Chapter 39: The Fool, the Woman, and the Fox (2)

Since the hostage-taking incident in the hermit village, the entire village's defenses have been significantly strengthened. A lookout tower was built on top of a tall mahogany tree at the entrance of the village, and the view could cover almost the entire valley.

"Raphael, don't run too far, you must stay in my sight!" Abigail shouted as he stood high on the belvedere and shouted into the village.

At the entrance of the village, Raphael and Ermadi are driving a flock of sheep. Well, what should I say, it should be said that the two little ones each rode a male goat, and then followed by a large flock.

"This is the most powerful cavalry I have ever seen!" laughed the villagers guarding the gate.

"Isn't it! I dare say they are the best cavalry captains in the world!"

Of course Raphael heard their teasing! He was very spirited and put his "horse" between his legs and began to lead the "cavalry" to charge the hillside.

"Wait for me, Brother Raphael!" Elmadi was anxious. Oh, why is the "horse" she riding a little disobedient, still leisurely nibbling on the fresh grass on the side of the road, and the long goatee is curled!

The women were busy in the fenced camp. With smiles on their faces, it is of course very pleasant to live in such a peaceful village.

"There's a cavalry from the north!" shouted from the lookout.

"Can you see whose troops they are?" said the soothsayer immediately ran out of the largest wooden house. It was their village hall.

"Their flag is blue...... Yes, it should be the troops of Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine!"

"It's the guests coming, villagers, get ready to welcome the guests!"

The cavalry moved quickly. Soon they came to the main gate, where the soothsayer came out with a few elders from the village.

At the head were two young knights in iron armor, handsome and energetic. Behind him were dozens of knights with blue lion flags on the tips of their spears, and it seemed that it should be a cavalry squadron.

The two young soothsayers knew each other, and they had traveled to the village with Princess Catherine, and had brought them some fine steel and grain, and seemed to have been well acquainted with Abigail's family.

"Gabriel, Lucifer, it's you!" said Abigail, coming down from the belvedere. He patted the teenagers on the shoulder vigorously and said with satisfaction: "I haven't seen you for a few months, but you are much stronger again!"

The teenagers already had some dense hairs on their lips, and they smiled shyly at the praise of these fathers.

"We've brought some loot to the village!"

"Oh, Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine is so kind! she's so busy, and she still remembers our little village!"

"We have broken through the border defense of the army of the undead, and we are about to march into the hinterland of Dia! Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine has asked us to bring greetings to everyone, and the next time we meet, we may have to wait until our triumphant class!"

"We're looking forward to that moment sooner!" said the soothsayer, "our village is still smoking, because you have won many battles!"

"Princess Catherine is almost giving birth! Now the post of Commander of the Corps has been taken over by Deputy Commander Eldred!"

"Congratulations to Her Royal Highness, I am sure that she will give birth to the most beautiful and cutest child in the world!"

"Gabriel, Lucifer!" a woman on the side of the road shouted happily to the two young men with Xiaolan on her shoulder.

"Aunt Abigail!" the boys looked very affectionate when they saw this woman.

"Let me see!" said Mrs. Abigail, throwing down the little blue and running briskly. She stroked the handsome faces of the teenagers with her hand and said in a trembling voice, "Am I not mistaken?

"That's right, what about Raphael and Elmadi, we miss them!"

"They, when the sun goes down, they'll come back like mud monkeys!"

"Haha, is Raphael still that naughty?"

"Alas......"

"Mrs. Abigail, we can't let our guests stand like this all the time!" said the soothsayer.

"Look at me, when I see these two lovely children, I am so happy that I forget everything!" said Mrs. Abigail embarrassedly, "Gabriel, Lucifer, sit down at your aunt's house when you are done with your business, and I will make you a new dress!"

"Thank you, Aunt Abigail!" said Gabriel and Lucifer to Mrs. Abigail for a moment, and followed the soothsayer and elders into the council chamber.

Raphael, who was grazing sheep on the hillside, also saw the cavalry enter the village, and he ran into the village. By the time Elmati found out, he had already run to the bottom of the mountain.

"Ignore you!" Elmadi flattened his mouth at his back, continuing to practice sorcery against a large rock with Raphael's small magic staff.

Flocks of sheep are scattering and grazing on the hillside. As long as the goats are not lost, they will not leave the herd under normal circumstances.

"Hello, little sister!" said a young girl from the woods and greeted her.

"Hello, big sister!" replied Al Maidy politely.

"Are you tending sheep? I want you to help me, can you? I want you to ask you for a little goat's milk...... I've seen that there are a lot of ewes in the flock!"

"But they have to feed their little ones! Big sister, are you hungry? I have food here!"

"But I must have goat's milk...... Little sister, I can buy you with money, or exchange things with you!"

