The water element in the western part of the sea is very active, in other words, it rains most of the time, and at this time, it is the best time for the fishermen of the western part of the sea to catch fish.

Yes, Hercynian fishermen fish on rainy days, unlike what Ruth heard at Bieber College.

Fishing on rainy days certainly increases the danger, and the reason why Haixi fishermen do this is because of the excellent terrain of Haixi's fishing ports, and the waves are not unbearable even on rainy days, and second, when a particularly precious fish comes to the surface on rainy days, which is the best time to catch this species.

The rainy days that never dissipate, the sun that is hard to see all year round, the moss that crawls all over the buildings, the strong smell of fish, the cold sea breeze that blows constantly, the punishment racks with the corpses of Okemi barbarians and Odidiao people hanging everywhere, the taverns that are lit up regardless of wind or rain, and the Haixi fishermen who fish in the churning sea...... This is Ruth's deepest impression of this place, which will never be forgotten for the rest of his life.

Perhaps because he missed his son whom he had never met, Ruth had a pleasant conversation with Maxie's son Gartnon, and took time out of his busy schedule to do his best to make up for the lessons that had not been taught by the family, and of course to help his sister Teai make up for it by the way.

"Two poor children, such irresponsible parents," Ruth sighed at the poor Gartnon.

According to Audi's custom, students who graduated from Biu Academy were required to serve as deputy to the Angels in the field for a period of time before being transferred to their first official position, and the period of time ranged from one to three years.

Originally, Ruth also optimistically estimated that he only needed to stay in this ghost place for 3 years before leaving.

However, Ruth's luck was not good, and in 1379, his family was involved in the political turmoil over the succession of the Bird King of Babel, and was severely attacked by a rival family, and the whole family was in chaos, and his transfer could only be suppressed.

When Ruth went home at the end of the year, he ran into Merta, who happened to go home for a long time, and Merta did not hesitate to say that he wanted to help Ruth run this matter, but Ruth flatly refused at that time.

Although Ruth rejected Marta's offer, Martha tried to do so, but the Toros did not want to get involved in the Mousse family's dispute, so after warning Marta, the matter was eventually resolved.

In 1380, the struggle between the Moose family and the rival families reached a fever pitch, and Ruth, as a member of the family, could only get involved in this dispute, in which Russ "voluntarily" defended the western frontier for Audi, which became the family's bargaining chip against the rival family.

Ruth, like a duckweed that can't be its own, is blown away at will in this era.

The family gave Ruth so much help, and now that the family is in trouble, Ruth can only grit his teeth and bear it, so Ruth really "volunteered" to guard in Haixi. At the end of his internship, Ruth was assigned to work as a tax collector at a newly established colony in Hercy.

However, the family is not unreasonable, knowing that Ruth sacrificed a lot for the family, so after some operation, he won half a year's vacation for Ruth, which means that Ruth can go home and rest for half a year.

After returning home, Ruth finally lived with his parents, wife and children again after a long absence, and enjoyed the happiness of family reunion for a short time.

Ruth's friends, Marta and Colro, after hearing about Ruth's return, took time out of their busy schedules and left their places of duty to visit Ruth in Elippi.

"Soaring goshawk, it's been four or five years, no, four or five years is when you graduated, if you want to say that the last time the three of us got together at the same time, it was five or six years ago," At the small gathering, Colro, who has always talked a lot, was full of sighs about the past.

"Yes, the last time we were separated for a long time, it was during the academy competition, and you, an Aurorard Mutual Aid Officer, secretly passed the news to Kifuta, which led to the confinement," Ruth said.

"Hmph, it wasn't the bunnies who did the trick on you first, I had to make the game fair," Colro said without guilt.

Hearing this, Marta couldn't help but grin.

After not seeing each other for a few years, Ruth noticed that Marta had become more reticent, but from the look in his eyes, Ruth knew that he was still the same violent Marta.

At this time, the three of them had been together for four hours, and they had almost said all they could, but before that, Merta and Colro were very careful to avoid the problems of their work, after all, no matter where they worked, it was much easier than the Hercy where Ruth went, and if you talked about their appointment, it would be to rub salt on Ruth's wounds.

But they don't talk about it, Ruth still has to mention it, mention some good aspects to make them relax. With this thought, Ruth smiled and said: "Relax, don't think too much about Haixi, it's been so many years, and Haixi is slowly getting better, for example, the route from Malado to Haixi is about to open." ”

"If the Malado to Haixi route is opened, you don't have to go through Yu Liwen to get to Haixi, it will shorten the distance, but how do you solve the problem of the voyage?" asked Marta, who seemed to have done some research on Haixi and knew the reasons for the failure of the route in the past.

"I know that," said Colro, "and Malado has spent a lot of money to bring in a group of shipwrights and sailors from the Lower Bird Feather District, apparently to use new technology. ”

"It's worthy of a person who interns in the Lower Bird Feather Zone, where the navigation skills are much more developed than in the Right Wing Zone, and he will definitely be able to do it," Ruth said this, smiling all over his face, not knowing whether he was really happy or comforting his companion.

