The two were talking when a servant knocked on the car door and reported outside: "Miss, the envoy has arrived. The city they entered from the Stone Lizard Mountain Road was delayed for a while due to martial law."
"Huh!" After hearing this, the little girl knocked on the table in the middle of the carriage, curled her lips and said, "It seems that guy has arrived."
"Chiara, do we want to go there?" The Earl's daughter asked weakly, but the little girl's attitude was tough. She quickly shook her head: "No, let's wait here, let me take a look first.
Isn’t this guy boring?”
Although the earl's daughter had a gentle look on her face, she was not an idiot. Naturally, she could see that her companion was deliberately trying to get into trouble with the earl. She could vaguely guess some of the reasons, and couldn't help but ask even more worriedly:
"Chiara, this is not good."
"What's wrong?" the little girl replied pretending not to care.
"But he is the head of the envoy after all..."
"So what, if that guy dares to show his face and attack me, at worst I won't go to the empire." The little girl snorted very dissatisfied.
"Aren't you going to the empire?" The count's daughter looked shocked.
"What are you afraid of, Enid? When the time comes, you can stay at my house for a while, and I will complain to my brother. Your father will not dare to do anything to us." The little girl replied.
The earl's daughter opened her mouth, intending to say something, but knowing that she could not convince her companion, she could only sit there awkwardly, as if she had accepted her fate.
The car was quiet for a while, and the two people were waiting for Brando's arrival with different moods. The count's daughter only hoped that the count would not take his anger out on her. She was worried about gains and losses, and couldn't help but look sad for a while. Sitting on her
The little girl opposite looked nonchalant, tapping the car window with her fingers while looking at the scenery outside.
After Brando entered the city, he received a message from a servant. He had known that representatives of the Sifah family and the Earl of Gray Mountain were already in the city, but he first settled the envoys in the hotel in the fortress before heading to the agreed upon location alone.
Location. When he arrived near the agreed place, he saw two carriages parked under the oak tree in the distance, as well as servants standing in two rows beside the carriages. He walked over and identified himself to these people, thinking that he would see the two carriages.
He was a representative, but he didn't expect that the servant who was delivering the message walked back to the carriage and returned the same way shortly after, bringing him back a sentence with a poker face:
"Miss, she heard that the earl is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. In order to prove the earl's identity, she wants to test the earl on some academic questions."
Brando couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that this noble lady's head is okay, can she verify her identity like this? Is Her Royal Highness the Princess's seal ring fake?
He glanced at the other side of the carriage and thought, forget it, after all, she is a member of the royal family - although she is a former royal family - and she is a girl, so he couldn't care too much about it, so he had to patiently reply: "Please speak."
Chiara's little face was almost pressed against the car window, and she said with some pride: "I've long heard that that guy claims to be knowledgeable and well-informed. The rumors about him in the southern border are amazing. I don't like this kind of person.
They have seen a lot, and there is nothing more than gold and jade. For them, knowledge is just a dress, a gorgeous dress. Let me expose his hypocritical appearance, hum. Let him understand that the pursuit of truth is sacred and cannot be blasphemed."
The earl's daughter had almost seen the fate of being punished for causing trouble to the family. The solitary hut was dangling in front of her. She asked worriedly: "What question did you ask him?
Chiara.”
"Hey," the little girl smiled slyly. She pushed up her thick glasses and replied proudly, "Nothing, just some ancient writings."
Enid stared at her with some suspicion. She doubted whether her companion would really be so merciful.
Sure enough, the little girl added: "But these words were asked by a friend of my teacher to find them from some stone slabs. In order to unearth those stone slabs, my teacher and I stayed on the cold and boring Balta Plateau.
It's been a long time. Teacher, he is an authority in the world of ancient languages, but he can't always recognize all the words on those stone tablets. Just wait and see that guy embarrassed."
Enid knew who the little girl's teacher was, and thought that since she couldn't even recognize the master, it seemed that even if the earl couldn't recognize it, it wouldn't be a shameful thing. Of course, she didn't dare to say this.
In order to avoid causing this eldest lady to suddenly change her mind again.
Outside the carriage, Brando was taking the note from the servant. He glanced at the tadpole-like ancient words on the note and couldn't help but laugh.
Isn't this what is written on ancient stone tablets?
The first clue to the War Tablet——
It was he who provided the clues to Tullaman that these stone tablets were excavated in advance in this era. If you want to ask about anything else, it is the words on this stone tablet. The words on this stone tablet once caused an uproar on the forum.
, in the end, it was translated by a master with level 16 knowledge of ancient languages in their guild, wearing a scholar's artifact with +3 linguistic skills - the necklace of knowledge, and he could recite it even with his eyes closed. He put it down.
He wrote the note and said to the servant in front of him without even thinking about it:
"Tell your lady, the fragments of the sky fell to the ground as the towering pillars collapsed, and the whispers in the dust and wind were recorded on them——"
A few minutes later--
"Chiara, Lord Count, has he guessed it right?" Enid looked at her companion with some worry. She had been looking at the contents of this note motionlessly for a while.
