After the spring speech, Fosbairo seemed to be a giant beast that had ended its hibernation and officially started to move.
Although in her spring speech, Lux outlined a bright future for Forsbarrow, but specifically for every Forsbarrow person, at least this spring, in addition to one more activity called "going for an outing by the lake"
Outside of activities, there aren’t many changes in life.
However, many interesting changes have indeed taken place in Forsbarrow in places that most people cannot see.
For example, at the request of Grandma Nadine, the first batch of herb collectors entering the Dragon's Back Mountains, the initial gathering team, included several more Dharma Protectors, as well as several soldiers responsible for "protecting the Dharma Protector's safety".
With the addition of these people, the initial collection team, which is responsible for taking the lead for all herb collectors and exploring the growth of overwintering plants this year, seems a bit bloated.
However, Granny Nadine spoke up, and since the supplies of these royal guards and soldiers were carried by themselves, the members of the preliminary collection team did not say much. At most, they looked at these royal guards and soldiers curiously.
, privately doubting whether these guys can keep up with me.
This is not a malicious speculation, nor is it a distrust of the excellent physical fitness of Demacian soldiers. It is mainly because the snow-capped mountains in the Dragon's Back Mountains have always been steep, and the preliminary harvesting team determines the best picking time in order to find out the growth of overwintering plants.
, often have to climb mountains and ridges, and even climb ice walls with ropes and ice axes.
People who have not received professional training are really unable to perform as smoothly as the early harvesting team - even ordinary herb collectors cannot keep up with the pace of the early harvesting team!
However, Fouquelin, who traveled with the team, was very confident.
As the first group of mages to know about Kalya's existence, Fouquelin, the youngest, is the most core person among the mages in the team.
That's right, Fuquelin is Lux's junior sister now. After returning from Freljord, Kalya took into account the performance of the mages and established a private magic training class to train those mages he was very optimistic about.
, and among the 77th group, Fuquelin is quite popular with Kalya because of her special talent.
How much does Kalya like this little girl who can naturally catalyze the growth and decline of plants?
Lux was so envious that he wanted to cry when he was giving lessons to Fouquelin - it was different from the extreme strictness when facing "combatants" like Lux and Ino. For Fouquelin's amazing talent,
A scholar-mage, Kalya's patience is astonishing.
Karya, who has always been a strict teacher, was so kind and kind when facing Fauquelin that people were stunned. As long as Fouquelin had some achievements and drew inferences from one example, Karya's encouragement and praise would be in place.
According to Karya, researchers are treasures. They are the ones who can truly bring about technological progress and must be treated with extraordinary respect.
Of course, super-standard treatment also means that Fouquelin has to take responsibility. For example, this exploration operation-entering the Dragon's Back Mountains before the ice and snow melted, and going to the cliffs to explore the growth conditions and status of plants. For her,
It is obviously an extremely difficult challenge.
As a little girl who spent three full years in the Forbidden Prison, Fouquelin's body was quite weak. Even after completing the dragon's spine larch transplant experiment and recuperating for a whole winter, she still looked the same.
Sickly looking.
In order to ensure the safety of her junior sister, Lux contributed the leather vest and breeches she received on her fourteenth birthday. This outfit was said to be made of sea dragon leather, and the price was quite astonishing.
In addition, in order to ensure that Fouquelin would not get sick due to natural conditions, among the archers accompanying the team, there was a fire elemental mage who was responsible for the humanoid stove, and an ice elemental mage who was responsible for cleaning the roads and providing pure water.
One-third of this team of royal guards are simply Fouquelin's "exclusive logistics personnel". We must ensure her safety during this trip!
The accompanying Archon also liked this timid little girl. As the youngest Archon, everyone was willing to take care of Fauquelin.
In this way, after everything was ready, the royal guards, soldiers, and preliminary harvesting teams gathered together, left Fosbyro, and headed towards the snow-capped Dragon's Back Mountains to begin to explore the growth of plants in the north this year.
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Walking in the center of the team, Fouquelin looked longingly at the snow-covered plants on both sides of the path.
As a natural plant mage, she has a natural curiosity and longing for plants, but unfortunately, when setting off, the captain of the initial mining team, Nadineson, who was responsible for leading the team, repeatedly emphasized that in order to avoid delaying the exploration time
, affecting this year’s picking harvest, the team must move forward according to the itinerary plan and cannot waste time.
"We will leave six hours of exploration time for you at each exploration point, but that is based on the premise that you don't waste time on the road." The serious Nadineson looked businesslike, "I
I don’t understand your work, and you don’t understand mine, so we shouldn’t point fingers at each other, it’s best to cooperate with each other.”
Under this situation, even though Fouquelin was full of curiosity about these plants that she had never seen before, she could only look at them helplessly.
Then, when her eyes fell on a tree with white bark that she had never seen before, Fuquelin's feet suddenly slipped and she lost her balance.
However, before she fell, a hand that was not thick but very powerful caught her first.