"I can't accept your proposal, big sister! Because these sheep belong to everyone, if you want to buy them, you should talk to the village chief and grandfather!"

The girl looked hesitantly at the village at the foot of the hill, and suddenly said, "Oh, forget it then!" and turned and walked into the woods.

It's strange, why didn't she want it all of a sudden? Almadie couldn't figure it out.

In the village, Raphael's dexterous body is like a swimming fish, shuttling through the crowd.

"Raphael, why are you back?" said Mrs. Abigail at once, when she spotted the little loach, "what about the sheep? How can you leave them all alone with your sister?"

"I'll go find her in a moment!" Raphael disappeared among the knights, throwing only one word.

"Don't run, you little devil!" a knight grabbed Raphael by the collar and shouted, "Are you pulling out the feathers on the chickens of the neighbor's aunt to make angel wings?"

"I've never done anything like that again!" Raphael struggled.

The knights laughed.

"Hey, little Raphael, I heard that you are the captain of the cavalry and graze a large herd of horses every day?"

"Oh, Brother Gabriel, Brother Lucifer!"

Gabriel picked up Raphael, and Lucifer smiled, though his brow was still gloomy.

"Two brothers, are you here to recruit soldiers in the hermit village, take me away, I can fight like a real man!"

"Well, I would also like to receive such a mission, but unfortunately not!"

Raphael was a little disappointed. However, his disappointment came and went quickly: "Brother, didn't you bring me any gifts this time?"

"What kind of gift do you want?"

"As long as it's a man, there's no one who doesn't like weapons and armor!"

Gabriel shook his head, "It's a pity that our weapons and armor are a little bulky for you!

It was a small statue of exquisite workmanship, with two rubies glittering red in its eyes.

"It's called the Fire-Eyed Man, and it can expand your horizons on a large scale and even help you spot potential dangers!"

"Thank you, Brother Gabriel......! If my sister Al Mady hadn't, she'd have cried for half a day!"

"I'll give Elmadi a gift!" Lucifer smiled slightly, "Look at this! It's called a lucky bird, and of course it's a trophy! I'm sure she'll like it, because it makes her the luckiest girl in the world!"

"Oh no! she's still alone in the mountains!" said Raphael, struggling out of Gabriel's arms, and began to run.

"Wait for me!" Gabriel and Lucifer snatched the two horses from the side and flew on.

Two legs can't outrun four legs in any case, let alone two short legs and four long legs. Little Raphael was lifted sideways by Lucifer, who was running from behind, and placed on the saddle.

Lucifer's sturdy figure immediately drew applause from the knights.

Little Elmadie is not alone in the mountains. The guards on the lookout noticed the movement on the hillside and immediately sent a few soldiers to inquire about it.

The more the little girl thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. So she began to stand on a large rock and count the sheep, and there was one missing.

Reluctantly, she recounted again, shedding tears as she counted.

The horse's hooves crumbled, and two horses rushed in front of her.

"Who made our little Elmadie cry, tell my brother!"

"Brother Gabriel, Brother Lucifer!" said Elmadi, wiping tears from her eyes, "I lost a sheep...... It must have been the big sister who did it just now!"

"Where did she go, take me there, and see my brother teach her a good lesson!"

So Elmati was also carried on horseback by Gabriel, and the two knights rushed into the dense forest.

They immediately found traces of ruts in the dense forest. The knights shook the reins and chased along the rutted trails, mud flying around the hooves of the raining horses.

"That's them!" little Elmadie suddenly cried, pointing her finger deep into the forest.

There was a tattered bullock cart, covered with tarpaulins, and a black goat was tied to one side, bleating.

"Don't come here!" stood a young girl on the roof of the car, with a bow and arrows, aimed at them!

"Who am I, it turns out to be you wild girl!" the knights immediately recognized the girl. Gabriel sneered, "Aren't you ashamed that you once claimed to be the guard of the Chosen One, and that you were reduced to stealing someone's little girl's goat?"

"Hmph, who am I, it turns out to be you two wild boys!" Hima also sneered, "Didn't you also claim to be the guards of the Chosen One, where were you when the Chosen One was martyred?"

"Come on, where is that Linda, I know you're all together!"

"She's definitely nearby! Maybe behind your back, maybe above your head, pointing her bow and arrow at you!"

"If you think that those little sticks in your hands can shoot us, then you are very wrong! Lay down your weapons, let us lead the sheep away, and apologize to our little Elmadi, for the sake of the time we fought together, this is the end of the matter!"

"Anyone can ask us that, but you two wild boys can't!" said Hima, refusing to show weakness.

"Don't force us to use force!" Lucifer took the reins, and the bloodthirsty horse immediately stood up.

At this moment, suddenly the cry of a baby was heard in the woods, like the gentle chirping of a yellow bird in an open valley.