When the atmosphere starts to get a little subtle.

Sir Bai Yang opened his knife-like eyes and said calmly: "If the ambush of Young Master Stevenson can succeed today, I am happy to admit it, but those people's actions are too rough and stupid, and such actions are not in the interests of the Seanes family." ”

"Mortals make mistakes," said the fat nobleman with a big belly and a smile on his cheeks, "and the land and the city are the easiest to make fools." When Master Stevenson was attacked, I was standing on the city wall with Bai Yang, and Sir Bai Yang offered generous and tight conditions to refuse to attend today's dinner, but our Carey family has always been loyal to every legitimate lord in Sword Master Harbor. Ah, Bai Yang, I'm not looking for you. ”

Carlos said lightly, noncommittal, "Sword Master Harbor is the territory of our Stevenson family, so the interests of the Stevenson family must be considered first in everything here, and I hope Sir Bai Yang can understand." ”

Whether it is some people in the city who want to test Carlos's reality or give the future little lord a dismount, Carlos must take a superficial stand.

This is the territory of the Stevenson family, which was bought by his father Maury at the cost of his life and glory, and it is not to be spied on.

Of course, whether it was Bai Yang's self-defense or the words of the fat aristocrat who tried to provoke him, Carlos was noncommittal.

In a strange place, don't trust anyone who is strange.

This is what his father, Maury, taught from an early age.

When dinner was over, and the others had left, Augusta invited Carlos to sit down by the fire, and handed him a cup of hot wine, so spicy that it brought tears to his eyes.

"Cypriot children, can't help but drink spirits. Augusta said.

"I remember that Coman was not as good as I was," Carlos said, "and even I remember not as good as malt." ”

"The Sword Master's Harbor can be handed over to these nobles to manage, and the 1,000 soldiers recruited by the Steam Guard will escort you to the Central Province. Augusta didn't care about Carlos' teasing of his son, and suddenly sighed heavily.

"Commander, that's not necessary, if I leave, those people will have no reason to do anything to me again, besides, they have already tested my reality, and the people around me are enough to deal with it. Carlos said, "Uncle Augusta, can you tell me all of my father's plans?"

Augusta frowned through his thick beard and said, "Plan?, you mean why Mori agreed to become the commander of the guard Loya Avenue in exchange for the territory of the Sword Master's Port, in fact, your father didn't tell me much, just asked me to go to the Sword Master's Port to be the city lord, and in the name of the Steam Guardian Regiment, recruit a legion composed of the Steam Guardians, although the progress is slow, the people of Cyprus here are not welcome, and the same is true of the Cypriot Legion." He took a sip of wine. "If there is anything else, it is to ask me, no matter what happens, you must send someone to escort you safely to the central province. ”

"Lord Augusta, thank you so much for your concern. ”

The liquor made Carlos blush, but not so drunk that he couldn't tell the difference, and Augusta wanted to persuade him to leave the swordsman's port city as soon as possible, so as not to lose himself because of greed for the rights of the lord.

"I'll leave, and when the exact news of Blackstone Fort comes back, I'll leave to continue south. ”

Augusta seemed to be immune to alcohol, he drank so much that the liquor he kept pouring into his mouth didn't even make his gray-blue face red for even half a minute.

"You must leave as soon as possible," Augusta continued bluntly, "the Sirling Strait is completely closed, and no ship will be allowed to sail from the other side of the strait into the port of Swordsman's Harbor, and Cyprus has completely fallen. ”

"In another half a month, if there is a reply, the raven will fly back. Carlos insisted.

Augusta didn't seem to heed his words, and he stretched out his thick, calloused hand to warm himself in front of the fire.

"The scout team I sent out to patrol far outside the Blackstone Tower is also missing. I'm afraid there's no one there to tie a letter to the raven's feet and deliver a message to you. ”

Carlos understood the meaning of the other party's words, but he couldn't persuade himself to give up the last hope in his heart.

The old alchemist Du Buyi also joined in the drink before the fire.

The old man had almost disappeared during the dinner, and he didn't know where he had come from nowhere.

Judging by the black cloak he still had on the water, it seemed to be out.

"There is no need to be in such a hurry to go to the central provinces, this winter will soon be over, and news will come from frozen Cyprus. ”

Du Buyi made diametrically opposed opinions.

Augusta glared at the old man, who just shrugged. "Don't worry about these nobles in the Sword Master Port City, inviting a black mage to participate in the murder of the duke's son, this is a situation that the people in the high ground cannot tolerate, I think, the city lord's mansion will welcome more black mages in the near future, and they are there to protect Carlos, at least in this city, Carlos will be more complete. ”

"You're going to find those who control the elements, aren't you?" Augusta grimaced.

"You're right. Du Buyi frankly admitted that he poured a glass from the hot wine jug, and his movements trembled like a dying man.

Of course, no one would think that Du Buyi was nearing his life, so he had spent at least ten winters, even in a bitter cold place like Cyprus.

"Stevenson used to be a big family, Carlos, and when you choose to go to the Central Province, you need to be well prepared, because the people there treat their enemies more cruelly than the Black Iron Dwarves. ”

"I know, teacher," Carlos replied, "my father told me that if one day I returned to the capital of the Imperial Light Empire, I would have to behave better than I expected, or I might as well not go, but I would like to see it." ”

Augusta, the Guardian of the Steam, was not as easy as Carlos, who, like Carlos' father, had come out of that great and ruthless city.

"Don't worry, even if you are not ready, as a descendant of the pioneers, it is nothing more than a gray return to the Sword Master Port to become a nobleman with a comfortable life. ”

Carlos could hear the sourness in his voice.

Du Buyi stretched out his withered hand and grabbed Carlos very strongly, but he was not in the mood to joke.

"You have to understand the gravity of the situation. I tell you, children, and my students, unprecedented dark times are coming. The forest is full of monsters that are awakening en masse, including ice wolves, mammoths, and bison-sized snow bears, as well as the creatures you've seen flying through the air, but the scarier ones are still sleeping in the dark. ”