After carefully asking the old village chief about the girl he met, Heimos went to a woman who was rescued from the thieves and asked about the black-haired girl's appearance.
"That's right, she's very beautiful, she's almost like the incarnation of the beauty god Afdomir, and she's also very, very handsome, much more powerful than those damn robbers—"
As soon as the black-haired girl was mentioned, the woman kept talking with excitement.
She had never seen such a beautiful girl in her life, and that girl was not only beautiful, but also so powerful that she couldn't help but yearn and yearn for it.
In the babble of the young woman, Huymos and Kejos looked at each other.
That's right, that 'black-haired girl' is Garlan.
No wonder he was able to pass through the tightly locked city gate, no wonder the guards sent by King Kamos couldn't find out about him. It turned out that he not only dyed his hair black, but also directly modified it, disguised as a girl and escaped their sight.
As soon as it was confirmed that it was Garland, the two knights jumped on their horses without a second without a second. After asking the old village chief where the 'black-haired girl' was leaving, they quickly chased after them.
During the galloping horse, both of them were silent.
However, after a while, Heimos couldn't help but speak.
"Who was that bard with Garland...?"
he asked Cayhorth.
As Gallan's guardian knight, Kaihos should know the details of everyone around Gallan.
Cayhoes was silent for a moment.
"I don't know," he said.
The tone of the answer from the knight of the scorching sun was rarely very good at this time.
But this is not for Heimos, the reason for his bad tone is probably the same as the reason why Heimos couldn't help asking.
—There is someone they don’t know following Garlan.
Heimos stopped talking, but at this time he seemed to have a tacit understanding with Kaihos suddenly, and once again accelerated the speed of the horse under him.
They galloped in the direction the old village chief pointed. If the old village chief pointed the way correctly and said the time correctly, they would be able to catch up with Garlan by tonight at the latest.
As a commoner, the old village chief certainly did not dare to deceive these two noble knights, so he did not point the wrong way, and the time was not wrong. However, Garlan went the wrong way at first, and now, under the leadership of a bard, he has changed his direction and embarked on the right path.
And Heimos and the others were asking about a black-haired girl and a bard along the way... But now Garlan has changed back to his juvenile attire, and his hair has been washed back to blonde.
Another key point is that the traces of Gallan and Shulos' overnight stay have been cleaned up by the experienced bard before leaving, and Heimos, who was eager to chase people, did not find it.
then…
Very unfortunate…
inevitable…
The knight of the scorching sun and the black knight of hell are chasing in the wrong direction.
They, who could have intercepted Garlan on this day, passed by Garlan once again.
…
…
Not knowing that he was almost stopped, Garlan followed Shulos all the way. Seeing that no one came after several days, he was relieved.
As long as he was not found a few days ago, no one will be able to figure out his movements later. After all, even he himself does not know where he plans to go next.
On such a vast continent, it is very difficult to find someone who is deliberately avoiding. When Brother Wang and Heimos searched for themselves for a while, and found that they could not find anything, they would naturally give up.
As soon as the worries in his heart were put down, Garlan felt a lot more relaxed, and he was looking forward to the future more and more.
Tverul Mountain is only the first stop on his journey, and he still has many, many places to go in the future.
At noon that day, they found a flat on the side of the road and stopped temporarily to rest.
Shulos shot down a few birds, which were roasting by the fire at the moment, ready to bring them for lunch. He walked alone on the mainland for a long time. Although he can usually stay and eat in towns, there are many times when he sleeps in the wild, so he has long practiced the ability to roast meat.
Anyway, in Garlan's view, he was only a little worse than the chef used by the royal brother.
Returning with a bundle of dead wood branches, Garlan could already smell the tempting aroma of barbecued meat.
He walked over and put the dead wood branches into the fire one by one.
In the past few days, it really made him blushing. Whether it was finding a place to sleep, lighting a fire, or hunting and roasting meat, Shulos did it alone. He also tried to help, but it was only a disservice. .
However, Shulos did not despise him.
Although every time he messed up, he would taunt him unceremoniously, but he would still teach him what to do next.
Therefore, over the past few days, he has learned a lot of things that he didn't know before.
Sitting down by the fire, Garlan looked at the flames in a trance.
He was still thinking too easily.
Life in the wild is far different from life in the palace.
If it wasn't for the luck to meet this seasoned bard, he would have suffered a lot these days.
he thinks.
He has to follow Shu Luos to learn more about the experience of traveling the mainland. After all, he can't let Shu Luos take care of him all the time. Sooner or later, the two will be separated, and then he will have to rely on himself.
