The sound of punching and kicking came from the depths of the alley, and Avi hid in the corner, witnessing the beating of Joan by the strong men.

Tonight, Van and Stitch went to the underground casino to gamble again, and Avi didn't follow, because he saw that Joan was surrounded by several strong men, and when those strong men searched Joan's body for the dice that Joan brought to the casino, the young Kestrel Academy student was regarded as a cheater in gambling, and a fist and kick "punishment" must be indispensable.

"Don't kill it! this waste still owes us two hundred gold coins!" one of the men with an iron rod in his hand stopped the rest of the strong men, "but I heard that your bakery can't make a lot of money, and the two hundred gold coins will definitely not be enough." ”

Avi saw John lying on the ground holding his head and neck tightly, his body already scarred and shaking.

"I'll tell you, if you don't pay off all your money within a month, I'll send someone to smash your bread shop!"

Avi didn't go over to Joan, he hurried after the strong men from the casino.

"Hey, what are you going to do, you little ghost?"

"Does that guy owe you money?"

"The one just now?" the strong man with the iron rod looked back into the depths of the alley, and John was still lying on the ground, "He owes us two hundred gold coins in the casino, and he still pays a thousand, just tonight..."

Avi immediately took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, "This is a part, I will give the rest of the gold coins he owes later." Avi handed over the fifty gold coins that Stitch had given him to the strong man, he didn't expect Joan to owe so many gambling debts, he planned to go home and see if he had so many gold coins, if it wasn't enough, he would have to borrow it from the big nose fan.

The strong man counted, "You are his friend, what a bad luck to make such a friend," the strong man handed the bag of gold coins to one of his subordinates, "Not only is he poor, but he also does this kind of petty theft! We are not unreasonable, as long as you give the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins, we are not going to pursue this guy's troubles, but he will never enter our casino again..."

Before the strong man holding the iron rod finished speaking, Joan, who was holding his waist with his hand, walked behind Avi, "This matter has nothing to do with you!

Avi's screams made Avi feel a pang of sadness, and he just wanted to do what he could to help someone who was just as despised as he was, even if that person had been hostile to him.

"Look, this mad dog isn't happy!" the strong man with the stick raised his iron rod and pointed at Joan, "Your guy's skin is still itchy?

"I don't need your help!" Joan bowed his head, tears streaming down his neck, "You don't know anything at all!

When the strong men saw Joan like this, they all shook their heads and walked towards the casino, and the strong man with a stick said to Avi: "I don't care what grievances you have, in short, we only recognize money, if we don't hand over the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins to us, this guy named Joan will be finished!"

When the men were gone, John whispered, "You have no right to my business!"

"We're classmates, and I'm not in a hurry to use the money..."

"That money is also the money of the nobles! it is the bones of the handouts to the lackeys!" Joan sobbed and whispered, the scarred young man who could not even walk, but he was still so stubborn.

After a moment of silence, Avi slowly reached out a hand and placed it on Joan's shoulder, but when Joan tried to shake it off, he found that Avi's hand was tightly gripping his shoulder.

"I'm not a lackey, I'm the same as you, but you need help at this time. ”

"I don't need to..."

Joan shook Avi's outstretched hand away, but Avi didn't say anything more, just walked straight to the underground casino.

A day later, Avi reappeared in the underground casino, bringing with him the remaining one hundred and fifty gold coins, all of which were paid by Avi for his role as Stitch's bodyguard, as well as the savings he had saved since he arrived at Mallot. After Avi helped Yoan pay off all his gambling debts, Avi's heart felt a little relieved, and he didn't know the real reason for a while. Maybe it's because Avi never thought that the proud and strong Yoan would stand in front of him and shed tears, last night's Joan could have run away from the scene directly, but he stood in front of him while crying.

"Actually, he's the one who is acting as a hero, right?" said Avi to himself in his heart. As a whole group of poor people, it is impossible for Joan's friends to be able to help Joan pay off his debts, and the income from the bakery can only support Joan and his father, which is a huge difficulty for a young man with a huge gambling debt. But Avi, who found out about this, had no way to turn a blind eye to it - there were too many people who had helped him through the difficulties, and Joan didn't regard him as a friend, but he shouldn't be his enemy, the other party was like he was at the beginning, maybe he just needed a little help to get out of the situation.

