Yiling Burner Castle.

The city of mountains that the sunset cuts obliquely, covered in a red hue, the sunset is late, and the figures are two or three, which sets off the majestic beauty and poignancy more and more. The reflection of the peaks and mountains casts on the city walls, watchtowers, and corridors, and half of the wide atrium avenue is also in the shadows. It is as if these vicissitudes of architecture have learned to listen to the sound of the passage of time, indifferently watching the people coming and going, and not caring about the ups and downs of the lord and the changes of the country.

On the aisle leading to the royal camp in the back/court, two members of the Royal Knights were walking with laughter and conversation.

"Hey, is that good-looking woman just now Master Fei Yue?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Wow, isn't she old, I didn't expect that she has the skill to stay in her face, and the charm still exists. The knight said with a sinister smile on his face.

"Isn't it, yesterday I saw her standing with Prince Ressa's daughter, she really looked like a pair of sisters, and it wouldn't be too much for the prince's daughter to be a mother according to her age, right?"

"Hah, how do you know she's not?"

"Shhh You beware of being listened to by the Ressa Corps and tearing your skin off. ”

"Cut, Your Majesty is here, I still don't believe that these Maines dare to do anything to our Royal Knights. ”

At this time, not far from them, on the cylindrical tower, a woman listened coldly to these foul words, and a scorn appeared on the corner of her mouth. She let the evening breeze blow through her frost-dyed sideburns, gently hooking up her laugh lines, letting the afterglow fall and reflect her smooth cheeks.

The "Eagle Falcon" Fetimo who hurriedly ran on the city wall was stunned by the scene in front of him, stopped suddenly, and stared at the woman a few steps away without saying a word.

"Here we are. The woman did not turn away, still staring at the mountains to the north.

"Hmm. Fetimo replied softly, he didn't wear his usual pair of gold wire disc glasses today, and his hair, which was already approaching gray, had been carefully groomed. Looking at the woman's side face, he couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't seen you for several years, have you? I'm too old to see anyone. ”

"I don't think you've been like this all these years. The woman turned to Fetimor and smiled, "Oh, maybe there's a little less hair." ”

"Fei Yue, we have also been friends for decades. I praise you twice, but you hurt me twice?" Fetimo smiled helplessly.

"Yes, when you said that, I also realized that this moment is just decades in the past. Master Fei Yue said with some emotion.

"Alas, I can still vaguely remember the time when I used to study at Ted College, so many classmates and friends, think about it now, half of my acquaintances are scattered, and some of them are no longer in this world. Fetimor sighed as he recalled the past.

"I'm different from you, I don't have much contact with those classmates. I don't really care if it's dead or not. Fei Yue said flatly.

"Yes, how many people like you who are gifted and persistent and persevering can be able to enter your eyes. ”

"Are you sarcastic about me?" Fei Yue asked, staring at Fetimo.

"No, I'm just a little ashamed. I often teach those students, telling them to specialize and be ambitious, but compared to you, I am still far behind. ”

"How do I feel that you have something to say?" Fei Yue glanced at Fei Timo.

"Not really, I'm probably getting older and more confused. In the past few years, I have often asked myself, is the dedication to magic so important, is it worth the pursuit of a magician all his life? I always felt that being a master and a role model for my peers like you is the way I should go. I don't know why, but there is a phrase that often echoes in my mind in the past few years, especially after I saw the magic of that kid, and I became more and more suspicious of myself. Fetimo said.

Fei Yue looked at the afterglow of the sky, and said in a deep voice: "Most magicians only have an infinite thirst for magic, and their understanding of higher-level material time and space is too superficial. ”

"This sentence ... You remember. Fetimo looked at Fei Yue with some astonishment.

"She's probably a woman I admire, but... I don't agree with getting married and having children. Fei Yue said, "By the way, how is his child? Now he is practicing the same things that his mother left behind, right?"

Fetimor nodded, "Well, Elwin's kid is a little like her, but not like her at all. ”

"I don't have to say anything about it, I just know that he played my schoolgirl around. Master Fei Yue said angrily.

"It's not just your schoolgirls, aren't they the schoolgirls of Master Pilo?" Fetimo smiled a little indecisively.

"It's a shame that the little kid isn't here, otherwise I, as a teacher, would definitely have to teach him a good lesson for my students. ”

"You're all too old, and you're still like a child?"

"Then why don't you be a teacher for him?" Fei Yue looked at Fei Timo with a playful smile.

"Oh, no, no, no, you're not kidding, I can't stand your beating. Fetimor had a sad look on his face.

"Old vulture, you shouldn't have come this time. Fei Yue smiled and smiled, her face gradually cooled, "Why don't you find an excuse to stay in the academy?"

Fetimor thought to herself, was she hinting at herself?

