The icy rain hit Ray and Ness, drenching them all wet, and Ness shuffled herself in her wet cloak, shivering. "Why is it snowing in Chavanna, but it's still raining here? ”

"Nature is just so wonderful. Rui is not much better, although she grew up in a border country and has long been accustomed to the cold, but getting wet is another matter. "We've got to find a place to change into dry clothes, or we're going to get sick." ”

"But we gave up the opportunity to go to the village of Brune ourselves, and I even saw the fireplace in the tavern there. "Ness was almost soaking wet.

"We can't risk it, Ness, it's too close to the Mage's Tower, Etiesh must have noticed you're missing, the ravens may have flown in front of us, and Brune is no exception. Rui wiped the rain from his eyelashes and looked around. "It's only half a day's walk from the village, and I've already seen several abandoned fields, so there should be farms. ”

"There are usually only one or two families on the farm, do they dare to let us stay overnight?Two people who escaped from the mage tower in disarray, won't they drive us away?" Ness uncomfortably pulled up the wet clothes that were clinging to her body, a chill invaded her body, and the mage quickly put down her clothes.

"Let's hope not, luckily there are no men among us, and if Fern or Stan are around, we won't even have to try. Rui spotted something in one direction and squinted his eyes. "There, it seems, there are two rooms, go over and take a look. ”

Ness was still worried, and reluctantly rode slowly after Rui.

The farm is small, and the fields that were supposed to be busy farming season are now unusually deserted, and the owner's house is two stories high, with the door closed, and on one side is a low house where the cattle are kept in captivity, and the low sound of cattle and sheep can be heard from time to time.

Rui removed his hood, straightened his messy wet hair, and knocked lightly on the door. "Anyone?"

No one responded, and Ness nervously hid behind Ray. "It can't be that the people here have abandoned this place and gone to a nearby village, the climate is so abnormal that nothing can be grown. ”

"No, if the people were gone, the animals would have starved to death. Rui shook his head and knocked on the door again. "Excuse me, anyone? We are passing travelers, and we are just trying to borrow a place to hide from this heavy rain. ”

After waiting for another five minutes, Rui finally heard the sound of messy footsteps coming from inside the house. "Be careful, there's more than one coming. The mage whispered to Ness.

The two of them hid their hands in their cloaks, ready for any unexpected situation, and the door slowly opened, and the head of a middle-aged man poked out from inside, looking vigilantly at the two mages standing in the heavy rain. "Who are you?"

"We are mages from Chavana, and we need to rush to Delus because of some business, but this heavy rain has disrupted our schedule, so we have to find a place to shelter from the rain, and it just so happens that we found here. Rui bowed politely and said kindly.

"Is it just the two of you? are there no others?" the man looked behind them.

"There is no one else, you can rest assured. Rui was not in a hurry, and replied slowly.

The man slowly opened the door, and the mages saw the nail rake he was holding in his other hand hidden behind the door, and in the room stood a middle-aged woman, a young man and a young girl, both with iron forks and sticks in their hands. "I'm sorry, but there have been so many rumors to worry about lately, and because of the recent weather, almost no one from us here will come, so ......" The man waved the nail rake in his hand. "I hope you don't mind. ”

"We can understand it, thank you very much. Rui bowed to the rest of the room, and Ness immediately followed suit. The two men led their mounts into the low room, then took off their soaked cloaks and took them in their hands, and went into the house.

The room was very warm, and the fire in the fireplace was blazing, and the hostess took Ray and Ness upstairs to the room where they changed their wet clothes, and then they hung their clothes on the side of the fireplace, so that they could dry quickly. The man poured a cup of hot tea for each of them. "Drink some hot tea, it's raining so much outside this weather, it's hard to do if you get sick. ”

The mage thanked him, and slowly sipped his tea. The little girl looked curiously at the two mages on the side, while the young man's gaze kept wandering over Rui's body. Rui spotted his gaze and looked at him, and the man immediately blushed and lowered his head, but did not escape his mother's attention.

The man glanced at Rui calmly. "I'm sorry, with all due respect, you must have escaped from the Mage Tower. ”

Rui looked up alertly, and the teacup in Ness's hand almost fell to the ground.

"You don't have to be nervous, our family just wants to live a peaceful life and won't get involved in anything. The man sighed. "I also returned from Brune this morning, and I'm afraid your portrait has now reached Tempe, and the Mage's Tower has released a large number of ravens with your portrait. ”

"Damn, so fast!" Rui and his companion looked at each other, and Ness frowned worriedly.

"I don't know what you've done in the Mage Tower to be wanted like this, but I'm sure you're not bad people, and I thought so from the first time I saw you, so I hope you really do what I thought, we're just an ordinary family, and there's nothing left but these cows and sheep. The man stared into Rui's eyes and said slowly.

