As night approached, and the eastern sky was white, Roland calculated that it would take at least half an hour to walk back, so he waved Black Hawk to return to the camp first to report to Lyudmila that she would not be worried. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Mr. Roland, it's too much time to walk, you get on the horse and hurry, I'll just run behind." Veronica said obediently.

Roland knows that the ninja profession is very mobile, and he also has a special life energy "qi (ki)", similar to the "true qi" described in martial arts novels, stored in the "qi pool", the burst of true qi can temporarily increase the running speed, with the ninja's unique light skill "light body step", it is not difficult to chase the galloping horse.

However, he also knew that the true qi of a ninja was limited, and the specific value was directly proportional to the class level and charisma attributes, and once the true qi was exhausted, he would not be able to give full play to his speed advantage.

Let a little girl run after the horse's buttocks, he couldn't help it, sat on the horse's back and smiled helplessly, and stretched out his hand to Veronica.

"Come on, I'll give you a ride."

The female ninja smiled sweetly, took his hand and jumped onto the horse, and then naturally put her arms around his waist.

The girl's soft white and delicate is like nephrite, her pretty face is attached to the back of her neck, and the breath exhaled has a faint fragrance, and any normal man can't help but feel sorry.

Roland froze his nerves, shook the reins and urged the horse, and the cold wind blowing in his face dispelled the distracting thoughts in his heart.

Veronica didn't change her mischievous temperament on horseback, and excitedly straightened up and leaned into Roland's ear, "Thank you for taking me." ”

The girl exhaled like an orchid, blowing on her face itching, the crisp laughter like a silver bell echoed in her ears and was very sultry, Roland patted her head with her backhand, and said angrily: "Sit down honestly, I don't care if I fall!" ”

After a few moments, the two rode back to the camp. Roland dismounted first, looked back and saw Veronica still sitting in the saddle and looking around, shook his head helplessly, reached out to grab the girl's willow waist, and hugged her down.

Veronica landed lightly and raised her little face to give him a sweet smile, "You are such a considerate gentleman. ”

Roland secretly regretted his gentlemanly demeanor. At some point, Lyudmila appeared behind the female ninja, her hands on her hips and her face gloomy, clearly resentful of the fact that he had picked up a "little goblin".

"Mira, I forgot to introduce you, this young lady is Vlad's sister Veronica." Roland briefly recounted tonight's encounter.

Lyudmila barely squeezed out a smile, said hello to Veronica and turned to leave, "You guys talk slowly, I'll go prepare breakfast." ”

Roland pointed to the dwarf who was washing and introduced to Veronica: "Bloom is our logistics manager, if you lack supplies such as tents and sleeping bags, you can ask him for them, and if you lack sanitary supplies, you can ask Mira to borrow them." ”

"But Miss Lyudmila doesn't seem to want to talk to me." The female ninja whispered with her black and white eyes.

"Then you should be smart and try to change her attitude."

Dropping a not-so-"gentlemanly" piece of advice, Roland turned to the Ranger and patted her on the shoulder, "Dear Mira, help me think about what can be done to make you a little happier." ”

Lyudmila glanced at him resentfully, and said stiffly: "What nonsense, I'm not angry!" ”

"But I can smell a lot of vinegar."

"you!" Lyudmila blushed and swung her fist at him.

"Before you kick me away, try if this belt fits." Roland took out the "growth belt" and wrapped his arms around the girl's waist, "Look at how lucky I am, I caught a beautiful doe early in the morning." ”

Lyudmila put her hand on Roland's shoulder so that he could help him buckle his belt, "What a doe, your prey is obviously a fox, and frankly, I don't like that Veronica very much." ”

"Why?"

"A woman's intuition!" The tsundere on the girl's face was quickly replaced by surprise, "Huh? This belt is magical? ”

With a lazy smile on the corner of her lips, Roland helped her straighten her sideburns, "Ten minutes a day, look at the world from a different angle, a broad vision is worthy of an open mind, this belt is very suitable for you." ”

Lyudmila was a little dazed, bit her fingers and pondered for a while before she came back to her senses, glared at him and asked, "Can this belt make me taller?" ”

"That's a good summary!"

"You're worried that I don't like the word 'tall' so I'm playing word games around the bend?"

"Keen insight!"

"Maybe there's a hint of telling me not to be too careful?"

"Reflection is admirable!"

Lyudmila was angry and funny, and punched him twice to relieve his hatred, but the mood was indeed cloudy and sunny as he wished.

The adventurer's diet is usually simple, with hot tea and a cheese sandwich for a hearty breakfast.

In addition to these foods, Veronica also prepared her own breakfast: in front of everyone, she reached into the gray cloth bag that looked empty, fumbled a few times, and suddenly pulled out a fat rabbit.

"Wonderful magic show!" Lyudmila slapped her face and looked curiously at the white rabbit with her ears pinched and her face full of sadness, "How are you going to cook this poor rabbit?" ”

"Just eat it."

"Eat it straight? Wait, do you want to ......"

Without waiting for Lyudmila to ask, Veronica had already shown her way of eating with practical actions: a bite on the rabbit's neck, two sharp tiger teeth deeply embedded in the arteries, and skillfully sucking blood.

Everyone stopped eating and looked at her in amazement.

