Imperial Crown

Under the reflection of the colorful clouds in the sky, Lux's face became more and more beautiful.

Although she was a little embarrassed, Lux did not refute Raven's words. After sending the children out of the church, she went back upstairs to change clothes.

Raven teased Xiaolan and glanced at the statue of the Lord of Light in the church: "Apollo, I'm going to take your people away."

The Lord of Light sat there quietly and did not object.

Not long after, footsteps sounded, and Raven turned his head and looked, with a flash of joy in his eyes.

Perhaps for convenience, or perhaps because she didn't want to be recognized, Lux changed into a rather simple dress, wearing a soft light yellow cloth headscarf on her head, and her golden hair after letting go of the braids was slightly curled and hung on her shoulders.

She wore a common light brown cloth long skirt, which was decorated with flowers and butterflies that were not exquisitely crafted, but under the glow of the fiery sunset, as her footsteps moved and her skirt fluttered, the butterflies seemed to come alive, dancing on the girl's body.

Seeing Raven's eyes, Lux's blue eyes flashed with nervousness: "...What's wrong?"

Raven walked forward, stretched out his arms and spread his palms: "Beautiful lady, I wonder if I am lucky enough to spend this beautiful night with you?"

Lux bit her lip lightly, then stretched out her hand.

With a snap, she clapped hands with Raven.

Raven was stunned in place, and Lux's eyes had a little more smile, and she walked out of the church with her hands behind her back.

"Wait for me." Raven also smiled and followed.

The arrival of the Dark Side of the Moon Traveling Troupe can be said to have added a rare touch of color to the originally slightly peaceful life in Eagle Town.

Not only Eagle Town itself, but also people from the nearby Shining Gold Town, Snow Maple Territory, and even Iron Furnace Ridge came here to admire its reputation. The total number is no less than tens of thousands, which can be said to be a surging crowd.

Although there are torches and braziers on the roadside to provide lighting, in the dim sky, it is just barely enough to prevent people from walking into the wild. If you are a little far away, it is difficult to see the faces of others.

Therefore, even without makeup, few people could recognize Raven and Lux.

At this time, Lux stood in the crowd, with curiosity and a hint of panic in her eyes, like a helpless kitten, who seemed not to be used to such a lively scene, and followed Raven closely, not leaving her step.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with a child walked by quickly, blocking Lux's sight. When she came to her senses, Raven disappeared.

Although she was a second-level strength, the dim environment and the strangers around her made Lux feel a little uneasy. She looked around, trying to find Raven's trace, but all she could see was the constantly flowing crowd.

She stood there alone, like a stubborn stone in the tide, lonely and helpless.

"Lux!"

Raven's voice sounded, and Lux ​​looked in the direction of the sound, and immediately caught a glimpse of Raven's figure. She didn't care about the crowd around her, and ran up quickly to grab Raven's arm, and her chest was slightly heaving.

She looked up at Raven: "Where did you go just now?"

Raven would not tell the truth, of course.

He actually wanted to tease Lux just now, but he immediately regretted it, so he immediately showed up, and it took less than half a minute from disappearing to reappearing.

"I went to buy you a glass of juice, try it?"

Lux's attention was really attracted.

Traffic is wealth. Although there is no economic system in this era, businessmen also have simple experience and wisdom.

All kinds of wine, beverages, snacks, and small toys are placed on both sides of the road, just like a night market.

These two glasses of juice were bought by Raven from a roadside stall. The raw materials are extremely plump apples, 100% freshly squeezed.

Lux took a sip, and the uneasiness on her face disappeared, revealing a satisfied smile.

Seeing this, Raven also took a sip. The taste was sour, and then the sweetness with fruity fragrance.

The juicing technology of this era was still very rudimentary and primitive. The juice contained broken pulp and seeds, which provided more apple flavor and a richer taste.

"Would you like to go shopping in front?" Raven asked.

"Yes!" Lux nodded without letting go of Raven's arm.

This was Lux's first time in such a lively place, and she would stop and take a look at almost every stall.

In an era of scarcity, meat was never wasted, even things that were considered scraps by the Western world in later generations were used in this world.

For example, roasted pig's trotters.

The best pig's trotters were washed clean, the hair was burned off, and boiled in a big pot. When a customer wanted to eat, the pig's trotters were taken out and grilled on charcoal.

When the soup on the surface was dried and browned, a layer of sauce was applied, and the pieces were cut into pieces along the bone seams with a knife, and then sprinkled with minced garlic and coriander, placed in a small wooden bowl, and then two sharpened wooden sticks were added to complete the dish.