Just when Garlan was in a trance, a roasted brown bird was handed to him. The roasted bird was dressed in sharpened branches, with black sauce smeared on it, and the tempting aroma came out. .
He took the branch and smiled at Shulos.
"thanks."
Shuluos looked at the brightly smiling young man and started to eat, looked away, and took a bite of the barbecue himself.
Speaking of which, he was a little puzzled himself. He has never been the kind of person who likes to meddle in his own business. It should be said that he is actually a person who doesn't like trouble very much. If it's a beautiful woman's trouble, he can accept it, but if the other party is a man, he won't give him a second glance at all.
This young boy is now in complete trouble, but he has no intention of leaving him alone.
After thinking about it, Shuluos felt that it was probably because of the boy's face.
That face is so beautiful, even if it's not a girl, as long as he smiles at him, as a faithful believer of Avtomir, he can't bear to leave this young man alone.
Moreover, although this young man is obviously a young master from aristocratic background, he does not seem to have the arrogance of those aristocratic uncles.
If this noble boy really enjoys his care unceremoniously, no matter how good-looking he is, he will leave without saying goodbye - he is not the servant of the noble uncle.
However, this young master will not take his care for him for granted, he will thank him very seriously every time, and will also work hard to learn the skills and experience of wild survival from him. Obviously, the teenager didn't always rely on his plans.
Well, so be it.
Although this pampered young master is a bit clumsy... but it's not annoying enough to be clumsy, and with that face, it's still cute.
Schloss thought.
He regarded it as picking up a little milk cat that had sneaked out. Since it looked cute, it didn't matter if he kept it first.
While thinking about this, he ate the roasted bird and chatted casually.
"I said, Gal, are you a lower-level noble?"
"Um."
Garlan snorted, this is nothing to hide, it should be easy to see that he is a noble.
Coupled with his skin color, most people would think he was a lower class noble.
"Why did you run away from home?"
the rather gossip bard asked.
"What, got angry at home? Was bullied? But looking at your skills, no one should be able to bully you?"
"No, everyone in my family... is very kind to me."
Shulos began to open his mind.
"Did that mean that you were spotted by the daughter of some high-ranking noble? Forcibly married, you didn't like her, so you escaped?" He asked enthusiastically, "Why, does that noble's daughter look very good-looking? Ugly? Ugly to see that you would rather give up your noble status and run away from marriage?"
Garland was startled, then laughed.
"you think too much."
he said with a smile.
Shu Luos, who couldn't hear the gossip, sighed regretfully.
"Since nothing happened, why did you run out?"
Garland thought about it.
He said: "Our family has a big family business, and now my brother is in charge, but he has no children, so he wants to pass on the family business to me. I didn't want it, so I ran out."
Garlan's words made Shulos, who had just taken a bite of the bird, choked.
He ignored the fragrant barbecued meat on his lips, looked at Garlan in disbelief, and looked at Garland with the eyes of a fool.
"Did I say you're stupid?" He said what was in his mind very bluntly, "I don't want to inherit the great family business, and I don't want to enjoy the wealth and wealth, so I ran out to eat and sleep, I said your brain is Isn't there a problem?"
If this was replaced by someone else, he would definitely be happy to accept that great family business.
Even if you don't have the right of inheritance, you have to try to snatch the family business.
This kid actually ran away to not inherit the family business
Shulos asked, "Don't you want to inherit that family business?"
"Actually, I really want to inherit."
"… "
Then what are you running for
Schloss thought.
This kid is probably really stupid.
"Although I want to, but I don't have that qualification... I... "
Garlan didn't seem to know what to say, and stopped after saying a few words.
"Qualifications? What qualifications? Your elder brother wants you to inherit your qualifications. What else do you need?"
"… My purpose… The purpose of inheriting the family business… is completely different from my brother and others."
Garland hesitated.
"I didn't want to inherit it because I wanted to inherit it."
"Wait... what's 'not wanting to inherit but wanting to inherit'?"
Shulos felt that he couldn't understand Garlan's rapping words at all, so he couldn't help asking.
However, after Garlan said this, he closed his mouth and ate the roasted bird wholeheartedly, obviously not wanting to continue talking about this topic.
Although Shulos was a little curious, he never had the habit of forcing people. With a shrug, he put the topic aside.
After eating the roasted bird and the dry bread for lunch, after a short rest, the two got up.
First, Garlan cleaned up the traces left by their eating, while Shulos watched. After Garlan finished cleaning up, he started again, cleaned up the remaining traces that Garlan didn't notice, and told Garlan what to pay attention to.
While Shulos was speaking, Garlan listened attentively.
