This is a strange Knight grassland, and the grass on the ground is far less fertile than the hometown grassland, let alone the vast grassland of the hometown.

But Sophia didn't mind, she got up early every day to clean the dirt in the fence for the cattle and sheep. Although Sophia was born in the noble imperial baron's mansion, she had never done such dirty and tiring physical work before, but in order to give herself a new start, in order to forget all the unpleasantness of the past. Sophia gritted her teeth and silently endured the hard life.

Sophia got up early that morning, fetched a large bucket of water from the well, and struggled to wring the bucket to clean the pen.

Sophia's body was relatively thin, and the water was too heavy for her, and she lost her center of gravity as she walked, and she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Suddenly, a strong hand hugged her, and the bucket of water was taken away without spilling a drop. Sophia looked back sharply, but she didn't expect that this was Subaru, the civil magistrate of the northern kingdom who managed the ranch.

Being hugged by a strange man like this, Sophia felt insulted, and she hurriedly stood up and reached out to push away Subaru's strong left arm. At this moment, Sophia remembered the evil face of Wybatt again, and she thought of Subaru as well, and felt that all these men outside were equally disgusting.

But then she saw Subaru smile slightly, twisting the bucket as she walked, and said, "I heard that you and Mistress Michelle are both from the Imperial Prairie. Isn't our steppe here particularly bad compared to the steppes of your empire? ”

Sophia didn't dare to speak, she hugged her body tightly, afraid that some parts of herself would be seen by Subaru, and followed Subaru from a distance.

Subaru never looked back, and as he walked, he looked at the cattle pen not far away and said, "There used to be a wasteland here and there, and there were not a few weeds on the ground. Now the situation is much better than before, and it takes a lot of effort to get more turf here. ”

After ten minutes of getting along, Sophia felt that this Subaru didn't seem to be as evil as she imagined, so she calmed down, relaxed her body and followed Subaru closely.

Before and after arriving at the bullpen, Subaru did not return the bucket to Sophia, but wiped the fence with a rag himself. Sophia stood aside without saying a word, watching Subaru work seriously.

Soon Subaru asked, "Oh yes, you Tubis have a lot of experience raising cattle. Miss Sophia, tell me, how can we raise this cow to grow faster and produce more meat? ”

Sophia has lived in the Baron's Court since she was a child, and she doesn't know these things in the pasture. But Sophia was also very clever, and she replied, "In our Tubis steppe, it seems that I have never seen cattle and sheep raised in a pen." ”

Subaru has been using the captive breeding method of Dragon City to raise these cattle and sheep, and he has no idea the grazing method on the grassland, but as soon as Sophia said this, he immediately asked curiously: "Then how are your cattle and sheep raised?" ”

Sophia replied, "There is a song in our grassland, and the lyrics are: In that vast grassland, cattle, sheep and horses are all over the sky, and wherever the sky goes, our cattle, sheep and horses will go." ”

"Oh." Subaru thought for a while and asked, "So, your cattle, sheep and horses are grazing?" ”

Sophia looked at the cows in the cattle pen and said sympathetically: "Cows are also alive, and they are also in the mood. They are kept in captivity here, they can't go anywhere, and naturally their mood is not much better, so how can they grow up fast? ”

Speaking of this, Sophia immediately thought of her miserable fate and couldn't help but shed tears.

Seeing that the beautiful Sophia shed tears of grief, Subaru did not go up to comfort her, but ignored Sophia, and went directly to open the bullpen and drove out all the cattle in the bullpen.

Seeing the herd of cows grazing freely on the grassland, Subaru hurriedly went to open the other cattle pens, and Sophia wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and a rare smile appeared on her face. Every morning that followed, Subaru would come to Sophia's place to herd the cattle with herd, and the two quickly went from strangers to friends.

