The sun is high - #69 - Chapter 68 “Things All Men Like”

“Ha, I would like to know what the people in Borden think of me?”

Xiuge sat down and lit the cigarette in his hand. At this time, a vehicle carrying army doctors and various medicines and equipment happened to pass by.

Several glances immediately came over.

Alfred was obviously a habitual offender. He put out the cigarette in his hand very quickly, picked up a document and pretended to be working seriously.

Xiuge’s reaction was a little slower, so he saw three familiar faces riding in the same car.

The alchemist doctor Yilan who accompanied the army glanced at Alfred and Shuge with some displeasure, but in the end he didn’t say anything and turned his head to pretend to be looking at the scenery on the roadside.

As a physician’s apprentice, Sally held a heavy alchemy book in her hands. She was originally discussing something with the female mage sitting next to her. However, now, both parties involved in the discussion looked over, and their eyes were fixed in unison. On the cigarette in Xiuge’s hand.

There was a slight distance between the two cars, so Shuge didn’t hear clearly what Sally turned to say to Wei Lin.

But the next second, a mage’s hand suddenly appeared at the window. It reached over gracefully, snatched the cigarette from Xiuge’s hand, and then threw it into the snowdrift by the roadside.

Xiuge’s expression froze for an instant, and Sally, who had witnessed all this, showed a bright smile. She covered her mouth with a book, her eyes almost narrowed into a line, and beside her, the person who had just been entrusted to take action Wei Lin, who put out her cigarette, also showed a faint smile, but when Xiuge’s eyes moved over, the smile quickly disappeared.

Weilin can cast spells normally, which means that she no longer wears the magic-suppressing silver shackles used to suppress magic power – just as Alfred promised before, Weilin has obtained the skills required by being a lake-level magic scholar. The treatment you deserve.

The two cars separated quickly, and then Shuge heard Alfred let out a strange laugh. Then he put down the document in his hand and took out another cigarette: “Theoretically, you are still a patient. No smoking allowed.”

“Also, I would say you’d better choose the lively one… After all, no matter how beautiful the mage is, he may use magic to teach you a lesson at any time, and you basically have nothing to do in this situation, but if you If you really like this, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

After giving his advice very “sincerely”, Alfred hesitated for a moment, and then changed his words: “However, it seems that the other one is also a doctor’s apprentice now, either a mage or a doctor, tsk tsk, which one do you think you should choose?” None of it is right.”

“Mr. Major is very experienced. Have you experienced this before?”

“It’s just the past, it’s just the past.”

He was obviously only about thirty years old, but when Alfred talked about these topics, he acted like a veteran who had experienced many relationships and marriages.

Xiuge chatted casually with him for a few words, and then suddenly asked: “By the way, Major… you just mentioned that I am far from the image described by others, so I would like to ask who made these comments. Who are they?”

“You care about this?”

“I don’t want to care about them, but judging from the current situation, they might care about me.”

The carriage fell into silence.

Alfred stared at the document in front of him, as if trying to pick out a few typos among the rigorous words.

Shuge, on the other hand, looked out the window seriously. Whenever the Fifth Chasseur Regiment began to march, all the soldiers would fall into silence. As rumored by the outside world, the Votel soldiers always made people laugh when executing military orders. Thinking of the magic puppets made by mages using materials such as soil, rocks, and metals, after all, in the eyes of ordinary people, a group of people who strictly execute orders in silence are indeed no different from lifeless cold creations.

The snow on the road has been swept to both sides of the road under the magic of the military mages, but at this time, snowflakes are still falling from the sky, and these soft white elves continue to sweep among the marching team with the breeze. However, they kissed everything in front of them, the masks of the soldiers, the books of the mages, the heads of the war horses…

Xiuge stretched his palm out of the window, and soon, snowflakes fell on his palm.

The seemingly gentle kiss brought a shiver of coldness at this moment. The stimulating feeling coming from the palm of his hand made Xiuge couldn’t help but clench his fists. So under the action of body temperature, these white fragments The crumbs immediately melted into clear water.

Xiuge gently shook his palm twice, shaking off the melted snow water from his hand.

At this time, he also heard Alfred’s voice.

“Mr. Ernst, you are different from most… people of your age that I have met, and you are also obviously different from the members of your family. If possible, I would really like to talk to you. Become a regular friend.”

Alfred’s words seemed a bit messy, but Shuge heard something from them, so he asked: “Ordinary friends?”

“Yes, we usually drink, chat, or play dragon teeth together. You may not know that I am even an honorary member of the Bolden Dragon Teeth Club.”

Alfred’s words were obviously very relaxed, but there was not much smile on his face.

Shuge heard the officer continue: “I’m serious, Mr. Ernst. When you return to Bolden, if you want to play cards, drink, etc. with me, you can. I will be happy to participate in such activities. But other things are exempt, as you can probably see that I hate getting involved in other people’s family affairs.”

“I see.”

Shuge nodded slightly.

Alfred’s words were very cryptic, but they revealed enough information.

“It seems that most of the people who have ‘commented’ on me in front of Alfred are members of the Ernst family, and are most likely my ‘peers’.”

Shuge picked up a magic ink pen from the table and slowly played with it in his hand: “Alfred said that he was unwilling to get involved in my family affairs, so as of now, it seems that the Ernst family is looking for me. One of the reasons for going back is most likely to deal with some internal issues within the family…”

“What problem would involve a ‘corrupt’ illegitimate child like me? And judging from Alfred’s words, I actually have to face many ‘competitors’ of the same age. It can’t be a family inheritance issue, right? “

Shuge had doubts about the conclusions he had derived.

