—4E, 201, Last Seed, 17th, 21:00 —

"Sinding, mom said you should go to rest." Lavisia ran into the grain mill and said to the gray-haired man who pushed the mill: "She said, 'There are more dead than alive in Phocles, and no one buys more flour than it grinds.'" ”

"Heh," Sindin didn't stop, "you can go and tell your mother that those Imperial soldiers will definitely buy a lot of food to take with them when they leave tomorrow morning, and they are not here to be stationed." ”

"No, Mom said she wanted me to watch you stop working." The little girl looked left and right, ran to a wooden bench in the corner of the mill and sat down, watching Sindin work with wide eyes.

She probably misunderstood the meaning of the sentence, and Sindin thought that in a little while this batch of grain would be finished, and it should be no problem for her to wait a little.

Sindin is a wanderer, which is a status that is not very popular, because Skyrim is vast and sparsely populated, if you are not lazy, whether you are working in the town or hunting or even joining the army, you can live, and you will become a wanderer, which means that this person has a tendency to become a robber or thief, and the town watch will not give a good face when they see them.

So, when Sindin came to Falkreath and was taken in by the Mathis couple at the Corpse Light Farm, he was determined to repay them by working hard.

While the name of the farm sounds scary, it is quite normal compared to the "Dead Man's Wine" inn, the "Ash Coffin Grocery Store", and the "Grave Steel" blacksmith shop, and the name is this one because Phocles City is known as "the largest graveyard in the sky".

It has no walls, and around the center of the town is a large cemetery complex that is older than Phocles itself, and because it borders both Syrodil and Falling Hammer provinces, it is a battleground for soldiers, and there have been countless battles in history, where fallen soldiers are buried, and even now, the Imperial Legion and Stormcloak bring soldiers who died in battle.

Finally, due to the dense cemetery of Phocles, one of the eight Holy Spirits, Arkay, who is in charge of the cycle of life and death, funerals and cemeteries, attracted the attention of Arkay, who endowed Phocreis with the "change of seasons" characteristic attached to the "cycle of life and death" priesthood, giving Phocreis the quality of "not being affected by the change of seasons", although his original intention may have been to protect the cemetery, but it turned out to make Phocreis the second largest food producer in the sky.

The farm where Sindin works is just one of the smaller ones.

The Imperial soldiers claimed that they had captured the leader of the Stormcloak, but he was rescued by a dragon, which was nonsense, and Sindin continued to push the stone mill, judging by the soldier's tired and embarrassed appearance, it was probably true that the capture of the Stormcloak was true, but instead he fell into an ambush and was beaten to the ground.

Due to the peculiarity of Phocles, the opposing sides did not intend to use this place as a strategic base, but only secretly competed with each other in the replacement of lords, after all, neither side wanted to be at peace after their death.

In this way, you should be able to live here quietly for a few years, and then slowly find a way to solve "that problem", instead of being forced to wander around.

After Sindin stopped the stone mill to collect the chaff and flour, he found that the farmer Mathis's daughter, Lavisia, who was just nine years old, had fallen asleep on her knees.

Hehe, Sindin chuckled, as a wanderer, the little children of Phocles had always avoided him, and it was not necessary to guess that it was influenced by the attitude of their parents, and maybe they would even use themselves to scare the children when they were not sleeping—because there were graveyards all around, the effect of scaring the ghouls or ghosts was greatly reduced.

Only little Lavisia is not afraid of him, and there is a lot of closeness, if the reason is ...... Maybe it has something to do with the fact that she doesn't like planting and harvesting, but prefers wild beasts and hunting.

When she was older, and with the permission of the Mathis, Sindin thought that perhaps he could give her his hunting suit, longbow, and hunting experience.

However, this idea was shattered in the next moment.

Just as Sindin was about to reach out and pick up the girl and return her to her parents, as he had done several times before, a familiar, wild thought that frightened him instantly.

【Prey!】 Tore! Blood! No, wait...... [Kill!] Death! Engulf! Stop-

Sindin watched in despair as his outstretched arms towards the girl were instantly covered with thick animal hair, and his hands, which had recently become accustomed to farm work, had turned into huge claws.

No! Your Majesty Helsing! Why!?

The desperate call went completely unanswered, and what was seen before Sindin's sanity was completely consumed was the bright light reflected from the massive ring on his claws.