Shuluos looked at the boy who listened to him obediently, and felt a sense of accomplishment and pleasure in his heart.
"It's not far from Twilour City, it's faster, we can get there before it gets completely dark."
Twilur City is located at the foot of Twilur Mountain, hence the name.
Shulos said: "After sleeping in the rough for two or three days, you can enjoy it when you enter the city."
"Really?"
Hearing this, Garlan showed a happy expression, and he said, "Shulos, it's only you and I who have the barbecue these days, otherwise I'll have to eat bread by myself. After entering the city, I How about a meal with you? You can eat whatever you want."
The boy's words made Shu Luos startled for a moment, and then he smiled slightly.
"OK."
He said with a smile, that smile came from the heart.
The more he got along with Gallan, the more he felt that this boy was different from ordinary nobles.
Although Shulos is only a bard, over the years, with his excellent archery skills and singing voice, he has encountered many nobles, even nobles who are companions on adventures, but people like Garlan... It was his first time seeing him.
It was obvious at a glance that he was from a noble family, but this young man did not have any of the bad temperament that nobles were used to.
For example, just now, he was in charge of cooking along the way, other nobles would take it for granted, nobles with good character would give him some money, thinking that doing so was approachable, but no matter how nice it was, In fact, this behavior is still conscious of superiority.
But Garland didn't do this, but just said that he would like to treat him to a big meal, just like a true equal friend.
How should I put it... He really is a special noble young master.
But there is something wrong with the brain.
The horse ran all afternoon, and when it was almost evening, it was close to the city of Tverul.
At this moment, they were running halfway up the mountainside. The area here is mountainous, and there are mountains and forests everywhere. Shulos said that they would go around the two mountains in front and then they would reach the city.
Garland is looking forward to it. Fengfan has been sleeping in the open for several days, sleeping on the floor every day. He also really wants to have a comfortable bed for him to take a good rest.
However, just as they were about to go around the mountain, a loud noise suddenly came from below, mixed with crying and grief.
Garlan looked down subconsciously and saw a group of people entangled on the mountain road below. Among them was a group of soldiers in military uniforms, who tied some young men and women with ropes to drag them away, while other middle-aged men Or the old man is begging for something to the leading team.
Following the direction Garlan was looking in, Shulos also glanced at him, and then withdrew his gaze lightly.
"Don't mind your own business."
"Especially when it comes to official matters, it's going to be a lot of trouble," he said.
"But… "
"Either debt collection or other reasons. Anyway, these soldiers must have obeyed the orders of the officials. Even if these people look pitiful, this is a common thing. You will get used to it after seeing more."
"… "
Garland was startled.
Suddenly, the cries below became more and more shrill.
He looked down and saw that the soldiers had already started to beat people, and even drew their swords, he frowned, and pulled the reins to run away.
However, just after a few runs, he was stopped by Shuluos, who was also galloping around.
The dark horse under Garlan who was suddenly blocked from his way raised his front hooves high and let out a neigh.
"I said, it will cause trouble, don't you understand?"
Shulos' usual laid-back tone became stern.
"...But since I saw it, I can't ignore it."
"Really? Then have you ever thought that you and I are together, as long as you do this, it will involve me. You want to help those people, but I don't want to, why do you bring me trouble?"
Shulos said indifferently.
"Or do you take it for granted that as long as you rush past, I have to be kidnapped by you and rush down together?"
After traveling the mainland for so many years, he has long been accustomed to seeing life and death and the warmth of human relationships. He was able to live so well for so long because there were very few nosy things.
He could have imagined that this young nobleman with a strong blood scolded his cold-blooded appearance, his eyes turned cold, and he waited for the righteous rebuke from the other party.
Garland glanced at him.
"you're right."
"… what?"
"That's what I want to do, not what you want to do. I shouldn't involve you."
The boy said, reaching out to him.
Shulos raised his hand subconsciously, and three Aaron silver coins fell into his hand.
"I said I wanted to treat you to a meal, but now it seems that we have to part here, Shulos, thank you for taking care of you these days."
Garland said, "You turn around and leave now, no one will find you here, and you will not be involved in this trouble."
After he finished speaking, Garlan pulled the reins, crossed Shulos' side, and galloped down his horse.
The bard who was left behind held a few silver coins in his hands, and stood on the spot on horseback with a look of astonishment.
No, wait.
Shouldn't you now either denounce my cold-bloodedness, or try to influence me by reasoning with me, or ask me to ask me to let me go along with my heart softened.
Of course, no matter which method you use, I will not pay attention to it, and even ridicule you.
But what do you mean by simply making me turn around and run away
You didn't do this-