Chapter 26 Encounter
"Huh~ The air in this world is really fresh~" Lea, who said goodbye to the Jones family and came to the street, took a deep breath.
Then, she thought of something, her delicate little eyebrows frowned and asked, "Betty, where is the market in Frost Leaf City?"
"What kind of market is the young lady referring to? There are several markets in Frost Leaf City, including those selling weapons and equipment, alchemy potions, and food, medicinal materials, groceries, etc."
"Yes, it's a market that sells ingredients!"
"Well... the market selling ingredients is in the south direction, very close to the south gate of Frost Leaf City. But it is not the place that a nobleman should go, so I don't recommend the young lady to go there."
"Hmm? Is there any danger over there?" Liya was a little confused.
"No, but only civilians and servants would go there..." Betty frowned.
"In other words, there is no law that stipulates that the nobles cannot go there, right?" Leah hurriedly interrupted the long-standing preaching that might appear after Betty.
"That's it, but..."
"But what bad impact will it cause if it spreads?"
"Yes, that's what it means!"
Liya curled her lips. She didn't expect to be a noble so much. At this time, she was a little envious of the protagonists of time travel novels who became civilians. However, her background could not be changed. Liya naturally had a solution: "This is simple. No one knows me anyway, as long as we dress up as civilians, wouldn't it be enough?"
"No! How can this be done! Miss, how can you, as a nobleman, be willing to fall into depravity and dress up as a civilian!" Betty directly denied Leah's idea without hesitation.
"Ahem, Betty, your idea is very dangerous." Leah thought to herself that it was finally my turn to preach: "The nobles were also born from the common people, and the ancestors of the nobles were also civilians! And, if there were no civilian farming, the nobles would not have eaten, if there were no civilian textiles, the nobles would not have worn them, if there were no taxes from the common people, they would not even afford paper and pens of daily life."
"But...but..." Betty never thought about this, and what Leah said made sense, and she couldn't find a reason to refute for a moment.
"Also, the most important responsibility of aristocrats is to protect the civilians who have no power to live and work in peace, rather than to ride on the civilians to act as a mighty man. Therefore, the nobles cannot live without civilians, and civilians cannot live without nobles. Although the status of aristocrats is higher than that of civilians, in terms of personality, I think all human beings are equal, whether they are nobles or civilians. Do you think I am right, Betty?" Riya's six-year-old face was full of solemnity, and there was no intention of joking at all.
Betty felt that her brain was a little inadequate. She had received the education of an orthodox maid since childhood and never thought that nobles and civilians would be equal. The concept of hierarchy from another world and the concept of equality from the earth were violently impacting her mind, so that she forgot to respond to her little master for a moment.
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"Hey! You little untouchable, you sold mushrooms to death, my dog! Do you want to forget it like this?!" A duck-like voice obviously in the voice change period interrupted Betty's contemplation.
Lea and the other two looked at the distance not far away, a luxuriously dressed boy pointed at the little girl squatting on the ground and shouted loudly.
A big dog that had no breath was thrown on the snow in the sun, and a small piece of ground was stained with blood from his mouth and nose.
"No... impossible. My mother and I ate these mushrooms... I have never happened before..." Although the little girl was so scared that she still argued in a low voice.
"Hmph! Impossible?! My Kuru is a dog with the blood of the monster! I just died after eating your mushrooms at noon! I spent 300 gold coins to buy it. You said lightly that it was impossible, thinking it would fool me!?" The boy said relentlessly, and the shawl made of golden thread shines in the sun.
When the little girl heard about 3 oo gold coins, she was shocked and her little body trembled even harder. In the Kingdom of Freya, the total family income of ordinary families throughout the year was only about 2 gold coins without eating or drinking. 3 oo gold coins were simply an unimaginable astronomical figure for her eleven-year-old.
At this time, some citizens of Frost Leaf City were also attracted by the movement here, but when everyone saw the boy dressed in a nobleman and the vicious guards behind him, they seemed to be angry but not dared to speak out, so they had to talk in a low voice.
"How could Little Loer sell poisonous mushrooms?"
"That is to say, the mushrooms that Xiao Luoer picks are delicious and cheap every time. Since she picked mushrooms at the age of six, my family has bought them often..."
"Oh, 3oo gold coins are not a small amount. Her mother's cough this year is getting serious again. What should I do?"
"Hmph! How could these nobles care about the lives and deaths of civilians?"
"Hey! Speak quietly! Do you want to kill everyone?"
Obviously, the little girl named Roer has a good review among neighbors, and almost everyone is in the conversation with her.
"Hmph! You untouchables! Do you want to be arrested in prison?!" A guard behind the noble boy intimidated the civilians around him.
No one wanted to be charged with contempt for the nobles, and the bustling scene became quiet for a moment. The guard looked around with satisfaction, snorted coldly and raised his head slightly, and pointed his chin at the people around him.
Seeing that the surroundings were quiet, the noble boy continued to speak, "Tell me, how do you plan to pay my 3oo gold coins?"
"I...I...I don't have money..." Luoer cried in fear, and warm tears fell on the snow, and small snow caves dripped out.
"Ha! No money? If you don't have money, sell yourself to our Master Kern! As long as you serve our Master well, you will give it to you casually in the cracks of your fingers, and you will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of your life!" A guard knew his master's wishes and interrupted at the right time.
The arrogant and arrogant words seemed to hit Loer with a bolt from the blue. She had never experienced the sinisterness of human hearts and could only whimper unconsciously.
"Huh? Betty, I seem to have heard of the name Kearney somewhere. Who is it?" A soft and cute voice broke the strange silence around him, and dozens of gazes gathered almost at the small figure that made the sound.
Lea was not nervous about so many people looking at her. She ignored all kinds of exploratory or puzzled gazes, but just looked up at Betty waiting for an answer.
Betty replied without hesitation: "Miss, it should be Viscount Kearney of Rodville."
"Ah! By the way, I remember who it is..." Riya looked like she suddenly realized. Isn't it the funny viscount who gave her gold bricks? But she didn't point it out. It turns out that she was brewing some "trick" in her heart...
[This... is so beautiful in the world! It is simply ten thousand times more beautiful than the untouchable under your feet!]
The boy who was dressed like a thrift in Liya's eyes was straightened when he looked at Liya's three people. He had never thought that there would be such a beautiful girl in the world, especially the girl holding a white axe with one hand. Her beautiful face, cold expression, and perfect body proportions suddenly aroused the desire to conquer in his heart, as if the only perfect girl was left in the world.
Chapter completed!