The old man and Wiel talked for a while, but most of the time, it was the old man who was talking and Veel was listening.

He said a lot intermittently, and those things that Weir originally thought were sacrifices turned out to be the food that the old man had prepared for himself to eat on the way, and in a blink of an eye, the time had come to evening.

"Eat something. Although the craftsmanship may be a little worse, the taste should still be good. As he spoke, the old man felt a little thirsty, so he got up, went to the cart beside him, and took out some water and some improvised food.

"Come on, eat some. Drink some water to quench your thirst. The old man drank some water and, as if camping, laid his things on a thick cloth on the ground.

"You're welcome." Weir nodded, picked up a piece of fruit, and took a bite.

At this moment, a group of soldiers of the patrol walked along the main road in the cemetery on the side.

"It's the patrol to see...... They get up busy. Will said as he looked at the soldiers who had been patrolling.

"Yes, the boys on the patrol are all good, and thanks to them, Birch Town has been able to stay so peaceful."

"Does Birch Town often have a lot of trouble?"

"Why do you ask? …… Oh, and before that, there wasn't much to do, other than defending against pirates. Most of them are defending against some fierce beasts, helping to extinguish fires, maintaining order and so on. ”

"But, it seems, they're wary."

"Yes, because there have been some very strange cases in Birch Town recently, and I don't know if you know, there were even weirder things happening in the old cemetery a while ago."

"I've heard a little bit, but I still don't know exactly what happened." Will shook his head.

"A lot of people are missing." The old man took a sip of water, thought about it for a moment, and frowned slightly. "But there was no clue, it was like it had disappeared suddenly."

"The patrol team searched for a long time, but they couldn't find it."

"People are missing, but it's a big thing, who is missing?"

"Adults, children, old people...... There are all of them, and there are no patterns, no signs or signs. …… Some people say that it was the devil's minions, but I've been in this birch town for so many years, and I've never heard of any devil's minions. ”

"I've heard a few of them, and they say something like a mage or something." Weir said ambiguously.

The old man nodded, "Unless it's someone who has lived in Birch Town since he was a child and has never been out, he won't be unaware of the existence of the mage." ”

"Have you seen the mage?"

The old man shook his head, "I haven't seen it, but I've heard about it a little, people always love fantasy, don't they?" …… Actually, where there are mages, I have been to the land of your hometown, where people call mages as small as entertainers on the streets, and as big as those who can influence the executors of the Senate. will be called a mage by the people. ”

"Actually, in my opinion, those things are nothing more than some people's alarmism, and some people's self-amusement." The old man shook his head, and was happy to himself.

"Speaking of mages, if you look at the knights of the church, they often participate in some activities to hunt mages, in fact, it is nothing more than announcing their abilities to their opponents in such a name."

"Looks like you don't believe in the existence of mages."

The old man shook his head slightly, "There will always be some people in this world who have different talents, but this world is so vast that we can reach people, who will be a mage?" …… Even if they were, they wouldn't be here, at least, after this winter, there wouldn't be any more mages. ”

The old man smiled slightly, "Because the Northern Church is about to build a new church here, and this corner of the continent will be its own." In this way, no one will dare to call themselves 'mages' anymore. …… You see, what a good way. The old man sighed and took another sip of water.

"However, I heard that the old cemetery was done by the mage...... Aren't you afraid? Wille was curious about the old man's attitude, and wondered if this was his own idea or the idea of everyone else.

"If someone is doing something terrible, there will naturally be someone who is afraid, and in the final analysis, it is still people who harm others." The old man looked at the other side of the cemetery, spreading in the direction of the old cemetery, "Speaking of which, I really know something. It was a neighbor of mine who first noticed the movement of the old cemetery, who was a caretaker in the old cemetery...... Well, it's the one who guards and doesn't let some people mess around, and then has nothing to fix it. Although, no one will deliberately go to the old cemetery. ”

"It's too eerie for a child, and it's dangerous to fall into some dangerous pit or get trapped in the intricate catacombs."

"For the rest of the people, unless it's those who come here, or the descendants of the family buried there, few people go back that far."

"And my neighbor doesn't usually have anything to do, and most of them walk around there."

"The old cemetery is so big that the gate is just a decoration, just like me." The old man pointed to himself, "If I want to walk around it, it will take at least two or three days." ”

"So, there will be some ill-intentioned people who use it as a temporary residence, and some wanderers who will settle there."

"And then that old neighbor of mine, one day, the other day, saw something strange, people said that they were some kind of evil spirits and living corpses, but I asked him, he was just frightened, those dark shadows must have been some people who had secretly gathered there, and he told me so afterwards."

The old man had no obvious recollections, and it was obvious that this incident made him remember it very well.

"But it also made me very nervous, so I persuaded my neighbors, saying that if you don't forget it, don't go to that old cemetery to be any caretaker, and you are old, plus timid, if one day you are scared out of the problem, what can I do...... Ha ha. The old man laughed and joked.

"He retorted to me, saying that it was a real living corpse, and I said, did you go like me? He said, yes, yes, yes, that's it. The old man stretched out his arms and shook them in front of him, with a playful look on his face.

"Haha." Veil was also rejoicing. "Looks like your neighbor must be in a hurry."

"Not really...... Although I didn't believe the neighbor's nonsense, after all, something abnormal happened, so I told him that it was okay for you to hide it yourself, and you would have a heart disease. The old man took two breaths, and continued, "So I took him with me, found the captain of the patrol, and told him about it, and the patrol men accompanied him to the 'haunted' place. You know what. ”

"What's wrong? It looks like they haven't seen any ghosts. ”

"They found several missing people." The old man said, "The men were tied up in the tomb, struggling and squirming in the dark, not as if they were living corpses. …… Those people are really immoral, and they even tied those people there, and they were all girls from Birch Harbor or Birch Town, saying that they were going to be sold to pirates for a good price. ”

"But how could those pirates let these speculators come back alive, presumably these people are the remaining 'goods' they left here, but those people never returned...... When my neighbor came back, I told him, "It's good that you found them, or the girls would have starved to death in there." ”

"That's a good thing." Veel nodded.

"After that, the people of the church cordoned it off in the name of 'tracking down the murderers' and left after a while...... I see, it's just going through a form. But people will always need some form, won't they? The old man shook his head.

"It looks like you don't like the people in the church very much."

"I don't like it, Wiel." The old man calmed down for a moment and spoke slowly. "I'm used to being calm, I just don't want this place to be made nervous by the church people, full of busyness and panic. …… To be honest, most of the people in the town are probably like me and don't want the church people to come here, after all, there is no good reputation in the land of the northern church. ”

"When people are old, these words are always spoken...... Obviously, I still have to go there to live. The old man shook his head self-deprecatingly, "But, Will, I guess a young man like you must like the church here." ”

"It's fine." Well, he said, he didn't want the church to come in at all, after all...... He was the mage in the eyes of the chief knight. "I think the same thing as you."

The old man shook his head and took another sip of water, "Alas, there are not many young people like you anymore. You remind me of the Fater boy. ”

"Fate?"

"Well, it's the captain of the patrol team in the port of Birch Harbor...... A very serious person. Two days ago, a fire burned one of his arms. Fortunately, someone rescued him from the fire. ”

"Oh......" Will nodded, wiping the sweat from his head without a trace, "It's okay...... I mean, it's really thanks to that guy. ”