"Hahahaha・・・・・・" Another burst of laughter spread from the hall to the kitchen, this was the fourth time that Bethlito had laughed out loud because of Qin Qi's visit to a brothel. With every laugh, the ale in his hand would more or less splash onto the wooden floor, and Bethlito would lick the walls of the cup with his tongue and continue to laugh.

"Bethlito, that's not the case, I've already said it several times・・・・・・" Qin Qi explained solemnly on the side.

Lingyue smashed a large pot of stewed mutton and wild vegetables onto the table, and a lot of sticky soup splashed on Qin Qi's face, but Lingyue did not apologize, but continued to ignore Qin Qi, avoiding any opportunity to make eye contact with him.

"Lingyue ・・・・・・" Qin Qi's words stopped when he reached his mouth, because he didn't know what to say, so he had to peek at Lingyue's expression while silently fiddling with his knife and fork.

Bethleto stared at the cauldron stewed, his face was full of surprise, he looked at Qin Qi, and then at Lingyue, and the question marks on his forehead became more and more. Finally, he pointed to the pot of vegetables and expressed his confusion.

"Lingyue, what's going on today? Feed the pigs? The taste of this dish does not look very good. ”

Ling Yue raised her head and stared at Qin Qi fiercely: "This dish is what I have worked hard to make, if you don't want to eat it, you can go to the brothel to eat, the wine and food there are good." ”

Hearing this, Berlito looked at Qin Qi with an innocent face.

Qin Qi put down the knife and fork and sighed: "Lingyue, this is not what you think, I went in to find something, and I didn't know that it was a brothel inside. ”

Lingyue turned her face away and said to herself into the air, "What are you looking for in the brothel?" Do you want the woman inside to send it out?

"Oh my God~" Qin Qi held his head in his hands and stared at his iron plate, silently.

"Lingyue, you have to trust Qin Qi, he is not such a person," Berlito shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Qin Qi from the corner of his eye, "Or rather, you should understand him, he is also a normal man." ”

"Bethlito ・・・・・・" Qin Qi was speechless at Bethlito's explanation.

"Okay, actually, I should understand this," Lingyue stood up with a whoosh, "You two have a good exchange of feelings, I still have to go to training." ”

With that, she walked towards the staircase.

After Lingyue walked out of the tree house, Qin Qi and Bethlito began to enjoy this "pig food". The two of them took a bite and found that Lingyue not only forgot to put salt, but also added more spices, and there was a lot of grass mixed in the wild vegetables, and a good pot of meat was wasted. It's a pity that the two of them have no concept of cooking, and they wanted to go to the kitchen to get some food, but they had no way to face such vegetables and raw meat, so they had to go back and obediently nibble on the pot of stew.

An hour later, after the efforts of Qin Qi and Bethlito, a pot of meat had basically bottomed out. After eating enough, there was no entertainment, Qin Qi, who was reclining on the chair, remembered the mark he found today, and hurriedly consulted Berlito, and by the way, he dipped some soup with his hand and painted it on the table.

Bethlito had planned to go for a walk around the woods path after dinner. He was quite interested after seeing Qin Qi's marking, walked to the bookshelf behind him, took out a book with a brass border, read a few pages carefully, and then put the book in front of Qin Qi.

Qin Qi glanced at it and found that there was also a mark with an equilateral triangle drawn in a circle on the book.

"This is the totem of the Turner tribe of the Falshi Country."

"The Turner Tribe?"

"Well," Bethlito sat next to Qin Qi and took out his pipe again, "The Turner tribe is the initiating tribe of the Fashi ** team. ”

Qin Qi remembered the armor on the robber's body and told Berlito about it.

"So, that bald head is probably also a mage from the Priest Country," Bethlito took a puff of his cigarette, "In the past, there were no warriors in the Priest Country, and when war broke out, the Priests generally chose to avoid war and use spells to protect themselves. It wasn't until the leader of the Turner tribe proposed to the king that the kingdom began to have its own army. ”

"The Turner tribe is a big fan of the Blackstone Staff." Bethlito added.

"Is there a difference between the warriors of the Priest Kingdom and the Priests?"

"I can't say what difference it makes," Bethlito said, turning back a page of the book, pointing to an image of a man in armor holding a short sword, "warriors don't have staffs, but they do have mage swords, which are short swords with the same mana as staffs. ”

"Well," Qin Qi shook his head, "but that bald head doesn't have a short sword in his hand, only a silver-white dagger. ”

"As I told you, that dagger is a gift from the nobles of the Blackstone Staff Society to their faithful servants, and the bald head must be serving some of the nobles of the Blackstone Staff, and the lack of a short sword means that he is most likely a spiritual mercenary who joined the Turner tribe."

