The village of Serre is a very small village located in the southwest of the Bole Empire, and the location of this village is not even found on the official map, but the village has more than 100 people, mainly living on oats, because the village is not located on the main road of transportation, so there are not many outsiders, and the village is relatively closed to the outside world, compared to the southern border area, this village is in the hinterland of the kingdom, and does not have to live in fear under the shadow of orc plunder;

On May 12, 1675, three days after the Hansar Rebellion, the outside world was in chaos, but the people of Serre Village were still enjoying their unique peace and ease, and on the side of the road at the entrance of the village, there was a little boy sitting on an old locust tree, looking out of the village anxiously

Owen, are you still waiting there, Uncle Merkone probably won't be back today, when did he and Philip go to collect medicine, not for four or five days

Yes, come down, let's go fish in the creek together

Two other little boys shouted to the children in the tree under the tree

Ray, Joika, you go first, I must wait until Uncle Merkne returns, this is my agreement with him, the little boy named Owen in the tree answered his two companions in a loud voice

Don't wait, Owen, we won't catch the fish without you, said the smaller boy under the tree

I really don't want to go, you go and catch it yourself, I promised to let Uncle Merkne, and the first person I saw when he came back was what if he came back at this time, and Owen still refused, and his attitude was very resolute

Ray told him to be stupid, let's leave him alone, go to your 'huge' brother and go to the river to catch fish, the older boy under the tree said to the little boy next to him, I don't believe it, Owen can't catch a fish without him, and after saying that, he took Ray away

Watching the two friends leave, Owen continued to sit on the branch and wait, he was a child who had just turned 8 years old, and among the other two young boys who had just left, Joey Ka was just 1 year older than Owen, and Ray was only 6 years old, and Ray also had a 10-year-old brother named Cassius, and these four children of different ages and personalities actually became best friends

According to Joyka's words, one Cassius is worth four rays, and there is absolutely no exaggeration in this, because this is the case in terms of size and the amount of food, but the younger brother Ray is not at all like him, he is so thin and pitiful, it is really worrying that a gust of wind can blow him away, why the two brothers are so different in size, their parents are not clear at all, to outsiders, their parents are biased, only give the elder brother good food, ignore the younger brother, but in fact it is not like this at all, the parents still let the younger brother eat a lot, but he just can't get fat

Ironically, compared to his younger brother, who wants to be fat but can't, his brother Cassius regards his obesity as an unspeakable pain, and because of this, Cassius seems to be more shy and introverted than other contemporaries, Cassius has always hated people making fun of him for being fat, but Joyka likes to laugh at Cassius's obesity the most

Joyka is the darling of the family, but in the eyes of the rest of the village, because there are four older sisters, as the only boy in the family, Joyka is really a collection of thousands of lovers, but because of this, he has developed a naughty character, the active Joyka has long been not satisfied with climbing trees, digging birds' eggs, or using small tricks such as smoking foxes, he always changes tricks to catch others, if one day Aunt Lucy is cooking and opens the pot and suddenly finds that there is a living snake inside; Uncle Duke stepped on a pile of feces at the door as soon as he took a step when he went out early in the morning; Aunt Aina found a large puddle of urine on it when she took back her clothes to dry...... Ten of these things were done by Joyka

Compared with the other three children, Owen's personality is obviously different, and he is very interested in some people, Some things are inevitably a little paranoid, after all, he lacks the fatherly and maternal love that other children should have, because at the age of four, a poisonous snake took away his father and mother at the same time, this poor child was raised by the people in the village in turn, so far, it can be said that the people in the village are his relatives and are not relatives, although they are very good to Owen, but in the child's mind, there has always been a sense of insecurity under the fence, and Tongye's internal has prompted his premature mature character, but there is one person who can really give him a warm feeling of home, this person is: Uncle Mercone, because only Uncle Merkone would really see him as his own family, not with a look of pity like other adults

Strictly speaking, Uncle Mercone was not from this village, he had come to settle in the village before the birth of the four children, and did not know his origin, when he and his companion Philip, the thin old horse, came to settle in the village, and the villagers had little affection for the stranger who had suddenly broken into their paradise, and did not associate much with him, but it was not long before the villagers accepted the unbridled guest as their own, for this man had the ability to quickly win the trust of the villagers: the art of medicine

In such a poor and isolated place, people who know how to heal the sick and wounds are usually treated with the greatest respect, and more importantly, Uncle Merkone is literate, and since Uncle Merkone came, the children of the village have learned to write, which is a very happy thing for the villagers who have been illiterate for almost ten lifetimes

