After about ten minutes, the voice of Gadis came from the study.

"Come in with that outfit for me!"

There was a strong sense of toughness in the words, but there was weakness in the voice.

"Okay!"

Dean replied, looking at Tom.

A moment later, Tom walked up to Dean with a dress and respectfully handed it to Dean.

Knock, knock!

Dean knocked on the study door.

"Do you need me in?"

Dean asked.

"Just pass the clothes in...... Zelgaon, please don't behave in a knightly way! ”

Gardis reminded Dean.

Dean didn't answer, just chuckled twice.

However, Ariande, who had been standing beside Dean, looked at Dean nervously.

The look in his eyes, as if his beloved thing was about to be snatched away, made Dean's smile unconsciously magnified.

The door to the study opened silently.

A small slit was exposed.

A white, slender arm stretched out.

"Give it to me!"

Gardis said.

"No problem!"

Dean smiled, and the dress was placed in the palm of the other's hand, and his eyes were on the slender arm and palm, glancing; As if sensing such a gaze, the other party immediately retracted his palm like a frightened rabbit, and the door of the study was tightly closed.

However, it didn't take long for the door to open again.

Smaller body, long skirt mopping floors and long blond hair, more and more immature face. If it weren't for the coldness in his gray eyes. It will definitely make people think that this is a life-size doll made by a famous craftsman.

Although only the height of eleven or twelve-year-old children.

See the person coming out of the door. Tom was stunned, and then, bowing to Dean—

"My lord, this is my mistake......"

Tom said ashamedly.

The clothes in front of you don't fit well from any point of view.

Not only the skirt, but even the sleeves are about a third larger.

Dean smiled and waved his hand, signaling Tom not to worry. He stepped forward and looked down at Gardis in front of him—in fact, Dean had noticed it when the arm, which was not human, had reached out.

However, when the other party really stood up, he was sure.

"The disadvantages of the [Nine Deaths of Stand-in]?"

Dean asked.

"Do you think I'm going to sue you for these things?"

Gadis's body and appearance have become smaller, but her thinking is still in the normal range, she said coldly, and walked back to the study.

Dean smiled and followed.

And then. The door to the study was closed again.

And this time, it's just Dean and Gardis. Even Arriander stayed outside.

The conversation began late at night and continued into the early morning.

When Tom entered the study with breakfast, Cadis was gone, and he turned his head to look down the hall, and Ariande was gone.

"Breakfast, my lord!"

Tom, who had some speculation in his heart, did not ask Dean directly, but reminded Dean of his duty.

"Put it here!"

Dean didn't look up, he was flipping through some of the texts that had been accumulated when he was on his way to the high competition, and most of them seemed to Dean to be trivial.

However, he had to sign it to do so.

It's complicated, but it's helpless.

Because, this is one of the rights of the patriarch.

"Yes, sir!"

Tom put down his breakfast and left the study lightly.

However, just as Tom was about to leave, Dean spoke again-

"Tom pack up and we'll leave in the afternoon!"

Dean said.

"Go?"

Tom was stunned.

"Back to the northern Zelgaon Territory - something that must be done by Midsummer Eve...... Jerry and Sidru are there, too, so you can get together! ”

Dean looked up and smiled.

"I'll get ready right away!"

Tom bowed and immediately walked out.

For Tom, the closest people in his memory are undoubtedly two.

One was his teacher, under the pseudonym Sidru, the titular old butler of the Zelgang family.

The other is Jerry, who has been studying and researching with him since childhood.

Tom was naturally extremely happy to see the two of them again.

Even not long ago, he had met with his teacher in Gao Sai.

Looking at Tom who was leaving in a hurry, Dean couldn't help but smile again.

Returning to the north is inevitable.

Whether it is something in his plan or someone he misses, he needs to set off as soon as possible.

Of course, it is also necessary to tell the Jade Grand Duke.

……

A caravan traveled from south to north.

The full load of goods weighed down the sturdy wagons 'creak, crunch', and the horses pulling the carts were 'snorting, snorting'.

The caravan's groom looked at the state of the colt and couldn't help frowning worriedly.

If it goes on like this, let alone the Emerald Capital, I'm afraid it won't even be able to support half of the way.

"Steward, the horses can't hold on!"

The groom reported to the head of the caravan.

"Then take a break......

"No, steward!"

As soon as the caravan leader spoke, the leader of the guards on the side stopped him.

"This place has left the scope of the three southern counties, but there is still a considerable distance from the Emerald Capital, and many bandits are entrenched in this vacuum!"

