Chapter 29: Red Keep 2

Little Joey kept sobbing and turned to walk home. Feeling distraught, Joey felt a heaviness in his chest. He put his hands into his clothes and grabbed a handful of coins. There were even three or four silver deer among them...

The clothes were a little big for Joey, but now they were a little tight on Jon. Now he needed to bow and nod his head and listen to the lecture from his boss who was one year younger than him.

"We are mainly responsible for the area around the virgin residence. We must remember to complete all the work before dawn, especially the toilets must be cleaned as soon as possible to avoid the adults from smelling bad smells."

Jon nodded and asked

"Well, that highest place must be the king's room."

Seeing Jon's ignorant look, Rune sneered.

"That's the throne room, where the famous Iron Throne is located, and the king lives in the back.

"Wow, you are so familiar with the Red Keep. I am so lucky to work under you. You speak like a true noble!"

Jon continued to flatter him calmly. Although Rune knew that being able to clean toilets for nobles was the greatest achievement in his life, it still did not prevent him from sometimes entering into fantasy moments.

Occasionally, when no one was around, Rune would hide in his room and imitate the etiquette and manners of the nobles. Jon's words about horses really hit the nail on the head.

"Forget it, we will always be just a servant."

Although he said this, Jon could already see that he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"By the way, sir, I heard that our Hand of the King had a fight with the Queen's brother some time ago, and the Queen's brother even cut off the Hand of the King's leg. I wonder what the situation is now?"

The originally harmonious atmosphere of the conversation became a little tense as Rune's expression turned cold.

"If you want to work under me in the future, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask!"

Seeing that the other party's face seemed not right, Jon nodded quickly, indicating that he would never make the same mistake again.

Rune didn't say anything else, but took more than a dozen children including Jon to a small garden.

"Okay, we need to clear the road here before daybreak. Be serious, I'll check it then!"

As he said this, he yawned and turned to leave. After Jon followed the others to get their brooms, a little girl about twelve years old pointed to a road in the distance and said.

"That place belonged to Joey before, but from now on you will be in charge of it."

Jon glanced at the little girl with chestnut hair and found that she was looking at him with rejection.

He knew that this was because he had 'taken' Joey's job, so he nodded without saying anything and went to the area he was responsible for.

'Yes, this place is far away from other people, so it is convenient for me to check it out.'

As Jon swept, he disappeared from the sight of others. Under the moonlight, the granite slabs looked very clean, and it was easy to see the condition of the road.

Holding a broom, he trotted towards the throne hall. Whenever he met patrolling soldiers, he would stand on the side of the road with his head down, and continue on his way after they left.

About half an hour later, Jon finally arrived near the throne room. He judged that the Hand of the King's Tower was most likely nearby. He remembered that when he was reading a book before, it described that there was a long and narrow hall in the Hand of the King's Tower, which was specially used for the Hand of the King to hold meetings.

But there are towers everywhere here, and if I were to search for them one by one, I don't know how long it would take.

After hesitating for a while, Jon decided to stay in the Red Keep for two days and wait for an opportunity to find Ned's location.

After all, his body had been systematically strengthened and he possessed the strength of an adult, so he quickly cleaned up the area he was responsible for.

When I looked up, it was already dawn.

When Jon returned, he found that he was almost the last one to arrive, and he was amazed at the nimbleness of these children.

"Humph! If you keep doing this, you'll be kicked out in a few days."

Jon's little chestnut-haired girl whispered.

"Joey works much more efficiently than you do."

Jon glanced at the little girl sideways and didn't say much because there was really no need to, and maybe being kicked out would be the best outcome.

"Be careful, don't spill it!"

Just then, Rune's voice was heard not far away. The little chestnut-haired girl stopped her sarcasm at Jon, swallowed calmly, and craned her neck to look in the direction where the voice came from.

Behind Rune was a little boy who was carrying a wooden barrel with difficulty. His thin arms were shaking, but his eyes were fixed on the edge of the barrel.

Jon saw the 'paste' swaying in the barrel, and although the little boy was very careful, a small piece of it still got on his body.

It was at this time that Jon noticed that Rune was holding a dozen brown clay bowls the size of an adult's palm in his hand.

Rune stood next to the 'rice bucket' and said to the others, "Line up to get your bowls and rice!"

This is the experience that Rune has summed up over a long period of time. If the meals are distributed to these children in advance, they will scramble for the meals like crucian carps, and half of a bucket of food will spill out.

But if you distribute bowls one by one and then scoop rice out one by one, things will be much more orderly.

But in front of this group of hungry children, even if they were queuing, they had to fight for priority.

Before Jon could react, the chestnut-haired girl, who was almost twice as short as him, jumped out from under his armpit like a tabby cat catching a sparrow.

He hurried to catch up, and finally barely ranked, or was squeezed into the seventh or eighth position.

After the children in front received their food, they immediately ran to the side and started eating with a slurp. Seeing how happily they were eating, Jon also felt a little hungry.

He held the bowl out to Rune. Rune looked at him, shook the spoon in his hand, and after shaking off about half of the food, he poured the rest of the food in the big spoon to him.

"You just arrived, so eat less. The food here is very oily. Be careful not to get a stomachache and delay your work."

Jon was about to retort when he saw a bowl sticking out from under his elbow.

"Get out of the way after you get your meal!"

Looking back, Jon saw that the owner of the bowl was only ten years old, so he had no intention of arguing with him. After all, his primary goal now was to rescue Ned.

If he caused any trouble because of fighting for half a bowl of rice, he would look down on himself.

Jon walked aside silently. The little chestnut-haired girl who was sitting on the steps and had almost finished the food in her bowl saw this and realized that Jon had some strength in vain and was actually a coward.

Her big brown eyes rolled and she immediately had an idea.