It was the first time Downer had ridden in such a luxurious carriage. Needless to say, the broken carriage that Uncle Mira hauled the goods, even the four-wheeled carriage hired by Mr. Victor when he took him back to the Academy of Magic for the first time looked shabby compared to the one in front of him.

In front of the car, there were two sturdy red horses, tall and mighty, with bright coats. Even if he stood there and didn't move, he still looked forward to his posture and his posture, which reminded Donner of Roger's standing posture. There should be shock-absorbing springs on the axles, and there is no longer the feeling of a sore butt when riding in Uncle Mira's carriage, oh, and there must be a credit for this chair underneath me - this chair wrapped in delicate sheepskin and stuffed with soft fabric seems to be more deservedly called a sofa, except that there is no such thing as a sofa in this world.

"How do you usually get here??" Lucia, who was sitting in the chair opposite, was now pulling back the silk curtain that blocked the light, looking out the window at the same country scenery.

"I ride in Uncle Mira's carriage, oh, Uncle Mira is a cargo hauler from the Academy, he goes back and forth from the Academy of Magic to Dorne City twice a day, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, you would never have imagined that the Academy of Magic needs to consume so much goods. ”

"What's so strange about this, I guess there are ten wagons that pull goods for my family every day. ”

"Then your family's business must be doing a lot of business. ”

The girl burst out laughing, knowing that it was Donner's joke, and that when he was joking, his expression was more serious than usual.

The girl hesitated for a moment and asked, "Aren't you curious about what my family does?"

"I can't be curious about things that are too far away. Besides, it's better not to know, and it will be stressful to know. It's no longer comfortable to sit in such a carriage. "Accustomed to the hard life on the island, Donner is really not used to things that are too luxurious.

"Is there pressure? Do you also think that people are noble and low?" the girl's expression became a little serious.

"Wouldn't it seem strange to say from the mouth of a poor man that there is no distinction between high and low? It's as if a poor man says that money doesn't matter, and even if he really thinks so, it doesn't sound like it's confident. ”

"You're dodging my question. ”

Donner raised his eyes to look at Lucia, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "I'm afraid that the answer will startle you." ”

"It's boring. ”

About five minutes of silence.

"Kylie loves you. ”

"Hmm. ”

"I like you too. ”

“...... You don't know me yet. ”

"You're still not a man, are you so afraid of me?"

"I'm not afraid of you, I'm afraid of trouble. With Kelly, there will be a lot less trouble. ”

The two men in the carriage didn't look at each other, as if they were talking to the floor or the air.

"Because she's not a nobleman?"

"Not exactly, because I know what she wants, and I can afford what she wants. ”

"You don't know what I want, why do you think you can't afford it?"

"Because I don't know what you want. What you don't know, it's troublesome. ”

Coincidentally, the trouble that the two didn't know about really came to the door.

Before the carriage knew it, it had come to a stop, and Lucia opened the door to see the groom lying on his seat with an arrow stuck in his body, and blood had already flowed to the seat.

"People in the car, get out of here obediently! I know you're from the Academy of Magic, and unless you're confident that you can beat dozens of arrows faster, I'd advise you to be honest. ”

Outside the carriage, on both sides of the mountain road, dozens of shiny arrows were facing the two of them. Neither Donner nor Lucia thought they would be faster than the other party, so they had to tie their hands and take it together.

The two men were stuffed with cloth in their mouths, covered with black cloth hoods, tied their hands and feet, and thrown into another carriage. I don't know how long I had to go all the way, and by the time the hood was pulled back, I was already in a dilapidated hut.

"Be honest with me, don't play tricks!" slammed the door shut.

His feet were tied in three places from his ankles to his knees and thighs, and his hands were tied behind his back, and each knot was tied tightly and unmoving. Donner couldn't help but admire the knotting technique just now.

Lucia's eyes looked at her in horror. At this time, the mouths of the two were still tightly stuffed with cloth, and they were tightly tied with a strap around the back of their heads, and they couldn't make a sound at all. It seems that this group of people knows that magic apprentices can't cast magic without chanting spells, but they didn't expect that there was an outlier among the two people who were tied up.

Donner shifted his body, found a comfortable position, and lay down against the wall. He shook his head at Lucia, ignoring the other party's reaction, and closed his eyes to rest. Lucia didn't figure out what he meant by shaking his head, but there was nothing she could do, and after struggling in vain for a while, she had no choice but to lie down and resign herself to fate.

When it was getting dark outside the window, it was the man who came in just now, hastily fed the two of them some dry food and water, and only said "eat" during the time, and the rest of the time, he didn't say a word.

As twilight fell, Lucia finally fell asleep in a state of panic, and after some time, she felt someone gently shaking her.

