I know about these shams because I know someone who has done it, more than once.
In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the imperial capital. Most nobles have always looked down on adventurers from commoner backgrounds. Although they have done enough on the surface, it is not certain whether they regard them as human beings in their hearts.
I have heard such a rumor.
The young lady of a certain noble family made a lifelong private appointment with an adventurer behind the backs of her family. It was not revealed until her father, who did not know the inside story, set a fiancé for her.
Velesla, no, there is such a rule in the entire continent, that is, the strong are respected.
Even the royal family has to bow their heads before the power that threatens their lives.
Nobility is no exception.
The man who has made a private appointment with the eldest lady for life is such a powerful adventurer.
Like the first prince of Velesla, although he was born as a commoner, he possessed fire magic talents unmatched by ordinary people, and even became an A-level adventurer all the way in the first year of becoming an adventurer. It has accomplished things that ordinary people may not necessarily do after spending several years.
It stands to reason that with this kind of ability, even if you don't have a title, marrying a noble lady is more than enough, but the father of the eldest lady doesn't want his daughter to marry a man who has neither money nor status.
He rejected his daughter's request to cancel the original engagement and took her under control, prohibiting her from going out until the wedding.
As an irrelevant outsider, I have no qualifications or interest to judge who is right and who is wrong. When I heard those noble ladies talking about this matter, I just laughed it off and forgot about it when I turned around. I didn’t take it to heart .
I heard this again, on the day of the wedding ceremony between the eldest lady and the fiancé, someone told me that the adventurer went to snatch the marriage.
Marriage snatching is a tradition that has existed since ancient times. As long as the challenger can win the duel, the bridegroom or bride can be taken away.
I've heard it before, but it's the first time I've encountered such a thing after living for so long, and it made me regret throwing away that wedding invitation.
Curiosity made me pay attention to the follow-up of the matter. To my surprise, the adventurer lost, and even failed to get off the duel ring alive. The eldest lady who witnessed the death of her lover fell into a coma on the spot, and has been recovering from illness ever since. Since then, the wedding hastily ended.
I can't say I'm sad, I'm just feeling a little emotional that a good person just disappeared like this.
Not all noble ladies look down on civilians, and free love has always been a hot topic at the tea party. During that time, I heard a lot of heroic deeds about the adventurer from their mouths. Of course, they were all processed by technology. Its authenticity is still questionable.
But if that person was really as good as they said, it would be a pity to die like this.
There's just one thing I can't figure out. I know the lady's fiancé, and unfortunately he is a student of the same class as me. He is a well-known dandy in the academy. It was because his family threw money into the academy to get into the academy. , It can be said that he has no skills at all, how can such a rookie who only knows how to bully the weak kill an adventurer with rich combat experience?
Although I knew it had nothing to do with me, I still couldn't help but send someone to inquire about it, and the news I finally brought back was almost the same as what I thought.
That dandy didn't defeat the adventurer in an open and aboveboard way, someone secretly helped him plot against his opponent, and it was fatal with one blow.
Since it can be discovered by my people, it means that the person who did this did not do it very covertly, or that he is not afraid to let others know, no matter what he would be so reckless, it is just because someone protects him , will not let him have an accident.
After listening to the results reported by my subordinates, I have only one thought.
Sooner or later this country will end.
Before going to the duel stage, you need to sign a life and death certificate. Unless both parties agree to stop, the battle will not end easily. During the battle, five magisters will watch the whole process and set up a magic circle around them. It is to prevent them from affecting others during the battle, and so that no one will intervene in their battle.
Five magisters, I don't believe they didn't find anything, the only reason that makes sense is that they did it on purpose.
Deliberately pretending to know nothing, allowing the killer hired by the nobles to kill the adventurer in a duel, making the dude a so-called winner.
