Chapter 132 Apprentice Program
Hearing Wayne's voice, Alex raised his head and looked at him.
Shabby clothes, dirty hair, a face that was swollen due to injuries, and several obvious slap marks. His thin body was trembling slightly, making him look very pitiful.
However, Wayne discovered that the boy in front of him who was less than ten years old, even after being treated like this, his eyes were still clear. Even though he was beaten and bruised, his eyes were different from the numbness in other slums, and they still flickered. Shining light.
He tilted his little head and looked at Wayne. After a few seconds, he shook his head and said, "
Sorry, sir, thank you for saving me, but I don't remember you anymore."
Maybe for him . , warning a person who has something stolen is just a casual and trivial thing.
Wayne stretched out his hand to pull him up from the ground, touched his head, and asked:
"You are injured. I will take you to the Meritelli Temple to find Aunt Carol there." "
They will cure you. "
Mother Carol is the manager of the Vizima Meriteli Temple, a priestess in her fifties. Last year, when Wayne went to the cemetery to pay homage to his mother, he saw this old man several times. He is a kind and kind-hearted old man.
The goddess Meliteri has widespread belief throughout the northern countries. Almost all women, from noble ladies to beggars and prostitutes, are followers of the goddess Meliteli.
She is a trinity goddess who often appears as a carefree girl, a mature pregnant woman, a hunched old woman, symbolizing fertility, conception, pastoral, fertility and many other beliefs.
The priestesses of the Cult of Meriteri preach love and peace. They established many hospitals, asylums, and orphanages, and basically all the herbalists and midwives in the North came from here.
No lord dares to harm the priestess of the goddess Meriteri in the north, for to do so would anger all the women in the north, including their own mothers and ladies.
However, after hearing that Wayne wanted to send him to Grandma Carol, he immediately shook his head and refused:
"I don't want to go there. My injury is much better and no longer hurts. If I go to Carol like this, As for Mammy, she will be worried about me."
"That's right."
Wayne pondered for a second. The injuries on Alex's body were indeed just superficial injuries, and it was true that they did not have to be sent to the Meriteri Temple. inside.
"Where is your home? Do you need me to take you back?"
Alex nodded, shook his head and said,
"I live in the orphanage next to the temple, but that is not my home. The home has been sold to someone else."
"The nuns in the temple are taking care of me, but I don't want to cause them any more trouble. There are many orphans there. I want to learn to make money and move out early." See
. Wayne is actually a little moved by Alex's strong character. He plans to adopt some orphans like the previous generations of demon hunters, or use accidental chances to find some talented children.
Of course, he would not let these children risk their lives to perform the Green Grass Trial, but would instead train them as ordinary swordsmanship apprentices.
Although witchers are indeed much stronger than ordinary people, ordinary people do not have no chance of defeating witchers. Just like there is a famous witcher killer in the south. It seems that three witchers have died in his hands. Four already.
If there is a chance in the future, Wayne will definitely improve the Witcher's Trial of Grass, and will definitely find a dedicated warlock for the Witcher. If he cannot ensure the survival rate of the new Witcher, he will not create a new one. The witcher.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Wayne touched Alex's head and said,
"Well, I'll take you back to my house and help you treat your wounds."
"Don't you want to work and make money? It just so happens that I have a little trouble at home. You need someone to do the chores. From now on, you come to my house every day to do the chores. I will pay you twenty tung seeds a week and provide you with three meals a day. How about that?"
The pay of twenty tung seeds a week is quite rare, and the salary of an ordinary adult worker is about five or six times this price.
It's not that Wayne is stingy with this small amount of money, it's just that for a child like Alex, who is less than ten years old, if he has too much money, it will be a disaster for him.
And he didn't directly propose to recruit Alex as an apprentice. One reason was that he wanted to continue to examine the child's character and would not just accept someone who didn't know his background or character. Another reason is that after all, this child still lives in the orphanage of the Meritelli Temple, and he and Grandma Carol are also acquaintances. No matter what decision is made, at least he must inform Grandma Carol. of.
Although Wayne's idea was good, he obviously underestimated the vigilance of the children in the ghetto.
When Alex heard that the man in front of him wanted to take him home, his little face immediately showed a vigilant look, and his little head looked around, seeming to be looking for an escape route, and said :
"No, I won't go home with you. Aunt Carol told us that we can't follow strangers, because such people are human traffickers."
Wayne twitched the corners of his mouth. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he Still agreeing with this vigilance, he said:
"Well, you should know the owner of the Fox Tavern. He is my friend. I will take you to his place first. If he can guarantee me , you should be able to believe me."
Alex became slightly less vigilant when he heard Old York from the Fox Tavern. Old York is a well-known local gangster in the slums, and he is still willing to lend a helping hand to other poor people. That kind of person still has quite a reputation in the civilian area of Vizima.
Moreover, the Fox Tavern is not far from here. After Alex followed Wayne to the Fox Tavern vigilantly, and saw that he was indeed a friend of Old York, the vigilance in his heart had dissipated eight or nine times, and he began to have a crush on Wayne's proposal. stand up.
Although twenty coppers a week is not much, three full meals is definitely a huge temptation for these helpless orphans.
Throughout the northern countries, there are too many orphans, poor people or sick people in need of rescue at the Meliteli Temple, and the only income of these priestesses only relies on donations from believers, so don't expect their treatment to be very good. , it is their best effort to ensure that the orphans do not starve to death.
As for work, there are too many people in the world who need to work. No one will be interested in some orphans who are thin and unable to do heavy work. There are only those human traffickers or bad people with other malicious intentions.
Outside the Fox Tavern, Old York was still smoking his old pipe, and Aunt Melissa was holding some herbs that she found somewhere to help Alex treat his wounds.
After listening to Wayne's story, Old York frowned, looked at the bruises on Alex's face, and said bitterly: "It
must have been done by those bastards from the Rat Tail Gang, but they were just some from the country. You ruffians, do you really think of yourself as a person? If you dare to bully children on my territory, I will find someone to deal with this bunch of trash later." After hearing this, Wayne immediately asked with interest
:
"Rat Tail Gang, is this a new gang? Do you need me to take action? I don’t need much reward from you, just give me the bottle of good wine you hid." He actually likes
these gangs, they are all dirty and dirty. It would not cause any trouble if he killed them. When he first came to Vizima City, the Wild Dog Gang brought him almost a thousand orens in benefits. It was like withdrawing money. Same as the machine.
Hearing Wayne's question, Old York waved his hand and snorted disdainfully:
"Bullshit, they don't deserve to be called a gang. They are just a group of thieves, hooligans, and gangsters who work together to commit crimes. They are mud-legged people who come from the backcountry and bully the weak. Damn it, you can kill them with just a quick blow."
As he said that, the old man gave Wayne a sideways look and said,
"When you massacred the Wild Dog Gang last year, you killed more than a dozen people in one afternoon, but you can't think of those nearby. The garbage people were frightened, and many scumbags left Vizima directly to seek life elsewhere."
"It is estimated that within two or three years, no more established gangs will appear."
Wayne shrugged with regret and said,
"What do you think of what I just said?"
"I'm going to test Ya This kid, Alex, if he is still suitable, accept him as an apprentice." "
And you can also help me look for some kids who are tough, not afraid of hardship, but can't be ungrateful. You can recommend them to me. ."
"I don't care about their origins or their talents. In the future world, learning how to use a sword can save their lives in times of danger." Old York frowned and thought for a while
. Then he said:
"I do know some poor good kids."
"But you have to promise me that you will never let them become some shitty demon hunters. I have heard about it a long time ago. Ten of them want to Of the children who become witchers, one or two may not survive."
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