Because it is surrounded by mountains, the lake under the Nissii Snow Mountains will not be affected by winds from any direction. It is like a mirror. Even if the clouds in the sky flutter rapidly due to the north wind, there will be no ripples.
The distance from the mountainside where the college is located to the snow lake at the foot of the mountain is a sloping forest land with scattered patches of steel core trees and cedars. It is now October, late autumn and early winter, and originally it was still considered a lush shrub. All of them have withered, leaving only large patches of brown debris and some pine cones on the ground.
Such woodland is the favorite habitat of cedar rabbits. Their nests are usually under cedar trees and covered by loose wood chips. These creatures with snow-white fur make a living by hoarding pine cones in winter. Because they can use the most rudimentary With the touch of frost spell, they can barely be regarded as a kind of magical beast, and their fur has a certain commercial value.
Next to a cedar by the lake, Ying sat on a gray-white stone. Her long silver-white hair was tied into a neat ponytail. The girl in a lady's riding outfit squinted her green eyes. He kept teasing the bonfire in front of him with the branches in his hands.
The flames in the fire changed their shapes as she fiddled with them, and little sparks flew out along with the black smoke, and some even landed on the girl's white wrists.
But Ying didn't care about the temperature. She seemed to feel a little bored. She raised her hands lazily, hummed, and made a long ending sound. The girl stretched, her ponytail swayed, and the ends of her hair were swept. Slim waist.
"Sister, it's not good to be so lazy."
While Ying was stretching, a clear boy's voice sounded from the girl's left back. Upon hearing this voice, Ying immediately turned around, and the figure of a black-haired boy holding two cedar rabbits came into view. Her eyes.
"It's only been a few minutes, Rin, you actually caught two rabbits..."
Standing up, she said with some surprise: "Is it prepared for the master?"
"yes."
Said with a smile, the black-haired boy skillfully took out a set of kitchen utensils and tableware from the storage bag on his waist. As he started to place them, he said: "Master will definitely be a little tired when he explores the bottom of the lake this time, and he will always eat The food at the college construction site will definitely be a bit boring, and even if the owner can't bear it, we have to be prepared to give him a surprise - in this case, a delicious game will definitely be a good choice."
"That's great...you think much more clearly than I do."
After hearing her brother's explanation, Ying seemed lost. She looked up at the sun that was obscured by the fast-moving clouds, and whispered to herself: "Besides fighting the master, I can't do anything. Woolen cloth."
Before her brother, who was stunned for a moment, could answer, the girl sighed, her eyes a little dim: "I don't know how to deal with government affairs, and I don't know how to allocate supplies. Although I can do a little cooking, I can't compare with you at all, even if it's taking care of horses. Doing housework is no different from that of an ordinary maid and groom. I always feel like I can't help my master no matter what I do... "
Slowly sitting back on the stone, the silver-haired girl hugged her knees with her hands and huddled up, looking as listless as an abandoned kitten: "Master, do you really need me... I'm already very strong without using weapons..." "
"Sister, why do you think so much?"
However, no one cared about Miss Shenji's slender girlish heart that occasionally appeared. I don't know whether it was gradually assimilated by his master, or whether it was her original personality. Rin showed a bright smile, and after a loud shout, he A rabbit was thrown into his sister's arms: "Hey! Go on!"
"Ugh!!"
She panicked and took over the unconscious Cedar Rabbit. Ying couldn't help but frowned after exclaiming. She said to Rin angrily, "What are you doing, throwing this thing over suddenly!"
But Rin did not answer this question, but said with a relaxed look: "Let's prepare together."
"… What?"
"I said, let's prepare the master's lunch together."
Rin nodded and explained in detail: "Aren't you complaining that you are useless? Only people who are too leisurely can say such nonsense. Come and help me prepare food for the master. Wouldn't it be useful?"
“…”
With her mouth slightly open, Ying wanted to speak several times, but she didn't know what to say. She shook her head, and when she was about to sigh, she suddenly laughed: "That's right."
I was indeed too idle for this thought to suddenly come to me.
The silver-haired girl began to feel ashamed of her previous loss. She immediately stood up and put her ponytail on her shoulders to cover up her neck that was starting to turn red due to embarrassment: "Okay, what do you need me to do?"
"First of all..."
