Old Kiplin handed Feige's father's letter to Feige, and looked at him with piercing eyes. "Read it and tell me what you think. ”

Feige frowned: What is there to read? The letter was short, full of etiquette and formulaic expressions, and was just a little more polite than a formal official letter.

The count's father, in a vigorous and powerful script, began the letter by introducing himself, and then expressing his "reverence and admiration" for the Church of the Goddess who managed the Ice Peak Fortress. The next thing is to give money, interest, support the work of the fortress, and then euphemistically express the idea that I hope everyone will take care of their son.

"I'm sorry, I don't see anything special. Feige shook his head, and then added, "Except that I think I should write back to express my gratitude and change." ”

"The reply is the right thing to do. The old man nodded, but did not smile kindly. He stretched out his dry, somewhat trembling fingers and dotted on the letterhead, "Read this." ”

"Oh...... I beg you to nurture the dog Feige Hale to become a qualified warrior in the light of the Goddess. He will serve under the seat, and there will be five hundred gold coins of the Annuity of Todd Manor for installation and maintenance......" Fei Qi raised his head and stared at the old man: "Is there a problem with this sentence?"

"This is the penal colony, a place to say goodbye to the past, but Ling Zun wants you to remain Fech-Hale. Old man Kiplin took the letter and placed it a foot away from the candlestick. "Every qualified warrior here will be given the word Frozen as a surname, which means that he has broken with his past self. So, you'll be Fitch Ice, not Hale. ”

Fei Qi scratched his head, he didn't care if the surname of his body was Hall or Ice, it wasn't the original "Yan" anyway. "Probably...... Maybe my father doesn't know much about the rules here in Ice Peak Fortress, right?"

The old man shook his head and patted Feige lightly on the shoulder: "The Hall family has two titles, the Royal Earl and the Templar. Your family became hereditary counts due to the military exploits of their predecessors, but the word royal comes from your grandmother, who was the princess of the Levi Central Empire, which makes your family's bloodline related to the imperial family. She was the only daughter of the three children of His Majesty Emperor Butch Leighton III, and her status was so noble that she brought the word royal. ”

Feige couldn't answer, so he had to keep nodding his head and answering with an "um".

"Counts are common, and the word royal is not uncommon, but the title of Templar is rarely seen among the secular nobility, right? The knights of the Church, that is, the Paladins, their weapons and armor, their life and training, must be managed by the Church. As a result, they could no longer acquire land in the kingdom. Not to mention a hereditary count, not even a baron, or a half-joking brigady."

"Paladins, including Templar titles, are not hereditary. But there are three exceptions to the empire, and the Hall family is one of them. Your family has a very close relationship with the church, and he won't be unaware of the rules of these fortresses in the Sunset Mountains. In fact, part of our daily maintenance costs come from the Templar family. ”

Feige's mouth opened in surprise: he knew these things for the first time. In the past, Feige only knew about alchemy, dealing with the devil, self-destruction, rebellion and cunning, and did not care at all, let alone learn these political things. But if Feige had learned a little in the past, he would not have done the thing of giving medicine to the duke's son and chemically castrating him.

"Your father deliberately misassociated the name Fitch Hall with an annuity, implying that he wanted to keep your family name so that you could one day return to the family. I remember you were the second son of the Earl, and you also had an older brother, a younger brother, and two younger sisters, didn't you?"

Feige nodded. No matter how rebellious and rebellious he is, there are still members of the family who know.

"To tell you the truth: the absence of you in your family does not affect the inheritance and continuation. The old man didn't take his hand off Feige's shoulder, but squeezed it tighter: "I think about it, the only reason your father let you keep your surname is probably to know that you didn't make a mistake and shouldn't have been exiled. But he can't prove it, and he can't clear your name for the time being, so you can only save your life through exile. ”

And such a thing?

Taking over this body also takes over the past it represents, but in Feige's memory, there is nothing directly related to "chemical castration". It is true that he had a close relationship with the son of the Grand Duke and shared alchemical potions, but he did not have the memory of the castration potions. From simple to difficult, he knows fifty-five formulas, and none of them have any effect or side effects that are cut off.

Feige struggled to recall the events about the Hall family, hoping to find evidence to support Kiplin's views. Emotionally, Yan Rui has his own sustenance and does not want to have a deep connection with Feiqi's family. The Hall family is like a foster family that he suddenly entered for him, and the sense of rejection is the instinctive reaction. He even liked the beginning of the exile after the crossing, as if it were some kind of "freedom". This emotion, combined with memories lost due to the combination of drugs and souls, caused Feige to think of anything useful

"I ...... I don't understand something. Is there anyone coercing the Earl?"

