Hemu Town, also known as 'Ximu Town' or 'Hewang Village', is a small village and town where the river in the Irintana Lake basin passes, built by the mountains and rivers, with a beautiful environment, outstanding people and simple folk customs......

Maybe it's because of the narrow terrain, or maybe it's because there's a ready-made lumberyard and sawmill, and there's just too much good and cheap timber? Therefore, in addition to their own houses, the villagers living in Hemu Town even used wooden trestle bridges to cross the river to build their houses on a small island in the center of the river, which is not too large, directly blocking the two transportation arteries here by land and water.

However, the blockage of the waterway did not have much impact on the trade routes in this area, as the river was not practical to be connected to boats, and at most it was just a lumberyard using the water to drop rafts and transport timber downstream, and due to the severe cold of Skyrim Province, it could only be used for a few months of the year.

Although the utilization rate of waterways in Hemu Town is not high, it does not affect its land transportation to play an important role!

Because its geographical location is still very advantageous, it is a must pass through places such as Snowman City in the north and Vorcres and Helgen in the south, so it is natural that there are blacksmith shops, homestays, lumber yards, taverns and grocery stores and other shops and bustling streets at the same time, so as to supply the normal consumption, repair and living needs of business travelers.

However, what is surprising is that although the town of Riverwood is in principle the territory of Snow Man City, and is still a transportation artery and military location connecting the north and south, there are no walls at all, not even walls, and there are no soldiers sent by the lord to garrison it, just a gatehouse made of huge pebbles and wood fished up from the river......

Of course, Anne didn't care about these things, she didn't want to ask about these messy things, and she wouldn't care about them!

Because, at this moment, she was wandering around this small town, and waving her unusual but heavy gold coins to buy some of the good things she liked to eat from the villagers who had opened shops.

As for the Larov and the other party's little attendant, the fellow who seemed to be called 'Zagunburg', they went to the sawmill to find an aunt named 'Goldo', and they were long gone.

It is said that that aunt is the sister of that Larov, and the sawmill here in Riverwood Town is owned by the other party, so now which two guys who managed to escape from the burned Helgen want to defect to each other?

As for what they were going to do next, or how long they wanted to stay here, Anne didn't ask at all, anyway, she had no intention of continuing to follow them, because she now knew that along the main road to the north, there was a big city called Snowman, and if you went back to the south, it would be Vorcres, and even Havengal, Yar's Border, the White Ground Collar, the Winter Castle, the East, the Rift, the Snow Man, the Phocles Collar, and the Richley Collar and so on all learned a little from the mouth of that Larov, She could have wandered and played around Skyrim by herself without worrying about anything else.

But that was for later, and now Anne is hanging out here......

She kind of fell in love with this little place where the poetry was gloomy and quaint, and the river ran through the town!

In particular, the water of the river is very clear and cold, and even the fish and shrimp swimming in it can be clearly seen, and it looks delicious...... And the birds in the sky are even more incredible, they grow fat and big, anyway, she just likes this small town full of exotic 'taste'.

（…… ）

(lll￢?? ￢)

"Uh-huh~!"

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Obviously, Anne can also see that the lumber yard in this river wood town has indeed provided great help to the construction of this town!

This is not?

After she wandered around, she soon found that most of the houses in this peaceful and quiet riverwood town, which was more like a village and a town, were made of thick logs and thick planks, and at most the roof was nailed with planks and a layer of waterproof thatch. And if it were somewhere else, it would definitely not be so extravagant!

For example, in Heergen, there are more local stone and wood houses, because the stone there is more affordable than the wood here in Riverwood Town! Of course, there was no point in talking about Helgen now, that place had long since been burned to the ground by the dragon Alduin, and now all that was left was a broken wall.

"Uh-huh?!"

(*⊙~⊙) choke

“……”

(???? ▽????)

"Hey! A few Shu millets, what do you want to do with such a fierce look? Do you want to scare children?! ”

(??????)？

But it's a pity, it turns out that no matter how simple the folk customs are, there will always be some black sheep, isn't it? As Anne squandered gold coins and wandered around Riverwood, she was inevitably targeted by a gang of local bullies!

