It's a high-end restaurant on the left side of the council hall, and it may not be evening yet, so there aren't too many people inside, and the rough wooden table can even be covered with a white-washed tablecloth, and the wooden table can be placed with a basket of seasonal flowers and fruits, showing that this restaurant also has some taste. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The grilled lamb chops here are famous, not because of the skill of the chefs, but because the lamb chops are tender and juicy. It is also famous for its expensive dishes, and only the aristocratic lords who carry a few gold coins in their pockets are willing to throw out their silver hammers to spend here.

The lamb chops here are all transported from a tribe rich in yellow sheep in the western wilderness, which is said to have successfully domesticated these wild yellow sheep into domestic animals, this kind of farmed yellow sheep meat is tender and juicy, and the owner even requires the cooking of lamb chops to be lamb steaks that grow for a year and a half.

The middle-aged Terran warrior sat at the window of the dining room, he squinted his eyes and took a sip of beer, his drunken eyes swept around, the iron hook by the window hung a heavy scimitar, this weapon is not common, the gauntlet of the handle of the knife is embedded with a magic crystal the size of a small fingernail, the whole scimitar is carved with delicate magic patterns, the meat chop on the table is only half-eaten and pushed aside, the hand wrapped in white silk slowly knocks on the top of the wooden table, the rhythm is like the melody of a folk song that Qige often sings.

I sat across from him, concentrating on a plate of browned lamb chops, not daring to look at him. And Qige on the side didn't even have the courage to hold a dinner knife, and looked down at his hands like a quail. Caterina stood aside, holding a bottle in her hand and obediently filling her glass with beer.

The middle-aged warrior didn't have any momentum on him. If it weren't for a scimitar hanging from his belt, he would have looked more like a nobleman or a magician. However, Kig secretly told me that he had just been promoted to Dark Knight in the Temple last year. This nobleman who stepped down from the airship. To be exact, he is Kige's uncle, and he is here to take Kige home. I had expected this day for a long time, but I didn't expect it to come so early. It is said that Chichidania was also a legendary figure in the imperial capital, and he was now in charge of the business affairs of the Qige family. Usually, Qige's father has basically handed over all the business affairs to Qige's uncle.

Although Chichidania left Etia with his eldest brother since he was a child and came to the Grimm Empire to study, this nobleman with the blood of the Etian nation still loves his homeland very much in his bones, so he is very dissatisfied with the rumor that we spread the salt making technique to Etia from Etia.

"Let's talk about it. How did you learn the art of saltmaking?" The middle-aged man's beard was neatly trimmed, his white shirt had no stains on the collar and cuffs, and his clothes were covered with fine embroidery, and even the buttons were carved with delicate mandala branches. He speaks Chinese very well, and his voice is very soft and thick.

Kig looked up slightly, glanced at me, but didn't speak. Kuz and I made up a random nonsense that the art of salt was an ancient secret recipe handed down from the Etian Empire, and it hurt Kig. What was said at noon. Before supper, Chichidania sent for us, and gave us a letter, and Kig took me to the restaurant to meet his little uncle, like a little kitten.

Originally, we had agreed to go to the Death Swamp together. I went to see the glazed beasts there, but now it seems that it is almost in the soup.

I hurriedly tried to swallow the food in my mouth. Blinking his innocent eyes, he said: "We came up with it ourselves in the Northern Foothills Wasteland, and we are afraid that no one will believe what we say." Just make up a nonsense. We want to tell them the truth, but they prefer to believe our lies. ”

The Knight of Chichidania gave me a deep look. It made me feel that the hairs on my body stood up, and that kind of penetrating eyes were really uncomfortable, and he groaned for a while before saying: "I don't really want to investigate this matter, after all, our family does not trade in salt, but, Qi, you must return to the imperial capital with me this time, you have been out long enough." ”

Qige glanced at her uncle cautiously before she said lightly, "Got it! ”

I thought that Miss Qi was definitely a willful and rebellious girl, but I never expected that she would not even have a word of defense, obviously we were going to the Swamp of Death after we spoke. I hurriedly asked her, "Didn't you say that you want to go with me to the drowning berth to watch the orcs dance the war dance?"

