Lord Helanza

Surdak returned to Helanza City with a magic pocket full of sulfur mines. When he arrived outside the city gate, the sky was already dark. There were a few torches on the city’s head, and a team of guards carried them on their backs. Walking past the city with a longbow, Surdak's current status cannot allow these guards to make an exception to open the city gates for him, unless there is an emergency military service.

Looking at the closed dark city gate opposite the Helanza suspension bridge, Surdak can only stay outside the city and wait until the city gate opens tomorrow morning before entering the city.

Surdak intends to find a hotel outside the city. Otherwise, it would be quite a shame to freeze overnight at the city gate on such a cold day.

The Golden Acorn Hotel is the best hotel outside the city. It is built on the edge of the temporary residence. The three-story brick building looks like a small castle outside the city. Surdak is not in the city. Travelers who rush back to Helanza on time before the gate closes usually stay in this hotel for one night. Of course, this hotel will only do better in winter. If it is summer, many people don’t mind being outside the city. Set up a simple tent on the grass on the side of the road, or simply sleep on the grass at High Level until dawn.

This hotel is a reciprocal-shaped building. The carriage passes directly through the front entrance of the hotel and enters the huge courtyard. There is a special parking place for carriages. The horses will be led to the stables and planted in the courtyard. Some trees, in winter. The leaves of these trees are all gone, and they look bare and have no sense of beauty, but the well-trained shop folks will come out immediately, there are horsemen who specialize in leading horses, and waiters who are responsible for leading the way. The waiters will immediately distinguish the guests. Identity, where the residential areas of civilians and nobles are separated.

Surdak hardly needs to speak. The ancient Bora horse under his hip, the leather armor and saber on his body, and the Knight badge on his chest are enough to explain his identity.

"Prepare me a warm and clean room with a pipe down around me. Don’t let anyone disturb me!" Surdak jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the groom on the side. The snow in the yard was covered with snow. It was cleaned up very cleanly. A dozen black magic caravans were parked on the bluestone floor.

A waiter led Surdak into the building in the north, and said, "Okay! Lord Knight, do I need to prepare some food for you? We can provide some white bread and stew."

"No need!" Surdak replied.

There was a chandelier on the ceiling of the lobby on the first floor. The waitress standing in front of the counter was very young. She quickly handed Surdak a bunch of keys and said the room number.

"Is there breakfast tomorrow morning?" Surdak asked the waiter.

"Yes, Lord Knight, do you need to be put in the room for you?" the waiter said immediately.

Of course, bringing breakfast into the room is not a free service, it is a tip.

"As early as possible, before opening the city gates!" Surdak feels that if you enter the city early tomorrow, you should be able to catch up with the Knight Academy's morning class.

"Okay, Lord Knight." The waiter agreed.

From the lobby on the first floor, I just passed the hotel restaurant. The restaurant is still open at this late hour, and half of the seats are filled with guests. The guests here are almost nobles. With Knight, the taste of fried pork steak is always so attractive.

Surdak’s room is located at No. 241 on the second floor on the north side of the building. The room is not big, but it is very clean. The single bed is covered with white sheets and there is a simple wooden table against the window. With a chair, you can see the night view outside the window through the half-concealed curtains, and you can just see a corner of the temporary residence.

There is a temporary residence outside the city of Helanza. The people here are unable to find a place to live in the city. They go to the city during the day to do some lowly jobs, and they have to live out of the city at night. Outside the city, over time, a temporary settlement was established outside the city, which was filled with a lot of hard labor, beggar, thieves and some idle homeless people.

It’s so late, there are still many people busy in the temporary residence, probably preparing for the 2nd day of work. Most of the buildings in this residence are simple wooden houses. There are oak forests all around, so it doesn’t cost much to build a wood house. The inside of this wood house is very narrow. Usually there is only one bed. Everyone builds the kitchen outside, even if It's snowing outside, and if you want to get something to eat, you have to do it in the wind and snow.