As we all know, because of the villagers, village tyrants or those unemployed vagrants generally do not easily bully the locals, after all, people who live in the same village, who is not related to the family?

Therefore, a certain Larov, who came here occasionally and was known by many people, and Zagunburg, who followed Larov, did not look like a person who looked bad to mess with, but they also did not mean to be deliberately troubled by the village tyrants...... But the situation is different for a little girl who comes to Riverwood Town and wanders around the village alone, especially when she seems to have a lot of gold coins in her hand?

And this may be the reason why Little Anne was surrounded by these bad people, right?

“……”

"Little girl, did you come to Riverwood alone? What about your family?! ”

After glancing at his companions, the guy with short shaved hair, who looked like a bald head, and a two-handed sword behind him, stepped forward, reached out to block Anne's path, and looked up and down at her with his head down.

"My family?"

(灬??) ω?? 灬)

"Of course not here! They're in the land of voodoo, so far away from here, you'll never find that place anyway! ”

(*?? ︶?? *)

Anne, of course, knew the purpose of the villains asking her the kind of question, so she answered with the slightest hint of mockery.

"Humph!"

"Who is that Larov who is here today? We've seen it, you've come to our Riverwood Town with him......"

The leader of the village tyrant asked with some fear.

Obviously, whether it is Larov or the other party's sister and the female carpenter, they can't afford to mess with them, so if this little girl who looks rich has anything to do with those two guys, maybe they can only let go of each other and those golden things in each other's pockets today.

"Larov?"

Σ(⊙▽⊙`)？

"Oh! You mean the guy with the bow and arrow that just sneaked into the village? They don't seem to know them well......"

(??????????)

Yes, Anne was sure that she didn't know that Larov and the guy called 'Zagunburg' very well, and at most she had just asked for directions and met twice and spoken a few words. Anyway, she must have disdained to have anything to do with those two unlucky guys who almost had their heads cut off by those fierce soldiers of the Empire.

‘……’

‘……’

Hearing this, the leader of the village tyrant and his accomplices silently glanced at each other, and then several people silently surrounded the little girl, faintly blocking the sight of the villagers passing by in Hemu Town.

In fact, it was completely superfluous for them to do so, for all the people here knew what kind of virtue they were as second-rate people who had nothing to do all day, and no one would be surprised by their actions, nor would anyone meddle and conflict with them for the sake of a strange little girl.

"Huh? What do you want to do?! ”

(???? ▽????)？

Although anyone could see that they must be uneasy and kind to these strange uncles, little Anne still pretended to be timid and asked carefully.

"Hello, little girl!"

"That's right, now that Hemu Town is under our control, if you want to stay here or go through Hemu Town, then you have to pay us a sum of money first!"

Although it is clear that they want to rob the other party's money, the leader of the village tyrant thinks that if the other party can honestly pay a protection fee, they may not be too embarrassed by the other party? Anyway, the vendors who passed by and went back and forth between the north and the south, and the guys who didn't have guards or weren't well guarded, all paid them a sum of money honestly.

And if it weren't for the fact that the Imperial Army had recently arrived in Skyrim Province and started fighting with the people of the Ulfric Stormcloak, which had led to fewer merchants, where would they have been reduced to the point where they would have to blackmail children to continue their lives?

For them, who have long been accustomed to blackmail, collecting tolls, extortion and robbery, and so on, it is really very, very difficult for them to suddenly have no money to drink and eat meat when the traffic suddenly decreases!

“？？”

∑(?? △｀)？！

"You're talking nonsense! Hemu Town is not your family, why should people pay you? ”

(?? -?? *)

Obviously, Anne has always hated this kind of guy who casually wants to block the road to collect her money without any legitimate reason and name, so she directly rejected the other party.

And she still remembers, a long time ago, a certain guy named Shane Knox also wanted to block the road to rob her money, and then she beat her badly, and the other party was happy with her, and has been honestly serving as her butler in the Land of Flames, managing for her the place where she first knocked down?

