Surdak pushed open the door of the dormitory and saw Natasha dozing off at her desk, he crept into the dormitory and found that the room was almost brand new, the floor was finally polished to see the true color of the paint, the sheets were brand new, the old one had been washed and hung on the clothesline on the terrace, and the snow on the terrace had been swept clean by Natasha.

Natasha was wearing a thin nightdress, her head resting on her white greasy arms and sleeping soundly on the desk, the room was not too cold, the sun shone on the table through the clean window, her long golden braid shone with a faint luster, the light fell on her slender neck, and the slender hairs appeared,

There are more people in the dormitory, and it is full of life all of a sudden.

Surdak put a sweater over her body, took out the 'Gathering Fire' magic scroll, and boiled a pot of water in the room, and the room immediately warmed up.

Natasha probably heard the sound of boiling water, and woke up from her dream, she turned around and saw Surdak, with a hint of panic on her face, she patted the trembling bear breast through her pajamas, exhaled a long breath, and said, "Startle me, I thought someone suddenly broke in!" ”

"They said you want to go out with me, isn't it boring to stay in the dormitory?" Surdak walked over and poured her a cup of hot water.

"Actually, it's okay, but there were two times when someone knocked on the door, and I didn't know how to answer, so I pretended that you weren't there." Natasha sat in her chair and whispered to Surdak.

She always looks cautious, she blushes when she speaks, her blue eyes are very clear, probably because she works a lot, her body is very healthy, her diet has improved a lot in the past few months, her cheeks have become plump, she tightened the sweater she was wearing, looked at the snow outside the window with some worry, and asked Surdak: "When will I be able to meet Vol Village?" ”

"It's going to take a while, I'm afraid the snow in the col is deeper now, if you don't get used to living here, you can also stay in a hotel outside, or rent a hut!" Surdak said, taking her hand.

Her hands were not smooth, with some calluses on the palms and frostbite on the backs of her hands, which were a pair of hands that often had to work.

"It's nice to stay here, you don't have to live outside!" Natasha said to Surdak with a red face, her body filled with the fiery aura of youth.

Surdak took advantage of the situation to hug Natasha's slender and soft waist and wanted to kiss Natasha's red lips, but at this time, there was a knock on the door, and Linna's voice came from outside the door: "Knight Surdak, are you back?" ”

Like a frightened rabbit, Natasha quickly escaped from Surdak's arms and hid in a chair next to her desk.

Surdak walked to the door a little helplessly and pushed it open.

The two young apprentice knights next door stood in the doorway, curiously looking into the room, Lina's big eyes kept blinking and blinking, the fire of gossip in her eyes was almost burning, and there was a smile on her face, which clearly said to Surdak: 'What? Don't you give us an introduction? ’

Surdak moved out of the way of the door frame and let Natasha's figure appear in front of the two teenage neighbors, and Lina and Nedra looked at Natasha in the room with wide eyes as if they had discovered a new world.

"My wife, Natasha!" Surdak said as he looked at Natasha in the room.

Natasha's pretty face was slightly red, but she tried to raise her head, looked at the two trainee knight girls bravely, and nodded slightly.

"These two are neighbors next door to the dormitory, and we usually get along." Surdak pointed to the lively Lina and the introverted Nedra and said, "This is Linna, she is Nedla." ”

"What does it mean to get along, obviously the relationship is not bad, Nedra and I have also tutored the Surdak knight in the imperial history before, and the Surdak knight has also taught us the peeling technique, so that we have gained a lot in the red pine forest experience operation." Lina wrinkled her nose and said dissatisfied.

Natasha stared at Lina and Nedra curiously, but she didn't know how to communicate with them, and her cheeks turned red.

She thought to herself: If Rita was here, she would definitely not let the atmosphere cool down, she was really useless.

In the end, it was Surdak who drove away the two teenage neighbors who had been in the room and refused to leave, with the hint of 'It's too late, we need to rest'.

In the silent night, there is no light in the room, Surdak stands on the terrace with Natasha in his arms, from here you can see the prosperity of the entire city of Highlandsa at night, not far away the Mage Tower is like a city that never sleeps, each floor is brightly lit, and looking back to the other side, you can see the street scene of half of the rich area, and those manors are also lit with gorgeous lights, this night scene is extremely shocking and surprising for Natasha who lives in the mountain village.

With a thick blanket around the two of them, Surdak hugged Natasha tightly from behind, resting his chin on Natasha's shoulder, and whispered to her about the city.

Natasha's hand was tightly gripping Surdak's hand, she tilted her head back, looking at Surdak's side face in a daze, the other face in her memory seemed to coincide with her eyes at this moment, and she was in a trance.

"If you become a knight, little Peter will become a great knight in the future, right?" Natasha's face was full of hope and asked Surdak.

Surdak nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, this honor will be reserved for little Peter, I promised old Sheila." As long as he grows up, we will send him to the Knight Academy, just like Lena and Nedra, where he will learn some skills, and if he wants to go to the plane battlefield to establish his merits, it is best to join the Heavy Cavalry Regiment after graduation. ”

Natasha felt a warm current pass through her heart, and before she knew it, her eyes became a little moist.