Surdak drew the curtains to cut off the weak light outside, took off the boots that were freezing hard, the ice dregs fell on the floor along the trouser legs, and the leather armor was untied. The linen shirt inside was a little wet. These clothes were hung on the hangers in the room, and after changing into a dry shirt, Surdak was lying on the soft bed with a light sound from the joints all over his body.

Walking in the mountains for a whole day, even a Knight like Surdak will feel very tired, especially in such cold weather, people and horses are prone to frostbite, but this is not for Surdak It was nothing. Although the black curse of the leg injury was cured by Selena, his blessing effect was still there, so he couldn't feel how cold it was.

Across the ceiling, you can clearly hear the sound of the goblins fighting upstairs, Surdak is slightly frowned, obviously it is not quiet around this room.

The exhaustion came like a tide, and Surdak soon fell asleep.

Surdak was awakened by the neigh of a horse. A team of Knights and two carriages slowly drove into the hotel yard. Several Knights were covered in frost and snow and jumped off their horses. The groom took the reins in their hands. , Took away the horses with icy scum on their manes, a few Knights walked into the hotel first, and a few ladies walked from the magic caravan to follow behind. The family emblem on the magic caravan was covered with a thin layer of ice. didn't expect this kind of weather, there were nobles from afar, and I didn't know where they came from.

As soon as I lay back on the bed, I heard a noisy sound in the corridor. It was obvious that the waiter was leading the group of new tenants to find their room. After such a long journey, these people seemed very excited. The sharp laughter of a few women can easily penetrate the wall, and these people are still discussing bad road conditions and hotels. There is a sense of superiority from the big city in their voices. In their tone, Helanza City It's like a remote country.

Leather boots are slammed on the hallway floor...

That is the sound of leather boots nailed to Iron Palm, usually only the Knights wear it before and after Iron-clad leather boots can break the enemy’s leg bones by kicking one foot during battle. However, these heavy-armored leather boots will be useful on the battlefield. Usually wearing a double leather boot is not just for being cool. Besides, it has no other effect.

"My goodness, there is no carpet in the corridor of this hotel. It is indeed the place where golden oak fruit is produced. Even the floor is made of oak..." Someone among the aristocratic family members sneered. the sound of. "I heard that the people of Helanza will use oak to build their homes, and they will also use oak to make wine barrels."

The chuckles of a group of female family members came around.

The sharp voice continued to say in an exaggerated tone: "My God, I never thought... I would actually sleep on an oak bed one day. To be honest, I still prefer Dinchen wood furniture. A sense of heavyness."

A young man in the crowd coughed softly, and then said: "Ladies, we are only staying in this hotel for a few hours. Tomorrow night , You will sleep in the most luxurious hotel in Helanza as you wish."

The sharp-sounding lady said unceremoniously, "Trollope, to be honest, I’m telling you The most luxurious hotel does not have any expectations!"

The chaotic footsteps are getting closer and closer, and someone in the crowd asks: "Is there a fireplace in your hotel room for me to order some golden oak fruit? I like it. The scent of the burning oak fruit helps me fall asleep."

"...Sorry, there is no room with a fireplace in our hotel!" The waiter replied quietly.

"Forget it, I shouldn't have any expectations." There was unspeakable disappointment in the man's tone.

The high-pitched lady continued to comment: "Lenda, in such a remote and unfamiliar place, can you still expect to fall asleep peacefully?"

At this moment, the footsteps suddenly stopped. When I came down, there was the sound of opening the door next to Surdak. As soon as I opened the door, the woman with a sharp voice cry out in surprise: "Oh my God, this room is so small."

" No need to care about these, we waited till dawn and left." The young man also said helplessly.

"Don't you have a bigger room here?" the woman with a sharp voice asked tentatively.

"Sorry, the room on the third floor is full!" The waiter replied.

