Stannis was awakened from his sleep, the bitter cold of the early morning, and he had not closed his eyes for a day and a night, and he fell asleep quietly on horseback.

When he woke up, he pulled the blanket on his body a little tighter, and glanced at the Southern Cross that had not yet been dimmed in a daze, unlike the navigators in the world who used the Big Dipper to discern the direction, the Southern Cross was the most dazzling constellation in the sky of the Western Continent.

Seeing that the constellation due south was still directly in front of him, it looked like Stannis wasn't being led away from the horse while he was asleep.

Stannis got up from the saddle and moved his stiff bones, and found that there was a forest not far away, which meant that there should be a lake and firewood there, and he could boil some hot water and cook some food for a little rest.

He had made up his mind, and immediately rode his horse there, and according to the map in his head, at the current speed, he could reach Oak Town by noon, which was half a day faster than the deadline Anya had set for him.

The three horses slowly paced into the forest at the same time, and Stannis slipped off his horse, first alertly looking around to make sure there were no bandits lurking in there. After making sure that there was no strongman to cut the path, Stannis sat down under the big tree and took off the boots that were almost glued to his feet.

He breathed in the fresh air, and the morning was indeed the most pleasant time, and he was ready to find something to eat, and the corn tortillas in the grain bag had made his mouth foam at the mouth, and he was hungry and thirsty to find something delicious to quench his hunger, preferably fresh.

He looked up at this thought to see if there was any game around him to hunt, but it seemed that he was not very lucky, and not a single animal came out in the morning, and seemed to know that as soon as it appeared, it would be roasted and eaten by this human.

"I can't improve my food!" Grieve Stanis complained.

But as in response to him, a crow, stripped and eviscerated, was thrown out from behind the bushes.

But it's not like it's going to be a way to improve your food, it's more like a ...... Warning.

"Who!" Stannis's tiredness immediately vanished, and he put his hand on the hilt of his sword and turned to pull it out, but he stopped halfway through the draw.

A man who hadn't been seen for a long time fell from the sky and landed in front of him just right, and he never expected to see her here.

Hates and wants to kill him, Evelyn.

This ominous crow.

There are so many beauties in the Western Continent that he can't forget, but Stannis doesn't think about her in front of him, not only her murderous eyes, but also the grudge between her and her ex Stan, although the traveler doesn't know anything about it.

"Long time no see, Yo-......" Before the word YO could utter, the cold blade popped out of the crow's sleeve and clung to Stannis's neck, making him splatter blood on the spot at the slightest movement.

"I told you you weren't allowed to call me that. The woman's voice was so cold that Stannis was about to pee.

If it was someone else, he could still make some sense, and for the woman in front of him, he knew that it would be futile to say anything, because he estimated that she would not hesitate to slit his throat with a sword, or tie herself to the fire and roast him.

"Ms. Evelyn. Stannis immediately changed his calm tone, "It's an honor to be here with you...... I met you in the little forest, you won't follow me all the way here, will you?"

The crow withdrew his Hidden Blade and said unabashedly, "That's right, I'm just following you." ”

Seeing that the other party admitted so generously, it turned Stannis into the party that was at fault, so he had to put his hand on the sword to get back to the field, and the murderous aura raised scared the birds away.

"How do you know where I'm going? and wait for me here!"

His murderous aura was obviously just a pediatric for Evelyn, who had killed countless people, and the woman just smiled disdainfully and motioned for him to take back this little trick.

"Of course someone close to you told me. She told this information generously.

"What, there is a boy next to me who dares to betray me, give me his name, and I will chop him to pieces!" Stannis roared, leaving no doubt about his iron-fisted sanctions against traitors.

"It's Robert. Evelyn didn't mind telling the name of her informant.

Stannis was speechless for a moment, he didn't know that the two men were so close in private.

"It's not so much that he betrayed you, it's that he offered to ask me to protect you along the way. ”

Stannis was completely confused, protecting himself, what are you doing to protect yourself? I'm just going to find someone, not to make big news.

"Are you going to Oaktown?"

"Yes?" Stannis replied curiously, is there a ban on going to that place?

"My destination is also there, so I can make sure you get there alive. ”

This answer made Stannis's jaw drop in surprise, he wouldn't really stop by with her!

"Big sister, don't play me anymore! I'm really going to find someone, I'm in a hurry!" Stannis begged, the few times he and Evelyn were alone was played by her, either tricked into being a bait or instigated to step on a landmine, Stannis admitted that with his IQ he was no match for this girl younger than his age.

Evelyn didn't answer him, she just reached into her bulging chest and dug it out, then took out a roll of notices with her own body temperature and threw it to Stannis.

"I have been sent to Oak Town on a desperate mission by the Emperor's decree, and I have the right to mobilize all the manpower and material resources in the empire, so can't I be my retinue?"

This woman really showed her hideous face, and now he was going to be bound to her, but it was really the last thing Stannis wanted, and every second he spent with Evelyn made him feel uncomfortable.

"Don't you see? His Majesty rarely orders it himself. Evelyn teased him as if she were deliberately upsetting him.

Stannis didn't even bother to open the notice, anyway, he couldn't read the words in ancient Erathian in it, he felt that he couldn't escape the clutches of this woman for the rest of his life, it was all the sins of the bastard Stan before!

He had no choice but to say helplessly: "Okay, Miss Evelyn, as your entourage, I sincerely want to know, when is it better for us to leave?"

Evelyn didn't move, she just pointed to the crow she had killed earlier and said with a smile.

"After you finish your breakfast. ”