At the end of December, the city of Kerton celebrates its annual festival.

The streets are lined with white kerosene lamps, and the thin threads of colored glass balls connect the entire road, intertwined with each other, shining in a dreamlike light, stretching towards the center of Kerton.

The dazzling lights illuminated almost the entire room, reds, greens, and purples intertwined, filling the empty flower boards overhead. Draenor rubbed his eyes, even suspecting that he was still in a dream

He had been in bed since he got home yesterday afternoon, and had slept for eleven hours now. The moment he woke up and held his pocket watch in front of him, he even wondered if he had gone into hibernation like the cave bears in the Moyal Plateau.

Got up and pulled out the chair, but when he was habitually preparing to organize the documents, he found that the desk had been cleaned up, and in a blink of an eye, the manuscripts that recorded all kinds of cases had been crumpled and thrown into the trash can

Click-click!

Curious by the movement from the living room, Draenor took off the trench coat hanging from the hanger and draped it over his body, pushing open the door and walking towards the sofa. Jeanne and Vicilli were panting against the door, tossing aside a few full cloth bags in their hands.

"Finally out of bed?" Cooper, who was lying by the fireplace, glanced at Draenor, then turned back and continued to fiddle with some metal thing.

"Well, you're out of the house?" Draenor leaned back on the couch, looking at Vickyly in her new clothes.

"That's right, we also bought a new dress...... "Vicilico leaned over slightly, pinched the corner of her skirt with white tassels and showed it off to him, then suddenly frowned, and added seriously, "I didn't run far, it's on Gardenia Road, and I'm accompanied by Jeanne, I'm not a child!" What are you worried about? ”

"I don't ...... anything," Draenor sighed with a wry smile, the plague doctor had been eliminated, and there was no threat in Kerton City for the time being, he just wanted to enjoy this vacation for now.

Then again, he wanted to praise Jeanne for his new dress, which was a crisp white dress, the skirt was turned up to reveal the fluffy cashmere, and the snow that fell on his shoulders did not have any color difference with the fabric, and the whole person looked like the embodiment of winter.

"Didn't do anything." Vicky muttered and gestured to the bag at her feet, "Come over here and help, Jeanne is cooking, it's time to see off Cooper!" ”

"See you off?" Draenor sat up, turned his head to stare at the uncle's back and asked, "You're leaving?" Isn't it a holiday? It would be nice to stay an extra night. ”

"Heh, don't come to this set of ......" Uncle was obviously not interested in Draenor's kind words, he pushed away his chair and stood up, and put an assembled metal box on the table, "It's because it's the winter season, and I still want to go home quickly to reunite with my wife and children." If you want to avoid the blizzard, you have to set off to the south to bypass the mountain road, which is not close, even if you don't encounter the blizzard, it will take at least five hours, and if you set off tonight, you can catch the tail of the winter festival. ”

"It seems that it is really a festival, and the dwarves also celebrate the Winter Festival?"

"In Abel, wherever it snows, it's winter! I've told my children before that it's to commemorate everything that has happened in the past year, and it's also to be lucky in the new year. There is also an interesting legend: in ancient times, the festival was originally a ritual in which prepared sweets, pastries, and dairy products were placed on the altar to pray to the gods for blessings, and the seventh and last day of the festival was attended by obedient children to taste the snacks, while bad children were given only stinky and fermented cheese. ”

Draenor listened carefully to Cooper's completion of the festival's history, which reminded him of his hometown of Eichenry. Nicholas's Day, somewhat similar to another festival, is where the old man in red brings gifts to the good boys, and the terrorist, the terrifying underground demon Clapus punishes them.

Then again, the friends in Nikanlos should be preparing for the holidays, how are Sister Heidwin and everyone doing......

Draenor smiled, turned around and took out the money bag from the bookcase, fastened it on the table, and poured out a hundred gold coins and piled them in front of the uncle.

"What are you doing here? Fifty deli is enough! The uncle looked at the pile of golden Deli and asked suspiciously.

"These two knights still have spare time, hire two reliable bodyguards, and keep the rest to buy some gifts for their wives and children, after all, it's a holiday."

"It's quite human......," Cooper smirked, pulling a cloth bag to the table, and with a wave of his left hand, he tossed the gold coins into the bag.

"By the way, don't forget to take care of your weapons when I'm gone, those things are reliable, but they're also squeamish. Bring this thing with you, put all the tools you can use inside, and you'll have to clean up the mess on your own. ”

Draenor followed the direction the uncle had pointed and set his eyes on the metal box, pulling the clasp on the side, as if there were four or five wrenches and hammers of different sizes in the drawer, as well as some tools that could not be named.

"I'll use it, thanks." Draenor unnaturally thanked his uncle, in fact, the firearm was long gone, but if he could get new weapons in the future, it would be good to use these tools. He closed the box so big that it fit into the drawer of the coffee table.

