According to the arrangement of the Imperial Academy, the departure date of the charr is set for mid-October.

Along the way, the sky was clear and the weather was refreshing, which was a good weather for travel.

There were eighteen members of the task force, divided into six groups to carry out their respective tasks, and Charles was assigned to the third group. All participants are living beings who have not yet been converted, and can be tricked by the Priest's detection spells after special spell treatment. Although it felt terrible to be stripped naked and studied by a group of bone racks, and to apply all kinds of weird potions, Charles finally saw the light of day again.

Even on the borders of the Empire of the Dead, the sky is eternally gray, and when Charles finally sees the bright sunlight again, it feels like escaping from prison. But it's pretty much the same, Hela is either crazy or neuropathic, and that city is a large distribution center for under-inmates.

The horses crackled on the rubble, and now the team of four had reached a small village in the territory of the Kingdom of Valoran. At this time, the wheat fields have already begun to be harvested, so the Shire are bustling everywhere they go.

"Are you looking for a place to live?" The uncle who led the donkey took a closer look at the strangers who had suddenly appeared in the village.

Although he was not wearing armor, the pale gold sword that drooped from his horseback also revealed the identity of the charr, the young man was a true knight. And the other person who was obviously unfamiliar with horse skills was thin and thin, obviously a guy like an attendant.

The uncle who farmed the land naturally didn't recognize Kelsa, who was a mage's apprentice, and finally relied on Sybil's help to get the opportunity to go abroad, and the young apprentice pretended to be Charles's thug as soon as he put on his shabby linen clothes.

The remaining one wearing a cloak can only slightly see the white and tender face, which is estimated to be the female dependant of the knight's little brother. At the end of the line was Sophie, a girl on a pony, and Charles asked her to dress up as a swordsman, so the black-haired girl swordsman with a single ponytail raised her head quite proudly, but often couldn't help but look around.

"Yes, uncle, is there a hotel in the village?" Charles pulled out a silver coin from his bag and slipped it into the belt around the donkey's neck.

Before leaving, the charr had already exchanged all the funds for the activities of the Valoran kingdom, the common currency. Although the exchange rate of the silver coins was similar, the coins minted in the mold were noticeably rougher than the stamped coins of Hella. The Charr even suspected that the Undead Empire wanted to use high-quality currency to eliminate the various coins of the Human Empire.

According to common sense, the knight lord is still quite comfortable in the realm of the human kingdom. Whether it is the secular status of these warriors, or in the various goblin legends, the knights represent justice and victory. But Charles didn't feel the slightest sense of honor here, he felt that everything around him was resisting him, which was strange.

The uncle raised his head and glanced up at Charles a little weirdly, and then pointed behind him, "Turn right at the third intersection and the third family, that family's house is the best in the village." ”

"Thanks." Charles pulled the reins, and the horse continued on his way.

All the way forward, all the way around, the young knight walked at the front of the line without saying a word. But the atmosphere around was obviously wrong, and the young boy who wanted to see the knight on the side of the road pulled back to the little boy who wanted to see the knight on the side of the road, and forced him to pull home, while the farmer, who was busy carrying the ears of wheat, also avoided the charr.

It's weird......

"Are you looking for a place to live?" The woman drying the laundry at the front of the house was much more enthusiastic than the others, "But there are only three rooms left on my side." ”

Charles looked into the courtyard, at least it was clean, the two-story building was already the tallest building in the village, but the window openings were small, and it was estimated that there was no need for lighting. But the Charles were just passing through for a night, and it didn't matter for a while.

"Fifteen silver dinas in total, including dinner and breakfast."

I took out the silver coin from the money bag, after all, it was only a village, and the commodity economy was not prosperous, so the cost of accommodation for one night was still quite cheap.

However, Charles's focus was not on this little money, he glanced at the huge 'wolf' in the courtyard, "Are there any recent holidays?" ”

The giant wolf made of straw was as tall as two adults, and this kind of thing was used for sacrifice at first glance, but there were very few sacrifices to such wild gods in the human kingdom where the Holy Religion was prevalent now. Basically, there will be notices in the large territories of bishops prohibiting such superstitious behavior, so the monotheistic religion will sweep away the polytheism and become the final winner.

"Ah, tomorrow is the harvest festival, this is the virtuous wolf who guards this village, and the harvest of the past two years has relied on it."

"If you're not in a hurry, I'd like to stay and watch your celebration." Smiling in gratitude, Charles took the key from the woman.

"I remember that Valoran didn't have a wolf-related shrine," Charles said as soon as he walked up the stairs when Kelsa followed him closely, "and this is part of the Grand Diocese of Kassan, and it is strictly forbidden to engage in non-holy rituals, so the lord should definitely send soldiers down to stop it, but there is not even a shadow of a soldier here." ”

"Be quiet." The small room next to it was safe to be inhabited by the people of the village, and Charles didn't want to clash with these villagers, he just wanted to cross the border quietly.

