"Well, here, I'll have a drink with you." "Said Di, taking a glass of wine and pouring it into her mouth.
The way the liquid let out of her wine flowed down the corners of her mouth and down her white neck into her clothes was as charming as it would be... Silly-Head stared at the translucence of the thin dress on Flute's breast, swallowed, and averted his eyes, afraid to look any further.
"What's the matter? Why don't you drink it? ' "Di asked, putting down her glass.
"I... I drink, I drink." Silly-Head says, embarrassed.
With these words Silly-Head took the bucket and filled himself with a glass, lifted it up, and drank it down again.
As the glasses went on, the two men began to talk more. As they poured out their love for each other, the conversation gradually shifted to Silly-Head's task.
By this time, there were seventy or eight drunkenly Silly-Head, who was not as silent about the task as in the afternoon, and in the face of Flute's eager eyes, he told the story of the afternoon without thinking, and took out the large envelope that Gills's boss had given him, and showed it to Flute.
Die-head, who had been listening carefully, flashed a charming smile every now and then, but when she heard that the acceptance letter for new students at the Ivar Academy of Magic was in the large envelope Silly-Head had placed on the table, she no longer smiled. Her eyes fell on the envelope and she could not leave it for a long time.
"... I will come to see you whenever I can, for I am the best of friends." "Said Silly-Head, his eyes misty.
Dier woke up from her meditation, reluctantly looked at the envelope, forced a smile on her face, and said: "Well, I welcome you to come to see me, then, I will treat, still like today?" We are not drunk, come, I toast to you a cup, I wish you an early completion of the task."
"Di, thank you, you are the best friend I have made in the past two years, you are not like them to bully me, scold me, beat me, and treat me so good, I will never forget you for the rest of my life, really..." "Silly-Head said with emotion.
Flute's face went red again. Whether it was the words of Silly-Head or the wine, she lowered her head and said softly, "I can't forget you either, Silly-Head. Can I ask you a question?"
"What question?" 'Silly-Head asked puzzled.
"If, if one day, I hurt you, would you forgive me?" "Di asked, biting her lip.
"Forgive me, of course I do, because you're my best friend..." 'Silly-Head said without thinking.
Dil, hearing this, tears welled up in Mei's eyes, but Dil, as if she did not want Silly-Head to see her, secretly wiped the tears from her eyes while pouring the wine, and said to Silly-Head with a forced smile: "Thank you, Silly-Head. I will repay you. Even if one day I could exchange my most precious possession with you, I would not hesitate to give it to you, indeed."
"No, no, between our friends, how to repay or not repay, your business, is my business..." 'said Silly-Head, shaking his head.
'Well, I'll remember what was said today. Come, let's have another drink, shall we?' "Said Di, forcing a smile.
"Ok, drink." Silly-Head, without a word, took the glass that Flute offered him and began to drink.
Perhaps he was too happy, or perhaps the presence of such a gentle and lovely girl as Die made Silly-Head give up his usual caution. He drank too much wine, so much that he could not lift his head or open his eyes. The figure of Die on the other side became blurred...
"Silly-Head, Silly-Head..." 'Flute asked softly.
"Well..." Silly-Head faltered and sank back down on the table into a deep sleep.
By this time, it was very late, and there were not many people in the bar except for a few drunken mercenaries who had stayed out all night and were still having trouble with the drink. Diel got up, staggered over to Silly-Head, pulled him off the table with a force, and followed the envelope that was lying on the table, only she didn't put it in Silly-Head's pocket, she put it in her arms, and then, And she carried Silly-Head, who was almost unconscious, toward the back of the bar.
It was a very small room, and the little one could hardly turn around. At the far end of the room was a bed, on which Flute was struggling to place Silly-Head and seat herself panting on the edge.
Silly-Head, on the bed, stirred and rolled over into sleep.
Dil, seeing Silly-Head quiet for a while, slowly took the envelope out of her arms, gently opened it, and took out all the contents, placing them in her lap: a gold-plated acceptance letter, a detailed ID, a check for five thousand gold coins...
Flute thought for a moment, wrapped up the admission letter, the certificate, the check, and put it in her pocket. Then she put the rest of the things in the envelope and gently put them on Silly-Head's pillow.
I don't know for what idea, she stood up and wanted to leave. When she was about to go out of the room, she suddenly came back and stood on the bed, silently watching Silly-Head sleep. Gradually, tears glistening out of the corner of her eye.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to do this either. If I had a choice, I would never hurt you..." "Whispered Flute, leaning down and kissing Silly-Head hard on the lips...
...
Silly-Head, suddenly feeling very thirsty, so thirsty that he sat up...
"Wham..."
"Ouch..." A Silly-Head that banged hard on something and shrieked.
