Verse 343: Summer Solstice (1)
The city of Galicano is built on a hill and is a fortified castle for anyone, and for Marin, this place is a purgatory for all straight men of steel - in order to get a look at the shop across the road, you need to walk up nearly thirty steps before you can push the door in.
The city is home to a large number of dwarves, and in the last era, the region was once a dwarven kingdom, which was destroyed by the waves of chaos and then reclaimed by the people.
When the dwarves of this kingdom returned, they found that this was the land of humans, and after negotiations, the dwarves gained the right to live in the city, and then the conventions of civilizations were signed, and the dwarves and humans began to mix in this area.
Marin is somewhat of a celebrity in dwarven circles - the Great Workshop of the Dwarves at Fort Carter is now a household name in the entire western human world, attracting a large number of dwarven craftsmen every day, who either come here to learn better skills; Or you may study hard in the workshop in order to defeat an opponent who has defeated you.
The dwarven god of craft and the main god have issued oracles more than once, acknowledging the fame and status of the Great Workshop in the dwarven circles, and Marin has heard that the god of craft has given Marin the status of an honorary dwarven master craftsman in the craftsman circle - this is almost the maximum recognition that this god can give.
Therefore, every time Marin goes to a dwarven shop, he will be warmly welcomed - compared to the closed nature of the news in the human world, in the circle of human subspecies like dwarves, the news of Marin's southern journey has already spread.
Marin was also embarrassed to accept the dwarves' welcome with a shy face, and usually gave them some pointers on their skills - most of these dwarven shops were mainly tools and weapons, and some armor shops.
This is Jessica's favorite, and when other girls are in the ready-to-wear store, she will drag Marlin over to have a look.
Marin didn't know if this was the wolf girl's way to show off, or if it was really to see these equipment with different regional customs.
Marlin's pointing is not detailed, and is usually a popular technique at Fort Carter, but the strength of these small techniques has not been circulated.
Marin taught the dwarves, and he also felt that although the dwarves were more solid, they didn't have so many fancy intestines, and taught them these things so that those who bought their equipment from all walks of life could have more chances of surviving.
In the end, Jessica couldn't buy anything - after all, she was the actual owner of the Great Workshop, so in the farewell of the dwarves, Marin and the girls merged and began to make their way towards the Lord's Mansion - the lords of this area were still members of the Mority family, but this time it was not the Mesozoic like Mr. Richie.
The owner of the city, the eldest of the Moriti family, has a hybrid of the Sun Elves and Humans, the legendary battle mage Domi Greenleaf Moritty.
Green leaves are elven language, this legend is an old woman, her father is the only child of the Mority family who has the talent of plastic nine back then, the Mority family has confirmed the bloodline of this child three times in a row, and repeatedly confirmed that she is indeed the child of the Mority family, and the old patriarch of the year made a decision to let her enter the mage tower, under the name of the tower master of the central province of Farol.
Over the next thirty years, she worked her way up to legend, eventually taking over the Chief's Staff from the old patriarch.
In Farol, she was the first-ever female matriarch, for which she was once the subject of controversy.
But in the end, she and her father saved the Moriti family during the last outbreak, the only defense area in the Gallicano Basin, the only defense area in the thirteen central provinces of the entire Principality of Farol that did not fall, and this basin saved 110,000 people.
When the tide of death receded, she rejected the requests of all the surviving counts in the north, repulsed the guards who wanted to make her a duke, and she eventually retrieved the only surviving daughter of the Grand Duke of Farol from the southern nobility.
She supported the child until she came of age, until she herself chose a prince from the royal family of Sidney to be her husband, until she was too old to walk, and finally passed the royal family to her eldest son.
The Moriti family, known for their loyalty, are the banner of the protectorate in the eyes of the Farols.
The old lady greeted Marin outside the gate, which made Marin a little frightened - in any case, this was an elder who seemed extremely kind, over a hundred years old, and deserved Marin's respect no matter what.
"Madam, good afternoon, this time to the south, to come to your city, what a disturbance." Marin smiled and performed the mage salute - choosing between the mage rite and the noble salute, Marin would definitely choose the mage salute, which is the respect that a young mage should have for an old elder.
Old Lady Domi smiled and saluted, although she looked old, her movements and eyes did not seem to be as light and energetic as an old man should be: "Marlin, I heard your story, before I met you, I thought it was just the Morwis family paving the way for you. ”
Marin was a little embarrassed - the legendary mage had enough strength to see through Marin's soul power, Marin was now just a teenager from the outside, but if a legend was asked to see Marin's strength...... From the eyes of Madame Anna, Marin's soul revealed to her as a child sitting upright on a magnificent throne, smiling, and not wearing a crown, but on the contrary, the crown fell to the ground at his feet, everywhere.
Marin used to wonder, because from the point of view of astrologers and astrologers, Marin was the astrology of the king of kings, and considering his great fame in the world of craftsmen, everyone said that Marin would be the greatest king of craftsmen of all time, and until then the so-called king of craftsmen was nothing more than a child wearing a brass crown.
In this regard, Marin could only laugh - they would not understand that Marin had accepted since he was a child that the prince and general Xiangning had a kind of, and in his eyes, nameless mortals forged a better world at the cost of each other's flesh and blood.
Marin's soul presents a picture of a future where there is no more oppression, and everyone is his own king.
"All right, my children, come, come in with me, an old woman."
Marin followed the old woman to the hall door of the mansion.
In it, people stood on either side, some clapping, others greeting, and Marin saw representatives of the churches.
Marin walked towards them with a smile, first greeting the old lady of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest: "Hello, madam. ”
The old lady smiled and hugged Marin: "Old Hoffman's godson, welcome to Galikano." ”
"I'm here, ma'am, can I borrow to stay in church tonight?" This is a statement - with Marin's current status, if he really wants to borrow it, he can only be in the Harvest Goddess Church - unless there is no Harvest Goddess Church in this city.
