Chapter 208: Orc Racial Categories
Gervis brought a total of 10 servants this time. In addition to Eula and Johnny, even Jimmy followed in the convoy.
Chef Jimmy came to Gervis to prepare for Alice's birthday party. When Gervis came, he knew very well that with the few gold coins he had, he would not be able to buy any expensive gifts even if he wanted to, so Jimmy came to express his gratitude.
Gervis planned to ask Jimmy to make some ice cream and grilled oysters for Alice's birthday party. Not only would it be a thoughtful gesture, but it would also promote two products, killing two birds with one stone. As for the gift, Gervis thought it would be enough to just spend a few gold coins to buy something similar.
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After Ik left Rose Castle with six carriages, Gervis found several servants from Rose Castle and asked them to carry a barrel of wine into the inner castle.
Gervis did not take the wine to the cellar of Rose Castle, but asked the servants to move it to the third floor of the castle and directly to the outside of Alice's study. Gervis wanted to find Alice for something today.
Standing outside the study, Gervis raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Soon, a pleasant voice came from the study, and Gervis opened the door of the study and walked in.
When Gervis walked into the study, Alice was looking down at the letter in her hand. Her long golden hair was tied behind her ears on both sides of her cheeks, leaving a large area of white skin in front. When Gervis saw her, he couldn't help swallowing and looked at her intently for several times. Then he reluctantly moved his eyes away from Alice's pretty face.
"Cough! Cough!"
"Grevith? You want something from me?"
Alice thought it was Lina who came to find her, so she didn't look up, but just concentrated on reading the letter. When she heard Gervis cough, she realized that the person who came was not Lina.
Alice looked up and saw Gervis standing beside the desk with several servants. After the servants put away the wine barrels and left, Alice asked.
“Is this golden wine?”
"Yes, this is golden wine, for you!"
"Oh, thank you!"
Alice glanced at Gervis, just thanked him, and then had no other reaction. She continued to look down at the letter in her hand. As the saying goes, if someone shows kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief. Alice has been the Earl for several months after all, so she felt that Gervis must have something to find her, and Alice was fed up with Gervis's obsession.
"Um... I have a request, I wonder if you can agree to it."
"Take the golden wine back. I don't want it anymore. I don't want to hear about the hat anymore!"
Alice put down the letter in her hand with a frosty face. She felt that she had guessed right. Gervis was probably going to ask questions about the hat again. Every time she heard this, Alice would get furious. She was in a good mood the previous second, but felt personally insulted the next second.
"Cough! Cough!"
Gervis felt a little ashamed, knowing that Alice was wrong and thought that he would have to mention the hat again.
However, Gervis really didn't plan to talk about this matter today. After all, he already knew that Alice was very resistant to this matter. If he mentioned this matter all day, he would definitely ask for trouble. Gervis had already made up his mind that when he returned to the territory, he would leave a letter on her desk. This would not only make his position clear, but also avoid committing suicide in front of her.
"I'm giving you this wine as a birthday present. You know I don't have many gold coins right now, so I can't afford expensive gifts. So I can only give you a few more. As for the request I want to make, is if I can borrow some of the books in your study!"
Gervis came to see Alice today specifically for the books in Alice's study. Ever since reading "Cecil's Travels", Gervis has been full of curiosity about this world, but the collection of books in the Golden Castle is really limited, and Gervis has flipped through a lot of them without finding anything.
Gervis guessed that the books left in the Golden Castle were basically ordinary books, and some rare or valuable books might have been taken back to the Rose Castle by the old earl.
Moreover, the Jones family is a great noble family after all, and their collection of books is not comparable to that of Major's small viscount family. The rows of bookcases in the study are filled with books like a vast sea of smoke. Gervis really wants to take a look. Today, because of seeing the pig-headed man, Gervis's mood has become more eager.
Hearing that Gervis actually wanted to read a book, Alice's face looked better. She looked at Gervis for a few times and then slowly said, "Okay, you can find any book you want to read yourself, but these books were collected by my father, and many of them are rare copies. Be careful not to damage them!"
"Of course, I'll pay attention!"
Gervis's brows immediately lit up, he responded to Alice, and then walked towards the bookshelf impatiently.
Seeing Gervis walking towards the bookshelf, Alice stopped paying attention and continued reading the letters. The Earldom of Jones was in constant trouble right now, and Alice certainly had a lot of things to deal with.
Gervis came to the rows of bookshelves and read the books one by one. He found that the great nobles were really great nobles, and even their cultural background was beyond the imagination of ordinary small nobles.
Gervis saw all kinds of books on these bookshelves, and these books were definitely not comparable to the common books in Gervis Castle. Not only did these books have exquisite covers, but many of the names of the books were unheard of by Gervis.
For example, in front of Gervis there are "Orc Race Categories" and "Detailed Explanation of Elf Insect Species and Functions". You should know that Gervis has only walked to the first bookshelf, and these books are placed here casually.
In Gervis's own study, there were books without any nutrition, such as "The Travels of XXX" and "The Autobiography of Viscount XX". It was just by chance that Gervis saw the description of the dragon knight in "The Travels of Cecil".
Gervis's attention was immediately attracted by the title of the book "Orc Race Classification", so he pulled out the thick "Orc Race Classification" from the bookshelf and began to read it.
When Gervis opened the first page, there was a long list of contents:
Page 1: Orcs
Page 10: Kobold
Page 20: Minotaur
Page 30: ...
Gervis read on and found that the book actually recorded more than 20 types of orcs. Gervis did not hesitate, he went to the sofa with the book and began to read it with relish.
Gervis opened the first page and saw a colorful sketch of an orc. This half-orc was different from the kobolds and minotaurs. He had no obvious animal features on his upper body and looked quite similar to humans.
Only the facial features and skin color are different from those of humans. This half-orc has fangs in his mouth, very large nostrils, and pointed ears, similar to the ears of wild beasts, but without hair. The skin of the orc is green all over his body. The half-orc has an extremely burly figure, and his ferocious eyes make people tremble with fear.
Orcs: They are two meters tall on average, with thick limbs and as strong as an ox. Unlike other types of orcs, the facial features of both men and women are very distinct. They are cunning and can drive wild beasts and monsters, and their behavior is no different from that of humans.
The orcs have a strict hierarchy and an unknown force system...
(End of this chapter)
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