After a moment of confusion, Silly-Head opened his eyes and was shocked to find himself naked in a small bed, a sloping wall above him, a narrow hallway full of clutter...
"It was... Where is this? Dil, Dil..." "Silly-Head shouted nervously.
The figure of Dier, which Silly-Head longed for, did not appear, and even her voice did not come. Silly-head was Silly, not knowing what had happened, and hurriedly picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on his body. Suddenly, a piece of paper came into his sight and hurriedly picked it up.
On the paper, a few lines were written, Silly-Head took the light through the door, carefully looked at the paper, and his heart was suddenly cold. It was a message that Flute had left.
"I'm leaving, I'm sorry, I left without saying goodbye to you, I don't want to do that, but I can't face you, let alone how to explain, I hurt you, I'm sorry, if we can meet again in the next life, I would like to repay you, with my all..."
"Dier? This... What the hell is going on here?" There was a Silly-Head 'om' and a blast.
Silly-Head looked blankly around the room, wondering why Dil had left without saying no. Suddenly he saw what looked like a few drops of blood on the wrinkled sheets, and his heart sank as he remembered how naked he had just been.
"Don't you... Did I... last night? I had too much to drink and raped Diere? No, no, no way... What the hell is going on, Flute..." Silly-Head shouted and rushed out of the room.
A half-mad Silly-Head rushes into the bar. He runs straight to the bar to see if Flute is there, but, unable to spot her among the crowd of bartenders, he grabs a passing bartender and asks, "Where's Flute? Where is she?"
"Diere? I didn't see her today. I have to ask for leave." The waiter shrugged his shoulders and left.
"No? And where would she be? ' Questioning, Silly-Head ran all over the town, but it was as if Didier had vanished, and no one knew where she had gone.
Despairingly, Silly-Head returned to the door of the Mercenary Bar and sat on the steps staring at the people passing in the street, hoping to catch a glimpse of Die-Head...
"Ow..."
A donkey's bray startled Silly-Head awake. He looked at the donkey tied in the corner and saw the donkey shaking its head at him. Silly-Head, who knew something was wrong, got up and walked over to the donkey.
"Boss, what's wrong with you? You haven't been talking to me all morning." The donkey said disapprovingly.
"Di Er is gone." "Silly-Head said with a sigh.
"I know she's gone..." The donkey thought for a moment and said.
"You know? Then why didn't you tell me? ' Silly-Head, amused, said.
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The donkey snorted disapprovingly and said, "Did you ask me? Since this morning, you have passed by me twenty-seven times. When I called you, you always pretended not to hear me. Now..."
Silly-Head interrupted the donkey's chattering and asked anxiously, "Well, I know I was wrong. Where did she go? Just tell me, please."
The Donkey looked white at Silly-Head sad Silly-Head, and would have delayed a little longer, but seeing Silly-Head's eager eyes, his heart softened again, and he said: "Well, I'll tell you what, she went away. She came to say goodbye to me when she left. She said she never wanted to see you again, that she had hurt you, and that she would never forgive herself..."
"Wait, you hurt me again? I hurt her, so how can things be turned upside down? So... So where did she go?" "Silly-Head asked, distraught.
The donkey shook his head and said, "She didn't say, and I didn't ask."
"No idea? Oh, Flute, what is going on? You must hurry to leave. If you hate me because I have hurt you, I should be the one to leave..." Silly-Head's heart was all over the place.
The donkey stared at Silly-Head, amused, and thought to himself, "Well, it looks like things are getting funnier and funnier. Silly-Head must have done something wrong to Di, or why did the elf leave without saying goodbye? Well, what could it be that I'm sorry for?"
'Well... Boss, just be quiet, what the hell did you do to make the fairy girl run away?" "Asked the donkey curiously.
"I... I have done unforgivable things." Silly-Head's stunned response.
"The unforgivable? Oh my God, did you rape her?" "Asked the donkey, confused.
Silly-Head did not answer, but nodded foolishly.
The donkey, puzzled by the stupid look on Silly-Head's face, thought for a moment and said, "That's impossible. If you were Grace from two years ago, I'd believe you'd raped a hundred fairy girls, but... But now your, I'm afraid, even..."
'What did you say? You must not insult Di 'er." "Said Silly-Head, glaring at the donkey.
The donkey was startled and quickly explained, "Don't be angry, boss, but I'm just talking about the matter. With your current skill, can you subdue an agile elf? Especially if you are drunk, I think there must be something in it."
'What article? "Silly-Head asked quizzically.
The donkey blinked, shook his head, and said, "As for the article, that's up to you. After all, it wasn't me who raped that fairy chick..."
"Me?" "Silly-Head repeats blankly.
"Yeah, that's you." The donkey swore.
Book XXVI lost
In the end, Silly-Head couldn't get to the bottom of the problem and spent the morning stupidly.
