莫拉瓦讓喬奇把店裡的東西收一收,關掉爐火,把店門鎖上後,和我一起到外頭去隨意找一間酒館坐坐。581Please respect copyright.PENANA3o3pnv3b94
581Please respect copyright.PENANAaNPCckJ2y1
開玩笑,我才不要在那間待久了肯定會窒息的店裡頭談事情,我和莫拉瓦說了一會後,他也決定到外頭去,雖然他老人家絕對不想出門,但是主導權在我手上,他才配合我行事。581Please respect copyright.PENANACkvv4ohMoy
581Please respect copyright.PENANAFC0SIlCFF4
「爺爺,我們去這間吧?」581Please respect copyright.PENANA6FOsQqSc3Q
581Please respect copyright.PENANAPkfgZ17ph4
稍微走了點路,喬奇跑到前面,指著市集裡頭一間看起來有些高檔的酒吧,名字叫『棕泉奔流』,看起來就是間以酒很多為名的酒吧,喬奇你才十五歲,可以喝酒嗎?581Please respect copyright.PENANArJfYyf9U9G
581Please respect copyright.PENANAYKR73oVaL4
莫拉瓦對喬奇的疑問只是點點頭不做聲,我也表示同意,喬奇看起來喜出望外,很快就跑到酒吧門前,我知道莫拉瓦為什麼沒意見,因為他的腳實在沒辦法走太多路,我配合著他的步伐在後頭慢慢走著,沒打算催促他。581Please respect copyright.PENANAPiOrOvezhk
581Please respect copyright.PENANApUQrctD5mW
其實看到他這樣子走路之後,我也開始有點不忍心,但是我打死都不要留在那間店裡,只好勉強老人家了。581Please respect copyright.PENANAPxYMsOTnhc
581Please respect copyright.PENANArH3l68Py44
「歡迎光、臨……!裡面請坐!」581Please respect copyright.PENANA3jg4ohv1oD
581Please respect copyright.PENANAo0cAH2qbsK
當喬奇把酒吧門打開,讓我們一同進入後,在吧台的服務生立刻大聲招呼,不過看到莫拉瓦後聲音卻有些頓住。581Please respect copyright.PENANA8WOQ2syZSm
581Please respect copyright.PENANAxQbTxwQGit
可想而知,莫拉瓦在這中央區應該算是頗有名氣,我猜他最有名的地方就是那古怪的脾氣和固執的個性吧,大概沒什麼人會想要面對他,我要是服務生,我也會嚇一跳的。581Please respect copyright.PENANAiKNlmdGgxr
581Please respect copyright.PENANAFBj28mwEGx
喬奇看了下酒吧內的坐位,找了一處在角落,椅子做成類似隔牆的設計坐位,不錯,要談事情的話,這種位子比較方便。581Please respect copyright.PENANAkECVW0248f
581Please respect copyright.PENANAR4kETT94Mq
莫拉瓦坐上坐位後,看起來明顯輕鬆了點,我有點過意不去,拿出一瓶眼藥水大小的瓶子放到他面前。581Please respect copyright.PENANAmF2blL3B4S
581Please respect copyright.PENANAlLk1KhAe5F
「喝下。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAvKo1B7cILY
581Please respect copyright.PENANAA7wth9lXA4
老人家沉默一會,看著藥水搖頭。
「不行,這太貴重了,我不能喝。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAmmW09LN574
581Please respect copyright.PENANA7VsS43SX1Y
「這是我要求的,你必須保持體力,否則要怎麼和我談論事情?」581Please respect copyright.PENANALL4TrkrA9p
581Please respect copyright.PENANA9yMownOfWS
看得出來他是那種不示弱的老人,我沒辦用關心老人的態度來對他,只能用這種半強硬的語氣命令他。581Please respect copyright.PENANAHXpYWXO268
581Please respect copyright.PENANAmS5W6oJTjz
幸好莫拉瓦人雖然老,但頭腦可清醒的很,他稍微想了一下之後,便二話不說把藥水瓶蓋打開,直接喝完裡頭不多的藥水。581Please respect copyright.PENANAay4DmzXYIP
581Please respect copyright.PENANAFphSUxee2Z
「……真是不可思議的藥水,味道分明清淡得和水一樣,卻可以這麼快恢復我的體力,大人,一會要談什麼事,您直說就好,我會認真考慮的。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAalk0GSD1Br
581Please respect copyright.PENANAWe1aBXKlqn
「不急,孩子,你先點餐,點了什麼都算我的。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAJIyMr09W5K
581Please respect copyright.PENANA9UCuZWR0sX
喬奇沒想到我會請客,瞪大了眼看著我。581Please respect copyright.PENANAoh3jyRWVNE
581Please respect copyright.PENANALzLaIxRzFX
「真的嗎?不管我點什麼都可以嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAO4zyMo8cd3
581Please respect copyright.PENANAzAc7H2nYBo
我還沒回話,莫拉瓦就舉起手杖狠狠地敲了喬奇的頭,讓少年再度吃痛的閉嘴。581Please respect copyright.PENANAjg5tVDrcdY
