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The conditions for Moshi's southward journey were much better than when Opal and Long Tail descended into the Star Mountains.

Mo Shi was no longer an uneducated low-level Heyar, he was an earl and had his own fiefdom. Together with the king's reward, he bought himself a chariot and servants.

Mo Shi himself is not a person who really knows how to "live", he will carefully study the map and make a route, but he often feels at a loss when packing his luggage, and his understanding of money is also stuck in the concept and is always difficult to implement to buy-

Therefore, in the process of preparing for the southward journey, Duna and Nagao are the central characters. Mo Shi couldn't have imagined what a complicated task it would be to customize a carriage. Whenever Nagao came up to him and asked, "What do you think of the black wood for the wheels?", or "Do you prefer leather or fur for the curtain?", and "I picked five horses for you, but maybe you should see it yourself", and so on, Mo Shi was speechless, and in the end, the other party ran around and did it single-handedly.

It was only on the issue of servants that Moshi made a decision, and instead of selecting candidates from among the central inhabitants, they took in and hired the next group of people who had come south from the north because of the war. It is said that they were also servants of Viscount So-and-so, but that Viscount had been disemboweled by the rebels in a previous war.

In this way, a group of people who had little to do with the south embarked on a journey south.

The first stop of the journey is set up in Kiryu Castle, the city where the Scarlet Foot family lives. Stops will be made on the way, depending on the situation.

From northwest to southeast, all the way along the banks of the Mute River, there are more flat terrain than mountainous terrain, which is relatively easy to navigate.

This time of travel is one of the happiest memories of Duna Donga's life.

During these days, they were not short of money, and abundance brought with them a sense of security that Duna had not dared to ask for, and her master was now the master of many, no longer subservient to others, hovering between life and death decided by others. Even during the journey, Mo Shi insisted on teaching her to learn, and she has now learned the basics of reading and writing. A flock of ravens they raised shuttled between the Lvlu Road and the Royal City, bringing slow news.

Compared to her master's pale and frail, Duna was a young and healthy girl.

During her years in Central Intranetia, she was transformed from a skinny girl to a vibrant woman with more food and comfortable accommodation than a West Coast village. Her scent is crisp and pleasant, always filled with the warmth of the sun, and her fur is smooth and tight enough to withstand the wind, sand, rain and snow.

Youth brings infinite vitality, she is energetic and curious. Moshi admired these qualities in her.

Duna was the first canine orc Moshi knew, the only snowdrifter civilian he had ever come into close contact with, or the only snowkin he had ever come into close contact with. Together, they went through the toughest days.

They went from looking at each other to looking at each other and became true friends.

She has grown up, but Mo Shi has not changed in the slightest.

"Elves" do not "grow up".

Whenever he noticed this, Mo Shi's heart would shake, forcing him to worry about the difficulties he would face in the future.

When they stopped in the forest to rest, Moshi sat at the wheel of the carriage, and the groom from the north was grooming the mane of the two-horned horse. The gelding had its horns cut off and its canines sharpened, and had a very docile temper.

Mo Shi drank casually, looking at the trees whose appearance was slightly different from that of the north.

It stands to reason that this entire continent is cold and terrifying. But in any case, this is a continent in the northern hemisphere, and the south is usually a little warmer than the north – even if it is only a very subtle difference.

It's the turn of summer and winter, and the weather is unusually clear.

His gaze swept over the tall trees, and he saw Duna trying to break off a pine flower. This pine tree, which resembles the earth's masson pine, produces flowers that are more delicate and fragrant than those of the masson pine.

She was slightly shorter than the trees, and she jumped twice and failed to catch the branches.

So she put on her skirt and looked as if she was planning to climb a tree—she was a wild child born in the village, even after living in the palace for a few years, and she had lost her drive to be self-reliant.

Mo Shi raised his hand.

With a wave of his finger, the magic would bend the branches. And Duna must have known that he had done it. She would wag her tail at him after breaking off the branches, and her eyes narrowed into a smile on her face that retained the shape of a puppy.

But at this time, Mo Shi saw Long Tail walking towards her.

Male snowwalkers are generally much taller than women. He easily grabbed the branch, snapped it in his hand, and handed it to Duna.

Mo Shi only noticed something at this time. He couldn't tell if he was surprised or not.

When Duna walked over with Long Tail, she had already dodged to the side, and her whole body froze. When Nagao handed her the pine branch, she shook her ears in a panic, and waved her hand for a long time, but finally took it and squeezed it tightly in her hand. It was the first time she had been courted by a man, and she had apparently sensed the interest that Longtail had shown in her as an adult male. She wasn't used to that.

That night, Duna made sweet root powder soup for Moshi with pine flowers.

While Mo Shi slowly drank the soup, she sat down and rubbed a pine needle in her mind.

Long Tail was on the other side of the fire, chatting with the minions from the north. His gaze glanced over to this side from time to time, so that Mo Shi felt like he was being looked at in a panic.

He coughed twice.

Thinking that he had finished his dinner and needed to clean up the dishes, Duna jerked back to look at him. But Mo Shi shook his head, and then took a sip of Songhua soup.

"Don't you think it......" Mo Shi still had the smell of pine pollen in his mouth when he spoke.

Duna threw the pine needles into the fire and looked up at him.

She was not much shorter than Mo Shi, but as a sign of respect, she must sit on the carpet when Mo Shi sits on a chair, and she must hang her head when Mo Shi stands.

Moshi briefly looked at her for a moment.

Mo Shi thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think of this person with Long Tail?"

He asked in a more secure way, but it obviously still caused a great shock to the girl.

Duna stammered for a moment.

Mo Shi waited patiently.

"How...... How's it going? Mr. Nagao is ......" Quickly, she calmed down, "I think that Mr. Nagao is a reliable man. The carriage he bought you was good, and I did the math that he didn't deduct any more money for himself. He's been very well behaved so far on this trip, he's treated you very respectfully, and he rarely drinks alcohol - I haven't been with him for long, but I can see that Mr. Nagao is a good talker and should be able to help you a lot. ”

Mo Shi could hear that she was saying these words from the position of a housekeeper, so she seemed calm.

"You should be about to turn thirty this year, Duna," Mo Shi's tone softened, "you'll soon be an adult." It's been seven years since you and your family took me in...... There are times when I do think about something, or rather, I should think about it, but because I don't have experience as a 'master', I neglect a lot. Maybe you'd like to tell me what you think?"

Duna's ears drooped, and she shook her head in silence.

"Let's talk about it later, Lord Moshi, and I'll talk about it later. She pleaded in a low voice.

So Mo Shi realized that she, like herself, hadn't thought deeply about the future. So he was silent too, just reaching out and touching the fluff under her ear.

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