"The cold plug is the gate of the North Ridge. ”

- Alan Amber

It was not intentional to go all the way with the caravan, because Jack walked very slowly, but the caravan took the opportunity to follow behind the knights, so that the safety of his caravan was sufficiently guaranteed. Since the caravan served food and wine every day, Jack and the two retainers acquiesced in their actions, which was a bit of a fake feeling, but it was also a sycophant to some extent.

At the end of the seven-day trip, Hansai appeared in the field of vision from afar, there are not many towns and villages along the way, in fact, if there is no caravan behind him, counting on this group of big guy villages, Jack may have to eat barbecue and dry cakes for a few days. Every night, there was a stewed glutinous potato and mushroom stew accompanied by some vegetables, which made Jack very satisfied, and it could be seen that what they gave Jack was taken from the goods or eaten by the caravan leader himself, and Jack accepted this treatment calmly.

Hansai was a huge fortress, and the whole city did not have the battlements of other cities, it was completely wrapped in bricks and stones, wide and square, and stood in the wind and snow like a pile of iron ingots falling together. Part of the reason why it is called Chill is because the castle is located in a place like Northridge, which gives people a chilly feeling, and it is originally a military fortress, so it is impossible to have the atmosphere of a normal town. There are two rows of sergeants standing neatly at the entrance of the castle, and this kind of formation is a good indication of what kind of castle it is, even in peacetime.

Young men throughout Northridge were trained to fight in nearby castles as adults, often donning the armor of their fathers or brothers, picking up their used iron swords, and training at nearby castles. The best of them will be sent to Hansai to serve in the military, and the high salary has ensured that they can feed themselves, which is very important for the young people of a peasant family. It would be a great honor to return to the lord of the fiefdom after his military service in Hansai, and the best of them may be retained by the lord as a vassal.

Jack rode a tall black steed at the front, followed by two old retainers and two knights. The aristocratic aura exuded from his immature face made the city gate officials consciously come forward to salute.

"Venerable young master, may I ask who you are and why you came to Hansai. As he spoke, he looked at the knight behind Jack, and said that he asked this mainly because of the cavalry behind him, as a military fortress, if such a group of cavalry was allowed to enter the city casually, then it would not be called a military fortress......

"I am Jack Arthur from Horn, son of Lord Rodoco Arthur, Lord of Horn. "Sergeant Hansai's honor deserves Jack's personal answer, as the southernmost castle of Northridge, the warriors here will always bear the brunt of war in the event of war. "These are my guards, and I'm going to study at the Rheinland Academy. ”

"It turned out to be you, and General Rolf had already ordered us to wait for your arrival. When the sergeant heard this, he smiled and said, "The general said that if you come, please go directly to the castle." As he spoke, he moved out of the way, and the soldiers behind him hurriedly moved away from the horse rejection stakes that had just been put on.

"Hmm. Jack nodded, and drove the horse towards the city, and the old man followed behind and threw a silver coin to the city gate officer, and kicked him by the way and smiled to praise him, and the city gate official also smiled at the old man with a hippie smile. This relationship is different from the respect for Jack, for Jack it is because of his identity, and for the old retainer, the city gate official, it is naturally from the bottom of his heart respect and closeness. As a commoner's son, if you can mix with the status of an old retainer for a lifetime, you can already get ahead. And as a veteran of a hundred battles, there is no need for the old retainer to have any respect for these recruits like Jack.

After Jack walked over, the caravan following Jack was stopped and continued to check, and the city gate officer of Hansai still had this in his eyes, don't look at it as if they came together, it was not the same thing at first glance.

When you pass through the city gate, you will obviously find that the walls here are two to three times as thick as the walls of other places, and although you can see the sky after entering, there are almost all military camps around. After walking for a long time, I gradually saw the market residents, the lord's hall was very high and eye-catching, and I walked straight through the city gate. The guards outside the lord's hall didn't ask Jack anything, after all, it wasn't wartime, and the nobles who could pass through the city gate were all their own people, so there was nothing to defend against. It was a well-dressed middle-aged man who ran over.

