Chapter 38: The Most Important Frost Beast (Part 3)
"See me here...... Is it part of the 'future' you see? ”
Dmitry looked at Gilandaio and said bluntly.
He removed his cigar, and as his low, magnetic voice sounded, the smoke drifted out of his mouth: "Gilandaio...... Excellency? ”
Hear Dmitry called.
Leona was startled and looked at Girandaio in astonishment.
She wasn't one of those low-level civilians who didn't know about the otherworld.
Now she has already reacted:
can be called "Your Excellency" by Dmitry, plus such a wordless as "future...... and the silver ring that looked rather complicated and was originally thought to be decorative.
Could this be the great wizard of the Prophetic School?
“…… Oh? ”
Hearing Dmitry call himself like this, "Girlandaio" was obviously stunned for a moment.
But he did not reveal his identity directly.
He was not asked how Dmitry knew about himself.
Instead, he grinned with interest and showed a gentle and harmless smile: "I haven't heard that you have a habit of smoking. ”
"Ah, it's only been a few years ago. Not a good habit. ”
Dmitry replied casually.
He stared at Gilandaio and said slowly, "I still suggest you make everything you need to say clearly.
"Since you can see the future, you should know why I came."
"I don't know."
Glandaio replied with a smile.
-.
Dmitry didn't believe the nonsense of people of this school of prophets.
But he didn't dare to attack them at will.
They can see the future and will never be haunted by any "accidents" or "troubles...... When they take the initiative to appear in front of others, either the layout has already been arranged, and it doesn't matter; Either you will attack them, but you will fall into their calculations.
Dmitry was a little irritable.
He got up and walked over to the wine cabinet and removed a small barrel of good wine. Sprinkle the silver coins into the shallow grooves where the wine is placed, and the number is the same as marked on the barrel.
This kind of self-service tavern is a unique service building in the cold winter.
It looked like an ordinary dwelling, but the door was never closed, and the door was draped in a heavy black animal skin curtain - and there was no one inside, only a counter full of wine, a lone lamp, a bucket of free snacks resembling sauerkraut, and a small round table.
Winter is very cold, so winter people are good at wine.
Even in winter years when crops could not be grown, the Duchy of Winter would buy a large amount of wine and buy Noah's grain to make wine. There are also people who go to the tavern, after all, it is very lively and there are hot meals. But the price of wine in the tavern is obviously much higher than the actual price...... That's the money you earn by opening a store.
Therefore, there will also be people who bring their own snacks and find a cheap private tavern to drink and chat with friends. If you don't have money, you can just take some sauerkraut and eat it, and of course there are those who are stunned.
The owner of a private tavern, who usually runs several "shops" at the same time, is usually responsible for replenishing stocks, while he usually has other jobs.
Because the winter people will be worried that the boss will not be able to do it, or lose too much money, so they dare not spend money...... If you have spare money on hand, you will give a little more. The winter people have a good face, and the "wine thief" is even a very dirty swear word in the winter, with the comprehensive meaning of being poor and uneducated, and the adults in the family are dead.
Of course, if it is really a beggar who has no money and is about to freeze to death...... Entering the house and getting some cheap wine to warm up and continue to live is also tacitly approved by the people.
After all, it is not easy for everyone these days.
Dmitry, as the son of the Grand Duke, naturally did not drink overlord wine. But his character is not the kind of person who will give more money.
He poured himself a crimson glass of wine, glanced at Leona again, and poured her a glass. Then he didn't hesitate to pour a glass for Girlandaio.
It's different from Leona's style of dragging Annan and drinking endlessly.
Dmitry finished pouring the wine and didn't even drink it, but took another puff of his cigar.
He took another puff before he had enough time to burn, and it was a little bitter.
But this bitterness made him feel a little more energetic.
…… Forget it, there's nothing to hide.
"You should have seen the convoy yesterday. A convoy transporting frostbeasts. ”
After receiving an affirmative reply from Gilandaio, Dmitry continued in a low voice: "It stands to reason that they were just passing through here. This morning, it was time for them to leave for the Frost Province. ”
Dmitry slowly puffed out the smoke.
He glanced at Leona.
"But this morning, they found out that they had lost a very important frost beast. Supposedly, the frostbeast is also in the city now...... I was near the razor collar, so I rushed over immediately. ”
"A frost beast...... It's not appropriate to let His Highness Dmitry come and find it in person, right?
"Is it a dangerous type?"
The first thing that came to mind was the wolf that belonged to Doreen.
But Doreen didn't act as a mind thief once or twice, and it shouldn't be.
Moreover, it's just a frost beast......
Frost beasts are not rare in the dead of winter, and are everywhere in the wild. It's just that it has to go through the initial domestication of the Winter family to get the "trained frost beast".
Precious is the domesticated frost beast.
Frostbeasts that attack other creatures uncontrollably and at will, I'm afraid that only fur and blood can sell for some money. That's not something particularly valuable...... It's just a natural disaster.
Even a lone frost beast is about the same as Noah's brown bear-level deterrent to hunters - they are all killed at close range anyway, and their defense is quite high, so there is not much difference.
Considering that the smaller size of the Frostbeast is more agile, the threat is higher.
"If only it were just a normal frost beast...... I've seen rabbits, foxes, and even crow-shaped frostbeasts. ”
Dmitry glanced at Ghirlandaio and patiently explained:
"You should also know what the essence of the frost beast is."
"It's the beast that has absorbed the curse from the old grandmother's dragon's breath."
Ghirlandaio nodded.
It's no secret.
Essentially, the Heart of Winter and the power that causes Frostbeast to mutate, and Frostbeast's ability to absorb the emotions of living beings, are many different manifestations of the same type of power.
"Here's the problem."
Dmitry said slowly: "People...... Also an animal. ”
Hearing this, Gilandaio was stunned for a moment.
His pupils shrank slightly.
Noticing this detail, Dmitry suddenly felt a lot more relieved - I didn't expect you god-like prophets to have something that you don't know!
"A werewolf, to be exact.
"When she turned into a wolf, she was attacked in the wild and fell unconscious. Upon awakening, she discovers that she has transformed into a frost beast. But here's the problem......"
Dmitry said slowly, "After she turned back into her human form, she still has all the special abilities of the frost beast. At the same time, he also took back his own reason. Her name is 'Soufflé', and she is currently the only humanoid frost beast...... You get the idea, right? Her significance.
"The main task of the convoy this time is to escort her to the Frost Province. But just this morning, the team leader told me...... He lost the soufflé.
"Then, Lord Ghirlandaio. Please tell me, when did you get to Razor Ridge? When are you ready to go? What are you going to do here? ”
The man was biting his cigar and his voice was a little muffled, his right arm reaching out from under his overcoat, holding the glass high above Ghirlandaio, and asking in a low voice, "Can you answer me that question, brother?" ”
Ghirlandaio was stunned when he heard this.
He chuckled.
He also picked up his glass and clinked glasses with Dmitry.
"Why not...... My brother. ”
Ghirlandaio squinted his eyes and said with a smirk.