"Happy birthday, Xia Zuo!"

"You'll be ten years old from today, and you'll be a little man. ”

It was Xia Zuo's birthday, but Melissa was happier than Xia Zuo.

"Guess what I have in store for you?" Melissa put her hands behind her back, as if hiding a gift for Natsuzo.

Xia Zuo is distilling and refining his rye wine to help it evolve into a super rye wine.

"Last year you gave me a scarf, but there's no winter here. ”

"The year before last it was a leather coat, I liked it very much, but unfortunately it was already small. ”

"What is the year before last, it seems to be a pair of socks. ”

"I guess it's clothes again this year. ”

"Shouldn't you give something commemorative for your birthday? ”

"Haha, it's like the stone carving I gave you last year, you don't know that I carved it in your image. ”

"After all, you've been asking me for a long time what I'm carving. ”

Xia Zuo replied while operating, without looking back.

Melissa tightened her grip on the fingerless leather gloves hidden behind her back, then slowly released them.

"I see. ”

Melissa turned to leave.

“???”

"What do you know?"

"Where's my gift?"

"Melissa, I want a new pair of pants!"

......

It's another boring day.

Locke didn't come to drink today, and he won't see the legendary runemaster.

Haha, that's why I can't see him because of this, Locke has been like a monkey in a zoo lately, no matter what he does, people are watching him.

Tut-tut, big star Locke.

The hunting boy group officially debuted.

"Shazo, Jace two glasses of rye. ”

"Luca with a glass of rye wine. ”

"Custer with a glass of super rye. ”

Melissa's voice came, and Xia Zuo flipped a page of the ledger and continued to keep accounts.

Natsuzo sat on a stool, listening to the drunkards' conversations, searching for information about the runemaster.

As a result, nature found nothing.

It was late at night, and Xia Zuo also yawned repeatedly, and the drunkards muttered slurred words in their mouths, and helped each other out of the tavern.

Castel nodded slightly to Melissa before leaving.

"I'll pick up Xia Zuo tomorrow morning. ”

"Thank you very much. Melissa replied.

"Huh?" What happened, Xia Zuo was a little confused.

"Three days later, there will be a rune awakening ceremony in Leyte City within the ninth Great Wall, in the Chapel of the Crimson Moon. Melissato, I took you to your awakening. Custer explains.

"That's my birthday present to you, Natsuzo. ”

"May Lady Luck bless you. Melissa clenched the stone necklace on her chest and made a prayer gesture.

There are two moons in the continent of Modland, one is the Crimson Moon and the other is the Blue Moon.

The Scarlet Moon represents luck, and the Goddess of the Scarlet Moon is the Goddess of Luck.

"May the goddess of the scarlet moon bless me with a successful awakening. "Of course, Xia Zuo is not a devout believer, but I hope the goddess will not care.

......

Melissa said goodbye to Xia Zuo at the door of the tavern, a little reluctant.

"I'm only out for a few days, and I'll be back in five days, so I wish me a successful awakening, Melissa. ”

"We're on our way. Custer commanded the others.

Custer's caravan consisted of seven carriages, two wagons at the beginning and two for rest, and five carriages in the middle full of goods.

"Uncle Custer, have you been to Wright City?" Xia Zuo still has to behave like a child in front of outsiders, at least he can't call him by his name.

"Been there twice, but my caravan hasn't developed there yet. ”

"Then this time it's ......"

"I've known Locke for years, and now that he's a runemaster, I can't stop there. At the beginning, I was still doing Rune Awakening with Locke, but unfortunately I didn't have the talent to become a Rune Master. ”

Locke had a good talent, but Locke's father was besieged by a pack of wolves while hunting and died...... It is because of this that Locke chooses to take up his father's bow and become a hunter. ”

"If Locke had chosen to become a runemaster in the first place, then ......"

"Alas, how can there be so many ifs, fate makes people. ”

Xia Zuo didn't expect that there were so many stories behind this.

"That'...... What is the Great Wall?" Xia Zuo continued to ask.

"You'll know then, and if you become a runemaster, you'll probably be involved in the construction of the tenth great wall. ”

Xia Zuo felt that the more he asked, the more he didn't understand, and he felt that there were some things that Karst didn't understand either.

