After the heavy snow of the Demon Moon fell, the Chishui River became the only road that could be passed through the entire western realm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared to the smaller sailing boats it has been on before, the Lionheart is much larger and can accommodate a simple galley, even when you're on the go, so you can eat hot food.

His bedroom, of course, was a separate single room in which the Duke had lived, located at the stern of the ship, similar to the stern of a sea ship, with a view of the river flowing under his feet and the occasional drift of ice floes through the window.

"Your Excellency, the egg soup you want," the knight brought the clay pot and porcelain bowl to his room.

"Good work," Perro nodded, "you can also sit down and have a bowl to warm up." ”

Since His Royal Highness the Prince sent all the knights of the other four great families to the border town and told them that they would not accept redemption, the first thing those nobles did was to send the families of the knights over as well, and the vacated land either recruited new knights or simply ate it themselves.

Only the Honeysuckle family did not suffer too many losses in this war, but grew rapidly through the Acting Changge Fortress, and now it has steadily overwhelmed the four major families, and also has a relatively complete knight team. Seth, the knight next to him, is a member of the team, although he is not as well-known as Dawn and Morninglight, but he can be regarded as one of the more outstanding young knights.

"Yes," he smiled, lifting the lid of the crockpot and pouring soup for Perot, "but ...... Is it really good for you to do this, my lord?"

"You mean witches?"

"Well, although the church was burned down, it is not difficult to build another one, the church will return to the west one day, as long as you put all the responsibility on the four princes, they will not be able to say anything. But you saved a witch in front of the people, and you arrested the believers of the church......" the knight hesitated, "which is tantamount to openly opposing the church." ”

"If it's not hard to build another one, why is that place still in ruins?" Pelo said, blowing on the fragrant egg soup, "the church won't be returning to the West. ”

Seth blinked, as if not quite convinced by the conclusion.

When the heat of the egg soup subsided slightly, he took a small sip and exhaled a white breath with satisfaction, "As an escrow, the most important thing is to understand the true intentions of the person in charge. His Highness's education in the fortresses, the use of recruits trained in the border towns, and the staging of obvious dramas were clearly aimed at minimizing the influence of the Church. Since I became the manager of the fortress because of His Highness, I naturally have to follow his will to govern the fortress, and if I can't even see this, I'm afraid he will immediately replace me with someone else. Perro shrugged, "It's just a matter of trying to keep the church from being rebuilt - both the stonemasons and the carpenters should have been warned that even if some believers tried to build their own, the rats would make it impossible for them to work." ”

"But the church—"

"Since His Royal Highness the Prince has done this, it means that he will not fear the revenge of the Church at all, or he has the confidence to keep the Church out, if they can still set foot in the Western Frontier again, it can only mean that His Highness has failed. If he fails, I won't be able to sit on the main seat of the fortress castle again, you can understand that. ”

"Do you think the Fourth Prince will be able to defeat the army of the Church?" Seth said in surprise.

"Who knows," Perro smiled and shook his head, "a year ago, I'm afraid no one thought he could stand up to Duke Lane's Knights. He got up and lifted the crockpot, "I'll go see the little girl, she might be hungry too." ”

......

The girl's name is White Paper.

There is no doubt that only a street child would use such a random name.

Ever since she got on board, she had remained silent in the cabin below deck, and even though her fingers were red from the cold and her whole body was shivering, she did not say a word. To be on the safe side, Pero also put the lock of divine punishment on her, after all, no matter how much His Highness advertised that witches were no different from ordinary people, he would not fully believe that such a person with incredible power would really be like ordinary people - even an unintentional move could cause harm to himself.

"Why don't you lie down in the quilt?" Perro pointed to the hammock that hung from a section of the cabin - the cabin had limited space, and sailors usually slept in suspended hammocks, wrapped in a burlap quilt, which was not very comfortable, but at least it kept warm.

"It's going to get dirty," she whispered.

"Sailors are no cleaner than you," he said, finding a somewhat dry place to sit down, "this journey will take three days, and you are going to sit like this all the time?" I'm afraid you'll die on the road before you reach the border town." ”

"Frontier Town?" Bai Paper was stunned.

"Didn't I tell you? Perot opened the crockpot, "Come and finish the hot soup, and then lie down in the hammock." ”

This time the girl did not refuse, she could see that she was really hungry, picked up the crockpot and drank it directly, and she was not afraid of being burned on her tongue.

Pero shook her head, her body was as thin as a monkey, the dirt in her hair had solidified, and her clothes had been picked up somewhere, and there were several holes in them—just by appearance, she was no different from the many street children in the fortress.

"Who is that boy guarding you?" he asked, "your street friend?"

"Snake Fang, he ...... Give us ...... often Bring something to eat. After swallowing the soup, Bai Paper stuck out his tongue and said vaguely, "As long as I go with you, you ...... You won't catch him, will you? He doesn't ...... It's a witch. ”

"Of course," Perro said with a blank face, "he doesn't matter at all. He was a little surprised by the fact that there were very few such people in the slums, and that the lack of food led to the snatching of each other from time to time - when they couldn't survive, how could they be in the mood to care about other people. And the name Snake Fang...... It's kind of rat-like style.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Are there any other witches besides you about us?"

"No," Blank Paper shook his head, "everyone is an orphan in the neighborhood. ”

This reassured Pero a little, "What did that old god stick say about using her ability to remove snow? It's the first time I've seen a witch dare to use her ability in front of everyone. ”

Snakefang suggested, and he said I could help the residents quickly clear the snow from the roofs and get some food so that everyone wouldn't go hungry. The drama theater plays the story of witches all day long, and now people are not afraid of witches, as long as I am willing to do it, he will go to the adults to negotiate. ”

I see, Pei Luo couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, this guy is quite interesting, he knows how to make good use of the resources in his hands, but he can't help but underestimate the influence of the church, "Then did you get food?"

"Uh-huh......" Blank Paper bowed his head, "I swept three roofs, one kicked me out, and the other two gave me half a loaf of bread and a pancake." But by the time of the fourth......"

Met the old woman full of hatred, Peero patted her on the head, "After drinking, rest well, and when it is time for dinner, I will send someone to inform you." ”

Three days later, the Lionheart arrived at the Frontier Town Docks.

. (To be continued.) )