[Sebastian is not a person]
-Find a place with people, like a village, small town or city.
Reward: Knowledge with Lyphom languages and a reasonable amount of money.
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In a transparent cloud, I see a red button and a half-filled bag.
Without caring for the children's reaction I press the button. Immediately I learn the local language, apparently it is called 'Common from the East' writing is similar to the Asian style.
The children do not understand what is happening and they look at me in a frightened way.
I quickly get the coin purse while I think: 'damn , I forgot to change this form of delivery on the system, I'll do an inventory today'
"Hey, boys, where is this?"
The brat looks at me with bulging eyes! "You know how to speak our language! why did not you talk to me before? Oh ... I'm sorry, my lord ... I did not want to be impertinent!" he seemed angry at the beginning of the conversation, but soon changed his speech. It brought me some memories of how the leading MCs in the novels act.
I try to keep a face without emotions, like Sebastian. "Okay, just answer me kid" I sit on the wooden bench and speak in Portuguese to open the system (mental note number two, operate the system mentally)
I'm looking for some items while we're talking.
"here is the Haiyu village, on Dandelion Island. I am Parrot, these is my brother Eli and my sister Yisa"
"Why Dandelion Island?" I regretted it as soon as I asked.
he looks at me in an embarrassed way "well ... because there are a lot of dandelion ... I think ...."
I ignore my stupid question and I continue "and what happens here, why is this house so decayed?"
he looks pretty embarrassed now. "I'm sorry, my lord, but we only have conditions to live in the slums"
what the fuck? Why is it so hard to communicate with people? in stories the mc do anything and everyone has an epic mission or become super loyal. What do I do with this child now? I should have chosen a game world. The conversation stays in a strange silence for a few moments but I finish my purchase and equip the items.
This is what I call super king lord kit:
[poker face] non-combat skill, you have excellent control of your facial expressions. {4 MP}
[quiet mind] an active skill, in exchange for a little mana this magic stabilizes your mood for neutrality. {8 MP}
[vampire eyes] Your eyes have a natural charm, people with a weak will tend to want to form friendship or relationship bonds. {12 MP}
[firm handshake] An ability developed by experienced merchants. When you shake hands with someone, you can read a brief description of the person's intentions. {2 MP}
{Multiverse points = 11}
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All items appear in the form of colored buttons, with just a touch I knew a new range of skills.
I turn all my attention to the children (who are not much younger than me) "Look at me Parrot, I do not understand much of a difficult life, but how about you tell me more about the things that happen in the village and around the island? Who knows, maybe I can help, we're friends, right?"
He stands still, staring at me for a few seconds and then smiles and shakes his head up and down. "Yes! We're friends! I can tell you ..."
The boy have a talent! He talked nonstop for an hour and a half! He gave me a short summary about his life, the village and the island. Apparently he's having a hard time paying taxes on behalf of the Haiyu family. The Haiyu family are the cultivators and 'owners' of the village. The cultivators are essential for the survival of people because there are several monsters and strong beasts on the island and rivers that easily kill mortals.
The village has about 400 people, 20 guards and 15 family members. Here people catch a big fleshy fish in the river, but for this you should always be escorted and be a strong adult because the fish is very big, besides the river has many dangers, only the desperate ones go to the sea, because it is even more dangerous. Like the little Parrot.
On Dandelion Island, Cultivator's are very unusual, with only 5 Cultivator's families. The island is small, about 300,000 km² (he may be wrong, he never left the village). In addition to this village there are two other villages and a small town. The little town is the only place where foreign merchants go, he told me that the merchants come from a large island near this one. They are very rich and have a lot of people there!
I start to take food from my backpack, the children and I start to eat cheerfully. the two little ones were especially voracious to eat the dried meat and when they were full they lay on the ground and began to play around. I take the opportunity to talk to the Parrot.
"So how much are you owing to the Haiyu?"
"this month, I'll have to give some of the home furniture, since I could not get any fish or shrimp."
"Do not worry, boy, I can help you, but I need your help too"
"Of course! My help with what?" he seems quite surprised at my request.
"I need you to hear what people talk about, if there are many people in the same situation as you, this kind of thing you know?" I break my poker face and toss a discreet smile.
He agrees cheerfully. I give him 7 copper coins and I have only 3 left over, but he thanked me several times and said that I was the hero of the family and several other things. I'm very pleased too! I slept in the brothers' house that night and the next day after breakfast, the Parrot went out to pay the taxes!