Three days after cheese arrived at Dragon Ridge top tavern, snow

    "have you heard? Jack lost one of their sheep today A villager took a sip of wine and said.

    "Ah, I heard that cattle have been missing these two days. I don''t know what happened." Another villager nodded and said.

    "I heard that wolves came from nearby." The third villager said.

    "No! The animals are kept in the barn at night. How did the wolf come in? "

    …………

    The heated discussion was stopped by the presence of one person. Cheese was still wearing his trademark grey robe, and the snow had a thin layer on his hood and shoulders, indicating that he had been walking in the snow for some time. It seems that the villagers are afraid to enter the tavern after the rumors stop.

    "A glass of ale." Cheese frowned and sat at the bar and said to the landlady. His eyes have no focal length, so it can be seen that he is thinking about something. Maybe his thinking is so focused that he doesn''t pay attention to the murmur of the villagers around him.

    Soon, the villagers in the tavern left in twos and threes. The pub, which was still overcrowded just now, turned out to be the owner''s wife and the cheese unconsciously drinking wheat wine in front of the bar. The landlady cleaned up the dishes on the table with a look of anger on her face. After all, cheese ruined the business in the tavern.

    "If you don''t find out where the animals are, I''m afraid I''ll close down in less than half a month." Grabbing the empty glass with almost rude action, the landlady complained to the grey robe.

    "Oh, I''m sorry, I was just thinking about something." Cheese is awakened from his meditation and looks around at the cold environment. He says awkwardly.

    "Since you came here, nearly ten animals have been lost in three days. If you are hungry, you can tell me. Even if you need raw meat, you can let grandfather Jon talk about it The landlady said while doing a simple cleaning.

    "I''ve said it many times, Elsa, that I really have nothing to do with the missing animals. The abyss is at the bottom, and how can I explain that you can believe that I don''t need living things to sacrifice." Said cheese, holding his head.

    The landlady put down her plate and went to the opposite side of the cheese. Her hands suddenly fell on the bar and made a loud noise. After the cheese was scared up, she said to the latter in this very powerful posture.

    "Then go and solve it! Bring the real thief back, if it''s a wolf, take their skin, if it''s a man, take their head! Tell those people you''re innocent. "

    It has to be said that although Elsa is very sweet, when she is angry, her momentum is not comparable to those noble ladies in the south. The fierce blood of northerners also flows into the girl''s body. And our poor cheese became the victim of this momentum. He was completely implicated. Obviously, the landlady blamed him for the bad business, though it was not a wrong thing for him.

    "Yes, my lady, but as you can see, I''ve been running in the village all day about it. How about a little rest?" Cheese said with a wry smile. This is true. Even though he is a real magician, magic is not omnipotent. What''s more, he is still investigating the plague of magic. He has no way to deal with this disaster.

    Back in his room, cheese lay on a cold wooden bed, staring at the ceiling.

    "In the end, what happened..." The young mage murmured.

    Cheese raised his hand, and there was a little green halo in his hand. The color of the green light was neither the green of the forest nor the green of the grass, but a kind of green that made people look evil. This is cheese from the town collected, although very light, but he can be sure that this is a dangerous magic plague. And it must have something to do with the task given to you by your teacher. The mage looked at the green light in his hand and combed the things he had experienced in the past few days from the beginning to the end.

    "As soon as I arrived, the animals began to be lost. So it was almost certain that I was the most suspect, but not me, unless..." Cheese''s eyes narrowed, and he thought of a possibility. And the next step is to demonstrate whether this may be right. Turning out of bed and putting on his robe, the mage rushed back to the tavern hall at the fastest speed in his life.

    "Elsa! Tell me that nothing unusual has happened in this town before I came here, or any stranger

    The boss''s wife saw cheese so excited for the first time. For at least five days, the grey robed man had always been a slouch. Even if he was talking to the head of the frost guard or was criticized by the whole town behind his back, he was a indifferent look. So the landlady was really shocked.

    In fact, cheese has always had a wizard''s unique arrogance, which is very common among people with power, or knowledge. They always think that they have more knowledge than ordinary people, so they can see the key that is ignored. Because of this pride, though cheese had been investigating the town for three days, he did not ask the villagers. In the words of his teacher, the mage should believe what he sees more than what people see.And when the grey robed mage decides to ask others for confirmation, he can also be a good communicator. So cheese quickly got information from the landlady about the man in black who had appeared in the tavern three days ago.

    "Can you show me that silver coin?"

    Although Elsa was reluctant to take out the valuable silver coin, she did not care too much to solve the cattle theft in the town as soon as possible.

    "This is it." Reluctantly, the landlady took out a silver coin from the inside of her clothes. Instead of giving it to cheese, she put it on the counter. At the same time, she is always on guard against the actions of cheese. If the other party shows a little willingness to rob, she will react immediately.

    But cheese naturally ignored the owner''s wife''s small action, he carefully looked at the silver coin, in the sunlight through the window, silver coin shining metal light.

    "Ice breaking trout badge." The cheese frowned and whispered. On the upward side of the silver coin is a trout sign leaping out of the ice. Of course, in view of the rough casting technology of the silver coin, only those who are familiar with the emblem can see what it is. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is only a fish.

    "The emblem of the sarons?" Although Elsa had little impression of the aristocratic system, as the nearest Lord family, she knew the symbol of the salon family.

    "I think so." The cheese nodded and turned the silver coin over, with the royal symbol on the other side.

    "What does that mean?" Elsa was also interested. She wanted to know what the man in grey could know through a silver coin.

    "The silver coin has the insignia of the Lord on one side and the emblem of the royal family on the other side, which proves that the silver coin is a currency approved by the king and then handed over to the Lord himself. Generally, this type of currency will not circulate too far away from the territory. Because there is a certain difference in the weight of metal added to the coins cast by different lords, if the merchants who travel between the major territories are more willing to use the coins issued by the king, their value will be better unified. " Cheese said quickly. As a wizard who entered the civilized society for the first time, much of his knowledge was only learned in books.

    "So the black robed guest has a high probability of coming from the Earl of saloon. And... "

    "And you said three days ago that the Earl of saloon is finished." Elsa went on with the cheese.

    "Yes, the Raven told me that the land had been destroyed, and the threat of destroying it was still close. At first, I thought it meant an army or some other armed force. Now, maybe I made a mistake. " Said cheese. He had previously looked at the plague separately from the destruction led by the count of salon, but now he found that the relationship between the two was perhaps closer than he thought.

    "What do you mean?" Asked the landlady.

    "It means to destroy what Earl saloon has brought to this town, and if we don''t get rid of it quickly and safely, maybe the town will be very dangerous." Cheese said with a smile.

    It''s Elsa''s turn to frown this time, she said in a sullen voice.

    "Why are you so excited when you talk about danger?"

    "No, my lady, I have no interest in simple danger. I feel happy because Well, because of something else. " Cheese raised his eyebrows and said.

    Elsa wanted to speak again, but the grey robe went on talking.

    "Don''t worry, I promise to deal with it, whatever it is." With that, cheese pulled up his hood and turned to walk outside the pub.

    "Is that what you gave me? It won''t hurt me, just like any other question you''ve given me. " The master walked out of the door of the tavern and whispered to himself in the cold wind mixed with snowflakes.

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