Sunny weather always brings a pleasant mood. But in front of the city gates, Winter watched with a look of disappointment as his father, Frank, led the team out of Dragonclaw. And what disappointed him the most was that Haidh got the opportunity to return to his hometown of Red Cliff City with his father. Although he continued to show his repentance in front of his father, he was unable to change Frank's decision.

In Franck's opinion, Winter's reckless personality must have caused him a lot of trouble in Red Cliff City. Although he had forgiven Winter for his mistakes in his heart, in order to avoid new troubles, he turned a blind eye to how well Winter had performed these days.

Just as Frank had predicted, Winter's previous regrets and reluctance had all vanished shortly after the team left Dragonclaw. Because his attention is all drawn to the strange behavior of his big brother, Walter Ryder.

Before Frank left, he had already handed over the affairs of the city to Walter to deal with. And let the knight Xiao Hua, who has just recovered, assist in handling some special situations. Knight Shaw refused because he was seriously injured, but eventually accepted the duke's order.

After bidding farewell to his father and his party in the morning, Walter was in no hurry to return to the castle. After a brief exchange with Knight Xiao Hua about the deployment of tasks in the city, he left alone.

A hint of anxiety on Walter's face was keenly captured by Winter. This aroused great interest in Winter, who seemed to him to have only two expressions on his eldest brother's face, one was a confident smile, and the other was disappointed sadness. This kind of anxiety has never been seen before, and with this curiosity, Winter quietly follows Walter, wanting to see what is wrong with Walter.

The soldiers of the city were still standing guard at their posts, because of the tiredness on their faces after several days of festivities. A few people even snuggled together and snored. Walter ignored them, but looked left and right to see that no one was paying attention to him, and walked into the prison where the prisoners were held.

The prison was still dark, and the foul smell was disgusting. Walter walked inside, only to realize that the soldiers in the prison had not arrived for the day. "What's going on?" said Walter, stunned.

He shouted, and the empty voice seemed to wander through the prison. Seeing that there was no response, Walter couldn't help but pick up the saber in his hand and walked into this gloomy and lifeless prison.

At this time, Daniel was dressed in his favorite armor, sitting on a throne with a sinking face, and in his hand he held a letter from home that he had just received.

Five or six officials in the hall stood with their heads bowed. Originally, he wanted to come over to report his work, but when he saw the count's face, no one dared to step forward and say a word.

"You have the task in hand, let's put it aside. Our Lord Duke is coming. Now we need to prepare ourselves to meet them. Daniel coldly stated the reason for his upset.

Hearing the news, everyone looked at each other with surprised expressions. For more than a decade, the brothers Daniel and Frank rarely communicated with each other, let alone came to their respective home towns.

A month ago, Daniel's decision to send troops to Fort West had exceeded anyone's imagination. And this news made them even more suspicious if these two brothers had already released their previous suspicions.

Seeing everyone talking to each other, Daniel smiled, "You don't need to guess what happened between our brothers. You just have to do what you have to do. ”

Daniel's words immediately stopped everyone talking. The officers left the hall with their own tasks. When the entire hall was empty and Daniel was alone, Daniel slowly crumpled the letter in his hand. Thrown into the candlestick next to it, watching a fierce flame.

Daniel watched expressionlessly, and various scenes of the two brothers meeting in the city appeared in his mind.

At this time, Franck's team was on their way to Red Cliff City. Although he was unable to convince his father to forgive Winter, he was able to see with his own eyes the castle on the top of the hill, which appeared many times in the book, and was able to see the collection of books that the family had treasured for generations. Haight was still thrilled.

In Haight's eyes, everything on the road is so beautiful and lovely. Meadows, jungles and fields are all thriving and cheerful.

Frank's view, however, was very different from Haidt's. Although the patches of fertile fields will make people feel comfortable, the strange thing is that there are fertile fields everywhere, but there is no one. Everywhere you pass, you can only hear the sound of livestock. There was no sign of any human activity.

Just as Frank wanted people to go to the nearby village to see the situation, a cavalry team came to Frank in the distance. When he saw the man led by Franck, he took the initiative to say, "Lord Duke, down there is Alva, the knight of the Count of Jiktu." We have met in your castle. ”

Frank nodded, and Alva continued, "Our Lord Earl heard of your arrival and specially asked me to come here to meet you. He is making some preparations in the castle and hopes to give you a beautiful memory. ”

Hearing this, Frank felt uncomfortable in his heart. He replied with a smile on his face, "Thank you, this time I just went home to see, what else would be uncomfortable there?" Your earl is really getting more and more polite. ”

Frank raised his hand and pointed to the village next to him, and said in a casual asking tone: "The crops here are really good, and this land is still so rich." Why don't you see anyone moving! It's so deserted!"

When Alva heard this, he was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "Maybe it's just going to a nearby town, where there are many products and people often have a lot of rich activities." ”

Hearing the conversation between the adults, Haidt's eyes couldn't help but look towards the village. Although there are abundant products here, the houses of the people are dilapidated, and it is impossible to imagine what kind of rich life the people here will have.

But the conversation of the adults continued, and Haight saw the shaking of a figure in the people's room, and he was about to say it, but his father had already ordered the team to follow the cavalry.

As the party moved away from the village, Haidt looked back, and the village seemed to start to feel alive. After three days of peaceful marching, the team came to the foot of the mountain in Red Cliff City.

