"Marcus, come and look, this is the four-leaf clover I just found from the edge of the field." Sonia held several four-leaf clovers in her hands and showed them off to Marcos who was standing aside.
Marcus glanced at the four-leaf clover in her hand: "You're really lucky. Marvin and I searched for a long time yesterday, but we couldn't find even one."
"Do you want me to give them all to you?"
"Come on, you want me to do something for you again." Marcus shook his head. He knew what his friends were thinking very well. He even knew what these people were planning to do with just one movement.
"Then tell me if you want to help me?" Sonia poked Marcos on the shoulder, "If you don't plan to help me, I won't help you find four-leaf clovers again."
Marcus thought for a few seconds: "It depends on what the matter is. If it is beyond my ability, then I can't help even if I want to."
"Come closer." Sonia whispered something in Marcos' ear.
"No, no, Mr. Brutus will definitely not agree." Marcus shook his head. He felt that Brutus would probably not be interested in this matter.
"If you say it, Mr. Brutus might agree. Everyone knows that you two have a very good relationship."
Marcus hesitated for a moment, then took the four-leaf clover from Sonia's hand: "I'm going to try, but if I fail, you have to help me find the four-leaf clover."
"Okay, it's a deal!" Sonia patted Marcos on the shoulder, "I'll continue looking for him now!"
Today is already the twelfth day that Brutus came to Laxius Village. Brutus completed the work assigned to him by the village chief yesterday, but he did not report the results to the village chief, but prepared to delay
Wait for one day and then go to the village chief tomorrow.
After all, it feels good to fish for a while, and it feels good to fish all the time...
The class became more and more popular, and now all the children in the village came to listen to his class, so he had to change the place of class to a shade tree on the edge of the village.
He was currently lying on the hillside where he and Marcos were observing the surrounding environment that day, basking in the sun. He covered his eyes with his right hand to block the sun, and held a piece of weed in his mouth.
The weather in Laxius Village in the morning makes people feel very comfortable. It is neither too cold nor too hot. There is a breeze from time to time and the sun is shining brightly. In such an environment, lying on the grass and sleeping is almost a kind of enjoyment - if not
It's even better if mosquitoes buzz around your ears from time to time.
If possible, living in the village seems not a bad choice, but considering my status as a free citizen and my character as an adventurer, it is obviously impossible to live here permanently.
"It would be better to leave as soon as possible." Brutus thought about it and changed his original intention of leaving before autumn to one month later. He was worried that he would be reluctant to leave if he stayed here for a while longer.
And if you stay for another month, you should be able to save enough to travel to a nearby town. At that time, you can take on adventure guild tasks in the town to save travel expenses.
He has already asked Fabrice, and there is indeed such a guild - mainly for free people in the kingdom or citizens who want to get ahead. Free people can obtain citizenship by completing tasks and reaching a sufficient amount. Citizenship
You can take missions in exchange for military service, and you can also make a fortune at the same time.
If some citizens completed a certain important task outstandingly, they would most likely be awarded the title of knight, which would be a stepping stone to becoming a noble. For free citizens, the threshold would be much higher.
I have to say that although Fabrice seemed to dislike him, he answered all questions and answered them in detail. He didn't really let him, who had just recovered from his injury, and Marcos, who was not yet an adult, run twenty laps that day.
, but raising the shield is still indispensable.
"Mr. Brutus, I knew you were here."
Brutus slowly moved his right hand to avoid being blinded by the sun: "Marcus, what's the matter?"
"We have a request." Marcus sat down next to Brutus and looked at the forest in the distance, "Mr. Brutus, can you come to our forest celebration."
"Forest celebration?" Brutus thought it was probably a religious festival or something like that. "Is it a festival to celebrate something or to worship some god?"
"This is a tradition in our village. On the first day of the last week of June, we enter the deep forest on the east side. We blindfold ourselves and follow the guidance of the forest goddess to her designated altar, and offer tributes to pray to Laxius.
The village’s autumn harvest.”
Marcos then added: "Of course, that is what the older people in the village do. What we do is to mark an area in the forest to play hide and seek. Legend has it that we may encounter the forest goddess who plays with us. If
If you are lucky enough to meet her, she will give you a small blessing."
"Don't these two things conflict?" Brutus was a little curious. It was amazing that a god could spread two sets of stories in a small place.
"No, because that's what the legend has been handed down, and we've always done it this way."
"I understand." But Brutus still had concerns, "Then there won't be any problem if I participate?"
After all, he is a foreigner and does not believe in God.
"You can participate as long as you are invited by the children." Marcus explained to him, "But I thought you would not participate. After all, I have never seen anyone you believe in, and I don't know if I will agree with you.
beliefs conflict.”
"No, no, no, this should be what worries me." Brutus shook his head, "Actually, I am an atheist."
Brutus' unexpected words made Marcus hesitate: "Well... I think there should be no problem. The forest goddess is very generous, and she won't do it just because she is or is not her.
Believers are treated differently."
"Well, I will join your celebration." Brutus agreed to the invitation of the children represented by Marcus, so that he could also learn more about the operating rules of this world.
I hope this goddess is really as generous as Marcus said, instead of killing me, an atheist, under a tree with a thunder... Brutus thought so.
He suddenly stood up and looked towards the woods to the west, as if he noticed some movement.
"What's the matter, Mr. Brutus?" Marcus also stood up and looked to the west, but he felt nothing special.
"There were many birds flying from there." Brutus explained casually, "It means that someone is coming from there, or there is some big movement."
Marcus thought for a while and roughly knew who was coming: "I think it should be Tax Collector Ion and his entourage. They come to the village for the second time around this time every year."
"Let's go back to the village chief." Brutus saw that the place where the birds were flying was still far away from the village. "We can still chat with the tax official for a while before he arrives in the village."