Then he smiled and said: "How can I say that I am also at the level of a great magister, if I don't come, I am afraid that I will not have the face to teach in the courtyard in the future." ”

Fei Yue smiled and didn't say anything more.

"Hey, what's that? Why is it smoking??" said Fetimor, looking at the royal camp not far away.

"It seems to be. Fei Yue glanced at it as if she didn't care, "Before the big battle, the camp caught fire, but it was a bad omen. ”

"I'm going to have to take a look. Fetimor turned to walk down the city, but before he could take a step, he thought to himself, "If I die this time, I will only come to see her for the last time." ”

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Haruka Sail Coastline. Xituo City is a hundred miles northeast of it.

The army of more than 5,000 people was hurrying with all their might, stirring up puffs of smoke and dust, and no one seemed to care about the dusk waves, and no one coveted the brilliant glow.

"What the hell are you rushing for? Counting the distance, it must be in time. Alwyn looked at Ornian and asked puzzled, then leaned closer to her and whispered, "You don't see these royal knights, they are all pale, they are almost exhausted. ”

Alvin felt that Aonien had been a little abnormal in the past two days, and she always looked uneasy. Even if he killed the Tingxiao people so happily that day, O'Nien didn't show any joy.

"What about your brothers, why do you seem to be missing two?" Onien did not answer his doubts, but asked him.

"You said Lai Wu and Chen Zhu? The two of them, one is hindered by his father, and the other is seriously injured and difficult to walk, which is also quite difficult. Alvin teased with a laugh.

"Lev is the Duke of Nanton's child, isn't he?" asked Ornian for no reason.

"Yes, don't you know?" Alwyn thought to himself, with Onian's exquisite heart, he was naturally very clear about the genealogy of the first-class nobles like Salyushi. Looking at her worried expression, she must have been thinking about something else.

"I remember, Chen Zhu should be the son of Duke Qianxiao, right?"

"yes. Alvin nodded, "Wait, what do you want to say?"

He also reacted very quickly, and immediately caught some clues from O'Nien's question, frowning and thinking.

"Don't you think it's strange? First the two dukes of Nanton and Kasugi left the front line and led the army to save the city of Xituo, and then the son of the Duke of Qianxiao did not follow us to the front line. ”

Alvin was suddenly silent when she said this. In fact, he could think of 10,000 ways to refute her, but what he is best at is to think about the worst side of things first, because this way he will suffer the least damage under the blow of reality. From the moment of doubt, he seemed to have fallen into the abyss of darkness, constantly falling weightlessly, looking at the unreachable light at a loss, like a goldfish, comically opening and closing his mouth, unable to make a sound.

Onian looked at Alwyn at this time, bumping and turning on the horse's back, exactly like a puppet.

"Now you know why I'm in such a hurry?" said Aunian.

"This doesn't mean anything, maybe it's just that a few dukes are afraid of going to war? Alvin said, knowing that the explanation was too far-fetched. He still remembers what his father said about "80,000-year-old turtles for a thousand years", and these turtles made similar moves, which is worth thinking about.

"You've thought about it for so long to come up with such an explanation?" said Ornian mockingly.

"Then let's hurry as soon as possible. Alvin said with an unkind face.

At this point, however, the procession stopped.

Alwin and Orniene, who were at the helm, looked at the charred wooden trestle and were stunned for a moment.

"Oh, I remember, when the mercenaries were encircled and suppressed that day, more than a thousand people escaped. Alvin suddenly said, "Presumably, they were afraid that we would pursue, so they burned this trestle to pieces." ”

"I was also thinking too much about it, and I forgot about it. Onian said helplessly.

Alvin dismounted to inspect the terrain around him, looking out at the wide mountain stream to the west, which flowed down into the sea of distant sails to the east. The wooden trestle, which had originally straddled the mountain stream and connected the two high slopes, had been burned to the point that the brackets had been completely destroyed, and only the wooden stakes that had been submerged in the water remained.

He was about to raise his hand to cast his magic, but was stopped by Onian.

"What do you do?"

"Build an ice bridge to get out, or what? These 5,000 people have to go over, right?"

"Don't waste your magic here, it's such a big project, let those magicians from the mercenary group come. ”

"Why?" said Alvin strangely.

"I don't think I can rest well in the past two days, and you've spent your mana now, but it's not so easy to recover. When it came to the front line of Yiling Burner, there were dangerous situations to face. Onian said in a deep voice.

Alvin nodded, "Makes sense. Or thoughtful as you think. ”

So he rode to the rear of the group, and the Quartet mercenary regiment had been marching behind the royal iron horsemen. He told Langyun to take dozens of magicians to the front to build an ice bridge.

And at this time in Xituo City, if the two dukes who were chatting about it knew that these heavenly Tingxiao people would be so indiscriminate, they would definitely be so anxious to jump to their feet. The two didn't want the princess to miss the upcoming battle.