Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 131: Finding

Today is the last day of the 575th calendar year of Holy Lights, and after today, Claude is legally an 18-year-old man in the Kingdom of Orvillas, even if his birthday is only 18 years old on March, but the law says so, Claude can't help it.

Starting next year, Claude's identity will be a civilian of the Kingdom of Orvillas, who will bear his head tax and civilian obligations to the Kingdom and will no longer enjoy the convenience of his father's national identity. Of course, Mr. Morsan is still in the cells of the military barracks, and as a repeat offender who endangers the security of the Kingdom, it is still a big question whether he can retain his national identity in the future...

This is also the thirtieth year of the other world, this time last year family reunion, eating is very lively. This year was cold and clear, with only four people in the family. Mothers are still lying in bed, eating very little and saying they have no appetite. Father was in the barracks, and Albert would never go home at night, and he wouldn't dare go home.

Sister Anna was very knowledgeable and cleaned the house by herself this afternoon, wiping the stairs and floors clean. After tonight she is also fourteen years old, she has completed three years of elementary school and will be able to go to China next year. Only after her father was captured, her sister was worried that she would be able to go to school next year. If the father did not return, the sister would not benefit from the tuition fees offered by Mr. Morsan as chief administrative officer, which would be a heavy burden on families for up to twelve Silver Tall tuition fees.

Even if Claude swears in front of her sister that she will be sent to study in the country for the year, the tuition problem will be solved on her own. But her sister still looked at Claude with those big eyes open, and she knew if she had any money at home, and Claude had to swear again to let Little Laurie down for a little snack.

Little Browick is eight years old next year, and the bear child knows a lot more. In addition to taking care of the broken little snow dog, he often went upstairs to visit his mother in the afternoon and stopped stalking Claude to play games with him. Claude was very pleased with this, so he found out what he had done for him and taught him how to spell the graphics.

Claude made a nice dinner at night, but it was a little chilly for him and his three siblings to eat. Mother's diet was sent to bed by Claude, but when Mother remembered Mr. Morsan in captivity and Albert, who had robbed her of her jewellery early in the morning, she had no appetite to eat. Claude could only whisper to his mother, but he hated Albert half as much as he did.

This evening the streets were crowded and lively, the households had colored lights and many different shapes of colored lanterns hanging outside the windows and by the door.

Claude found last year's old lantern in the storeroom, took two more candles and lit them and inserted them inside, picking the old lantern out the door. The changes that took place at the end of this year were surprising, and many new year's items were not prepared at home, such as small pieces of snacks and snacks for hospitality. But Claude didn't think it mattered, believing that few people would come to the house to say hello during the New Year if their father was arrested...

This time last year, Claude was taken to the Temple of War by his father to wait for the New Year's bell to ring, after which he and Ericsson ran to the Temple of the Moon. Mother also took her brother and sister to the Temple of the Mother Earth. It is believed that these three temples remain as lively this year as they have been in previous years. Claude just lost the fun of going on a trip, and tonight he wasn't going to go to those three temple squares to have a good time.

Claude took her brother and sister to the second floor study, where she loved to read, and she would look for books on the shelf herself. Claude, on the other hand, was responsible for telling his brother's story, except that several children's stories that Mr. Morsan had previously bought had been torn apart by his brother. Little Brooke insisted that his brother tell him new stories, and he was also more picky, allowing Claude to tell the story of the knight and the dragon.

Claude had to find a popular knight's novel on the shelf and read it in half.

Time soon passed and the New Year's bell was finally heard from the Temple of War. Sister dropped the book, hit a debt and stood up to Claude and said, "Happy New Year, brother. ”

“Happy New Year to you too, Anna.” Claude looked at his brother, who slept perfectly in his arms, and said to his sister, “Go to sleep, it's New Year's Eve, you're not going to make it. Look, Little Booker slept so deep, he couldn't even wake up with the bell...”

“Well, I wanted to sleep, but everyone said that when the New Year bell rang, I wished the best, and I finally insisted that the bell rang. ”

“Oh, yeah, what did you wish for? ”

“This can't be said, brother, don't you know, it won't work, I'm going to bed. ”

Sister went to the bathroom, Claude took her brother to his own cot and went to Mother's bedroom to see it. Mother was not asleep, she was just lying quietly in bed. Claude found two tear marks on her face...

“Mother, do you want something to eat?” That's all Claude can ask.

Mother shook her head: "No, I can't eat it. New Year's Eve, Claude, you've grown up, too. Time passes so fast, you'll be an adult in a blink of an eye. ”

Claude turned around and got some hot water in the bathroom, twisted a hot towel, and handed it to his mother: "Wipe your face, Mother, and wish you a happy New Year and good health. Don't worry about my father, we'll be fine. I'll take care of my brother and sister. You just need to take care of yourself and rest. ”

Mother barely smiled: "Thank you, Claude, and I wish you a happy New Year and a bright future. You're the only one in the family who can help now. ”

“It's okay, Mother, we're a family. Rest now. I'm going down. Ring the bell rope if you need me. ”

Downstairs, Claude went out to feed and add potable water to the black Marjamy in the makeshift wooden shed next to the big red brick house. Perhaps the new year bell of the Temple of War just now suddenly scared Dark Majesty a little, it was scorching in the wooden shed, saw Claude come and pulled the long horse face over, Claude pampered him for half a day, finally quiet him down to start eating horses and drinking water.

