Chapter 1: Dark Clouds (I)
June 1733 in the solar calendar, a village on the northern border of Yunnell
"Debbie, you're lazy again!" a teenager ran over in a snowy meadow, and he spoke to a young girl.
"Brother Pino~" The girl pouted at him, "It's so boring to practice guns every day." Look there!" said the girl, pointing to the sea in the distance, "there are dark clouds on the sea today, and it will rain soon." β
"If you have the kung fu to see the scenery, you might as well practice your marksmanship. The young man crossed his waist and looked at his sister, the two of them didn't wear much in the ice and snow, just basic clothes, "If you don't exercise, you'll freeze your body." β
"Don't!" the girl twisted her body and looked at the spear lying on the ground, "My brother wants to join the Zong's guard when he grows up, that's your business, I just want to accompany my mother... And... It's not convenient todayβ" The girl blushed as she spoke, got up and ran past her brother, "I'm going to help Aunt Campeno with the farm work." β
"No! there!" Pino stretched out his hand to stop her, but he couldn't, and the girl ran two steps forward, and with a thud she hit a man, and the girl fell to the ground by the sturdy body.
"Motherβ" The boy saw the man's face and lowered his head.
"Pinault... I asked you to call your sister to train, why did you just let her go?" the woman thrust the gun into the ground vertically, and the dirt was pierced ten centimeters.
"I'm sorry, mother, I didn't have time to stop her," the elder brother stepped forward and stopped in front of his sister, "If you want to punish me, please punish me." β
"It's not about my brother, it's because I'm good at skipping class. Debbie patted her pants and stood up, "And, Mom, I've been doing it for the past few days..."
"Debbie, that's not a reason, don't forget that Her Royal Highness Alyssa learned the marksmanship of our Sid family, and she is also a woman, but she never stopped for this reason. The woman looked at her daughter with stern eyes, it seemed that it was not the first time that Debbie had skipped class, and this reason was not used for the first time.
"What's wrong?" another voice said.
The woman turned her head and said, "Ah, it's Modrella." β
"Aunt Modelella. Both children greeted politely.
"Why are you being scolded again?" said Modryla, leaning over and touching Debbie's head.
"She skipped class again. The woman said angrily.
"It's not good to skip class, right, you can play after practicing marksmanship?" said Modrilla, gently pinching Debbie's face.
"Yesβ" the girl bowed her head.
"Your father joined the Zong's guard, it is the pride of our family, I hope you can be like him, if one day you can be loyal to the royal family, our family can be promoted to the Zongjia, you know?"
"yes. Modrilla also helped, "Debbie, don't you really want Her Royal Highness Alyssa, if you can join the Royal Guard one day, you will be able to see her." β
Debbie just nodded and didn't say a word.
"Pino, take your sister to training!" the woman still had a stern expression on her face and threw the gun to her son, "Don't let her be lazy anymore, for no reason." β
"I see. Holding her sister's hand, the two of them gestured to the adults and left.
"That's right, Debbie, Pino
The woman suddenly turned her head and reminded them, "Just find a clearing in the village to practice, and don't go near the frozen forest!"
"Yes, I've always remembered, Mother. Pinault responded.
"Hurry up, walk quickly. Seeing this, Debbie softly urged her brother.
"Are you being too them, Barrena?"
"Alas..."Looking at the children's backs, the woman named Ballena sighed, "I don't dare to relax a little, the village is too close to the frozen forest, and that dwarf is a poisonous snake, and he doesn't care whether it is a child or not, and whether it is a mistake or not." β
"I know about your brother... It's me who is a little slack. Jasmine Lera was also depressed, "Dwarf Miru?? Kagmi, known as the Lord of the Frozen Forest, will never make it out alive, regardless of whether he is a child or not... I'll pay more attention to them, don't worry. β
"Thank you, Modrella. You've been here for a great help. Ballena shook her hand excitedly, but when she touched it, it retracted, and her face was a little terrified.
"My body will feel a little different than it looks, it doesn't scare you. Modrilla asked with concern, but she took a step back.
"No, no, no. Calming down, Barrena said apologetically, "It's me who should apologize, you took so much trouble taking care of my two children... I was just... Not quite used to it yet. β
The puppet shook its head, indicating that it didn't care.