I later learned that the reason why the adventurer met and fell in love with the eldest lady was because the noble had entrusted him and his teammates to destroy the monsters that were making trouble in his territory and rescue his daughter who was recuperating in the territory. After going back and forth, the two young men saw each other right, and they wanted to tell the noble father about it when they went back, but suddenly a fiancé appeared.
What disgusts me the most is that after the duel, the adventurer's teammates sensed something was wrong and wanted to ask for an explanation to justify the adventurer's name, but the king sent soldiers to beat him up on the grounds of contempt for the kingship. The wounded ones were driven out of the city, and the nobles didn't know anything about it. They didn't pay them what they deserved, and even said "saved me a lot of money" afterwards.
Why can people be so shameless?
I can't figure it out.
A few months later, just when I was about to forget about this incident, a letter was delivered to my desk, which recorded in detail what those adventurers did after they were driven out of Velesla.
I really didn't expect the people I trained to be so dedicated, and I got things done without saying anything.
Since what I have brought is information that I am interested in, I will not pursue this unauthorized action.
The letter said that after they left the imperial capital, they went to the Adventurer's Guild in another city.
In fact, there is also an adventurer's guild in the city, but they were not only kicked out, but also permanently banned from entering the city, otherwise they would not have to drag their scarred bodies to seek far away, this is not looking for abuse.
Cough, back to the topic.
Because it happened during the entrustment period, they wanted to seek justice from the trade union, but they were rejected.
The reason is that the channels through which they received commissions were not formal channels and were not within the management authority of the trade union, and the trade union could do nothing to help them.
This was like a bolt from the blue, and those people were dumbfounded.
Before they were thrown out of the city, those people searched all their belongings. They lost all their weapons and coins. It was a blessing to be alive, but they were told that their work was for nothing?
what is this?
I didn't have the heart to read the whole letter, but even so I can guess what their future holds.
If they can't come out as soon as possible and let go of their hatred temporarily, then their lives will be ruined.
This is the reality, no matter how many people sympathize with them, they will at most give a few words of consolation and occasionally help a few small favors within their capacity, but few people will be willing to take revenge with them.
Without him, it would be too difficult to complete this task. If you are not careful, you will risk your own life. Who wants to do such a thankless task?
Although this situation is rare, I am still a little worried that I will encounter similar situations.
Without hesitating for too long, I pretended to be unintentional and said, "I'm still an E-rank adventurer, so I can't accept your commission."
The man frowned slightly, and quickly let go.
"It's okay, if you don't join the trade union, you will be fine."
I asked again: "If you don't want to join the trade union? Then how do you accept the commission?"
He gave me a strange look, "Have you never taken on this kind of mission?"
Before I could answer, he continued: "Forget it, I'm not interested in knowing about you. I've already paid you the reward. You just need to bring me something within three days."
After a pause, he added, "At least five, don't say you can't do it, if you can't, go to the person who helped you."
It's not a human, it's a magic wolf.
"Yes, yes." I said hesitantly, "but aren't you afraid that I will run away with my things?"
The man curled his lips coldly.
"You can try."
As for what will happen after trying it, he didn't tell me.
Fortunately, I am not a curious and daring person, otherwise I might really try it.
After leaving this store, I went to the market to buy some special tools and magic thread needed to sew the leather armor of monsters, and went to the grocery store by the way.
The shelf life of processed materials is much longer than that of corpses, so I took out most of the materials without any worries. Of course, they are monsters that live in the outskirts of the forest and on the plains. Let’s put them away like the magic fish naga. .
When the shopkeeper curiously asked why there were so many, I said that I had saved up for a long time and hadn't dealt with it, and I dealt with it smoothly, and my wallet instantly swelled up.
After I finished all this, it was almost dusk. I hurried back to the hotel. I didn’t go back to my room immediately, but went straight to the backyard. Almost as soon as I opened the door, I saw Fenrir’s paper full of words. 'I'm angry' wolf face.
"You still know how to come back?"