Kig looked at Chichidania pitifully, and the aggrieved and pleading eyes made the noble knight's eyes loosen and hesitate, but he still shook his head and said: "You still have to attend the graduation ceremony of the junior magic academy, and you still have to use the last bit of time to complete your studies, if you can't be admitted to the Royal Academy of Magic Grimm with excellent grades, then our agreement will be null and void." That can't be compromised, you know, I vouched for you in front of your father. ”

"Why don't we ask your good friend to go with us to the imperial capital?" Chichidania invited me.

When Qige heard this, his eyes lit up obviously, and he quickly nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and looked at me very expectantly. Caterina stood aside, breathing a little faster. She winked at me secretly, suggesting that I should hurry up and agree.

Apparently the reaction of both girls was a bit beyond the expectations of Chichidania, who had no idea that I, a companion on a wasteland journey, would be so valued by Kig. He said thoughtfully to Kige, "I'm curious about your trip to the wasteland, maybe you can tell me something in your spare time in the airship." ”

"Don't be too busy turning me down, maybe I can talk to your guardian, maybe you'll change your mind. Chichidania saw that my gaze was firm, but at this time his niece Kige's eyes darkened, and she hurriedly added a sentence before I opened my mouth.

"I didn't have parents when I was a child, and it was Old Kuru who picked me up on the edge of the Burnt Forest, oh! Old Kuru is Kuz's grandfather, and an old orc of the Blood Wolf Clan. I said calmly.

Chichidania wasn't surprised that I was an orphan, he was more curious about what I was going to do in the future, and then he asked, "I'm sorry. So what do you plan to do in Gurudin?"

I shook my head again. Honestly, he said, "I'm going back to her hometown with my sister." ”

"Oh!" Chicchidania picked out a long note, raising an eyebrow and glancing at Kig. He apparently understood the meaning of my words: "Follow my sister back to her hometown." Obviously, my sister is not her own sister, because it is her hometown. So Chichidania asked Kig again with his eyes: Is that so?

Kig nodded silently. Then he whispered, "I have persuaded him several times, but he has his own ideas." ”

Chichidania smiled gently, there would always be the domineering spirit of those successful men on his face, and it would always be revealed unconsciously. He said to Qi Ge: "Haha, you young people are always a little willful, but you should tell your friends that the living environment in the imperial capital will be better, and you can give him some care in life, are you afraid that your uncle will not help you? The environment of the imperial capital is very good. ”

It seems that the noble knight loves his niece very much, and even prefers to take me with him in order to make Kig leave the Pai Plateau without regrets. In the face of the enthusiastic Qige, I didn't know how to refuse, so I could only bow my head and remain silent. I have also thought about my future path, and I know all the hints in Qige's words, I may live well in the imperial capital, but that is not the life I want.

"Sister Guoguo and I have already made an appointment!" I whispered, but I was sure that both of us could hear it clearly.

That's why I say to Kig. In fact, there is really no good reason, if I have to say a far-fetched reason, in fact, I don't want to hold my head up in front of Kige, and live with old Kuru and Kuzi for a long time. It is inevitable that there will be a little bit of the attitude of the orc wolf people towards life, and they are not used to accepting handouts from others.

Seeing that persuasion was fruitless, Chichidania could only drink the last sip of wine in the cup. Then he turned to Kig and said to her, "The airship will be the morning after tomorrow." To wait for you. Our airship has been moored at Gurudin Airport for almost a month now. If there's anything you need to prepare, I can help you!"

Kig didn't speak either. Just looking at Chichidania, his eyes were full of pleading.

"Okay! three days, only three days, you know I can't delay too long, give you another three days!"

After saying that, Chichidania nodded to me slightly, stood up and walked out of the restaurant.

Kig and I sat at the table in relative silence, in fact, we had already said all that, and I had already prepared, and I felt a kind of parting sadness when Caterina held me in the rain that rainy night.