"He didn't guess." After saying this, the little girl jumped out of the carriage, pushed away the servant who came to support her, and ran out in a hurry. Brando didn't expect to come out of the carriage either.
It would be this little lolita who seems to be still losing her teeth. To use standard villain lines, she is a little girl with yellow hair who is still young. And the other party is wearing a pair of thick bottle-bottomed glasses that are completely inconsistent with her cute face.
She frowned at him and asked him, "Hey, how did you recognize these words?"
Are you still talking about aristocratic etiquette?
"This little lady, who are you?" Brando was a little unhappy at first, but when he found out that he was being tested by such a little girl, he was no longer so angry. No matter how boring he was, he was not bored enough to talk to the little girl.
Children care.
Chiara seemed to realize her rudeness at this moment, but she snorted softly and replied: "Count Dejiu is my father, Queen Anna is my aunt, and my brother is Levin Ornessen Sifah.
Duke, you must know who I am, right?"
What kind of messy relationship is this? Brando looked at this arrogant little loli. It took him a while to sort out his thoughts and asked: "Are you the representative of the Sifah family?"
"It's the former royal family," the little girl corrected: "Absolutely, but I don't want to go to the empire, can you convince me?"
What a spoiled little girl. Brando thought to himself, and he shook his head: "I can't convince you, otherwise you can go back first. The eldest son Wang is a gentle man, and he will not blame his sister.
"
"Hey, you're so weird. You actually call my brother Wang's eldest son. It's against the rules for you to call me that way, you know? Aren't you afraid that Her Highness the Princess will cause trouble for you? Oh, I understand," the little girl
His eyes flashed, and he replied proudly: "You don't take that little girl princess at all, right? How about you support brother Levin to ascend the throne. The Korkova family has lost the sword and the throne.
It is a matter of course, history is a cycle. The Sifah Dynasty has reached its revival long ago. Besides, my brother is much more powerful than your Highness the Princess. That little girl only knows how to sell herself at a good price and marry her.
He is just a happy husband to revitalize the Corcova royal family. It is too superficial. The rejuvenation of a country cannot be achieved in one family. So, I guarantee that you will not be just a count in the future, people will
I call you the Duke."
If it were someone else who said this to Brando, Brando would have punched him to the ground and wouldn't be able to get up, but if it were someone else who had said this to Brando, a sweet-natured little lolita would have advised him so solemnly, just let him
He felt dumbfounded that this little guy didn't even have all his teeth replaced, but he still called Griffin as a little girl princess, as if Her Highness the Princess, who was seventeen years old, was still in her infancy.
"Miss, if you don't want to go to the empire, I can write a letter for you to prove that you are unwell. As for the rest, I really have no interest in discussing it." Brando could only reply.
But the little girl may not appreciate it. She shook her head and said: "I am in good health. I don't need you to give me any certificate. Besides, you haven't told me why you recognize those words. I must find a way to figure this out."
.”
"Okay, whatever you want." Brando shook his head, thinking, didn't you say you didn't want to go to the empire? What's the point of going back on your word?
But Chiara seemed to see the disapproval on his face, and snorted softly: "There is no contradiction between the fact that I don't want to go to the empire and that I want to go to the empire." After that, she turned around again.
Holding up her skirt, she trotted back to the carriage. She was very impolite and used her hands and knees to climb the carriage. She said loudly to the earl's daughter who was sitting in the carriage and was not thinking about her family: "Enid, I changed my mind. I'm going to the empire.
You go back alone."
"No need, Chiara, I, I'll stay with you." The earl's daughter was about to cry but had no tears. When did she say she was going back, but Chiara's words finally made her breathe a sigh of relief - fortunately,
At least she didn't have to go home and be locked up. Although she didn't know why the eldest lady would change her mind temporarily, the countess couldn't help but feel an indescribable affection for Count Tonigel, whom she had never met before.
Thank God, Martha was there, and she secretly drew a symbol of the god on her chest.
…
After Chiara and the count's daughter returned to the team, everyone who had been traveling for the past few days enjoyed a rare night in the hotel where they could sleep peacefully. Although the city was in a commotion about the incident where the viscount was robbed, it had nothing to do with them after all. Although The guards probably wanted to pick out all the wealthy businessmen in the city, then claim that they were working together to commit the crime, and then confiscate their property, but they did not dare to offend this well-established team.
The envoy stayed in Tisko Castle for half a day and one night, and set off on the road early the next morning. It is said that the Viscount could not find the mysterious thief until the end, so the area around the Gray Mountains remained dark for a long time. There is a legend about an elusive nightingale. At first, the nightingale looked like a god in the sky, and then it somehow got related to Count Tonigel. Some people even swore that they saw the count with their own eyes. The Lord stole the Viscount's things, as if he was letting Brando off when he committed the crime. Over time, the image of this nightingale gradually spread into the image of a wise and alert little girl, but no matter what kind of image. They All they do is to rob the rich, give to the poor, and act chivalrously, as if thieves throughout the ages could never find anything more meaningful to do, no matter whether they had enough to eat or not.
