Section C Chapter 1: Caravan Avenue (Seresya)
"Hey...... It's been a long time since I've had such a great grilled steak. Riding on a slow horse, Seresa burped and patted her stomach very pleasantly: "And the sparkling cider is delicious!"
Even if he deliberately turned his head away from the knight, Mad Dog felt his resentful gaze. Sure enough, Anusen's dissatisfied voice reached his ears a moment later: "I said drink less and drink less: just because of those few glasses of wine, you wasted an extra hour!"
"It's okay, it's just an hour – life is so long, what is an hour? Slowing down the pace of life is good for your body and mind. After a slight pause, Seresya continued to reply leisurely: "It's important to find your daughter, but it won't make you rush like this, right?"
"I'm not done yet. Anusen's gaze made the mad dog feel more and more hot, and the knight's tone was extremely angry: "Wasting time is not the point - you bastard drank twelve glasses of high-end sparkling cider in eight rogie?!"
"Isn't it ninety-six Rogie!" said the mad dog cheekily, "Nine-hundred-sixty fars." Count 1,000 fars, that's a Eurasian silver coin? That's how one Eurasian gold coin is enough for me to drink three times. ”
"So you mean, this money doesn't hurt?" Anusen reproached, "Do you know how much you can do with so much money?!"
During this time, I was busy traveling, and I didn't make any money at all...... Therefore, travel expenses have always been in a state of constant consumption. Ceresya thought about it, and did not feel that it was appropriate. However, due to his hard mouth, Mad Dog still intends to play tricks on him.
"It's easy to earn money for your trip, just find someone who looks rich and rob it. Mad Dog thought about it and came up with a plan that would make the knight furious.
Sure enough, the knight retorted angrily, "Don't joke with me, do you know how much money you have? I feel more and more that you have no idea about money!"
"How many more?" Ceresya thought for a moment and said indifferently, "I still have more than three hundred and eighty Eurasian gold coins on me...... What about you? I remember you took all your possessions with you, just like me. ”
"I have ten gold coins, two silver coins, five carters, four Rogie, and nine carters. Anusen finished the frighteningly accurate number in one breath, and his throat choked slightly: "Well, I know you're not short of money...... But splurge is—"
"—is not advisable. I know. Seresa said dryly, "Okay, you've said these things hundreds of times." Excuse yourself from preaching or something. Don't pretend to be an elder in front of me. ”
"I'm not lecturing you, and I'm not pretending to be an elder. The knight simply denied it, and then sighed: "Forget it, what you think is your business anyway." ”
"Speaking of which, it's close to the land of permafrost. Seresa turned her head with interest and looked at the bushes on the side of the road: "Here, alone, it's already much colder than the Nafrea continent. Moreover, the neighborhood seems to be full of winter plants. ”
"Because there is also summer snow here. Anusen also turned his attention to the pale green winter spring wood beside the road: "Although this is not a permafrost land, and the four seasons are distinct—it is also far colder than that of Tomeca City. ”
"Isn't that nonsense?" said Celeria, feeling the cold wind blowing, "To be honest, I like cold places—especially when it's windy. If possible, I'd love to visit Neverwinter. ”
"If we find my daughter in Jiuquan Town, let's go. The knight's faint reply was completely unexpected.
"Hey, that's not your style!" Ceresa looked at Anusen in dismay.
"Gruen seems to want us to stay in the Thirteen Worlds in the Land of Permafrost. I don't know if he has anything to say to us. Anusen frowned, "If you want to stay in the Land of Permafrost, the first choice must be Eternal Winter." There's no way you're going to choose Icerock City, right?"
"Che, I thought you asked to go because I wanted to. Mad Dog was suddenly extremely disappointed, "However, I don't know what happened to Neverwinter City right now—from the rumors I've heard, it seems that Winter's Breath has swept over there. ”
"Winter's Breath? I've heard rumors about this from Maester Legree. The knight pondered for a moment, then continued, "Did you hear anything else?"
"No more news. Mad Dog shook his head: "The Frozen Land is too closed, and it is rumored that there is not much room for mobility. Besides, none of the merchants who had been to Winterfell had returned recently. ”
"No one has returned?" said Annu's voice with a slight surprise.
"Yes, some people claim that the monster that has been sleeping in the dark glacier for 10,000 years has escaped from the foot of the mountain. And Black Ice and the Corruptor or something. Ceresya laughed out loud at all, "Damn, fools believe these things! I am too embarrassed to take out the things that coax children before going to bed and spread them out loud in the tavern!"
"I think it's true. The knight gave his advice with a serious expression: "There are no groundless rumors. ”
"yes...... But it will be false. Mad Dog snorted and looked at the wide avenue ahead: "There are always those idlers, you know—they pee their pants in fear when they see a wild boar, and then go around and tell people: I saw a nightmare beast!
"Don't. The knight sighed.
"You look worried again. Seresa squinted at Anusen's expression, "Thinking about your daughter and Lolo again?"
"I still can't trust the hooded man. The knight whispered sheepishly, "We may well find nothing in Jiuquan Town. ”
"Perhaps. Mad Dog sat upright: "But there is a goal for action anyway." ”
Just as the knight was about to say something, he suddenly reined in his horse and turned to look to the right.
"What's going on?" Seresa reined in her horse and followed the knight's gaze.
"I just saw the bushes move violently. Anusen stared at the black-green grass suspiciously: "Someone may be hiding inside." ”
"None of the people hiding in the bushes by the roadside are serious people. The mad dog looked away disdainfully: "Okay, what do you care about him?"
"That could be a stalker. The knight insisted.
"Probably, so what?" Seresa raised her voice, "Even if there were stalkers, you would have flown away if you found them—it would have been easy to escape by crouching under such thick bushes." Hurry up, knight? ”
Looking suspiciously at the bushes again, Anusen pulled the reins again: "Let the horses run this time - I see you're almost done." ”
Full of promise, Seresa tugged on the reins and clamped the horse's belly with her legs to remind him to start. However, the horse had barely taken a few steps before collapsing to the ground with a "whoosh".
Out of inertia, the mad dog was slammed to the ground. Gritting her teeth and suppressing the sharp pain of the impact, an enraged Seresya jerked up at the damned horse.
However, the horse had already died in convulsions. It had a black wood arrow stuck deep in its butt.