Such a meal, including the container, only costs nine copper coins, which is good value for money. If you are willing to sit at the side of the stall to finish eating, the stall owner will give you two copper coins for tableware.

Lux ate the pig's trotter happily.

Because of the high collagen content, it always makes the lips sticky. Lux licked her lips from time to time, more like a kitten who had eaten fish.

The road is very long, and there are many kinds of snacks on the roadside. Some people even brought out home-brewed wine, which made Lux dizzy. She wanted to eat a piece of this and a taste of that. If it weren't for the fact that there were no packing bags in this era, I'm afraid there would be no need. After walking half the street, Raven's hands were almost occupied.

Even so, after visiting the peripheral "snack street", it took nearly three hours. The sky was completely dark, a large part of the lively crowd dispersed, and the lights seemed a bit dim.

Arriving outside the fence of the big tent, Raven paid for tickets for the two of them. The sect was divided into three levels.

The lowest level is 20 copper coins, and you can play various activities within the fence, but you cannot enter the central tent.

The middle level is worth fifty coppers, and you can enter the tent directly, but you cannot get involved in the surrounding projects.

The highest level is 60 copper coins, which allows you to play all projects.

Moreover, the ticket seller also reminded me that in the middle of the night, there will be very "explosive" programs in the tent.

From here we can see the cleverness of Dark Side of the Moon's marketing methods.

Now that we are here, who doesn’t want to go into the tent and watch the most serious performance? Fifty copper coins, grit your teeth, you have to spend it.

Now that fifty copper coins have been spent, do you still care about the remaining ten?

Of course Raven bought the "full price ticket" for 60 copper coins and took Lux into the fence.

Compared to outside, there are many fewer people here.

Thinking about it, few people would hang around outside for that long. People who came in earlier should have experienced many projects, and it was time to go to the tent to watch serious programs.

There are indeed a lot of projects here, including trepanning, divination, wrestling and so on.

Lux was not very interested in any of this, so she pulled Raven inside, and then her eyes were attracted by a clown.

Feeling Lux's gaze, the clown suddenly showed an exaggerated smile, danced and said: "Hey, sir and lady, do you want to try our dart roulette!"

"Each of you can shoot three darts for free. If you hit the area on the roulette wheel, you can get the corresponding reward! There are prizes for everything, and you will never miss!"

Just behind the clown, there is a table covered with red velvet, with many darts placed on it. About eight meters away from the table, there is a wooden disk about one person tall. The surface is full of small holes and is divided into uneven parts. of sixteen sectors.

There are eight special prizes, four third prizes, two second prizes, one first prize and a "surprise gift"!

The bigger the reward, the smaller the area.

Lux walked to the table, picked up a dart, and pointed to the side: "Well...if I want that, what's the prize?"

Lux was pointing at a fluffy stuffed rabbit with long ears and two lifelike red eyes. It was holding a half-eaten carrot.

The clown said loudly: "Oh! You have great vision. This is the mascot of our Dark Side of the Moon Troupe, 'Rabbi Little Boy'. As long as you can shoot the first prize, it will go home with you!"

"This is a specially customized doll. At each opening, only one prize of this kind will be released!"

Raven asked: "Do you need my help?"

"No need." Lux was eager to try. Although she had never played darts, she had always seen them. Besides, the distance was only about eight meters, how could she miss it?

Just as he was about to throw it, he heard the clown say: "Then let me prepare first."

Lux was stunned for a moment, ready? What to prepare?

Then she saw the clown return to the back of the stall, put his hand on the disk, and with a little force, the disk started to rotate, and soon turned into a colorful shadow.

Lux was a little panicked this time. She didn't expect that the plate would start spinning again.

But Lux was not a character who would give up easily. She took a deep breath, grabbed the dart, aimed at the roulette wheel and shot it.

With a pop, the darts landed on the roulette wheel, but did not stop, obviously waiting for Lux to finish shooting three.

Lux did not hesitate and shot out the remaining two darts in succession. At this time, the clown slowly stopped the roulette wheel.

"Alas..." Lux was a little disappointed.

Because of the three darts, two landed on the special prize and one landed on the third prize, and there was no doll she wanted.

"Congratulations! What a great harvest you have!" The clown jumped up and took out a few things from the box next to him: "This is your reward for this game. The special prize will be a piece of rag, and the third prize will be a copper coin. !”

For ordinary citizens, these three-inch square rags are a good thing. Not only can they be used to mend clothes, but if you get more, you can also sew a pair of shoe uppers or sew a piece of clothing directly.