As for what the Viscount lost, there are even more different opinions. Some say it is a ton of gold, or a diamond as big as a fist. Some exaggerated claims are that it is evidence of the Viscount's collaboration with the enemy and treason, with such malicious thoughts. Most of the people have some grudge against the Viscount, but a common understanding is that it would be great if they could get these things by themselves. Facts have proved that most people do not have the noble character to become thieves.
After leaving Fort Tisco, the envoys headed north, but did not enter Corcovado. Instead, they crossed the junction of the Gray Mountains and the Balta Plateau. They braved the biting cold wind of the Iron Thorn Mountain Road directly towards the border of the kingdom day after day. The sun was approaching, and after leaving the Gray Mountain area, there were endless mountains. There were no human settlements among the vast and undulating mountains. Three days later, they passed near Winterclaw Castle. It could be said that they said their last goodbyes before arriving in the empire. The area closest to civilization.
Beyond that is the snowy area that no one has set foot on all year round, which is a natural forbidden area between the empire and the kingdom.
Haruze told them some terrible legends about this area, such as the thin sounds in the night wind that were the whispers of the undead on the plateau, and the limp on the plateau - this terrible wolf-like creature, he and his My sister has lived in Winterpaw Castle for a long time, so she is very familiar with some local folklore stories. However, these stories frightened the ladies in the mission so much that they could not sleep well for several nights. Then Brando and the little prince came together He became an unwelcome guest in every carriage, which was an inevitable disaster for Brando.
Chiara has been pestering Brando these days to find out why he knows the meaning of those ancient texts. Of course Brando cannot come up with what if you are all cavemen. I am at least one from the future. Homo sapiens is such nonsense; but in an accidental conversation, when this little girl from the Sifah family asked about his apprenticeship, he used the rhetoric of learning from the Bugans as usual. Unexpectedly, this rhetoric had a miraculous effect. After that, Chiara disappeared. She hid in her carriage with the earl’s daughter all day long. Later, Brando found out that she was planning how to steal the knowledge of the Buga people from him. This so-called truth He suddenly felt like crying without tears.
Others in the mission did not have such a hard-working spirit as the eldest lady of the Sifah family. Except for Eco and the non-commissioned officer from Yanilasu, most of the pampered noble descendants have since entered
Balta had been complaining incessantly, and then he began to fall ill one after another. The first one was Mr. Avram, the meat ball, because he was greedy and ate some unclean game - of course, he asked his servant to find some way to find it -
-As a result, he started to have vomiting and diarrhea. Fortunately, there were priests accompanying him in the envoys, so it took a day or two to get him to calm down.
Then there was the seven or eight-year-old little girl from Grand Duke Golan Elson’s family who developed a high fever. As a result, Brando, the leader of the group, seemed to be a guest nanny, although the little girl held her hand and cried with tears.
Calling brother softly sounds good, but the cost is that he doesn't get a good sleep for several days.
After the envoy crossed the last mountain peak on the Balta border, everything seemed to quiet down involuntarily.
Because everyone knows that the Black Sword Barrier is ahead.
Since the last era, it has been the gateway to the empire, the last pass to the north of the kingdom——
The majestic and majestic peaks run across the north and south, connecting the two countries together. In the southeast of the empire, there is such a huge mountain system. It is part of the White Mountains. This mountain range crosses the entire south of Saint-Osol. It is in
The end of the west passes through the southernmost part of the Shijing Wilderness, where it forms a group of undulating mountains. In the center of this group of mountains, there is snow all year round, and there are even many large and small continuous black forests. This is the archaeological site
A paradise for scholars and explorers, the Dilut Mountains - a mountain range named after the first-generation Wind Elf King. To the west of it is the famous Anzeruta area. The name alone may be confusing, but it
There is another name - the hometown of the Highlanders, the hometown of Lord Longblade; and to the east of the Dilut Mountains, there is the starry Abyssal Sea. Along the coast of the Abyssal Sea, there are large and small principalities and kingdoms.
Bujo is one of them.
To the north of it is the famous Four Realms Wilderness, the Clover Plain, the place where the Wind Elves and the Cruz people arose, and where the sacred covenant was concluded.
The Balta Plateau is just the southern end of this famous mountain range. The mountain range gradually converges towards the Corcova Plain, forming a famous pass together with the eastern end of the Broken Sword Mountain Range.
It's the Black Sword Barrier.
On this day, everyone in the mission finally saw the insignificant fortress between the two majestic peaks from a distance from the high ground, but everyone knew that only when you actually come under the fortress, you can
The 20-meter-long wall of the Hui Fortress deeply shocked me——
