The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 15 Carter (Additional updates, please give me your monthly ticket!)
'Last night...' Lynn felt a little better.

It wasn't long since Jigos and his companions disappeared, so the possibility of a bad situation occurring was relatively small.

"Beyond that, do you know anything else? For example, did they say where they went?"

Carter shook his head and pointed to his ears: “The old woman is old and her ears are not working well, and they didn’t seem to say anything.

"By the way, Xiao Linn, have you had dinner yet? I just happened to be cooking dinner, would you like me to cook you one too?"

Carter is as enthusiastic as ever.

Lin En wanted to refuse, but something suddenly happened and he agreed.

"Then I'll trouble you, Mrs. Carter."

He is a man who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment.

This meal is a good opportunity to thank Mrs. Carter.

Taking half a loaf of rye bread left at home, Lynn came to Carter's shed.

At this time, the old lady was behind the shed, using a wooden stick to transfer the horse manure she had picked up to the pit she had dug herself.

Lynn put the bread away, found two dead branches, and went to help.

"No, Lynn, just wait for me in the shed." Carter waved his hand to refuse.

Lin En shook his head. Perhaps when he was on Earth, he would have found the job of picking up manure unacceptable.

But now, he doesn't care about this little thing at all.

What's more, what the old lady picked up was basically dry manure, separated by dead branches, so it was not that disgusting.

Carter watched his actions with deep emotion, and gently wiped his eyes:

“Little Lynn, you are a good kid.

“I can see that you kids used to live a well-off life and never had to do any dirty or strenuous work.

“Ma’am, I feel the same way.

"Although I was a maid, I was a personal maid. My mistress was very rich, and I never did these dirty jobs...

“So every time I see you, I feel like I’m seeing my past self.

"So I know, too... I know what it's like to be in this mess all of a sudden, and I know how hard it is to accept it.

"Xiao Lin, you are great..."

While the old lady was chattering, Lynn piled up the horse manure and covered it with the thatch next to it.

What the old lady said was indeed correct. Lin En couldn't imagine what would happen if he hadn't peeped...

For some reason, Lin En thought of Gigos and others again.

Where did they go?
……

More than half an hour later.

Carter brought Lynn a bowl of steaming porridge.

Although this short old lady has a part-time job collecting manure, she never gets herself smelly and dirty.

On the contrary, Carter kept everything clean and organized.

Carter was always smiling, and her graying brown hair was always combed neatly and tied into a ponytail with straw at the back of her head.

Just by looking at her, you can tell that this must be an old lady who is diligent and quick in her movements.

The porridge contains vegetable leaves, dried fish pieces, a few nuts, and the main components are oats and barley. It looks very delicious.

It was obvious that the old lady had taken out the best things in her box to treat him.

Lin En took the porridge and couldn't help but feel hungry.

It has been almost a week since he came to this world, and all he has to eat is rough and sour rye bread.

I only had proper hot food twice.

One was when Mrs. Carter cooked porridge for them when they first arrived.

Another time, he spent three hours cooking a pot of barley porridge with the shell still in it…

Only those who have truly traveled through time can understand the sadness of this.

Lynn was filled with emotion, but he didn't bother to be polite with Mrs. Carter. He blew on the ceramic bowl for a while, then couldn't wait to take a sip.

After swallowing it whole, Lin En praised, "This bowl of porridge is delicious, Mrs. Carter."

Carter smiled and handed over the bread, saying, "Eat slowly. I reheated the bread you brought..."

The next moment, the old lady was suddenly stunned.

Lin En in front of her suddenly handed her 10 silver wolves.

"Lin En...what are you doing?"

10 Silver Wolfs were almost enough for her entire month’s income!
"Dinner money, and also to thank you for calling Manager Ellison today." Lynn replied.

Although Ellison couldn't take care of things, he could still deal with those two thugs.

But this matter certainly cannot be counted that way.

The fact that Mrs. Carter was willing to risk her own safety to help him expel the two thugs was enough to make him grateful.

"This is too much, Lynn. And we are neighbors, I can't just stand by and do nothing."

"Take it, Mrs. Carter," Lynn shook her head.

Mrs. Carter still refused.

Lynn continued to persuade Carter for a long time before he finally agreed to accept the silver wolves.

"But, little Lin, don't think I'm too talkative. I just want to say that next time you encounter a situation like this, you can go find Manager Ellison first. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Iron Claw Gang."

Carter held the silver wolf in his hand and warned it, with a hint of worry on his face.
“Those thugs are not that easy to deal with… I’m worried they’ll come back, so if you run into them, just run away.

“You’re so young, they can’t outrun you.

"As long as we can shake them off, as long as we can survive... there is still hope."

Although Lynn did not agree with Carter's words, she understood that the old lady meant well.

So he did not refute, but just listened quietly and nodded slightly.

Running may help you hide for a while, but you can never hide forever.

Only by becoming stronger can we solve the problem fundamentally.

However, for people like Mrs. Carter, the option of becoming stronger has never existed.

Next, the two continued to drink porridge and chat.

Lin En learned a lot of information about Cuilin City from Carter.

For example, there are three most powerful gangs in Cuilin City, namely Snake Gang, Blood Mark Gang and Golden Shadow Gang.

It is said that there are official wizards.

They and their affiliated subordinate gangs basically divided up the entire "stone house area" and "wooden house area".

As for the shantytown, that is an exception.

Just as the school never set up a base here, the big gangs also looked down on it and did not expand their sphere of influence here.

Lynn was somewhat confused about this.

But there is too little information, so we can only speculate that this may be because the people living here are basically poor and have little money.

Because of this, the law is weak in the shantytowns, the light of order does not reach here, robbery and fights can be seen everywhere, and when night falls, few ordinary people dare to hang around outside, it is extremely chaotic.

There are also more gangs here than in the rest of Greenwood combined.

In a way, these gangs together form the new order here.

After drinking the porridge, they chatted for a while. Seeing that Carter looked sleepy, Lin En offered to leave.

When Lin En passed by the shed of Jigos and his companions again, he had calmed down a lot.

Humans are social animals after all...

In this strange and lonely world, being able to chat and talk with people like he did just now can give him great comfort.

"I am just an ordinary person after all..."

Shaking his head and chuckling, Lynn hurried back to the shed.

The next morning, it was still dark.

Lynn opened her eyes and got up.

Then, start practicing sword!
(End of this chapter)