On the afternoon of picking the Ice Rose, Harold and Edith and the adventurer named Leke Bryan they met on the way descended the mountain.

After picking the ice roses, they walked out of the mountains from the hidden pass of the St. Maurice Mountains.

After a long detour on the rugged mountain road, they finally came to the town at the foot of the southern foothills of the snow-capped mountains of St. Maurice, and it was time to cook, and smoke began to rise above the town.

The top of the beautiful and neat little house is now covered with white snow, which dresses up this winter town, and looking at the town from here is like seeing a small town out of a fairy tale.

Edith took a few steps towards the town, waved goodbye to Harold, and then turned to walk in the direction of the town.

After Edith had walked some distance, Harold stood silent, not moving.

Leke Bryan looked at Harold's side face, he began to feel a little, and began to feel uneasy, and said to Harold, "Mr. Harold, then I'm going to leave too." ”

Harold turned his head to look at Leke, and he just asked lightly, "Mr. Leke, where are you going?" ”

"Ahh I'm going south too, and I've just heard that Mr. Harold is going north to the Salga Empire, and I beg your understanding that I can't go north with me any longer. Leke Bryan said, looking at the expressionless Harold, and suddenly a sense of fear arose in his heart. His hand began to move unconsciously to the hilt.

Harold turned around, tilted his neck slightly, and looked at Leke Bryan standing a few meters in front of him, the other party's reaction was exactly what he expected.

There's no need to talk nonsense with him now, let's subdue this person first.

A dagger appeared in Harold's hand as if by magic, and he was like a ghost, and he rushed straight at Leke Bryan.

Leke Bryan was shocked, he immediately grasped the hilt of the knife with his right hand, and took two steps back.

Trying his best to distance himself from Harold, he pulled out the long knife at his waist to fend Harold.

But Harold's forward speed was too fast, and before Leke Bryan could finish drawing the long knife, the sharp edge of the long knife only exposed a few centimeters of the scabbard, Harold had already pounced in front of him.

I saw that the beautiful man with the dagger in his hand quickly raised his foot and stepped on the handle of the waist knife accurately and quickly.

Harold's kick was extremely powerful, and with a "bang", it directly made the long knife fall back into the scabbard.

Leke Bryan was still quick-witted, and the long knife under his ribs couldn't be drawn, and he reached behind him, ready to pull out the short knife behind him.

At this moment, Leke Bryan's eyes flashed. In the next second, he felt a chill on his neck, the hairs on his body stood upside down, and he almost knelt down with weak legs.

The tip of the sharp dagger in Harold's hand was already pressed against Leke Bryan's fragile neck, and Harold could have pierced the artery in his neck with a little force.

The cold sweat on Leke Bryan's face dripped down on the snow and dagger, and he didn't dare to move, not even his eyes.

Harold put down his foot on the hilt of Leke Bryan's long knife, and he smiled slightly: "Mr. Leke Bryan, I ask you a question, and you have to answer." When you were first in the mountains, did you want to sneak up and rob us? ”

Leke Bryan's throat squirmed, and he said slowly, "I, ah.... But ....."

"Don't talk nonsense! Reply. ”

"Yes!"

Harold smiled with satisfaction and said, "Good! If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it in the mountains. Do you know why I didn't kill you then? And now it's another shot? ”

"I ..... No, I don't know. Honorable Lord, if I had known that you were the adventurer with the eagle ring that day, I would never have wanted to kill you. Leke Bryan said eagerly.

"Nonsense!" Harold scolded, his hand straining slightly, and the dagger stabbed a little bit of blood in Leke Bryan's neck. "Mr. Leke, you have ten seconds to figure out why. Ten! ”

"I, I'm ......" Between life and death, Leke Bryan was a little speechless, and he really didn't figure out what the reason was now.

"Eight!"

"You're a few!! A handful of them. Leke Bryan said eagerly.

"Five!!" Harold didn't even answer, he just counted.

Leke Bryan's leg went limp, and he fell to his knees.

"Two!" Harold counted the number, and he gripped the handle of the dagger.

In those last seconds, Leke Bryan shouted in a hoarse voice, "I see, I see." ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Harold stopped counting, and he blinked.

"Mr. Harold, I'm useful to you! That's why you're sparing my life! But now I am doing it again, which is not only revenge for my hidden bad intentions before, but also makes me clearly understand my position. Leke Bryan shuddered as he looked up at the gray eyes of the man in front of him.

Harold was silent, blinking, he didn't speak.

Leke Bryan didn't bother, he reached for the long knife at his waist and the short knife behind his waist, quickly untied it, raised his hands, and held the two weapons to Harold.

Harold smiled silently, and he gently removed the dagger from Leke's neck. The latter lowered his head, still holding his knife motionless.

Harold smiled and said, "Mr. Leke, take back your weapon!" It doesn't make any difference to me whether that kind of thing is there or not. ”

"Yes!" Leke Bryan whispered, retracting his weapon and looking up into Harold's eyes.

"You're not a good man, Mr. Lek. Although it is in the wilderness, you want to rob strangers passing by, this is your initial idea. ”

Leke Bryan laughed dryly, and he said bitterly, "Mr. Harold is right. ”

Harold put the dagger back, and he said lightly: "It is understandable that in a wild place outside the law, adventurers sneak attack adventurers. Although it is not very common, it is sometimes heard of. ”

"Of course, if you're just an adventurer with bad intentions and wants to sneak attack, I'll kill you. But you're shrewd, and you can think of other possibilities in advance through some signs. He was also a man of courage who dared to detour from the south of the Salga Empire, which was affected by the civil war. At the same time, as soon as he saw that the target he wanted to rob was powerful, he immediately changed his skills, hid his original purpose, and sincerely cooperated with him. ”

"Not a good person, but shrewd. Wonderful, wonderful!! ”

Harold summed it up with a smile, and he clapped his palm.

Leke Bryan was stunned for a moment, then he asked, "Dear Mr. Vasa, if you want to use me for something?" If I can, I can do it. ”

"Haha, threatening you to do something?" Harold shook his head slightly. "You're underestimating me."

Harold paused lightly, he half-squatted down and looked at Leke Bryan: "Mr. Leke Bryan, do you want to change the trajectory of your life?" No more being an adventurer wandering around begging for a living. ”