"Captain Lu, do you think you could trouble yourself to speak up and ask this knight to lend us a hand?" He bent slightly at the waist. "The reward is negotiable. It's just that the town is poor and can't offer much. Please bear with us."
Lu Yuan did not answer immediately. He turned to look at the Blue Knight.
The Blue Knight sat upright beside them, cradling a teacup in her hands and taking small sips.
"Blue Knight, what do you think? Will you help?" Lu Yuan asked.
"Yes." The Blue Knight answered decisively. "Black Well Town itself is a contact point the academy established along a necessary route. By both sentiment and reason, we should intervene."
Hearing the Blue Knight's reply, the old man rubbed his hands in delight.
"Then let's eat dinner first tonight! That thing likes coming out at night. Once we've eaten, it'll be just the right time to make a move!"
"It comes out at night?" Lu Yuan caught that phrase.
"That's right, every time." The old man nodded. "There isn't the slightest movement during the day. But once night falls, it gets lively beneath the well, and it likes crawling out."
It just so happened that this time would let the two of them rest up as well.
After traveling so long by boat and carriage, they truly needed to catch their breath.
Of course, Lu Yuan had another calculation in mind.
If even the Blue Knight could not handle it, what was there left to say? They would run.
With the Time Bestower in hand, they would definitely be fast enough. When the time came, he could apply the Time Bestower to the Blue Knight and have her carry him as they fled, giving him the feeling of flying.
Even a Fifth