Riding out of the forest, ahead of him was a grassy plateau, and the knight in front of him opened the way, and Alan followed behind to the end of the plateau.

Looking down at the end, he saw a dense field of farmland.

It is said to be dense, but in fact, there are some grain straws on the farmland, most of which are wheat, a small amount of flax, peanuts, rape, etc., which look "colorful".

The fruits of these crops have been plucked clean, but at this time, at a glance, there are still peasants active in the farmland, looking from the high ground, like ants active in their jobs, and on the ridges of the farmland, from time to time a team of shiny knights patrol by, like overseers managing ants.

This can be called an autumn harvest scene, which begins after the end of the stars and continues until now, and is nearing its end.

"The straw from the crops needs to be transported to the factory in the city and processed into fertilizer for the next planting along with other materials. As the leader of this escort of Allen, the Molai Knight had been following Allen, and when he saw Allen looking at the large farmland below, he said: "Of course, they can also be used as fuel, although they are not as long as wood burning, but they are not too bad. ”

"I think the main role should be to solve the problem of private hygiene. Alan raised an eyebrow: "As far as I know, many people have the habit of wiping their butts with this kind of thing. ”

"Yes, but it doesn't taste good. ”

As they chatted, the rider in front of them cleared the way, and the two followed a gravel path from the highlands to the edge of the farmland.

The knights, dressed in shining armor, were numerous and flowed down the narrow path, looking like a long silver dragon in the midday sun.

The knights on guard in the fields had spotted the huge contingent. They blew the guard whistle and sent people to negotiate, and then after learning the true identity of Allen's gang, they let down their vigilance.

"I've vaguely heard that you've been sent to the reef. One of the knights who arrived naturally approached after spotting Molay's figure, and then he glanced at Alan next to him: "You are Sir Allen?"

The title was unfamiliar, and Alan hadn't been called that for a long time, but he nodded without hesitation.

"It doesn't look bad either. ”

The knight muttered quietly,

"What?" Alan asked.

"No," said the knight, "I've already informed the city, someone will come out to meet you later, I still have a mission to do, I can't escort you into the city, I'm sorry." ”

"I think..."Alan glanced back at the huge team behind him, then at the few men around the knight, and said hesitantly, "I think, we don't need an escort, right?"

"No, no, it is needed, how could it not be. The knight said with a look of course, and Molay leaned over to Allen and whispered, "The rules are like this, and the guests who come must be greeted by someone." ”

"Okay. Alan was relieved.

Samuel's family has many rules, which has been heard for a long time, although it is a bit ridiculous that a dozen or twenty knights escort five hundred companions, but this is someone's territory, and Alan will not say anything else, after all, he follows the customs of the locals.

"Are you done with your work?" he asked in a casual tone.

"It's almost over, and we'll be done in a month, and then we'll be tidying up the fields. Prepare for the next planting. ”

"When is the next time?"

"Like Reef City, it begins after the Day of the Descent. ”

"You're short on time, aren't you?"

"It's not very tight, we're busy here, and the city is also preparing at the same time, and it is expected that there will be no mistakes, but I'm afraid..."

Taking advantage of the gap before anyone came, the knight accompanied Alan to explain, and there was no intention of leaving;

It made Alan think that the Molay knight next to him was not from Samuel City...

The knights behind him gathered in a neat formation, and each of them looked quite excited, as if they were excited about the imminent return home.

Eren kept chatting with the knight.

"It is said that the nutrient solution used to grow the seeds is a recipe provided by the magicians, so those seeds grow at any time regardless of the weather?"

"Chances are, Lord Duke is familiar with the black-robed mages in the city. ”

“...”

The same goes for the seeds of the reef, and I don't know which mage Old Tyron is familiar with.

Alan thought to himself, he felt that it was not wise to talk to him, this knight was clearly no different from most people - centered on the city where he lived, and knew very little about other places outside of the city.

However, he didn't care about this, and instead cared more about the words from the knight's mouth: "It seems that you are not strangers to mages?"