I smiled flatteringly, pretended I didn't know anything, and took out the monster fish meat that it said was of good quality as a treasure, "I found someone who can handle monster meat, shall we eat fish at night?"
Fenrir's complexion improved slightly, "Only fish?"
After understanding the hint, I quickly took out a piece of other monster meat, "Bear meat, venison meat, snake meat, lizard meat... What else do you want to eat, I'll ask the proprietress to make it for you."
Fenrir stopped talking, and I was just wondering when I heard the creaking sound of the wooden door being pushed behind me.
"came back?"
I stood up and looked at the proprietress whose hands were still on the door, and said with a smile, "Well, I'm back."
The proprietress looked down slightly at the monster meat I was still holding, and frowned fiercely.
"Going to buy meat again?"
Just by hearing her voice, I can guess that she must be calling me a prodigal in her heart now, maybe there are even worse things.
Fearing that she would refuse to help me cook the monster meat, I quickly explained: "No, these were hunted by Phil when I was out before. I asked someone to dispose of the corpses today, and it didn't cost much."
"That's why I misunderstood you."
The proprietress' brows loosened slowly, and her tone improved a lot.
But just as I was about to take this opportunity to mention the barbecue, the proprietress raised her hand to stop me.
"I know what you want to say, but I may not be able to help you."
Not just today, she won't be able to help me with these monster meat for the next week or so.
The proprietress said that next week is the lord's wife's birthday, and someone had come to inform them earlier that they should be ready to leave, but they were so busy that they dragged on until now, and if they didn't start, they would be late.
It is said that the lord and his wife are very affectionate. In order to celebrate his wife's birthday, the lord gathers people with certain specialties in the territory every year, spends a lot of money, and strives to give his wife the most perfect birthday party.
And it is her culinary skills that the proprietress is attracted to.
"I have to come here once a year. It's annoying, and I don't get much reward, but who made him the lord, and I should get used to it."
The proprietress sighed, "I wanted to tell you before, but I was so busy that I forgot it. I finally remembered it this morning, but I couldn't find you, so I dragged it until now."
In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the imperial capital. Most nobles have always looked down on adventurers from commoner backgrounds. Although they have done enough on the surface, it is not certain whether they regard them as human beings in their hearts.
I have heard such a rumor.
The young lady of a certain noble family made a lifelong private appointment with an adventurer behind the backs of her family. It was not revealed until her father, who did not know the inside story, set a fiancé for her.
Velesla, no, there is such a rule in the entire continent, that is, the strong are respected.
Even the royal family has to bow their heads before the power that threatens their lives.
Nobility is no exception.
The man who has made a private appointment with the eldest lady for life is such a powerful adventurer.
Like the first prince of Velesla, although he was born as a commoner, he possessed fire magic talents unmatched by ordinary people, and even became an A-level adventurer all the way in the first year of becoming an adventurer. It has accomplished things that ordinary people may not necessarily do after spending several years.
It stands to reason that with this kind of ability, even if you don't have a title, marrying a noble lady is more than enough, but the father of the eldest lady doesn't want his daughter to marry a man who has neither money nor status.
He rejected his daughter's request to cancel the original engagement and took her under control, prohibiting her from going out until the wedding.
As an irrelevant outsider, I have no qualifications or interest to judge who is right and who is wrong. When I heard those noble ladies talking about this matter, I just laughed it off and forgot about it when I turned around. I didn’t take it to heart .
I heard this again, on the day of the wedding ceremony between the eldest lady and the fiancé, someone told me that the adventurer went to snatch the marriage.
Marriage snatching is a tradition that has existed since ancient times. As long as the challenger can win the duel, the bridegroom or bride can be taken away.
I've heard it before, but it's the first time I've encountered such a thing after living for so long, and it made me regret throwing away that wedding invitation.
Curiosity made me pay attention to the follow-up of the matter. To my surprise, the adventurer lost, and even failed to get off the duel ring alive. The eldest lady who witnessed the death of her lover fell into a coma on the spot, and has been recovering from illness ever since. Since then, the wedding hastily ended.