The faint starlight shone through the window, and in the haze, it took Lucia a moment to realize that it was Donner pushing her.

Donner put his finger to his lips and motioned for Lucia to be quiet before helping Lucia untie the ropes everywhere and take out the lump in her mouth. Lucia's cheeks were almost numb because she had been with her mouth wide open for so long.

"That guy just came over and saw it, and he probably won't be coming back for a while. Donner whispered in Lucia's ear, lowering his voice.

The girl's ears were blown by his breath, and her whole body seemed to be even more sore.

"How did you untie it?" asked Lucia softly.

"It's not important, do you see the details of this group of people?"

"Aren't they thieves?"

"It's not a thief, they didn't take any of the gold coins from me. Donner didn't mention the bag of magic crystals in his personal pocket.

"That's kidnapping. ”

"Have you noticed, although the men are dressed in tatters and sloppy, their skin and hair are clean, their leather armor and weapons are uniform, they speak concisely, and there is no commotion near the camp. If I guessed correctly, they were thieves disguised as soldiers. ”

"Soldiers, what are we going to do?"

"They don't let us see who we really are, so they don't plan to kill us yet, but I can't guess what they're trying to do. Does the Carl family have a military connection?" Donner's eyes were always fixed in the direction of the door.

"I don't know. ”

"Then we can't take care of that much, we can't leave them to chance. You have to try to get out. ”

"Good. Lucia agreed with Donner that she could not expect mercy.

"Wait a minute. Donner crouched down, moved to the window and looked at it a few times, then cautiously moved it back.

"I can't see what's going on outside, I don't know where the horse is tethered. You can only take risks, do you have a magic scroll on you?" Donner remembered that when she was in the Whispering Forest, Lucia carried the magic scroll with her.

"Yes. Lucia reached into her arms and confirmed.

"Is it powerful?"

"It's huge. ”

"How big?" Donner finished speaking, only to find that the girl's hand was still stretched out in his chest, and he suddenly felt that his question was a little obscene, but fortunately, the other party didn't seem to think about it.

"One is a level 3 ice and snow storm. ”

Donner stared at Lucia, he didn't expect that Lucia actually carried a scroll of this level with him.

"After we go out for a while, try to hide as much as possible, it is best to find the horses and escape, if we are discovered, we can only break in, remember, that leader is likely to be an official knight, not something we can deal with, if the scroll is to be used, it must be used on his head, can it be done?"

Lucia remembered the last time she encountered thieves in the Whispering Forest, when she threw a first-level frost scroll out and forgot to cast it, Donner must have been worried about this. After pondering for a moment, she finally nodded solemnly: "It can be done!"

"Follow me, don't get separated. The young man's black eyes glowed with a ghostly glow, and he looked directly at Lucia seriously, and then the corners of his mouth slowly curved up, revealing a good-looking smile: "Actually, I'm also nervous." However, even if it is surrounded like daytime, it is a big deal to surrender again. ”

Donner knew that it was good to be caught if he couldn't escape, but if he fought in the process, the result would be unpredictable. said that it was a big deal to surrender again, but I just hoped that Lucia would not be too nervous.

Under the stars, the deserted mountains, the abandoned hunter's hut, the wooden door opened silently, and Donner slowly poked out half of his face and looked around. There were more than a dozen tents set up outside the door, and one man sat not far away, facing the hut sideways, and seemed to be asleep. A few dozen meters to the left were tethered to dozens of horses in the woods, as well as two carriages, one of which was the same luxurious carriage they rode in during the day.

Lucia saw Donner retract and breathe deeply, as if to calm his mind, and as if he was making some important decision.

When Donner leaned out again, a sharp ice spear the length of a palm had condensed between his right palm.

The sound of the "whoosh" ice spear breaking through the air was soft, followed by a short, muffled moan. Donner listened carefully, and without any other sound, he pulled Lucia up and walked in the direction of the horses, trying to control the muscles in his legs, and when he walked quickly, he landed as light as he could without making any sound. Halfway through, the calves were already shaking, and the closer you got to the horses, the faster your heart became.

"Look at the tent over there, get the scroll ready, and put it if it's not right. As he spoke, Donner carefully untied the two horses and handed the reins to the maiden, and he felt their hands tremble.

There was no movement in the direction of the hut, and the two men turned over and controlled the speed of the horses, until they felt that they were far away, and then galloped away.

In the field of the starry night, the two men and two horses galloped due north of the twelve stars of Iris, and after about two hours, the horsepower gradually declined.

After passing through many woods and hills, but not passing a single obvious road, Donner decided that he could not run so aimlessly, so the two of them found a hidden wooded place to tie their horses to rest.