（？？？ ）

(￢?? ￢。 )

(Tibbs says he doesn't agree with the 'chaotic' memories of his little master!) Because, it still remembers very clearly, it was obviously a bad little master who ran to block someone else's way and wanted to collect the fire demon's money, but after the other fire demon was not happy, he beat the other party and occupied the entire flame land......

Well, it didn't dare to remember it, because some hateful little hand had moved to its neck and clenched it tightly, and if it continued to vomit, something bad would surely happen. ）

"Less verbose!"

"This place is in our hands, and if you want to stay here, you have to pay for it! We only need fifty septins! ”

‘！！ ’

'What are you doing?' ’

'But are you sure, boss, that little bag has so much money in her?' ’

'This ......'

At this time, just as the village tyrant had finished speaking, another guy with a thief's eyebrows came over and whispered these two words in the other person's ear in a voice that Anne could barely hear.

“……”

"Alright! Little one, I've changed my mind, and I won't make it difficult for you! Get all the gold out of your pocket, we'll take only a portion of what we deserve, and you'll be free of luck here in Riverwood! If anyone dares to make things difficult for you, just report our name! ”

After hesitating for a while, he felt that what his subordinates said seemed to be reasonable, and felt that it was indeed impossible to hide so much money in the pocket outside the other party's beautiful little skirt, and it was indeed impossible for a little girl to carry so many gold coins on her body, so he quickly changed his decision: he only planned to take most of the gold coins on the other party's body.

"That's ......"

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"But people don't have the kind of septins you say......"

(′～`●)

"People have a lot of gold in their pockets, but they don't want to take them out for you bad guys!"

(°ー°〃)

Anne is doing this for the good of these people, because if she really took out all the gold coins, she would definitely squash these bad guys who are strong and capable like that!

'Less nonsense! ’

'Fuck off if you don't pay!' Go back to your south! ’

'Alright, Boss! Don't pretend to be a good person, we haven't opened for many days, do you want to go fish and drink soup again? ’

'That's it! ’

'Just grab it, leave her two dollars as the passage home, who let her dare to run around alone in this dangerous world? ’

'Well said! Just now Hilde said that he saw the dragon, can this world not be dangerous? ’

'Hahaha......'

He wasn't the first to say that he had seen the dragon, everyone thought he was crazy, and Swandu had enough of him! ’

'That's it! ’

'Hurry up, let her pay the money, and then let her get out......

‘？？ ’

'Are you sure, little one, you're trying to resist?! ’

The village tyrants who just wanted to do it soon found that a certain little girl was looking at them with a pair of beautiful blue eyes, and at the same time silently picked up a wooden stick from the pile of wood on the side, as if she wanted to do it with so many of them?

“……”

(??????????)

Anne didn't speak, she felt that sometimes it was too cruel to use magic directly, the power was not easy to control, and if one was not careful, it would be burned to ashes or something, so it was better to use a wooden stick?

Anyway, the last time she was in Zhiyuanxing, when she fought those elites, her fighting skills have become stronger and more proficient, so now that she has the opportunity again, she can practice again.

‘……’

'Quick! Get her! Hurry up and collect the money and let her go!! ’

Seeing that there were more and more villagers watching, some of them began to point fingers at their own people, thinking that it would not be a good idea to continue to ramble here, and they were afraid that some guys would jump out and meddle in the village tyrants, so after exchanging glances, they directly pounced on the little girl.

And then ......

Syllable!!

'Wow~! ’

Boom!!

'Uhh ’

Burst!!

‘？？ ’

Boom!!

'Uh......'

_(:-」∠)_

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‘！！ ’

'No! Don't, don't fight! My aunt and grandmother spare my life......'

○|￣|＿

Boom!!

'Ugh! ’

‘……’

Dealing with such a group of guys didn't allow Anne to waste much time, and by the time the villagers were screaming and pointing in this direction, the local village tyrants, including a certain leader who fell to his knees and begged for mercy, had already been beaten by Annie's dazzling few sticks, and his nose was swollen and he fainted and fell to the ground motionless.