The lady said impatiently: "Sorry, sorry, what else would you say besides this? Forget it, bring me something to eat..."

"Yes, ma'am!" the waiter replied.

"Please call me Miss Fanny!" the sharp-voiced lady corrected.

Surdak covered his forehead with his hand. When he chose the room, he should choose the civilian building. Maybe it wouldn't be so noisy.

After these nobles moved into the room, it was obvious that the noisy sound did not end. They were still clamoring for supper at such a late hour. When these supper came out, they began to mock the food here again. , There was not even a tender T-bone steak... Soon, Surdak was so annoying, and then there was the sound of shaking the bed that was about to last until dawn.

When Surdak just fell asleep, there was a knock on the door. Surdak opened his eyes and realized that the sky was bright at some point. The curtains of the hotel were thick and there was only a ray of light. Come in, so he doesn't even know when the sky is bright.

Opening the door of the room, the waiter was standing outside the door with a breakfast. Surdak took out five copper plates and placed it in his palm. The waiter put the dinner plate on the wooden table in the room and told Surdak Salute and leave.

The breakfast on the table is very simple. There is only a browned toast with a slice of ham, fried eggs, shredded onions and strawberry jam on top, and a corn juice next to it, which is pretty good. For breakfast, I tried to take a bite and it tasted very good. Surdak efficiently stuffed the breakfast into my stomach, and then left the room neatly.

The room rate for this hotel is only two Silver Coins a night, and the price is absolutely close to the people. Surdak really wants to know how much the civilian room on the opposite side needs for a night.

Out of the hotel’s gate, Surdak’s ancient Bora horse has been scrubbed and waited obediently and honestly in the yard. The groom handed the rein to Surdak’s hand, and Surdak put a stack of copper plates back into the groom’s hand. , Then rode a horse to prepare to leave the golden oak fruit hotel.

At this time, there was a'creak' a light sound on top of the head, and a window was pushed open. A long golden hair appeared from the curtain, and then a delicate face, like Someone was tickling her, which made her chuckle like a silver bell.

The sharp laughter made Surdak instantly recognize that she was the picky Miss Fannies last night. She had a pretty face, and the curtains trembled. This Miss Fannies Her shoulders came out from the window, and she was wrapped in a white sheet, lying on the window sill and looking curiously into the hotel yard. It didn't feel cold at all in this kind of weather.

Surdak couldn’t help but raised his head and took another look. He happened to see a blond man emerging from behind the young lady. He was young and strong, his muscles were like delicate marble. Miss Van Nistelrooy hugged tightly in her arms and buried her head on her snow-white neck, which immediately evoked Miss Van Nistelrooy's sharp, uncontrollable laughter.

The young blonde man didn't notice Surdak who was about to ride out, but Surdak recognized the man at a glance.

Trollope Swordsman.

He and Darcy Christie, Hathaway, Beatrice are all graduates of the same grade from the high level Swordsman Academy in Pena Province.

He also paid respects to the experience activities of the Warsaw plane. Surdak met him several times in Handanar. I was very impressed with him. Didn’t expect to be there one day. Outside Helanza, see him again.

But Surdak didn't think too much. He rode out of the hotel and greeted the morning sun in the morning. As soon as the city gate opened, he passed the city gate smoothly.

At this time, the night watchman in the city has just transported the entire trash in the city to the outside of the city. The long fleet will emit a strange smell even in winter, Surdak Behind them is a group of small vendors waiting to enter the city. They are pushing some small carts. Most of them are staring at the dark circles, yawning one after another, showing the appearance of lack of sleep.

There are not too many pedestrians in the streets of the city. Surdak rode his horse all the way to the Knight Academy. He just heard the bell ringing in the morning class, and rushed to the Academy’s stables to take the Gubolai horse. Give it to the groom, and rushed all the way into the teaching building, and rushed into the classroom in front of Mrs. Meredian, but finally did not let Ms. Meredian write her name in the late record book...