Two days later.

An ice outpost occupied by the Children of Ice.

In front of the backyard warehouse.

A young human girl in a light blue winter coat with a silk scarf wrapped around her neck is standing by the side of a cart and counting goods. After a long time of careful calculation on her fingers, she finally looked up at the consignee, who had been waiting for him to fall asleep against the wall.

"Hmm...... Eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-three fars in all. Probably. After the rough filtration inventory of the goods, Qilisa Hill took out her pen and carefully wrote a receipt for the guards who received the goods. After signing her name in beautiful strokes, she licked her slightly dry lips: "Rounded up, it's exactly nine thousand fars." As long as it's okay with cash, right?"

"Hey, Miss Qilisa, don't lie to me...... Shouldn't it be eight thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars after you round it up?" The soldier opened his eyes and looked extremely helpless: "If you have nothing to do, you have added an extra seventy-seven fars, do you want to make a face? Also, you ordered the goods so quickly, did you really secretly ask for more money?"

"I don't have it! You see, everything on it has a price tag. Not minding the soldiers' suspicions, Qi Lisa hummed a song and handed him the bill: "I don't believe you can inspect the goods yourself." ”

"Come on, there's no need for that. He took the bill and receipt, put it in his hood without even looking at it, and threw a few coins to Qi Lisa: "Take it - the extra part will be a tip." ”

Hurriedly reaching out to pick it up, Qi Lisa accidentally fell to the ground. However, the constant steam from the snow stone was so warm that she simply sat there and refused to get up. Fluttering the snow on her hood, the girl slightly revealed her golden head curtain like a gold coin.

Exactly three euros...... Looking at them happily, Qi Lisa carefully put them in her pocket: "Thank you for the tip! ”

Qi Lisa is a nineteen-year-old girl living in Beihaiwang Town, and her parents are failed businessmen who go to sea but never make any money. In order to open a tea shop of her choice, she comes to the Outpost of the Children of Ice every week to sell green tea - she only sells tea to the Children of Ice because her ancestors lived in Eternal Winter. This made the girl feel that she also had some blood from the Children of Ice.

With a big yawn, the guard stared at her boredly: "Hey, you don't even check the gold coins, is it real?"

"No need! How many times have I sold your things, and you can't believe it?" she stood up with her hands on the ground, slapping the snow on her hood, "Isn't this the same as if you didn't inspect the goods?"

"Oh, that's not what it means. With a snort, the guard kicked the cart lightly: "You sell all the tea that is transported from the land of the warm sun to the port, and you only sell green tea that you have to boil water to drink." This thing, even if it's a fake, the average snowman can't recognize it. We don't have this stuff here. ”

"I'm also a snowman, how can I deceive my fellow people?" After saying this, Qi Lisa suddenly felt that something was not right: the snowmen of Beihaiwang were reproduced by Eborn, who always came from the land of the warm sun (almost all of them are humans), and now they don't retain many snowman genes. The most obvious is the loss of the Snowman's massive height.

"Cut, how can the snowman be as short as you? and our women don't have blonde hair. Shaking his head, the guard didn't agree: "Nineteen years old, only about one meter six or five, right? ”

"I'm tall in the warm sun. And just like the body should be moderate, how can a girl look good if she is too tall?" Turning her head dissatisfied, Qi Lisa felt her fingers stiff a little - probably due to the constant leakage of her gloves.

"It doesn't matter how tall or short it is, I like beautiful girls anyway. Beckoning a few handymen to unload the goods on the trolley into the warehouse, he coughed and pinched his shoulder: "Can't you settle the account and then push the cart? ”

"I pulled this straight from the docks, of course, until I got here. Seeing the cart being emptied more and more, Qi Lisha kept puffing out, imagining that it was the breath of the ice dragon: "It took a lot of work for me to sell you today! I went to the original outpost, but the people at the acquisition office told me that you were transferred here." ”

"Well, because we've captured the enemy's outpost - naturally, the acquisition point will have to be opened here. Yawning again, he changed his stance: "You can't sell it there? ”

"Because you tip generously every time!" Curiously looking at the several sentries standing on the fence and watchtower, Qi Lisha blurted out, "I always feel that the soldiers here are very nervous...... Recently, there has been a lot of buzz in Beihai, and it is said that a big war will break out here soon. ”

", I don't think I can fight. Apparently not nervous at all, the purchaser said lazily: "Lord Odes held peace talks with the enemy generals the day before yesterday, hoping to make Icerock City withdraw its troops at the cost of returning the outpost. The general seemed to have the intention of giving up because the catapult was burned, but he had no choice but to ask the lord of the castle for advice. If there are no surprises, it will be time to reply. ”

"That's fine, but everyone seems to be worried. Recalling some of the rumors she had heard, Qi Lisa hesitated and said, "I remember that the lord of the Children of Frost is a wise old man, and he will definitely order the withdrawal of his troops." ”

"Wise fart! He gave the order for the night raid the other day. His expression was suddenly extremely angry, and the purchaser raised his voice angrily: "How could a lord with a normal brain issue such an order? ! ”

Why did he suddenly become so angry...... Noticing that he was really angry, Qi Lisha calmed down and planned to say something else: "By the way, have you heard? Most of the residents of Beihaiwang fled by boat one after another. ”

"I often go to the town to have fun, and I can understand why I don't notice that the old lively town is getting more and more depressed and empty day by day? Sighing, the man's eyes darkened: "They are not snow people who stick to their beliefs, so naturally they have no obligation to protect this frozen land...... Most of those who remain now have no money to leave. ”

After saying this, he paused and spoke again: "Or...... It's someone like you who still has feelings for the frozen ground. However, with the passage of time, no matter how deep the feelings are, they will be frozen by the cold wind. It's not black ice, it's not a replica. Destroying your feelings and beliefs with fear - that's the true power of Winter's Breath. ”