At noon, the news that Silly-Head still hasn't set out comes from nowhere, and Boss Giles, regardless of his status, comes to urge him. As soon as he saw Silly-Head, he said urgently, "Oh, my little ancestor, why are you still here? Do you want to kill me?"
"Boss Gills, you... What brings you here? ' 'Silly-Head asked blankly.
Giles stiffened, remembering who he was, and said, "Silly-Head, our contract clearly says that you must complete the task in the shortest possible time, but now you are sitting on the floor wasting time, and according to the contract, you will be charged, do you understand?"
'A deduction? No, no, I'll be gone in a minute. ' Silly-Head was impatient.
"Well, that's more like it, by the way, it's the name of a restaurant I'm running near the Ivar Academy of Magic, and in a month's time I'll have a permanent contact there, and you'll keep him informed of the progress at least once every two weeks, is that understood?" 'said Gills, rather disapprovingly.
'But who are you going to send, Boss Gills?' 'asked Silly-Head thoughtfully.
"Don't worry about that. The man will find you in the academy. Now, get going." 'ordered Boss Gills.
'Yes, yes, I'll go then.' Silly-Head agreed reluctantly.
With mixed feelings about the mysterious parting of Des, with a longing for the town, with a lot of speculation about his fate, Silly-Head jumped on the back of the donkey and, at the urging of Boss Gills, ran out of town.
"Are we really going to Eiphal, Boss?" On the way, the donkey asked.
'What then? You can't take someone's money and not do something for them, can you?" Silly-Head retorts.
'That's not what I meant. What would I do if you got into the Academy? 'said the donkey helplessly.
"Oh, so you are worried about your fate ah, rest assured, I am now a rich man, I will arrange you no problem Dangdang." Silly-Head replied breezily.
"Really? How much money have you got, boss?" When the donkey heard that he had money, he cheered up.
"It looks like five thousand gold pieces. Let me see." "Silly-Head said, pulling the envelope out of his arms.
However, to Silly-Head's utter surprise, he clearly remembered that the envelope contained a check for five thousand gold coins, which he could not find this time, and to his horror, except for the paper containing the clues to the mission, the contract which he had been forced to print, everything else was gone.
The donkey was daydreaming about a decadent life of meat and wine all day long, when he suddenly noticed that Silly-Head was still on his back. He asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"A branch of... A check, a letter of admission, no papers." Silly-Head whispered.
"Huh? You're not kidding me, are you? Let me see." The donkey was angry.
"Fuck, why would I lie to you, it's really gone, I clearly remember putting it inside, how can it disappear all of a sudden?" "Silly-Head cried." Wrong.
"Really? That's strange. If you think about it, do you remember it wrong? ' "Said the donkey patiently.
Silly-Head looked at the empty envelope again, touched himself, and, in utter despair, said, "It's over, really not. Now I'm dead..."
"By God, have I really lost it? Then... Shouldn't I be allowed to drink and eat meat? I'll fuck you and you'll do it." The donkey got angry and began to curse.
The first time Silly-Head was scolded by the donkey, he did not lose his temper. He stared at the envelope in his hand and felt deeply remorse. After a moment of anger, the donkey sensed something strange in Silly-Head and asked concerned, "Hey, hey, are you okay? If you can't find that admission letter, forget it. We don't expect that to be our meal, do we?"
Silly-Head smiled miserably, shook his head, and said, "No, even if there is no acceptance letter, I will finish the task, because I have no other choice."
"No, no, now that you're in the Academy of Magic without your letter, we're not going to Eiphal." 'said the donkey, rolling his eyes.
"No, if I say I will go, I must go. Perhaps the person who took my notice is expecting me not to go. I will expose him and ask him to give it back to me." 'said Silly-Head, gnashing his teeth.
"Oh, you're such a fool, one doesn't have to go to the Academy of Magic. Five thousand ducats, that's a lot of money for a man to spend for a while. Oh, Silly-Head, do you think it was that fairy girl who took your stuff? If it's her..." 'said the donkey, suddenly thinking of a question.
"No, it won't. It couldn't have been Di." Silly-Head interrupted the donkey angrily.
"I'm just saying. What's your hurry?" "Said the donkey, shrinking his neck.
"Well, I trust Dier. She would never do such a thing. Someone else must have stolen it when I wasn't looking. Damn it, I'll make him sorry if I know who did it." "Silly-Head said bitterly.
"You? Come on, that's all you can do now. Oh, that's it, my good life..." Donkey's heart disdained to think.
The target was still the Academy of Magic, but Silly-Head's mood was very different, and he could not stop sighing all the way, so that the donkey had to take care of his emotions and dared not scold him too much. In the Donkey's heart, he still suspected that it was the fairy girl who had taken his future, but he did not dare to mention it to Silly-Head, for he was afraid that Silly-Head would get angry and leave him.