"It's Master Jack here. The middle-aged man did not hold back, but stepped forward to take Jack's horse, but startled Jack, who was immersed in the joy of guessing that his father must have written to General Rolf in advance to inform him that he was coming. The two old retainers did not step forward to stop them, the reason was naturally that the middle-aged man in front of them knew each other.

"Sparry and Sals didn't make you angry along the way, these two guys are good at drinking and fighting, isn't it a joke to let them take care of people. The middle-aged man said and smiled at the two retainers behind Jack.

Spari is the pirate-faced retainer, Sals is another, and the middle-aged man is General Rolf's butler. Everyone fought side by side when the pirates invaded Angry Horn, and the closest one after the cold was Angry Horn, although it was going to the sea instead of the hinterland of Northridge, but it also created a good relationship between the lords of the two places.

"This is General Rolf's butler, Barracuda. Pirate-faced Sparrow explained with a smile like Jack looking at him. "His name is Barracuda, and when we know him, he says so, and General Rolf calls him Barracuda, and he doesn't want to mention the name himself. ”

People on the seashore will actually understand that the Barracuda must have been a pirate before, and he was also the captain of a pirate ship, and that pirate ship must be called the Barracuda. If a pirate loses his pirate ship but doesn't die, he can't call himself by his own name until he has the next ship, only the name of his previous ship.

The Barracuda is a lucky one, and it is said that there was a captain who lost his ship very early, and he should not have named the ship Beauty. Later, a big bald head of five big and three thick people introduced himself as a beauty, and it is said that the captain made a boat for himself as fast as he could, and named the ship Macho.

Under the guidance of the butler, Sals led the knights to the resting place of the servants, while the pirate-faced Sals followed Jack into the hall of the lord under the leadership of the barracuda. The light in the hall was very bright, full of candles and the maid who was continuing to light candles showed that these candles should have just been lit, and the moment he saw Jack, the barracuda had already ordered to go down, and he must have the corresponding ability to be left by the lord as a housekeeper.

Entering the hall of the lord, a man in a black uniform with a gray beard and a beard walked with three young men. The man had a sword at his waist that looked a little petite compared to his burly stature, and it didn't take Jack to know that it must be General Rolf, and the sword about General Rolf was already an indispensable part of Northridge's storytelling to the children, and General Rolf Fell had a sword at his waist, which was rarely used and made very small, because he used a double-edged axe or two plate axes, and the sword in his waist was only a decoration and a spare weapon.

"Uncle Rolf. Jack was far away and began to bow very politely, and Rolf's hearty and loud laughter followed.

"It's Jack. A big hand slapped on Jack's arm, and almost instantly Jack's body automatically stood up straight because of the impact, and looked at General Rolf in front of him, this figure is really not covered, it looks tall and burly from a distance, and it is a small mountain for Jack when it comes close.

"You haven't seen you since you were born, I can't help it, it's not easy to get together without a war or other big thing, although it's close, but I've heard Robert mention you. Rolf said, looking at one of the three young men beside him.

This young man was slightly chubby and had a mustache, and he was the second son of General Rolf, and he was usually responsible for going to Angry Horn when he had anything, so Jack had seen it many times.

"Jack, you're getting taller again. Robert stepped forward and grabbed Jack's shoulders with both hands, and Jack greeted Robert with a smile, and the two were relatively familiar.

"Come on, over here. Rolf watched the two of them finish greeting and continued to the mouth of the other young man, Nunu, "This is Vincent. ”

Jack looked down and saw that the other young man was no less tall than General Rolf, but compared to General Rolf's burlyness, he didn't look tall. Vincent had two straight and long eyebrows, a pair of deep eyes set off by the high bridge of the nose and eyebrow bones, but he didn't seem to be very talkative, and looked at Jack coldly and nodded even if he said hello.

Vincent is the eldest son in the family, Robert is the second, and as for the other, he looks about the same age as Jack, that is, he is much thinner than Jack's well-proportioned figure, this is Zax, the youngest son of General Rolf, and he is indeed about the same age as Jack.

"I've already decided, let this kid go to the Rhine with you. Just as Zax grimaced and greeted Jack, making Jack laugh and afraid of being rude, General Rolf announced.