newbobooks #209 - I agree to this marriage.
#209 - I agree to this marriage.
"Hey! You said I would definitely be clad in yellow, and every meal would be accompanied by lavish meat dishes. Is that really true!?"
"It's true."
"Really really true? You're not lying to me?"
"Really really true, not lying to you."
"Really really really true?"
"Really really really."
Zun Zun敷衍敷衍 her while pocketing five large gold coins.
This was the first time he had ever made money by... well, not swindling, but by fortune-telling. In the past, fortune-telling was always for marketing goods, but this time, the money was 'licked' out of people's pockets with his glib tongue.
He suddenly felt that his parents were quite amazing.
In reality, Zun Zun was mistaken. Unlike his deceptive practices, his parents had genuine skills and could earn money through fortune-telling.
"Clad in yellow, with lavish meat dishes for every meal..."
Felt was lost in fantasy.
The main reason she worked so hard, even risking her life to take on this task, was because the pay was substantial.
With this money, she and Old Man Rom could leave the slums and live in a better, safer place.
After all, Felt was different from those in the slums who talked about trying to survive but had actually given up hope and were just drifting along. She was determined to leave the slums.
"Thank you. Even if it's fake, I'm still happy."
"It's real, though."
Zun Zun endured her forceful pat on his back, and seeing her delighted expression, he was curious. This young girl, who valued money so much, actually paid to hear a fortune? Was it because he was so good at swindling, or did she just want some psychological comfort?
Felt narrowed her eyes and suddenly changed the subject.
"Speaking of which, you said you could predict everything, so do you know who my parents are?"
"Of course. But..."
Zun Zun rubbed three fingers together in her direction. Felt was taken aback.
"What?"
"That's a separate charge."
"You...!"
Felt bared her small tiger teeth as if she was about to pounce on Zun Zun and fight him, but perhaps realizing she couldn't defeat him, or because the deal was so close, her expression changed, and she finally endured it.
"How much?"
"Twenty gold coins."
"Why don't you just rob me!?"
"Speaking of which, how can robbing money be as fast as this?"
Zun Zun's matter-of-course expression made Felt momentarily exasperated, but she was helpless.
She kept patting her head, looking very frustrated.
"Miscalculation, miscalculation. I got carried away. I actually gave money to a liar like you. Damn it, how could I have been so bewitched?"
This was probably the same as buying CP.
The poorer you are, the more you want to get rich quick, but in the end, you lose everything.
"So?"
Zun Zun felt great seeing her frustrated.
"Don't you want to know your origins? Only 20 gold coins. Ah, I forgot, you're just a low-level thief in the slums, you don't have that much money, do you? But... oh my! There happens to be a badge worth 20 gold coins here. If you give it to someone, you might get an unexpected answer."
"... ... I don't want to!"
After a long silence, Felt suddenly raised her head, glared at Zun Zun, and clutched the badge tightly in her hand.
Zun Zun raised an eyebrow.
"Oh my?"
"You're beating around the bush so much, you must want this badge, but I will definitely not let you succeed. And I've also realized from talking to you that this badge is indeed very important, at least it's worth more than 20 gold coins! So, I must raise the price and get at least 20 gold coins or more!"
It seemed that Felt still chose money.
How strange. I thought she would want to know about her parents and past more. Is it the education in the slums that taught her to strive for what she can get, rather than uncertain things?
"I'll use 20 gold coins to ask you to tell my fortune later."
"Huh?"
"Hey, you just said that 20 gold coins could help me tell my fortune, do you want to go back on your word?"
"Pfft! Haha, hahaha, hahahaha————"
Zun Zun couldn't hold back anymore.
Just now, she was scolding herself for being bewitched and shouldn't have given the money away, but now she's willing to risk it and spend 20 gold coins to tell her past. It's really too interesting.
But it also shows from the side that she still cares about her past.
Felt probably knew that her actions were too embarrassing, and glared at Zun Zun, who was laughing heartily, and threatened: "After the transaction is completed, I will spend 20 gold coins to ask you to tell my fortune, but if the fortune is wrong, don't blame me for being rude!"
What responded to her was still the ear-piercing laughter.
Old Man Rom didn't interrupt the whole time.
He just kept drinking, only that from the beginning, he was pouring into the dirty cup and pretending to take small sips, to now constantly pouring wine into his mouth boldly, his dark face was a blush.
Felt said he drank too much, but he didn't listen at all.
"Compared to this."
Felt played with the badge in her hand, her red eyes staring at Zun Zun, "What exactly is this badge, why does everyone want it? You shouldn't be on the same side as the client, and you shouldn't be on the same side as the person who was stolen from, and you all want this... I say, what is your purpose for wanting the badge?"
