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"What about your new little brother?"

"She...... "Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem for Rod." "Find someone to buy another horse. ”

"But big brother. Nikita said a little nervously, "I'...... I don't know how to ride a horse. ”

"Then learn. ”

"Don't waste time, how much can this little girl weigh, forty pounds, fifty pounds? "We don't have time to teach her how to ride, either throw her down or take her with us, and make a decision quickly." ”

Looking at the little girl's pitiful expression, of course Rhodes couldn't throw her down and leave her here to be tortured by the refugees who wanted to hang her a few days ago, so he reluctantly stretched out his hand to her: "Come up." ”

Easily dragged the girl up and sat her down in front of him, the familiar posture reminded the boy of Ciri and the beautiful and sad night. Rhodes was in a hurry, and Nikita in front of him felt like he was dreaming, a beautiful young man who could only look at him from a distance not long ago, rich and beautiful, and kind and brave, by chance, sat on a horse with him today, and his arms were even wrapped around his sides, although it was to grab the reins of the horse, but it was not much different from holding himself!

She quietly moved and approached the eldest brother behind her.

"Alright, don't move. Rod looked at the little guy who was sitting happily in the saddle in front of him, and after taking a shower and changing his clothes, and tying his hair into braids, the girl looked crisp and neat, neither dirty nor smelly, but did not embarrass him who loved cleanliness. "Let's go. ”

The three of them rode two horses, and slowly left the tent-made city under the puzzled eyes of the many refugees in the camp.

......

"We went west around the Cavehall Forest, to the border between Anteli and Harwich, and turned south far from the frontal battlefield. ”

"And then?"

"Then we will avoid the armies that may pose a threat to us, until we enter the territory of the Empire. Ryan shrugged, "Then we can discuss the new little brother you have adopted, maybe it would be more appropriate to say that it is the little sister." What are you going to do with her?"

"Take her to a place where no one knows her, and then find a family to adopt her. ”

"Don't!" cried Nikita, "I don't want to be adopted by anyone, I'll follow my eldest brother." ”

"But I don't want to take you with me all the time, what can you do for me. ”

"Laundry and cooking, folding quilts to warm the bed, I can do anything!"

Rod smiled bitterly, washing and cooking and folding the quilt to warm the bed, which maid in his own house would not be able to take it back from the outside? shook his head and said no more.

"Big brother doesn't want me. Tears suddenly welled up in the girl's eyes, "What does the big brother want me to do or how, just say it, I will work super hard." ”

"Don't cry. Rod frowned, "Let's hurry first, and when I get home, I'll think about how to place you." ”

"Okay big brother. The cunning little liar immediately put away his tears.

......

They hurried unhurriedly during the day and rested at night, and whenever they noticed the approach of other teams, they hid in the woods, sometimes with strong winds mixed with a short but strong rainstorm, and sometimes with a drizzle in the sky, and so on for several days, and Rod became more and more depressed. He really didn't have time to think about how to deal with the little liar around him who had no intention of saving, he didn't even know if he could get home, and what kind of encounter he would face when he got home.

The thought that had come to him came back to him, and he began to seriously consider the possibility of going back and enjoying life as a noble child as if nothing had happened.

They went all the way west, and Ryan led the way. Gradually, it bypassed the Cavehall Forest and approached the western border of the Anteli Empire...... It was expected that Midland's invading army would go all the way north from the border between the two countries to attack Sardenburg, but for some reason there were signs of war here. It seems that at least not all of the Anteli army accepted the order to surrender, and many lords chose to resist in order to defend their interests, hoping that outside forces would once again intervene in this absurd war. They avoided several battles along the way by sensing them in advance, and what they saw from the shadows confirmed what the Hunter had said, and while Imperial soldiers looked better dressed and trained, they still didn't win every battle. They walked through war-torn human settlements, villages burned to rubble, houses razed to the ground, and more refugees fleeing the war were heading to the border, ready to flee the threat abroad, their belongings bent their backs, most of them sluggish, their expressions full of fear and pain.

They reached the southwest corner of the vast forest, and could no longer follow the edge of the forest west away from the battlefield, so they began to turn south. Signs of fighting became scarce, and complete dwellings and villages could finally be seen. It was thousands of miles away from the frontal battlefield where the Imperial army would attack the capital of Anteli, and it was better for the Midland army to obtain food from here and transport it directly from the front line from within the Empire, so it was free from the poison of scorched earth orders, and finally there was no longer the situation of a hundred miles without people.

They replenished supplies from the villagers and were kept informed of the latest developments in the war. After the order was given to the surrender of the national army, Midland's army took Sardenberg without a single shot, and effectively controlled all of Antele south of Sardenburg, nearly half of the kingdom. Most of the Anteli army was disbanded on the spot, and the soldiers returned to their hometowns as civilians to begin rebuilding...... But there are also a significant number of refusals to accept the order. This part of the army either fled into the mountains and dense forests to become a resistance army, or defected to the Duke of Tully and the Duke of Morey in the north and east, with their backs to other kingdoms, ready to continue the resistance with the support of these allies.

Interestingly, Queen Elaine, who was "held hostage by Duke Tully" whom the Midland army claimed to be free, fled from Saleenberg after ordering the city defense army not to resist, and is now missing...... As a result, although the empire won a great victory on the battlefield, it was in a disadvantageous position of public opinion in the international arena. The surrounding countries all gathered on the border, but they were prevented by a mysterious force from crossing the border to join the war.

"Can you ask for a favor, Lord Hunter?" asked a peasant woman and the other two after hearing the news from the village chief.

"I accept employment and don't help people. ”

"Yes, can I hire you to help our family find a child?" said the peasant woman flatteringly, "someone from our village has joined the resistance, and then my dead child clamored that he would go to them to fight the invaders with him...... I locked him in the house, and he broke the window this morning and ran away. I see you have a dog, can you bring that child back...... The price, you say. ”

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