It was another slow and long night, and under the setting of tiredness, unless the threshold was exceeded, Qin Song would not feel any difficulty at all, and he was still full of energy. It's a pity that he is only in a juvenile state, and his body strength is very weak, which cannot support him to go on an expedition in the wild, and maybe a cat can turn him into that immortal stench fog.

Well, what immortal stench fog, isn't it just - fart?

There was no fun in the cold and lonely castle, and Leah crouched in the dim candlelight as always, focusing on the complicated business with great seriousness.

A typical workaholic, Qin Song shook his head secretly. Being in a high level of mental tension for a long time, and not getting enough rest for the body, when it comes to the cruel battlefield full of iron and fire, there will be big problems.

However, Qin Song also understood that Liya was so desperate. Leah just wanted Alice to have an easier time without her protection. When she leads the team on the unpredictable and dangerous battlefield, Alice becomes the little master of the castle, and needs to take responsibility for managing the complicated government affairs of several farms, which must be a huge burden for this little girl who does not know the world.

The comet's tail streaked across the night sky, tearing a crack in the deep blue sky. On a windy balcony, a small, pink one-eyed octopus rests on a rough stone brick and gazes silently at the sky.

Alice is really lucky to have such a strong, brave, considerate and gentle sister.

But what about me?

What do you have in this world?

At this time, how nice it would be if there was a cigarette?

Well, it doesn't seem to have evolved a mouth yet......

The moment of silent castle sleep passed, the bright red sun rose in the east through the treetops, unknown birds chirped, and golden bands of light shone on the clouds of the sky, reflected in the mottled battlements of the castle.

"Leah, Leah. Alice, who had gotten up early in the morning, stood at the door of Leah and shouted softly, as if she did not want to disturb her sister's rest. But last night's dream was still so real that she couldn't wait to tell Leah: "Everything is real, the great god, watching them." ”

"Alice, come in. ”

There was a tired voice in the room, and Leah used to be full of energy and light steps, but now she stayed up all night and worked, and her legs were a little weak and unstable. But she didn't want her sister to see her haggard appearance, so she hurriedly rubbed her cheeks, trying to make herself look more energetic. But the sore arms trembled uncontrollably, how dexterous and steady they were......

Alice gently pushed the door in, and saw Leah rubbing her cheeks behind the desk full of thick parchment scrolls, and knew that she must have had another sleepless night, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"Leah, are you alright? ”

"It's okay, don't worry. Leah struggled to squeeze out a relaxed smile and patted the parchment scroll: "It's going to be finished soon." Whew, I can finally get ahead of the expedition and not leave a mess. ”

"It must have been hard work. It's a pity I can't help much. Alice came up behind Leah and gently squeezed her shoulder.

Feeling Alice's self-blame, Liya hurriedly held her hand: "Alice, don't blame yourself, this is what I should have done." I promised my father that I would take good care of the Blackstone Collar and you. Oh, by the way, are you having nightmares again? It's earlier than usual. ”

"No, not a nightmare. Alice carefully grasped the strength of her hand, leaned on Leah's ear, and said in an excited tone: "I did dream again last night, guess what I dreamed of?"

From Alice's tone, Leah heard a little excitement, which made her feel very surprised, and a conjecture suddenly popped up in her mind: "Alice, you won't tell me that you dreamed of the god with the long name again, right?"

"What a god with a long name? Alice was a little dissatisfied with Leah's ridicule. In her mind, it was a sacred, undesecrated being: "the guardian of the sanctuary of the soul, the embodiment of strength and wisdom, the embodiment of love and justice, the majestic krem." ”

Well, after saying it in one breath, even she felt that this title was indeed a bit long.

"So, I guess right?"

Leah thought it was a little funny, in fact, she had also had repetitive dreams, such as when she had just been baptized as a knight in the Church of the Holy Spirit, and she often dreamed of the Holy Spirit's patron shrouded in divine light, her god of light, Azumat. As for Alice, she dreamed of her father most of the time during her father's death for half a year, perhaps because of her psychological effect, she spontaneously produced a god who comforted her and began to recur, which is really not a strange thing.

"Huh......" The tiredness of the days is not something that can be endured by will, but Lia still can't help but yawn, and it seems that there is a heavy lead on her eyelids.

Seeing Liya so tired, Alice swallowed back her words, thinking to herself, her sister has worked so hard, it is not a good time to chat, and she will lead the team at dawn tomorrow, so it is necessary to keep enough rest.

"Well, yes, indeed. Alice nodded, her innocent blue eyes blinking at her and not continuing: "Liya, you should rest for a while." I'm afraid you'll fall asleep during the march and fall off your horse. ”

Liya also felt that she couldn't hold it anymore, tomorrow's expedition was a big event, and she couldn't tolerate the slightest mistake: "Listen to you, little one." A noble knight who falls off his horse because he is sleepy will make people laugh out of his belly. I'm going to rest now. ”

"Okay. I should have gone to see Sherlock, too. ”

"Sherlock?"

"Haha, it's my little prince, that little pink octopus. ”

"You guy, you give an octopus such a name. ”

Alice, who was in a good mood, ran back to the room, lay on the desk by the window, unfolded a roll of papyrus, dipped a quill in her hand and dipped it in ink, thought for a moment with her chin in it, and wrote down a line: "Knowledge is power." ”

Then he stared hard with wide eyes, and the revelation of the gods echoed in his mind: "When you are ready, I will take you to ride the wind and waves in the ocean of knowledge and reach the other side of the light." ”

But the question is, how do you get ready? Knowledge, what does knowledge look like? Did the old maid Mary teach her how to weave, or did the old maid Tana instruct her in aristocratic manners, and how to be a good wife?

In the dark ages of the Middle Ages, where illiteracy was everywhere, being able to write a handful of words as fluently as Alice was definitely one of the few high-achieving students. This is due to her aristocratic status and an enlightened father, who spent a lot of gold on Leah and Alice to hire an elderly scholar from Waterdeep as their mentor during their childhood.

Generally speaking, aristocratic ladies will take on a small part of the task of assisting their husbands in the management of the territory after marriage, and proficiency in writing can increase their value and increase the weight of marrying into the upper class nobles.

But even then, Alice can't understand the true meaning of knowledge.

"Well, I'm just a mortal after all, how can I understand the meaning of knowledge from the mouth of the gods?" said Alice, thinking wildly, as she recalled all the details of her dream, and kept walking around the room.

When she came to the pottery urn and saw the pink Sherlock lying quietly at the bottom of the water, she couldn't help but lie on the edge of the urn, and her delicate eyebrows were squeezed together: "Hi, Sherlock, my little prince." Can you tell me something?"