A large convoy of horses disembarked from the harbor and headed west to the outside of Stauffen.

Staufen City is the royal capital of the Hohen Kingdom, which borders the Elven Tree Sea to the northeast, and it is very convenient to get to the Elven Tree Sea by sea or land.

In the past two years, after the all-out war between the Elven Court and the Kingdom of Osmu, the elven port was attacked several times, which caused a large number of human merchants who took the sea route to disembark in the city of Stauffen further north, and then went to the Elven Tree Sea by land.

In the past two years, the number of merchants in Stauffen has skyrocketed, bringing the ancient city to an unprecedented prosperity.

As soon as Aubrey and his convoy walked out of the port area, a local official rode up and stopped them.

Because there were so many caravans coming here recently, Prince Conradin ordered a large number of camps to be built outside the city, so that all foreign caravans could enter for free.

Of course, because there are so many horses here, the feed money tends to go up a little bit.

"It stinks!" said a beautiful girl in her early teens in a carriage, pinching her nose in disgust.

"Daddy, let's get out of here. Another girl who looked exactly the same also pinched her nose and said.

At this time, Aubrey, who was arranging for the convoy to settle in, shouted over there: "Donio, you start the holiday now, take your daughters and them to play!"

"Thanks!" Tonyo thanked Aubrey before he said to his twin daughters, "Lily, Lucy, let's play in Staufen for a few days, and then we'll go to the Elven Tree Sea." ”

The two maidens sitting in their own carriage cheered and told the rider to leave the place quickly.

This time, Tonyo took the opportunity to pass through the knowledge city and went south to pick up a pair of illegitimate daughters of himself and the queen, in order to spend more time with his daughters, and at the same time to see if he could let his daughters meet Charles.

However, Lily and Lucy are both royal daughters of the Philingen Kingdom, and their entourage is indispensable when they travel, but these entourages are all the queen's people, and everyone knows the roots, so no one is surprised that this pair of princesses are called that bald father.

The carriage soon entered the city of Staufen, where the streets of the city could be seen on the hill of the city, around which the castle had been built, which had become the royal palace.

It's the first time Lily and Lucy have come to the south of the river, and they're curious about everything here.

"Daddy, someone's eating clouds!" cried Lily as she discovered something new.

Tonyo glanced at it and said, "This is white cloud candy, do you want to eat it?"

The two girls nodded violently.

Soon, the girl in the carriage eats the marshmallows of this world.

The group soon arrives at an elf-style hotel, where Tonyo is Elizabeth's henchman, and where he can get a discount.

Although Donio's income in the caravan is not low, he still doesn't have enough money to raise his daughter with the specifications of the princess, and if it weren't for the special fund that the queen gave him privately, he would have to find someone to borrow money.

In the private room of the hotel, the waiter recorded the menu and asked, "Dear guest, do you need a bard to help you entertain?"

Seeing the expectant eyes of his daughters, Tonyo asked the waiter to bring in the best bards.

The bard soon arrived, a handsome young man, but as soon as he entered the box, he stared at Tonyo there.

Donio said "hey" twice, and then said to the bard, "Thomas, sing a good song to you." ”

Thomas smiled and adjusted the six-stringed instrument in his hand as he said, "Why don't I sing you a story about Charles?"

As soon as Charles's name came out, Donio's eyebrows raised, and Lily and Lucy also showed curious expressions.

Tony asked curiously, "What's happened to Charles lately?"

Thomas smiled but did not speak, his fingers darling over the strings, and the tragic music wafted out.

"A hundred thousand robbers walked through the dark night of the woods,

The pitch-black earth crawled at their feet. ”

"The sword and the dagger scared away Starlight,

The moon hides behind the clouds like a weak girl, not daring to look down. ”

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"Their long shadows shook the earth,

Leaving ruins everywhere. ”

"The black image crawls like a viper on the gravel road,

Going from house to house taking money and lives. ”

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"They have one foot on the square,

On the bell tower stepped on the other foot,

Standing in the sea of blood,

Playing a cheerful pan flute against the chaotic clouds. “

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"He's coming, he's coming,

He walked out of the deep darkness and straightened his back. ”

"He stood in the night, shining like gold,

He crushed the darkness with his broadsword. ”

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"Eight hundred fearless warriors,

Descend in the presence of the noisy robbers. ”

"The trumpet of the charge is loud and far,

A majestic war song surrounds the long ears. ”

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"He fanned the fire through the wilderness of the night,

Driving away a lost dog called a robber. ”

"The earth jumps out of the world of night,

Its body was as red as blood as the flames. ”

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"The gloomy plains are sprinkled with flickering flames,

Just like thousands of brave warriors. ”

"He took the robbers who fled in all directions,

Advance the roaring sea of flames. ”

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"The clouds torn apart by the wind disappeared into the night sky,

The cold moonlight shone on the cold wasteland. ”

"He will bring this inky night with the flame of vengeance—

Burnt along with the robber who broke into the house. ”

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"As night falls,

We slept peacefully. ”

"Sweet dreams take brisk steps,

Step into our hearts. ”

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"They are armed with shining swords,

The sound of swords is sonorous and the death knell rings. ”

"How can any time be quiet,

It's just someone who carries the weight for you. ”

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Thomas's singing voice is very beautiful and beautiful, and the sound of the piano is also first-class, and the audience in the box is so engrossed that they don't even notice that the dishes are ready.

"Let's eat together. Donio beckoned Thomas to come and sit down.

Thomas looked at Donio warily and asked, "Do you want to send me away with another meal?"

Donio had no choice but to pay Thomas first.

When Thomas sat down, Lucy and Lily frowned slightly, as they didn't seem to like a bard eating at the same table with them.

Donio saw what his daughters were thinking, and could only say, "Thomas's main job is the prince, and the bard is only a part-time job." ”

Thomas didn't care about this, and didn't pay attention to the twin sisters who were surprised to grow their mouths, and he said lightly: "Actually, I am happier if you say the opposite." ”

Tonyo asked Thomas as he shared the roast suckling pig on the table, "When did this happen to Charles?"

"It's been days. Thomas replied, "If you had come by ship from the City of Knowledge, it would have been two or three days after your departure." ”

"That's right. After dividing the roast suckling pig, Tonyo pondered and asked, "How true is this matter?"

Thomas replied, "Time and both sides are true, and everything else is the artistic processing of the bard." ”

"Do you know the details?" asked Donio.

As a result, Thomas shook his head, "The elves have blocked the news of that battle, and even I can't find out." ”

Donio, who wanted to find out the news, had no choice, and he could only put his mind back on his daughters.

Intelligence agents like Donio would ask the truth behind the story, but many ordinary people just took the bards seriously.

However, bards of varying levels kept pouring water into Charles's story, or adding some traditional routines, so much so that when Charles came out of the Elven Tree, he thought that the bards were singing the story of the old Charles when he was young 700 years ago.

What's worse is that some unscrupulous bards went to remote villages with fake goods to deceive, and in order to deceive the trust of the simple villagers, they compiled the fakes they brought into their poems, claiming that Charles was able to drink the potion he brought before he could take on ten women in the first half of the night and 100,000 soldiers in the second half of the night.