Five years later –

Lu Yi, who finally learned the language of this continent, also learned a lot about this continent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Great Sui Empire in the east had civil strife and was divided into twelve forces, and the rule of the royal power was already far away. At first, she thought it was worn to the Sui Dynasty, but later learned that it was just the same name.

The Holy See of Light and the Lords of Darkness in the West are in the same boat, and the human beings in all the territories covered by these two doctrines are also actively preparing for war for the so-called gods in their hearts.

There is still a buffer zone between the two powers, but this area is even more divided by princes and wars.

Overall, it's a troubled time!

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Lu Yi, an ordinary civilian. Oh, by the way, she's not called Lu Yi now, Ian and Alexa have helped her come up with a new name. Originally, the two were going to call her "Xiao Ji", but Lu still preferred to die, Xiao Ji Xiao Ji, people who don't know still think her name is Xiao Ji, and if the sound drags on a little longer, she will soon become a little jj, and she will die!

But fortunately, the two elders were not really so irresponsible, and finally flipped through the dictionary and changed the word for her - Ji Ran. With the name in front as the foundation, Lu Yi hurriedly accepted it, Ji Ran is Ji Ran, it's better than that "chicken"! In fact, if she is called "duckling", she can accept it!

Ji Ran lives near a small town called Muffy with Ian and Alexa, two elders.

A slender gravel road stretches out from the town and winds its way to the foot of Mount Rasier. At the foot of the hill there is a green jungle full of mushrooms and dwarf flowers, and through the jungle you can see an endless meadow that spreads all the way to the top of the mountain, like a turquoise silk horse stretching out and covering the earth.

It was a June morning with a blue sky and no clouds.

A child drives a flock of sheep from the town of Maffei.

Unlike the chaos of big cities, a small town like Maffei is inherently destined to live in peace and ease, and the people live here naturally and welcoming.

The child who drove the sheep greeted him by the window, at the door, and by the roadside, but the boy did not stop, but after responding to the crowd quickly, he drove the sheep more quickly, and he had to walk along the path to the halfway point of Mount Rasil, where there was an old wooden house built on the big trees, and in the wooden house there were not only three goats waiting for him to graze, but also a man waiting for him.

As we were about to leave the town, there were only a few sparse houses on the side of the road, and a greeting came from the window: "Hab, you're going to the enchanter's hut on the mountain, right?" Can you help me put these bearskin gloves on? ”

The shepherd's child finally stopped this time, and he looked at the slightly white and fat woman in the window in surprise, and asked, "Bearskin gloves?!" Aunt Bella, this ......"

"There is no way to do it," the woman replied, "and it was Ji Ran who rescued my husband when he was trapped in the mountains in a snowstorm last winter when he was going up the mountain." Later, I was puzzled to send something to her to express my gratitude, and yesterday a team of merchants came in, and I saw that there were bearskin gloves for sale, so I bought a pair, and you helped me bring them to Ji Ran, saying that this was a thank you gift to repay her for saving her life. Aren't you on good terms with her? You're friends, right? Speaking of which, Ji Ran, that little girl is really cute......"

"Nope! No! The shepherd's child stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head, blushing and smiling: "We are just companions in the herding of sheep." Well, since you're on the way, I'll help you get these gloves on. ”

Hab, who was very embarrassed, didn't notice that a small figure was hiding in the corner of the wall and listening to all his answers, and the corners of his mouth that had been curved up instantly collapsed.

……

"So you brought it with you?" Ji Ran listened to the relay of his playmate Habu, and then took the bearskin gloves in his hand with a disappointed face.

"Yes, I also told Aunt Bella that you don't need any thanks, but she was very serious and persistent, so I had to accept it." Habu replied.

"Hab, you go up the mountain alone today, I don't want to go." Ji Ran was sad, but she didn't want to tell Habu why she was sad.

"Ji Ran?!"

"I really don't want to go, and Grandpa Ian said he'll teach me a new recipe today."

Habu was disappointed: "Okay then. He could only drive the sheep in frustration and slowly walk like a mountain.

Habu is Ji Ran's playmate, he is not tall, but he is very strong, and he is a complete mountain child. Under his leadership, Ji Ran has learned a lot of skills in the past five years - being able to jump to trees to dig birds' eggs, jump to the creek to catch fish, scatter grain to catch birds, find holes and catch snakes, dig pits and catch rabbits is their daily game.

Ji Ran is called the cursed fallen son by the people of the town because of his dark eyes and black hair, and Grandpa Ian and Uncle Alexa also have a strange temper and don't like to socialize with others, so the three of them are getting farther and farther away from the rest of the town.

Looking at the bearskin gloves in his hand, Ji Ran couldn't help but feel depressed, this thing is definitely not cheap, I didn't expect that Aunt Bella would be willing to scatter all her family wealth and not want to be involved with her in the slightest, just because she is a god with black hair and black eyes?

It just so happened that Alexa came over, Ji Ran pouted and threw the bearskin gloves to him, "Uncle, I've sent you." So he bured himself in Grandpa Ian's lab and began to learn new recipes.

……

Late at night, Ji Ran, who was awakened by the urge to urine, sat up sleepily, crept down the stairs, and was about to go outside the house to release water, but heard the crackling sound of the wood fire burning in the hall downstairs.

What's the matter, grandpa and uncle haven't slept so late? Could it be the two of them...... (A hammer smashed the scum rising in Ji Ran's head: Don't pollute my pure story!) ）

"Ian, how are you thinking about it?"

"Alexa, why do you have to let Xiao Ji leave us?"

"No, Ian, although I have never been in contact with Xiao Ji too much, I definitely love her no less than you. I didn't want her to leave us, I wanted her to go out and see the outside world. ”

"Alexa, the outside world is not good at all, both the Dark Lord and the Pope of Light are equally evil and cold."

