Rhodes' disguised identity on this trip was Dieter's nephew, but for some reason, he just didn't want to hide anything from the reckless girl witcher in front of him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 What made him feel a little strange was that Ciri was not bluffed by his true identity for even half a second, but just rolled his eyes and snorted casually: "Your father is still a duke...... No wonder you have a whole bunch of people to protect you. But if we live in the same world, you still have to bow to me as I am. ”

"So powerful, aren't you a witcher, are you still a princess or queen?" Rod thought of some small details between her words and demeanor, and couldn't help but suspect that she really had some noble status, and stood up on the roof of the car on a whim and half-knelt and saluted Ciri: "Good evening, Your Highness Ciri, the son of Foster greets you." ”

"Hmph, good evening, Sir Rod, come and sit beside me, and don't overturn the carriage. "Ciri has been through many adventures and is much more mature than Rod, but at the end of the day she is only a seventeen-year-old girl...... Although I feel that this is like a child playing at home, I can't help but feel funny. So he also cooperated to make a proud little peacock look, raised his chin and accepted him calmly, and when he sat back in his place, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, that Grom is just your guard?"

"He's the captain of our family's guard, what's wrong. ”

"Why don't I have such a powerful guard!" she indignantly resented, "otherwise where would I need to be chased all over the world...... Run all over the universe!"

"It's amazing that you've been able to escape from such a bunch of wild hunters. ”

"Awesome fart, the Wild Hunting Triumvirate, I'm having a hard time dealing with any of them, but the captain of your guard hasn't been injured in a dozen or three, and I'm taller than me, I don't know how many Wallaces!"

"Who is Wallace. ”

"Who is Wallace? I don't seem to know, it's a 'journalist' I've been in the world before......" Ciary shook her head and explained, "Well, you're definitely going to have to ask what a journalist is, a bard-like character." ”

"Oh......" Rhodes nodded pretending to understand, but he still didn't understand why he took out a bard as a measure word for comparison: "Actually, Grom is really good, my mother said - even if you pulled out the world's warriors to make a ranking, he would be properly in the top hundred." ”

"So there are at least dozens of people in your world who are better than him?"

"It should be, it's not a powerful mage, as the magic pours into this world, the strength of the spellcasters will get higher and higher. ”

Ciri sighed enviously: "Alas, that's good...... Probably because your world has a higher level of magic than mine. But with him here, I'll be relieved to talk to you for a while, and don't mind me sharing the protection of your captain of the guard for a few days. ”

"Don't mind, stay as long as you want!" Rod said proudly.

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He has always believed that a perfect woman should be like her mother, gentle and beautiful, until she meets Ciri. In terms of "gentleness", she can't touch it, which is diametrically opposed to her mother's temperament; in terms of "beauty", although the scar on her face is not disfiguring, it is also destined to make it difficult for her to become a recognized beauty...... But she has a special charm in her, which makes the teenager can't help but admire.

"Actually, my dad is even more powerful, if you want, you can come to my house to live for a while to ensure safety. ”

"Really?" said Healy, who was completely unconvinced.

"Lie to you as a puppy!"

His father has the reputation of "the first great sword master", and Grom is evaluated by his mother as "having the strength of a sword master", and it is really impossible to judge which of the two men with the title of great sword master is stronger and has not fought. But the captain of the guard said to Rod: The Duke can pinch himself to death with one finger.

Rod didn't believe this, of course he couldn't relay it to Ciri, how could any guy pinch someone to death with his fingers? He didn't want to be misunderstood and bragging, so he had to answer honestly: "Actually, I also heard that I haven't seen my father do it." ”

"You're so happy. Heary folded her legs again, rested her chin on her knees, and stared blankly into the darkness in the distance.

The moon has reached the sky, the coolness is gradually spreading, and the sound of summer insects that has been refusing to stop has also fallen silent one after another. It was not too early, and Rhodes actually saw Sylna come out to look for him, only to see him and Ciri sitting together and then returning to the house. At this time, I didn't know how to respond, so I simply sat next to her and accompanied her in a daze. The little silver fox also wandered around enough to return to him, arching him, as if to remind Rod that she hadn't taught her to read today, and simply slipped back into his pocket when he felt the temperature drop.

The two were not very familiar with each other before, and there was always a faint sense of strangeness and estrangement when communicating. Tonight, under the starry sky, they talked freely without interference, and the intimacy between young men and women of the same age who didn't pay much attention to each other spontaneously arose-Rod liked her simply because Ciri was cool, and the latter had seen so many people who wanted to take advantage of her, and he had a good impression of this simple young man who could see through to the end at a glance, and he didn't feel it when he was talking hotly just now, but he was a little uncomfortable when he was silent.

"Ahh

"Someone misses you. Rod quipped, remembering something, and took off his coat, intending to drape the girl like a gentleman.

", I've been telling you stories for half the night, and Dieter must have scolded me behind my back for not sleeping well. Ciri saw his movements out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly stopped: "Don't don't, don't, you're doing me like this...... Go back to bed, get up early tomorrow, and we'll continue to check the source of the living dead, this is the first time I've been commissioned in the other world, so I'll have to do it well. ”

Rod had no choice but to take his coat in his hand: "Well, good night then." ”

"You too. ”

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The village of Buck is close to the capital of a country and is the main food producer of Sardenburg, the capital of Antelli. Coupled with the radiation spread over a large circle of satellite settlements such as the village of Baka, the population is quite large. However, the majority of these tens of thousands of people were peasants, and their spending power on the magical goods sold by Rod's caravan was really limited - so Dieter decided to stay here for only one day, so Rod and Ciri got up early in the morning, accompanied by Grom and others, and prepared to continue to gather clues around.

They first went to check the condition of the wounded man they saw yesterday, because they followed Ciri's message and did not treat him indiscriminately, the man still only had a high fever and was confused, and occasionally he was awake and could drink soup...... There don't seem to be any obvious signs of deterioration. But there is no doctor who can treat the disease, and so far, it seems that the bitten person has to wait for death.

"Maybe you can give it to the Imperial Research Institute, someone will definitely be interested. Morfan touched his chin and said, "What's the matter with Antelli, such a strange thing, the ruler doesn't care about it?"

"In the face of the increasingly powerful Midland, Antelli, as a close neighbor, is bent on strengthening national defense in case of contingencies, but I am afraid that I really don't care about the lives of a few farmers. Do you think that the holding of various jousting tournaments was just for the pleasure of King Elite?, and that the cultural and military significance is great!" Silna was a little unbearable, "and there is a more malicious speculation that this disease may have been created to deal with the invasion of the Empire. ”

"What do you mean?"

"If the Empire provokes a war, as long as Anteli spreads this disease to the warring area on a large scale, it will collapse without a fight, no matter how red waves and battle-hardened steel divisions it has. ”

"It won't be like this, will it?" Rhodes felt that the three views were shocked again, "Is the empire ready to go to war?" ”

"How do we know. ”

"Isn't the winner of the tournament able to meet the king, you strive to be the champion, go to Elite III to raise the matter in person, no matter how reluctant the ruler is, he will have to give an explanation in front of everyone. Morfan said casually, "It's far better than you two little kids looking out here, and even if you find something, it may not be solved." ”

"Makes sense. Rod nodded, feeling that Morfan's proposal was higher than hanging around, and he didn't know a few Wallaces.

"I'm going to stay here for a day anyway, so do what I can. Ciri was a little unconvinced, crossed his waist and said, "It's true that you can't see anything with your eyes, let's visit the surrounding villagers who have also seen the living dead to see what news we can get." ”

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