Gold is Justice

"Hu~~"

Arrow lit the oil lamp, illuminating the bar on the ground floor.Napa continued to lie on the bar counter, not even looking at the little girl sitting on the chair with a cautious face.

"President, the door is closed."

Bradella lifted the latch, took Buffy and came to stand behind Arrow.

Airl sat on the dining chair with a smile on his face, and looked at the girl carefully from top to bottom.

She seemed timid.

The small body was hidden in the wide robe, and it felt a bit out of place, which further brought out the child's short stature.

Two skinny calves were exposed from under the robe, and the dirty feet overlapped each other shyly, with the toes curled up.

A pair of small hands grabbed the tattered branch, but they didn't know how to place the two hands. Sometimes they retracted, and sometimes they were placed behind.

After a long silence, Brad brought a cup of hot water.After taking a sip, Airl finally stood up, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Necromancer? You are young, but your magic power is quite strong."

Napa yawned and continued to sleep on her stomach.

But Ke Ke trembled, the twig in his hand turned around, and the thinner side tremblingly pointed at Airl.

The pair of Buffy and Brad continued to maintain that expression of question marks.It's alright if Buffy doesn't understand, but Brad smiled cheerfully, with an expression on his face that wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

"I...I'm not...Necromancer...Sir...You're wrong...I'm wrong..."

A weak and frightened voice came from the little girl's mouth, and her eyes turned involuntarily, not daring to look in Ai Luo's direction anymore.

Airl got up, poured a cup of hot water for herself and walked over to stuff it into her arms.But the little girl looked too stiff, Arrow could only gently drag her to the table and sit down, and put the hot water in front of her.

"Hasn't anyone ever taught you that the most important thing about lying is to sincerely believe that the lie you tell is not a lie?"

Airl took a sip of the hot water in his hand, then turned to order Brad to bring some hot milk.Soon, the hot milk was placed in front of Coco. The little girl stared at the liquid in the glass with wide eyes, and swallowed involuntarily.

"I won't do anything to you if you admit that you are a necromancer. They are all members of the magic department. I don't have so many prejudices."

Perhaps, it was the warm milk in front of her that made the little girl relax her guard.Or maybe Airl's voice was full of gentleness.

Ke Ke raised her head, glanced timidly at the elder brother of the president in front of her, and finally boldly released her right hand to pick up the cup and took a sip.

After taking a gulp, the little girl licked her lips covered with milky white liquid, picked up the glass in one breath, and drank all the milk in the glass.

"Hee hee. Brad, go get some more food. (Fairy speaks) Buffy, another glass of milk, and sprinkle some floral fragrance."

Not long after, there was a pile of bread and baked eggs left over from dinner in front of Coco, and Buffy poured her a glass of milk to embellish the aroma.

Facing the big meal in front of her, Keke finally couldn't hold back anymore, and finally put down the dead branch with her other hand, and grabbed the bread and milk with both hands.

After carefully eating two mouthfuls, seeing that Ai Luo had no objection at all, he completely let go, and started to eat big mouthfuls.

Airl didn't speak, just continued to smile and watch the little girl eat.

Brad next to him continued to hold his tongue and did not ask questions.But Buffy, the flower elf, couldn't help it, and asked, "(Fairy speaks) What is the origin of this child?"

Airl glanced at Buffy, then at the question mark on Brad's face but he didn't ask, and smiled——

"Well, I have to tell you sooner or later anyway. This child is a magician, and the faction he uses belongs to the necromancer faction in terms of magical taxonomy."

Hearing Airl speak to the flower demon in another language, Coco raised her head from the pile of food, her eyes showed curiosity.But in the end, she still couldn't resist the smell of food, and continued to bury her head in the pile of bread.

"In this world, some people have a certain affinity for magic power since they were born. Different races have different levels of affinity for magic power. Just like Buffy, every member of your flower demon clan will have a certain magic affinity. As for human beings, I am afraid that only one percent, one thousandth, or even one ten thousandth of people will have magical affinity."