When Joshua stood on Hei's head, broke through the calm lake surface, and came to the temporary camp by the lake, what awaited him was a sumptuous barbecue of rabbit meat.
"Well done, two little guys."
The warrior who was originally thinking a lot about the ruins of the ancient battlefield at the bottom of the lake temporarily gave up thinking about the unanswered questions. He laughed and hugged his two weapons - but considering Joshua's height, when he straightened his waist At that moment, both Ying and Rin had to lift their feet off the ground.
But who cares
While the three masters and servants were enjoying a barbecue outdoors by the lake, a knight in white armor was hiking in the wilderness on the northern outskirts of the empire.
Due to the existence of the Black Forest, border guards between countries are not so strict. As long as there is a formal document, anyone can freely move and travel between countries, so the knights came all the way from the far south , passed through the Western Mountains, and finally arrived at the Northern Empire. There were not many obstacles encountered during the journey.
Of course, getting lost counts as one, and helping civilians who are harassed by monsters, robbers, and bandits probably counts as one.
Loranda Glamorgan—this was the name he used to have as a noble of a certain eastern plains kingdom, but now, he prefers others to call him Knight Loranda, and he is proud of this title.
As the most powerful paladin of the younger generation of the Church of the Seven Gods, Loranda, who has peak gold-level strength, naturally has the ability to fly or summon celestial horses to travel quickly. However, because he originally wanted to gain experience along the way, so Nor will I deliberately do things that will make it less difficult for myself.
Wanting to know the answer—or the truth, about those sealed places that are closely related to Chaos, this is the motivation for the young Paladin to start his own experience. Loranda clearly understands his adoptive father, who was the Given Pope Ren's character, since the old man said he would not tell him the truth, even death could not make him open his mouth.
But after all, he was his adoptive father, and the Pope was not as silent as usual. After Loranda's repeated pleas, he still gave him an important clue.
-The Sealed Land in the North is one of the regions eroded by Chaos, just like the Plague Land in the West. There are Chaos monsters there that are similar but completely different from the Plague Land.
And the lords of that land, the Radcliffe family of Moldavia, naturally know some information about Chaos.
"Just like I can't tell you, all the guardian families will not tell the secrets of Chaos easily. That is knowledge that should be hidden deep in the heart, or even completely forgotten."
On the white spar chair, the old pope gently told his adopted son some secrets that ordinary people had never heard: "This is the oath of order and the way to protect the world. As long as the knowledge of chaos is not widely spread, , then the power of the gods can shield the most evil sight in the void. I shouldn't have told you this originally, but after all, you have to take over the scepter from me in the future, so I will make an extra exception."
The Paladin actually didn't understand these words at all, but he still kept these secrets firmly in his mind.
The Pope's narration has not stopped yet: "There are many regions in the world that have been eroded by Chaos, but the sealed land in the north is different from other places. The guardian family there is also different from other ordinary guardians. It's very different. If the guardians of other regions are willing to tell you this information, they can only say a few words, then 'they' who have the inheritance will definitely be able to completely answer your doubts."
"What is inheritance?"
Frowning, the paladin asked in confusion at that time.
“You’ll know it when you see it.”
And the old man at that time replied so calmly.
Putting back the doubts that were rising in his heart, Loranda, who was walking on the road leading to Moldavia, shook his head. He continued to walk wearing his heavy armor and a heavy hammer that ordinary people could not lift. In the northern land that has begun to get a little cold.
The Paladin, who was once high-spirited and somewhat proud of his own achievements, has become much calmer during the few months of travel. The experience of one person has really made him gain a lot, both in terms of character and strength. This is true in all aspects, and I have a further understanding of the hardships of life.
In order to protect the powerless innocent civilians, he wielded weapons and fought off countless monsters, dragons, robbers and bandits. In the constant battles, the Paladin gained a deeper understanding of protection and order.
He believed that as long as he arrived in Moldavia and met the guardian family mentioned by his adoptive father, he would be able to achieve a final breakthrough regardless of whether he got the truth or not.
"I hope the end of this journey will not disappoint me."
Under the helmet, a slightly dull voice sounded, and the blue eyes shone with determination.
Demons in FGO have no hearts, chimeras have no claws, dragons have no reverse scales, and skeletons have no bones.
(End of chapter)