The cold wind blows across the flat plains of Shavana, blowing the hardy trees here to pieces, and at a glance they are yellow, like the late autumn in Macon.

Fern and Queai followed Ilsutia's instructions all the way to Shawanneh, and although they traveled day and night, it still took more than ten days to reach Shawanneh from the remote Falls of the Seven Gods. They set out without mounts, and the dense forests made it difficult for them to walk. When they finally got out of the forest, most of the people in the villages they met were empty and couldn't buy horses, until they bought two horses from a group of refugees on the road, and the two of them finally moved faster.

There were more travelers on the avenue than Fern had expected, and almost all of them were coming in the same direction, from west to east, in the opposite direction of Fern and them. The patrols of the Mage Tower have been patrolling the avenue for decades, but they are much larger than before, with a team passing by Fern almost every half hour.

Whenever patrols passed by, Quiai always hid her face deep in her hood, and she didn't want to have anything to do with them. Since the crushing defeat at Serendra, the Mage Tower has suffered a major loss of vitality, and almost all of its elites have been lost. The current Mage Tower has lost control of Wallis, and it is no longer as full of mages as before, and its influence on the various kingdoms has been minimized. Because of this, Quiai feared that the guards of the Mage Tower would capture her to make up for the lack of manpower, but this was all her own imagination.

Fern bumped along the road on his mount, passing by as if they didn't exist to him, he already knew their destination, and he was now worried about how to follow Karina without being detected by her. The two guards around the astrologer were both very strong, and Fern was not fully confident that he could defeat either of them, let alone the two together.

The two arrived at Lott in the evening, a long time had passed since the last time they had arrived, as if it had been a century, and scenes of past experiences flashed before Ferne's eyes. Queai saw Fern's thoughts, looked at his side face and said, "Do you remember the last time we left here? ”

Fern smiled slightly, "It's good that your enchantment magic trapped those patrols. With that, the smile immediately disappeared from his face.

Quiai was also aware of the problem and lowered his head unconsciously. "But then I betrayed you, Fern, and left you again. ”

"It's all in the past. Fern turned to look at Quiai. "Just let everything go with the wind. ”

With his legs between his legs, Fern sped off toward the town, and Quiai chased after him, unsure if Fern had really forgiven her completely.

The two of them still came to the hotel where they had stayed before, and with a cheerful whistle, Fern walked into the door first, and a hot smell mixed with the smell of wine came to his face. The shop was full of people, business was much better than before, and the maids were busy barely having time to stop, shuttling between the tables with plates.

Even though he was so busy, the proprietress Clay immediately greeted him, looked Fern up and down, and actually recognized him. "Aren't you the mercenary who escaped with a mage girl? don't you know that the guards of the mage tower searched this place several times later, and almost turned this shop over, why did you come back again, that girl ......" As she spoke, Kui Ai also stepped into the door, and the proprietress quickly closed her mouth.

"We're on a secret mission. Fern made a casual excuse and sat down. "Boss, what's the latest news?"

"What news do you mean?" said Clayter, mysteriously leaning closer, and seeing that Fern had no intention of answering, he began to talk to himself again. "Of course, what else can I say now, of course about that, according to those who have fled, Thun and Gaiman of Cumberland have fallen, and Fadar will not last a few days, and then Canrito. ”

"Are Thun and Gaiman lost?" Fern looked gloomily at the door. "Fadar is the smallest of all the eight territories in Cumberland, and it is impossible to hold it at all, so I can only hope that the Great Lord of Sigmund will lead his troops back to rescue him as soon as possible. ”

"Isn't it, but fortunately, this is not the target of the dark tide for the time being, you see that there are so many refugees here lately, and they are about to fill Lot. Clayt said as she wiped her hands on her apron.

Fern looked up at her as he pulled a gold coin from his purse and shoved it into her hand. "I understand, but we're going to be here for a while, and we need two rooms. ”

"This ......" Clay looked at the gold coin in his hand, his eyebrows almost dropped, but he immediately said in embarrassment. "It's not that I don't want to help, but I really don't have two rooms here, you see this one room is okay, I do keep one room in case I need it, but two rooms are really gone. ”

"Oh?" said Fern tilting his head noncommittally. "It's not the same rules I know. ”

"Originally, there were three rooms, but two days ago, three people came and insisted on leaving two of them, I didn't want to give them to them, but ......" The proprietress stopped talking.

"But what?" Fern raised an eyebrow.

"But the three men were very different, how to put it, they didn't look like Wallis's people, and the woman in them seemed to have some magical powers, but she just looked at me motionlessly, and I gave them the room as if I was enchanted. Speaking of this, Clay also shook his head in annoyance.

"Is she wearing a gorgeous but strange robe?" Fern guessed who the proprietress was talking about.

"That's right, that's it, there's a lot of stars on it, it's like the sky. Clay couldn't stop nodding.

"I see, where do they live?" Fern curled the corners of his mouth, it turned out that he was still struggling with how to find Karina, and he didn't expect to solve this problem so easily.

Clay shrugged. "It's right next door to your room, but I advise you not to trouble them, not only is that woman mysterious, but the two men next to her are not like ordinary people, and their eyes can almost kill you. ”

"Don't worry, Clete, I'm just asking. Fern turned to Quiai. "There is only one room left, if you don't mind......"

"I don't mind, Fern, we can stay together. Queai smiled.

"That's great, I'll send someone to clean it, it's the best room in the store, you'll be satisfied." Clayter smiled and stepped back. "Both of you will definitely have good memories here. ”

Queai's face was so red and hot that he had to purse his lips and bow his head, and it was not until the maid brought the dinner that Fern broke the embarrassment. "Do you know anything about the astrologers? Now that we know their whereabouts, what do we do next?"

Queai picked up the hot tea that Fern had poured for her. "I've read some stories about them in the library of the Mage's Tower, where they say that they watch the stars at night and can predict the future. ”

"Foresight?" Fern frowned. "Doesn't Karena already know about Wallis's survival?"

"Not really, they have limited insight into the future, but they still know more than most people. Kuiai took a sip of tea and moistened her throat, tired from the long journey. "But that's not their best job, what makes them really terrifying is their ability to use the power of the stars to strike their enemies. ”

"The power of the stars. Fern couldn't understand that.

"Yes, in Saka, astrology is the magic there, and astrologers are the mages there. Quiai put down his teacup and looked at Fern earnestly. "We must be cautious, Fern, Karina is very strong, even among the astrologers. ”

Fern looked at the teacup thoughtfully, nodding slightly.