"Well, let's rest in the carriage if it's all right, we can't stay in the inns of the towns along the way for the sake of hurrying, we will spend the night in the carriage tonight, and we will have a good rest tomorrow night in Leyte City. ”

Night.

Eat some rye bread and beef jerky before bed, and luckily Custer gave me a bag of water, otherwise I would have choked to death.

But how could you sleep on this bumpy carriage.

Caster next to him seemed to be sleeping soundly.

Poor rest will affect my rune awakening, and Xia Zuo is self-hypnotizing.

......

Finally, at dusk the next day, the ninth magnificent wall was reached.

"Xiazuo, come out quickly, and see how magnificent this magnificent wall is. ”

Xia Zuo heard the voice.

In an instant, a huge wall that shimmered golden in the setting sun occupied Xia Zuo's entire field of vision.

Magnificent and heavy.

The traces on the walls seem to be a reminder of the glory of the past.

"Each wall of grandeur is an epic of humanity's struggle against runecrafts. ”

"Have you seen enough, if you haven't seen enough, there will be a chance in the future, and I was stunned when I saw the magnificent wall for the first time. ”

The city of Leiden is next to the ninth magnificent wall.

Xia Zuo didn't expect that there were other cities with walls inside the huge walls of grandeur, but these walls were much worse than the walls of grandeur.

The soldiers defending the city just stood at the gate of the city, and let Xia Zuo and his party enter the city without checking.

It was a smooth journey.

"Xia Zuo, rest well, get up early tomorrow, and I'll take you to wake up. ”

"Got it. ”

Xia Zuo was lying on the bed in the hotel, the bed was very comfortable, more comfortable than the bed at Melissa's house, but Xia Zuo still had trouble sleeping.

Runes, runes...... What exactly are runes......

......

Xia Zuo followed behind Custer with dark circles under his eyes.

"Haha, I know, Melissa told me a long time ago that you have an obsession with becoming a runemaster, take it easy, young man. Castel couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Xia Zuo's dark circles.

"I know ......"

"Alright, Xia Zuo, I will tell you something very important now. ”

"Say ......"

"This awakening is the Church of the Goddess awakening for the Goddess believers for free. ”

"Children are believers too?"

"Parents are fine. ”

"Oh, it's over, what am I going to do. ”

"Don't worry, the Church of the Goddess is also turning a blind eye to this kind of thing, and no one will check you. All you have to do is know the prayer gestures of the Goddess and praise the Goddess. ”

As he spoke, Custer folded his hands, then drew a semi-arc with his right hand in front of his chest, and brought his hands together.

"Simple, isn't it. ”

"No problem. ”

There were already many people waiting at the entrance of the church.

Suddenly, the church door opened.

Several dressed in nun-style clothes maintained order at the door.

The adults left, leaving only the children to follow the nuns into the church.

"Place your hand on the Awakening Stone and feel the call from the depths of your soul. The nun soothed the children.

A child makes a prayer gesture to the nun in charge of awakening, and the nun responds with a prayer gesture.

The nun then placed the child's hand on the Awakening Stone.

"Listen to the call of the depths of your soul. ”

An earthy glow emanated from the Stone of Awakening.

"Congratulations, it's the earth elemental's rune talent. ”

Then a nun took the child down, as if to do a further talent evaluation.

Soon it was Xia Zuo's turn to be the first one.

It's a cute-looking girl who puts her hand on the Awakening Stone.

"Listen to the call of the depths of your soul. ”

This phrase seems to have magical power.

But the Awakening Stone still didn't light up in the end.

"I'm sorry, kid, you don't have the talent to be a runemaster. ”

Instantly, the little girl began to cry.

......

The nun soothed the little girl's tears for a long time.

Probably tired from crying.

"Sorry for the long wait, kid. ”

"The goddess is above. Xia Zuo then drew a prayer gesture on his chest.

"What a skilful gesture, good luck, devout little believer. The nun replied with the same prayer gesture.

The nun placed Natsuzo's hand on the Awakening Stone.

"Listen to the call of the depths of your soul. ”

A mysterious energy flowed in Xia Zuo's body, and there seemed to be something about to break out of the depths of his soul.

In an instant, a blinding white light illuminated the entire church.

"The goddess is above, my eyes are going blind. Someone in the church couldn't help but complain.

A white, notched ring hovered in front of Natsuzo's chest, slowly spinning, emitting a faint white glow.