One morning, Subaru brought some gray cows from afar, handed them to Sophia, and said, "You haven't seen these cows, how are they?" I specially brought it to you to take care of, these cows are beautiful, do you like them? ”

Sophia is a shy girl, she hasn't known Subaru for a long time, so she naturally doesn't want to reveal her preferences easily.

Her face was still so haggard, and she approached one of the cows expressionlessly, reaching out to touch its black and white skin, and a slight smile appeared on her face.

Subaru knew that Sophia must be satisfied, so he continued, "This cow is not originally from our Nett continent, so I'm sure you haven't seen it before. ”

Sophia pursed her lips and muttered a little unconvinced: "It's not all the same cow, is it possible that it can grow a few catties more than ordinary cows." ”

Subaru laughed out loud when he heard this, and said happily while laughing: "My God, this cow is never for food, you are so cute." ”

Sophia was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and hurriedly blinked her eyes and asked, "Didn't you take it to eat?" Why don't you eat it, is it not used as a pet for you knights? ”

"Pets?" , Subaru sneered and said, "Our Nate has fallen to this point, how can we have any leisure to raise pets." I'll let you know right away how precious it really is. ”

After saying that, Subaru reached out and took a scoop from the bucket, then walked up to Sophia's fat cow, squatted down and began to milk it.

Then Subaru handed the scoop to Sophia and said, "Come and taste it, it's a good thing, it's very nutritious."

Sophia had already seen that her face was red, she hurriedly pushed the scoop away, but her eyes were still staring at the fresh milk in the scoop, and her mouth said again and again: "What, don't don't, don't give it to me." ”

Subaru smiled and said, "Look, I'll just say you've never seen this kind of cow." This cow is called the white cow, which is produced on the other side of the ocean on the continent of San Gono, and the milk they produce is very nutritious, and it is the most precious drink in our continent. In the old kingdom, only the great nobles drank it, and such a small half scoop of milk used to be worth a silver coin? ”

"A silver coin? So expensive? Sophia was stunned for a moment, and curiously stretched out her nose to smell it.

When the smell of fresh milk came to her nose, Sophia licked her lips, reached out and took the scoop from Subaru's hand, and tried to lick it slightly. After silently tasting the taste, Sophia took another sip, then shook her head and said, "It doesn't taste very good." ”

Subaru said with a smile: "This is just fresh milk, and it hasn't been processed with sugar yet, so the taste is naturally not very delicious." There is a milk processing workshop in our Wutuo territory, and the milk produced every day is in short supply, and there are many people who like to drink it. ”

Sophia licked her lips, then handed the scoop to Subaru and said, "You drink, don't waste it." ”

Subaru smiled, took the scoop and took a sip of it. Then he stretched out his hand and patted the cow and said, "This kind of cow is the treasure of our northern country, when the lord left Dragon City, Lord Miller only let people rush over a hundred cows, but the number is still too small." ”

Sophia frowned and said, "So little? That can only wait for them to slowly reproduce on their own. ”

Subaru shook his head and sighed, "It's not good to breed." With such a small number, their next generation is nothing, but the next generation is more troublesome. The survival rate of inbreeding cattle is very low, and the quality is generally not good. ”

Sophia replied without hesitation, "That's it, it's really not possible, I'll get more in the future." ”

Subaru smiled and said, "Yes, that's the only way to go." When the southern trade route is opened, let's find a way to get more cows. ”

In the days that followed, with the company of these cows, Sophia's life became more fun.

However, the damage she suffered was not so easy to erase. With the defeat of Warkass, more and more Tubis herders were settled into the territory of Wutuo, and Sophia had to face the Empire's people again.

As more and more Tubis people came to Uto, Sophia's mood got worse and worse day by day, and although Subaru didn't know why, Robit soon sent someone to tell him everything about Sophia.

It wasn't long before Bill returned to the empire and was elected the new king of the empire, and Sophia looked east from the steppe every day, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

But after waiting for a long time, Sophia didn't wait for anyone, until one day she waited for the news that Bill had married Erin, the daughter of the Duke's Palace, and the whole empire was celebrating the wedding of the two of them.

