ghost on paper

Chapter 5 Translation Team
"Lilith, would you like to join my group? The reward is very good."

The silent blond girl nodded slightly.

Except for Lilith, Truman didn't know other apprentices, so he hesitated when he saw the apprentices lined up in front of him.

"Can I join?" A thin, long-faced boy with large freckles raised his hand. He was obviously young.

"Of course." Truman asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Chen Xing." The boy replied.

Listen to the name is an oriental.

In the social form of this world, there are still great differences between Eastern and Western races.

Lilith is obviously of western race, Chen Xing looks also of western race, and oriental teenagers rarely have freckles, but their names have an oriental temperament, which may be a mixed race of eastern and western races.

This world is very similar to the earth from every angle, so Truman will suspect that this is a parallel world.

At present, there are only twelve apprentices in the workshop. Of course, Truman hopes to have more people in his team, but the upper limit of a team is only 3. If there are more than 3, the translation work cannot be carried out.

"Whether you succeed or fail, it will affect the normal work progress of the workshop. I have to be prepared for all of you to be 'polluted'."

Anton's "blessing" was malicious. Everyone could see that those who could work in the workshop had judgment and cognitive ability above the average education level in this society. Therefore, apprentices began to avoid Truman.

And Truman asked Lilith and Chen Xing in private why they wanted to join their group.

"Because of money." Both of them answered very simply.

In this special group, every time a mysterious text is translated, the reward is doubled, that is, 6 silver tokens.

Also, the reward for overachievement is doubled, so it is very likely to be quadrupled the salary, which is really a lot.

……

"That's your job."

The owner of the workshop lit the pot with a pipe made of ruby ​​in his hand.

This was the first time Truman saw a complete pottery carrying mysterious characters. As he imagined, it was indeed a clay pot.

The jar was covered with dust, as if it had been dusted for many years.

"This time it is a continuous word of seven characters. If you can translate it within one day, you will get your reward and become my official student." The master of the workshop always has a leisurely laziness in his tone meaning.

"After becoming your official student, can I get the formula and potion for promotion to Extraordinary?" Truman asked.

"Heh~ That's another price~" The owner of the workshop shook his head.

"How much does it cost?" Truman asked again.

"The first-order extraordinary formula costs about 20 gold pounds. If you want to become a 'scholar', you need 30 gold pounds. The potion is more expensive, but since it is produced and sold by the workshop, I can give you a cost price. "

The owner of the workshop said, glanced at Truman, she said with a smile: "As for the ceremony you care about most, give it away."

"...The mysterious text we translated is part of the potion?" Truman immediately realized this.

"Yes~" said the workshop owner, "We are the largest potion workshop in this city."

"But how can words be made into potions?" Truman wondered.

"It's not the words that make the potion, but what's behind the words..." the master of the workshop elongated his voice.

Truman stared nervously at her lips, where one of the world's secrets would be revealed.

"That's the end of the payment in advance," said the workshop owner.

……

Knowledge is the reward.

It is also a free gift that can be obtained from the workshop owner after becoming an official student.

Truman was a trainee student, and the owner of the workshop 'paid' part of his knowledge.

Including that this workshop is actually a 'potion workshop', and the 'mysterious text' translated by their apprentices is actually the 'raw material' for potion.

It's amazing.

It also colluded with Truman's curiosity, eager to understand the power system of this world more deeply.

Moreover, for only 20 gold pounds, you can get the 'Extraordinary First Level' potion formula, and the more expensive one is the 'scholar', which costs 30 gold pounds.

For ordinary people, it is very expensive, but for Truman, it is not impossible. He has saved 13 gold pounds in the past three months.

This includes the gold coin you get when you complete the consecutive word 'Seven Star Lantern'.

……

Truman came to his cubicle with the clay pot in his arms.

Lilith and Chen Xing were already waiting here.

It was originally a cubicle for only one person, but now there are three apprentices squeezed into it, which seems a bit crowded.

When Truman put the clay pot on the table, both Lilith and Chen Xing looked excited and nervous.

"How many words?" Lilith asked.

"Seven." Truman replied.

The two apprentices made a 'hissing' sound of inhalation.

The seven-character 'continuous word' was beyond their imagination. If it was a one-person job, no one would dare to accept it.

But it also means high remuneration, basic salary plus rewards, as long as this job is completed, each person can get 84 silver tokens, which is more than 4 gold pounds.

In the countryside not far from the city, those farmers can only save 12 to 15 gold pounds a year in addition to their livelihood.

Facing the challenge, Lilith had already picked up the small brush, while Chen Xing shrank a little.

"Let's begin." Truman said.

But Truman did not intend to complete this challenge today.

One is because he didn't take the medicine, and the other is because the team hasn't finished running in.

So he deliberately slowed down the progress, until 8:5 pm, they only finished [-] words.

Although the final result is only 7 characters away from all 2 characters.

But these two are natural moats.

Each apprentice's 'share' is limited, even if it can be cracked, it will still take a lot of 'share' to transcribe the seven characters into a 'continuous word', which is almost a fatal blow.

Therefore, this achievement means that the establishment of this group seems completely meaningless.

Today the group of three left the workshop empty-handed, Anton looked at them with a mocking look in his eyes, and claimed that the group wasted precious ink and parchment, which would be known to the workshop owner, and Truman responded to this ignore it.

Leave the workshop and enter the cold winter.

The city is getting colder and colder.

Truman tightened his neckline, and was about to leave quickly, returning to the home with a fireplace, when there were footsteps behind him, and someone grabbed the hem of his clothes.

He turned his head and saw Lilith wrapped in an old overcoat.

This dark red overcoat didn't seem to fit well, and the rabbit fur on the collar was a lot off. With Lilith's income, she was able to live a wealthy life in this city, but she had always been very frugal.

"I'm considering quitting the group." Lilith looked straight into Truman's eyes, "You are wasting my time."

"The team needs to adjust, and I believe it can be completed tomorrow... But why 'we'?" Truman noticed that Lilith's words were plural.

"Both you and Chen Xing have reservations." Lilith said, "This is not your normal working state."

Have some reservations... Grinding foreign workers... Truman thought about the reason why he was not working. He knew why Chen Xing was not working?

Truman has only been in the workshop for three months, but Lilith has been here for at least a year or even longer, so she knows everyone's abilities better, and her judgment should be accurate.

"Let's change the team members." Truman said, "We will definitely be able to finish this job tomorrow."

Lilith and Truman looked at each other for a few seconds, she nodded and chose to trust Truman.

"I'll wait another day, and in the meantime, I have news for you..." she said.

(End of this chapter)