Chen Lun looked at the black knight in front of him and thought quietly.
The other person is related to Floy by blood, and is also her only relative left in this world.
"You can see that she cares about you very much."
Byers chuckled.
"That emotion is very passionate. I can feel it... The members of the Wolf Clan have an almost crazy obsession with love."
He paused.
"I'm very optimistic about you, Jack. You have a very special quality, which is the bottom line of human nature. This quality is precious.
And you are making rapid progress. This talent astounds me... Every step forward in the mysterious realm requires tremendous effort, and you..."
The Black Knight shook his head.
“Incredible.”
He stood up slowly, leaned against the tombstone, and rested his hands on the hilt of the sword.
"Jack, do you have any other questions?"
"Mr. Byers, why don't you meet Floy?"
Chen Lun spoke.
The Black Knight was silent for a moment, and only said one sentence:
"It's not the right time yet."
The two looked at each other in silence. Chen Lun pulled the brim of his hat and walked up to the Black Knight.
"I have no more questions, Mr. Byers, what do you need from me next?"
"Why don't you ask me why I am being hunted by the church and the shelter? If I did something heinous, would you still help me?"
The Black Knight turned and looked at him with interest.
"meeting. "
Chen Lun smiled.
"Why?"
The Black Knight asked.
"Because you are Floy's only relative."
He said this very naturally.
The Black Knight was slightly startled, then chuckled a few times.
“Actually, the inside story of why I was hunted is quite ridiculous. Well… I’ll tell you next time. I don’t have much time left.
Next, I need you to help me transport something. It is in Sunflower City, the main city of Flower State. After you get the item, secretly deliver it to a ruin on the outskirts of Amber City in Gem State."
"What?"
Chen Lun asked.
The Black Knight handed over a stone coin with some patterns engraved on it. This was the item that recorded the present anchor point of Sunflower City.
After Chen Lun took it, the Black Knight uttered two words:
"coffin."
He added:
"My current body is about to collapse. The coffin in Sunflower City is my own body... Remember, when traveling between the two cities, do not travel directly through the spirit world. There will be an elite team of extraordinary people ambushing in the spirit world on the edge of the city."
[Trigger B-level mission: The coffin-carrying journey! ]
Mission Description: You have gained the trust of the Black Knight Byers, and he has informed you of his true location, hoping that you can take him from Sunflower City to a designated location outside Amber City.
Mission rewards: 20,000 experience points, 50 gold pounds, Byers's favorability, and [Moon Faction Sequence 7 - Requiem Master] extraordinary knowledge.
"I understand, Mr. Byers."
Chen Lun accepted the task and nodded to show that he understood.
The Black Knight responded tiredly, then sat down again against the huge tombstone.
He held the sword with his head down, not knowing whether he was asleep or not.
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When Chen Lun returned to the present world, he found that he was not in Jack Manor, but in the suburbs of Amber City.
Seeing this, he had no choice but to conjure up wings and flap them back towards the city.
Fortunately, the speed of [Colorful Wings] is very fast, more than twice as fast as the previous [Crow Feathers]. When the body flies at high altitude, it can even make a slight scream.
He quickly stopped near the city gate, then entered with many other pedestrians.
I don’t know if it’s because the plague is getting worse, but there are so many guards responsible for checking at the city gate, but most of the lower-class residents who originally lived outside the city are gone.
Perhaps they were forced to leave due to the pressure of survival, or perhaps they died from infection with plague or disease and disappeared silently from the world.
Chen Lun sighed to himself and entered the city.
He temporarily took a hired carriage and spent forty copper crores to ask the carriage to take him back to Jack Manor in the inner city.
More than an hour later.
While passing by a commercial street, Chen Lun suddenly remembered something.
There were many hometown dishes that she wanted to eat, but they lacked special seasonings. Floy was "helpless without rice", and Connie had never been able to buy any.
"I remember there is a grocery store here, which is a subsidiary of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce. They have a wide network of contacts, so you should be able to buy things like soy sauce there... It would be even better if they had spices like cinnamon and star anise."
Chen Lun couldn't help but sigh that without these, the dishes would always lack charm.
He stopped the carriage and then got out.
With a casual glance, Chen Lun quickly identified the target. Not far to the left front, there was a store called "Vanodi Grocery Store". On one side of the plaque, there was a small silver dragon head engraved.
He walked straight in.
The grocery store was very large, equivalent to a supermarket, but Chen Lun walked past several shelves and did not find the condiment he wanted.
In desperation, with the mentality of "I can't go empty-handed", he planned to buy some gifts and bring them back to Floy.
Chen Lun found the shelf where candies and chocolates were placed and picked out two boxes of dark chocolate.
'This chocolate has zero sugar content, I think Floyd will like it.'
He smiled softly and thought to himself.
When Chen Lun was about to leave, he noticed an old lady with a hunched back coming over and looking at a row of chocolates hesitantly.
“Too expensive…”
The old lady whispered.