"Purpose? Ah, ah ah... purpose."
Zun Zun didn't have any purpose.
He didn't need the badge in the first place, if he had to say a purpose...
"For you, I guess."
"For me?"
Felt pointed to herself, Zun Zun nodded.
After all, this badge is the only proof that can confirm the identity of the Dragon Priestess. If Zun Zun pulled Felt straight to Reinhard and said she was the Dragon Priestess, she would likely be suspected or directly driven away as a troublemaker.
But it's different with the badge.
Being able to make the badge glow is enough to prove that Felt is the Dragon Priestess, the fifth royal candidate.
"A badge worth 20 gold coins, for me?"
"Yeah."
After confirming again, Felt and Old Man Rom looked at each other——
"Is it a proposal?"
"Loli-con?"
"... ... Huh? ? ?"
Zun Zun was dumbfounded, not knowing how the two of them came to this conclusion. The topic jumped faster than the idiot goddess Aqua.
"Wait, why would you come to this conclusion?"
"Isn't it? This badge is worth 20 gold coins, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it's a treasure, at least my loot vault doesn't have anything of the same value."
"And you said you would give me the valuable badge, even buying it from my hands and then giving it to me, going through such a big bend..."
"——It must be ulterior motives!" X2
The two said in unison.
Zun Zun subconsciously gasped.
Clearly the whole process was wrong, why was the answer correct?
"Let me state in advance, I have a fiancée! And... Felt, who taught you the word loli-con? It means a middle-aged man falls in love with a girl whose age is different from his, and I'm only 14 years old, I'm not a loli-con!"
Zun Zun shouted at the two.
Old Man Rom stroked his beard and pondered: "14 years old... about the same age as Felt? Good, I agree to this marriage."
"Old Man Rom!?"
"Hoo hoo hoo——just kidding, just kidding."
He laughed shamelessly.
"...But, this guy doesn't look like he's lying."
"Old Man Rom, don't let yourself be deceived. This must be a joke, right? Spending a lot of money to buy it from my hands, and then giving it to me? Utterly stupid, you might as well just tell me that buying this badge is to return it to the owner."
That's not necessary.
Whether it's Emilia or Natsuki Subaru, for Zun Zun, who has already arrived at the first level waiting for the BOSS to appear, Felt is much more important than the two of them.
"If you're going to lie, make it a little better. Even if you look serious, I won't be fooled, otherwise, I... that's right, I won't be fooled."
"Felt."
As if to say goodbye to something, Felt squeezed out a hoarse voice. The worried Old Man Rom knew her thoughts, and his expression was also very painful. Just from the girl's stubborn attitude, it can be known that Felt is forbidding herself from changing her mind.
Just then—
The door was knocked loudly, the sound was urgent, strong, and forceful, quite impolite.
"Who is it?"
"I don't know, it shouldn't be my client."
Felt also looked blank.
The angle of the light shining in from the window was still very high. If it was sunset, the light was still too strong, and it was still very early from the time she had agreed with her client. Moreover, her client was a very elegant, quiet, and bookish big sister type, who would never knock on the door so rudely.
After the three looked at each other, they took out their weapons.
Felt lightened her footsteps and slowly walked towards the door, Old Man Rom took the half-person-high big wooden stick out of the counter, and Zun Zun gathered magic in his palm ready to launch a zero-frame sneak attack.
"I, I say, is the person you said really here?"
"Really really, you believe me. Strange, why does it look like there's no one here? Speaking of which, shouldn't you ask me to say the code?"
Outside the door was the voice of a man and a woman talking.
Say the code?
Felt was slightly stunned, turned to look at Old Man Rom on the other side, and found that the other party also shook his head slightly to indicate that he didn't know.
The door was knocked again.
"Hey! Felt, I know you're there, open the door quickly! You have the ability to steal the badge, you have the ability to open the door! Open the door, open the door!"
The banging door shook off a lot of dust.
This guy's arm strength is a bit exaggerated.
Old Man Rom gestured for Felt to step back a little, then put his big hand on the door valve, and pushed the door open violently as if he was annoyed by the noise, and roared with a loud voice.
"You kid, know when to stop! Knocking on the door so hard late at night, it's annoying! Do you have any public morals at all!"
"Night?... I don't think it's night yet, and Old Man Rom, your voice is louder than my knocking."
The person speaking was startled, but quickly relaxed, and opened his mouth as if he was very familiar with Old Man Rom.
Felt looked at him, then looked at Old Man Rom.
"I don't know him."
She got this answer.