In the early morning, before the sky was completely clear, a thin white mist rolled down the hillside, enveloping the entire mountain peak in a hazy white veil.

The tall wooden door slowly opened, and under the respectful gaze of the guard hunter, Mu Yan walked out of the White Stone Castle.

At this time, the shadow forest did not yet have the sound of birdsong, and occasionally a strange beast roar came from a distance, and then quickly fell silent.

The cool morning breeze swept across his face, bringing with it the rotten smell peculiar to the Shadow Forest.

He tightened his black wizard's robes and walked down the gravel path.

Last night, after settling them in, the Sixth Elder didn't make today's arrangements for these low-level wizards, except for inviting Camille and Westwell to attend the morning meeting, he only told them to go to Blackstone Town if they were interested.

Mu Yan knew that this must be the investigation of the wizards of Blackstone Town.

The investigators who had been hidden in their team had confirmed yesterday that it was the Great Knight Vervis, which could be seen from the attitude of the Great Elder Albo towards him along the way.

These may not be noticed by others, but Mu Yan feels it very clearly, after all, the familiar closeness in the smile that seems to be the same...... It's like the attitude of Cora and the others towards him at that time!

- It must be my own person!

You don't have to think about it, but now that their performance along the way must have been recounted to the wizards of Blackstone, perhaps this morning's meeting was to discuss their quota allocation.

Of course, it's one thing to discuss, it's another thing to be sure, otherwise there wouldn't be the current investigation.

Passing by the flowers beside the orchard, he plucked a handful of unknown white wildflowers, slipped them into the pocket of the wizard's robes, and continued down the gravel path.

In the early morning, there were already many people working in Blackstone Town, and the sound of people chatting could occasionally be heard on the neat stone pavement, with a thick shaded forest accent, simple and thick.

The women walked from the town to the mountain in a large frame, and the men carried their tools out of the city, and the smell of food could be faintly heard in the white smoke rising from them.

Mu Yan followed the footsteps of the men and walked out, and people passing by him would stop to say hello to him, and Mu Yan would also smile and nod in return.

Occasionally, the talkative ones would make small talk, and the same thick shadow forest accent and a series of meat jokes that the farmers around Blackstone Town were very skilled made these farmers with hoes look confused and at the same time a little suspicious whether this was an illegitimate child hidden by a family in the town.

The group out of the city walked down the stone road, and Mu Yan quickly blended in, the men joked loudly, grabbing the chest hair on their chests with skillful movements, and most of the topics revolved around him, a distinguished guest who looked like an outsider, but more like Blackstone Town's own people.

And the aristocratic etiquette course of about two years has a deep impact on Mu Yan, even if the meat jokes in his mouth are one after another, he has always given people a polite and calm feeling.

If you have to describe it, it is the feeling that someone points at your nose and scolds your mother, but you still think that person is very polite, and if you think about it calmly, you may still feel that what the other party said is quite reasonable......

Time passed quickly in the small talk, and the atmosphere along the way was cheerful, but Mu Yan always had a faint smile on his face, probably only from this point would the surrounding townspeople remember that he was a distinguished guest brought by the wizard lords, not a farmer in Blackstone Town like them.

Walking out of the city gates, over the fields, it was soon time to part.

The farmers were going to reclaim the surrounding wasteland, while Mu Yan was going in the other direction.

After promising to visit them at home when he had time in the future, Mu Yan turned around and walked towards the depths of the woods.

No one noticed, a crow flying out of the White Rock Fort pecked at its feathers, looked at the figure in the distance that was gradually swallowed by the forest, and there was a hint of human doubt in its eyes, and then flapped its wings and followed.

……

Twisted trees struggled to grow across the land, and if the dense woods were to be stripped of the vibrant greens, the rest would be like a swarm of demons, and the curse of the shadow wizard would change everything in the forest, sparing no life, no life, no life.......

From Blackstone's tall walls to the fortresses on the border, this area has been developed by humans over hundreds of years of hard work, and there are no threatening creatures other than these scary-looking plants.