"Really!"

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"You guys, such a cute girl is going to be robbed, and you still want to be shameless?!"

ε=(?? ˇεˇ????))) Bah!

After cleaning up these unknown village tyrants, Anne threw away the little blood stick that she didn't know who it was, and then clapped her hands, and under the incredulous eyes of the villagers, she spit it before turning her head and leaving.

“！！”

!？ (??''????)??

"You two guys, what are you doing sneakily hiding here, trying to scare people?!"

s(?? ｀ヘ????; )ゞ

Ignoring the onlookers and fingers of the villagers, as well as the well-fed villains who wanted to worry about the coins in her Queen Anne's pocket, Anne turned and strolled into a side alley after cleaning up the other party, and managed to be startled by two guys who didn't know when they were hiding here.

Of course, what Anne didn't know was that her performance just now also scared the other party!

"Talos is on ......"

"Are you sure, little one, that you're really a mage?"

Before, he was talking to his sister about his escape from Helgen and the sudden appearance of the dragon and Ulfrick, and then, when he heard the little boy in the village, Frodner, say that there was a strange little girl who was being harassed by the bullies, and although he didn't think that the other party would need his help as a mage, Larov still rushed over and was able to see the fact that surprised him very much.

That little girl who claimed to be a mage and indeed knew how to do magic actually used a wooden stick to knock down the villains who had been blackmailing passing merchants in Riverwood Town? If he hadn't seen this kind of thing with his own eyes, I'm afraid he wouldn't have believed it anyway, right?

You must know that although the strength of those villains is not good, if it is replaced by Tararov, he will be surrounded by such a few people in the middle, and he will be beaten down if he is not careful!

"That's right!"

(*?? ︶?? *)

"He's a melee mage, learned from an old fellow named Gandalf!"

o(??????????) o??

"You probably don't know it, that Gandalf is a murderer! He was obviously a white-robed wizard, but except for learning a light technique to prevent being attacked by enemies while walking at night, he spent all his time on exercising endurance and strength! I also practiced those skills one-handed sword, two-handed sword, whirlwind dance, decapitation, armor piercing and so on to the highest level, which is amazing! ”

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（…… ）

(￢?? ￢。 )

‘……’

‘……’

"Are you kidding? How could there be a mage like that in this world?! ”

After glancing at his new companion, Larov shook his head with a bit of a smile.

For Larov, who had seen the ferocity of rockets and fireballs bombarded by the Empire's battle mages at full force during the Blackwater Fork ambush and the battle against the dragons in Helgen, he knew better than anyone what a powerful mage should look like.

"Maybe......"

╮(╯▽╰)╭

Anne didn't pay much attention to the other party, but just turned around and left, anyway, she didn't know the other party well, so there was no need to talk so much nonsense or explain too clearly to the other party.

She's going to rest here for the night, and then leave early tomorrow morning, and as for that Laroff and that Zagunburg, she won't have much to do with them! Otherwise, she wouldn't have turned down their invitation to visit the sawmill that smelled of wood.

……

At night, the Sleeping Giant's Inn in Riverwood Town......

In contrast to the drunks, mercenaries, merchants, and idlers of the town who were bragging, snorting, and even fighting, when drunk, a little girl was sitting comfortably on the high stool in front of the counter, chatting with Ogna who was collecting money and selling things at the inn counter.

'Hahaha! ’

'Little one, are you a mage?' No kidding! It's better for a little guy like you to hurry home, although I've heard about what you do during the day, but trust me, a guy with fine skin and tender meat like you will be eaten sooner or later! ’

'When you came in, you saw the tiger man in the green cloak outside, right?' ’

'His name is Baron Dahl, and he's most welcome to a solo traveler like you, so you'd better stay away from him!' ’

"Uh-huh......"

(*???? ╰╯`??)

"Is that so?"

(??????????????)?? ~

Obviously, Anne didn't quite believe what this Ogona said, because she knew that the tiger man was a caravan, and people were doing business in a serious way, where would they eat people again?