"Of course, my child, the church is your eternal home." The old lady hugged Marin again, then smiled and walked away.
"Hello, child walking on the golden field." The bishop of the Church of Justice in Galicano, a middle-aged man who did not smile, reached out and gave Marin the strongest handshake of any man.
Retracting his hand, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "Welcome to Galicano, Your Excellency." ”
"When I have time tomorrow, I will definitely come to visit your sect." Marin said as the branches of the World Tree on his wrist came out together and bloomed at Marin's fingertips, and then the four fruits finally fell into Marin's hand, and Marin handed the fruits to him: "There is a proverb in the southern Thai people called borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, and I think these fruits are also you should accept." ”
The man was silent for a moment, and finally smiled and held the four fruits with both hands: "Thank you, Your Excellency. ”
"You and your parishioners are on the right path, and you are to be rewarded."
Saying goodbye to him, Marin opened his arms and hugged the dwarf in front of him, and then the two of them picked up the silver flask and drank it enough to be used as industrial alcohol.
The friendship between a macho man with a height of one meter and two meters and a macho man with a waist of one meter and two does not need to be explained in words, one bite is dry!
Hugging the dwarf again, Marin burped and stretched out his hand to the bishop of the God of War Church in front of him: "Hello. ”
"Hello, my lord has been asking us to persuade you to change your mind, but we know that your faith is indestructible." The old lady sighed with a smile.
Marin laughed, for the first time, he thought it was interesting to be afraid of this guy, and at the same time sighed that his performance brought too many illusions to everyone.
Marin did not believe in the Harvest Goddess Church at all, what was indestructible was Marin's loyalty to what he had learned.
Knowing the leaders of the churches one by one, Marin turned his head and got to know the local nobles under the introduction of the old lady of the Moriti family.
Of course, the old lady didn't pull out all the little nephews of the seventh uncle's family to meet Ma Lin, she only introduced some nobles with heads and faces.
Marin shook hands with everyone one by one, and Dodge who followed him was so angry that he didn't dare to come out - these big nobles in front of him were the four sons of him, the earl, who had no intersection at all.
After the introduction, the old lady finally seemed to confirm that there was such a small attendant behind Marin, and she smiled: "This child is Richie's child." ”
"Yes, ma'am." Marin had doubts about whether Richie was her descendant, but considering that Richie had given him the child, he had to protect him.
"Great-grandmother, I am Doci Moritty, the fourth son of Ricky Moritty."
"It's good to see you so energetic, my child."
The old lady patted Dolphy's head with some indulgence, and let Marin's heart have all the doubts.
"Mr. Rich asked me to take this child to Anthony's wedding." Marin told the story as it was.
Then the old lady thought for a moment, and finally she stretched out her hand and beckoned to the maiden who was standing there not far away: "Alice Greenleaf Moritty, the great-granddaughter of my eldest son. She introduced.
The girl, who was clearly of elven blood, smiled and lifted the hem of her long skirt.
Marin was smiling too - if it was someone else, Marin would be worried, but if it was this lady, Marin really wasn't worried about her making a move to send her great-granddaughter.
"I've heard that Anthony and you have a friendship on the same battlefield."
"Yes, ma'am."
"In that case, you deign to attend his wedding, and I, an old woman, should also let my favorite granddaughter give me a small gift." The old lady looked at Marin with a smile: "I asked her to follow you, how." ”
"I will definitely escort her to our destination and then return her to you in good condition."
Speaking of this, Marin saw the smile in the old lady's eyes, which was the old fox's smile that was relieved by the little fox's watertight smile.
This made Marin's perception of the old lady a lot better.
Then the old lady found an excuse for the young men to talk to each other and left, leaving Marin with her granddaughter.
"Mr. Marin." This girl has a tall height, and she leaned down slightly to look at Marin: "I heard that your strength is outstanding, I don't know, can I witness one or two." ”
Marin was stunned for a moment - wait a minute, everyone knows how ambitious someone else's daughter is when she throws it over, what is the matter with this Mority family's daughter, if she does the opposite, there will be something unspeakable!
"Okay, if you have a chance, I'll show you a look." Thinking of this, Marin's face was filled with joy - this little girl from the Moriti family should not be frightened.
"Marin, come, let's go dance." Faye came over and took Marin's hand.
This made Marin realize that Faye in front of him seemed to be back to the height he had when he first met her.
As if sensing the surprise written on Marin's face, Faye triumphantly led Marin to the dance floor: "This is my transformation technique. ”
To be honest, Marin was very impressed.
Such a girl who can make changes for him can be loyal and loving to each other with herself.
"Marlin." The girl on the dance floor looked at Marin.
"What's wrong?" Marlin, holding her, asked.
"I saw the old lady standing there alone." The words of the girl in front of her drew Marin's attention to the side of the old lady, and Marin saw her standing there alone, just watching the bustle in the hall.
She is a legend, and her husband has not been able to make it to the top.
People who love each other are ultimately defeated by time, so the cruelest thing in the world is life and death.
"I must work hard to become a legend, not to make myself worthy of the surname of Movis or to make my mother proud, I just don't want you to stand there alone one day." Faye's whispers rang out in his ears.
Marin was even more moved in his heart, and he hugged the girl in front of him: "Then we agreed, I will wait for you, and you will wait for me." ”
"It's us." Faye said, looking to the sidelines.
Marin looked to the sidelines and saw the girls, who were smiling and watching.
Marin smiled and nodded.
"yes, it's us." Marin began to follow the dance music and began to stroll with Faye.
That summer, we made a vow together.
Say yes, witness eternity.