With the increase in the population of Blackstone, humans have moved some important facilities here in recent years.

Moving along the rugged path, a slightly raised hill appeared in front of Mu Yan's eyes.

An iron fence encloses the place, indicating that this is not a deserted place.

Stopping outside the fence, Mu Yan straightened his clothes, took out the bouquet of small flowers that were well protected by magic from the wizard's robe, and walked in.

It's quiet, and there's a faint mist in the air.

The gray tombstones were neatly inserted on the ground, like rows of solemn soldiers, and Mu Yan walked between them and walked to the front.

A row of six brand-new stone tablets stood quietly, unyielding, but long dead.

Standing in place and looking at it in a daze for a while, Mu Yan came back to his senses, stepped forward silently, took out a white flower, and placed it on the slightly moist soil.

"Bell, the leader of the sixth squad of the Falcon Division, died in the defense of Camp Steel Shield ......"

"Cora, Falcon Division Squad 6......"

"Parr ......"

…...

"Evan, a member of the Falcon Division's Sixth Squad Reserve, died in the defense of Camp Steel Shield......"

Putting down the last white flower, Mu Yan straightened up, looking at this list of familiar names, his thoughts seemed to fly to an extremely distant place.

Mu Yan knew that his feelings for this world he experienced for the first time were always special, and he might experience countless worlds after that, but he would never have such a deep feeling as the first world.

"Good all the way, old friends......" he muttered in his mind, placing the remaining white flowers in front of Cora's grave.

This is probably the person he remembers the most.

If it weren't for the help of this man who was still joking all the way, maybe he would have died in the first world.

Until this time, he couldn't forget the scene when this man threw the knife in his hand into the sky with a smile, and it was that knife that kept him alive until now!

He sat cross-legged and looked at the brand-new stone tablet, as if lost in thought.

"Come out!" He spoke suddenly.

There was no movement around.

Mu Yan hooked the corners of his mouth and continued: "What are you doing sneakily behind a tree, do you want to make trouble here?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a small figure sprang out from behind a large tree behind him.

"Not really!" Xiao Gen shouted angrily.

"And what are you doing hiding?" Mu Yan turned around, looked at Xiao Gen and squinted his eyes and smiled.

"I, I'm ......" Less than Gen scratched his head, and I didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

In fact, he originally wanted to say, "I want to see what you sneaky guy want to do", if it was put in the past, this sentence would have blurted out a long time ago, but now, hiding behind a tree and witnessing Mu Yan's action of releasing flowers, he felt that it was really wrong to say this, but he couldn't find any other words for a while, so he could only scratch his head anxiously.

Looking at Xiao Gen's movements, Mu Yan couldn't help laughing, he was naturally kind to this Cora child, and he didn't intend to embarrass him, so he asked with a smile, "What's your name?" ”

"Yu Gen!" Xiao Gen said honestly, looking at Mu Yan's eyes with a hint of nervousness about the unknown and an inexplicable closeness.

For some reason, he always felt an inexplicable familiarity with the person in front of him, and it was obviously the second time they met......

"It's really strange, is this the familiar stranger that Big Brother Evan said before?" Less than the root secretly guessed in his heart.

"My name is ...... Anweis" Mu Yan smiled and reported to his home, beckoning, letting Xiaogen come closer.

Xiao Gen was stunned, and politely, he immediately greeted Mu Yan:

"Hello Uncle Anvis!"

A green tendon erupted on Mu Yan's head, Cora was right, this kid was really skinny!

With a move of his hand, he directly used his magic power to push Xiao Gen in front of him.

"Call brother!" He pressed the little guy's head "gently".

However, Xiao Gen looked at him with a surprised face, and the next second he shouted with a frightened expression: "Wizard Lord!" ”

At this moment, the heart that is less than the root is hopeless......

"After all these bad things, is the wizard finally coming to clean me up?" He thought so in his heart, but he was quickly woken up by a brain collapse of Mu Yan.