Rui looked at the man sincerely. "Rest assured, you're not wrong, we're just trying to borrow a place to take a break. ”

The man nodded, and exhaled with relief. "It's better so, I beg your pardon, I have to think about the safety of my family, I really don't know what's going on in this world now, have you heard? In Durham, the capital of Dayton, the evil spirit actually stormed the castle where the king was, killing more than thirty people, of course, this number is not accurate or not. ”

"Really?" Ruiya unexpectedly put down his teacup. "Dayton is the Southern Kingdom, ...... How could the spirit forcibly break into the capital there, and also break into the castle to kill people?"

"I don't know, but there's been rumors of this in every town lately, and rumors of a swordsman appearing in Durham and killing several wraiths and saving many people. The man shook his head with a serious face. "First of all, the hellish weather did not even allow crops to grow, and then even the hay that those domestic animals ate would be a problem, and now there are rumors of evil spirits breaking into the towns in the south, which is really unreassuring. ”

"There will be a way, and the Seven Gods will help us. Rui picked up the teacup and his face calmed down.

"Yes, the Seven Gods will help us, that's all we can think about now. The man sighed heavily and looked up at the two mages. "It's not getting early, if you don't dislike it, stay here tonight, it's raining so hard outside, you can't go to the village, I can't drive you out into the field for the night." ”

"Thank you so much...... We really have nowhere to go. Rui nodded slightly in thanks.

The man glanced at the middle-aged woman and motioned for her to cook, but the hostess winked at her son and shook her head. The man shrugged helplessly and stood up. "Please rest for a moment, I'll go cook. ”

The man walked to the kitchen, and the hostess sat down between her son and Rui, and began to talk with the two mages. The boy looked at his mother dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.

The dinner was already hearty for such a family, apparently specially prepared for the two mages, and Rui kept expressing her gratitude, and Ness was so moved that she almost cried. When dinner was over, and everyone was chatting around the table, the boy finally had a chance to behave, and he took out his mandolin and began to play it, humming softly.

Beautiful girl, where are you going?

Can you stop your steps for me,

Beautiful girl, your smile is so beautiful,

Your black hair, your black eyes, are more beautiful than black gems,

Oh beautiful girl,

I would like to go with you.

The hostess interrupted the boy's singing at the right time and apologized to Rui. "Sorry, he's so rude. Then he looked at the boy sternly. "You sleep in the same room with your father tonight. The hostess looked at the little girl again. "Abby, you sleep in your brother's room, and your room rests for these two mages. ”

"No! I don't want to sleep in Bernie's room, his room smells bad. The little girl wrinkled her small nose in disgust, and Ness laughed unconsciously.

"Mom, I'm twenty-two years old, and I'm old enough to get married. The boy protested.

"It's not early, the two ladies have to go tomorrow morning, we should let them rest early. The hostess ignored the protests of the two children, and the man did not dare to express his opinion on the sidelines.

"This head of the family is really prestigious. Ness whispered in Rui's ear.

Rui laughed and nodded thoughtfully.

Ness lay on the small bed and tossed and turned, thinking about her thoughts. "Ray, why should we go to Doyle, why don't we go to Canrito or Deville?"

"Doyle is far enough away from the Mage Tower, and the Mage Tower's power in Doyle is weak, even if it finds us, it can't do anything to us. And ......" Rui thought about it for a moment, turned around, and turned his face to Ness. "Based on my speculation, there's a good chance that Fern and Stan were there as well. ”

"Really, on what basis did you speculate?" Ness's eyes lit up.

"Didn't you hear? The day after Fern fled, Etiyesh sent a large number of men to arrest him, just as we did this time. So there's a good chance that Fern and Stan will make the same decision as me and go to Doyle, which is out of reach of the Mage Tower. A smile tipped into Rui's mouth. "At the very least, we can be sure that the swordsman who killed the Demon in Durham must not be Fern. ”

"Great! I wish they were all in Doyle so we could see them soon!" Ness almost wanted to jump out of bed and dance.

"Don't be too happy, you see, this is the first day of our escape, and if we hadn't met a good Samaritan, we would have almost frozen to death in the wilderness. Rui sighed, worried about the rest of the journey.

"Rui, that Bernie seems to like you a lot. Ness covered her eyes with her hands and watched Ray's reaction through her fingers.

"I'm not interested in being a little boy compared to myself. Rui turned around and gave Ness's back.

"It's useless if you're interested, his mother looks at him so badly that he doesn't even have a chance to talk to you. Ness removed the hand that covered her eyes and looked at Rui's long black hair.

"It's normal, I wouldn't let my children have anything to do with someone who is wanted by the Mage Tower and lives in a fixed place. "In their hearts, they are still wary of us, and I bet they will lock the door tonight and put a knife under their pillows." ”

"But we can't blame them, they've done their best to help us. Ness pursed her lips.

"Yes, Ness, we have them to thank, especially in these turbulent times. Rui closed his eyes.