Handing Hansen his own identification and documents, Lucien took a glance at the content and then signed the contract provided by the tavern owner.
"Thank you, sir." Lucien politely nodded toward Hansen.
The moment Hansen looked at Lucien’s identification, he became very surprised, but he instantly hid the different look on his face.
"My pleasure, Mr. Evans." Hansen then carefully checked Lucien’s documents. The fact that he had a great musician here visiting his tavern was definitely something he could brag in the future in front of his guests and offsprings.
Joanna accepted the three Nar paid in advance and then left her fingerprint on the paper.
"You’re very generous, sir." Joanna smiled sweetly, "Can I call you Mr. Evans?"
In contrast, Lucien’s three guards weren’t really hyped up due to Lucien’s identity, since all of them were illiterate.
"Sure." Lucien nodded slightly.
"Another Mr. Evans!" Betty grinned, "You know there’s a talented, young and handsome musician in Aalto whose surname is Evans as well! I heard that he’s traveling across the continent for his music right now. I wonder if he would come here to Djibouti!"
"Dream on! A great musician visiting this remote and poor country?" Joanna said directly to her, "Just get your feet on the ground and awaken your Blessing. When you join the Violet Knights, we can all move to Aalto."
Lucien laughed, "How do you know this Mr. Evans is good looking, Miss Betty?"
"All the bards say that!" answered Betty cheerfully.
Outside the tavern, when Lucien was about to get on the coach, a young man quickly walked toward him.
"Wait! Please wait!" The young man was waving his hand.
The man in a white robe was in his twenties. He had blond hair, and on his angular face there was a pair of blue eyes.
"Hi, Mr. Evans! Can I join you folks?" He grinned, "I’m also heading for Korsor, and I’m willing to afford one third of the guards’ pay."
It was not the first time someone else wanted to join Lucien, and he was always very cautious about this.
"You don’t look short of money. Why you want to join me?" asked Lucien directly.
Joanna, Simon and Betty did not care. They would not make any extra either way.
"Hansen told me that you just got the best guards in the tavern." The young man shrugged, "As for the rest of the adventurers and mercenaries… They looked more like robbers to me."
"That’s really true." Betty laughed.
The young man took out his identification and documents and handed them to Lucien.
"The Musicians’ Association… Burt Wise…" reading the document silently, Lucien learned that the young man was also a musician, and thus he lowered his guard a bit.
"Why are you heading for Korsor, then?" Lucien, however, knew that one could never be too cautious on this continent.
"I’m visiting the Musicians’ Association there," Burt answered, "to, um, to study."
"All right." Lucien gave the documents back to him, "Mr. Wise. Welcome. We’re companions now. One thing I need to remind you is that I’m sort of bothered by psychasthenia, so please be as quiet as possible. I need sleep."
"For sure." Wise nodded.
"Are you a musician, Mr. Wise?" Betty, on the other side, got excited.
"I’m still learning." Wise remained rather polite.
"That’s great! Do you know For Silvia? How do you feel about it?" Betty’s eyes were shining with excitement. She kept talking and talking until the coach started to leave.
Wise got on the coach and smiled to Lucien, "Very passionate girl. I actually don’t really know much about music, though."
"Me neither." Lucien also smiled, and then he closed his eyes, ready to start to analyze his magic structures.
However, at this time, another traveler asked to join them. This was an ordinary lady holding a baby in her arms.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Evans. My name’s Lena, and I’m heading for the town named Fog, located between Dragon Tooth and Korsor," the lady said to Lucien gently. "Can I join you? I can afford my own expense."
Seeing that the lady was with a baby, Lucien agreed. The coach was quite spacious anyway.
Then, the coach finally started moving. Simon was in the front, and the coach was followed by Joanna and Betty on each side.
As soon as they left the town, a short but stout man caught up with them.
"Chris, why are you here?" asked Joanna, completely alert.
"I’m also going back to Korsor! That’s it!" answered Chris aloud, "When you guys save enough money, you can send Betty to me for knight training. You know, I’ve trained a knight before!"
As Chris was bragging, his eyes were peeking at the coach. However, the people in the coach remained very silent.
In the hot sunlight, the coach was smoothly heading for Korsor, raising a trail of dust after it.