When Xiu woke up, it was already dark.

He sat up in a daze, his consciousness still a little dazed. He sat up, and a cold poured into the bed, freezing him back again.

He curled up tightly under the covers, wrapping himself in a ball.

Strange carpets, strange ceilings, strange quilts, and not too strange people opposite. All of this was telling him that it was not a dream, but a reality.

Here he is, in this strange country. A terrible catastrophe brought him here, and after crossing more than half the world, he finally came here.

He looked at the ceiling in confusion. He now felt more lost than ever.

In this position in a foreign land, he is now... What to do?

There was no Chief Gerald who could urge him to train, no Instructor Suzanne who cared for him, no Sister Mia who could tell him the story of his mother, no Father Marshall who could calm his mind, no Instructor Salina who occasionally fed him grilled fish, no companions like Carlos Andrew, no Luna and so on, no father he had always been reluctant to mention, and no him... My sister who has always wanted to see each other again.

So far, he has only known Changguang alone.

I was lucky enough to meet Changguang, who could speak his own language, but...

Do you have to follow Changguang in the future?

In this foreign land that no one knows about?

No.

He mentally dismissed the idea.

Changguang saved him, so he shouldn't make trouble for Changguang.

Someone has given you a drop of water to help, and you have to repay him with a lake of clear water. This is the spirit of a knight, and as a knight, he will never violate it.

I must go back. There were people waiting for him to go back. There are people there waiting for him to go, and there is a need for him. Xiu thought so.

But... He didn't think about who was waiting for him and who needed him.

He didn't dare to think about it, because he knew...

He couldn't think of it.

What he wants now is a reason to set goals for himself.

It's just a reason.

He let out a long sigh and shook his head, no longer allowing himself to think about the complicated things.

What is the world like? Xiu was thinking about what kind of power could cross such a long distance to send him here, to this world, where people had to fight each other in order to survive.

He tapped his head, and suddenly felt a little headache. There is no answer to this question. Maybe the girl who is still sleeping in front of her should know, but maybe he doesn't know everything.

In that case, there is no point in asking. Besides, asking such a question early in the morning...

It's silly. Hehe...

By the way, how did you fall asleep last night?

Like you want to learn their language?

And then what...

I feel like I'm asleep.

He lifted the quilt and let the cold and wet morning air freeze his thin body. He left the bed with his trembling body.

It made him sober up a lot.

He looked at all his neatly folded laundry, which had been washed by the innkeeper and dried over the fire the previous night.

It's very hard for them, they have to do laundry on such a cold day...

Little by little, Xiu quietly put on all his clothes and put on the boots that had been washed and dried outside the door. He was afraid of disturbing Changguang's sleep.

It's nice, it's like being in a training camp. It's a brand new day. With neat clothes, a cloak that covers his body, and a weapon at his waist, he waits for a new day of training. Running on the training ground with his companions, trying to make himself stronger, stronger.

Now Xiu can only put on his mask and fumble for the inn's stables.

He wanted to see how the darkness went.

Walking through the deserted hallway, the sound of leather boots gently tread through the peace of the morning.

The proprietress at the front desk was lying on her stomach at the table, the flames of the stove beside her were crumbling.

Xiu Qian went to fiddle with it a little, added a few firewoods to it, and the flames were strong again.

As if sensing the change in temperature, the woman woke up slowly. Seeing Xiu, who was squatting on the side and playing with the flames, he seemed to be startled and exclaimed. It soon became clear that she had reacted too violently.

She bowed deeply and uttered a long string of words.

Xiu frowned.

Suddenly, he realized that he was very... Familiar. It's as if someone taught him, it's also very simple vocabulary...

Xiu suddenly remembered that Changguang had taught this word last night.

Thank you for "ありがとうございます".

It turns out that he had some yesterday, and it seems that he didn't really fall asleep completely yesterday, but he couldn't remember it in the morning.

Maybe I should reply to something at this time.

But in the end, he didn't say anything. Hide yourself deep in a mask, in a cloak.

He shook his head slightly, signaling that it was okay, then turned and walked out the door.

The stables should be near the hotel, usually on the side or at the back. He walked slowly along the wall of the inn, feeling his way up little by little.

When he smelled horse manure, he knew he was in the wrong place.

A large shed thatched out of the roof came into view behind his corner.

In winter, the stables are tightly plugged with planks and thatch, which keeps them from getting too cold.

The thatch on the roof had already been covered with frost, and the morning mist had accumulated droplets of water in the thatch, and the droplets were quickly frozen into Xiaoice beads.

The ice beads piled up more and more, and gradually they became icicles, which were hung into a crystal pendant under the eaves of the stables.

Xiu pushed open the door of the stable.

When he pushed the door open, the horses inside looked up in unison. He easily found the darkness. For darkness is the least of the kind.

