"It's like finding an egg in a pile of chicken poop - and it's an egg with two yolks."

Listening to Scrooge's somewhat weird metaphor, Ogata couldn't help laughing.

"If I wasn't looking for someone, I wouldn't want to come to this wilderness."

What Ogata said is true.

How can living in such an underdeveloped area in the wilderness be as comfortable as in a big city like Edo or Kyoto?

If it weren't for looking for Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, Ogata felt that he would never set foot on Ezo in his life.

"Speaking of finding people..." A smile appeared on Skulucci's face, "Like you, I am also recruiting people..."

"When I was about to tell you the name of the Kazuto I'm looking for now last night, I was forced to interrupt because the nearby village was raided."

"I haven't told you the name of the person I'm looking for yet."

"Mr. Majima, are you free next?"

"I'd like to ask you nicely if you've heard of the name of the man I'm looking for."

"We don't have anything urgent to do next," Ogata said, "but I don't think you should place too much hope on us. My wife and I are both very ill-informed people, even if you want to find someone now

What kind of celebrity is that person? My wife and I may not have heard of his name."

"It doesn't matter." Skulucci waved his hand, "Things like clues are very magical. They often appear in some strange places and among some unexpected people."

…

…

After Skulucci led Ogata and Atachi back to his tent, he quickly walked to the large sack placed in the corner of the tent and opened it.

"Ah, I'm so thirsty. Damn it, where did I put my wine? Oh! I found it."

After Scrooge yelled, he took out a large black bottle and a cup from the sack.

Scrooge poured the black-reddish liquid contained in the big black bottle into a cup and drank it happily.

"What is this?" A-Machi cast a confused look at the big black bottle in Skulucci's hand.

"This is wine." Scrulucci put down the glass in his hand and wiped his mouth. "Wine made from grapes. This bottle of wine I have is a good thing. It comes from Burgundy in France."

Amachi didn't know where France was, nor what the wine from France's Burgundy represented, but she was very interested in "wine".

"Wine made from grapes?" Amachi's eyes lit up.

In the Edo period, when supplies were scarce and the circulation of goods was inconvenient, grapes were a veritable luxury product. Only those high-ranking officials had the financial resources and channels to purchase grapes for consumption.

Growing up, A-Machi only ate grapes once by chance.

The sweet and sour taste directly conquered A-Machi's taste buds.

It's a pity that since then, Atachi has never had the opportunity to eat grapes.

The wine made from sweet and sour grapes must be delicious--Ah Machi fantasized about it.

"Want to have a taste?" Skulucci shook the bottle in his hand again, "If you want to have a taste, you have to bring out the cup yourself. I don't have any extra cups here."

"Yes! I have a cup!"

Atachi took off a bamboo tube hanging from his waist.

This bamboo tube is the water bottle that Omachi carries with him, and there are 2 or 3 pieces of water left in it.

After drinking all the water in the bamboo tube in one breath, Atachi handed the bamboo tube to Scrooge.

Scrooge filled Atachi's bamboo tube in one breath, and then cast a questioning look at Ogata.

"Mr. Majima, do you want a drink?"

"No." Ogata shook his head, "I won't drink anymore."

After saying that, Ogata turned his head slightly and secretly observed A-machi's reaction with some expectation on his face.

Ogata is no stranger to wine.

In his previous life, Ogata had tasted wine.

He has a very deep impression of wine.

When he was young, he thought that wine made from grapes would taste as sweet and sour as grapes and would be very delicious.

It wasn't until the drinks were in his mouth that Ogata realized that he had been deceived by this extremely deceptive name.

At that time, Ogata even went on the Internet to search "Why does wine not taste like grapes?"

Ogata just noticed the way Omachi's eyes were shining.

So he was sure that A-Machi, who had never seen or drank wine, was definitely deceived by the name of wine just like he was before.

But Ogata didn't remind Amachi out loud.

Instead, with the mentality of watching a good show and teasing Amachi, he quietly looked at Amachi who was taking back the bamboo tube full of wine with an expectant look on his face.

As soon as A-Machi handed the bamboo tube to his mouth, his brows furrowed slightly.

Because she discovered that the smell of the wine did not have the sweetness of grapes.

Her movements became hesitant.

But in the end, she handed the bamboo tube to her mouth and poured the wine in the tube into her mouth.

The moment the drink entered his throat, Amachi's eyes widened for a moment, and then he raised his hand to cover his mouth tightly, as if he was blocking his mouth to prevent the drink from spitting out.

Looking at this scene, Xu almost laughed out loud, but fortunately, he pinched his thighs with his hands in time and bit the lips on the inside of his mouth, successfully blocking the laughter in his throat.

After forcibly swallowing the drink in his mouth, Ating looked at the bamboo tube in his hand with an expression of disbelief.

"Why doesn't this wine taste like grapes?"

Ogata wanted to praise Amachi: She is indeed my wife.

My first reaction after drinking wine for the first time was exactly the same as his.

"I don't know why." Scrooge shrugged, "Although I love drinking, I have never understood what wine is made of."

"If you don't like it, just pour it. Anyway, I have plenty of wine."

"That's not okay..." Ating muttered, "That would be too rude."

After saying that, A-Machi endured the bitter taste of the wine and poured the wine in the bamboo tube into his mouth again.

While A-Machi and Shuine were fighting hard, Ogata finally calmed down his smile and turned his attention to Scrooge.

"Skullucci, tell us the name of the person you are looking for."

"I will try my best to help you imagine whether I have heard this name in my previous life."

"Who is the person you are looking for?" Atachi, who now has a bitter look, put down the bamboo tube with half of the wine left in his hand and asked Skulucci, "I heard what Ayaka said before.

Say, you seem to have been looking for that person."

"That person can be regarded as someone who has influenced my life." A look of memory slowly appeared on Skulucci's face. "Without him, maybe I wouldn't be where I am today."

"I was born in a place called Scotland."

Scrooge placed the wine glass in his hand aside casually, then sat down on the hammock next to him.

"My hometown is a very poor place."

"My father died young, and my mother raised me alone."

"Mother, he listened to other people's lies and mistakenly believed that the country of Lucia in Eastern Europe was a peaceful land where everyone could live and work in peace and contentment."

"So my mother tried her best and finally raised enough money to successfully take me out of Scotland and to the country of Lucia in Eastern Europe."

"Ah, the so-called Eastern Europe can be understood as the eastern region of the Europa continent. You should all know where the Europa continent is, right?"

Ogata and Atachi nodded.

Although A-Ting couldn't tell the difference between countries and regions such as England, Scotland, and France, she still understood what Europa was and where it was roughly located.

“After arriving in the country of Lucia, I realized that this place is not as good as Scotland.”

Scrooge shrugged.

"Just in terms of security and peace, it is far inferior to Scotland."

"Not long after arriving in Eastern Europe, my mother and I encountered a group of horse thieves."

"In order to save me, my mother hid me and then went to lure away the group of horse thieves alone."

"Since then, I have been living alone."

"There is a peculiar class in the country of Lucia called 'serfs'."

"The so-called serfs are just as the literal meaning says - slaves."

"The serfs were allocated a piece of land from the serf owner. In exchange, they had to cultivate the lord's land for free, perform various labor services, and turn over most of the products of their labor."

"They were tied to the land and lived a life similar to that of slaves, so everyone called them serfs."

"The serfs revolted every three days."
To be continued...