—4E, 201, Last Seed, 29th, 12:00 p.m.

"I think the Lord must know that we're dealing with the Silver Hand." Ella walked around the House of Wind, commented a few words, and then turned to Arthur, who was entertaining Krako Whitemane downstairs.

After the baron's canonization ceremony, Lord Balguf took advantage of everyone's high mood and directly borrowed the open space outside the temple of Ginares with the priest, and set up an open-air banquet around the golden tree for all the residents who came to watch the ceremony.

As the new Baron of Snowman, Arthur naturally would not be arranged in that chaotic and noisy environment, and Ladia led him and several members of his comrades-in-arms to the baron's mansion "Wind House", which was given by the lord, and the pre-arranged cooks and waiters had already arranged the banquet here.

It is a splendid mansion larger than a mare banner, located at the junction of the winding and plain areas, the first floor hall is a living room with tables and chairs, and a separate dining room and kitchen, and the second floor is the master bedroom, trophy collection room, guard room and children's room.

"Yes, Lord Barguf has always been very concerned about the actions of his comrades, and you are an important force in maintaining the security of the Xueman Territory." Lydia, who was on the first floor, replied very seriously, but it made Ella, who had the intention to find fault, unable to continue.

"Hehehehe......" Krako Whitemane, who had a rare trip, smiled with a glass of honey wine: "Little Ella is right, just what Arthur did for Xueman on the surface, there may be popularity among the residents, but it is still a little bit worse to confer the title of baron." ”

"Little Ella......" The huntress paused, unable to refute, and turned her head to continue studying the practice dummy in the corner of the second floor.

"Let me ask you beforehand, Miss Lady, what is your duty?" Cisco Yue put down the plate in his hand and looked at Ladia, who was sitting next to Arthur, and asked, "After all, our activities will not be limited to Xueman. ”

"My duty is," Ladia looked sideways at Arthur, her eyebrows slightly curled up unobscured by hair, "protect the Baron with your life, no matter what happens." ”

Boom! Ella on the second floor hammered the dummy's head with a fist, directly cracking the wooden dummy: "Well, the quality of this thing doesn't seem to be very good." ”

If Farkas had been here, he might have made some remarks that added fuel to the fire, but fortunately the three brothers were forced to stay in Yuehuasca by Aunt Tilma and were not allowed to go out, and Arthur poured himself a sip of honey wine.

"Well, it seems that Barguf is very bold," Krako nodded: "The lords of other territories generally don't do this like him, not only are the conditions required to become a baron very harsh, but the guards given are limited to activities in their territories, and even the house has to be built by themselves." ”

Ladia smiled and nodded, but avoided answering the hidden question in Krako's words, "Why would the lord look the other way at Arthur".

"I think it must be because the lord needs to use the prestige of his comrades." Arthur replied, "If I'm right, the lord must have tried to knight your old man, but he was denied. ”

"Well, that's right," Krako nodded, "One of Sgramer's last orders is not to participate in any form of internal strife in Skyrim Province, he didn't have any concept of nine territories, lords or anything like that when he was alive, he had already anticipated the endless infighting that followed, and the comrades-in-arms had never assisted either side." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he paused, his expression a little stern: "If you want to help the Imperial Legion or the Storm Cloak, we won't stop you, but you won't be able to get any help from your comrades. ”

This is really a disaster, the old man is obviously talking to Ladia, this "you" refers to Lord Balguf, but it is himself who is being disciplined, Arthur bows his head helplessly.

"I think you may have misunderstood something," Ladia replied calmly this time, "The lord will look the Baron differently because he is a 'Dragonborn' and a 'hero'. ”

"Huh? Hero? He? Ella jumped straight from the second floor and sat in the chair on the other side of Arthur, with questions running along.

"Hmm......" Krako mused.

Lydia showed a slightly serious look: "The Nords worship heroes, and the sages aside, the High King Toig, the Lord of Windhelm City, Ufrik, and the 'Great Shore' Barguf, can all be called heroes, if they fight, both sides will have considerable supporters, and the outcome is unpredictable, and if Xueman has a 'legendary dragonborn' as a baron, either side must think carefully before attacking Xueman." ”

There was silence in the house for a while, except for the cooks and waiters, everyone was thinking about the credibility of these words, and the conclusion was very obvious.