Qin Qi lowered his head and thought for a while, then closed the book: "That means that a certain nobleman asked the bald head to go to Changhu Town to find the sergeant's sword and asked him to bring it back." But why a sergeant sword? ”

"This, because the sergeant sword is a mage sword with strong ** power." Bethleto said leisurely.

The dinner for the two ended in a chat. After Qin Qi asked Bethlito for a few books on the Blackstone Staff Society, the Turner Tribe, and the Sergeant Sword, he went to the room to study. Clearly, not interested in tidying up the dishes, Baillito sat at the table, his forehead wrinkled with thought, and after a while he walked downstairs with a smile on his face.

At this time, Lingyue was practicing using her staff to move the wooden block in the air, but every time the wooden block floated, her thoughts immediately ran to Qin Qi, and the wooden block fell down instantly. She is repeating this action over and over again.

Bethlito walked leisurely across from her, with a smile on his face, and magically took out a bright red apple from behind her and threw it to Lingyue, who caught the apple steadily, and her movements looked very skillful. She stood in place and sat on a shriveled trunk, and Bethlito sat beside her with a pipe in his mouth.

Lingyue's face was thoughtful, she took a bite of the apple lightly, and turned her head to look at Bethlito: "Bethleto, do you think I'm a little arrogant today?" ”

"Really?" Bethleto put down the pipe on his lips, "No, you just have a little opinion about Qin Qi going to the brothel." ”

"Bethleto, actually, I don't think Qin Qi will go to that place," Lingyue stared at the apple in his hand, "but I'm so angry." What's wrong with me? ”

"Hmm~" Berlito slowly exhaled the cigarette in his mouth, thought for a while, suddenly turned his head, and explained with a serious face: "Child, I think you are in love with Qin Qi." ”

"How so? I've only known him for a few days, it's impossible," Lingyue became a little excited. "You see I've been playing with Tans since I was a kid, and I don't feel anything about him."

"This can't be measured that way." "I remember a poet once told me that falling in love with someone has nothing to do with time, it's like a firework, as long as it is lit, it will shine brilliantly. ”

"Is that ・・・・・・ okay?"

"Of course it's good, I think I once loved a girl deeply, that kind of feeling, can make people happy without eating, drinking or sleeping."

"Hmm~" After listening to Bethlito's words, Lingyue's sad face just now instantly dissipated and turned into a shy appearance. She asked tentatively, "Later, how did you and that girl?" ”

"Later, she followed a crappy wizard with a sapphire staff, just because Sapphire was more beautiful than my ruby."

"Oh~" Lingyue had a feeling of crying and laughing. She stood up from the trunk of the tree, pulled out her staff, and secretly concentrated her will into the staff, when the large trunk in front of her slowly rose, circled in mid-air, and finally plunged into the grass.

"Bethlito, what do you think I should do now?"

Bethleto took out an apple from his pocket, took a bite hard, and chewed for a long time before realizing that he hadn't answered Lingyue's question, and hurriedly wiped his mouth: "You have to let him know your mind, and you usually look for him more when you have time, you take care of orphans in the orphan shelter, isn't it quite close to the government building?" ”

"But・・・・・・" Lingyue seemed to think of something in her heart, "isn't he going back to his world?" How can I ・・・・・・"

"Isn't that a problem," Baillito said, taking another bite of the apple, "and hasn't he thought of a solution yet?" Maybe you won't be able to go back, so you can have fun with him. ”

Lingyue smiled knowingly, she looked at Bethlito, her eyes were full of gratitude: "Bethlito, thank you for coming to comfort me and enlighten me. ”

"Uh・・・・・・" Bethleto stopped chewing the apple, his expression a little embarrassed, "Actually, I'm not here to comfort you・・・・・・ I just want to tell you to go back and clean up the dishes, I don't want to wash that ・・・・・・." ”

The next day, Qin Qi reported to the border guards early in the morning. Since Tans was going to Falling Moon City to receive the Order of the Swordsman, it would take a week to go back and forth, so he gathered all the team members early, assigned all the tasks, and then left Long Lake Town with two team members. Captain Ulantu has not yet returned, and the task of commanding the border guards has been temporarily entrusted to General Radik, who is recuperating in the town of Changhu.

General Ladic took off his military uniform and put on the uniform of the border guards, the simple border guard uniform could not cover the sassy and heroic posture of General Radix, he still gave people a feeling of standing out from the crowd when he walked among the team members, of course, he was not the only one who had this effect, but Qin Qi was sitting on the ground at this time, mending the defensive shield for the team members.