"Brother Anvis!" Clever he immediately came to his senses.

Mu Yan nodded with satisfaction, and finally let him go, his eyes swept over the undried tears on the child's face, as well as the red and swollen eyes, and frowned slightly, this little guy obviously came earlier than him, and he has been crying here for a while.

"What are you doing in this place so early?" Mu Yan asked with a smile.

"I ......" Xiao Gen just wanted to say that he was lost and came here, but immediately thought of the rumored terrible rumors that the lying child would be bounced off by the wizard-sama and other terrifying rumors, and immediately shuddered: "I'm here to see my father!" ”

"What else?" Mu Yan squinted his eyes and asked with a smile.

Xiao Gen hesitated, lowered his head and whispered, "...... and Dad will cry for a while." ”

Immediately, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly added: "I will be sad to hide at home and cry and be seen by my mother, so I came to find my father!" ”

The fierce folk of Blackstone believe that crying should not be something men should do, and "go home and cry if you want to cry" is often on the lips of hunters, and this sarcastic phrase is literally translated by the little ones into the rule of "crying only at home".

Xiaogen was obviously worried that the wizard who insisted on making him call his brother looked down on him, but for him, as long as his mother or father was there, no matter where he was, it was home to him.

Even a cold cemetery when you get a place is the same.

What a mature child who is distressing......

Mu Yan patted his head gently.

"Would you like to tell me what happened?" He spoke as if chattering.

I don't know if it was because of that strange closeness or because of the majesty of the wizard, Xiao Gen hesitated for a moment, and then immediately poured out all the bitter water.

Time passed little by little in the small talk between the two, and gradually let go of Xiao Gen, who sat on the ground sadly for a while, danced happily for a while, frowned and meditated for a while, and argued with Mu Yan for a while, it seemed that gradually, he had forgotten the identity of the stranger wizard in front of him, and regarded him as someone who was familiar with him, someone he was most familiar with outside his family.

Even he didn't notice that it had been a long time since he had talked to someone so happily......

On the branches of a tree in the distance, the black crow looked at this side suspiciously.

Because he was afraid of being discovered, he didn't get too close, and he was confused when he saw the scene at this time, and he didn't understand what was going on at all.

"This guy is so good at teasing children?" He thought to himself, confused.

On the other hand, the end of the small talk ends with a wail that is less than a root.

The pitiful voice and the loud voice that had been passed down in Blackstone Town made Rao the "crow" who was far away also hear it clearly.

"Why doesn't Dad want me anymore, I still have a lot to say to him......" Xiaogen cried, fortunately, there was no one else here except Mu Yan and a "crow" who was not very good at tracking skills, otherwise he would be teased again.

Mu Yan didn't comfort him, he understood that for this little guy who had been emotionally suppressed for a long time, crying for a while was just the right way to release some pressure!

He smiled gently, and through the conversation just now, he learned that the reason for the child's sadness comes from the mother's frequent sadness at home, from the bullying of the playmates at sunset, and from the confusion of today's life, but more often it comes from the loneliness of the lack of father's company.

As he said, he had a lot to say to his father, and he wanted to hear what he would teach him what to do in the future!

After the crying gradually subsided, Mu Yan stood up and gently rubbed his head.

"Brother Anvis?" The little guy raised his head with teary eyes and a bitter expression.

Mu Yan squinted his eyes slightly and looked down at him:

"What if I have a way to help you?"

Xiao Gen was stunned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Can you bring Dad back to life?" ”

"Of course not!" Mu Yan smiled and shook his head: "But I can let him say a few words to you!" ”

"Really?!" Xiaogen was surprised as if his eyes were about to fall out.

Mu Yan nodded, his expression was very calm: "Of course, after all...... I'm a great wizard! ”

"Wow!!" The expression on his face instantly changed from rainy to sunny, and he jumped up from the ground with excitement.

Mu Yan looked at him with a smile, and his afterglow swept invisibly over the branches in the distance. I want to talk about "Infinite Crazy Amusement Park" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~