And he could be sure that because of his attire, the villagers must be wondering if he was the knight sent from above to carry out the inventory.

It's really troublesome, but if it's just a sacrifice, it's okay to leave it as if you didn't see anything. As long as he doesn't directly intervene to hinder the villagers, the charr won't run into any problems.

But even so, he still felt that there was a problem.

Taking off her cloak, the young girl sighed, obviously impatient with the two old men talking nonsense, "Divide the room, I'm tired." ”

Tsk, Charles didn't expect this fake wolf girl to get tired so easily. According to Jill, Shandy was the cutest of all his cousins, but when she was seven years old, she suffered a serious illness, and after she recovered, she not only lost the ability to become a werewolf, but also had a much darker personality.

However, Jill also asked him to take good care of his sister, so Charles would not be too ruthless. Except for one large room, the other two rooms are narrow, so Charles and Kaelsa sleep in a single room, and Sophie and Shandy sleep in a large room.

When it was time for dinner, the somewhat gloomy werewolf girl didn't come down to eat, but Charles had long been used to it, and she didn't usually fit in when camping out.

"I'm a knight from the Southern Republic of Kastor, and I'm going to Xentella in Valoran." Charles chatted with the hostess at the table, a thirty-year-old woman was still a little charming under the oil lamp, and it was estimated that she was also a beauty at the level of a village flower when she was young.

"Well, it turns out that you are from Kastor, and my sister lives in Kanolan." The landlord's name is Kelly, a widow with considerable assets, and her husband died three years ago.

Charles didn't know where Kai Nolan was, and he wouldn't ask if he didn't say anything anyway.

"Speaking of which, madam, a tax collector should be sent to collect taxes this season." Charles took a bite of the wheat cake, and the heart-grinding noodles were still freshly baked, and the taste was quite good.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen the lord since last year, and no tax collector has come here to collect taxes," said Kelly's face was also full of worry, this situation is strange no matter how you look at it, "It's just that the crops in the past two years have been very good, and in previous years, the tax collector was already counting the grain in the warehouse at this time." ”

Holding her chin with one hand, Kelly glanced at Sophie who was eating and drinking a little funny, "She's your sister?" ”

"Hmm." Because it was so strange to call her father, Charles had ordered the disobedient little girl to call her brother instead.

"If my daughter hadn't been sick, she would be her age now." The widow's face was palpably sad.

It turned out that not only did her husband die, but even her children fell ill and died, and Charles couldn't help but sympathize with this woman, it was not easy to keep such a property in this world. Thinking of a helpless little widow like Kelly, she should have been coveted in her hands a long time ago

According to Kelly, tomorrow is the sacrificial ceremony, and the villagers will light a bonfire for the virtuous wolf and stay up all night to celebrate the arrival of the virtuous wolf in order to obtain a good harvest for the coming year. Although such sacrifices are ubiquitous, Kaelsa conclusively confirms with Charles that Valoran does not have a wolf-related shrine.

In other words, this is a completely foreign religion, which is very strange. Because of the rise of holy religions, all the polytheistic beliefs of the previous human countries have been suppressed, let alone let the pagan gods spread everywhere, and even the religious activity of the original place cannot be maintained.

There are too many discords, the lords don't come to collect taxes, the people in the village are wary of knights, and there is a new religion that has suddenly appeared for some reason. But it doesn't matter what happens here, Charr has his mission, he's a knight of the Empire of the Dead, and he's going to complete the lich's mission. It's only going to get a lot of trouble with all these things, so just wake up and leave.

Charles rolled over, visibly feeling that the bed was a little tilted, and he slept very uncomfortably. But after all, it is an undeveloped village, and it would be nice to have a clean place to live. However, this two-storey house is indeed the best house in the village, the whole is made of brick and stone, and the shape is much more beautiful than the surrounding houses.

But he couldn't sleep no matter how he slept, he couldn't help but start to miss the life when he was in Hela, he lived comfortably and was served by someone, and no one cared if he went to class or not, just like a retired old cadre.

It's really unlucky, and to be honest, although Uther has brought him a lot of benefits, he has also caused a lot of trouble.

Charles turned over again, trying to find a balance angle, the quality of this muddy little broken bed was too poor. However, a pair of moist eyes stared directly at Charles, Sophie in small pajamas looked very cute, and the sudden appearance of Lori unconsciously twisted her body, wanting to squeeze into the bed.

"Dad, it's a little cold outside the quilt." Curled up in her little hands, Sophie looked at Charles pitifully, as if she was about to cry as soon as the other party spoke......

Charles got up from the bed expressionlessly, picked up Lori, walked straight to the door and threw it out.

Immediately afterward, there was an earth-shattering howl outside......