Chapter 1339 Weird Tavern

When you come to a strange place and want to know the local customs, current affairs news, or want to inquire about information, the best place is the tavern.

The three got off the trestle bridge and walked straight into the "Golden Anchor Tavern".

As soon as the door of the tavern was pushed open, the smell of tobacco mixed with alcohol came to the nostrils, and the noisy noise followed.

The lively atmosphere in the hall seemed to be no different from other taverns, but after a little observation, Joan and Medea couldn't help showing surprise, and Ruby's eyes widened in surprise.

The noisy and lively tavern hall was full of drunk people.

Half of them are men dressed as sailors or dock workers, and half of the guests are giant eagles standing upright and wearing feathers!

The giant eagles are either in groups of three or four, drinking beer around the wine table, or mixing with their human friends, playing cards, punching and laughing loudly, appearing very close.

These giant eagles are no different from humans, no matter the language they use when talking or their demeanor.

However, their appearance is really very different from that of humans. Although they get along well with the human friends in the tavern, in the eyes of outsiders like Joan and the others, they seem a bit disobedient and unreal.

Joan also noticed that all the giant eagles in the tavern had a sailor's scarf around their necks, most of them were pure white scarves, only two giant eagles wore orange scarves, their demeanor and demeanor were different, intentionally Inadvertently put on the airs of an officer.

"Wow! There are so many giant eagles here! But their demeanor and behavior don't look like birds at all. It's like human beings put on a big bird's leather jacket and pretend to be giant eagles to drink and have fun here."

Ruby muttered under his breath.

A giant eagle next to her seemed to hear her complaining, and turned around to grin at her. The hook-like beak and sharp eyes scared Ruby to shrink behind Joan, not daring to breathe.

"I have long heard that giant eagles are as intelligent as humans, but I never thought that even the way of life of giant eagles on this island has been assimilated by humans."

Medea couldn't help expressing emotion too.

Qiao Anxin nodded sympathetically, and walked through the crowd to the bar, holding the hands of the two ladies.

Behind the bar sits a giant eagle in a tuxedo and a snow-white shirt. The feathers on its head are slightly grizzled. It holds a meerschaum pipe in its left paw and is flipping through a newspaper on the bar with its right paw. It looks like A handsome old gentleman.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the gentlemanly Mr. Giant Eagle raised his head and showed Joan and the others a... Emmm~ It might be considered a friendly smile for birds.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 'Eagle Island' as a guest, my name is Hanks, and I am waiting for your orders."

"Uh, Mr. Hanks, are you the manager of this tavern? Well, let us have a drink first. If we don't bother you, we still want to chat with you and find out interesting things about the island. .”

Medea tried to keep a polite smile.

Mr. Hanks put down the pipe in his hand, and turned his eyes from Medea and Joan to Ruby whose chin had just reached the bar counter.

"Excuse me, let me ask one more question. I'm afraid this lady is not yet sixteen years old?" Mr. Hanks looked at Joan.

Joan thought for a while, and Ruby's mental age was about the equivalent of an eight or nine-year-old human girl, so she nodded.

"That's really embarrassing. According to the decree promulgated by the local lord Sir Edric, regardless of local residents or foreign tourists, human beings under the age of 16 and giant eagles under the age of 10 are not allowed to buy alcoholic beverages. This lady does not want to have a drink Juice?"

"Uncle Eagle, Ruby doesn't like drinking like me! Please give me a glass of apple juice, thank you!"

Mr. Hanks showed a relieved smile, poured a glass of freshly squeezed apple juice himself, inserted a reed tube, and handed it to "Miss Ruby".

Then a waitress brought a tray and placed two glasses of beer with white bubbles and a plate of roasted nuts in front of Joan and Medea.

Ruby took a big sip of apple juice, smacked her lips in satisfaction, and then asked Mr. Hanks: "Uncle Eagle, why do humans have to be 16 years old to buy alcohol, while giant eagles can only be 10 years old?"

"My dear lady, it's because our giant eagles are more precocious than you humans. At the age of 10, even an adult eagle can join the army." Mr. Hanks smiled gently.

Joann's heart moved slightly when he heard the word "join the army", and then Ruby asked Hanks: "Are those giant eagles wearing sailor scarves in the store all soldiers?"

Mr. Hanks nodded, and then made further explanations.

"They are all Far East Airmen who received training on the island. The one with the white scarf is an ordinary private, the two with orange scarves are non-commissioned officers, and there are also a lieutenant officer with a red scarf and a field officer with a blue scarf. , but senior officers rarely come to the tavern for entertainment, even if they want to drink, they will go to the officer's club on the island."

It turns out that scarves of different colors are equivalent to collar badges on military uniforms, representing different military ranks.

Joan noticed that the newspaper on the bar counter turned out to be the "Motherland Daily" published this morning. He contacted Mr. Hanks just now and said that the giant eagles in the tavern were all aviation soldiers belonging to the Far East Air Force, and it was natural that a doubt.

"Mr. Hanks, the 'Eagle Island' is far away from the mainland and has been an independent territory since ancient times. Why do you provide giant eagles for the Far East military?"

"Sir, from the question you asked, I can see that you must be an outsider, and you know almost nothing about the situation in our North Bay, right?"

Mr. Hanks took a deep look at Joan, saw that the young mage did not refute, and continued:

"To tell you the truth, our 'Eagle Island', as well as all the North Sea city-states including Baiou Harbor, are actively seeking to merge with the Kingdom of Corras, with our great King Rudolph I as the head of state, to form a A mighty Far Eastern Empire."

"Although Hebang's resolution has not yet been officially announced, we all know in our hearts that this is a certainty. Even the residents of our island now regard themselves as the people of the Kingdom of Kolas, and they are in our minds. Why is it so strange that the motherland in China sends air force fighters?"

It seems that Joan doesn't understand why the residents of Eagle Island, who are hanging on the sea, have such a strong sense of identity with a landlocked country that has just been established less than two years ago. Hanks then explained:

"Our Eagle Island is willing to become a territory of the Kolas Kingdom. In addition to the economic and military benefits after the merger, there is actually a more direct emotional factor."

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