The Twin Rings of the Forest Garden are two closely connected mountains in the eastern part of the city of Canrolea, with lush vegetation and a tranquil lake where the two peaks meet, where birds and animals are abundant.

At this moment, in a forest in the eastern part of the Shuanghuan Mountain of the Forest Garden.

"Whew!"

There was a crisp hiss, like a long roar from some sharp weapon cutting through the air, and an arrow with a tail of white feathers pierced through the forest, hitting an elk's neck with a 'poof' sound, the arrow pierced into the thick fur, splashing a little blood, and the huge force dragged the elk not far away, nailing to a tree trunk behind.

"Dada!

Moments later, there was a crisp sound of horses' hooves, and a knight rode up to the tree, dismounted, and put the elk on horseback, galloping back.

In front of the soldiers was a richly dressed nobleman, and in front of the nobles was an old man with big silver hair and a crown on his head, holding a longbow and riding a group of brown horses, with only a young man on a white horse standing beside him.

While everyone was looking forward to it, the knight in the forest before galloped out on horseback and shouted, "Hit! Your Majesty has shot!"

Like a spark falling into a powder keg, with this sound, the originally quiet crowd immediately boiled, and the congratulatory voices sounded one after another.

The carcass of the elk was quickly brought to the old man, who looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and then raised his whip and said, "Take it and distribute it to the nobles." ”

"Yes. ”

The soldier went down quickly, and the old man turned around, the smile on his face remained the same, but it was a little more respectful: "Teacher, won't you try?"

As he spoke, he handed the longbow in his hand forward, "This bow I found in the capital of Riggira, and it is one of the finest works of Master Merrick. ”

Roshi's gaze swept over the longbow, the silver bow, the bowstring made of rhinoceros leather, then withdrew his gaze, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't know how to use bows and arrows." ”

"Hahaha!" Alan laughed, his voice was like a bell, he shook his head and said, "Teacher, are you afraid of stealing my limelight?"

Roshi did not admit it, nor did he deny it.

Seeing this, Alan no longer insisted, but just said casually: "That's right, I'm no longer young after all, if the teacher makes a move, I will definitely not be able to win." ”

After a pause, he raised his head and looked at the forest in the distance, and then said, "Since the teacher has no intention of hunting, why don't we go down for a walk?"

After retreating, Roshi and Alan walked into the woods.

At this time, it was the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the air was still a little cold, and some snow that had not yet melted could be seen on the grass, and there was a soft crunching sound when you stepped on it.

Alan looked at the bushes that crisscrossed all around, and suddenly turned his head to Roshi and asked, "Teacher, do you think this is the forest outside Harbor Town?"

Roshi knew what he was referring to, but he was a little surprised: "Do you remember there?"

Luo Xi has also experienced old people, and knows that old people at this age will generally have a little dizzy head, and it is indeed not easy to remember the events of decades ago.

"Why don't you remember!" Alan nodded and said solemnly, "That's the place that changed my fate!"

"Back then, I knelt down in front of an old man in front of such a forest, and solemnly swore to him, at that time, I was just a child, and now I am just like the old man back then..."

Speaking of this, he looked at Luo Xi and said with a smile: "But what is unexpected is that the old man is just like me at this time, this feeling is really amazing!"

Although they haven't seen each other for all these years, Alan has been paying attention to Roxi's news, and naturally knows that his age is reversed, but when he really sees him become so young, Allen's mood is still quite complicated, some envy, some fascination, and more maybe emotion.

"Compared to humans, wizards do live longer. Rosie nodded and looked away.

After a pause, Roshi diverted the topic and asked: "Alan, I've always been curious, although I gave you some help, but the effect of these help is actually very limited, you also know that wizards are not omnipotent, but why did you think that you would come to this point in the future?"

Saying that, Luo Xi glanced at the crown on his head, which really surprised Luo Xi very much, at that time Alan could be said to have nothing, just a child in a small fishing village, and what he wanted to do, even a prince of pure blood did not dare to say that he was completely sure, but he did not expect that he would really succeed in the end.

"I didn't think I'd make it?" Alan shook his head, bent down and felt on the grass, found a small thin stone, retracted his elbow slightly, and threw the thin slice towards the distant lake, and the rapidly spinning flake jumped twice on the surface of the lake, splashing a long series of splashes.

"Didn't think about it?" Roshi was a little surprised: "Then what you said at the beginning..."

"The stories you told me were very interesting, I longed for that kind of life, and I didn't know what my future would be until then, but since then, I've changed, and even if you didn't help me, I think I'd end up going to war instead of staying in the fishing village or being a sailor on Louis's ship. Alan said with a smile

Roshi choked.

He didn't expect Alan to achieve today's results, just because he was idle and bored, plus the old man's unique nagging, to the stories he said.

"Didn't you think things wouldn't be smooth sailing? setbacks, failures, and even loss of life?" Roshi wondered, knowing that he had given Alan two choices, and wouldn't it be happier to enjoy a life of drunkenness than licking blood from the knife's edge?

"I've thought about it!" Alan nodded, then smiled, and a gust of cold wind swept in from afar, blowing his silver hair.

He replied without hesitation: "But so what? Life is short, even if I survive on the battlefield, I will still only have a pile of loess left in a few decades, if I don't do what I want to do in this short life, then..."

After a pause, he said solemnly: "What is the use of me in such a life?"