And so, one man, one donkey, in a heavy and oppressive atmosphere, after ten days, they approached the gathering of military, economic, political, cultural, commercial... The city of Afar, all in one.
Looking at the magnificent city in front of him, Silly-Head is in a terrible mood, and now a lot of problems are troubling him, no notice, tuition, living expenses, how he can get into the Academy of Magic, how to live on, how to search for the girl, how to face the contact sent by Boss Giles...
'What to do? Am I really finished? ' Silly-Head's lost soliloquy.
The donkey sighed. "Well," he said, "there will be a way until we reach the Academy of Magic."
"That's all there is to it." Silly-Head said helplessly.
Aifal city, worthy of those titles given to her by people, here is extremely prosperous, majestic in the city, majestic, grand buildings can be seen everywhere, the roads stretching in all directions like spiderwebs are covered with the whole city, both sides of the streets are shops, people like rivers, vehicles and horses like boats, everywhere is a noisy crowd, everywhere is the world of red wine, everywhere sound and song dance venues...
"Oh, my God, it's wonderful here." The Donkey's heartfelt praise.
"Keep it down, idiot, are you trying to sell us both? Watch out they sell you to the circus." Silly-Head swears under his breath.
'Yes, yes, but where's Elphal Academy of Magic in that direction? The donkey dropped his voice quickly.
"I don't know. Let's ask as we go." "Silly-Head said helplessly.
On the street, Silly-Head stopped a kind-looking old man and asked, "Excuse me, old man, but I was wondering how to get to the Ivar Academy of Magic?"
"You're going to the Academy? Look at that spire? That's the bell tower of the Academy of Magic. Just walk up there and you'll see it." 'replied the old man.
"Thank you." Silly-Head said thanks, led the donkey, and headed for the minaret.
Two hours later, Silly-Head led the donkey to the minaret. There was a separate complex standing on the hillside, a magnificent bell tower, a minaret, a school building, a playground... Scattered on the hillside, vaguely, it seemed to hear a sound coming from the college, which was probably the magic sound of the teachers in class...
Down the slope was a dense commercial district, enclosing the entire Magical Court, restaurants, inns, grocery stores, tailors, entertainment venues... Almost every kind of business, it seemed, was made up of merchants who profited from the noble lords and ladies inside.
To Silly-Head's surprise, among the thousands of merchants, there was a small mercenary bar, which was not difficult to find. The sign of the mercenary union hanging high in front of the door was easy to see. Silly-Head stopped looking at the occasional mercenary.
"Boss, why don't you go?" "Asked the donkey.
"I was wondering whether I should go to the mercenary union first, or report to the Academy of Magic." Silly-Head explains.
"Well, I suppose we'd better go and list ourselves, just in case we get a snag at the Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so we can come back and get our assignment." "Said the Donkey.
"That's right. Let's go." "Silly-Head said with a nod.
With that, Silly-Head led the donkey to the door of the Mercenary Bar, and after settling the donkey in, Silly-Head went in alone.
In the bar, the few mercenaries scattered in the corner, see Silly-Head came in, just looked at him, no longer care about him, Silly-Head naturally know that they will not attract attention, after seeing the pattern inside, he went straight to the bar.
"Hello, welcome to Amy's Mercenary Bar. Can I help you?" "Said MM, a pretty waiter.
"Hello, I am a mercenary from other places, and I want to sign up here to receive the task, can I?" "Silly-Head said.
"Of course, please show me your mercenary certificate." The waiter said with a smile.
Silly-Head sniffered the testimony of the sellsword, which he had already prepared, and handed over a silver coin.
MM took the certificate and the coin, opened it, looked at the note inside, nodded, took his magic pen, wrote the name of the Mercenary Bar in the corner of the note, and handed it back to Silly-Head.
"Thank you, and may I ask, is the Ihanl Academy of Magic still accepting students?" 'Silly-Head asked.
MM thought for a moment and replied, "As far as I know, the Academy of Magic closed its enrollment for this year two months ago. Why do you want to study at the Academy?"
"No, no, I'm just making inquiries. People like me can't afford to go." Silly-Head's awkward reply.
MM, the bellboy, smiles and says, "It doesn't matter. I can't afford to go to school, but I'm content to hear the bells ringing from the academy every day."
Silly-Head then realized that the waiter was in the same boat with him. With a silent sigh, Silly-Head asked, "Excuse me, what are the tasks issued by the Academy of Magic now?"
"Do you really want to go in? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm lost for words, there is a mission published by the Academy of Magic, but I don't want to introduce you to it." Waiter MM said with a smile.
"Why?" "Silly-Head asked curiously.