought Anil and the others with you, I'm afraid we would have spent a while in the mine to find Brandon.
And the body of Downs..." Jack said sincerely, "In short, you are a friend of Busala Village, and you are welcome to be a guest at any time in the future."
"By the way, there is still this money." Jack took out another money bag and handed it to Brutus, "I heard Knight Priuld say that you will leave tomorrow, and asked John to return the remaining rent money.
for you."
"Is that so?" Brutus himself hadn't heard Priul's arrangement yet, but since he said it, he still accepted it.
"I don't know how long this kind of peace can last." Jack looked at the villagers and sighed, "If it weren't for those damn goblins..."
...
At the edge of the forest where the village's firelight can no longer shine.
"The night is indeed the best cover, but if it weren't for the delay of these cannon fodders..." Priul neatly pulled out the long sword from the body of the last goblin, and he watched the other person escape.
direction, shook his head, and finally gave up the idea of pursuing.
"I didn't expect that there could be a big guy hiding in a village like this, but it's a pity that he escaped."