Chapter 177 Strange Premonition (2/2)

Following Rhode all the way to the counter, Anne looked very familiar with the people around her and chatted for a while. The people were also entertained by her and laughed. Of course, they didn't actually have any bad intentions from the start; they were just simply drinking and having fun. Moreover, these people were also unthreatening to her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted this way.

Soon, two seats in front of the counter were reserved for them. Rhode sat and politely greeted the adventurer beside him by nodding his head, then smoothly placed a gold coin on the counter.

”Two rooms, two more glasses of wine, and lastly…” Having said that, Rhode looked toward Anne, who stood not far from him, and shook his head. ”Give that young lady a dinner.”

”Okay sir, please wait!”

After taking out the gold coin, the owner showed a warm smile. He greeted Rhode attentively and quickly leave. Anne had also come to Rhode's side. She sat down and smiled, then she stretched her left hand to put the gold shield down on the ground.

Boom!

The ground shook, the sound making the entire tavern quiet for a moment. People looked at each other, not knowing where the sound came from. The adventures who intended to take this opportunity to strike up a conversation with this beautiful girl immediately turned around and ran away. They were not blind, of course; they could see the fine gold shield beside her. They definitely wouldn't be able to move that thing, but the girl in front of them single-handedly placed it beside her… Right now, they knew what it meant for no rose to come without thorns.

Seeing their reactions, Rhode only laughed in his heart. He wasn't the kind of person who like to attract attention, but clearly, Anne was good at dealing with this kind of situation. If it were Marlene, she might have argued with them. Since she was a noble, she would feel disgusted with commoners trying to flirt with her, which made her think that they actually regarded her as one of the tavern's dancers. That would be very insulting to her. However, Anne obviously didn't think so; she always felt that it wasn't a bad thing for everyone to be friendly with each other. She had always been a friendly and fun person, and also liked to take part in others conversation. Her action would often reduce potential enemies to them, and seeing that those guests didn't look at them with scrutinizing attitude like before, it meant that Anne's approach was very effective.

”The wine is coming.” The owner's attitude was also very friendly, since they both paid satisfactorily and didn't cause any trouble.

Seeing the sweet, fragrant toast and honey in front of her, Anne screamed excitedly and stretched out her hands immediately. Rhode could only look at her eat and feel helpless about it. He picked up a glass of sweet wine and drank it, then said, ”Owner, I want to ask you a question.”

”Can I help you?” The owner busily picked up the remaining jugs from other guests while responding to Rhode's question.

”It's like this.” Having said that, Rhode paused to consider his wording, then continued. ”As you've seen, we are both adventurers. Currently, we're planning to go to the Black Pine Ruins; do you have any suggestions for us?”

”Black Pine Ruins?” Hearing Rhode's words, the owner frowned and rubbed his chin. After thinking for a while he nodded and said, ”Hm… It's been so long since someone went to the Black Pine Ruins. I don't really know the exact situation, but I heard that two days ago, there was a mercenary group that went there.”

”Oh?” Hearing until here, Rhode furrowed his brow.

”Mercenary group? Do you which mercenary group?”

”I'm not sure about that, but they're not from here. They came from White Mountain City, far from here.” The owner spread out his hands, shook his head helplessly, smiled, and apologized to Rhode. ”I'm sorry I couldn't answer your question, but please be careful. Because I served them before, and they didn't look like good people. The girl beside you is very beautiful, and I'm afraid it will lead to trouble should you run into them.”

”I'll be careful; thank you for your reminder.” Hearing the owner's words, Rhode nodded and finished his glass of wine.

”I hope you can prepare more food for this young lady and give us hot water. We've been journeying for an entire day, so we want to have a bath…”

”Of course! No problem, dear distinguished guest. We assure you that we'll give you the best service.”

Hearing Rhode's order, the owner straightened his chest and said proudly. Rhode also no longer said anything. He stood up and planned to leave, when he suddenly saw a young adventurer walking toward him, warmly smiling.

”I'm sorry; I've overheard your conversation just now. You want to go to Black Pine Ruins?”

”That's right.”

”Then…” Hearing Rhode's answer, the young man smiled with excitement.

”Do you want to go with us?”