Francis's already cooler than Barnes was, and even more so now in early autumn.

After noon, you won't feel very hot when you ride a horse against the sun, especially when the autumn breeze blows, which makes your body feel more comfortable, and your pores are unconsciously opened to welcome this cool feeling.

Norman was now sitting on horseback, up and down with the movement of the horses beneath him, enjoying the cool afternoon and his eyes wandering around casually.

He was now riding on a wide road, with sparse bushes on both sides, and the farther away the bushes became, and at a distance from the truth, he could see patches of woods, which in late summer were like a sea of green, and the mere sight of them was cool.

In addition to Norman, there were many people on the road, all on horseback, the only difference was that most of the knights wore armor, and only a small number of knights, including Norman, did not wear armor and were only dressed in civilian clothes.

The team is quite large, and in the middle of the group, there is no end in sight when you look back and forth, but the speed of travel is not very fast.

This is Nicaro's autumn hunting team, led by Count Herbert, the third son of Grand Duke Roberts, who is on their way to the Tico hunting ground for this year's autumn hunt.

The main components of the team were the cavalry of the city guards of Archduke Roberts, the knights in armor, and a small number of nobles and young ladies in civilian clothes were Nicaro, and probably because of the relationship that had impressed Archduke Roberts before, Norman, who had no actual title, was among them.

Norman watched casually, riding his horse slowly, and remembered the day of the attack.

That day, after he tortured Bounier about the reason for Bounier's attack on him, he also took the opportunity to ask for relevant information about the Sea Clan, knowing that it was an inhuman race living in the sea, which had not appeared on the continent for thousands of years, so Norman would never hear of the name of the Sea Clan. And "Catching the Sea Heart Sutra" is the treasure of the Sea Clan, and the Sea Clan is unknown, and "The Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea" is naturally even more unknown.

It is very likely that Bunier is a one-star red-robed or even higher-level mage, and it is always a threat to keep it around, so Norman killed Buniel immediately after asking what he wanted to know, and did not even leave Bunier a chance to beg for mercy, but after killing Buniel, a strange thing happened.

After his death, Bunier turned from his original human form into a half-human, half-fish monster!

Although he has never seen the Sea Clan, it is not difficult to guess from this strange appearance that Bunier is a Sea Clan, and the identity of the Deacon of the Free God Cult is likely to be fabricated by him, and this explains why he knows so clearly about the Heart Sutra of Catching the Sea and the Sea Clan, because he was originally a Sea Clan.

I just don't know if Bunier has any accomplices......

"It's a nice day, Alan,"

Just as Norman was in his thoughts, a knight in civilian clothes slowed down his horse and came to him, marching in with him.

"How's it feeling? Isn't it more comfortable than staying in Nikaroli?"

The man turned his head and asked Norman with a bright smile on his face.

This is a young man in his twenties, with brown eyes, not only tall, but also very handsome, especially when he laughs, he can give people infinite affection, and people can't help but want to be close.

This is Count Herbert Roberts, the third son of Archduke Roberts.

Norman came back to his senses, smiled at him as well, and said, "Yes, I feel that my whole heart is open-minded." ”

Herb nodded, and then asked, "How is it, do you feel tired after two days of riding a horse in a row?"

Norman shook his head, "No. ”

Herbert glanced Norman up and down, and said with a smile: "Yes, for a mage like us, it may be uncomfortable to gallop on horseback for two days in a row, but it shouldn't be a problem for you. As he spoke, the son of the noble Grand Duke clenched his fist and slapped Norman's strong arm, and praised: "I have never seen a mage as strong as you, even in the whole of Nicaro, there should be few knights stronger than you." ”

Herbert's behavior can be described as very intimate, and cordial and unpretentious, very natural, from which it can also be seen that Herbert and his brother Billy are indeed not on the same level, and the means of attracting people's hearts are too far apart - or rather, Billy has no means of attracting people's hearts at all.

If the real Alan was here, I am afraid that he would have been tricked by Herbert's silent means of moisturizing things, but unfortunately it was Norman here.

At the beginning, Duke Lake was a brother and sister to Norman, and he also talked and laughed with the cardinal of the Father's Church, not to mention that you Herbert is just the Duke's son?

So Norman had a smile on his face, but he was not shocked in his heart, and said casually: "So I almost became a knight before, but then I met Mage Bella, and I finally became a mage." ”

"I've seen Master Bella, it's an elegant lady......"

Herbert was very talkative, and the topic could be picked up no matter how it changed, and the two had a good conversation.

And chatting, Herbert's words gradually became explicit, revealing his true intentions: "...... The reason why you appeared in the Aki Hunting team this time was actually recommended by me to my father. ”

Only then did Norman realize that he had just thought wrong, and that he was here because of Herbert's connection.

And then, Herbert also said why he wanted Norman to participate in this autumn hunt.

"This year's autumn hunt is different from previous years, it can be said that this year's autumn hunt has not only the purpose of having fun, exercising body and will in the past, but also a journey of glory, so the people who can participate are the elites of each family. Although you are not from a large family, your contribution to Nicaro is very great, so I recommend you to come and share this glory. ”

Herbert's "contribution" is known to all refer to Nikkaheim's ultra-cheap books, which not only brought Nikaheim huge profits, but also greatly increased Niccalo's book collection, which was of great benefit to Nicardo's future development: "Holy Scriptures" The popularity of the religion will allow the people to be more educated by the Father's religion and the social atmosphere will become better, the cheapness and popularization of books related to ancient languages will increase the number of Nicaro mages, and more people will hope to become mages, which will greatly enhance Nicardo's future military power, and the knowledge of the daily craftsman's skills such as brewing and forging will also have the opportunity to be printed and spread in this case, so that many of Nicardo's industries can be developed......

From this point of view, Norman did make a huge contribution to Nicaro.

And now Norman, who has made a great contribution to the development of Nicaro, is a little puzzled, I wonder why Akiri is still involved with glory?

But when he asked, Herbert did not answer, but smiled mysteriously, saying that he would find out then.

And in the evening, Norman finally knew why Herbert said that.

But he didn't feel honored, only 10,000 sentences that his mother wanted to say.