Chen Lun then subconsciously took a look at the price tag. Ordinary chocolates cost about 2 silver cups per box, while the dark chocolate in his hand was more expensive, 7 silver cups for 35 copper cups.
He shook his head slightly. This was indeed not something that the lower class people could afford, but this was in the inner city area and ordinary residents should be able to accept it.
"Are you from outside the country?"
Chen Lun asked casually.
The old lady seemed to have just realized that there was a tall and handsome young man standing next to her . She first looked up with a surprised expression, then smiled slightly, and the wrinkles on her cheeks became cracks.
"Well... I came to visit my relatives and wanted to buy some gifts."
She was dressed in black, simple but clean, with a purple chrysanthemum, which can be seen everywhere, inserted between her hair and white hair.
He doesn't look wealthy.
Chen Lun looked at the old lady and, out of kindness, picked up a few boxes of beautifully packaged chocolates and gestured:
"Let me pay for these for you."
"Oh, this is too expensive, I don't want it..."
The old lady seemed very surprised and waved her hands repeatedly.
Chen Lun showed his signature smile, did not insist, but suddenly asked:
"Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but could you tell me your age?"
The old lady was easy-going and didn't get angry. Instead, she said softly:
"I'm 81 years old and I'm not far from death."
Chen Lun shook his head with emotion.
"I can't tell at all. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were 18 years old."
The old lady couldn't help but chuckle a few times.
Chen Lun continued:
"Your smile is so beautiful, and it also infects my mood today. I think it is totally worth a gift."
He once again handed the boxes of chocolates in his hand to the old lady.
The other party was slightly startled, and finally said:
"You are a kind young man, thank you."
After taking a few boxes of chocolates, she put most of them back on the shelf, leaving only one box of sugar-free dark chocolate, the same kind that Chen Lun bought for Floy.
After checkout.
The old lady stopped Chen Lun at the door of the grocery store as he was about to leave. She took the initiative to hug Chen Lun and then said:
"Young man, may the moonlight bless you... Although this city is prosperous, there are too few kind people."
Chen Lun chuckled and said casually:
"You remind me of my grandmother, very kind. I wish you good health and a safe journey."
The old lady seemed very touched and asked:
"Please tell me your grandmother's name. From now on, every Sunday of the Moon Goddess, I will pray to her and pray for your grandmother."
Chen Lun had no grandmother in this world, so he just made up a name:
"Her name is Margaret."
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night.
Floy received a gift from Chen Lun.
She happily opened the paper package and sniffed the dark chocolate with some curiosity.
"What's this?"
"chocolate."
Chen Lun explained.
Floy seemed to have never eaten chocolate before and seemed to be looking forward to it .
She opened her mouth slightly and took a bite from the corner of the chocolate bar.
Click.
Chen Lun looked at her quietly, his fair cheeks puffed up slightly, as if he was slowly tasting something in his mouth.
“It’s delicious. I like it very much.”
Floy smiled.
"Don't you feel bitter?"
Chen Lun asked.
Floy shook her head, then nodded slightly, a little embarrassed.
"Yeah, a little."
Chen Lun couldn't help but chuckle a few times, thinking that Floy was inexplicably cute like this.
"Chocolate is supposed to be sweet, but you don't seem to like sweets, so the kind I bought for you doesn't contain sugar."
Floy nodded, not quite understanding.
“I like this.”
"I'm glad you like it... I'll bring you some next time."
Chen Lun said.
Floy carefully put the uneaten chocolate back into the tin foil packaging, and then put away the two boxes of chocolate.
After the two parted, Chen Lun returned to his room.
He briefly thought about his next move and decided to do something else on the way to Sunflower City.
"Before the chaos officially begins, it is best to eliminate the hidden dangers around Amber City..."
Chen Lun took out the high-level token of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce and flicked the silver coin gently.
As the central area of ​​the silver coin rotated rapidly, invisible sound waves were transmitted to the spiritual world. Soon, a deep blue crack appeared, and then a pig's head emerged from under Chen Lun's feet.
Chen Lun looked at this cheating doll that changed its skin every time, twitched his mouth, then communicated with it in [animal language] and told it a thing.
He asked the Swindler Doll to help him buy some information about which branches of the Red Apple Church still existed around Amber City.
The pig head showed an understanding expression, nodded foolishly, and went back into the room.
Chen Lun sat in the chair, tapping the armrest with his fingers, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"After such a long time, the players should have grown a lot. It's time to release the new products of the circus and update their equipment... and take them to the newly-built Red Apple Church to let them adapt to the rhythm of the future versions in advance."
He was very satisfied with the plan.
"Where else can I find a guide as responsible as me... He is so great and kind, so righteous."
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The next evening.
Floyd woke up from her sleep.
After she got up and washed up in the bathroom, she walked to the table with some anticipation, opened the drawer, and took out the chocolate that Chen Lun bought for her last night.
But what puzzled her was that there was inexplicably one more box among the original two.
Floy was stunned for a few seconds, and then her heart felt warm.
She thought that Chen Lun must have known that she liked it, so he bought another box and secretly put it in her drawer.