the last gentleman

Chapter 12 Green Lake Town

After more than six hours of driving, the time has come to dusk.

When Yi Chen stepped off the carriage with excitement,
I didn't see any organization logos, or relatively grand buildings,
Another small town came into view,
About 200 meters behind the road, there is a huge billboard

【Welcome to Green-Lake】

The town itself, which retains the medieval style, carries a sense of vitality,

The buildings here are mostly made of slightly yellowed white bricks, with brown and red roofs.

Maybe there are no factories in the small towns,
The air is fresh and the overall light transmittance is better.
The body skin can feel the last lingering warmth of the setting sun.

With the spacious streets between the upper and lower towns, neatly arranged trees, large areas of lawn coverage, and a large lake close to the town, it gives people a sense of tranquility and natural comfort.

It belongs to a tourist place far away from industrial cities and back to nature.

Seeing such a vibrant town,
There was a slight sense of vegetative restlessness in Yi Chen's body, and various physiological needs rushed out.

"Wait a mininute……"

Quickly drilled into the grove beside the road,
The moment he unbuttoned his belt, a feeling similar to a flood flooded his lower body.

After treating the waste water accumulated in the body,
due to prolonged absence of food,
His eyes were immediately attracted by the lush vegetation around him, and his saliva was secreted.

In the end, I couldn't hold it back. After confirming that there was no infection from the source of the disease, I bit the bark directly, and I also tore off some leaves and grass to eat together.

Plants that fall into the belly are quickly converted into nutrients with great efficiency.

The whole process takes less than 5 minutes.
Yi Chen has fully recovered to the mental state before the ride,
As he walked out of the grove and returned to the carriage,

In the field of vision, there are different types of carriages arriving in this small town one after another.

The characters who walked out of these horse workshops were all under 30 years old,
dress appropriately,
be graceful,

Each has its own style,

Yi Chen tried to ask the driver beside him, "Are all these people here to join the organization?"

"Every month, many people come from all over the world to participate in the assessment of the organization.

Some were born in well-known big families, and some ancestors were members of the organization,
Some come from some special training groups, which are specially designed to deliver talents for the organization,
A very small number of people like you, who were born as civilians, were picked up by members of external organizations due to occasional opportunities, and were temporarily sent here for assessment. "

"Ok."

"This small town is just a temporary transit point,

After [three days], members of the organization will come to Green Lake Town to take your group of examiners to the [headquarters], and you need to live here temporarily before then.

I have other jobs, so I won't say much. "

After the coachman finished conveying the relevant information, he drove the carriage and quickly disappeared from sight.

"Need to wait here for three days?

Could it be that they want to wait until there are enough people for the assessment, and then go to the organization together? "

Yi Chen touched the silver coins in his pocket, and strode towards the Green Lake Town in front of him.

Just as he was about to approach the first building in the town, he caught a glimpse of three young men walking in his direction from the corner of his eye.

The leading blond youth took off his hat and put it on his chest.

"Hi, friend! My name is Edmond, from the Mariano family.

Interested in joining our team?
We can take care of each other in the follow-up organizational assessment, and I also have some secret information about the assessment here, and I am willing to take the initiative to share it. "

Behind the blond-haired Edmund, followed by a cold and tall woman wearing a feather-decorated hat, and a strong Nordic man with a height of nearly two meters carrying a big sword.

Yi Chen noticed,
The main eyes of this group of people are not on him, but on the 'little grape' on his shoulder.

For Yi Chen who has just traveled here, if he can join a team, he can get a lot of useful information by the way, but some problems and potential risks will also follow.

Just when Yi Chen hesitated a little,
The voice of 'Little Grape' came from the brain:

"I'm not used to teaming up with strangers, the two of us are enough... there's no need to mix with them. 』

This suggestion allows Yi Chen to make a decision immediately,
After a slight bow, he turned and left without even saying his name.

Seeing Yi Chen's back gradually disappearing in the small town,

The blond-haired Edmund showed an embarrassed expression, "Huh? Could it be that I'm not a gentleman enough, or some other reason... did I just leave without looking back?
Still, this guy is quite powerful, and he doesn't even bother to form a team with us. "

The woman behind Edmund gently wiped her nose and mouth with her black nails, and said softly:

"There is an indelible 'dead' smell on his body, plus a dark gentleman's attire... This young man should come from the [cemetery] under the organization's command.