"Then, Baron, I'll take my leave." Ladia got up, nodded to Arthur, picked up the large shield behind her against the wall, and walked to the guardhouse on the second floor.

"I guess she knows more than she expected," Ella didn't make it clear because of the presence of the cook and waiter, but the members of the comrade group present knew that she was referring to the werewolf blood, "Maybe we will have to consider bringing one more person with us in the future, and I hope that the big shield won't get in the way." ”

"Speaking of action, our clue about the Silver Hand is completely broken, do you have any suggestions?" Arthur didn't want to argue with Ella about Lydia, and instead asked Krako about it.

Although on the whole, watching the actions of the comrades-in-arms was very fruitful, not only destroying the Silverhand's plot to attack Xueman, but also destroying several of their nests, and learning the information of the vampire Maharaja, but they could not continue to track down, except for the other witch slad fragments found in the various strongholds, there was no word about the other strongholds of the Silverhand, it seems that they can lurk for so long is not without reason.

"Well, since Barguf had such a big canonization ceremony, there's no reason why the Silver Hands couldn't get information, if they wanted to take a gamble......" Krako said slowly as he thought about it.

"Hey, old man, don't think of being bait," Ella said as she slurred a piece of fried steak into her mouth, "I don't want to be scolded by Aunt Tilma again." ”

"No, as immortal vampires, they have time, and their long lurking has proved that they are not in a hurry, and their recent actions have only been to seize the opportunity with the resurrection of the dragon," Krako cleared his thoughts, "so they will choose to retreat before they break through the strength of the Snow Man Guard, and then we just need to do business as usual." ”

"You're not going to sneak up on some kind of bait scheme, are you?" Cisco Yue, put down the bread in his hand, and his one eye shone with distrust.

"Even the plan is useless, Aunt Tilma said, and in the future, she will maintain the state of having two 'rings' to protect the old man at any time." Ella ate the steak: "Dignified comrades, it's really unreasonable to let two [] protect him." ”

"Daddy!" "Sophie's dad!" As soon as they were mentioned, two little girls ran in from outside the house, and Sophie was carrying a shivering ...... Rabbit?

"From now on, this will be your new home, Sophie, and Ria can come and play often." Arthur said as he glanced at the rabbit, how unlucky was this guy to be favored by a dragon and a wolf, but he was lucky not to be eaten in one bite?

"Can I raise a rabbi? Father. Sophie, still dressed in pink, raised the rabbit in her hand towards Arthur, as if she didn't agree, she would eat it directly.

Today, because there are cooks and waiters, they are tied to anything, anyway, they can't let them see the live performance of the little girl swallowing the rabbit alive, Arthur sighed and touched Sophie's head: "Yes, but you will be responsible for taking care of it in the future, and you are not allowed to 'eat indiscriminately'." ”

You know, last night everyone heard that Sophie swallowed the silver-handed assassin and scared his "father" enough to choke, for fear that the guy could still attack inside, and finally Sophie explained indistinctly for a long time before she understood that although Sophie looked small, what she ate was still calculated in the form of a dragon, and everything could be digested, and there was no residue - this fact reassured Arthur a little, but Cisco Yue was afraid of a cold sweat.

"Hmm!" Sophie nodded repeatedly, then pulled Riya, who had just said hello to Krako, and ran towards the children's room.

"Well, there's another task for you," Krako looked at Ria's back and turned to Arthur, "You need to go to the [Grimm Jasmine Witch Villa], do you know what to do?" ”

"Hmm." Arthur nodded.

Regarding this mission, it is also related to the previous Silver Hand Assassins, except for one that was swallowed by Sophie, the other was chopped into pieces by Ella, according to Ella, she couldn't cut it so neatly herself, and as for the reason for Ria's transformation, it was analyzed that it was because she ate the apple that Ella gave her - the apple tree left by the first werewolf Tifig in the underground furnace.

Those witches, or the crow ghost woman has a way to remove the werewolf form, but there is a fee, after obtaining the werewolf bloodline, the comrade group is still facing the threat of the elves, so there is no solution for the time being, in the past hundred years, due to the gradual stabilization of the status of the comrade group, the werewolf form has no occasions to use except for the night rush, so finding them to remove the werewolf bloodline has also been put on the agenda, and the unexpected change of Ria has led to this matter must be executed immediately.