"If these people with magic affinity go through some systematic magic training, they can become magicians. Although there are many detailed classifications of magicians in this world, in the most fundamental sense, magic belongs to A natural force. Since it is a natural force, there are only two basic types of magic.”

"One type, with the most categories and widest range, is collectively referred to as life magic. Whether it is flame, lightning, earth, blessing, etc., it can all be regarded as a type of life magic."

"The other is death magic that corresponds to life magic. Cursing means death and pain, so that driving the dead is death magic."

After explaining in two languages, Arrow was still a little confused when he saw Brad and Buffy's expressions.

He thought for a while, and decided to correct the ideas of the two before they misunderstood the Necromancer, and then said——

"Because we are living human beings, most of the magic affinity is biased towards life magic. Only a very small number of people have an affinity for the power of death magic. And it is precisely because of the fear of death that human beings have. From time to time, I also have prejudice and fear of necromancers because of their ability to exorcise the dead, and even think that necromancers are inherently evil, and they are the opposite of life magic."

"But fundamentally speaking, both life magic and death magic belong to natural magic. Death is an inescapable part of life, a part of the life process. Life is also a part of death, which can give death more meaning. Lost Neither life that dies nor death that loses life can exist independently; both are complementary to each other."

"So, I hope that you two will not have any prejudice against necromancers, and there is no need to label someone because of the words 'necromancer' or 'death magic'. That said, the two Do you understand?"

Buffy sat on Brad's shoulders, shaking her feet and said with a smile: "(Fairy speaking) So you humans have so much research on magic? I don't have any opinion. After all, I don't know how many plants are born and dead."

Brad rubbed the back of his head and looked at Coco over there with a smile: "Although I don't know about such complicated things, I think the president is right. Since a person is alive, he must die, so death is indeed Part of life, right? So, I won’t discriminate against you, don’t worry, hehe.”

The bread, eggs, and milk in front of Coco had all been eaten, and the little girl's lips were covered with crumbs.

However, her ears were standing up, and she once again restrained her starving ghost-like appearance after eating and drinking, and became cautious again.

However, the way she looked at Ai Luo was no longer so frightened.

"... I... I'm not that great... My magic power... is still weak..."

It's going well.At least the child admits that he is indeed an affinity for the magic of death.

Now that I think about it, I am really lucky to be able to study in Lao Tengshu Academy!I am lucky to be able to read books of the magic department casually!But now it's not self-explosive that these theories are all memorized from books.

"Too weak?"

Airl suppressed the excitement in his heart, and the expression on his face still had that faint smile that was hard to see through——

"The fighters of our guild may not have undergone systematic training, but your undead soldiers have light steps and excellent sword skills. This is not a reason why the magic power is too weak."

"That's not what I summoned!"

Ke Ke shouted involuntarily, but maybe she realized that her voice was too loud, she shrank again, timidly grabbed the dead branch and pinched it in her hands, and said softly——

"I...I summoned it a long time ago...but, I found out later...I couldn't dispel the...magic...President brother...you saw it just now...that thing...it just... want to kill me..."

This is indeed the case.

Airl closed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Well...it's true. As far as I know, necromancers are rare among magicians. You should be studying in a magic academy at your age. But Coco, how did you appear near Pelican Town?"

"me……"

Ke Ke lowered her head again, her eyes turned away because she was not good at lying.The eyeballs kept turning, obviously trying to think of a lie that he could tell.

"I...I'm here...to travel..."

It's a pity that the lying practice skill is still too low.

However, Airl began to worry about his own thoughts. Does this feeling that the other party's lies are too substandard? Does it mean that he has already become a liar?

……never mind.

"Travel? Then the magic gets out of hand?"

Ke Ke shrank her neck, and retracted her whole body into the big robe again, like a small ball: "On the way to travel... I... met a monster... then... used magic... summoned Xiaobai... ah , Xiaobai is that skeleton! I...I...was too lonely on the trip...I just...chat with Xiaobai..."