"However, he is really a mage, and he is still very powerful!"

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'Just don't blow yourself up like you!' ’

'But ......'

'I've heard that there's an academy in Wintercastle, north of Stormrudder City, east of Morningstar City, that teaches spells, if their fellows who learn the spells of the Evil Sect haven't blown themselves up? ’

'Yes......'

'Anyway, if you really want to go to that place, if you want to learn from the lord's mage, you'd better be careful? ’

Seeing that some lovely little fellow had given him so many gold coins, that wonderful gold galleon, Ogna couldn't help but say a few more words, and told all the valuable information he had heard from the mercenaries, the merchants, and all sorts of strange people in the past.

'That's right! ’

'Little one, remember to lock the doors and windows when you go to bed at night, the shop on the road of the Riverwood Town Trading House was stolen by thieves one night, and the guy who broke the door in has not been found! ’

'Although, the thief took almost nothing?' ’

As he spoke, Ogna at the counter shook his head as he wiped his cup with the sassy, rag-like strip of cloth.

'Would you like another rabbit?' ’

This time, I promise it's even better than the last one, definitely the kind you've never tasted before!" ’

Then, after thinking about it, he continued to point to the hares hanging behind him, which had been beaten back by the hunters and were already a little stiff.

"Don't want it, it's not delicious at all......"

(lll￢▽￢)

Those dead rabbits have been hanging there for I don't know how long, they are not fresh at all, so Anne will not be fooled into buying a second one! You know, the one she bought with money just now had been given to the former gladiator with a red mark on his face and a beard, and now Gore, the Skyrim Food Traveler, who had eaten it.

'My friend! ’

'Really, Lord Anne, if you have the chance, maybe you should try the three-tusked walruses!' Trust me, no one will get tired of a delicious bowl of three-tusked walrus stew! ’

'It's a delicious ...... that people can't imagine and refuse'

'Put that chewy meat in a pot, toss in a little minced garlic, add tomato and lavender, and fill a pot full of seawater, and it will soon melt into a pot of pure deliciousness! ’

'I've eaten all the meat from Summer Twilight to Solsdam, but there's really nothing like a fresh bowl of three-toothed walrus soup......

Gore, the sky-bounded food traveler who has been invited to eat by a little guy for nothing, is trying to recommend what he thinks is the best thing to eat, like a little guy who likes to eat delicious food as much as he does.

"Is it really that delicious?!"

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There is no doubt that Anne was a little moved by what the other party said, and she was thinking about whether to give up the sightseeing route she had decided to take and really go to the place where the other party said that she could eat the meat of the 'three-toothed walrus'.

'The three-tusked walrus? ’

'O great Talos......'

'Little one, I advise you not to listen to him!' You'll regret it once you've eaten it! Because, it certainly doesn't feel any better to chew than chewing a piece of wood chips from our riverwood town! ’

‘！！ ’

'Oguna, you don't understand! Your horizons are only as big as Kawaki Town, and you won't understand how much delicious food there is in this world! ’

'Maybe you're right, Gore......'

But you see, I have no less people here every day than you have ever seen and killed! ’

'No ......'

You won't understand! ’

'I understand! ’

'You don't! ’

‘……’

"Hey!"

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"You better stop arguing! Uncle Ogona, the chicken you just asked you to roast should be almost good, right? Hurry up and serve, people are hungry now!! ”

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'Oh! ’

'Of course! This time should be fine......'

After glancing at Brown and Delphine, who had gone mad after a little drink, and were still scuffling over a little thing, Ogna sighed and shook his head, and quickly turned around and helped one of the little guys bring a roasted old hen to the counter from the window in the back kitchen.

“！！”

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"I'm moving!!"

ψ(｀????) ψ

In this way, little Anne ate to herself on the argument between Ogona and Gore, to the melody of the bard Swan's thousand-and-the-millenical 'lalalala-lala~', to the boxing match between the drunken Brown and Delphien, and to the roar of the proprietress Delphi.