581Please respect copyright.PENANAwE7OJAH5Y1
「大人要你做事,你照做就對了,不要問東問西的!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAh0PLu9hG0L
581Please respect copyright.PENANAKG4LL9oIOD
好嚴厲的爺爺啊……581Please respect copyright.PENANA7BQakdK4Wg
581Please respect copyright.PENANAtTC13LBvJc
當服務生戰戰兢兢地過來向我們點餐,喬奇點了一大堆看起來是他早就想吃吃看的餐點,還點了兩大杯生啤酒,看得出來莫拉瓦忍住好幾次想敲他的衝動,不過我好幾次跟老人家示意沒關係,少年才躲過多次被打的命運。581Please respect copyright.PENANAkALBQdxaBP
581Please respect copyright.PENANAYojcgTdACz
等到服務生離開之後,我在我們的位置周圍布置了噪音干擾和視覺干擾的結界後,才準備正式開始交談。581Please respect copyright.PENANATU79dDmOqd
581Please respect copyright.PENANAJp2S9HrkAu
「看來您真的是高等舊人類,我活了這麼久,從沒見過不做任何動作就能夠布下結界的亞人種,而且還可以布置得如此隱密。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAnQK64exw6s
581Please respect copyright.PENANACs3FzfXpne
見到結界的痕跡出現,莫拉瓦終於肯定了自己的猜測,確定我就是高等舊人類。581Please respect copyright.PENANA8UHDp6pGQn
581Please respect copyright.PENANAOCkHw1Wio3
「欸?什麼?」
聽到莫拉瓦的話之後,喬奇才後知後覺的看向地板,不過他現在當然什麼都看不到。581Please respect copyright.PENANAMTtlSwv3B7
581Please respect copyright.PENANA8lVbui9N7F
「就像你在店裡問我的,你和那間店,有什麼是我想要的。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAbFlGEfHHNr
581Please respect copyright.PENANAhHu5x7Ro8k
我一開始說話,莫拉瓦立刻仔細地聽著,喬奇看見老人認真起來,這才趕緊做出認真的模樣,不了,你的合作等以後再說,現在用不到你,不用緊張。581Please respect copyright.PENANAonbjkSMHhx
581Please respect copyright.PENANAfgpCQ55ZB9
「我想要的,就是你和你這間店。」581Please respect copyright.PENANA7Dd34AE1WC
581Please respect copyright.PENANAHwT4sCVs6E
莫拉瓦點點頭。
「你想要一個窗口,替你接收各種通知是吧?」581Please respect copyright.PENANA08dUAsiil3
581Please respect copyright.PENANA4e4oYw9u9D
他真的好厲害,我自己都不一定聽到第一句話就可以知道對方要做什麼,這個老人家馬上就可以理解我的用意,如果可以,還真想長期雇用他。581Please respect copyright.PENANApO1CFwpQ0e
581Please respect copyright.PENANAGFUmCQupoC
「為一個高等舊人類做窗口是沒什麼問題,但我相信只要大人宣傳出去,到處都會有人爭先恐後的撲過來,為什麼您卻是找到我這種什麼都沒有的老頭子?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAFvwL07PGZB
581Please respect copyright.PENANA8z2zn7sN4O
「心血來潮。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAMYaK01ax9i
581Please respect copyright.PENANAHIyfohaQ4Z
我淡淡地說著,莫拉瓦皺起眉頭來,看起來有點不滿。581Please respect copyright.PENANAjOQw9vjUZE
581Please respect copyright.PENANAaETRpeKZmE
「別誤會,選擇你可是有經過考慮的,我不需要外面那些滿是野心的年輕小伙子,我要的是足夠穩定,除了一份簡單的利益外就不再考慮其他事情的人,那樣合作起來,我才比較安心。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAAbcvf1S9Nt
581Please respect copyright.PENANAcKkt3Ka1AX
一邊說,我一邊看向喬奇。
「正好遇見你帶我到店裡頭轉轉,這才真正讓我決定這件事。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAvBLvywYNDT
581Please respect copyright.PENANA7kH1vVot5P
莫拉瓦這時笑了笑,露出了精算的表情。581Please respect copyright.PENANAIzsSpNKtlv
581Please respect copyright.PENANAnGF6QNFcav
「要替您做這件事,我可是一點也不輕鬆,您想要做的事情我懂了,但是大人您能夠給什麼東西給我這個『野心不大』的老頭子呢?」581Please respect copyright.PENANADyEfGm6OFe
581Please respect copyright.PENANAGdm9sIryXE
想要獅子大開口嗎?我怕你不成?581Please respect copyright.PENANAjVO3tqvWFE
581Please respect copyright.PENANAzdoAlYhQRS