"Coercion...... Child, I am not a god, I can't see things that far away, and I can't see through time. All I can do is analyze. The old man Kiprin said that he could not give an answer, but only had some ideas: "When I saw this letter, I was very surprised. Icepeak Fortress is the most dangerous place in the entire Sunset Mountains, especially in the coming winter days. If you are to be exiled, the Kaigawa Fortress is actually more comfortable. So the key question is: who proposed to bring you here in the first place?"

"It's the Earl. "Feige still has memories of this. "It was one night when he came back from outside, pointed at me at the table, and said, 'Pack your things and go to the Ice Peak Fortress in the Sunset Mountains. You can't stay at home anymore. It seems that he never mentioned the word exile. By the way, I could have been here two months ago, right...... I was invited to play all the way, and I was separated not long ago. ”

"It looks like you've figured things out, but remember not to be fooled by appearances. The old man closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and reopened them with a puzzled expression. He shook his head and said, "The person who delays you on the road may just be a tool to be used, and you don't necessarily know much about it." Also, your father asked you to come here, but he wasn't the first to propose it. It's just that he should know about the dangers of the Ice Peak Fortress, so it's strange that he can agree to let you come here and let you stay for a long time. ”

"What's so dangerous about Ice Peak Fortress?" Feige finally couldn't help but ask.

"They didn't tell you, oh, I guess I was afraid that you would be distracted from training, which is actually a good intention. The Ice Peak Fortress will be haunted in winter, and the spirits of the Sunset Mountains will gather to disturb the mind and kill people. This phenomenon has been going on for more than three hundred years and has not been solved. ”

Feige's eyes widened, "Haunted, if it's dangerous, can't you avoid it for now?"

"The Ice Peak Fortress needs to be manned, and it can't be left unattended all winter. In winter, it always snows and the roads are closed and impassable. So, someone has to stay here, and stay all winter. However, although they can be haunted, within the fortress area, as long as the body is strong enough, or there is a determined soul, or there is divine protection, those geists are not necessarily deadly. ”

The old man went on to explain that under normal circumstances, young apprentices would descend the mountain to Collingwood, a few dozen miles away, before the heavy snow began to gather. There, in the middle of the hills below, the snow is much better. Personnel can still come and go, and supplies will not be broken. There is a warm fire and a bed, and even a soft body to relieve loneliness.

Traveling to other forts is also a wintering option, but it is also not suitable for Feige. Because his "place of exile" is the Ice Peak Fortress, and that's it. Not to mention other fortresses, even Collingwood is not part of the Icecrest Fortress, nor is it Fitch's range of exile.

If Feige hadn't completed his training and rituals, or had not received his indulgence, he wouldn't be able to take refuge in the Church anywhere else but the Icepeak Fortress. If it is particularly strict, Feige can even be counted as a "deserter", and there is a reward for killing. To be executed as a deserter is not only a loss of life, but the stigma can also be traced back to the Earl's family.

"You are very close to death. If you don't finish the training, you'll either stay here and wait for the geist to die, or go down the mountain to gamble on whether you'll be able to dodge the assassination's blade, and even if you finish the training, the enhancement ritual isn't safe, and there's still a 30% chance that you won't survive. It's never a good place, except to send it to death. ”

Feige jerked to his feet and walked around the room. He's already been killed by the blade, and it's been the devil's power to resurrect it - but that doesn't mean there won't be a next time. The threat of death is real, and the conspiracy is definitely not speculation on a piece of paper. A large hand from the past of conspiracy and malice still clasps Feige's neck now, and the enemy hiding in the shadows raises deadly blades, ready to poke his guts again.

"I ...... If I had your wisdom, or if you could see my memories directly, maybe you would have been able to find out the truth directly. Feige sat down again, the gloomy cloud was still there, but he couldn't hide his perseverance: "No matter where the enemy is, it definitely doesn't like to see me alive." Then I'm going to live! not only to survive, but to become stronger, to be smarter, to outrun that enemy, and then to move on. ”

"My brilliance is the arrow that shoots at the enemy, and I always follow the arrow and find it. ”

"So, please tell me what I should do to get through this and survive. ”