【Western Continent Crescent Empire Batamat Grassland】

A beautiful bell sounded, in this grassland full of thick fog, the sudden appearance of the bell sound is unnatural, especially in this fog, the sound is coming in all directions, Ike looked at the fog in front of him in a daze, stretched out his hand, but could not see his fingers, he held the coiling dragon necklace tightly in his hand, in this bell sound, time seems to flow slowly. Ike naturally felt a sense of fear at the sound of the bells and the fog so thick that he couldn't see anything, and he was separated from Cruise.

"What the hell is going on?" Ike asked himself in a whisper, and he found that his hand had become weak before he knew it, and when he tried to pull out the sword from his waist, he found that his hand had become uncontrollable, as if it had melted.

"What's going on...... Can anyone tell me what happened. Ike thought to himself, he wanted to scream, but found that he couldn't even speak. At this moment, he found that an area in front of him became clear, only the area about three meters square, became extremely clear, and the summer grass was still covered with dew, and there were a series of marks of being crushed by the carriage very obviously.

At this moment, a man, or rather, a creature appeared in that place, for he had gray skin, the size of a human, wearing a dark purple robe, with an indigo layer of indigo metal around the edge of the robe, he had long hair like ashes, his eyes were indeed blazing black, and his face had a scar that stretched from his chin to the corner of his left eye. His face was expressionless, and his eyes flashed with a little silver light.

He slowly approached Ike, took off the coiling dragon necklace in his hand, looked at it for a while, looked at Ike again, smiled, and put the necklace on Ike's neck, at this time Ike was basically unconscious, because, when he saw such a person in front of him, he was already frightened and fainted.

"Lord Duke, this child?" Just as the man put the necklace around Ike's neck, a voice came from behind the man, it was a large man, two meters tall, but wearing an elegant suit, on his forehead, there was a black rune, and a pair of small sunglasses completely covered his eyes.

"Oh, old man's child, he's here." The man smiled and looked at Ike lying on the ground: "It's a pity that he didn't get his father's talent, but there is something in his body that I can't fathom." ”

"yes, what kind of thing?" The big guy asked elegantly.

"It's funny, but he can't control it, and I'm getting more and more curious about who his mother is." The man smiled, glanced at Ike who had passed out, put his finger on Ike's head and tapped it gently, turned to the big man and said, "Let's go, let the little one have a good dream." ”

……

Ike didn't have any good dreams at this time, his dream was a gray wasteland, it seemed to be a scene on a border, the bones of beasts and wild grass were resting on the ground, and the sense of terror of no one around invaded, like a ** wave, slapping Ike fiercely, he couldn't help but feel fear.

"What the hell is going on......" He clutched the coiling dragon necklace in his hand, always feeling as if it was this necklace driving everything to happen, and he didn't know what was going on.

"Knock knock knock." There was a cry of laughter, and this sudden sound startled Ike, and he hurriedly drew his sword from his waist, and a very happy looking child appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but let his guard down when he saw this child. When the kid saw Ike, he ran over as fast as he could, circling around Ike, and he could float in the air.

"You...... What the hell......" Ike suddenly became nervous by him again, and the child pouted when he heard him say this: "Hey, you're an idiot, you're so irritable, you finally found a contractor, but you're an idiot." ”

"Contractor? What the hell are you? Ike's shallow knowledge left the little guy speechless, and he looked at Ike with a look like Ike was an ignorant fellow. No, how can you say that it looks? Obviously an ignorant guy.

"No matter what the hell you are, you'd better tell me where I am and why I was on the prairie just now, and now I suddenly jumped into the wasteland." Ike withdrew his sword, and the little guy floated in the air ignoring Ike, smiling to himself, happy, though he didn't know what to laugh at.

"Hey! You're answering me! Ike was a little impatient, but the little imp was not in a hurry at all, and said slowly: "Why should I listen to you, you are so weak, so stupid, even if the duke's bastard throws you to me, I don't want to be such a stupid nanny." ”

"What do you want......" Ike defeated him, well, Cruise said something similar, saying that he was his babysitter or something, which he admitted.