Back home, he went to the second floor, blew out the oil lights, and Claude sat alone on the sofa chair in the study, gradually spreading his senses to the third floor.

My sister and brother are both asleep and my mother's eyes are closed. It's just that she should have just fallen asleep. Sleep is still shallow. A little movement may wake her up...

Almost half an hour later, the mother's breathing finally became smooth and long, a sign of sleep. Claude stood up gently and quickly from the couch, taking out his already prepared clothes and changing them.

Since most residents of Bai Lu Town would go to the squares of the three temples at night to await and celebrate the sounds of the New Year's bells, the guard battalion, which was under military control, removed the soldiers who had posted posts at the alleyways inside the town and strengthened guards only at the entrance to and exit from the town streets. So Claude didn't have to worry about going out and being questioned by the soldiers.

Little snowflakes floated again, and a thin layer of white snow accumulated on the ground.

Claude pulled the robe's hat down, tightened the scarf on his face, gently closed the door and became part of the street crowd.

There are many more people on the streets, most of them scattered home from the three main temple squares. From time to time, a few drunk people howl and sing on the road, and many men accompany them to the old streets.

Perhaps this evening is the only one where many men can indulge themselves. The women on the old street are very engaged, and the wind and moon haven't closed on old and new social nights, but it's more lively. Of course, the price of street women on Old Street all tripled this evening, which is one of the reasons why they are reluctant to rest.

The old street is also very rare with a colorful lamp, red and green, and a lot more small stalls for food and drink. The streets are flooded with people, many of them guard battalions in dark blue uniforms. They are said to have paid an extra month's salary for welfare at night, making them the most popular and promising guests of street women.

Claude walked back and forth on the old street and still didn't find the right target. In this part of the Old Street, you can either find a street girl, a pickpocket girl in her teens, or a member of the Black Snake Club, all three of whom are well-informed.

It's just strange that Claude didn't find a pickpocket on the old street. Generally, crowd density is the easiest place for half-sized kids, but Claude didn't see any pickpockets squeezing around in the crowd tonight on the old street...

As for finding out about the street women, Claude gave up immediately after making an assessment of the difficulty. The street women were really busy tonight, and two or three men bargained for each other as long as they came out of the room. It was very professional.

Claude wanted to find the members of the Black Snake Club, and he found out that the Black Snake Club was a bunch of people standing in the old streets, keeping order, not alone, and Claude couldn't do it.

Think about Claude buying a bottle of Gandhi from a small stall, spreading it on his clothes, rinsing his mouth, making himself look a little drunk, then leaning against a wall with the bottle carefully detailed by the often passers-by.

Surely, there are two members of the Black Snake Club who are not here.

“Hey, what are you doing standing here? ”

Claude answered with a hoarse voice: "Wait, what are you doing? The two paralyzed guys said they took me to a fun place to play two hands, and here they went with two sluts into the room. I walked around and came back and couldn't find a place. I had to wait for them here, and I didn't know they were still out on the street. ”

“Then why don't you find a pussy to have fun with?” A member of the Black Snake Club asked.

“I'm not interested, playing cards with women is not fun, especially at the opening moment, it's really nervous and exciting. Never mind, I'd better go back to the bathroom and get some sleep.” Claude is leaving.

“Hey, wait, man, do you want me to introduce you to something?” Another thinner Black Snake member called Claude.

“You want to introduce a scene?” Claude looked up and down at him with suspicion and shook his head: “No, we don't know each other, we don't bother our friends anymore. I'd better go back to the tavern and get a table. ”

If this Black Snake member said to introduce a scene, Claude would immediately say yes, maybe these two Black Snake members would still be suspicious. Instead, Claude refused, and they really thought Claude was a gambler. Relax.

“Dude, why don't you come with us and take a look at your five big, fat looks? Are you still afraid we're not good for you? Right up ahead, not far, if you find something wrong, you can shout, and now there's a guard camp in town from County City, no one dares to get a bad idea. This old street is covered by us. If you ask, we black snakes will do it in good faith...”

The Black Snake member is a very talented salesman, and Claude is about to be delighted. After two steps forward, Claude hesitated and eventually turned around: "Okay, I'll go with you. First of all, if I'm not satisfied, I'll go back. If anyone dares to stop me, I promise he'll be unlucky...”

Two Black Snake members were happy to see Claude turn around: "Don't worry, we Black Snakes will decide on this street, nobody will fight you. Dude, we're sending you over, just because you get to the place, you can't walk away. ”