In addition to playing together, these four friends usually like to get together and listen to Uncle Merkone tell some stories about the outside world, such as knights, braves, dragons, adventures, etc., things that have been blistered in the ears of people in the outside world, for these children who have never left the village, it is exciting and exciting, and the calm little village is comfortable and comfortable, how can it close the four fiery hearts, and one day the eagle chicks in the cage will spread their wings and soar in the sky

The great wheel of fate is rolling towards this unaware paradise

On this day, the nine most powerful people in the country, if not eight, gathered again to discuss the current situation

Now Reguno Gagarin should have arrived in the Pole Kingdom, right, as the head of the Snowy Federation, Kasenlov, the head of the first person to ask

Theoretically, it should have been these days, and I was trying to trace the magic trail he left behind, but the result was very strange, not ashamed, it was a ring mage in charge of the research department, and what he developed himself was not easy to decipher, and I don't know if it was a compliment or sarcasm for Regunor

In other words, you haven't grasped the exact location of Reguno yet, right, what Vice President Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Women's Production Akhelina said made Mokogani blush

This Reguno is cut first and then played every time, and every time he leaves a dirty ass for me to wipe the head of the External Relations Department, Stephen is very angry about this

When he returns, he must be punished, and the head of discipline Shuvashenki said

I had already said that I shouldn't let this Regunor enter the center of power, he was too young, and the female minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Cressuratis, was bringing up the old story again, and it was not that there were no other excellent mages in the Federation

But what I care about most now is the message he was leaving: 'Please raise the level of military alert and always guard against a large-scale invasion by the Holy Light Cult', and the Minister of War, Waco Danley, holds the country's security lifeblood in his hands, and his advice on war must not be sloppy at all

Listening to this group of highest-ranking officials in the whole school and the whole country discussing the problem in a chaotic manner, the three sentences were not separated from the accusations against Reguno, punishments and the like, the headmaster sighed lightly, and the people present were all first-ring mages with the highest magical cultivation, how could they be so jealous

Then he interrupted the others and turned to ask the Minister of Intelligence, Bertatier, who had not said a word: "Everyone, be quiet, listen to what the Minister of Intelligence has to say about the current situation of the Pole Kingdom

Yes, the headmaster, Bertatier, stood up and introduced in a voice full of frustration that on the night of May 9, the night when Regunor left without permission, the capital of the Pole Kingdom, Hansha, broke out in the largest riot since the founding of the country, and the king and the second prince died

On May 10th, the day after the uprising, the Fayele Empire and the Kingdom of St. Auluffi jointly declared their belli on the Pole Kingdom, saying that the royal family of the Pole Kingdom had violated the canons of the Holy Light Cult, and then the allied forces, with the assistance of the rebellious Pole border guards, marched forward without much effort and entered the Hansar City, declaring the Hansar City under the joint trust of France, the Holy State and the Papal Dominion

On May 11, Medner, the eldest prince of the Pole Kingdom, who had been in the south to inspect the progress of the dam construction, was ensnared and committed suicide after hearing that his father and brother had been killed in battle

On May 12th, that is, yesterday, the two legions that had secretly supported the Elven Kingdom returned home immediately after learning the news, but they were ambushed and suffered heavy losses when they first entered the border, and they hid back in the Elven Forest again

Most of the local lords of the Pole Kingdom surrendered after learning of the fall of the royal family, and some are still fighting, but one thing is for sure: the royal princess, Sophia, is still missing

Regunor, are you in such a hurry to rush to the kingdom of Pole just for that little girl, what secrets are hidden everywhere on her, come back quickly, Regunor, tell me everything you know--Headmaster Kasenlov thought to himself, he tried to let Regunor join the core of power because he knew that Regunor had a unique and special adventure a few years ago, and behind that adventure there was an unprecedented secret, so Kasenlov was able to condone Reguno's arrogance again and again, because only he knew Reguno's value

After waiting for most of the day, even the sun had already set, and Owen actually fell asleep holding the branch like this, and suddenly faintly he heard a faint cry for help

Help me

Help me

The sound went from far to near, and Owen woke him up suddenly, only to see a white shadow approaching in the dark night in the direction of the tree, and the cry for help came from the white shadow

ghost

This was Owen's first reaction, and a chill suddenly rose in his heart, and then the feeling of fear made his grip on the branch of the tree loosen all of a sudden—and just like that, he fell from the tree, and fell directly in front of the ghost

Ahh

Two terrifying screams rang out at the same time

Owen, who was a little calm, had a chance to observe the ghost in front of him, who should have been a little girl of about the same age as himself, wearing a white dress that only nobles could wear, but at this time the skirt was covered with mud, the female ghost had long golden hair, her face was dirty like her clothes, and her hands were clasped in front of Shu, staring at her with the same frightened eyes as herself.