I don't know when, there were already night watchmen climbing the ladder on the street outside the window, lighting the gas lamps one by one.

"Tomorrow we'll go to the Potions Dealer! ”

"Yes!"

"If you hunt zombies in the swamp, remember to send me some corpse oil. Do you know my address?"

"Yes!"

"We said we'd see you at the Royal Academy of Magic Green, didn't we?"

"Please, Miss Qi, by the time I get in, you'll have already graduated, okay!"

"Maybe I'll become a teacher at the academy, and then you'll be my student......"

“......”

To be honest, I am used to the life of having Kig and Caterina by my side, and when they are really about to leave, there will always be all kinds of reluctance in my heart. The relationship between us, some beyond the boundaries of friendship, occasionally a little ambiguous, I can only be embarrassed to pretend to be a child who doesn't understand anything, in fact, I am really a child.

The reason why I kept rejecting Qige's invitation was actually because of my lack of self-confidence.

I kept telling myself: you have your life, there is too much difference between you, you are a wanderer who is not even a pauper, she is the little princess of the nobility of the imperial capital. On this Pai Plateau, no one cares about each other's identities, but you can't do it in the emperor, you need to look up at everyone, and when you get there, you will be bruised by power and wealth, and maybe with the passage of time, the last dignity will be completely torn apart.

At that time, the magic awakening ceremony will make me one foot in heaven and one foot in hell, and I have successfully awakened the magic pool, and everything is okay, at least I have a chance to struggle. If it fails, what kind of love, what aristocratic princess is all a joke.

Instead, it is better to turn these unforgettable stories into beautiful memories, so that she can still remember me at some point. The night seemed long, and the two-wheeled silver moon refused to climb out, and I sat on the railing of the balcony and looked up at the stars in the sky, and Kige lay on a wicker chair with a thin blanket on his legs, watching the lights on the street.

Three days later......

The sun emerged from the clouds, casting a golden glow over the light gray clouds. The glare of the sun made my eyes narrow, I put my hands over my brow, I stood on the hillside not far from the airport, waving vigorously into the distance, I knew that Caterina must be watching me. The alfalfa grass on the slope grew past my knees, and the leaves of the alfalfa grass were covered with crystal dewdrops, and the wind blew, and the leaves swayed gently, and the dew rolled lightly, wetting my burlap trouser legs, and the cold and wet wrapping around my legs, making me unable to take a step.

The heavy whistle startled the sand gulls on the barren beach in the distance and flew desperately northward, and a huge airship slowly sailed away from the Gurudin airport, its nearly 100-meter-long airbag depicting nine lifelike red flames, I clearly remember Qige telling me that it was the tail of the nine-tailed fox. At this time, my heart suddenly felt empty.

When I saw Kig quietly walking onto the airship in a noble court-style royal dress, I knew she was really leaving.

Sister Guoguo stood beside me, pressed her hands on my shoulders, and said to me, "Let's go." ”

At the bottom of the hill, there was a sub-beast grazing quietly, and Kuz was standing by waiting for me, and several heavy wooden magic boxes were tied to the back of the Agui-beast. I looked east, and not far away, the orcs of the Laytu tribe rode in a long line of argali, silently marching eastward. After three days of preparation, Kuz and I will also set off again with the Raitu tribe to the Death Swamp.

When I walked down the hillside, maybe the north wind blew my eyes, and I don't know why tears flowed out all of a sudden.

"It's not that we can't see each other again! In a few years, our Jia will be admitted to the Royal Academy of Magic, and maybe you will meet in the Academy of Magic. Oh yes, we can also write to her......"

Sister Guoguo followed behind me, constantly comforting me, and I kept my head low, afraid that others would see my tears.

A dandelion tree grew in the grass not far from my feet, and at this time, a gust of wind blew gently, and the fluffy snow-like balls suddenly exploded, and small parachutes flew all over the sky, and they carried those seeds with the wind to the distance, and my eyes also followed those dandelions into the distance. (To be continued.) )