Lord Highlander

Suldak walked out of the Knights of Hailansa City, saw the young nobleman was still waiting on the bench across the street, so he led the horse and walked over, stretched out his hand to the young nobleman, and said very politely: " Suldak! Thank you for your help!"

"Karl Casement. You can call me Karl." The young nobleman introduced himself quite formally, and then tentatively asked Suldak, "Will you settle in Hailansa City from now on?"

"I don't have any plans for the time being." Suldak smiled at Karl before saying.

The two walked out along the narrow alley. The stone walls on both sides of the alley were full of mottled marks, and some purple moss grew in some dark places. It seemed that this place was indeed remote enough. Fortunately, Karl was very familiar with this area. , just turned around and walked back to the circular garden.

Seeing that he was so familiar with this place, Suldak hesitated for a moment, thinking that he hadn't figured out how to go home, so he asked:

"Carl, do you know where Wall Village is? I was brought out by the elders in the village five years ago. I think I probably can't find my way home."

"I don't know!" Carl said. Casement said very bachelor.

"..."

Before Suldak could react.

Karl changed his subject, looked at Suldak again with a smile, and said, "But I know which one of us knows the most about these villages, the tax officer in charge of the area outside the city, I have a little friendship with them, last night we They are still drinking together, I can take you to find them and find out."

When he squinted his eyes, they looked like those kind of effeminate peach blossom eyes.

When he looked at each other, he always felt that he was smiling.

"Thank you very much." Surdak saluted Karl again.

Carl. Casement waved his hand indifferently, with a hint of slyness hidden in his smile, and said to Suldak: "You are welcome, since you are our knight here, we will deal with many places in the future! There may be many places They all need your help."

Suldak immediately tapped his raised chest with his hand, and said to Karl: "As long as there is a need for me, just order it."

The two chatted very speculatively along the way. Carl led the way, went back to the main street, and then walked up the street.

Obviously, Carl is the leader of Hailansa City. When passing by on the main street, the vendors along the street will stand up straight from their stalls and salute Carl.

This mountain city is not too big. The two of them crossed the main street and came to the gate of Hailansa City Hall. The guard at the gate also saluted Karl Casement.

Karl asked the guard at the gate of the city hall very familiarly: "Is Mr. Bird the tax collector here?"

"Master Karl, Sir Byrd the tax collector came this morning and hasn't left yet." The guard at the gate of the city hall replied.

Karl nodded, asked Suldak to hand over the horse to the guard at the gate, and then led him into the city hall of Hailansa City.

The City Hall of Hailansa City looks a bit shabby. From the outside, it looks like just a two-story building. The exterior walls of the building are only painted with some white paint. The pointed roof is a bit Gothic. Walking into the City Hall In the lobby on the first floor, there are only a few clerks working in the lobby, and the lobby looks deserted, and no one is handling any business here.

Seeing Suldak walking in, every clerk looked eager and expectant, but when they saw that Karl was with them, they showed disappointment.

Karl waved to the clerks with a smile, and then led Suldak up to the second floor.

The tax officer Bird is a middle-aged man with a beer belly. When the two of them opened the door and walked in, the Lord Bird was standing by the window looking down. Suldak followed Bird's sight to the street entrance. Looking around, I happened to see a plump noble lady coming out of the shop at the street corner, twisting her fat ass like a big white goose, and boarding the carriage.

Mr. Byrd smacked his lips in a 'tsk tsk' and looked at the noble lady enviously, but he didn't notice that two people entered the room.

When he turned around, he was shocked to find two people standing in the room.

His face was flushed, probably because someone had peeped into his secret, and he stared at Karl with a somewhat embarrassing expression, probably complaining that he broke in without knocking.

However, Karl didn't care about this, and turned his head to introduce Suldak: "Besides being a bit lecherous, Bird is quite reliable in other things, but I have a strong opinion of your aesthetics." Reserve your opinion, Byrd!"

"Carl, why do you come to my place when you have time?" The tax collector sat at his desk, a little embarrassed, and asked pretendingly.

Karl was also polite, and directly spoke out about Suldak's troubles.

"The village of Wall? Of course I know, I have always been in charge of the tax there. You are a knight who came out of that village?" Bird tax officer looked at Suldak seriously, probably wanting to get money from Suldak. From Ke's face, one can tell which family he is from.

It's a pity that after watching for a long time, he couldn't tell the difference, and finally he could only give up. Then he thought of another frustrating thing, and began to complain in the office:

"This means that I have one less place to collect taxes. In the past two years, it seems that many new knights have appeared in Hailansa City!"

"A lot of people died too..." Carl added casually.

Bird tax collector sighed and cursed, "Damn war of planes."

Afterwards, Tax Officer Bird asked Suldak curiously: "Then Knight Suldak, which master do you follow?"

Obviously he is very familiar with the nobles in Hailansa city, otherwise it would be impossible to ask such a question.

"Lord Earl Mond Goss." Suldak quickly stood up from his chair and answered.

Bird tax officer quickly motioned for Suldak to sit down, poured him a cup of lemon tea, and asked while adding sugar to Suldak's cup:

"I heard that the Earl suffered a defeat in the Warsaw plane, and almost all the fifty-seven heavy armored infantry regiments were wiped out."

Suldak did not expect the news of the failure of the Battle of Moyunling to spread to Hailansa City so quickly, and said solemnly:

"Not many comrades survived the Battle of Moyunling. I was probably the only one in the Sixth Squadron. I happened to be out on a mission that day. I didn't fight on the front line, so I survived..."

Suldak was indeed out at the time, but he was not on a mission.

It’s just that Swordsman Bacaria filled in Suldak’s retirement resume: Suldak was ordered to escort Baron Sidney’s fiancée, Miss Hathaway, and members of the Advanced Swordsman Academy back to Handanal City, so Missed that lost battle.

Bird tax officer didn't have any doubts about Suldak's explanation, and nodded with a sad expression on his face.

Suldak has been in the army for four years, and many things have been written in his resume. These files will always remain with the military department, and these are well documented.

Carl also sat on the chair next to him, curled his lips and said, "Last week, I received the bad news that two cousins ​​were killed in battle. Now I dare not look at my aunt's distraught face..."

Bird tax officer said angrily: "Damn the plane war, I don't know how long it will take to end."

Karl Casement probably stayed in the city for too long, so he said to Suldak, "Would you like me to accompany you to Wall Village, anyway, staying in the city is quite boring."

At this time, Bird tax officer waved his hand to Carl, then patted his beer belly, and said: "Carl, there is nothing to go to that village, and I just want to collect taxes for the next season, so I will Let's go with the Suldak knight."

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