The leader of the guards said with a solemn face.

"That, that......"

The leader of the caravan was immediately in a dilemma, and the young man's face was full of anxiety.

Apparently, the young person in charge, who was following the caravan for the first time, ran out of ideas.

Almost subconsciously, the young man looked at the old man beside him—the retinue his father had arranged for him. An experienced trader.

"Pick valuable, valuable items. Discard useless goods. Quick passage to guò here! ”

The old man said.

"But, but ......"

The young caravan leader suddenly became more and more anxious.

You must know that these goods are carefully procured by him, as long as they are transported to the Emerald Capital, it will be a large amount of income, and it is really difficult for him to accept it if he wants to give it up now.

"Kimpton is tempting, but life is even more important!"

The old man looked at the young man and said slowly.

A few days ago, when the young man who was in charge of a caravan for the first time began to buy these items. The old man had already anticipated today's situation.

However, in order to let the young people in front of him grow, he remained silent.

And now, when he saw the pain, reluctance and despair on the young man's face, he understood the correctness of his approach.

Perhaps, some Kimpton was lost.

However, the growth that can be exchanged is far beyond these Kimpton.

"Lighten your bags and trucks, and give up the average and heavier goods!"

The young man almost gritted his teeth and uttered the words.

"You can have people gather these goods and hide them somewhere. We'll pick it up when we return - although we may lose some when we return to the place of origin. But it's better than nothing! ”

The old man who has received a satisfactory harvest reminds the young man.

"That's right! That's right! ”

The young man, who thought he was going to lose a lot of money, immediately nodded his head again and again.

Suddenly, he went down as the old man said.

The whole caravan sprang into action at once.

And at this time-

Whoosh ......

There was a sound of breaking the air.

"Enemy attack, hidden!"

The leader of the guards immediately changed his face and shouted loudly, and immediately pinned the young man to the ground and pulled him under the van beside him.

Chop chop chop ......

The sound of a series of arrows hitting the wood, mixed with several screams, caused many of the caravans to be shot by the arrows before they could react and fell to the ground and died.

And that's just the beginning!

After that, there were two consecutive waves of arrows.

When the effect of the arrows became smaller and smaller, from the Emerald Mountains on the west side, no less than a hundred bandits poured out, brandishing their swords and rushing down.

The leader of the guards immediately rushed forward with the remnants of the guards.

However, it is clear that the numerical disadvantage has put them at a disadvantage from the start.

And as time goes by, this disadvantage becomes more and more obvious.

The bandits were even able to divide their men and surround the caravan.

"Is there a way to ......?"

The young steward looked at the old man beside him.

However, at this time, the old man also shook his head gloomily - perhaps he was experienced, and knew that there were many local specialties that could be sold for a good price.

However, he does not possess the strength of a knight.

"It's over, it's over!"

Looking at the gloom in the old man's expression, the young man sat on the ground in despair.

Click......

The sudden appearance of the loud sound of horses' hooves raised a glimmer of hope in the hearts of the desperate young man, but when he saw a procession of less than ten people coming in the distance, with a carriage outside, his newly raised hope was desperate again.

"Be careful, there are robbers here!"

Although desperate, the young man with a conscience shouted loudly, hoping that this team would avoid a disaster like his own.

"Bastard, let you talk a lot!"

The young man's reminder made the robbers around him angry, and one of the robbers slashed at the young man with a long sword.

Subconsciously, the young man closed his eyes.

However, after waiting for a long time, he did not feel any pain in his body.

When he opened his eyes again, he suddenly realized that the robber in front of him had become an ice sculpture.

"This, this ......"

The young man, who was speechless in surprise, looked at the team almost instinctively.

I saw that the window of the carriage in that team opened, and a slender and powerful palm stretched out, and the blue mist wrapped the palm.

The sky that was already in summer, the moment the blue mist appeared, it suddenly dropped by several degrees.

Whoosh ......

In the eyes of the young man, the powerful palm suddenly brought up a phantom, and a continuous sound of breaking the air sounded.

After that, the palm was retracted and the window was closed.

The team didn't stop, and went straight across the entire battlefield, disappearing into the distance.

At this time, the young man found that all the robbers around him had been frozen and had become ice sculptures.

"What is this—what's going on?"

The surprised young man spoke, all stammering.

"Snowflake Badge...... It's Zelgaon, it's the Frost Aristocrat! ”

The old man was also stunned, but his rich life experience made him think of where the mark on the carriage came from before, almost instinctively, the old man blurted out.

PS Second Update~

I really want to eat braised pork......

T.T

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