However, Avi found out that he had misestimated the true situation, and Yoan's bread shop was sold a few days later, and Yoan did not continue to attend classes at Kestrel Academy for some reason.

"Hey, are you using all your savings to save a gambler?" Fan asked suddenly one night.

"His name is Joan, and he was one of my classmates. ”

"The kind that is very good?" After Fan asked, Avi didn't know how to answer, "If it's not a particularly good relationship, don't help that kind of person, it's not as simple as a gambling debt." ”

Lying on the bed, Avi asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

"I have asked the people in the underground casino, and they say that the young man named Joan is not a gambler, but he just wants to get enough money from gambling quickly to do something, and he fails. ”

"And do you know what he wants to do?"

"It seems that he wants to buy some valuable items, and he may need more than a thousand gold coins for help! Otherwise, he would not always choose the most risky dice and the shortest gambling time. In the end, it was found that there was a thousand people, and this kind of person would usually break his hands in the casino, but fortunately he met a good old man like you. ”

"So I'm a good old man in your eyes..."

"Otherwise, he and you are not related, and I will definitely not bother to pay attention to it. ”

For the next week, Avi didn't meet Ioan in the city, and he couldn't see Ioan in the Kestrel Academy, until the head of the Kestrel Academy found Avi.

"I heard that you have been in contact with Yoan, the class leader of Class 4, and he hasn't come to class recently, when was the last time you met him?"

Avi truthfully told Dugol about the situation, and Dugol let out a long sigh after hearing this. He told Avi that the Kestrel Academy has always taken great care of poor students, especially students like Yoan who have good qualifications and are usually diligent. However, if he has to leave the Kestrel Academy due to personal reasons, the Kestrel Academy may have to consider canceling Yoan's degree, otherwise Joan will cause trouble elsewhere and affect the reputation of Kestrel Academy.

"You can tell the students who are friends with Yoan about this, and ask them to contact Yoan, if he can't come to me to explain the situation within ten days, it will be regarded as automatically giving up his Kestrel Academy degree. The tone of the head of the academy, Du Gore, also revealed pity.

Avi had no choice but to gather the followers who usually followed Joan, and those students all said that they did not have a deep relationship with Yoan, but Yoan's courageous, confident and self-respecting attitude allowed them to hold their heads up in front of the students of other classes, and they were willing to follow him. These followers also took the opportunity to apologize to Avi at this time, saying that they were hostile to him because of Joan's intentions, and they didn't want to target Avi.

"You want to borrow the power of the 'cat's nest' to find Joan?" Fan was making some handmade dolls next to the table, and he didn't look back after hearing Avi's words, "It is estimated that it only costs five gold coins to find a baker's son, and I won't pay this for you!"

"Well, I'll pay for the Lord's, but I have to find Joan within ten days, or he'll have his degree revoked by the Kestrel Academy. ”

Big-nosed Fan pinched the doll's nose, "But I've heard Stitch say that the guy named Joan is the bully in your class, and he has a bad attitude towards Stitch and you, why do you want to help that kind of person?

The question that Fan raised again has also been haunting Avi's mind for the past few days. Truth be told, Avi doesn't think he's a good guy, but on the surface, he should be a bit more loyal than Van and Stitch, and even the other seniors of the Potato Mercenary Regiment. So until now, he has become a noble guard and a knight's squire, and Avi feels that this identity is more suitable for him, rather than the identity of a mercenary who has really been contacted and tried.

The selfishness and cunning of the mercenaries are sometimes too disobedient for Avi, and the seniors of the Potato Mercenary Group are already very good mercenaries, but Avi still wants to have a simpler relationship, which also makes him very much looking forward to the school have the idea of wanting to get along with his classmates.

"If you are a good man, it is not without reward," Fan stretched the doll's nose a little, which seemed a little abrupt, "peace of mind is a reward that is better than money, and in the final analysis, it is for yourself." ”

"Peace of mind...", Avi repeated the words of the big-nosed fan in a low voice. He recalled that he felt very uncomfortable about Joan's misunderstanding of himself, and perhaps because of this, when Avi noticed that Joan needed help, he was willing to lend a hand as soon as possible - the moment he reached out, Avi suddenly found that doing so made him feel very comfortable, which was the reward of a good person, as Fan said, peace of mind.