A huge and beautiful beast.

Its color is dull and understated, with a faint cold glow on its gray-brown feathers, which are as hard as steel. Spread out, the wings that are five meters long on one side have a pair of black stripes that resemble eyes.

Like most birds of prey, the eagle's forelimbs resemble those of a falcon and have three scimitar-like claws. Far away, Alexei could see its jet-black nails on the iron railing, a layer of scaly skin attached to its two front legs, extending upwards, and white down feathers that helped the eagle preserve its body temperature and hunt safely in the ice and snow.

With a high chirp, the giant vulture suddenly stood up, and it spotted two uninvited guests!

The iron cage rattled with it, and the defenders who heard the movement in the outpost came out to see two different colors walking in the vast snow.

"Be quiet, girl. ”

The caretaker had a mink tail around his neck, his coat tanned in bearskin was thick and long, his two bear claws were his shoulders, and the hat turned to his back was a bear's head, and his stubby legs hung down to his ankles. His whole body was wrapped in the breath of beasts, and the giant bear fur unique to the Northland gave him enough warmth while being extraordinarily heavy, and wearing such clothes, even in the cold winter wax moon, he would not feel cold and cold when walking in the depths of Norf.

The giant vulture, apparently familiar with the caretaker, tilted its head flexibly when it heard the voice, lowered its two front paws, and walked slowly in its cage motionless and staring at the visitor. A long lion-like tail landed behind the giant vulture, and a brownish-yellow pom-pom on the tip of the tail added two points of cuteness to this domineering ferocity.

At this moment, Alexei and Blue Dream were only a dozen meters away from the outpost, and the mage could already see the whole picture of the giant vulture through the cage - judging by its appearance alone, it was a purebred northern griffin, with a black, yellow and white color, and a more robust and massive body than its southern cousin. The hind limbs are like big cat palms, with a long neck with snow-white down feathers, a beak the size of an adult skull, and a stiff beak with grayish-black hooks at the ends.

After being bitten by it, he was almost ready to draft a suicide note.

"Is it pretty?"

When the caretaker saw Alex staring at the cage without blinking, he knew that the traveler, who was not often seen in Norf, was admiring the most beautiful creatures of the Northlands.

"Nice, stunningly beautiful. ”

Alexei did not hesitate to praise his words: "I am afraid that only the emperor is worthy of riding it." ”

"Yes. ”

The caretaker looked like a proud man: "Girl, someone is praising you." ”

He put his hand into the cage, and the vulture turned its neck, silently watching for a moment the fresh meat that had entered its territory, and just as the atmosphere around him suddenly tightened, the deadly beast tamed its huge head and gently touched the palm of the keeper with its beak.

"Incredible. ”

Alexei looked at the harmony between man and beast with admiration, and his face was full of surprise: "How did you do it?"

"This is a credit to Mentor Bancheni. ”

The caretaker smiled and stroked the vulture's down feathers, his tone full of pride: "We are students in the third class of Glio da Vido Academy. Hello traveler in the snow, I think you must be frozen, come in and have a cup of hot water before leaving, the supply team of Winterfell will bring something to the outpost in two days, if you need it, you can wait until two days later, if you don't dislike it, we still have a spare room here. ”

"Hello, enthusiastic classmate. ”

"But ......," Alexei replied to the young man's enthusiasm with a warm smile, "I'm not here to spend the night. ”

The mage kicked the sticky snowflakes on his boots and smiled, "I'm Alexey Adrian, and you've probably heard my name." ”

"This is a letter to your mentor Bancheni, and you can choose to give it to him now. ”

Alexei took out a handwritten letter from the Count from his clothes, and the envelope was stamped with a brand-new stamp, a roaring brown bear.

"Oh, I'm not dreaming, am I? Elemental Child!" the caretaker covered his mouth in excitement, and stammered nervously, "Oh... Oh... Oh... No, hello ......."

He didn't know where to place his hands, and his whole person was in a state of confusion, until after a long moment of struggle, he suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have introduced himself to the Elemental Child, and for a moment, shame and loss came to his heart at the same time......

I'm such a fool that I must have made a bad impression on the Elemental Child.

He shyly touched the back of his head, both cheeks were bright crimson: "I'm sorry to ......"

"My name is Chelliman Greer, I'm a student in the third class of Glio Davido Academy, and I'm doing my internship in Norf this year, ah, no, I shouldn't have told you about it......"

Chelliman was flustered and inexperienced, he had obviously never seen a big man at the level of Alexey, and he was immediately flustered by the shock, and he was at a loss.