Brad nodded approvingly: "Yeah, I understand. This is my companion, right? I also often chat with Buffy. Buffy treats me like Xiaobai treats you."

Buffy couldn't understand Brad's words, but she probably thought that Brad was praising herself, and immediately looked proud.

"Afterwards... Xiaobai and I...repelled the monsters. But since then... Xiaobai... has been a little out of control..." Coco held the water glass and carefully peeked at Airl.The color on the little girl's face was a little flustered, probably because she couldn't figure out Airl's mind and was uneasy.

"How pitiful."

Brad nodded, his face full of pity.He poured another glass of milk for the little girl, then turned to talk to Buffy.It's a pity that Buffy still has a question mark on his face after all.

But for Airl...

"It does look pitiful. But don't worry, Keke. In my guild, no one can hurt you, including your undead soldiers."

Getting up from his seat, Airl looked at the time, turned his head and continued to say with a smile——

"You can rest here with me now. As I said just now, Song of the Mermaid will never discriminate against anyone. It doesn't matter how many lies you have told or how many things you have concealed. Since I have decided Believe in you, then I will definitely believe in you to the end."

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the little girl's head.

When Ke Ke saw Ai Luo's hand reaching out, she shrank obviously out of fear, but after all, she didn't show much dislike for Ai Luo's touch.

"First of all, we have to find a way to solve the problem of your undead soldiers. If you have nowhere to go tonight, just rest at my side for the night."

Brad nodded quickly and immediately raised his hand: "Okay! Then I'll help—"

"It's just that my own room needs to be cleaned by myself, and others are not allowed to help. In my place, everyone needs to take care of their own things. Is this okay?"

Looking at Ai Luo's gentle smiling face, Ke Ke felt a chill for no reason, and his whole body shivered for a while, shrank his neck, and nodded his head cautiously.

As for Brad and Buffy next to them, the two stood by and waited until Arrow told them to go to bed, and then the pair happily went upstairs.

Taking Coco upstairs, Arrow pushed open the door of the room next to his own room, and greeted him with a standard gentleman's courtesy.

Ke Ke looked at the cobwebs and dust all over the room, obviously a little surprised, but Ai Luo didn't give her time to act coquettishly, closed the door behind her back, and went back to her room.

After closing the door, Airl breathed a sigh of relief, took off his hat, and spilled his golden hair.

The hair is too long, and it is really uncomfortable to be stuffed in the hat for so long... It seems that it is time to find a time to cut this hair.

It's a pity, if this hair can be sold for a good price in the capital, no one will come to buy hair in this border town of the empire.

Airl sat in front of the dressing table, pinching his hair and frowning. In the end, he could only shake off his hair helplessly, took off his coat, and changed into a comfortable pajamas.

But even more problematic than her own hair was the cocoa in the next room.

This little girl is not good at lying, at least not as good as herself.But even if she's not very good at it, she's hiding something from herself.

First of all, she said that she can't control the undead soldiers, is this statement true or false?

Undead soldiers are the dead, the product of magic, and do not need to eat.

However, today during the day, a thief did steal cheese pie from the mayor of round cheese.This pie cannot be eaten by soldiers, only by living creatures.And this little girl has already said that the undead soldier is her magic power.

In this way, the so-called undead soldiers out of control are simply nonsense, that girl is lying.

But ah...

Airl combed her hair and continued to sit on the bed and frown.

Just now I deliberately took some food for her, but the little girl ate all of it.Eat clean.

The cheese pies sold at Mayor Round Cheese's house are not small. It can be eaten by one person for two days.

But this little girl just ate four pieces of bread, two eggs and five cups of hot milk, obviously she looked like she hadn't eaten for several days.

So, she didn't lie?The cheese pie stolen by the undead soldiers was indeed not given to her, so she was really hungry?

But there is obviously a problem in this case.