The stables are still very cramped and the location is cramped. A short aisle can only be walked by one person or one horse at most.

There weren't many stalls in it, maybe five or six, but they were full.

Xiu glanced at the other horses, and his eyes couldn't help but change slightly.

These horses are tall and have strong chest muscles and angular muscles in their legs, full of explosive power. Such a horse can be seen at a glance as a horse that is going to go to war.

And there is not only one such horse, the rest of the horses are war horses.

Such a horse appears here? Xiu felt a little uneasy in his heart.

I don't know whose horse it is.

He shook his head, not thinking about it. Today anyway

If there were other people, they would feel that they were calm, not noisy or noisy, and they didn't seem to be happy about Xiu's arrival.

But Xiu saw it, blinked, and paced. This already means that it is still very excited about the arrival of Xiu.

Even if there is a mask on the other side, the dark will not recognize the wrong person.

"Dark, I'm coming to see you." Xiu took off his mask, his face pressed against his dark face, and his fingers rubbed his soft fur "Dark... Now it's just the two of us. In this corner of nowhere, which seems to have been forgotten by everyone, it is just the two of us. ”

The dark warm temperature is stained on Xiu's face through the fine soft hairs, and it feels warm.

Xiu couldn't help but hug Dark's neck, and Dark's head rubbed softly on Xiu's back.

After wrapping it for a while, Xiu loosened the darkness.

He can't stay here for too long, and if Changguang wakes up and can't find him, he should be in a hurry, right?

Maybe not... But how many will there be, right?

"Wait a minute." Xiu smoothed the hair from his dark face and left the stable with a strange animal mask.

The woman at the front desk was already fully awake, and when she saw Xiu coming back, she bowed lightly and sat down again.

Do they all like to be so polite to their guests? Xiu thought it was strange. Maybe it's their etiquette. Xiu wasn't thinking about anything.

It's just that he's a little unaccustomed to being treated so politely by adults...

He walked into the narrow hallway, looking for his room, but...

He suddenly realized that he had forgotten that the wall was his room.

He searched one after another, but the doors of the rooms were the same, and there were no features to mark.

He had no choice but to go back to the front desk and stand in front of the woman and look up at him.

But he did not understand their language, so he could only stand in silence before the woman.

The woman noticed him, stood up, and said something puzzled.

Xiu didn't know how to answer, and after thinking for a long time, he had to point to the hallway, where those rooms were.

The woman said something more in confusion. Xiu didn't answer, just pointed there silently.

The woman smiled suddenly.

Naturally, she took Xiu's hand and walked into the hallway leading to the guest room.

Xiu looked at his holding hand. But his attention was more on women's hands.

Her hands were rough, old calluses and frozen cracked scars covered her palms.

She must have done a lot of heavy lifting. Xiu thought so.

The woman went to a house, knocked on the door, and gently pulled it open.

Changguang stood in the room with his back to them.

The girl didn't know when she had gotten up.

She was dressed so well that even the headdress was fully on. She can leave at any time now.

The woman chuckled and said something to Changguang, and after hearing this, Changguang's body trembled. Then he turned back to look at the little child with a smile on his face.

She smiled and said something to the woman, who left behind her.

"Are you lost?" After repairing the room, Changguang asked him. In the semantics, it is obvious that there is a rich smile.

"Well, the doors of the rooms here are all walls, and I don't see anything different." Xiu smiled embarrassedly.

"Actually, it's still very recognizable. You just don't get used to it. Changguang walked in front of Xiu, frowned slightly, raised his hand, and lightly touched Xiu's forehead through the mask, "Don't run around if you're not familiar with it in the future, you know." You're still a child, and I'm just a swordsmith, not a warrior, and I can't save you in danger. ”

"It's okay, if you're in danger, I'll protect you!" Xiu bared his white teeth, "I am a knight, a knight of destiny!" The instructor said that the elite soldiers of ordinary people are not my opponents. ”

"What kind of person is your instructor, how do you say as if you are not human." Changguang smiled.

"We're pretty good anyway." Xiu smiled confidently.

Knock knock.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

The sliding door was pulled open, and the woman placed two trays into the room.

It was two identical breakfasts, but they looked very hearty: it was a bowl of white rice, a small fish, a serving of green vegetables, a few slices of radish, and a bowl of soup that I don't know what it was.

"It looks hearty. It's a lot better than what I ate yesterday. Xiu was amazed.

He was already ready to eat radish with porridge, but he didn't expect it to be so hearty, but it gave him a small surprise.

"We were very focused on breakfast. I'd rather not eat the other two meals, breakfast is a must to eat very good. Changguang stroked his chopsticks, "Let's eat, it's time for us to go." ”

(End of chapter)