「不,這可不是我要思考的問題。」581Please respect copyright.PENANADw7Y5DqFdg
581Please respect copyright.PENANA1OLvyXZCnT
老人家又一次皺起眉。581Please respect copyright.PENANAOPqMnmRKM2
581Please respect copyright.PENANAG5xhFGfcHH
「問題是,你想要什麼?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAESVPBKe50Y
581Please respect copyright.PENANAnrYpBW6TC3
莫拉瓦微微睜大雙眼,大概已經懂我說出這句話的意思,他的雙手開始發抖,應該有點難以相信我真的什麼都可以給他。581Please respect copyright.PENANA0DkywnfnpK
581Please respect copyright.PENANA2OhGoNfrJn
這時候,服務生送來喬奇點的餐,老人家暫時不再開口,等著餐點都放上、服務生走遠之後,才又看向我。581Please respect copyright.PENANAyoxVoOAOye
581Please respect copyright.PENANAD7W20vIsgB
喬奇看著滿桌的食物,很想開動,但見到我和莫拉瓦都沒有動作,於是他也忍著不動手,而莫拉瓦在這時又手杖敲了地板一下。581Please respect copyright.PENANAHg5KSw0dQh
581Please respect copyright.PENANAZZAWrDinwb
「菜來了就快吃,愣著幹什麼!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAYvHoyvSppb
581Please respect copyright.PENANA8aipQy3LCJ
「欸?可、可是……」581Please respect copyright.PENANAsRVTOg1Dnw
581Please respect copyright.PENANABQqaRs7WXn
「叫你吃就是了!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAtFknhmrcgz
581Please respect copyright.PENANAQtM3gje1Jh
大概不想讓喬奇聽到什麼,我不動聲色的補上第二層結界。581Please respect copyright.PENANAxO16fbpr53
581Please respect copyright.PENANAgJESsuGbkB
「他聽不到的,想說什麼就說吧。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAKYUuTYxwe7
581Please respect copyright.PENANAlrfxP6vzc9
莫拉瓦愣了一下,臉色有些鬆動。
「大人,我只是一個生命快到達盡頭的老人,以我的歷練,我只能大概看出您真的沒有要欺騙我的意思,但是……這是真的嗎?我能做的事情也就只有這些,您……還讓我可以開口要求所需?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAvpjfVcHsIS
581Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1Gu7RKSrG
欸?581Please respect copyright.PENANA1rjhAOdqm7
581Please respect copyright.PENANAjBeADLWtvu
怎麼變成這樣?581Please respect copyright.PENANACPGcRP8AhN
581Please respect copyright.PENANAybCOlWAa77
他看起來好像終於可以放下身上所有重擔的感覺是怎麼回事?581Please respect copyright.PENANAnl6Pd7ytzh
581Please respect copyright.PENANAduvyWLvh0M
這事情好像完全超出我所想的樣子耶?581Please respect copyright.PENANAnCxnPGSD7y
581Please respect copyright.PENANAporCLAR582
「不,我要麻煩你做的事情,絕對不是『只有』這些,我認為你的閱歷對我而言非常重要,所以,一定要給足你所需要的,才能符合我心中所認定的交易。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAdmtttSaQMR
581Please respect copyright.PENANAdSeWDMtsVh
莫拉瓦深呼吸幾口氣,把自己的情緒收歛好。581Please respect copyright.PENANAOUhxNmtis7
581Please respect copyright.PENANAFeYfIdtaH4
「你同意和我交易嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAIi6c2MdOXA
581Please respect copyright.PENANA94SfXCjPfd
雖然我是滿頭問號,但是老人家看起來好像已經準備好接受我的指示,為了確定,我用一個做總結的方式問他。581Please respect copyright.PENANARMVounLdv2
581Please respect copyright.PENANAcJcGwBM2mM
「哼……既然給了我這麼重要的工作,你最好有所心理準備,這要價絕對很貴的!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAh7NXiEw2nZ
581Please respect copyright.PENANA4Tb9xQ2p8Z
「我期望看到物超所質的成果。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAF1CQaX67xU
581Please respect copyright.PENANAcTkjfYFaBz
莫拉瓦望了一眼開心吃飯的喬奇。