The things on his shoulders must also belong to the cemetery.

Perhaps it is a rare necromancer, such a strong person will naturally not accept the invitation.

And if we stay with him, there is a good chance that we will be disposed of as corpses. "

Edmund spread his hands, "Oh, what a pity~
But since we are in the same batch of assessments, we should be able to catch up in the future.

I really want to see the standard of the cemetery. "

……

In Green Lake Township,

Yi Chen walked on the spacious main road,
Although the townspeople living here wear masks, they don't feel dead at all.

There are relatively many townspeople who are active outside, and they will also take the initiative to say hello to each other.

When seeing a foreign tourist like Yi Chen, he would tilt his head slightly to show his friendliness.

however,
Such a comfortable and pleasant town does not bring real comfort,
As the walking time increased, as I got deeper into the town, I became more and more impatient.

When this impatience reaches a certain limit,
Yi Chen suddenly tilted his head.

What catches the eye is a two-storey building with a sense of age and retaining the medieval style.

The wooden plaque hanging on the front door through a metal bracket has been severely eroded by rain, and the words on it can barely be read.

【Green Shade Hotel】

Intuition told him that this hotel was very important.

Maybe there is something,
Maybe it has something to do with the town's secrets,

"The feeling of Green Lake Town is not as comfortable as it looks from the outside... The longer I walk on the street, the more uncomfortable I feel. I even prefer to patrol the cemeteries."

This small town is not quite right, and the hotel in front of me stands out even more.

Is it possible...the assessment has already started?

Little Putao, can you hide first? 』

Following Yi Chen's request,

The little grape rolled into the inside along the collar, and more than half of the meat ball was buried in the skin, completely hidden under the clothes.

Resolutely set foot on the hotel.

bell!Push the door and ring the bell.

A stronger scent of incense floats in front of you,

The black leather shoes creaked on the hotel floor made of wooden slats~
The windows in the aisle are all closed with wooden strips, and the relevant words 'under maintenance' are written on them,

Ragged white candles are placed in the aisle, burning weakly instead of sunlight.

A man in his late 30s stood behind the counter, examining a stuffed fish.

The bloated and bulging eye bags squeezed his lifeless and small eyes. He glanced at the young man who entered the door, and quickly looked back.

Still holding a bottle of brown wine bottle with little leftovers in his hand,

It wasn't until Yi Chen came to the counter that he slowly turned around.

Squeezing the slurred vernacular out of a yellow-toothed mouth:

"Do you want to stay at the hotel?"

With a unique smell,
Smells like a rat crawled into a stomach sac and the rat got drunk and drowned right there.

"Is there any room?"

"There are rooms everywhere, but many of them haven't been cleaned... One silver coin a day. If you want to live in it, choose a key yourself."

The boss put down the bottle,

Throw a bunch of rusty key rings on the counter.

【0206】

Yi Chen deducted a silver coin and deliberately chose a key corresponding to the guest room on the second floor.

You can take this opportunity to go to the second floor of the hotel to find out.

You can also get a fairly good high-altitude view, and you can observe the situation between small towns during weekdays.

Go up the loose stairs to the second floor,

There are still moldy mattresses piled up at the corner of the stairs, and you need to turn sideways to squeeze through.

The printed wallpaper in the corridor is also peeling off in large pieces, damp and moldy.

Such a hotel is naturally unoccupied,
Yi Chen is probably the only resident this month.

crunch~
When I came to the door of the room stepping on the moaning floor,

A sense of unease pulled Yi Chen's vision to the end of the corridor on the second floor,

"what is that……"

At the end, on the right, on the wooden door with the room number [0213], there are seven different padlocks in total.

And there are several black mold spots the size of egg pancakes all over the wooden door, as if sick.

While Yi Chen was staring intently,
A faint wave of flame flashed across his face,

when you turn your head,

A pale human face suddenly came close to his eyes.

Frightened, Yi Chen subconsciously touched his waist, ready to take out the silver ax in the cemetery.

however,
The person who came was just the innkeeper,

The candlelight made his already weak complexion even paler.

"By the way... forgot to tell you.

I have a younger sister who is seriously ill and lives in a room at the end. She usually doesn't get close to her because she is more afraid of strangers. "

finished,

The boss turned around, stooped and walked downstairs.

The light and weak body stepped on the floor without making any sound.

(End of this chapter)