At this moment, not to mention Test’s spy, even if ’Owl’ Jon personally came before Antitina, he would probably hesitate to recognize her.
Moreover, in this turbulent time, a trivial matter like one person disappearing in a vast city wouldn’t attract any attention. The cemetery district was already a scary place to talk about, so much so that the municipal staff only noticed their negligence after seeing their colleagues’ actions a few days later——
Originally, incidences of missing persons should fall under the Guard Team’s jurisdiction, but before that, the Security Cavalry had already conducted a high-profile search. The scale was exceptional, with three squadrons almost turning the East District upside down, nearly alarming the Brags local Noble Council.
However, afterward, Viscount Test seemed unwilling for this matter to become a handle for others, thus ceasing action and categorizing the whole issue under the ’cemetery attack incident’ that happened about half a year ago, turning it into an unsolved case.
Hence, Antitina can now appear outside without worry.
Standing next to her, slightly taller, was Miss Roman. The merchant girl was currently staring intently at a row of crystal balls on the table not far away, frowning slightly as if trying to understand what those things were, showing the perseverance of a scholar——
But what amused Ben a little was that there wasn’t a single word written on the crystal balls, no matter how long or seriously she stared at them, they wouldn’t sprout flowers.
He knew she was doing this just to get Antitina’s attention.
Over the past few days, Little Roman and Antitina had been getting along splendidly. She had an innate sharp sense, able to detect opportunities under normal circumstances——but Antitina had what she lacked in terms of common sense and necessary knowledge of the outside world.
For instance, if no one had told this future merchant girl that the Anzek Region had always been responsible for supplying alcohol and food to Brags, this country girl from Buqi certainly wouldn’t have seen the business opportunities within.
But now, Antitina played this role, although all her knowledge came from books, it was still better than Miss Roman’s imagination, wasn’t it?
"What are those things, Ant?" Roman finally couldn’t hold back.
Antitina’s attention was actually fixed on those thumb-sized crystal balls too. Their owner was a man in a black suit: in Erune, not everyone had the qualification to wear that kind of suit, he was a monk.
The girl couldn’t help but look at Ben, but the young man remained indifferent. She was momentarily stunned, then frowned slightly.
"Those are ’Torches’." Antitina answered softly without turning her head.
"The Torch is a holy relic of civilization spread in the wilderness, I didn’t expect to see such a thing at this auction." Antitina replied.
"I still don’t understand." The merchant girl straightforwardly replied.
Antitina couldn’t help but sigh. After a few days of interaction, Ben hadn’t disappointed her. She hadn’t imagined that the one who hired her was truly a noble knight and even a legendary Highland Knight. Moreover, Ben usually behaved courteously and calmly, fitting the image of a lord she had always envisioned——
But his fiancée was a bit of a headache, though it’s not that Roman was hard to get along with, on the contrary, the merchant girl’s personality was lovable most of the time. The problem was that she seemed to truly consider Antitina a walking encyclopedia, always asking questions with a curious expression.
Yet, she couldn’t refuse, so she had to reply, "How much do you know about our world?"
The girl coughed twice and replied, "Alright, I’ll try to simplify it, in the Cruz people’s epic, their god ’Aixiru’ (Marsha) created a world from chaos bordered by six elements: fire, wind, earth, water, life, and darkness. After the Elven King’s contract was fulfilled, the world boundaries formed——"
"These boundaries constantly draw the strength of magic from chaos, forming an infinitely extending land in four directions, which is the world we live in——thus the world should be spherical above and flat below, extending infinitely in all four directions."
"But this world always tends to shift towards chaos, hence Lord Marsha imposed laws to fix order on the land mortals walk on. In these regions, the sun, moon, and stars run normally, letting mortals thrive and civilization continue——"
"But outside the land Lord Marsha guards, it’s a battlefield of elements and chaos, with vast transitional regions, which we call the ’wilderness’. Yet, the Land of Order and wilderness can interchange, hence the Pioneer Knights and ’Magic Tide’ came into being."
"And the Torch is key to planting the law on the earth. A territory established in the wilderness must have a Torch."
Antitina coughed again and after explaining, asked, "Did you understand?"
Roman nodded, then shook her head, and answered adorably, "I only understood the first sentence——ah! Ow, ow, Ben, let go of me——" Apparently, she was pulled over and hugged by Ben mid-sentence.
"Little Roman, it seems you aren’t destined to have a Wizard’s talent, so stop worrying about these things. Instead, think about how much money we can make at the auction." Ben spoke to her while giving an apologetic look to Antitina.
The girl smiled gently.
She stepped up quickly and asked, "You don’t care about those Torches, Mr. Ben?" As his staff, she naturally knew about Ben buying a Pioneer Knight’s certificate.
Ben glanced at those crystal balls. The presence of so many Torches did pique his interest, but he knew he wouldn’t be the only one interested, he figured he could only try later. Besides, the place he was heading to had a dormant Torch, so he wasn’t urgently in need of it.
Thus he replied, "I understand, I’ll try later."
Antitina looked at him, thought for a moment, then nodded a bit uneasily. To her, Ben was a young knight trying to carve out his own place, whether he succeeded wholly depended on having his own territory——or marking merit in the war.
And the girl understood, her future path also fully hinged on this, after all, at this moment only Ben appreciated her talent.
Therefore, she couldn’t help but worry about his every move.
Ben noticed the girl’s concern, wanted to say something more, but suddenly saw the Limp Man in the shadows signaling him to hurry up, indicating the auction was about to start, urging him and the others to quickly get ready. The young man blinked, raised his head, and indeed saw people gathering and starting to enter.
(PS: Not feeling well today, only one Chapter.
Also, sincerely asking for monthly tickets and subscriptions. After a week in the hospital, subscriptions have dropped significantly.)(To be continued, for more, visit www.qidian.com, support the author, support legal reading!)