"Don't look around, Fuquelin!" Heselia shook her head helplessly, "I know you are very interested in these plants, but before looking at them, you must first look at your feet!"
"Hug...sorry!"
Fqueryne seemed to be about to bow, and then was straightened up by Sisilia again.
Looking at Fouquelin who looked embarrassed but couldn't help but look around, Heselia could only sigh helplessly in the end.
As the first mage she knew and who had made many judgments about the king of games with Fuquelin, Xisilia knew very well what kind of person this little sister was - she had a very flexible mind and was very flexible when doing things.
She is down-to-earth and serious, but her curiosity and thirst for knowledge are a little too strong. When playing chess, she will even take some steps that make people laugh or cry out of curiosity.
She already likes plants, and she has just spent the whole winter at the camp. Now she has seen so many types of plants that she has never seen before. I am afraid that the reminder alone is not enough to make her focus on the road!
"Fufu!" Heselia tightened Fuquelin's hat and whispered her nickname, "Stop looking around and promise me that if you can complete this journey with all your heart, you will reach the end of the road.
At the first exploration point, I wrote a letter asking my family to send Yuncong flowers to come!"
"Yunconghua?" Fuquelin's eyes clearly lit up when she heard the name, "Is it the one you told me about, the Yunconghua that can bloom under the snow?"
"That's right." Xisilia nodded, "I'm from Yuncong. Recently, Lady Laxana is counting family letters and distributing them together. Then I will ask my mother to send a pack of Yuncong flower seeds!"
"But Yun Cong... it's a long way from here!" Fuquelin blinked, "Yun Cong, it should be near Green Teeth Peak, right?"
"Fufu also knows about Green Teeth Peak? Aren't you from Needle Creek County?" Xisilia said with some surprise, "Don't worry, the seeds of Yunconghua are very small, just wrap them in a paper bag with the letter, and you'll be done with it.
It can be delivered!”
"Then it's agreed!" Fouquelin said sternly, "From now on, Fouquelin will have nothing to worry about!"
Under the temptation of Yunconghua seeds, Fuquelin reluctantly concentrated her attention and stopped looking at the various plants on both sides of the path. During the lunch break, Ino praised her for her seriousness and told her to keep up her efforts in the afternoon.
And during the march in the afternoon, Fouquelin kept up her efforts and truly focused on everything - not that she was more serious, but because they arrived at the mountain pass for this exploratory trip not long after setting off in the afternoon.
As the gradient of the climb suddenly increased, Fouquelin no longer had the energy to look around. She had to focus entirely on her feet - in this snow-covered mountain, even if everyone lined up in two rows, the people behind would step on the front.
You can move in the snow nests made by people, but due to the uneven terrain under the snow, you will still lose your balance accidentally when walking with one foot deeper and one foot shallower.
For Nadinson, the leader of the team, the snow in the Longji Mountains this year is at normal knee level, but the snow on his knees is like no snow on the thighs for Fouquelin, even if there are snow nests that people in front of him have walked through.
, it was still quite difficult for her to get up on the road.
In this case, it can only be said that it was thanks to Heathlia. If she hadn't been holding Fukurelin's arm to help her maintain her balance, I'm afraid that Fouquelin would have fallen into a gourd after walking down the mountain road all afternoon.
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It was getting late, and when the team arrived at the hunter's hut where they rested on the first night, if it weren't for the sea dragon leather vest and breeches provided by Lux, Fauquelin would have been soaked and frozen.
"Our movement has been a bit slow this year." In the hunter's cabin, which was a little cramped due to the large number of people entering, Nadineson said seriously, "Although when we arrived here, it was only slower than the original plan.
Two quarters of an hour, but in the mountains at this time of year, even two quarters of an hour can be fatal."
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Nadineson." As the general person in charge of the Dharma Controller, Fauquelin stood up immediately, "I am not familiar with the method of traveling in the mountains, and I won't be able to do it tomorrow!"
Raising his eyebrows, Nadineson said nothing in the end - if he hadn't known that the little girl in front of him was the most important person on the Dharma Controller's side, he would have definitely thought that the other party deliberately sent someone who he couldn't blame much to carry out the accusation.
pot.
Nadineson had no good solution for this little girl who was walking very hard but couldn't walk fast due to physical reasons, yet she was still the core of the Archon's operation.
In the end, he could only say "get some rest early" and got up and left the hunter's cabin - there were too many people in this operation, and he planned to build a simple shed outside the house against the house.
Then, just after Nadineson went out, he was shocked to find that next to the hunter's cabin, a house made of ice had been built. It looked even bigger than the hunter's cabin!
"There are too many people this time, and there is no room for rest in the hunter's hut." The Archon who had just finished building the house said to him with a smile, "So I simply built an igloo here."
"you……"
Nadineson's eyes widened in astonishment. He looked at the igloo blankly, and suddenly an incredible thought came to his mind.
Could it be that the person in front of me is a mage?
Apart from magic, Nadineson could never imagine any other way to create an igloo out of thin air!
