"In this situation, there will be a pack team?" Lothar looked at the boy sitting in the corner sulking, and the expression on his face unconsciously eased. It's hard to imagine that although he was quite gentle with children before, since Helen was born, it has been difficult for him to separate himself from children to the distance he used to be, and every child reminds him of his daughter, and the prank just now is nothing.

As for the pack caravan he refers to, in fact, there are different names in different regions, caravans, caravans, in short, commercial activities carried out by horse-drawn carts or livestock with a certain weight and capable of traveling long distances. Because in a relatively closed society, pack caravans are the link between small societies and small societies, so they can always bring interesting anecdotes and novelties from far away or on the road, so it is not surprising that they are welcomed by children and even become the objects they want to join. Even Lothar herself once fantasized about being a bard with a pack caravan.

"Yes. The old woman nodded, unlike her son, she didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and this calmness made the Count feel that she was not simple, "Actually, this tribe is a transit point for many pack caravans, because there are few semi-settled settlements like this on the grasslands, and the market provides a safe and fair environment for merchants, they always settle here. Now the situation is really not good, many of the pack teams that should have come during this time did not come, probably deliberately bypassed here, don't believe it, those people's noses are smarter than the best hounds, where there is a problem, they will definitely be able to dodge. ”

"Businessmen are always like that. Lothar replied, but her expression was not very pretty. He had seen the face of the merchant many times, when he was a child, his parents died, the territory was ruined, and the resident merchants fled. Later, he was raised by the first king of the blue lion, and seeing that the future was limitless, the merchants rushed back to Montenegro like a tide. Not to mention that during the plague of the nezumi a few years ago, the merchants of the entire Grey Lion were planning to move their possessions out of the kingdom. When Marcus later mentioned this incident to him, his anger was difficult to suppress. It is natural to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but most businessmen are more obvious.

"yes. But thanks to them, this place is so lively, and people like us can live. The woman seemed to hear the deep meaning of the count's tone, and turned the subject lightly, "Otherwise, the orphans and widows will have to be exposed to the wilderness." Rats will eat the rhizomes of pasture, but without mice, eagles will attack lambs, which is the truth of the spirits. ”

Lothar nodded, things do not have only one side, and only one aspect of things can be seen, often not because the appearance of the object is fixed, but because the observer's perspective is frozen in one place. He still understands this truth. Therefore, the little anger quickly dissipated, the count blinked, the greetings were sufficient, and the woman before him showed his trustworthy qualifications, and he decided not to waste any more time, "The eagle will attack the lamb, and the shepherd will stop it with a whip in his hand." There's a lamb in sight right now, and I wonder if you can tell us where to save her fate. ”

"Don't worry, dear guest. The lamb you are looking for has been on the radar for a whole day, and the eagle has already done it if it wanted to. It's still hesitating, it's still circling. Why don't you go with our mother and son to see the pack caravan, this is the last pack team to stop in the market, and when they leave, this place will be deserted. The woman's attitude was strange, at least to Atta. She had said she had been notified by Ensoul. The words she had just spoken proved that she was aware of Nuisa's situation and the urgency of time, but she still made this seemingly unbelievable proposal.

The female swordsman immediately wanted to say something, but was stopped by the slight movement of the black cat on her shoulder. A smile appeared on Lothar's lips, as if he understood something, "Understood." Then please lead the way, we have not been here for a long time, and we have not seen the appearance of the grassland caravan yet, but this time it is just the right time to open our eyes. Are you right, little one?"

"Hmph. The boy did not turn his head to look at Lothar, but when the woman got up, he ran and helped her up. For a child of his age, he is quite sensible. A child who is so sensible should not have made the act of secretly attacking a guest with a slingshot outside the door. And a child with a great curiosity about the pack team should not turn a blind eye to the clothed cat. There is no need for more evidence, Lothar has already deduced that the mother and son are acting, but who are they acting for, and what effect is it going to perform?

"Come on, guest. We'll have to hurry up or we'll miss the caravan. The woman walked by Lothar and spoke softly to them. The Count's eyes were on one side of the eye as they staggered, but the change was only momentary, and then it returned to normal. The four of them and a cat left the tent one after another, and when there was no sound in the tent, two tentacles slowly poked out from under the carpet that the old woman had made, and then a strange creature with the thickness of an arm slowly crawled out, it had a centipede-like head, but its body was as sticky as a worm.

"Are you being watched?" the Count walked down the noisy streets of the West Market, his face was as usual, his lips didn't even open and close much, but a faint but clear voice came from his mouth. This hand ventriloquist was learned by him with an entertainer in Heartless Bay, and it was purely to amuse Helen and satisfy his curiosity, but he didn't expect it to come in handy now. As for whether it is safe to say this in public, in fact, it is much safer for this person to talk in a lot than in the so-called ashram, especially when several people are on the move, and it is too difficult to eavesdrop.

"Now the market is full of bugs, so everyone has to be careful when they sleep. If you don't pay attention, the worm will burrow into your mouth. The woman's answer sounded like a complaint about the hygiene of the market, but for those who had seen the worm in their stomach, it had a very different interpretation. And thinking that the last time the intelligence merchant also burst in the abdomen and died at an important time, the woman's caution seemed quite necessary. And listening to her tone, this belly worm is probably not an isolated existence, and there may be many similar situations in the market and even in the tribe.

"You're right, we're annoyed. We just don't know where these insects come from? We have only been here for a long time, and we don't know much about the insects on this grassland. ”

"Well, it's not that I don't say it. I really don't know, you see, I'm just a small business. Truth be told, even those maps were left behind by my dead husband, and that was his ability and his fate. I don't want to do this now, I just want to watch Lao Jiu grow up safely, and I don't have any energy left for anything else. ”