I can't say I'm sad, I'm just feeling a little emotional that a good person just disappeared like this.
Not all noble ladies look down on civilians, and free love has always been a hot topic at the tea party. During that time, I heard a lot of heroic deeds about the adventurer from their mouths. Of course, they were all processed by technology. Its authenticity is still questionable.
But if that person was really as good as they said, it would be a pity to die like this.
There's just one thing I can't figure out. I know the lady's fiancé, and unfortunately he is a student of the same class as me. He is a well-known dandy in the academy. It was because his family threw money into the academy to get into the academy. , It can be said that he has no skills at all, how can such a rookie who only knows how to bully the weak kill an adventurer with rich combat experience?
Although I knew it had nothing to do with me, I still couldn't help but send someone to inquire about it, and the news I finally brought back was almost the same as what I thought.
That dandy didn't defeat the adventurer in an open and aboveboard way, someone secretly helped him plot against his opponent, and it was fatal with one blow.
Since it can be discovered by my people, it means that the person who did this did not do it very covertly, or that he is not afraid to let others know, no matter what he would be so reckless, it is just because someone protects him , will not let him have an accident.
After listening to the results reported by my subordinates, I have only one thought.
Sooner or later this country will end.
Before going to the duel stage, you need to sign a life and death certificate. Unless both parties agree to stop, the battle will not end easily. During the battle, five magisters will watch the whole process and set up a magic circle around them. It is to prevent them from affecting others during the battle, and so that no one will intervene in their battle.
Five magisters, I don't believe they didn't find anything, the only reason that makes sense is that they did it on purpose.
Deliberately pretending to know nothing, allowing the killer hired by the nobles to kill the adventurer in a duel, making the dude a so-called winner.
I later learned that the reason why the adventurer met and fell in love with the eldest lady was because the noble had entrusted him and his teammates to destroy the monsters that were making trouble in his territory and rescue his daughter who was recuperating in the territory. After going back and forth, the two young men saw each other right, and they wanted to tell the noble father about it when they went back, but suddenly a fiancé appeared.
What disgusts me the most is that after the duel, the adventurer's teammates sensed something was wrong and wanted to ask for an explanation to justify the adventurer's name, but the king sent soldiers to beat him up on the grounds of contempt for the kingship. The wounded ones were driven out of the city, and the nobles didn't know anything about it. They didn't pay them what they deserved, and even said "saved me a lot of money" afterwards.
Why can people be so shameless?
I can't figure it out.
A few months later, just when I was about to forget about this incident, a letter was delivered to my desk, which recorded in detail what those adventurers did after they were driven out of Velesla.
I really didn't expect the people I trained to be so dedicated, and I got things done without saying anything.
Since what I have brought is information that I am interested in, I will not pursue this unauthorized action.
The letter said that after they left the imperial capital, they went to the Adventurer's Guild in another city.
In fact, there is also an adventurer's guild in the city, but they were not only kicked out, but also permanently banned from entering the city, otherwise they would not have to drag their scarred bodies to seek far away, this is not looking for abuse.
Cough, back to the topic.
Because it happened during the entrustment period, they wanted to seek justice from the trade union, but they were rejected.
The reason is that the channels through which they received commissions were not formal channels and were not within the management authority of the trade union, and the trade union could do nothing to help them.
This was like a bolt from the blue, and those people were dumbfounded.
Before they were thrown out of the city, those people searched all their belongings. They lost all their weapons and coins. It was a blessing to be alive, but they were told that their work was for nothing?
what is this?
I didn't have the heart to read the whole letter, but even so I can guess what their future holds.
If they can't come out as soon as possible and let go of their hatred temporarily, then their lives will be ruined.
This is the reality, no matter how many people sympathize with them, they will at most give a few words of consolation and occasionally help a few small favors within their capacity, but few people will be willing to take revenge with them.