That is until a group of angry villagers rush into the Sleeping Giant's Inn, and at a glance they see something they shouldn't be seeing, and then surround Anne.

“？？”

∑(?? △｀)？！

"What are you doing looking at people like that?!"

ヾ(?????? ｀??) ノ

Anne was puzzled, because she really didn't seem to provoke these people, and she really didn't do anything more than wander around for a day, see enough of the scenery of Hemu Town, and study the small animals with abundant food sources in the heavens, the earth, and the water here, such as the beautiful orange and yellow birds, the mirelurks by the river, and the pheasants and wolves outside the village......

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

(maybe...... Tibbs, though, didn't want to remind some of his wretched little masters about such inconsequential issues. ）

‘……’

'Y-What are you eating?!' ’

A fierce villager stepped forward directly, looked at the counter in front of a little girl, and looked at the contents of the other party's plate, his face couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Roast chicken, of course!"

ψ(｀????) ψ

‘！！ ’

'Roast, roast chicken? Where did the chickens come from? ’

The fierce villager hurriedly asked.

Because, he doesn't remember that his family sold any chickens to the 'Sleeping Giant' Inn today! In fact, they have quickly stopped selling chickens...... And here in Hemu Town, where the population is not large, and it is more of a village than a small town, only his family has chickens!

So, now the question is, what is going on with the half-eaten roast chicken in front of a certain little girl?!

"Of course it was caught in the mountains!"

(??????????????)

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

‘……’

'Caught in the mountains? ’

'You're lying, that's my chicken!' My chicken is missing one today!! ’

Yes, in the past, when it was getting dark, their chickens would return to the chicken coop by themselves, but what do you think, today I don't know why there is one less, and then it is so good that they can smell the roast chicken here? So, they followed the smell and let them find it!

“？？”

(*⊙~⊙) choke

"Your family? Do you have any proof?! ”

ψ ( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

In the blink of an eye, Anne quickly shoved the last piece of meat into her mouth and chewed it along with the tender bones.

She didn't believe that it was raised by the other party, because it was indeed a pheasant she caught in the forest outside, how could it be so coincidental that it was raised by the other party? So, what she didn't say, she was pretty sure, it must be these guys who saw that she had money, so they came to trouble again?

Sure enough, the words of Diao Min from the poor mountains and evil mountains are really right, just like during the day, these guys from Hemu Town have found a new reason to find her Queen Anne's trouble, so she won't do what they want!

'You! ’

'Look, I found it in the back kitchen!' ’

'This hair! ’

‘！！ ’

'That's right! It's the one I raised!! ’

"Huh?"

=???????? (?????? *)

'You thief! ’

'This chicken is my old hen that lays eggs, and she is going to hatch chicks!' Now that you eat it, that basket of eggs at home won't hatch! ’

'Without eggs there are no chickens, and without chickens there are no eggs......

"Okay......"

(lll￢▽￢)

Anne understands that these people are really just some people, and they are really here to find trouble! She swore that she really caught it in the wild, how could it be so coincidental that it was the other party's? Anyway, she definitely won't admit it!

“……”

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Therefore, a small flame quickly flashed in Annie's hand, and then the Diao Min who was holding a chicken feather in his hand instantly burned into flames, and after the other party exclaimed and shook his hand, the most important evidence had been burned to charcoal......

But Anne controlled it well, and she was only destroying important evidence.

It's good now!

She ate all the roast chickens, the chicken feathers were also burned, and only a piece of bones remained.

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●； )

(Tibbs was a little speechless, I don't know what this bad little master of his own family is doing this for, after all, it's just a chicken, even if it's really raised by the other party, it's enough to compensate for a gold coin, as for that?) ）

‘……’

'You ......'

'Catch her!' Arrest her! That thief!! ’

“！！”

!？ (??''????)??

"You're the thieves, and they were really caught in the mountains outside the village!!"

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'Catch her!!' ’

‘！！ ’

'She's there!' ’

'Stop! ’

'Catch her!!' ’