After a long time, he suddenly remembered what he should do now.

The young man hurriedly opened the door of the sentry post behind him, and respectfully begged Alexei to sit down: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Mentor Bancheni went to study the griffins in the forest this morning, and Sylfa and I are on duty at the outpost, if there is any neglect, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"It's okay, I'm not picky. ”

Alexei noticed that Blue Dream, who had been silent since he met Cherima, trembled strangely when he heard Sylfa's name.

What is she afraid of?

Remembering the last chapter in the girl's diary, Alexei instantly guessed the truth, even if that reason was not the source of Lan Meng's fear, I am afraid that it would not be far from ten.

The corners of Alexey's mouth showed playfulness, and he deliberately turned back to the girl and whispered, "Follow me, if you don't want to be discovered by Sylfa." ”

"You!"

The girl's voice stopped abruptly, and she saw another boy no more than eighteen years old appear behind the door that was opened again.

Sylfa!

"New friends. ”

The smile on Alexei's face deepened, "Do you know Blue Dream?" ”

"Who is she?" "Who are you?" "Who are you? Why do you know my name?"

"Hey, don't be rude!"

Startled, Chelliman hurriedly covered Silfa's mouth, and the latter dodged the young man's hasty attack with one retreat, and his face showed a suspicious face: "Do you want to steal our secret enemy mage?" Tell you, give up, our mentor is nearby, and he will be back soon." ”

"Hey, that's not the case! ”

Silfa's words were so anxious that Cherima's face was flushed, his ears were red, and his mouth exhaled anxious white gas, and with a wave of his hand, he chanted a short incantation.

"You're crazy!"

A cloud of magic rushed straight to the door, Silfa couldn't dodge, the whole person was hit by gravity on the door frame, fortunately he was thick enough, only rolled on the floor twice, he stood up again, and shouted: "Cherima, do you know what you're doing?"

Not to be outdone, he raised his hand and released a fireball that swept over Cherimaan's head and scorched a few hairs.

Seeing that Cheriman was about to fight back, Alexei felt a hand behind him tugging at the corner of his clothes, he snorted and said, "Okay." ”

The surrounding elements were evacuated in an instant.

The mage who floated in the air used his magic power to envelop Blue Dream and floated into the outpost where the fireplace was burning, and he made a booing motion. Sylfa's mouth was wide open, and he tried to speak, but now all sounds were muffled, not even the firewood licked by the tongue of fire.

Outside the door, the giant vulture seemed to sense something extremely terrible in the cage, and fluttered its wings uneasily, and the sensitive beast slammed its entire body into the cage with all its might, knocking the iron rod out of a bend.

And all this, still silent.

"Remember to give the letter to Bancheni. ”

After knowing that the principal was not there, Alexei, who was too lazy to pay attention to the two little minions, threw the envelope to Cherima, and without looking back, he took Lan Meng and randomly found an empty room and went in.

......

"You know him. ”

"Who?"

"Sylfa. Alexei floated in front of the window, and the magic opened the curtains as he wished, looking at the snow outside, his tone was not mixed with emotion, making it impossible to understand his mood at the moment: "And he said he didn't know you, is it possible?"

"I don't know him. ”

"Really?"

"Really. ”

"Then I'll go out and tell him now, there was a traitor in the outpost a year ago, and he slept in his house, do you think he would tell me the truth?"

With that, Alexei opened the door with magic.

"You're such a bad bastard! Alexey, you... You...... Don't overdo it. Lan Meng hurriedly ran to the wide open door, looked out nervously, and saw that no one was eavesdropping on either side of the corridor before quickly closing the door again, she sighed and said, "I'll tell you the truth, after we have explored the Void Mirror." ”

"Lies are repeated. ”

Alexei glanced at the girl sarcastically, his arrogant eyes full of disdain: "I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore." That guy is a bit reckless, but he seems at least a little more honest than you, right? Miss Blue Dream. ”

"Yes. ”

"I lied to you. Lan Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, "But I'm here to protect myself." ”

"If I'm unreservedly honest with you, there's a good chance you'll kill me at any moment. I still want to live, I don't want to die. ”

"You think you can live by lying?

Alex stepped into her hand, and Lan Meng suddenly felt a familiar feeling of suffocation in her heart, and she hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute! ”

Then you go ahead and say you're not satisfied. ”

Alexey's figure flashed, and two eyes full of yin owls were attached to Lan Meng's earlobes: "I can't guarantee that I won't get angry now and squeeze all the blood out of your body." ”