The so-called lower bird feather area is a few islands south of Audi, and Audi people think that this is like a few feathers falling out of the bird's body, so it is called the bird feather area, where Colo was a deputy when he graduated.

Looking at the happy Ruth, Colro decided to speak after careful consideration, lest he fail at the end of the matter, and Ruth would be even more disappointed at that time.

"Ruth, don't expect too much from this plan, because I've been to both the Bird Feather Zone and the Right Wing Zone - I used to follow my senior when he graduated and practiced, and I felt that the two sea conditions were different, and the techniques of the Bird Feather Zone might not be applicable to the Right Wing Zone. ”

"I know, but at least it's a change," Ruth had predicted.

Then, the three friends chatted for a while before going back to sleep. After breakfast the next day, the three of them said goodbye again, the last time they were five or six years later, and after this separation, I don't know how long it will take to meet again.

Colro's prophecy was fulfilled, and Maledo's attempt failed sadly, but not entirely, at least the new technology allowed the ship to sail farther.

The future will be better, this is what Ruth firmly believes at this time.

After returning to Hercy, after half a year, Ruth received a letter from his family, and his pregnant wife gave birth to his second child, a daughter, so Ruth named Haixi after his daughter.

During Haixi's career, Ruth was most dissatisfied with the former commander Maxie, who had completely abandoned himself and ignored his children, even when they were old enough to go to college, and his children still roamed around the aristocratic district of Haixi all day long, with no intention of sending them to school, even the worst college.

Perhaps thinking of his own children, Ruth spoke for Maxie's children several times, only to get a reply of "Since you care so much about these two wild seeds, then they will leave it to you", and then Maxie handed the two children into Ruth's hands.

Ruth felt like he had seen a family ethics drama, but Ruth had no desire to delve into it, so he had to put Maxie's children by his side and teach them as much as he could. But watching them play wild in the wilderness every day, Ruth remained pessimistic about their future.

The days of being a tax collector in the Hercynian village were hard, with tax-resisting peasants, cruel robbers, and tyrannical Okemi all eyeing the village in the wilderness and raiding it, so the entrance to the village was hung with the corpses and heads of various people throughout the year to warn other ill-wishers.

In this chaotic place, one of the few times Ruth was able to get recuperation was the days when he went to Hercy every three months to pay his taxes, and the days when he had occasionally returned home at the end of the year.

As for the great calamity of Haixi, the danger of the Okemi barbarians besieging Haixi has only been seen once since Ruth came, and it also happens to be the time when the ambassador of the right-wing district Tongtian inspected Haixi.

Ruth remembers that during the siege of the Okemi barbarians, a highly venomous scorpion was commanded by the Okemi Beast Master and tried to attack the ambassador of Babel on the right flank, but the ambassador was too busy to notice the scorpion's arrival. At this moment, Ruth protected Ambassador Tongtian and saved Ambassador Tongtian from the attack of the scorpion.

Afterwards, Ambassador Tongtian happily allowed Ruth to make a request that was not too excessive.

The request that Ruth wanted most was, of course, to let him leave the ghost place of Hercy, but thinking that the other party should not be able to do it, he lowered the request. Therefore, Ruth's request was for Maxie's children, Gartnon, and Ter-Ai, to enter the academy, as long as they could enter any academy with the treatment of nobility, and this request was not too excessive and was accepted by the ambassador of Babel.

"Gartnon, Love, don't be as crazy as you are in Hercy," Maxie was drunk at the tavern before parting, so Ruth went to the inn to say goodbye to them, and they would leave together in the group of ambassadors of Babel, and the process was absolutely safe.

"Great kindness will never be forgotten, and if I am rich, I will repay it," said Gatnon, who stood up with a firm expression and promised Ruth as he sucked his fingers.

"Hahaha, you don't have to remember me, just remember me," Ruth smiled and patted Gartnon on the shoulder, and watched them go.

Time flies, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the tenth year of Ruth's arrival in Hercy, 1388 in the Great Calendar and 1003 in the founding of Audi.

Today is the end of the year, because Ruth went home last year, and this year he can't go home, so he can only stay in Haixi, and two months ago, the official road was destroyed by the damned Okemi barbarians, and the post man in charge of maintenance was also hung on the beam, and the post man who came to replace him has not yet arrived, so the official road can only be placed.

A month ago, there was a rare blizzard in Haixi, and it has been raining until today. Although the snow has slowed in recent days, Ruth has also missed the return to Hercynian and can only spend the last day of the year in this village.

"It's not good that it's snowing so heavily for three years in a row," Ruth sighed as he put his arms around the girl offered by the village and looked out the window at the snow.

"There are even worse things, such as the sudden death of the Babel Bird King's family," an unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared, reached Ruth's mind, and then disappeared, leaving Ruth confused.

In order to find the source of this sound, Ruth searched for a long time in the field on a snowy day, but in the end he still found nothing, and Ruth could only blame this inexplicable sound on his own auditory hallucinations.