Lord of the Silver Crow

Accompanied by the movement of Bao Lin walking ahead, the door was opened amid the creaking sound of being worn-out.

The inside of the house seemed quite dim, and the light flooding in from opening the door illuminated most of the house.

The room is not very big, and the most conspicuous furnishings are probably the counters used by second-hand bars bought from an abandoned tavern.

"Mr. Bradford!"

While calling the shopkeeper, Bao Lin walked around the several cylindrical empty bird cages on the ground and walked to the bar.

"Mr. Bradford—"

"...I've said this several times, I don't even know the dead person."

When Paulin called for the second time, a dumb voice rang from behind the counter, and from behind the counter stood up an old man with messy hair and beard.

It seemed that Paulin and Yago were regarded as police officers, and the old man continued in a rather irritable tone:

"My guests are all scared away by you! You still want to..."

"Mr. Bradford! It's me!"

Paulin interrupted the old man's complaining in good time.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Pastor Villa."

The old man rubbed his eyes, patted his chest, dusted the inconspicuous dust on the black linen coat, and straightened his bow tie:

"This gentleman, what do you need?"

When he was speaking, his gaze also shifted to Yago, although he was a little unconscious at first, but now he has realized that Yago who is standing behind is the real patron.

However, as soon as Bleverley spoke, Paulin said:

"Hello, Mr. Bleverley, this time is different. You can't lie to him, he and I are together."

Hearing these words, Bleverley suddenly muffled:

"Old Bligh never lied!"

It's really like it.

Yago on the side recalled Paulin's previous performance.

After speaking in a muffled voice, the Mr. Bleverley put a stinky face, looked at Yago, and said:

"What do you need?"

This face changed really fast enough, what happened?

Looking at Paulin suspiciously, Yago said:

"The crow, the fog crow is best, silver."

Yago deliberately added a sentence of the morbid hobby of the Fast family.

"Silver? Where can I find the silver fog crow?" Old Bravely murmured, and then raised his head, "No, there is no silver fog crow in Old Blair. Even if there are, they are very expensive."

"It doesn't have to be silver. Others are okay. It's a little darker, and gray is fine."

Yago came to the front of the counter, stood in line with Paulin, and said to the old Bravery.

"......Come with me."

Hearing Yago's words, Old Bligh didn't say anything. He just walked out from behind the counter and walked towards the door opposite the main door.

As the old Bligh opened the door, the non-dazzling sunlight under the gloomy sky illuminated the store from another direction.

Glancing at Paulin, Yago walked out the door with him behind the old Bravery.

......

Behind this door is a small courtyard.

In the small yard, there are large and small cages, cylindrical floor-to-ceiling cages, box-shaped box nests, or large cages enclosed by nets.

However, there were not as many birds as Yago imagined.

Two owls, two different eagles or falcons that Yago didn't recognize, and a dozen small birds that might be called what kind of finches.

As for the crow...

Probably three.

Yago walked over, paused for a while beside those misty-looking Mist Crow cages, and walked back:

"Why are they so dirty?"

The three fog crows did not look dirty because of their feathers, but were really dirty.

Yago can even see the mud marks on their bodies.

"I don't sell Mist Crows here. The previous ones are old and dead. These three were only caught by me for stealing bird eggs recently."

The old Bravery raised his chin and pointed to an eagle next to the cage:

"The other one was just torn off by one of its paws yesterday, and it was eaten. The cage was full of feathers. It was terrible."

No, you don't need to describe the details in such detail.

Yago, who had a picture in his mind, couldn't help but muttered in his heart.

When he was silent and hesitating, the old Braverly said with slanted eyes:

"Basically no one buys these things, and the old Bravery doesn't want to take care of them. If they don't buy them, they will be fed to them as food these days."

Yago followed his gaze and saw the two birds of prey that didn't know whether it was a falcon or an eagle.

However, at this moment, Paulin next to him suddenly said:

"Mr. Bradford, why is your bird gone?"

Old Braverly sighed:

"Old Bligh is easy to get sleepy and can't remember things. He is about to close the store. If they are not sold out this month, Old Bligh will take them to Syndira's yard."

Sindira is a small town west of Dillard City.

Speaking of this, the old Bleverley seemed to be very dissatisfied and complained:

"It's terrible. The **** Babu has to raise his rent in the last month, and there is a dead person next to him, and these little guys can't sell at all."

Seeing the three dirty fog crows with mud marks, Yago touched his pockets and said to the old Bravery:

"I want these three... Give me a silver birdcage."

Hearing the first half of the sentence, the old Bravery was stunned and smiled happily, but when the second half came out, the old Bravery sank his face again and said dullly:

"Old Bligh doesn't have a silver cage!"

"..." No, no, what are you doing so loudly?

Later, after Paulin negotiated with the old Bradford, Yago directly carried the gray birdcage originally used to hold the eagle, separated from Paulin with the three fog crows, and greeted the carriage to go home.

......

However, at the same time, on Hunter Street, opposite the pet shop in Old Bradford, on the second floor of a row of dilapidated houses similar to the pet shop, two figures were shaking behind the shabby curtains.

"Damn, why didn't that guy bring things with him!?"

"It's weird not to be here?" Another person said shortly and without emotion, "That's from the Black Bell Church."

"But... but what do we do? Our mission this time is to transport the mysterious object. If we were robbed on the way, how would we be punished if we couldn't find it back?"

"Wait, police, leave, sneak in, continue." The other person continued the unique way of speaking.

"Understood, but, did that guy swallow things in his stomach? Or stitched in flesh and blood? It's all the **** birds! Suddenly yelled wildly and attracted everyone around!" The man gritted his teeth. .

"do not know."

"What should I do, if it is not delivered in time, it will be miserable..."

At this moment, he who had been staring at the room next to the pet shop suddenly said:

"Wait a minute, that guy, look, that guy is the pastor of the Rose Church, I remember him! Rose Church? Why did Rose Church intervene? This is ours..."

"Mystery, Rose Church, want it too."

"I know, but if it is said that the Rose Church has already intervened and got something, we can only report it to it. We don't have the right to do anything like this..."

The other person sighed, but at this moment, his gaze passed Yago beside Baolin, and when he swept helpless eyes to the bird cage in Yago's hand, he was suddenly taken aback:

"No, Evely, look at the birdcage, in that birdcage! Look, it's a trace of a mysterious thing!"