"Your house can't be built to the standard, isn't this cottage too shabby now..."Barrena said, feeling even more ashamed in her heart, "The wood here is really... As you know, we can't get close to the frozen forest, and we need wood to make a fire. β
"I know that Yunnell wood is a scarce resource, and I am satisfied to be able to do this. Modrilla continued to be open-minded, but there was no end to it, and she steered the conversation to the point, "Balrena, I'm here to tell you that your husband has written from you. With that, she handed the woman what she was holding.
"He's here!" the woman's eyes lit up at the sight of the paper in the puppet's hand, "Thank you, Moderela!"
"If you want to thank those adventurers, it seems that it was a commission from Campeno last time, I asked the adventurers to go to the Zongjia Guard before they came, and your husband handed him the letter. β
"Thank you, the Adventurers' Guild. Ballena eagerly opened the letter, then skimmed it quickly, "Ah, he said everything was fine. The woman smiled even more happily, "I'm going to make something delicious tonight, those two kids must not be happy when I lecture them today, are you free, Modrella?"
"I," the puppet thought for a moment, "yes." Thank you for having me. β
"Eh~ It won't be better than the ones you eat in the city, it's just some coarse tea and light rice. Ballena is now smiling, "I don't know why you came to this remote village to open a branch, but I really appreciate you." β
Modrilla smiled, glancing at the sea, she also saw the big dark clouds, "The weather at sea today is not very good, it may blow over, you have to prepare in advance." β
"I'll go and inform the people of the Zong family and ask him to remind everyone. Ballena nodded politely at the doll, still clutching her husband's letter in her hand and smiling as she walked away.
"Yo, Balrena, where are you going?"
"I want you to take care of it, hehe. β
In the past, people laughed at Ballena when they saw her.
Modrilla smiled as she looked at the peaceful village, she was not like the "she" in the city, there were no quest boards, no adventurers to come and go, her house was just a small room for one person. This division is really shabby.
But the doll doesn't care about this, the people here also need to live, so her existence is indispensable. She collects the villagers' commissions and sets the amount of the reward, then summons an adventurer as she sees fit, and after completing the commission, she asks the mage over there to teleport him back.
Now that he has nothing to do when he goes back to the house, the puppet thinks about helping the villagers with some work.
After walking around the village twice, no one seemed to need much help, and finally she found the two children.
"Are you lazy?" and in a gentle tone like a big sister, Modrella found the children wielding spears at the entrance of the village. These two children are the only young faces in the village now, the older part was called away by the Zong family, and some of them left the village on their own initiative to go to the town, and the only ones who could stay in the village were these two children who were not mature enough.
"No, I've been practicing very hard, Aunt Modelilah. Debbie looked at Yass Langley, and then pretended to stab her gun forward twice.
"Don't pretend, your brother's expression betrays you. Modrilla threw an understanding smile at Pinault behind Debbie.
"Brother~" Debbie complained to her brother coquettishly.
"Aunt Modella won't blame you, will she?" Pino's hand didn't stop, and he was wielding a spear just like Debbie.
"Just don't walk around. "Jasmine has no intention of stirring up trouble with their family, Debbie is still young and obviously not ambitious, so it would be a good choice to stay here and take care of Barrena.
"Yes!" Debbie said and put down the gun, she jumped all the way to Modrella's side, and then affectionately hugged her hand "Aunt Modrella~"
"Aren't you afraid of my cold hands?" said Modrella, who pouted as she did.
"My hands are colder than yours, don't you believe you touch them?" Debbie put her hand on the palm of the doll.
"That's because you don't train well, that's why your hands are so cold. On the other hand, Pino's words broke the layer.
"Go!" Debbie grimaced at her brother, then turned to Modrilla and continued to laugh. β
"Little girl, are you begging me for something?" said Modrilla, shaking her arm slightly, and she could see that Debbie had a plan.
"Thatβ" Debbie turned her head to the side to make sure there was no one around, "Well, Aunt Modryla, can you teach me how to put on makeup." Her voice was low, as if she was afraid of being heard.
"Won't your mother teach you?" Modryla raised an eyebrow.
"My mom knows all day long that I want to practice marksmanship, and she doesn't teach me that at all, and today there is..."Debbie said as she pouted, "I heard Aunt Campeno say that I should be at my age now... I'm already a mature girl, I shouldn't do that all day like this, and I'm not Her Royal Highness..."
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