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Lavisia didn't like the crops on the farm at all, they were cold and silent like the tombstones that surrounded Phocles, far less kind than the fluttering butterflies, the occasional ibat, and the old dog that Runier had raised.

Runier, a priest at the Temple of Akai who oversees the surrounding cemeteries, looks very old and always likes to say strange things like "life and death are not repeated".

Lavisia used to play with his dog, but after he had said something strange to his parents that he would die at the claws of a beast, they would never let her near any animals again.

Moreover, after hearing that the newcomer had worked as a hunter, he directly invited him to help.

She didn't know how to express it, but this big man named Sindin gave her the feeling that she was like a beast more ferocious than Runier's dog, and although she was a little scared, she couldn't help but find an excuse to approach every day.

Awakened by intense palpitations, Lavisia saw a huge beast in front of her, its body looking unusually strong, covered with black hairs like upside-down steel nails, but its head was in the shape of a wolf, and it was barking on its snow-white teeth, waving its sharp claws at her.

"It's so pretty." She blurted out.

Whoops—huge claws swept in front of her, the braid hanging from her right shoulder was cut off, and a crack was scratched in the clothes on her shoulder.

But she herself had already appeared outside the mill, being held in the arms of a big sister with a hood and a robe that looked somewhat similar to that of Runier, with black hair and sharp eyes.

"Wow," she heard the mage mage muttering to herself, "Helsin's 'beast instincts' are so strong, I just opened the 'Gate of Annihilation' and he found out what I was going to do. ”

"Sister, can you help Sindin?" Lavicia reached out and grabbed her clothes.

"His words are very troublesome, as long as the ring is there, he will always be controlled by Helsin, and it is safer to lock it up." The female mage said something that the girl couldn't understand, "Anyway, lock it up first, if you like werewolves, I can send you to a place full of werewolves." ”

The mage freed up her hand and drew a beautiful line of words in the air, and with a flick of it, Lavisia saw a "self" appear in front of Sindin, who was roaring loudly because she had lost her goal, and then was blindfolded.

Click-poof-sac-smack-clatter

"Oh my God—" Lavisia felt the mage holding her tremble and twitch, "even if you prepare for damage reduction in advance...... I'll go, you mad dog, ahhh

When the mage panted and let go of her blindfolded hand, Lavisia saw the bloodied Sindin in front of her, staring at a large pool of blood in front of her.

"Lacey—" "Oh no—" "You've committed a great sin against the inhabitants of Phocles, come with us." ”

Hearing the howl of the wolf, the Mathis and his wife fainted on the spot, and the heavily armed guard of Phocles unsheathed him and nervously surrounded him.

"I ......" Xin Ding raised his hand, looked at the end of the small braided flower between his fingers, and then looked at the blood stains on the ground, his eyes gradually lost his lustre: "You guys kill me......"

"Daddy-Mom-" Lavisia struggled to run over, but was held firmly by the female mage, and strangely enough, everyone who was close at hand ignored the two of them.

"Lavisia, you're a big girl," the mage said in a somewhat weak voice, "If you have to go out now, Sindin will only instantly turn into the monster you just now, and kill these guards along with your parents." ”

"What then?" The little girl stopped struggling, still unable to comprehend what was happening, but the female mage was doing her own good, and no one had been hurt so far - except the mage himself.

Although her robes were unbroken, there were many claw-shaped and tooth-shaped blood stains that continued to appear on it, and then disappeared with a faint golden glow in the same place.

"Hurry up!" Since the other party can turn into a werewolf, the guards did not dare to kill directly, and escorted Sindin in the direction of the cell with their weapons: "You will get a righteous trial!" ”

"Damn Sindin! We shouldn't believe you! The Mathis couple soon woke up and yelled at Sindin, who was leaving, "Where are you a hunter, you yourself are a beast!" Damn beasts! ”

"I'll send you somewhere," the mage waved her hands to summon a star-filled rift in front of her, "There are a lot of people out there who are like Sindin, but can control themselves, and when they decide to dismantle their bloodline, you bring up Sindin's matter and ask them for help." ”

"Mom and Dad and Sindin......" Lavisia looked at the chaos not far away, it seemed that the lords of Phocles were alarmed, sent their own guards to inquire about the situation, and immediately joined the escort team.

"Since this accident involves the demon god, they don't dare to deal with it at will, they should press him in the deepest water prison and report him" The female mage led the girl into the crack: "When this matter is finally resolved, you can come back - it won't be long." ”

“…… Well. ”