After learning the news, Sophia's whole person changed, and she no longer looked at the east side of the grassland, and her heart was as silent as ashes.

Late one night, Sophia was found by a kind-hearted grandmother who was lying in the depths of the wild grassland, her right wrist red with blood, and her face was completely bloodless.

After hearing the news that Sophia had committed suicide by cutting her wrists, Subaru rushed to Sophia's residence overnight and took care of her day and night.

When Sophia woke up, she saw Subaru hugging her and feeding her milk, and at this moment Sophia couldn't stop crying. She sat on the bed and cried incessantly, the pain in her heart was known only to herself.

Subaru put down the milk cup, reached out to hold the weak Sophia in his arms, and comforted the beautiful tearful man affectionately: "I know about you and Bill, Captain Robit told me everything." Sophia, don't worry, I promise that no one will dare to bully you in our northern country in the future, so please work hard to live. One day you will forget all about these unpleasant things, and you will know how important what I said today. ”

Sophia couldn't stop crying, letting Subaru hold her in her arms, without the slightest struggle or resistance. She cried very sadly, sadly, like she had lost the whole world.

Subaru continued to comfort him, saying, "In our Knight, your situation is not the most painful. When I was in Dragon City before, I also met a noble girl like you. She was much more miserable than you, and her whole family was killed by the son of a duke, and she was the only one who escaped. At that time, I escaped from Dragon City with her, and on our way to the north, we were chased by Dragon City guards day and night, and there was no chance to sleep on the way. When we fled to the North Crossing, we were finally caught up by the Dragon City guards and were almost killed by them. As a result, your Tubith patrol appeared, and we escaped from the tiger's mouth and fell into the wolf's den, and just when we lamented our tragic fate, we were fortunate to be saved by the northern knights. ”

After sobbing a few times, Sophia reached out to wipe her tears and asked, "Then, do you like that noble girl very much?" ”

Subaru shook his head and smiled, "She's not my lover, we just happened to run away together." ”

Sophia sat up slowly, and said to Subaru seriously: "Maybe this is fate, then you should work hard to pursue her, maybe people like you in their hearts." ”

Subaru laughed and said, "Sophia, you may not know it, but she is the lover of our Qiongbus Chief, and they liked each other more than ten years ago. ”

"Oh." Sophia sobbed again, sighed slightly, and said, "It's so good, they're finally together, it's great." ”

Subaru said to Sophia seriously: "Everyone's life is different, but I believe that as long as we persevere to the end, we will definitely get our true happiness." As your gods say, maybe you're having a hard time right now, but you have to know that it's just some training that the gods have given you. When you persevere and make it through, your dreams will soon come true. ”

In order to comfort Sophia, Subaru took great pains to understand the customs of the Tubis, so he said such a classic Tubiz proverb for Sophia. Sophia seemed to listen to these words, she nodded silently, reached out to pick up the milk, and drank it slowly.

Sophia has loved the pastures of the grassland since she was a child, and with the company of Subaru, Sophia slowly became cheerful and began to devote all her energy to this pasture.

In the past, Sophia wanted a lover who could be with her at all times. Her love is very simple, she doesn't need to be vigorous, she doesn't need to be so wise and powerful that the person she likes is, and she doesn't want her lover to leave her because of various major events.

Everything she couldn't get before, she could feel in Subaru's body. Perhaps for her, Subaru may be the true lover that the gods have arranged for her.

On a scorching afternoon, Sophia accidentally rolled down a hill while grazing and broke her ankle. Subaru was very anxious, and walked more than ten miles on her back, taking her to a nearby town for treatment.

It was that hot afternoon, Sophia, who was lying on Subaru's back, suddenly fell in love with him because she was moved.

Since then, the smile on Sophia's face has become more and more day by day, and in this different grassland, Sophia has finally regained her confidence and found her true love.