Count of Wizards

Hearing that this dirty little girl wanted to give back the penny he gave her, Connor's frown eased, and he said lightly, "This money... is my reward. Yours, take it, don't pay me back!"

Although he clearly heard Connor say that the money does not need to be returned to him, the little girl still shook her head and stubbornly handed over the money.

The two people, one big and one small, just stared like this for about a minute. Connor shook his head when he saw the little girl insisting on it, took the money back from the little girl's dirty hands and laughed. He said, "I obeyed your request to get the money back, now it's your turn to comply with my request!"

Pointing to the sun in the sky that was scorching the earth like a big fireball, Connor smiled and said, "It's noon, come and have lunch with me!"

"I... have no money!" the little girl whispered:

"Oh? Like this, then I'm hiring you to help me find a restaurant. As a commission, how about I treat you to dinner?" Connor said with great interest:

Hearing that Connor wanted to hire her, the little girl nodded happily.

Following the little girl, turning east and west through several small alleys, Connor came to a street. There were actually more people on this street than on Queen Street, the main business district of Ruen. However, compared to the well-dressed gentlemen and ladies walking up and down Queen's Street, the people on this street seem to be closer to the bottom society.

"Old clothes! Old clothes! Fivepence for adults' clothes! Twopence for children's clothes! If you can't buy them, you'll lose money, if you can't buy them, you won't be fooled!"

"Fresh potatoes! I just pulled them from the village in the morning, and one can fill me up all day!"

"Raw bread! Brown bread! A penny apiece!"

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All kinds of vendors stood on the side of the road and yelled hard, trying to attract as many customers as possible, smelling the stench from the horses, donkeys, cattle and livestock manure brought by the vendors on both sides of the road, as well as the sewer pipes, Connor He couldn't help wrinkling his nose.

"This is the South District, right?" Connor asked the little girl leading him as if he had thought of something;

In Ruen City, the east area where Connor’s apartment is located belongs to the area where noble capitalists live. Because the west area is close to the wharf, most of the people living there are dock workers and their families. The north area is a gathering place for factories, so living Most of them are workers and their families. The combined land area of ​​the east, west and north districts only accounts for 50% of Luen City, and the remaining 50% is the southern district!

Most of the southern area is a village in the city. It is the most prosperous commercial city on the west coast of the Loen Empire. It is the area where the lowest-level people live. There are quite a few people in the surrounding small cities and rural areas who admire the prosperity of Loen. The place where people who live but can't afford the high rent live, where the sewage flows, there is almost no modern infrastructure, and the living conditions are extremely bad!

The little girl glanced at Connor, and on her dirty little face, there was a wry smile that didn't match her age and said: "This is Levante Avenue in the North District, and the South District is much worse than here... ..."

Connor blushed, and could only laugh a few times in embarrassment, but he couldn't help being secretly shocked. This place was much worse than his rented house on Earth.

Walking to the middle of this Levante Avenue, the little girl who led Connor to find food stopped in front of a shop called "Sterling's Pie Shop".

"Uncle Sterling's pies are delicious. He used to be the chef of the Tottenham Hotel in the city, and Uncle Sterling is very nice, and the pies are very affordable!" the little girl whispered:

"Oh? The chef at the Tottenham Hotel?" Hearing the little girl's description, Connor became a little interested. If he remembers correctly, the Tottenham Hotel is a three-star hotel, which can already be called a hotel in Ruen It's a little famous, and the chefs who come from somewhere should be very good!

"Let's go! I'm going to taste it today. What does the pie taste like here!" Touching the little girl's head, Connor said with a wave of his hand:

Walking into this "Sterling's Pie Shop" and looking it up a bit, Connor couldn't help nodding secretly. Although this pie shop on Levante Street is inferior in decoration and tableware, the restaurants he ate in the East District, But at least the tableware, tables, floors, etc. are very clean. It can be clearly seen that the owner of this shop is very hardworking in running this pie shop!

It was just around the time of lunch, and this pie shop was full of people. The shop of about 100 square meters was full of people. Just when Connor was about to pay for another seat, he said that the little girl had a quick eye and a quick hand. Arrived at the seat of a guest who had just left after eating.

"Little Daniel, what would you like to eat today? Is this gentleman...?" A middle-aged uncle with gray hair, wearing an apron, and a friendly smile as a store owner walked over, approached him Seeing Connor and the little girl sitting together, the uncle's eyes not only showed doubts.

Before the little girl could answer, Connor said first, "You are the boss here, Mr. Sterling, right? I was hungry at noon, and I happened to meet this little girl, so I asked her to be my guide and help me find Restaurant, the commission is that I invite her to dinner, I don’t know Mr. Sterling, what is your signature feature here?”

"Uncle Sterling's pork pies are the best!" The little girl sitting on the other side of the table whispered:

A smile appeared on Connor's face, and he said lightly, "Then let's have ten pork pies first."

"Ten...?" A surprised expression appeared on Uncle Sterling's kind face, he opened his mouth as if hesitating to say something...

Seeing Sterling's appearance, Connor frowned slightly, took out a one-pound bill from his wallet and patted it on the dining table. With the size of this store, one gold pound was at least his net income for a week. !

"Guest, you misunderstood, the pork pies here are very large, and a strong man may eat two to be full! So if there are ten, you and little Lena..." Uncle Sterling said He waved his hand and said politely:

"This boss looks very conscientious!" Glancing at Uncle Sterling, Connor pondered for a moment, and said softly, "It's okay! Come on, I'm an official knight!"

"It turns out that you are Lord Knight! No problem, I'll serve the food right away!" Uncle Sterling exclaimed, involuntarily using honorifics for Connor, who was as old as his son.