A week later, the First Army expedition and the witches finally arrived in the border town, a mission that took more than half a month from the day of departure, five days later than expected. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The main reason was that when the fleet was on its way home, the fortress's agent, Perro Hermon, sent a messenger to report the unknown cause of the epidemic in the fortress of Changge.

Since Roland had already reminded Perot, when the epidemic was discovered, he tried his best to take isolation measures, closed all the urban areas, and sent a message to the border town as soon as possible.

After receiving the report of the epidemic, Roland asked Maisie to set off quickly and follow the Chishui River all the way east, looking for a fleet carrying the soldiers of the First Army, and asked them to divert the route to Changge Fortress at the fork of the Chishui River to fight the evil plague before returning to the town.

Roland led the remaining members of the First Army and the families of the expedition to greet them at the docks, accompanied by the familiar army march, the soldiers excitedly saluted the prince, many of them kneeling down on one knee and shouting long live in imitation of the knightly salute. After stepping down from the pier, they hugged their relatives tightly and the echo fired a salute at the right time, and the atmosphere was very lively, attracting many serfs and fugitives to watch.

Back at the castle, Iron Axe gave a full report on the mission.

"You mean, there are witches among the enemies who attacked the First Army this time?" Roland pondered for a moment, "this is unlikely to be a rat man." ”

Tasa thought the same thing, and he even thought that the rats were also assigned by other forces, otherwise the scum would rarely leave the nest. Those who can drive rats and witches are left with only the church in the royal capital, except for Tifeko. "Even those big nobles can't come up with the chips that make the biggest local underworld organization pour out in one go. ”

"However, with Tifeco himself in the East, and daring to send witches out to fight alone, I think the Church is a little more suspicious. Roland thought of what happened to Wendy and Ash, and thought it was not surprising that the church had a group of witches who had been secretly raised. "Are you sure she's dead?"

"I was hit in the chest by a nightingale, and my ribcage shattered. Iron Axe nodded, "We buried her in the wheat field, where the remains of the sentry soldiers were found. ”

On the last day, the team of 300 men encountered a night attack by a large number of rats, and finally killed and wounded four, and the only victim was still killed at the hands of the enemy witch. All four wounded were wounded by crossbow shots from the approaching enemy, and the bursts of fire from the revolver rifles brought the battle to an end before it entered the hand-to-hand phase. The wounded were also properly bandaged, and upon returning to the border town, they were immediately treated by Nanawa - due to Lily's presence, the wound was almost infected, and as long as the crossbow bolt missed the vital organs, the chances of the wounded surviving after the bleeding stopped were extremely high.

On the whole, the First Army's first expeditionary operation achieved such results to Roland's great satisfaction. As for being touched and infiltrated, he didn't know much about this, only that he had to set up light and dark sentinels to monitor each other, but how to get it was left to the iron axe to figure out.

"Hard work, tomorrow I will hold an award ceremony, in the central square of the town, you go and inform all the members of the First Army. ”

After the iron axe retreated, Roland let out a long sigh.

"Good job," he said, pulling out a bag of charcoal-grilled dried fish from a drawer and placing it on the table, "if it weren't for you, I'm afraid they'd be in danger." ”

The nightingale appeared and accepted the dried fish with a smile, "I said before I set off, everything is with me." ”

"What is the strength of the other party?"

"Agile and decisive, I think I've had years of training. If it weren't for the fact that she turned around and tried to resist, I would have gotten into the fog, and I might have gotten the choking powder she threw out. Nightingale shrugged and downplayed the fight, but he knew it was all lightning bolts, "I didn't want to kill her...... However, when I saw her piercing gaze at Wendy, I knew that there was nothing to stop her except death. ”

"......," Roland was silent for a moment, "remember what you said to me when you came back from the fortress after defeating Tifeko's militia?"

Nightingale thought for a moment, "It's not your fault?"

"Exactly," he nodded, "if she is a witch raised by the Church, she will only see you as a traitor and a degenerate, and it will be difficult to put her fixed thinking back on track without years of getting along...... At the very least, you saved Wendy's life. ”

Nightingale laughed, "Are you comforting me?"

"Uh...... Roland coughed twice, "I really think so." ”

"Rest assured, I will not feel sorry for the enemy, although she is a witch, but she chooses a completely different path than the future I want to see, as I will understand on the ship back. Nightingale pulled out a piece of dried fish and stuffed it into her mouth, "Knock down the enemy, protect the sister, I'm just doing my duty." ”

"If only you could think so," Roland said with relief. It seems that he still underestimated her, and thought that she would feel lost and confused about killing the witch with her own hands, but she didn't expect to be able to adjust it in a short time, it seems that whether it is mind or belief, the nightingale has approached maturity.

"But there's one thing I want to ask you," she said after swallowing the fillet and hesitating for a moment.

"What?"

"What are you doing with Anna these days?" said Nightingale, whose eyes were still fixed on the prince, though her voice was getting lower and lower, "...... You know what I'm referring to. ”

Roland almost knocked over the cup in his hand, "Ahem, why are you asking this...... I've been so busy relocating fugitives these days that I don't even have the opportunity to be alone with her. ”

Her eyes lit up suddenly, "You're not lying. ”

"Of course not, I'm—"

Before Roland could say the second half of his sentence, the nightingale suddenly disappeared in front of him, and then he felt a soft lip on his mouth, and the touch was fleeting, leaving only a salty taste of dried fish, and it took him a long time before he realized what the other party had done.

"Wait—"

As a result, he couldn't say this, and two slender fingers sealed his mouth, and although he couldn't see each other, he knew that the nightingale was by his side.

"I know what you're trying to say...... whispered in her ear, "I'm not trying to change anything, I'm not going to get in front of Anna, I just want to be by your side all the time, that's all." Forgive me for not daring to show my form, because I don't know what expression I should put on you. Your Highness, you don't hate me, do you?"

"......" Roland opened his mouth, if it was impossible to say that he hated the nightingale, the obstacle in his mind came from the knowledge of the past twenty years, not pure preference, and at this point, he could not deceive himself.

"In that case," she said softly, "then don't say anything." It's not your fault, I just did what I wanted. (To be continued.) )