Chapter 119 Sprite Elisa
Night falls!
In a rural inn in Hyratos, which was a common small shop for guests to eat and stay in this era.
In some bustling cities, commoners would convert their extra rooms into guest rooms to accommodate guests, usually providing three meals and earning about three copper coins.
Such small inns were very cheap, favored by peddlers who were out doing small business, and much better than those large inns. After all, in a large inn, having a meal and renting a room for a night would cost more than a dozen copper coins. Only nobles and big merchants would like to go there.
Hayden lived in the rural inn, actually Zachary had given him some copper coins, but he thought he could save them for the future to get married.
"I saved five more copper coins today. When I save up a silver coin, I will go to Quinn's father and ask him to marry his daughter to me." Hayden carefully wiped the copper coins in his hand and then put them into his close-fitting pocket.
The close-fitting pocket contained his own copper coins, and the coins in the outer pocket were given by Henry. It seems to be called public funds. Hayden heard Zachary say that he can spend up to twelve copper coins a day; exceeding that would need to be recorded, and if he spends less, it's his own.
Hayden didn't know why he had such a good deal, but he was very grateful to Henry and Zachary. If it weren't for those two, he might have been hanged already.
The door rang, making Hayden jump up, pulling out the short knife behind him. When he heard the rhythmic knocking, Hayden put the knife back into its sheath, which was the secret code he agreed upon with his companions.
"Come in!" Hayden opened the door and let the few people in.
"Hayden, there are still a few people signed up today."
As soon as one person entered, he complained, "They don't believe there's such a good thing, and they also say Eldoria is very poor, and they are afraid of being deceived into slavery."
"Rubbish! Are those poor commoners worth Henry's deception?" Hayden was the first one unwilling to hear such words.
"Exactly. With Henry being such a good noble, coming here to save them, they still slander him. I really want to beat them up."
"When the bandits come, I bet they will cry and beg to go to Eldoria."
Hayden frowned. This was not a good thing. When the bandits arrive, they won't have anything to do with them, and escaping would be the priority.
"Quinn, how many people have signed up?" Hayden asked.
Quinn, the one who spoke as soon as he opened the door, said with a bitter face, "Hayden, only seventeen people in total. Their families are too poor, with no other options, so they agreed to go with us."
"So few." Hayden paced back and forth in place, his voice heavy, "What about the orcs? Have any orcs come to contact you?"
"No, the word has been spread, but unfortunately, not a single orc has come to inquire." Quinn shook his head.
These past few days, they had gone into the slums and persuaded many people, but few were willing to go, preferring to starve at home rather than trust them.
"This is difficult. Today is the second day Zachary set off. He should be able to return to Eldora tomorrow morning."
Hayden grabbed his hair, trying to think of a solution. There were only two days left before the bandits attacked Hyratos, and they had to leave Hyratos before the bandits arrived.
"Hyratos is a bustling city, and there should be orcs around. If I know where they are hiding, I really wish to talk to them."
"Could it be that my first mission is going to fail?"
Hayden muttered to himself, pulling out several strands of hair in distress. He was on the verge of spreading the word that bandits were coming.
If he did that, he might end up as a corpse tomorrow, either killed by the Lord of Hyratos or by the bandits. The planned resistance against the bandits would be ruined if he spread in advance, and the bandits would change their plans, and Hyratos would come to an end.
"Hayden, are you okay?" Quinn asked softly.
Hayden took a deep breath and shook his head, "It's okay, let's continue to contact those civilians and see if they are willing to go to Eldoria."
"As for the orcs, it's the same as before. Spread the word that Eldoria is willing to treat orcs fairly, allowing them to live freely in Eldoria."
"Alright!"
Quinn nodded, then left with a few others to stay in other farmhouse inns.
Just after Quinn left the inn, a dark figure in the corner slowly moved, emerging from the darkness and watching Quinn and the others walk away, lost in thought...
It was a slender figure, wearing a hooded black jumpsuit with a curvy figure, delicate fair hands holding a long bow and another hand gripping a long arrow.
"Interesting, nobles willing to take in orcs? Or is this another trap?"
Elisa placed the long arrow back into the quiver. She had arrived in Hyratos two days ago, originally intending to find out if there were any elves.
Unexpectedly, she heard that a city was willing to treat orcs fairly, so she had been following these people for two days, not expecting to receive such an intriguing piece of news today.
Elisa pulled back the hood in her hand, shaking her head, her white hair swaying, shining in the moonlight. Her pointed ears inadvertently revealed herself, then were covered by the white hair.
Indeed, Elisa was an elf, a wandering elf who would seek other elves or rescue them in each new city she visited. Some nobles had a pathological obsession with elves.
Both humans and nobles took pride in possessing an elf. For example, a king killed a duke just for an elf.
Unfortunately, the elf escaped in the end, the duke didn't even touch the elf's sleeve before being killed by the king. The king only saw the elf's back and the shining white long hair under the moonlight.
At that time, the nobles of the entire kingdom became even more obsessed with elves, especially the white-haired elf who played tricks on the duke and even the king.
"Bandits? No wonder there's so much martial law in this city."
Elisa thought back to the day before when she sneaked into Hyratos and almost got caught. The unusual level of martial law, she hadn't expected to find the answer here.
"A kingdom rotten to the core, how could there be such kind-hearted nobles? I hope those naive orcs don't be so innocent."
Elisa put her hood back on and stepped into the darkness.
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