But Lux was not very interested in this: "I want to try again, how much does it cost?"

"Five coins, three chances!" the clown said with a smile.

Of course Lux won't give up.

Then, as expected, Lux failed to win the award she wanted, but only had three more rags in front of her.

After two more rounds, you can sew a piece of clothing.

The clown continued to encourage Lux: "The force on your wrist has become more and more precise. I believe that you will definitely get the prize you want today!"

Lux thought about it seriously and shook her head decisively: "...Forget it."

This surprised and disappointed the clown. According to his experience, emotional customers usually won't listen to others' advice and will spend all their money.

But this beautiful girl, who obviously has no experience, can resist her greed under his encouragement. It's really rare.

Raven has already seen the trick: "If you want it, I'll get it for you?"

Lux was not willing to give it to him, but when she heard this, she nodded immediately: "Okay!"

The clown was overjoyed. He had seen too many young people who tried to show off in front of their lovers and sweethearts, but got rejected by him.

Since he was in charge of this stall, the clown naturally had his own skills.

After years of experience, he was more familiar with the roulette wheel in his hand than his wife. He had a clear outline in his mind about the speed, the time to turn to, and the overall distribution of the roulette wheel.

While it looked like his hand was constantly accelerating the roulette wheel, he was actually controlling the rotation speed of the roulette wheel, observing the shooter's movements, and predicting the dart's landing point. Basically, he could make people hit whatever he wanted them to hit.

Raven certainly saw this.

He walked to the edge of the table, picked up the dart, and whispered to Lux: "Come here."

"Hmm?" Lux was stunned for a moment: "Me?"

"Don't you think it's more fun to get a prize through your own efforts?"

Lux's heart was moved at once: "But, won't this drag you down?"

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Raven's words made Lux feel inexplicably relieved. She walked forward, and Raven half embraced her in his arms, holding her slender and smooth palm, pinching the dart and gently lifting it.

Feeling Raven's body temperature behind her and the heat from the back of her hand, Lux's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and she felt a little weak.

Raven's mouth curled up a smile of success. He slowly raised Lux's arm and whispered, "Watch it."

Lux's voice was soft: "Yeah."

Seeing this scene, the clown's hand movements suddenly changed. The disc seemed to be spinning all the time, but in fact it would move forward two steps and then back one step.

Show your affection in front of me, and feel the hand speed of being single for 32 years!

"One, two, three... shoot!"

As soon as the voice fell, Lux threw the dart in his hand, and it landed on the turntable with a sound of "doo".

At this moment, the clown's face changed a little, but fortunately the oil paint was thick and it couldn't be seen.

Although it was unclear where it landed, after the first time, Lux's shots became more and more stable, and soon the remaining two darts hit the target.

The result stunned the clown, one first prize and two surprise gifts!

"Great!" Lux jumped up, walked over and grabbed the rabbit doll, hugged it in her arms, and couldn't let it go.

The clown also came back to his senses after a brief surprise. Although he was somewhat defeated and lonely, he would not get angry and point at Raven and Lux ​​and start scolding.

After all, the troupe is open for business, not to make enemies.

The clown took out two badges from the box next to him and said sincerely: "I have been working in the troupe for more than 20 years. This is the first time I have seen such a good aim from you two, and the first time I have seen such a good relationship between the two couples."

"This is the prize of the surprise gift. With them, as long as our troupe is still in Eagle Town, you can enter the big tent to watch the performance for free!"

"Well, thank you very much." Raven reached out to take the badge and said to Lux: "Otherwise, let's go in and take a look?"

But Lux was still immersed in the joy of getting the doll. She held the rabbit and began to imagine where to put it in the room.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the silver light splashed all over the ground, covering Lux.

It was late, the clown closed the stall, and there were not many pedestrians around, which seemed a bit quiet.

Under the frosty moonlight, Lux was holding a rabbit doll, which reminded Raven of Chang'e in Guanghan Palace.

Raven walked forward slowly.

Although he had seen many women, his heartbeat began to speed up uncontrollably.

When the jasmine scent on Lux's body penetrated into his nostrils, Raven lowered his head, and a shadow was cast on Lux's arms.

At this moment, Lux, who had noticed something, raised her head, and before she could react, Raven's lips had already been printed on her.

Time seemed to stop at this moment, and even the chirping of insects disappeared.

I don't know how long it took, Raven raised his head and whispered:

"Sweet."

Lux's face suddenly burned with a layer of fire, and her misty eyes were a bit panicked and at a loss, and she jumped back a step:

"I... I still have evening classes to do, I'll go back first!"

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