"Yes Ian, we all know that, but she doesn't. She now has great illusions about the outside world, and her heart will not calm down if she is not allowed to recognize the nature of the world. ”

"Alexa ......" Grandpa Ian's voice was still reluctant, but weak.

"Ian, and you can't let Ji Ran stay by our two old men's side for the rest of his life. Although I look much younger than you because of my cultivation of Dou Qi, you and I both know in our hearts that we are about the same age, how long can we stay with Xiao Ji? The person who can really accompany her for the rest of her life is not us, she has to find this person by herself. ”

Ji Ran covered his mouth in surprise so as not to make a sound.

Uncle Alexa is about the same age as Grandpa Ian? Really? They look like father and son, uh...... At least on the outside.

Fortunately, although she is reluctant to learn swordsmanship from Uncle Alexa, she has no objection to learning Douqi, because her interest is not high, and now Douqi is only at the level of the second level, but when she gets old, she should be able to look a few years younger than her actual age, right?

Phew, Ji Ran, you are too out of line, what's the point of being a few years younger, it's better to practice diligently, and strive to stay young forever like Uncle Alexa.

The wood in the fire exploded a few more times, and although it was June, the night temperature was still very low halfway up the mountainside.

"Alright then, Alexa, when Hime is able to become a successful enchanter, let her go to school in the city of Regoz in Ralbani, where I have an old friend who also works as an apothecary teacher, where he can get his enchanter's certificate. If you can, it's best to take the pharmacist's grade certificate as well, and the kid seems to be interested in some bizarre potion recipes. ”

"Well, then let's decide."

Seeing that the two had no intention of chatting anymore, Ji Ran sneaked upstairs again, happily slipped onto the bed, and hid in the quilt and laughed.

There is a small window next to the bed, and the stars outside the window are winking at Ji Ran playfully, as if to say, "Ji Ran, congratulations on finally being able to go out and see the outside world." ”

It wasn't until Ji Ran was about to fall asleep again that he remembered something, and he seemed to ...... I was just eavesdropping and forgot to release the water...... Embarrassment~

Early the next morning, Alexa dug Ji Ran out of bed. He deeply admired this girl's laziness, a girl who made her sit and condense her fighting spirit but could snore after five minutes, he didn't know what to do except admiration.

In the morning, Ji Ran had to learn swordsmanship and fighting spirit with Alexa, and in the afternoon, he studied enchantment with Ian.

However, Ji Ran really hasn't learned seriously a few times in the past five years, after all, compared to these, the bird and rabbit that Habu took her to play is more interesting.

"Uncle, let's practice our fighting spirit today." Thinking about the conversation she heard last night, Ji Ran took the initiative to offer to practice, and she was now particularly greedy for Alexa's vindictiveness.

Alexa was surprised: "What? Don't you always want to sneak out and play with Hab? ”

"Uncle!" Ji Ran pouted dissatisfiedly: "Ji Ran has grown up!" "God knows how young she is!

"Oh? Hahahaha, okay, grown up Xiao Ji, today we don't learn fighting spirit, but to practice swordsmanship. Uncle Alexa couldn't help but laugh.

"Boom!" Ji Ran made a sudden stumble in his heart, how could he forget this stubble, Alexa was not only responsible for teaching her fighting spirit, but also teaching her swordsmanship.

For the fighting spirit, Ji Ran can still accept it, but she doesn't want to learn swordsmanship at all.

The reason is that one day a few years ago, Alexa suddenly came to face Ji Ran and stinked his tendon flesh, revealing oily skin and posing a few extremely powerful poses, and finally encouraged her: "How about it, Xiao Ji envy, as long as you concentrate on practicing swordsmanship, you can have such strong muscles like your uncle." ”

Alexa only cared about his own show, completely ignoring that Ji Ran, who was standing in front of him, was already scared and messy......

The result of Uncle Alexa's encouragement is that Ji Ran will never practice swordsmanship again from the day he fights!

Ji Ran's idea is: I will only come back from practicing a muscle when my head is caught by the door, as a girl, if I have a body like Alexa, I would rather hit a piece of tofu and commit suicide, and die to thank my fathers and fellow villagers in the world!

Alexa was depressed and puzzled for a long time, as long as he showed his muscles to others, those children would drool and shout to practice, why did Ji Ran avoid it like a snake and scorpion?

Finally one day, Ji Ran was so entangled that she couldn't tell Alexa what she thought in her heart.

Alexa said with an embarrassed face: "Xiao Ji, in fact, many men in the knights like strong women, really! ”

Looking at Uncle Alexa, who was struggling to guarantee, Ji Ran almost didn't roll his eyeballs to the sky, don't be a "strong" woman if you kill me!

Fortunately, Grandpa Ian had the same idea, and he kicked out the "tendon meat" with a cane, "Alexa, don't take out your knight experience to talk about it, and you actually want to instigate our little Ji to marry a dirty and smelly knight who spends all day with animals?!" Tell you, as long as I still have a breath of air, old man, you will never think about it! Our little Ji Ran has to marry a noble enchanter! ”

Alexa retorted with the same dissatisfaction: "What's so good about an enchanter, you know about enchantment all day long!" Enchantment! Hiding in the laboratory and not coming out, do you want Xiao Ji to suffocate to death? It's better to be a knight, you can take her all over the world! ”

Grandpa Ian's eyes widened and his neck reddened, and he yelled, "Marry the Enchanter!" ”

Uncle Alexa was naturally even more unwilling: "I want to marry a knight!" ”

"Enchanter!" "Knight!" ……

Ji Ran calmly walked out of the wooden house amid the roar of the two, and closed the door with him, and went to Habu to pick mountain grapes in the forest together.