"Help!"

A girl's cry for help interrupted Charles's thoughts, and Charles immediately stopped.

A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl in a long orange dress in tatters with thorns and dirt, grass clippings and leaves stumbled out of the bushes by the side of the road.

"Help me!"

The girl fell in the middle of the road and cried to Charles and Elizabeth for help. Tears washed out two ditches on her dirty face.

"There's a bandit chasing me!"

She pointed to the woods by the side of the road in horror and shouted, the grass in the woods shook for a while, as if someone was leaving quickly.

Elizabeth glanced at the woods and didn't pay much attention, then she asked the girl who had fallen to the ground, "Who are you?"

The girl got up from the ground with difficulty, and then said to Elizabeth: "I am Martha Eberbach, the daughter of the Baron Eberbach in the north of the kingdom of Biberach, and I am on my way to the kingdom of Bischberg, and I don't want to meet the bandits, and then I ...... Woowoo woo ......"

The girl named Martha said and then began to cry bitterly.

A young girl was caught by a bandit, and her fate can be imagined.

Only then did Charles notice that the clothes on her upper body had been torn from the middle, and now she was using the strips of cloth torn from the hem of her skirt as ropes to tie up the clothes from the left and right sides. The top, which had been transformed into a deep V suit, drooped down under the force of gravity, and the clothes only covered the huge southern hemisphere, and the white and dirty northern hemisphere was exposed to broad daylight.

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Her skirt was no better, the front hem was also torn open, and a pair of long, well-proportioned legs loomed.

Elizabeth looked at Charles and said, "Tell the others to come over." ”

So Charles blew a string of caravan whistles, and soon there was a sound of horses' hooves behind him.

Keith, the mage of the convoy, rode over with two other convoy members.

Elizabeth said to Keith, "This lady is being chased by bandits, you take her back." ”

Keith nodded, then rode up to the girl, pulled the girl to the horse and sat sideways, then put one hand around the thin waist of the girl in front of him, and the other hand controlled the reins, turned the horse's head and walked in the direction of the convoy.

Elizabeth and Charles shook their heads and smiled helplessly.

With dusk still more than an hour away, Elizabeth began to instruct Charles in building a simple model of spells.

In combat, the shorter the time it takes to build a spell, the faster it can be cast.

"The fastest person I've ever seen cast spells in humans is your grandmother. Elizabeth said to Charles, "The modular spell model she invented is interesting, and you can learn that from her." ”

After hearing the word "modular", Charles realized, no wonder Grandma and Elizabeth could fight on the premise of maintaining the same level of magic power.

However, using the modular spell model requires a high level of magical knowledge, and Charles needs to learn further from Elizabeth.

Just as the sunset appeared in the sky, and the two of them were about to turn their horses and return to the convoy, Elizabeth suddenly said to Charles: "Charles, I plan to let you study in the Knowledge City for four years after you are fourteen years old, and then study with your uncle for a few years, what do you think?"

Charles thought about it, there is a saying that "it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years", and he could afford to wait for more than ten years, so he agreed.

Elizabeth continued: "The development of magic has reached a plateau now, and it is difficult for either side to make further breakthroughs. ”

"Knowledge City and the Elven Court have long planned to carry out a series of comprehensive academic exchanges, but unfortunately this activity has not been carried out for various reasons. ”

"Your uncle's side has the same idea, but they can't spare the energy to advance this matter because of the tension on the Western Front. ”

"So I want to try it on you first, you're smart enough to see what you can achieve when the time comes. ”

Charles nodded silently, he couldn't object to such a thing.

When the two of them returned to the convoy, the entire convoy had just finished camping in the open space next to the main road.

Charles hurriedly led Ziyue to the horse ring, and then went to the cooking cart to carry out today's routine.

While preparing the ingredients for tonight, Charles noticed that Donio had brought out more than usual.

"Why is there one more?" Charles asked Donio as he took notes.

"Didn't you pick up a little girl again?" said Tonyo, winking at Charles.

Charles was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that they had just met the daughter of a baron who had just escaped from the bandits.

Then Donio said, "This time it's cheaper Keith kid." ”

"Could it be that you still want to cheapen yourself?" Charles's tone revealed a joke, "Don't worry, I won't tell the queen." ”

With oats in one hand and jerky in the other, Donio gently kicked Charles's ass, "You tell the king directly." ”

Charles, who was holding the salt, jumped aside with ease, leaving Donio in the air.

At this time, a weak voice said, "Excuse me, can I help in any way?"

At this time, Martha had already washed her face, and her appearance looked quite innocent.

She wore a men's coat that covered her upper body, which was exposed in broad daylight. You can tell it's Keith's at first glance.

The wide coat was worn on Martha's body, and the abdomen looked unusually snug and unfitting.

The broken skirt had not had time to be repaired, and she could still see her legs looming as she walked, as well as a few bruises on her fair skin.

Charles looked at it and shook his head, this convex and backward ...... Is.......

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Donio pointed not far away and said, "You go and help her kill the pig." ”

There, Artoria was wielding a long sword, skilfully handling the boar she had hunted this afternoon.

Martha was stunned, and her steps couldn't move for half a minute.

Eventually, though, she found an errand to help Charles cook oatmeal, standing by the stove and stirring the water and oats in the cauldron with a wooden stick to prevent the sunken oats from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

As a result, she didn't stir up for a few minutes, and Keith, who had combed his green hair back in order, ran over to help. After a little arguing, Keith couldn't resist her, so he could only watch her and chat with her.

During this time, anyone who passes by will kick Keith with a stupid face.

While helping to make soup for the caravan, Martha asked Charles, who was scooping porridge on the side, "Do some people still wear helmets when they eat?"

Charles replied, "There are a lot of bugs in the trees, and if you are not careful, the bugs will get into your hair, and they will only take off their helmets when they sleep." I was bitten in the face by a bug the other day, so I found a mask to put on. ”

Then Martha asked, "Where are you from, and why did you come out to work at such a young age?"

Charles replied, "I live in a village called Hogsmeade to the south, and I am the only one left in the house, and our caravan was passing by, and the boss kindly took me in. ”

"That's right. Martha looked at Charles in surprise, "I'll send you some delicious food when I get home." Our maple syrup is the most famous, and you're guaranteed to like it. ”

Charles politely thanked Martha.

After dinner, the crowd was chatting around the campfire, and Alfred came again to pester Charles to tell him a story.

So Charles pointed to the bald heads of Aubrey and Donio and said to him, "If you can figure out a way to sell the comb to the two of them, I'll tell you a story." ”

After sending Alfrede away, Aubrey began to call for a lot to decide who would be the right person for tonight's vigil.

Unfortunately, Charles won the lottery for the middle of the night, and he was joined by Keith, who was glued to Martha's side.