After all, the original owner of his body has always been an existence that is better than nothing in the Ernst family. For most members, they have no need to care about a poor guy who barely survives by writing third-rate literature, even if No matter how influential those words are, no matter how many fans and readers admire him, he will never be able to achieve elegance.

Moreover, Shuge did not think that the issue of succession required the Ernst family and the “Three-clawed Falcon” to use their power and influence to allow a team like the Fifth Chasseur Regiment to take the risk to support him.

Combined with the information revealed by Wei Lin before, Shuge had every reason to believe that the actions of the Ernst family were most likely related to the unrest in Salem City and the plans of the Black Sun Society.

Not only that, this behavior of the Ernst family is very likely to be kept secret from most family members. It is precisely because of this that his “peers” will not know about his return to Bolden. He takes it so seriously, because only in the eyes of those who are really prepared to participate in family competition, will he become a threatening target.

With this thought, Xiuge’s thinking became clear.

“If the inference is not wrong, then the Ernst family is most likely using certain activities and decisions within the family as a cover this time, but in fact it is to make me, or to let ‘Suge Ernst’ Returning to Bolden… Maybe I should be careful. If the managers of the Ernst family are really related to the Black Sun Society, then I will most likely fall into a new round of bad situations.”

As for the competition for heirs and the struggle for status, Xiuge really has no interest at all.

As long as he was a little bit enthusiastic about this kind of activity, he would not have been working hard in an industry for nearly ten years, and he was still thinking about scripts and planning projects honestly. Even the plot director position he held before his sudden death, They were even forcibly carried up.

It’s not shabby to eat just a casual meal.

“When I left the Dream Sanctuary, Theseus asked me to hurry up…could it be because of this?”

Just when Shuge was thinking about the whole thing, Major Alfred suddenly made an invitation: “By the way, do you remember what we said before? In the army, there are some things that all men will like.” , how about it, would Mr. Ernst be interested in taking a look?”

…

At noon, the marching 5th Chasseur Regiment took a short rest by the road, while Shouge followed Major Alfred and had a simple lunch with the soldiers of the 5th Chasseur Regiment.

Because they were on the road, all members of the Chasseur Regiment used the rationed military rations to finish the meal.

The rations of Votel’s army are as rigid as their discipline and rules. Shuge carefully observed and found that the lunch of each Votel soldier probably consists of large pieces of black bread, canned smoked pork or beef, and dried vegetables used after soaking in hot water.

Although it is simple, the weight is very solid, especially that kind of can. With Xiuge’s current body, there is no way to eat it completely, so the remaining half of the can was taken by Duden, a young soldier who had been following him. Go, not wasting food is also an important rule in Walter’s army, and Duden, as Shuge’s current temporary guard, needs to solve this problem for Shuge.

“It’s normal to not be able to finish your meal, Mr. Ernst… It’s difficult to do that with your physique.”

Major Alfred picked up his lunch box, drank the vegetable soup made from dried vegetables and simple seasonings, and then wiped the oil stains on his mouth: “Here, before everyone finishes eating, Rice, I’ll take you for a walk.”

Xiuge took a sip of water with some difficulty, finally suppressing the greasy taste of canned meat in his mouth, and then nodded.

He was indeed stretched a bit now, and although he wasn’t too interested in the “things that men like” as Alfred said, he really needed a walk to eat.

“The foundation of this body is really bad. With this kind of physical foundation, even if I obtain magic that can be used for close combat, I will still be at a disadvantage in the battle… As for escaping, it is even more difficult. Don’t mention it.”

Shuge followed Alfred. The major looked thin after putting on his coat. However, once he took off his coat, he would reveal his strong body under the military uniform. Shuge had seen this before. The muscle lines on the guy’s arms are very amazing. Xiuge is sure that when facing this kind of enemy, if his magic makes a mistake, he will most likely be killed by the opponent on the spot.

In fact, for a long, long time in the past, this was also the reason for the death of many military mages. It is precisely for this reason that the armies and legal committee branches of various countries will include physical training and the use of cold weapons. Among the important training courses for military mages.

“I don’t know if there is anything in the Dream Sanctuary that can directly strengthen the constitution and change the physical condition… Or, can I quickly achieve this goal by hunting more descendants of the Dark Abyss?”

Soon, Shuge followed Major Alfred to a row of simple yet extremely sturdy transport vehicles.

Although this magic steam vehicle still uses magic crystals to convert into power like other vehicles, its shape has some similarities with the military trucks Shuge has seen.

Soon, under Alfred’s command, two soldiers came over and took out two long pole objects wrapped in oilcloth from the carriage.

Shuge narrowed his eyes. He knew that this should be what Alfred wanted to show him.

“Looks like some kind of crystal gun?”

“Well, from a classification point of view, it has not yet broken away from the weapon category of crystal gun, but compared to those stupid and expensive things, this is the most elegant and slender noble lady.”

Alfred smiled and untied the oilcloth, and a slender weapon made of wood and metal as its main parts appeared in Shuge’s sight. As he described, compared to those inlaid with magic crystals and engraved with A heavy long-tube crystal gun with complex magic rituals, this weapon should appear lighter and more flexible.

Behind the slender metal barrel is a metal runner with nine bullet chambers, and behind it is a metal hammer inlaid with magic crystals.

Shuge quickly figured out the principle of this new firearm. He was very surprised because this weapon was very similar to the old-fashioned rotating rifle in his memory.

However, in this weapon, what is used to fire the bullets is still a crystal containing magic power and a special magic ritual engraved on the wheel and hammer.

With this new firearm, Xiuge clearly felt the confusion of time and space.