Without him, it would be too difficult to complete this task. If you are not careful, you will risk your own life. Who wants to do such a thankless task?
Although this situation is rare, I am still a little worried that I will encounter similar situations.
Without hesitating for too long, I pretended to be unintentional and said, "I'm still an E-rank adventurer, so I can't accept your commission."
The man frowned slightly, and quickly let go.
"It's okay, if you don't join the trade union, you will be fine."
I asked again: "If you don't want to join the trade union? Then how do you accept the commission?"
He gave me a strange look, "Have you never taken on this kind of mission?"
Before I could answer, he continued: "Forget it, I'm not interested in knowing about you. I've already paid you the reward. You just need to bring me something within three days."
After a pause, he added, "At least five, don't say you can't do it, if you can't, go to the person who helped you."
It's not a human, it's a magic wolf.
"Yes, yes." I said hesitantly, "but aren't you afraid that I will run away with my things?"
The man curled his lips coldly.
"You can try."
As for what will happen after trying it, he didn't tell me.
Fortunately, I am not a curious and daring person, otherwise I might really try it.
After leaving this store, I went to the market to buy some special tools and magic thread needed to sew the leather armor of monsters, and went to the grocery store by the way.
The shelf life of processed materials is much longer than that of corpses, so I took out most of the materials without any worries. Of course, they are monsters that live in the outskirts of the forest and on the plains. Let’s put them away like the magic fish naga. .
When the shopkeeper curiously asked why there were so many, I said that I had saved up for a long time and hadn't dealt with it, and I dealt with it smoothly, and my wallet instantly swelled up.
After I finished all this, it was almost dusk. I hurried back to the hotel. I didn’t go back to my room immediately, but went straight to the backyard. Almost as soon as I opened the door, I saw Fenrir’s paper full of words. 'I'm angry' wolf face.
"You still know how to come back?"
I smiled flatteringly, pretended I didn't know anything, and took out the monster fish meat that it said was of good quality as a treasure, "I found someone who can handle monster meat, shall we eat fish at night?"
Fenrir's complexion improved slightly, "Only fish?"
After understanding the hint, I quickly took out a piece of other monster meat, "Bear meat, venison meat, snake meat, lizard meat... What else do you want to eat, I'll ask the proprietress to make it for you."
Fenrir stopped talking, and I was just wondering when I heard the creaking sound of the wooden door being pushed behind me.
"came back?"
I stood up and looked at the proprietress whose hands were still on the door, and said with a smile, "Well, I'm back."
The proprietress looked down slightly at the monster meat I was still holding, and frowned fiercely.
"Going to buy meat again?"
Just by hearing her voice, I can guess that she must be calling me a prodigal in her heart now, maybe there are even worse things.
Fearing that she would refuse to help me cook the monster meat, I quickly explained: "No, these were hunted by Phil when I was out before. I asked someone to dispose of the corpses today, and it didn't cost much."
"That's why I misunderstood you."
The proprietress' brows loosened slowly, and her tone improved a lot.
But just as I was about to take this opportunity to mention the barbecue, the proprietress raised her hand to stop me.
"I know what you want to say, but I may not be able to help you."
Not just today, she won't be able to help me with these monster meat for the next week or so.
The proprietress said that next week is the lord's wife's birthday, and someone had come to inform them earlier that they should be ready to leave, but they were so busy that they dragged on until now, and if they didn't start, they would be late.
It is said that the lord and his wife are very affectionate. In order to celebrate his wife's birthday, the lord gathers people with certain specialties in the territory every year, spends a lot of money, and strives to give his wife the most perfect birthday party.
And it is her culinary skills that the proprietress is attracted to.
"I have to come here once a year. It's annoying, and I don't get much reward, but who made him the lord, and I should get used to it."
The proprietress sighed, "I wanted to tell you before, but I was so busy that I forgot it. I finally remembered it this morning, but I couldn't find you, so I dragged it until now."
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