"You make a contract with me, but you are not allowed to restrict my activities, which means that I can run out at any time and help you solve problems when you need it, and also, you have to take care of my food money, and also, I plan to go to the big city to visit, well, yes, this deal is worth it." Listening to these conditions of the little guy, a few black lines fell on Ike's head, no matter how he listened, he suffered......

"What problem can you help me solve? Also, aren't you raising you like this? ”

"Idiot! My strength is not something that a human like you can understand, well, if you are in danger, I can easily help you save the day, how about it, not bad? The kid suddenly thought that Ike was really a bit of an idiot, but he still ignored Ike's experience, such a teenage hairy boy didn't know anything.

"Okay, let's make a deal like this, if I don't agree, I won't be able to go back to the grassland just now." Hearing Ike say this, the kid snorted and patted Ike on the head.

"Hey, it's not too stupid, okay, if you want to ask any questions now, I can answer them for you." The child finally stopped floating from the sky, he sat cross-legged on the ground, Ike looked at the kid in front of him, blue eyes, brown hair, chubby little face but still a little cute, he was wearing a particularly loose white robe, like a pajama. Ike couldn't think of a species that could float as freely as he did, even though it was in a dream......

"What's your name? Or rather, what should I call you. Ike watched as the boy spat out a large bubble from his mouth, like a crab, and then popped it himself.

"Your name is Ike, right, well, you can call me Ace, haha, this name is like your big brother." The little boy smiled and said that Ike felt a little inexplicable, but he didn't refute anything, he wanted to leave this ghost place more at this time, but he hadn't figured out why he had met that weird "duke".

"Can you explain to me who you are? Who is that duke, and why are you looking for me? Faced with Ike's series of questions, Ace glanced at him, smiled vaguely, and grimaced: "I won't tell you." Haha, what's the use of telling you? You can understand that I am your nanny, and that guy is the one who hired a nanny for you, phew, although he is a capital dog who oppresses workers, why is he looking for you, how will I know, I am a nanny, who can tell a nanny why he is taking care of this baby? No, I was confused and got by him. ”

Ike was confused when he heard it, although he didn't understand what Ace's words meant, but he understood one thing, and wanted to get words out of his mouth, it was hard to die!

"So, how do I get back?"

"Contract, wait a minute, I didn't want to make a contract with you so early, you asked me so much, now it's time for me to ask you, where did that necklace come from?"

……

The Battamat Meadows were the only way from the city-state of Kuiman to the imperial capital, and Cruise came here at the beginning of the fog, and the carriage creaked through the fog, and when he realized that Ike was gone, he stopped and waited for the fog to clear.

"Why is there so much fog here?" Gina asked, realizing that even though she was sitting in the carriage, she could only see a few of their hazy figures, and the fog was unusual.

"There will be such a strange climate here around July, it seems that something will wake up at this time of year, and then fall asleep after a few heavy fogs, who can say clearly, just like the summer cicada, which only appears for three months in summer every year, this fog is like that kind of strange creatures only appear for one month in July every year, and after July, this situation is never seen again, so the Batamo grassland is also called the 'July Labyrinth'." Cruise had a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes fixed in one direction in the thick fog.

"Don't we have to go find that kid." Vivien said kindly, and Cruise shook her head, signaling that she didn't have to worry.

"Didn't you notice that there's a strange thing over there, there's a special 'field' near that thing, although I don't know what it is, but it should be a very interesting thing, dreamy, that kid should be attracted by him, or, that's the 'field' that the kid sent out at all." Cruise looked at the three elves with stunned expressions, and Gina said in fear:

"Field ...... Isn't it something that only those ancient magics that are too powerful to pervert to appear, why ......?"

"I never said that kid was an ordinary person, he, I can't see through it." A smile gripped Cruise's face as a figure stepped out of the fog that was gradually dissipating. Irke, with messy hair and dirty body, walked slowly from there, apparently having fallen from the carriage, his expression extremely strange, as if he had been entangled in something.

If they could see Ace floating around him, it would be like this......