"Brother, is this sister-in-law?"
"puff-"
Gray spat out a mouthful of tea.
Because Gray needed to make some preparations and explain to Viscount Fergus, he did not set out on the same day. Sophia and his servant naturally stayed at Fergus Castle.
Seeing Sophia, Sarah immediately said something like this, causing Gray to spit out the tea he drank in his mouth.
What kind of eyesight
Does this look like your sister-in-law
If she is really your sister-in-law, your brother will be unhappy for the rest of his life!
It's not that the other person isn't beautiful. In terms of beauty, it goes without saying that Sophia is definitely the most beautiful person Gray has ever seen, but she is really not an easy wife.
Being able to afford the rune space bag and also be able to trade wild-level blood magic, it is certain that his identity is not simple. If nothing else, the disparity in identity between the two families is enough to make Gray encounter many difficulties. hinder.
Although Gray is confident that his future potential is definitely worthy of the other person, that is too tiring, and he does not want to fall in love that can be written into a classic love story.
Moreover, although he had not had much contact with her, Gray could clearly feel that the other party had sinister tendencies. If he really married her, he would probably be eaten to death in the future.
Like now, she has been tricked into becoming a debt slave. If she really becomes a wife, who knows how miserable it will be.
"right."
"no."
Two voices sounded at the same time, the former was Sophia's obviously joking voice, and the latter was Gray's serious voice.
"Well-"
After hearing two completely different answers at the same time, Sarah didn't know who to believe and said suspiciously.
"Brother, is that really true?"
Staring hard at Sophia, who was obviously teasing Sarah, Gray said with a serious expression.
"Of course not, I'm not familiar with her..."
It took more than ten minutes to convince Sarah that the other party was indeed not his future sister-in-law. Gray felt extremely tired and became more and more convinced that such a woman was not suitable to be a wife.
…
Early the next morning, the carriage set off from Fergus Castle.
Teresa, a man with brown beard, was still driving, while Gray and Sophia sat in the carriage.
Gray did not bring a mad-level blood beast. The target of the mad-level blood beast was too large and inconvenient to carry. Moreover, he was already a mad-blood warrior, with extremely strong combat power and self-protection ability.
Besides, the castle also needs protection.
Although Viscount Fergus and others could not command the blood beast due to Gray's absence, Gray had already given some simple orders to the blood beast before leaving.
Once in danger, Viscount Fergus and others only need to retreat to the basement, and the mad-level blood beast will automatically attack the chasing enemies and protect them.
"Is it time to explain to me the general situation of the ruins?"
Gray looked at Sophia and said.
He didn't want to know nothing about it, so he followed Sophia and the two of them to explore.
Although it is impossible for the other party to tell him the specific location of the ruins, he needs to know the general situation, such as the approximate location of the ruins.
"The ruins are located in the Night Forest."
Sophia nodded and said.
"Night Forest?"
Gray was no stranger to this name. Like the Red Leaf Forest, the Night Forest was also a huge forest that stretched across the Sidney Territory.
The reason why this forest is called the Night Forest is because the vegetation in this forest is extremely lush and there are many tall trees. Walking in the forest during the day also feels eerie, like walking at night. a feeling of.
"How deep will it probably go?"
After thinking about it, Gray asked.
"It will probably go deep for more than two hundred months."
Sophia said with a serious expression.
"Over two hundred months?"
Gray frowned.
A month is a unit of length measurement in this world. One month is roughly equivalent to one kilometer in Gray's previous life. In other words, one month is more than 200 kilometers deep into the forest.
This depth is already extremely deep into the forest.
Even though the last time Gray walked in the red leaf forest for more than ten days, it was more of an arc around the red leaf forest, not all the way into the depths of the forest.
The deepest point should have been about two hundred kilometers, but at that time, we were already able to encounter mad-level blood beasts.
Although the distribution of blood beasts in different forests is different, at this depth, the danger may not be low.
"Let me state in advance that if the risk during the exploration is too high, I will give up the exploration immediately."
Gray said with a serious expression.
"No problem, we'll make a decision when the time comes, and we won't have to live with our own lives."
Sophia smiled slightly.
The carriage drove all day long and ate some dry food at noon. In the evening, the carriage drove into a city.
The city has been around for some years, and the city walls have strong signs of weathering. Judging from the traces, they are at least hundreds of years old.
This is not a city belonging to a certain feudal noble, but a city directly belonging to the Sidney family.
The carriage drove along the streets, looking for a higher-end tavern.
Neither Gray nor Sophia's master and servant are short of this money, and there is no need to save for it.
The sun was about to set, but there were not many pedestrians walking on the streets of the city.
Some were caravans and mercenaries looking for a place to stay like Gray and others, and some were residents of this city. They looked at the stalls on both sides of the street and bought ingredients for dinner.
There were sounds of chatting, bargaining, carriages and horses, all kinds of sounds mixed together.
This is a lively scene and a harmonious scene.
Wave-
The carriage moved forward, and suddenly, the originally noisy voices suddenly disappeared, as if everyone fell silent for a moment.
"what happened?"
Such a strange situation naturally attracted Gray's attention.
Why did the streets that were extremely noisy just now suddenly become silent
He opened the carriage curtain and looked outside.
He saw that carriages were still passing through the streets, and pedestrians were still talking to each other, but he could not hear a single sound.
"Is there something wrong with my ears?"
Gray looked shocked. He felt as if he was squeezed out of the noisy world of sound.
But he was not injured, and there were no symptoms before. How could something suddenly go wrong with his ears
In a panic, he looked at Sophia, who was sitting in the carriage with him, and saw that the expression on her face was similar to his, with the same look of shock on her face.
"Can you hear the noise outside?"
He asked quickly.
"Can't hear it."
Sophia looked weird and shook her head.
Outside, Theresa, who also sensed something was wrong, stopped the carriage and spoke out.
"It's a little strange outside, you'd better come out and take a look!"
Gray and Sophia looked at each other, quickly opened the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.
Carriages and pedestrians were passing by outside, but there was no sound at all.
Head-on, a carriage was approaching them at a very fast speed and was about to collide with them.
"Get away!"
Gray and Sophia jumped off the carriage without hesitation and hid.
Although with their current physical fitness, even if they were hit by a carriage, they would definitely be fine.
But it's one thing to be okay, it's quite another to be hit by a carriage.
Wow!
Next, a strange scene appeared in front of them.
The two carriages collided with each other, and then, as if one of them was a phantom, the two carriages overlapped each other, and then quickly moved away from each other.
From beginning to end, there was no sound of impact.
"Is it a phantom?"
Gray was stunned.
Could it be that the carriage that rushed over just now was just a phantom
But how could there be such a real apparition
The look on Sophia's face was similar to his, and she was also shocked.
"how so?"
"Did you see it? These guys have all turned into phantoms."
Theresa, who had not jumped off the carriage just now, said with a solemn expression.
"What exactly did you encounter?"
Gray's face was solemn.
He reached out to touch a passerby, but his hand passed through the person without any hindrance, and the person didn't react at all.
This weird scene is really a bit eye-catching.
"Could it be that you met...that one?"
Sophia frowned, as if she had thought of something and was a little unsure.
"What is it?"
Gray and Theresa couldn't help but look at Sophia, eagerly seeking the answer. Even if the answer was incorrect, they were eager to hear it.
"I'm not sure yet. Do you have anything on your body whose material or function you don't know?"
Sophia looked at the two of them seriously and asked.
(End of chapter)