After a busy day, it was finally time to sit down and have a meal. In the Governor's Mansion, several people were working hard at a big table!
"Boss, do you eat meals like this every day?" Jack asked, "The meals at the Governor's Mansion are the same as what we usually eat!"
"Do you think the Governor's Mansion only eats dragon meat every day?" I replied angrily, "This is my birthday meal!"
"Okay, Jack." Moya said vaguely, "Eat quickly. Eat more to grow stronger."
Everyone stopped talking and focused on the food on the table...
"My dear, look at these children." The mother smiled and said, "They are so carefree."
"Yes, happy days." Father nodded, "Today is Cohen's birthday. Kasseling, have you prepared your gifts?"
"It's been prepared a long time ago." Mother took out a small red box wrapped with a ribbon. "Here you go, Cohen."
"Thank you, Mom." I couldn't wait to open it. "Wow! What kind of clothes is this?"
"That's not clothes." Mother said with a smile, "That's a piece of soft armor."
"Really? It's so light!" I unfolded the soft armor, "And it's also big!"
"Because Cohen is still young," his father said, "but with Cohen's body shape, he can wear it when he is 16 years old."
"Dad, does it have a name? Why is it so light and black?"
"Yes, Uncle Weisu. This armor looks like clothing! Are you sure it can be defended?" Kelly looked confused.
"Haha, don't underestimate it. This is a treasure specially designed to defend against magic attacks!"
"Really? Let me give it a try." Kelly pointed her finger at me excitedly, but nothing came out for a long time.
"Haha, sister, you forgot." Feilin said to her, "We have almost used up all our magic power."
"That's right... I'll try it again next time." Kelly sat down angrily.
"Cohen! This is what Shifta and I give you!" The eldest brother also handed over a box.
"Thank you, brother." I opened the box and took a look, "What is it? It looks like an egg?"
"Yes! You are right!" Second brother Sifta said loudly: "This is the egg of a fantasy beast. Aunt Bertina gave it to us when we went to the Holy Capital last time!"
"Really?" I looked at the eggs in the box. The crystal white eggshells were covered with black spots. "But how should they be eaten? Are they boiled?"
"Oh my god..." Shifta touched her forehead with her hand in pain, "That's not for you!"
"Haha, our Cohen's appetite is not ordinary," the mother said, "Aunt Bertina found this after a lot of hard work. You can use it to hatch phantom beasts!"
"Is it very powerful? It's a fantasy beast!" Moya asked.
"That's not necessarily true, because the phantom beast grows according to the characteristics of its owner." His father explained to Moya with a smile, "And it takes a long time to hatch. It needs to absorb the power of the owner's body."
"But Cohen doesn't!" Kelly stood up again. "He has no martial arts skills and no magic power!"
"The power I'm talking about," my father looked at me, "is the power of the heart, the power of good and evil."
Looking at me and nodding, my father continued, "The power in everyone's heart is strong. This egg was given to your brother by your Aunt Bertina with the permission of our Majesty King Creamer. Although it is an ordinary fantasy egg,
It’s a beast egg, but there’s no guarantee that a very powerful phantom beast will appear under Cohen’s training.”
"Really? Then doesn't Cohen have a good helper?" Feline looked very happy. "Will the phantom beast listen to Cohen's words?"
"Yes. Because they grew up absorbing Cohen's spiritual power." The mother said, "And they all communicate with each other spiritually."
"Haha, thank you so much, brother." I said, "But dad, won't you give me a gift?"
"I knew I couldn't escape." My father said with a smile, "But the delicious food prepared for you has been sent to the refugees. There are many children there who need nutrition more than you, Cohen. Isn't Cohen angry?"
"I'm not angry!"
"Really? So be it! Cohen can ask dad for a gift now!"
"Okay." I thought for a moment, "I want to go to the Holy City with my father!"
"Do you want to go to the Holy City?" My father said, "This is easy to handle. Anyway, I will go to report the refugee incident to His Majesty Creamer tomorrow, so you can go with me!"
"Okay! I'm going to the Holy City!" I jumped up with joy!
"Boss, if you have any good things, you have to bring us some."
"Yes, boss. Especially the clothes, you see. Our new clothes were given to the little brother after we only wore them for a while."
"Helter, actually your clothes are not bad... Hehe. Clothes with holes are very cool!"
"Miss Kelly! This is all your fault!"
"Children, don't worry. Aunt Katheling will bring you clothes later!"
This is my first time riding a horse! My father specially selected a relatively short white pony for me. I called it "Baiyun". It is so good! It doesn't mess around at all, and just follows it leisurely.
Next to my father's mount, I can talk to my father.
"Dad, look at the many wild flowers over there!"
"Of course there are many, this is the green plain bordering the dark forest!"
"Is it the dark forest where many other races live?"
"yes."
"Is the Dark Forest really dark? Is there no sunlight there?"
"No, the Dark Forest is the same as our Dark Moon. Both have sunlight. The main reason is that there are many other races living there, and there are not many humans. Moreover, these races are different from us in body shape and living habits, so everyone thinks
It’s mysterious! In addition, these ethnic groups have strong folk customs, and it is not easy for humans to enter their territory. So everyone calls this place the Dark Forest.”
"That's right. What ethnic groups are there?"
"There are many, many, half-orcs, vampires, winged humans, and elves!"
"Sounds fun...Dad, please keep talking!"
"Okay, as long as Cohen listens."
In the distance, a horse ran towards us, and the rapid sound of horse hooves interrupted our conversation. As the man on the horse roared, the horse stood up and stopped steadily beside us.
"Your Majesty the Governor! We found a group of hunters ahead!" The speaker was my father's guard captain, Uncle Maize.
"Hunters? What are they doing here?" Father frowned slightly.
"I saw they brought several big iron cages." Uncle Maize's face was sweating. "There seemed to be something inside."
"Damn it!" the father was angry. "It's these guys again! Catch them! We will camp here today."
More than thirty horses rushed forward following Uncle Maize, raising clouds of dust.
"Dad, why do you want to arrest these people?"
"Cohen, you have to remember. These people are bad people. They are here to catch those alien children."
"But why do you want to arrest the child?"
"Sell!" the father said sadly, "take these children to other countries and sell them as slaves!"
"What is a slave? Dad?"
"A slave is a person who has no freedom, no one to protect him, not enough to eat, and is bullied at any time."
"It's so scary...but how come I've never heard of it?"
"Cohen, there are no slaves in our country. This is why dad is the governor of Spiada."
"Oh! Cohen got it."
When the guards set up camp, I saw Uncle Maize coming back with guards escorting more than a dozen people, as well as several large iron cages... (To be continued)