"I'm sorry for causing you to misunderstand."
The ordinary-looking man in a brown tweed jacket did not get angry. He stood up and responded with a smile:
“Very interesting story.
"What's your name?"
“Isn’t it common sense to introduce yourself before asking someone a question?” Lumian smiled.
The foreign guest nodded:
"My name is Ryan Coss.
"These two are my companions, Valentine and Leah."
The latter sentence refers to a man and a woman sitting next to them.
The man was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a little powder on his yellow hair, and not-so-big eyes that were a shade darker than lake blue. He wore a white vest, a blue tweed jacket, and black trousers, and had obviously dressed up carefully before going out.
He looked rather indifferent and hardly looked at the farmers and herdsmen around him.
The woman looked younger than the two men, with long light grey hair tied into an intricate bun and a white veil as a hat.
Her eyes were the same color as her hair, and she looked at Lumian with an undisguised smile, seeming to find what had just happened only amusing.
Under the light of the tavern's gas wall lamps, the woman named Leah showed off her pretty nose and beautifully curved lips. She was definitely a beauty in a rural village like Cordu.
She was wearing a white pleatless cashmere tight skirt, an off-white jacket and a pair of Marseille boots. There were two small silver bells tied to her veil and boots respectively. When she walked into the tavern just now, the bells jingled all the way, which was very eye-catching and made many men stare at her.
In their eyes, this is a fashionable style that can only be found in big cities like the provincial capital Bigor and the capital Trier.
Lumian nodded to the three strangers:
"My name is Lumian Lee. You can just call me Lumian."
"Li?" Leah blurted out.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my last name?" Lumian asked curiously.
Ryan Koss helped Leah explain:
"Your last name is terrifying. I almost couldn't control my voice just now."
Seeing the puzzled faces of the farmers and herdsmen around him, he further explained:
"Anyone who has come into contact with sailors and merchants knows that there is a saying circulating on the five seas:
"I would rather encounter those pirate generals or even kings than meet a man named Frank Lee.
"That person's last name is also Li."
“Is he scary?” Lumian asked.
Ryan shook his head:
"I don't know, but since there is such a legend, it must be good."
He dropped the topic and said to Lumian:
"Thanks for your story, it's worth a drink, what do you want?"
"A glass of 'Green Fairy'." Lumian was not polite at all and sat down again.
Ryan Coss frowned slightly and said:
"'Green Fairy'... Absinthe?
"I think I need to remind you that wormwood is harmful to the human body. This kind of wine may cause insanity and make you hallucinate."
"I didn't expect that the fashion trend in Trier has spread here." Leah next to her added with a smile.
Lumian said, “Oh.”
"It turns out that people in Trier also like to drink 'Green Fairy'...
"For us, life is hard enough without having to worry about a little more damage. This kind of wine can help us relax our spirits."
"Okay." Ryan sat back down and looked at the bartender, "One glass of 'Green Fairy' and one glass of 'Spicy Heart' for me."
"Laxinkou" is a famous fruit liquor.
“Why don’t you give me a glass of Green Fairy too? I just told you the truth, and I can tell you everything about this kid!” The skinny middle-aged man who first exposed Lumian’s daily story shouted in dissatisfaction, “Stranger, I can see that you still have doubts about the truth of that story!”
"Pierre, you'd do anything for a free drink!" Lumian shouted back.
Before Ryan could make a decision, Lumian added:
"Why can't I tell it myself, so I can have an extra glass of 'Green Fairy'?"
"Because they don't know whether they should believe what you said." The middle-aged man named Pierre smiled proudly, "Your sister's favorite story to tell children is 'The Wolf and the Little Boy'. People who always lie will inevitably lose their credibility."
“Okay.” Lumian shrugged and watched the bartender push a glass of light green wine in front of him.
Ryan looked at him and asked:
"May I?"
"No problem, as long as your wallet is enough to pay for the wine." Lumian didn't care.
"Then have another glass of 'Green Fairy'." Ryan nodded.
Pierre's face immediately lit up with smiles:
“Generous stranger, this guy is the most mischievous person in the village, you must stay away from him.
"Five years ago, he was brought back to the village by his sister Aurore and has never left since. Think about it, he was only thirteen years old before that. How could he have worked as a corpse keeper in a hospital? Well, the nearest hospital to us is in Darriege at the foot of the mountain. It takes a whole afternoon to walk there."
"Take it back to the village?" Leah asked sharply.
She tilted her head slightly, causing a tinkling sound.
Pierre nodded:
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"Then, he took Aurore's surname 'Li', and even his first name 'Lumian' was given by Aurore."
“I have forgotten what it was originally called.” Lumian said with a smile after taking a sip of absinthe.
It seemed that he had no sense of inferiority or shame about his past being revealed in this way.
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