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Chapter 36 Old Charlatan (part one)

Chapter 36 Old Charlatan (part one)

"Women's fragrance? Where?"

Steve was dozing off in the carriage, but upon hearing Harry's words, he immediately became alert and pulled back the curtain to look around.

Du Chen also looked curiously. He had heard that Antwerp, a city built by the sea, was half a port and half a fortress-like city wall. It was a famous city, and they were currently on their way to the main gate of the city wall.

In front of the dark blue city gate, the drawbridge over the moat had already been lowered, and there were a few pedestrians sparsely walking on it, most of them dressed as merchants. There were also priests, laborers, soldiers, and people of various backgrounds. But there were no women as Harry had claimed.

Steve disappointedly pulled his head back, "Snowbeast, if you dare to deceive me again, I'll give you to the orcs as a boy toy!"

As he said that, he glanced at Aliza intentionally or unintentionally.

Our Aliza was happily nibbling on a basket of beef jerky like a well-behaved baby. When he heard Steve's words, he blinked his eyes, "What's a boy toy?! Is it something to eat or something to play with? That meatball definitely doesn't taste good, but it should be fun to play with!"

"Master Steve, how could I dare to deceive you! You must believe your humble servant!" Hearing Alizha's words, Harry cowered in the corner with a frightened expression and said with a face full of grievance, "As you know, Snowbeasts are worthless, but only this nose can show off in front of others. Yes, I am a despicable Snowbeast, but I would never deceive you with my only pride!"

"Forget it, big brother!"

Du Chen didn't notice anything unusual either. Impatiently, he said, "It's just a woman, don't think about it. There are plenty of beautiful women waiting to welcome you in the city!"

"No, no! Stop the carriage!"

Steve waved his hand solemnly, "My brother, you don't know. With my years of experience, women who emit a natural fragrance are the epitome of beauty and purity. How can we miss such an opportunity! Harry, tell me more about the scent and the exact location! If you can't explain it clearly, you will definitely become Aliza's boy toy!"

Harry took a few more sniffs, "Master Steve, your experience is indeed unparalleled. Your servant deeply respects you. The salty scent of the sea, the decaying goods of the merchants, and the sweat of the soldiers cannot mask the delicate fragrance of a virgin. It's like... the faint scent of violets, very elegant, refreshing, but never vulgar!"

Steve's eyes lit up at his words and he urged, "Keep sniffing, quickly find out the exact location of that beauty for me. If you accomplish this, I will let you go, young master! Otherwise..." He glanced at Alizha, who was still munching on the beef jerky.

"Okay, okay!"

Harry was overjoyed and quickly stuck his head out of the carriage, sniffing vigorously.

Meanwhile, Du Chen sat uninterestedly next to Alizha, sharing the beef jerky with him.

Women...

Damn...

Grapes...

I hate you!!

After a moment, Harry's face turned slightly red. He continued to inhale frantically, his breathing becoming a bit rapid. He pulled his head back from outside the carriage, closed his eyes, and said while sniffing, "This woman's fragrance is masked by a fishy smell, but that fishy smell is strange. It's not the smell of blood or decaying goods. Young master, your humble servant is truly powerless. I have tried my best, really tried my best."

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"Try a little harder!" Steve looked at him hopefully.

"I can only confirm one thing, that woman is moving towards the city gate, very slowly, um... probably less than two hundred meters away from us!"

Can he really smell that?

This nose is really more useful than a dog's!

Du Chen couldn't resist his curiosity once again and lifted the curtain to look outside.

There was only one main road in front of the city gate, and with a distance of over two hundred meters, the range had already been narrowed down significantly. Within this specific range, there were only a few people - mercenaries carrying weapons, merchants pushing carts, and a priest carrying a sack...

A priest carrying a sack? Could the priest be...? But Du Chen immediately dismissed his own judgment. Although the priest was very thin, it was easy to distinguish between men and women. Since the priest was a man, then who was the woman? A priest carrying a sack?

Du Chen's heart skipped a beat. As a first-class priest of the Law Enforcement Temple, he knew that members of the Holy Church had great power in the three continents. For example, if they were traveling with goods and encountered the lowest class of slaves, they could make the slaves carry their things for them.

In short, priests rarely did such laborious work.

There's something wrong with this priest!

Du Chen looked carefully again and saw that the sack on the priest's back was very large, bulging and full. Every step he took seemed extremely difficult.

Steve also noticed and grabbed Du Chen's hand. The two of them jumped off the carriage. "Francis, come with me. That old guy has a problem."

When the two brothers ran up to the priest, he had just reached the drawbridge.

"Hey, respected priest, aren't you tired carrying such a big bag?" Du Chen hurriedly approached, patting his shoulder with one hand and quickly feeling the sack with the other.

It felt soft and extremely elastic.

Guilty, guilty!

There's a woman inside the sack! And it's stuffed with cotton, so you can't tell it's a human shape from the outside.

But it's also easy to suffocate someone alive!

The priest turned around, revealing an old man with short white hair that looked to be in his sixties or seventies. He had triangular eyes, thin lips, and a goatee that curled up, giving the impression that this old man was a troublemaker in his youth.

Although you can't judge a person by their appearance, everyone must admit that there are some people who just give off a "whip and scold" vibe at first sight.

This old man was one of those people.

"Oh, young man, what can I do for you?" The old man saw Du Chen's friendly face and suppressed his dissatisfaction, revealing a bright smile on his wrinkled face.

"I don't have anything to do, I just wanted to ask, sir, what's in the bag behind you?"

At this moment, Steve nodded at Du Chen, indicating that he had investigated and this old man was not a powerful man!

The old trickster smiled slightly, "It's nothing, just some cotton. I'm quite old, I can't carry heavy things anymore. Sorry, I have important matters to attend to, I must leave!" As he spoke, he was about to talk to the soldiers who were inspecting.

"Stop!" Steve snatched the sack from him, weighing it in his hands. Based on the countless noble ladies he had held hands with, he immediately determined that there was a relatively weak young girl inside!

"Who are you, young master? Don't you know any manners?" The old trickster became furious, reaching out to snatch the sack back. "Give it back to me! Otherwise..."

"Otherwise what? Hmph, old man, how dare you traffick women!"

Du Chen shouted loudly in front of the city gate, immediately attracting the attention of the people entering the city.

The old trickster's face changed constantly, angrily saying, "Stop spouting nonsense! I have always been righteous in my life, when have I done such despicable things!?"

"Hey, still denying it? Everyone, come and see! Is this cotton?" Du Chen called out to the crowd, while secretly laughing in his heart. There's a good deed to be done, and with so many people watching, maybe he could even create a "Virtue of Antwerp Port" incident!

People quickly gathered around, surrounding Du Chen and the others. With the large number of merchants and travelers entering and leaving Antwerp Port, the crowd watching grew more and more impressive.

Du Chen pointed at the old Charlatan and shouted, "Everyone, please look! This old man is brazenly pretending to be a priest of the Holy Church and trafficking women into the city..."

"You... you scoundrel!"

The old trickster was so angry that his goatee trembled. He grabbed Du Chen's hand.

Hmm, this old man's grip is weak, he's not a tough opponent. And looking at his clothes, they're not luxurious, so he probably doesn't have any background. This good deed is set.

"What? You want to fight? Still denying it?" Du Chen shook off the old trickster's hand, gesturing for Steve to put the sack on the ground. He held the opening of the sack with both hands, looked around at the onlookers, and said, "Today, I will let everyone here witness your shamelessness!"