By the time Xiu returned to the dormitory with the horse grass and wheat, it was already completely dark.

In the evening, the camp guards lit torches on the paths of the dormitories.

These torches are made entirely of black poplar trees outside the castle that have been infected by Honkai, and unlike regular torches, they do not have to wrap each torch in strips of cloth and soak them in large amounts of oil or resin to increase their burn resistance.

The wood itself is very resistant to burning and full of firepower, and usually a torch made of black poplar wood can be burned from dark to dawn. So don't say it's a torch, you can make a campfire.

Even in the extreme wind and snow weather in the Alps, the Knights of Destiny used this kind of wood as torches, and no matter how the wind and snow blew and burned tenaciously, they would not be extinguished. Although the only drawback is that it is difficult to ignite.

To burn this wood, you must first chisel some cracks at one end of it before it can be easily ignited, and even if you make these preparations, it will take about ten minutes to completely burn and take it out for use alone.

So then Destiny simply let the knights who traveled at night carry a little grease with them, and when it was time to replace it with the next one, it would be much easier to ignite.

There was one of these torches in front of each room, and although they were far apart, they illuminated the whole road incomparably brightly.

After filling the trough of the stables with hay, I went to take a bath before entering the dormitory. He didn't want to be disgusted by Otto, and he talked about it all day.

When he pushed open the dormitory, he realized that Otto was not in the dormitory.

Is it out again?

Xiu didn't care, lit the candle on the table, and reviewed the textbook.

After a long while, after Xiu felt as if his eyebrows were about to be burned by the candle, Otto still did not return. It can't be an accident... No, it won't, no one can have an accident with Alto. A person who doesn't go to class and doesn't have an instructor to supervise him won't just have an accident. Xiu shook his head, as if he was about to throw aside the cranky things in his head.

He put down his book and lay down on the bed to get a good night's sleep.

Although the progress of today's training has kept up, the physical fatigue is still there.

Otto didn't know where to go, and although he usually disappeared occasionally, it was a bit wrong to not be back at such a late hour as today.

Xiu sat up and looked at Otto's bed. Some of his things were still on the desk in his dormitory, but the Bible he had dear to his attention was gone. The uniform of the Church Knight was still neatly placed next to the bed, and it seemed that he should go out in civilian clothes.

His chest... Xiu didn't open his box to see.

There shouldn't be any problems.

Xiu forced himself to be quiet. Because even if something happens, you can't help yourself, can you...

If there is a problem, go to Instructor Suzanne and she will be able to solve it......

He shouldn't have a problem.

Xiu lay down again.

If he went out, then he had to go through the consent of the guards and the instructors, and if he wasn't in the city, he must have gone out, so there was nothing to worry about, because the instructors knew that he was out.

If in the city...... Then there is nothing to worry about. In the city, there will be no accidents.

It can't be that I was caught for skipping school too much and finally getting caught......

No, no, no, if you want to catch it, you will be caught a long time ago, and it will not be now.

Xiu's mind was in turmoil. He grabbed his hair in distraught, forcibly suppressing the irritability and the chaotic thoughts in his head.

Xiu grabbed a textbook and flipped through it.

"A friend is always dear. Brothers are born for affliction. ”

Xiu frowned and flipped the book to the cover. The word Bible is written on it, and in the lower left corner there is a small row of Latin words "Catholic Church".

This is the Bible used by the Mandate of Heaven to preach to ordinary people, edited for the purpose of spreading the faith. But the God of ordinary people and the "god" of Destiny are not the same thing.

Xiu casually flipped the page again.

"There is no greater love than this, for a man lays down his life for a friend."

He closed the book and tossed it aside.

The candles on the table were still burning, and the faint light of the candles illuminated the small room. Xiu lay on the bed, pillowing his hands, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Time passed gradually. The sound of insects outside the window ranged from faintly like a distant call, to a loud like a life-and-death struggle in the ears, and then so faint that it seemed to linger after the end of the battle.

A feast of life and death for the bugs seems to have ended quietly during the period of Xiu's daze.

A chill hit me outside the window, and the night had begun to get colder.

Xiu was still lying on his back with his hands on his back, looking straight at the ceiling.

I don't know how long it was, but the half-moon crescent moon outside the window slowly rose from the city wall, and gradually crossed the top edge of the window, out of the line of sight that could be seen in the room.

Nothing seemed to change, nothing was moving, only the sound of Xiu's breathing echoed through the room.

Suddenly, the room fell into darkness. The candle that had been burning for two nights was finally completely burned out.

Xiu sat up suddenly.

After the candlelight was extinguished, the room seemed to be swallowed by a greedy beast in an instant, and it was impossible to see its fingers.

In the darkness, Xiu pulled out light armor, two cross swords, two Kaslana's handcuffs, and matching gunpowder, bullets, and saltpeter from his chest. These were enough for two muskets to fire thirty rounds each.

He took out his things and laid them out on the bed one by one, and his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness.

The room was not completely dark, and there was a faint silver moonlight scattered on the ground, like a little elf, although it was very dark, but it still glowed persistently in the darkness. When the eyes adjust to the darkness, the light of the elves is able to illuminate the small world.

However, repairing is not about maintaining these things, but about equipping them and preparing them to use.

Xiu would take out his weapons and armor every night to maintain them, so that they could be used whenever he needed them...... As it turned out, there was nothing wrong with what he did.

He's ready to use it right now, and he doesn't need to worry about equipment problems.

Because he checked it with his own hands.

Quickly changing into a close-fitting uniform, the light armor was tied one by one—by the time Xiu had learned how to tie the armor by the time they assembled that night—the ammunition belt was tied around his waist, and Kaslana's handcuff was inserted into the holster in front of him. Two knight's crosses are inserted into the waist.

This process takes about ten minutes.

After all, the only lighting is only moonlight, and it is still a bit difficult to install unfamiliar equipment.

Xiu grabbed his helmet and pushed open the dormitory door and walked to the stable.

At this time, Xiu was only thinking about one thing: whether he wanted to find an instructor or not.