「我希望那孩子可以幫忙我。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAhCJtYDj2eN
581Please respect copyright.PENANAWrrCrOZ7NP
「那是一定的,我不會把他給排除在外。」
說完,我把二重結界解開。581Please respect copyright.PENANAlWDNFVdQUy
581Please respect copyright.PENANAfg5LjSgCQy
「爺爺,大人,你們不吃嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Ym6hs6gA
581Please respect copyright.PENANAZLJtAQd1dO
在魔法的影響下,喬奇完全沒發現我們已經私下交談了一次,只是轉過頭這麼問道。581Please respect copyright.PENANA64dbcsGfOL
581Please respect copyright.PENANATUDzm4gdHz
莫拉瓦點點頭,拿起其中一道餐點吃了起來,我則是沒有任何動作。581Please respect copyright.PENANAOl8t3kYIYr
581Please respect copyright.PENANAh1uwddzB8w
為什麼?我戴著全臉的面具啊,有這個面具在我是要怎麼吃東西?581Please respect copyright.PENANA21EuBJcY0T
581Please respect copyright.PENANAQDOO0EV29k
只能說失策,下次去做個半臉面具還是遮單眼的面具好了,不然完全沒辦法吃東西真是有夠痛苦。581Please respect copyright.PENANAkbyjRHgC1T
581Please respect copyright.PENANALRtf7daaBj
「那麼我現在做一次自我介紹,我是高等舊人類,名叫艾利法。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAjYJPOAkS89
581Please respect copyright.PENANAK6I54WZViM
「我是莫拉瓦,如你所知,經營著迷幻泡沬。這孩子叫喬奇,是我的孫子兼學徒,目前當然一點也不成氣候。」581Please respect copyright.PENANApaz2X5AMh5
581Please respect copyright.PENANASE2VC7ah6n
被莫拉瓦這麼說著,喬奇雖然臉上有點不服氣,但是沒打算辯駁什麼,應該也是怕又被手杖敲頭吧。581Please respect copyright.PENANAl7XmeS3akM
581Please respect copyright.PENANAGTm0oijT7X
「我希望你可以為我做窗口,但你們那間店不適合,我給你們一筆錢,這段時間內你們整理一下,去另外找一間適合的地方開店,想要任何器材或是道具就和我說。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAweA1sENEks
581Please respect copyright.PENANAICHrcugHwU
我拿出四枚戒指放在桌上,戒指上沒有任何裝飾,全都是一公分寬的金屬粗戒,差別只在於兩個是鐵製的,兩個是銅製的。581Please respect copyright.PENANAaSB8vyVqOI
581Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Y1Nn8NJB
「這個你們拿去戴著,我擔心有人會對和我接觸過的你們做出什麼事,鐵戒指是可以保護你們的護身戒,銅戒是可以喚出信使的召喚戒,想聯繫我的時候隨時可以用。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAfT0lxdERkb
581Please respect copyright.PENANAsxCUwYzzrc
莫拉瓦二話不說就把戒指戴上,喬奇遲疑了一下後才收下。581Please respect copyright.PENANAW6lDxo10Tx
581Please respect copyright.PENANAtYcWq37yLZ
「我居然會把這麼貴重的東西戴在身上……」581Please respect copyright.PENANAR06FtXEGlU
581Please respect copyright.PENANAqvvRC5asQI
「既然我們合作了,你們的性命就是非常重要的,這些戒指絕對不可以離身,才能全天候的保護你們。」
停頓了下來,我思考一會。
「考慮到你們只有兩個人,會不好整理你們的店面,等會回去之後,我給你們兩個魔像幫助你們整理,下達指示給它們就可以了,如果沒地方住,就用我給你的錢去住旅店。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAauMY9wdfFC
581Please respect copyright.PENANAnFlh8g4R6N
「等、艾利法大人,我、我有事情想確認。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAf1LS8hp4xq
581Please respect copyright.PENANA8r9oQxM3fq
喬奇突然間舉手打斷我,我只好停下來看著他。
「什麼事?」581Please respect copyright.PENANALQOiWiy3aA
581Please respect copyright.PENANAuNVEr1HhHV
「魔像……魔像是那個吧?冒險者們在地下城裡會遇到的石頭魔像,巨大、粗壯,有很強的攻擊力……嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANA2Bu9BGpBOc
581Please respect copyright.PENANAxLsPTRiKmh
我點點頭。
「你的理解沒有錯誤。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAXUMwNBuwmk
581Please respect copyright.PENANAnEGT7zXAcN
少年立刻緊張起來。
