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Later in the evening, Mo Shi was dragged by Dino and went with him to Dino's house in a carriage.

Dino Firesparrow had changed greatly, his face had completely faded from the arc of a young man, and his expression was getting closer and closer to his father.

He wore the earrings worn by adult male snowwalkers, the rings and chains over his fur coat, and the intricate patterns and heavy gems on his belt, which were symbols of wealth and status.

The son of the Grand Duke of the West, Dino Firesparrow, he has now become the perfect interpretation of this identity.

"Your ravens seem to have died in their third year," Dino turned the stove in the center of the carriage, and the carriage slowly marched through the streets of Wangcheng on a snowy evening, "and we have rarely received any letters from you since. ”

"I don't even have the money to ask for a messenger. Mo Shi replied succinctly, with a faint smile, "Actually, for a while, paper was too precious for me. ”

"I've heard a little bit about it...... Something. ”

Mo Shi nodded.

"I can't say how much I can help, but—" Dinord paused for a moment. Mo Shi could see between his eyebrows that had not covered him before, "But I will always make some effort." ”

There was a slight jolt between his words.

Then the two fell silent together.

The wheels of the carriage ran over the fresh snow.

"Firesparrow has been very generous to me. The charcoal fire crackled, and Mo Shi spoke quietly, "When I went up the river to dig a canal in the territory of the Duke of Firebird, Lord Duke gave me his full support. That's enough for me to be grateful. ”

"Heyal from the south has come to the center to refute what you are doing, and ask the king and the temple to condemn you!" Dino raised his voice sharply, "They want to burn you at the stake, they say you want to change the course of the river—against God's creation." They say that those who support you are fools who have been deceived by you and have turned away from God, and they say that you are a greedy demon who has destroyed God's creation and enriched yourself—"

Moshi bent his back deeply and closed his eyes.

"You think the same way?" he asked softly.

"Of course not!" replied Dino quickly.

"Thank you. Mo Shi looked at the fire, "However, I really don't know that anyone has come to the central government to accuse me." ”

Dino sensed Mo Shi's pain, and his tone softened: "Your Majesty has rejected all their requests. ”

"But the king doesn't support me anymore. ”

“...... Your Majesty was forced to do so. Dino's tone carried a kind of bewilderment and procedural repression, meaninglessly reassuring Mo Shi, "Those Heyal are his relatives and friends, how can he really turn a deaf ear?" ”

"Yes, I know. Mo Shi raised his head again and rubbed his dry eyes with his hands, "Of course I thank Your Majesty for all the support I have given me. His willingness to appoint me in order to clean up the Mutter River has already put him under heavy pressure. I was just...... After all, I watched those people die.

Mo Shi looked at Dino and smiled bitterly.

"Unlike the soldiers who died on the battlefield, no one gave them glory. ”

Dino also participated in wars, watching his friends and enemies die firsthand.

But it is true, as Mo Shi said, this is not the same.

Warriors will die on the battlefield and will die on the battlefield. But no one has ever dictated how other people should die.

"Anyway...... You're back now. And you came back with success and love. Dino struck up and said, "You'll be fine here." By the way, why don't you stay in my house for a while? I heard that your mansion has been uninhabited for two years, and it must be too deserted. Okay, that's it!"

Mo Shi couldn't think of any reason not to agree.

He really had nowhere to go.

The mansion that the king had given him was too large and bleak for three or five servants.

Dino looked at Mo Shi, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "How good, it's like when you were in the Red Sand Castle, it will definitely be good." ”

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Dino Firesparrow's house is not the same as it used to be.

Mo Shi felt this when he stepped on the entrance.

Is the floor replaced with new marble?

Is it a change in decorations?

Is it the color of the curtains that has changed?

...... Is it the smell?

"By the way, you may not know it, but Mr. Shekka is now a sword teacher for the two princes - sometimes he stays in the palace at night. Dino turned his head to look at Mo Shi and smiled, "It seems a little strange to think that the way I and the princes used our swords could be derived from the same teacher. ”

"I think this kind of position would be a good fit for Shekha. ”

"How are you? Do you want to be taught by princes again? I would like to speak to His Majesty about it. ”

Mo Shi shook his head: "I didn't think about it. ”

"Then you can think about it. ”

Dino turned to the attendant who was guarding the side: "Madame, has you gotten up today?"

The maid bowed her head and replied, "No." However, Madame took her medicine on time today and also had dinner. ”

Dino nodded, waving the maid back.

"Princess Gerota is sick?" asked Mo Shi.

"Yes. ”

"May God bless her. ”

"Drinking?" Dino walked over to the table where the food had already been served, and smiled at Mo Shi as he raised his glass.

"You know, I've never been a Prohibitionist. ”

-

The human body's rate of alcohol breakdown is still efficient, and Moser sows sweet wine from sweet roots, stuffing into his mouth foods that he would never have tasted before—after a decade like that, he now sees the dried offal of the tongue-piercing beast as delicious, and cheese as a soothing thing thing for the tongue.

It can even be said that now Mo Shiti has tasted the joy of eating.

He would never complain about the roughness of the food again. As they swam along the Mutter River and set up camp on snowy and rainy nights, the campfires were lit and the smell of sweet roots and jerky was soothing and calming to all. And any drop of wine is a pleasant flame to warm up.

But Dino is different.

Moshi soon realizes that Dino is drinking numbly in a way that hides his pain.

The alcohol quickly kicks off the snowwalker's body, causing his skin to redden, and his ears to flutter. In Mo Shi's impression, Dino was not as drunk as often as Shekha and Mo Shi because he was easily drunk, and Dino didn't like to get drunk at that time.

"Did something happen that I don't know about?" asked Moshi. The question was blunt.

Because Dino respected him, Dino turned his somewhat aggrieved gaze like a student who had been reprimanded by the teacher.

"Your face seems a little strange to me, Mr. Moshi, you haven't been back for a long time. ”

Dino spoke with drunkenness.

"Yes, young master. ”

"But you don't seem to have changed at all! as if the years have only passed on us......"

"Not really," though elven patients do not age, "it's just that I'm not as changed as you are. You're growing up, and I'm not going to grow again. ”

"Ah, yes, Mr. Moshi, you've lost a lot of weight, and you've got scratches on your skin—yes, but it won't change as much as we do. ”

"Who do you mean? and with whom?"

Dino fell silent.

Mo Shi moved the bottle to his side and filled it for himself.

After a long while, Dino spoke softly, "I've been married for eleven years now, and Gelota has been pregnant five times...... Not a single child remained. It's time for me to take my wife. ”

The arm wife refers to the side chamber.

In snowwalker society, a man can have a wife and multiple legal lovers.