Chapter 103: Years pass

"We are all going to die!"

"Right in the center, oh why did this misfortune befall us?"

"The magistrate is here! Magistrate Nikola, what are we to do now?"

Nikola stared at the crowd surrounding a beautiful bird. It had yellow feathers on its head, red on its neck and green ones on the rest of its body. Nikola couldn't understand why everyone was afraid. The bird even had a single leg, just how much trouble could it bring?

"What is this bird?" He asked, and granny Nuo Nuying broke from the crowd to hit him with a ladle.

"You should read a book on the beasts that live in our country! This is a Bifang Niao. It predicts where fires will happen. And if it's in the center of the village, then the entire village will burn."

Nikola stared at the bird. Did it really? Well, then this was a warning, not a threat. He could prepare.

"I need people willing to become firefighters," he said, and he received uncertain looks around him.