After two o'clock, the four of them sat down at the table again after a long absence, and Jeanne brought a plate of freshly baked bread and stew, as well as some pastries bought from downstairs, as if to bring all the festive atmosphere of the street to the table.

Then, listening to the singing outside the window, everyone began to discuss the hardships they had experienced along the way.

"Remember those 'siren worms'?" Vikiriko picked up the spoon, scooped a large spoonful of raspberry jam on the plate and spread it on the bread, and pointed out the window, "Honestly, I may have thought them were a little disgusting at the time, but it turns out that I'd rather enjoy their singing one more time than the amateurs outside!" ”

"I don't want to...... Eat, please don't remind me of those dirty things. Draenor smiled wryly and shoved a cupcake into his mouth.

"Hahaha, that's what I'm for!" Looking at Draenor's frowning brow, Vikliko slapped the table and laughed, instantly forgetting all the table manners she had learned in Rivindry. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, held back a smile, and set her eyes on Jeanne, "What about you?" Is there anything worth remembering along the way? ”

"Hmm......" Jeanne put her finger to her forehead in embarrassment, thought for a moment, and a smile appeared on her face, "I guess I just came to the Abel continent, on the altar left by the night of the night demons, I will never forget the night when the stars shone brightly......"

Oh no, you can't let everyone know about this! Draenor suddenly became a little nervous, panicked like a child who had discovered the secret of his first love, but fortunately Cooper spoke in time to change the subject.

"Ahem, I used to know a man in Kedwa, a short sergeant......" Cooper said to the group, rubbing his beard aside.

"It's going to be, it's going to be Vichery swayed excitedly from side to side, anticipating Cooper's rare joke.

"He's quite famous over there, not because of any glorious achievements, but because he has a lot of children, really a lot...... Yes, it was also Winter Day, and he invited me to his house. As soon as he entered the living room, he saw the 'Supply Office' hanging at the door of the dining room, the 'Female Soldier's Dormitory' hanging on the door of his daughter's room, and the 'Male Soldier's Dormitory' on the door of his son's room. ”

Draenor met the others for a moment, and then continued, as if rushing to answer, "I'm too familiar with this, Command!" ”

"No, I thought it was going to be like this at first...... "Cooper shook his head and continued with a forced smile, "it says 'Recruit Training Center'!" No wonder he has so many children! ”

"What...... Hahahaha!! ”

Vickily was about to continue asking, but suddenly understood the meaning of the joke, and couldn't help but slap the table and laugh.

Draenor quietly heard the answer, covering his face and laughing. Everything was familiar, talking about the past, swallowing the past with the crumbs of food, and then everyone laughing together after Cooper's vulgar jokes......

Just like when they first met on board the "Tequila".

Finally, when dinner is over, it's time to say goodbye. Draenor led the group to the gate of the guild, negotiated the price, rented a four-seater carriage from the guild, and asked the captain to invite Eureka and Duke to be bodyguards on Cooper Road through the pager.

"Take it, this ten deli is an advance salary, and I will make up another ten deli when you come back, and it is really hard for you to work hard during the festival. Remember to get on good terms with Eureka, she's your team......" Draenor slipped the gold into the knight's hand, and whispered a final word to the other party.

"Wherever it is, it is the duty of a knight to help the inhabitants. Besides, you have been promoted to a second-order knight, and you are a real commander, as long as it is a task entrusted by the commander, I promise to complete it! Duke embarrassedly slipped the gold into his pocket, then straightened his back and saluted.

Then, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Cooper stepped into the carriage with a salute full of food. The moment he looked back, Draenor seemed to see something sparkling down his cheeks and landing on his uncle's bushy beard

"Let's go!" Cooper smiled and said goodbye.

"Don't forget to pack extra clothes, Kadewa is much colder than here!" Jeanne wiped tears from her eyes and waved goodbye to him.

"Tell the children the stories along the way! If I ever get a chance to see you in the future, I'll hear them call my name!" Vekily grinned and stepped forward to pat his stocky figure.

"Hahaha, yes, yes!" Cooper smiled wryly and nodded, rubbed his eyes, and turned to look at Draenor, who was standing at the very edge.

"Gone, Bluehair!"

"Well, have a nice trip." Draenor felt the corners of his mouth rise slightly, but something desperately wanted to spill out of the corners of his eyes.

From Tequila to Kerton, the dwarven uncle accompanied him all the way, listening to him brag in the wilderness and fighting the demon bull in the labyrinth of Minos...... He felt a little sour in his eyes, but he replaced his next words with a smile:

Farewell, top craftsmen of Kedwa, my old fellow, my comrade-in-arms......

From the moment the wheels turned, white snowflakes fell from the sky, falling on Lenlano's forehead like shattered memories.

It wasn't until the snowflakes had completely turned to dew that he finally opened his mouth and shouted a few words to the uncle sitting in the carriage:

"Remember the letter, Happy Winter!"