"Mr. Nadine, I am indeed a spell caster." As if he had guessed what he was thinking, the magician who built the igloo handed him a letter, "Granny Nadine has known it for a long time - spell casters are not
Not evil, I will prove this to you during the subsequent journey."
"Mother knows your identity?" After taking the letter, Nadineson scanned it carefully under the light of the torch, "Are you all the legal guardians?"
To this question, Nadineson did not get an answer. The other party just smiled and then grinned, as if he did not intend to respond directly.
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In the end, Nadineson took the stronger people in the team and slept in the igloo for a night with all their clothes on. During this period, some people were curious about the origin of this igloo, but Nadineson said, "Don't worry about so many things."
, go to bed quickly" was fooled.
The next day, Nadineson, who didn't sleep very well, got up early, organized the team, and started arranging breakfast.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then, just when Nadineson started to boil water and prepare to eat cold dry food, Fauquelin found him and took a handful of food that was obviously freshly roasted.
The acorn was handed to him.
"Eat some hot acorns!" The little girl happily shared the acorns that were roasted just right, the shells had cracked, and could be eaten as soon as they were opened. "It's delicious!"
"Did you bring acorns?" Nadineson was not polite and took the acorns directly. "I see that you didn't bring a big package..."
"I didn't bring it, it was Brother Bnocklin. He found an oak tree last night!" the little girl said with a smile, "These are the acorns he harvested in the morning!"
Nadineson instinctively felt a sense of absurdity - there were indeed some oak trees growing in the coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest at the southern foot of the Dragon's Back Mountains, but it was early spring, how could there be acorns at this time?!
Didn't you pick that thing up when you went into the mountains in autumn?
He looked doubtfully at the steaming acorns in his hand. It did have the familiar smell of roasted acorns, and it was a treasure. Only herb collectors who entered the Longji Mountains in autumn before the first snow fell could taste the flavor.
Such rich acorns.
But it’s early spring now, before the ice and snow melt!
Nadineson, who was full of doubts, did not bother to eat acorns, and hurriedly asked Fouquelin about the origin of these acorns. If there was really an oak tree in the mountains that could produce acorns in the spring, then the harvest of this trip to the mountains would be great.
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After a while, Nadineson was brought to the oak tree by Fauquelin.
Nadineson looked at this oak tree carefully. From the perspective of an experienced herb collector, he felt that this was an oak tree in early autumn.
Look at the leaves, look at the state of the bark - it seems that because the surrounding temperature is too low, this oak tree has even experienced autumn frost. When the wind blows, many of the twigs begin to dry and fall off!
Damn it, this is clearly an autumn oak tree!
"How does Bucklin harvest acorns?" Nadineson said with difficulty, "Using...magic?"
"Yes, use magic!" Fuquelin showed a proud expression, "Brother Bnocklin is best at controlling the growth of oak trees. Unfortunately, the land near the lake is too wet and stuffy to grow oak trees. Otherwise, we can't grow oak trees."
I had plenty of acorns to eat last winter..."
Looking at the oak tree in front of him that strangely appeared in early spring but was in early autumn physiologically, and listening to Fauquelin's proud narration, Nadineson felt that his world view was skewed.
In his impression, mages are the possessors of powerful power. People in the North are not as sensitive to the issue of "the evil of magic" as people in the hinterland of Demacia, but because of the spellcasters in Freljord
Most of them are indifferent, so their impression of mages is also very negative.
But the hot acorns and the familiar yet unfamiliar oak trees in front of him completely overturned Nadineson's understanding. He opened his mouth, but found that he had nothing to say at all - so he took out his mother's hand again
The letter he left for himself focused on the last line.
"Start from the beginning, just like when I took you into the Longji Mountains for the first time, feel and record it."
After being stunned for a while, he shook his head helplessly, put away the letter, then broke open an acorn in his hand and threw it into his mouth.
"The acorns taste really good." A smile finally appeared on Nadineson's serious face, "They roasted well too."
"Brother Braum is a master of barbecue!"
"Mr. Braum, is he also a law protector?" Nadineson's smile was a little stiff, but it quickly returned to normal, "He baked this with magic? No wonder it doesn't smell like wood."
"Brother Bnocklin said it's best to bake it with oak wood, but it's a pity that we don't have enough time." Fouquelin also put a nut into her mouth, "But I think it's delicious!"
"It's delicious, but don't eat too much." Nadineson nodded after adjusting his mentality, "Especially don't eat it when you are on the road, it will cause stomachache."
"oh."
"Also, if you find anything edible during the next break, remember to inform me in advance." After a pause, Nadineson added, "Such a good acorn, roasted and eaten dry, is a bit
It’s wasted.”
As he spoke, he broke open an acorn again, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it vigorously.
Between his lips and teeth, the unique oily flavor of acorns began to spread. The corners of Nadineson's mouth turned up slightly, and his eyes narrowed at the same time.
Record from the beginning...
It's really a headache to have a mother who is so old but doesn't always like to talk well - does your son look like a serious and stubborn fool who is full of prejudice?