「大人、不是我要說,但是……您也看過我們的店了,那麼大的魔像,您認為能夠進去我們的店面嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANAyD4hoqhDeJ
581Please respect copyright.PENANA5exz3xcGbT
「我的魔像很輕巧,足夠你們的店面支撐。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAoFEiL2cIhq
581Please respect copyright.PENANAewFK3oFjZo
說完之後,我看向莫拉瓦。
「你接下來要做的事情會非常多,我不希望累壞你,所以這瓶藥水去,一定要喝,確保你不會在中途累倒,這藥只要早上起床的時候喝這個杯子的量就足夠。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAgNfk4aEr8c
581Please respect copyright.PENANAViEA7TE0EB
我拿出一瓶很像營養藥劑的瓶子給莫拉瓦,另外多給他一個寶特瓶蓋子大小的杯子,然後又拿出一包裝著錢的袋子。581Please respect copyright.PENANApLiBMt1tEB
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「明眼人肯定現在就知道我和你們接觸了,所以只要你感覺有任何問題,請務必要聯繫我,這筆錢你收著,不論是錢還是藥水不夠了,也都要通知我。」581Please respect copyright.PENANARDanaNe0WO
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莫拉瓦拿過錢袋,看了裡頭一眼,接著深呼吸一口氣。581Please respect copyright.PENANAucG1GHkidp
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「另外開一間店可沒那麼快的時間,大人您大約一週後再和我們連絡吧,我會說明進度的。」581Please respect copyright.PENANAQBkN79spLk
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我點頭。
「喬奇,這段時間也會需要你做很多事,你有任何問題,也可以直接連絡我,別忘記了。」581Please respect copyright.PENANALBZChH7617
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「知、知道了!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAFauo8pt3Tz
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少年嚇了一大跳之後說道,莫拉瓦拿起他的手杖。581Please respect copyright.PENANAq6OWZgNOqz
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「既然事情談好了,那我們就回去吧!今天開始立刻整理店面!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAwUVpq3N839
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「欸?可是、爺爺!我們還沒吃完……噢!」581Please respect copyright.PENANAOjhh99ajjx
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在喬奇又挨了一杖之後,我撤銷了原本設下的結界,起身走向吧台。581Please respect copyright.PENANAQdaiLAO1aF
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「客人,您要買單了嗎?」581Please respect copyright.PENANA7qwryQZ6yZ
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我取出三枚金幣放到吧台上,讓服務生嚇了一跳。581Please respect copyright.PENANAFKlihjNsUg
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「客人!這、這太多了,我們沒法找您……」581Please respect copyright.PENANA0aaDW5v7tV
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「我們來這裡用餐的事,希望你們別四處張揚。」581Please respect copyright.PENANADmUSOW6906
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這句話說出來之後,在那裡的服務生們立刻就懂了我的意思,於是全員安靜下來,默默地目送我們離開。581Please respect copyright.PENANAitZn68WCGl
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回到迷幻泡沬之後,我因為不想再進去那間店裡,所以在門口給他們三台魔像,吩咐魔像們完全聽從莫拉瓦的命令之後,我就借口有事往中央的市集區前進了。581Please respect copyright.PENANAel3zWJCkiy
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好啦!581Please respect copyright.PENANAugd9rwunVa
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幸好剛才也沒有花上多少時間,現在還只過了午後的時間,我可以慢悠悠的閒逛囉!581Please respect copyright.PENANAxXmDWzYvrE
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