Surdak squinted his eyes and said softly, "If he doesn't want to fight at the front, I can leave him in the guard camp for military service." ”

"Really?" Natasha's eyes widened, never thinking that one day little Peter would be able to legally avoid military service on the battlefield.

Surdak pinched her soft face and said with a smile, "Now that your husband is the sheriff of the Guard Battalion stationed in the Barren Lands of Paglos Mountain, he still has this ability!" ”

Natasha was a little excited and incoherent, and whispered: "I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with going to the battlefield, all the young people in the village have to go to the battlefield......"

"I know what you're worried about...... I know. Surdak soothed Natasha's excitement in this way, but his eyes were looking at the bright starry sky overhead, and under the starlight, the sea of spirit continued to spread outward.

……

Riding through a circular garden made of red bricks, and around the circular cloister in the garden, he found the stone-paved alley, in which Surdak saw the plaque of 'City Garrison' at the entrance of a low building, and the Knights were on the second floor of the building.

He tied his horse to the door of the low building and stepped on the snow-covered staircase to the attic.

The snow here has not been cleaned yet, it looks really deserted, knocking on the door, a lazy voice came from the room: "Come in!" ”

Walking into the attic, Surdak saw the old knight leaning back on a chair, his feet on the table, looking at the door with sleepy eyes, and saw Surdak walking in in a salamander leather armor, so he asked a little reluctantly: "You don't study hard at the knight academy, what is the matter with coming to the knights?" ”

Unexpectedly, the old knight actually remembered himself, Surdak quickly straightened up, and handed the knightly voucher of a roll of parchment in his hand to the old knight.

The old knight unfolded the parchment scroll, saw the seal of the town hall, looked up at Surdak again in some surprise, and said dumbly: "The knightly certificate issued by the town hall is really rare!" Looks like you've done a lot of work. ”

"Now that the city hall has recognized your knighthood, there is naturally no problem on the Knights' side." The old knight put his leg down, turned around and took out a seal from the drawer, quickly stamped it beside it, and then stretched out his hand to Surdak and said, "Give me your knight's badge, and the reserve on it can be removed." ”

The old knight took the knight's badge from Surdak's hand, walked over to the hand-stamped press next to the filing cabinet, put the badge in the mold and pressed it again, then removed the reserve symbol from the badge and replaced it with the official knightly number.

It took almost no effort to complete these formalities.

The old knight solemnly put the knight's badge on Surdak's chest, and then the two of them performed a knightly salute, which was full of ritual at this moment.

The old knight patted Surdak on the shoulder and said to her: "In this case, according to the knightly decree of the Green Empire, after you officially become a knight, you can own a piece of land to become your knight's territory, of course, it will not be too big, but choose a place with fertile land to support your family." ”

After speaking, he took out a huge map of the Hylantha region from the roll cabinet, although this map was not as intuitive as the sand table in the Marquis Bernard's office, but the land on it was drawn with countless boundaries and frames, almost every piece of land had a corresponding name identification, the old knight skillfully found some borderless lands from the dense signs, and inserted them on the map with a pin with a red color flag, so that Surdak could choose more intuitively.

Surdak didn't look at the borderless land around Earl Hoyle's manor and Baron Grenfell's manor, and despite the old knight's hints, he pointed to the land around Pusbag Mountain on the map, and asked the old knight: "How much land can I get here?" ”

The old knight was so angry that his beard was about to rise, pointed to the barren land on the map, and said angrily: "You plan to choose the territory in the barren land? You stupid boy haven't tasted hard life, do you know that the land here doesn't even grow grass! ”

Surdak touched his nose with an embarrassed expression and whispered to the old knight, "I am from the village of Wall outside the mountain pass. ”

The old knight listened to Surdak's explanation, and understood why Surdak chose this way, but he still persuaded him earnestly: "Oh, the choice of knight territory is also very particular, the closer to the city of Highlandsa, the smaller the knight's territory will be, but relatively speaking, the land is fertile. ”

He paused, took a sip and continued, "The farther away from the city of Hylanza, the more territory you can get will multiply, but the more barren the land will be. ”

The old knight frowned and said: "If you want to choose the land outside the mountain pass, the approval conditions on the city hall side will definitely be relatively relaxed, and the approved territory will be much larger, especially these barren places outside the Paglos Pass, almost all of them are places where no one goes, and you may be granted a whole mountain." ”

He saw that Surdak was quite moved, and hurriedly reminded him: "But you have done a field trip, it is best to find a place with abundant water and grass outside the best mountain pass, and if you can't find it, it is best to honestly choose a piece of land on this side of the red pine forest, the territory over there is the most cost-effective, there are dense forest areas everywhere, you can first establish a logging field in the territory, cut down the adult trees, so that you can get a settlement fee, and then open up a small farm on the land where the trees are cut down, Many new civilian knights choose this way. ”

"If you were a noble knight, I wouldn't tell you so much, people have a lot of money, and they don't look down on this little territory at all, but you are a commoner, go back and think about it, once you choose, you can't change it!" The old knight reminded again and again.

Surdak repeatedly said that he would think about it, and then he left the Order.