Haight didn't imagine this was Red Cliff City at first, thinking that it was just a huge mountain. When he saw that his father and the soldiers began to dismount, he followed him and walked to his father's side and said, "Are we going to rest?"

"No, we're already in Red Cliff City. It's still a while before we can get into town. Frank said, moving his body.

Haight then looked up at the mountain. But at this time, nothing could be seen, and the clouds covered everything tightly. It feels like there's nothing on the mountain.

"What would this city look like, what kind of castle would it be? Is "The Battle of Dawn", "The Battle of Ulaguet", "The Dragon Dominator" all happening here?"

While Haight was thinking, Frank had followed Alva to a camp at the foot of the mountain. After being called out to by Frank a few times, Haidt hurried over.

As he ran, Haight saw that on the side of the camp, his entourage had led their horses to a stable in the distance. It is a huge stable with dozens of horses in it. But it seems that there is still a big difference in the breeds of these horses.

When he got to his father, Franck, Haight realized that there was a huge platform on the side. Frank took Haidh to the chair above. I saw the Alva knight knock rhythmically on the metal pipe next to him. With a few sounds, the planks under their feet began to move upwards.

The sudden upward platform frightened Haight, who was afraid that he would fall. He involuntarily grabbed his father's arm. Frank smiled and said, "Haight, this is something you can only ride in Red Cliff City. Only in this way can we reach Chiya City as quickly as possible. You see. As he spoke, Frank pointed into the distance.

Seeing the soldiers who hadn't come up, Haight put the belongings of his horse into a new carriage and began to walk in other directions.

"If we were to walk along the mountain trail, we would have to spend at least half a day longer. When I was younger, I liked to sit on the platform and see the scenery. The sunset here is the most beautiful ······" Frank went on to explain.

Listening to his father's own explanation, Haight's eyes couldn't help but look into the distance, and the beautiful scenery in the distance instantly entered his heart, and soon made him forget his fear.

There was no change in Frank's face when he looked at the same view. At this time, he was thinking about how to communicate his thoughts to his brother.

It was only after passing through several of these platform devices that Haight realized that they had come to the city gates. The huge gate was beyond his imagination, many times larger than the Dragonclaw City where he lived. Standing under the city gate, he felt that he could not see the top of the city gate.

I saw the Knight of Alva stretch out his hand and say, "It will take half a day for them to come down the mountain." Please come in, Lord Duke. ”

Frank nodded, and as Frank walked forward, the gate slowly opened upwards with a thud. A crowd appeared on the other side of the gate. The man at the head was none other than Daniel Reid, Earl of Jiktu.

Daniel was visibly excited, and he quickly stepped forward and gave Frank a big hug. This move was obviously unexpected, and everyone watched as if they were frozen. And Frank was obviously very experienced, and he showed his affection for his brother with the same joyful expression.

Seeing this exchange between his father and uncle, Haight had a great impression of the mysterious uncle in front of him. With Daniel leading, Haiter followed his father into the carriage and entered the city of Red Cliffs, known as the city on the top of the mountain.

Neat streets, nice houses, cool air. Everything here made Haight feel comfortable and imprinted deeply in his mind.

Soon the carriage entered the castle in the city. Looking at the red dragon emblem on the castle, Haidt's heart was even more excited. The family's sense of pride arises spontaneously.

As soon as he entered the castle, Haidh asked, "Uncle, can I go and see the family's collection?"

Daniel generously said, "Of course." His eyes looked at the officials who followed. Godot, you can accompany Haight to the library!"

After receiving Daniel's orders, Master Godot led Haidh to a huge building in the castle, the Library.

From the moment he walked inside, Haight's eyes were filled with piles of books. His mouth was wide open, and his eyes kept searching for the books he was interested in.

"Maester Godot, can you take me to a book about dragons?" said Haight, excitedly.

"Absolutely, the books here are the most complete in the entire kingdom. The great Rhett Patriarch began to put all the books in his library. I'll see, come here. ”

Maester Godot led Haidt to a book about dragons, and when he looked at the book three times his own, Haidt felt that he must be happiest to live here.

"Hey, little one. Who are you? You'd better not mess around with the books here. As he spoke, a girl jumped down from the bookshelf.

The tall and thin figure, a delicate face with bright eyes, made Haidt can't help but look at it a few more times. The girl saw that Haidt did not answer, so she looked at him carefully.

"I've asked you, who are you?"

"He's Haight Ryder of Dragonclaw. He is the second son of the duke, and he has just arrived in Chiya City with the duke. Lady Godot hastened to explain.

Without saying a word, the girl walked past Haight, pulled a book titled "Dragon Wounds" from the shelf, and left the library.

Seeing the girl gone, Master Godot asked, "What do you want to see?" ”

"I wonder what's in that book she took just now?"

"Oh, there are so many books here. Books about dragons are something that no one wants to spend time reading, so I don't know. I rarely read the books here. After all, dragons have been gone for more than a hundred years. Godot said with some difficulty.

"Can I watch it here, then?" asked Haight, pleadingly.

"Of course, I'll be with you. If you have any questions, you can tell me. I thought I'd talk to the maid first and let us know when dinner was needed. Godot said with a smile.

The girl who walked out of the building looked at the book in her hand and smiled slightly. She glanced at the red dragon emblem on the castle and walked straight away.