Veronica blinked her eyelashes, her eyes were clear and innocent, and the contrast between her blood-stained fangs and her baby-like innocence was inexplicably palpitating.

"You...... How can you be so savage! Lyudmila couldn't help but scold.

Veronica was obviously not the first time to be criticized like this, so she dropped the sucked rabbit and wiped the corners of her mouth to defend calmly: "I heard that those elegant nobles of the Asshan Empire are popular to eat three-ripe steaks, isn't that also bloody food?" People along the coast are used to slicing fresh fish raw, and you probably don't think that's a barbaric custom, so I should eat the rabbit slices on a delicate silver plate with a knife and fork, right? ”

Lyudmila was choked speechless by her series of rhetorical questions, and secretly gave Roland a look, asking him to help him say a few words to save face.

When the team joins the newcomers, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts, and as the leader of the team, Roland has the obligation to mediate. Of course, mediation is not the same as unprincipled harmony, and his life experience before crossing has taught him that the success or failure of mediation often does not depend on who is more reasonable, but on how much authority the mediator himself has.

If he has absolute authority, he doesn't need to express his support for anyone at all, and directly tell the two girls: "Don't quarrel, I won't take you to play if I quarrel again." ”

It's a pity that he hasn't established the authority of his word, so he has to be reasonable and add some lubricant to mediate the conflict.

"Ronnie, the reason why we human beings have moved from barbarism to civilization is precisely through a series of ritualized rules, such as drinking blood or slicing and plating, eating raw or eating elegantly, there is no difference in content, but the form reflects etiquette and even moral norms, you may think this is very hypocritical, but hypocrisy is one side of civilization, I hope you can understand this."

The female ninja shrugged, seemingly well-behaved, but actually hidden: "I agree with you and am happy to accept criticism, so what should I do next?" If Miss Lyudmila is willing to accept my apologies, I promise not to suck blood in front of her again. ”

Roland made a gesture of "relax", and then said: "What I said just now is just a general talk, not to criticize you, let alone to ask you to apologize, after all, this is not a palace banquet but a wilderness, we might as well be casual." Turning his gaze to Lyudmila, his face was slightly serious: "Mira, Roni has become one of us, and we have an obligation to understand the plight of our companions, in fact, she has to suck blood not out of appetite but to maintain her health, and it is not a prejudice to criticize her for her barbaric behavior for this?" Savagery and prejudice, these two unpleasant things are better kept away from us. ”

Lyudmila didn't know Veronica, but she knew Roland and knew that continuing to argue would only bore him, so she reluctantly smiled apologetically at Veronica: "I'm sorry, I forgot you're a half-vampire." ”

Veronica also took the opportunity to ease the conflict, and said with a smile: "I prefer grilled rabbit meat to rabbit blood, and if I don't dislike it, I will often ask everyone to share it in the future." As she spoke, she shook the empty bag at the group.

This inconspicuous pocket is actually a magical item. Veronica can conjure 10 rabbits per week from the "Magic Bag", enough to satisfy her need for blood, and the rest of the rabbit meat can be used for meals.

Bloom swallowed and said that he was also interested in roasting rabbit meat, and as for Veronica's vampire, he didn't mind.

"It's better to suck rabbit blood than human blood, and sometimes we have to be cruel in order to survive."

"Actually, it's not that serious, I can still hold on without sucking blood for three or five days, but if it takes too long, it will become weak and weak, like malnutrition." Veronica explained.

"At night, will you turn into a bat?" Lyudmila struggled to find a word.

Veronica smiled cooperatively, "That's the ability of purebred vampires, we half-vampires can't do it, but I can try to summon bats, rats, or wolves and order them to do simple things, like you rangers drive wild animals." ”

"Can you summon it now?" Lyudmila came interested.

"It's better to wait until the evening, those animals are more used to coming out at night."

Seeing that they were chatting happily, Roland also relaxed, got up and said, "It's not early, we have to hurry up, Ronnie, do you want to find you a parasol?" ”

"Thank you, but I'm not afraid of the sun!"

"It's a pity that there's one less cute spot."

"Huh? Mr. Roland is saying strange things again, what is 'moe'? ”

"To put it simply, it's the cuteness that comes out of nowhere."

"So who is cuter, me or Sister Lyudmila?"

"Ghost girl, it's not cute to ask this kind of question." Roland smiled and shook his finger at her, then rolled over and got on his horse.

Veronica tried to jump on his horse, but was grabbed by Lyudmila: "Roni, you have to ride with me." ”

Veronica looked up at the heroic giantess on horseback, showing off her shortness more and more, and smiled reluctantly: "Will it be too much trouble for you?" ”

"Bloom isn't too much trouble, and his ferocious boar will be happy to give you a ride, as long as you can put up with the rough bristles of a steel brush."

"Oh! Kind Sister Mira, please take me with you! ”

"You're interested." Lyudmila smiled triumphantly, reached out and pulled the petite girl onto the horse, flicking the reins to move the horse forward.

(Author's note: The DND3R version of the ninja is actually closer to the warrior monk, and the air pool is determined by perception, and this book uses another version that is closer to the wanderer, that is, the PF version of the ninja, and the air pool is determined by charm, which is more compatible with the phase of the half-vampire, so as not to misunderstand the ranking officials.) ）