Qin Qi found early on that the way the border guards only held long swords was not suitable for resisting strong enemies, and it was particularly prominent in the last robber sneak attack. He applied to the arsenal of the government building to get some worn armor and shields used in the war, and made these things into gauntlets, which were used to temporarily resist the enemy's strong attacks, so as to take advantage of the air to counterattack the enemy.

General Radike was very appreciative of Qin Qi's idea, and after hearing about the economic difficulties of the border guards, he personally generously donated 100 gold coins to the border guards for the production of such shields, and also improved the food and salaries of the border guards. Because of his unique views on warfare, Qin Qi soon became familiar with General Radici and became friends with everything.

Because he needed to receive important people, General Radic chatted with Qin Qi for a few words and then went out, and agreed to find a time with Qin Qi to have a good exchange of swordsmanship, Qin Qi agreed without thinking about it.

When it was almost noon, Qin Qi finally repaired some of his hand guards, and at this time he was already physically and mentally exhausted, so he leaned on the steps to rest. Unexpectedly, I saw a familiar figure in the direction of the gate.

It turned out that Lingyue was here. It's strange to say, Qin Qi has never seen Ling Yue come to the headquarters of the border guards, and she seems to be a little disgusted with things like war. This had to remind him of Lingyue's tantrum at him last night because of the matter at the brothel. In order to avoid this unnecessary trouble, Qin Qi planned to secretly find a table to hide so as not to be seen by Ling Yue. So, he turned and crept forward.

"Qin Qi~" A loud voice sounded in the hall of the border guards, accompanied by a slight echo, needless to say, the entire border guards looked back at Qin Qi.

Qin Qi kept crawling motionless in place, he couldn't imagine that he would be discovered so quickly, and he didn't know what to do next.

Lingyue shouted a few more times in the same place, and the teammates on the side were all puzzled, rushed to Qin Qi's side, and pulled his cloak: "Qin Qi, Lingyue came to look for you, why didn't you react." ”

"Oh~" Qin Qi immediately stood up, but he didn't turn around yet, but turned his back to Lingyue, "I know, thank you for reminding me." ”

Lingyue ran over from the door to Qin Qi, holding a small wooden box in her hand, panting, and a little sweat on her forehead.

"Why are you ignoring me, what are you doing?"

"This ・・・・・・," Qin Qi reacted, "I was looking for something just now, and the nails are hard to find—are you here to find Tans?" He's gone to Falling Moon City, and it won't take a week to return. ”

"I'm here for you."

"Looking for me," Qin Qi looked surprised, "What are you looking for me?" It can't have something to do with yesterday's visit to the brothel, right? ”

"That," Lingyue lowered her head, her voice narrowed, "I apologize to you, I shouldn't have been angry yesterday, I should have believed what you said." ”

After hearing Ling Yue's words, Qin Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He also thought that Lingyue was going to entangle with him here about going to a brothel.

"You were so angry last night, I thought something was wrong."

"Uh・・・・・・" Lingyue was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly found a reason, "I just hate people who go to that place very much." ”

"I see."

"That's right," Lingyue hurriedly opened the wooden box, a burst of fragrance wafted in, Qin Qi glanced inside, it turned out that there was a meat pie inside.

"You haven't eaten lunch yet, I'm going to apologize to you for these pies. Originally, there were several, but some were taken by Bethlito. ”

Seeing the pie sent by Lingyue, Qin Qi suddenly felt a warm feeling, and his vision gradually blurred. For a long time, Qin Qi's life has been surrounded by loneliness, even if there are countless so-called friends in business, and Luo Zhilan's company, this warm feeling will only appear when his grandfather gives him a gift. It's a unique feeling that you can only have with your loved ones.

Ling Yue seemed to notice Qin Qi's wet eyes, and she was very happy in her heart. She pressed her mood and gently touched Qin Qi's arm with her hand: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh~, it's nothing," Qin Qi woke up from his intoxication, turned around, secretly wiped away his tears, turned around again, picked up a pie, and chewed it heavily. The smell of beef instantly filled the hall of the border guards, and the people of the border guards were looking around, thinking that someone had brought them food.

"It tastes good, but there are too many spices."

Lingyue watched Qin Qi eat the pie from the side, the smile on her face was as bright as the flowers on the edge of the Long Lake, and it could be seen that she was enjoying the process.

However, there are always occasional winds that want to skip over the calm surface of the lake, and this time is no exception.

Just as Qin Qi and Lingyue were sharing pies with a smile, a border guard came over and patted Qin Qi on the shoulder: "Qin Qi, someone is looking for you over there, it's a girl." ”

Qin Qi was stunned for a moment, looked in the direction pointed by the team members, and found that there was really a little girl coming to him, and she looked familiar.