"Yes, because on Silvermoon Street, we can always see the mage. The knight replied that it didn't seem to be a secret, so he didn't have any scruples about it, and his expression was quite proud: "The Bard Guild of Silvermoon Street is well-known, so even the mages often go there for recreation. ”

"Is it...."Alan said thoughtfully.

He chatted with the chatty knight for a while, and then noticed a group of knights coming down the ridge, and the armor was obviously more ornate than that of the patrol field knights, clearly representing their superiority.

"These are the people of the Knights of the Black Lily," Knight Morai, who had never been very talkative, whispered to Allen, "It's a group of high-ranking knights, it's hard to entangle, but it's also assigned by the Duke. ”

"Huh?"

Without giving Eren time to wonder, the knights had already reached the meadow on the edge of the farmland.

"Welcome to Samuel!"

In the distance, one of the knights at the head opened his mouth and said, "The messenger has reported your arrival, and I am really sorry for the disappointment!"

"It's far enough from the city gates. Alan replied with humor.

"No, no, no, we used to greet distinguished guests like you, five miles out of the city. The knight at the head said with a dry smile, and rode his horse to Alan's side.

"The black-haired elves of Reef City are truly worthy of their reputation. The knight, who was straddling his horse, turned his head and smiled at Alan.

With a white beard, a square face, blond hair, and slightly sunken eyes, Alan looked a little gloomy, and despite the knight's hospitable appearance, Alan always felt that there was hostility in the way he looked at him.

"My name is Jude, Jude Johnny, and you may call me Knight Jude. ”

"Hello, Knight Jude, I..." Before Allen could finish his words, the knight interrupted him: "You don't need to introduce yourself, because of the marriage contract with the eldest lady, we don't know much about you" He said with a smile, and then said like a few treasures: "Cowardly Allen, vulgar Allen, sinister Allen, arrogant Allen..."

Allen's smile was somewhat restrained, and he frowned at the knight with a rather displeased expression.

Seeing this, the knight smiled and said, "I'm really sorry to say this as soon as we met, but I'm not slandering you, they do say so." He looked very bold and honest, but Alan was quite unhappy.

Is it okay to say what others say? Who knows if you are doing something to hurt people?

However, when he first arrived, Alan didn't want to get into trouble, so he pretended to ignore the possible slander, but shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's lucky, at least I'm famous at Samuel."

"Yes," Knight Jude nodded in agreement, and then said with a face full of "regret", "It's a pity that the marriage contract was dissolved, otherwise you would be more famous." ”

"yes, it's lifted. Alan looked at him with interest, and suddenly asked, "You have a crush on your eldest lady?"

This was very abrupt, and Jude obviously didn't react, but after a little flurging, he admitted it calmly: "That's right, I won't deny you this." ”

"But to be honest, in Samuel, who is a single knight, there is no one who does not have a crush on the eldest lady. When he said this, his expression was unloaded with the falsehood just now, and he was a little complicated, as if he was worried about the huge number of rivals he had.

"It seems that you Samuel are short of women. ”

Alan didn't say this, but the look on his face was obviously like this, so Jude couldn't help frowning, but just then, he looked curious: "You haven't seen the eldest lady?"

"Yes. Alan stretched out his hand and gestured: "I saw it once when I was so tall, and your eldest lady seemed to be about the same age as me at that time." ”

"I said. Jude smiled: "You will be surprised to see the eldest lady, but you have already rejected her, there must be no hope." ”

He didn't believe it himself, so his expression was still hostile and a little jealous.

The two chatted without smiling, chatting as they hurried, and before long, they came to the bottom of Samuel's towering gray-black walls.

Seeing that the city gate was approaching, Jude suddenly whispered, "I see that you are a very reasonable person, so I suggest that you stay in Samuel and don't ask too much." ”

"Oh?"

Alan asked with interest, "Why?"

"That would bring bad luck. Jude chuckled.