"Stop! Who? A guard at the top of the fort looked fierce, holding his crossbow in both hands and shouting at Joey and Witt.

Witt and Joey stopped only ten meters away from the gate and looked at each other, and Joey was the first to shout: "I'm coming to find my father, old Joey!" ”

"Your father isn't here, let's go! This is not the place for you! The guards were expressionless, unconcerned about Joey's affairs, wishing they had left sooner rather than trouble for themselves.

Joey was furious and was about to lash out at the guard, but was grabbed by Witt, who could see it clearly. The guards on the fortress are fierce and vicious, who is sure that he will not dare to release crossbow arrows, in case he shoots the two of them here on the grounds of forcibly breaking into the lord's fortress, he will not be blamed by the lord, and in the end it will be the two of them who lose.

Just as Wittra was about to walk back with Joey, an old man in his fifties appeared at the top of the fort, shouted back at the guard, and shouted to the two boys, "I am Maligapoye, the captain of the guard of the fortress. Your father has been ordered to accompany Varisi Enpoye on an expedition against the Nord enemy country at the call of King Yarogerk. Originally, I asked him to hunt reindeer skins to make leather armor, but the situation in front of him suddenly took a turn for the worse, and war was about to break out, so I temporarily canceled the mission and let him return to the team immediately. Time is in a hurry to say goodbye to you, so go back first! As soon as the war is over, your father will return. With that, Marigapoye vanished from the battlements above.

Joey looked lost. Joey had been working hard to learn the art of archery, just to be able to take her with her the next time her father went to battle. Now old Joey has gone on the expedition, as if all his efforts have been in vain.

Witt probably knew what Joey was thinking, and when they roasted rabbit meat together that night and borrowed water for wine, Joey told himself that he hoped to be able to gallop on the battlefield in the future and make great achievements. and told Witt that he would work hard and gain old Joey's approval so that he could accompany his father to the battlefield when the next war came.

Witt put his hand on Joey's shoulder and patted it gently, encouraging: "Uncle Joey doesn't want to take you, he's always seen your hard work, hasn't he?" It's just that the war came too suddenly, time was pressing, and you happened to be absent, so you left in a hurry. Don't be too sad, you still have a lot to learn, like melee combat skills, don't you? You'll be well prepared before the next war. Let's go! I'm hungry, didn't we say we'd go to your house and roast rabbit meat? Witt's tone gradually changed to a light and teasing tone, trying to lighten the mood.

Joey also understood Witt's intentions, and he was originally a straightforward person, Witt's words immediately squandered the unhappiness in his heart, and he became the energetic and passionate young man again.

"I'm fine! I'm a little hungry to be honest, too, let's go! Go to my house and roast the hare meat. By the way, since the old man won't be able to come back for a while, let Emia stay with me for the time being, the house is empty anyway. Joey said back to his usual tone.

Witt made sure Joey had recovered, so he nodded and walked in the direction of Witt's house.

The blue sky had already darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the floating marshmallows in the sky, turning the snow-white clouds into fiery red and making them more conspicuous. The wild duck drew one invisible trajectory after another in mid-air, walking with the sunset. The river flows in the distance, and the scenery of the sky is reflected on the river, which can't help but remind people of the two poems: the sunset and the lonely bird fly together, and the autumn water grows together in the sky.

The relatively tall fortress of Fesdena looks even more noble and magnificent against the backdrop of the sunset, which makes people feel full of oppression, like a stone pressing on people's chests, which makes people unable to slow down. But the edifice on the chest, every breath of the people, it will earthquake once. The longer the edifice rests on the people's chests, the more people will feel breathless, the breathing will become more and more intense, the chest will float more and more violently, and the earthquake will become more and more violent, until the building collapses, and the mountain that pressed on the people's chests is gone, and the people seem to have a new life, breathe freely, and gradually calm their chests, and everything returns to the state that nature gave at the beginning.

"Emia! Emia! Before the Witt arrived, the voice came first, and outside the door they began to call out Emia's name. Because Witt didn't know Emia's name before, it was Joey who told him and Witt knew, so at first Witt felt a little awkward when he shouted, as strange as when a stranger suddenly called your name.

Joey followed Witt into the house, where Emia was helping Witt's mother with the housework. Perhaps because of changing into clean clothes or resting, Emia seemed more energetic. The ruddy face made Witt, an ignorant boy, stunned for a while.

Joey also noticed Witt's expression, and immediately smiled evilly and rubbed Witt's shoulder. Witt came to his senses at this time, looked embarrassed, and asked, "Emia! Joey is the only one living on his side, the house is big, our side is crowded and the house is small, I want you to ......"

"Hmmm! I see, I can go and live there. Emia didn't show much reaction, either because she wasn't familiar with her life, or because she was an introverted girl. Either way, having Emia live with Joey is actually the best option.

Witt's mother next to her also likes Emiya as a girl, but after all, Emiya has a special way, Witt's mother is also a little worried, and old Witt does not agree to keep her. What's more, if Emia goes to Joey's house now, what is there to worry about? Silence is permissible.

The three of them hurriedly packed their few belongings, and walked slowly towards Joey's hunter's hut in the dark. Emia wore only the dry clothes that Witt's mother had lent her, and brought her own coarse cloth that had long since been washed.

Joey's house is not far away, although the road is dark, the two teenagers are very familiar, and they arrived in an instant.

Joey's own room was simpler and had fewer things, so he cleaned up and vacated it for Emia to live in, while he lived in Joey Sr.'s house. Old Joey's house has a lot of strange things related to weapons and armor, and Joey has always wanted to study them carefully, but he has never had a chance to look at them when Old Joey was there, and now he finally has a lot of time to explore them.

After cleaning up Emia, the two teenagers had not eaten for a day, and they were already dizzy with hunger, so they immediately lit a bonfire to clean up the hares and roast rabbit meat. Soon the mouth-watering smell of meat around the campfire was in the nose, and both Witt and Joey were staring at the rabbit meat. Although Emia was also greedy, after all, she was a newcomer, and she was too embarrassed to sit by the campfire, so she had to sit on the bed in the house without being hungry, until they took the initiative to hand her a small piece of rabbit meat.

Inside the house, two teenagers sat around the campfire and munched on meat, talking about life and national affairs, and it was pitch black outside, insects and beasts roared, and the cunning moonlight shone on the earth, bringing a glimmer of light to Calradia. Everything seems to be in God's hands, and the timeline will change its course when it turns to a certain point. Things are cyclical, but they cannot be immobile and infinitely circulating, and the spark of the spark originates from Fesdena.

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