"Honorable Lady Caroline, your father is a very nice man, very kind and sincere, and I deeply mourn what happened to him, and I express my deep condolences to my father, who had frequent contact with him in his early years. ”

"Do I know you well?"

After the funeral of Lord Varrell was held, young nobles from all over Kislev flocked to Valenmere Fort to see Caroline, the daughter of Lord Heidelberg. Her purpose and scheming are very clear, however, Caroline is a straight woman who doesn't like to go around corners. For these aristocratic young people who were attentive afterwards, they always put on a cold posture. Of course, this is also in line with her identity as a Frost Witch. Everyone knows that those who have studied the Frost Spell will gradually become cold and arrogant.

However, even though Caroline always put on a face to receive these noble young people from afar, many young noble young people still treated her with respect and flattery. The reason is simple, Varel is dead, and Caroline, as his father's only daughter in this world, will inherit Heidelberg directly. As soon as she was married, her husband could become the new master of Heidelberg.

That's why these nobles traveled all the way to pay their respects to Caroline. Of course, there is another very important reason, this frost witch is not ugly, maybe there is the support of the Ice Queen behind her, as long as you get this beauty, the castle, the territory, and the status of the three harvests, so there will be so many noble young people rushing to be the first for a while, of course, some may be forced by their father to come...... However, Caroline is always just a reception, and if she wants to talk about deeper topics, she will always thank you.

"Oh...... I'm sorry, but we've never met before, but I've heard a lot of legends about you......"

The young aristocratic youth was somewhat incoherent, and this picture did not appear in the range of what his father had taught him. The young man stammered, he looked about the same age as Caroline, and his fair face, fine skin and tender flesh reminded Rhodes of Aubrey's pit son Dean.

"You and I are of the same generation, so there is no need to use the title 'you', and besides, I have not experienced any legendary events at all, except that I am following the orders of Queen Kislev to hunt down vampires. ”

Caroline said calmly. This made the young nobleman on the opposite side look embarrassed......

"Oh...... Yes, yes......"

"It's a little bit of a ......"

The aristocratic young man said as he asked the servant to carry up a heavy wooden box. The wooden box is made of ebony wood, with delicate patterns engraved on it, and a huge emerald is inlaid in the place of the lock cylinder. It can be guessed that this thing is worth a fortune. The first time we met, such a big gift, and the purpose was so clear.

"Could you please explain what is in here? Why did you give me this? Your Excellency, I'm sorry, I just don't want to hide it, so it's better to just say it. I don't have a deep friendship with you and your family, and I don't dare to accept such a generous gift without special contributions. ”

Caroline said bluntly. The young man in front of him fell into an embarrassing situation again.

"It's just ornaments, jewelry. Ma'am, your beauty deserves these. I mean, you're more beautiful if you dress up. ”

The aristocratic young man came to the round.

But Caroline still looked indifferent. She didn't even look at it, but returned in a cold voice—

"I don't need a dress-up, I don't need makeup, it's for the little girl in the house, I'm the lord of Heidelberg, I'm a battle mage. So, these things don't work for me at all. You should give it to other girls. ”

"But ......"

"Is there anything else you want to know?"

The aristocratic youth's words were interrupted by Caroline, who didn't even bother to talk more nonsense with this unlearned young man.

"I ......"

"Well, since there is none, please go to the inn and rest in the hotel first, and greet your father on my behalf, and thank him for his care for me and his trust in my family. But please take back the gift. ”

Without waiting for the other party to speak again, Caroline rejected him directly.

When the young man had gone, Caroline leaned on Rod's shoulder with a tired face, "Well, how many more of these people do you have to receive? I wonder how many nobles there are in Kislev, big and small, some of whom I have never even heard of before......" she complained.

"It's because you haven't heard of it that they come to you. The great nobles also looked down on Heidelberg, and in their eyes, Heidelberg and Blackhammer were poor and remote. Unlike these minor nobles, their families may only run a farm, a manor, or engage in some large-scale trade, and their territory is not as large as yours. ”

Rod returned with a smile. While enjoying the delicate and trusting of the Frost Witch.

"Well, when is this the head? I wish I could close the door and refuse all people with impure intentions......"

"There is no such thing as a person who has absolutely no purpose, especially since you are now a lord, and someone who had no purpose before has now become purposeful. "I love to read

Rhodes whispered as he put his hand on Caroline's shoulder.

"Not long after my father died, they came to attack me. ”

Caroline said indignantly.

"The struggle for power has always been so ......"

Rhodes returned.

"And you'll have to get used to it in the future. It is inevitable that this world, no matter what race, can escape the power struggle. ”

Rod said in a low, hoarse voice.

......

It took out our patrol and after a while headed straight for the outpost. The road was full of cobwebs, and we had to cut and walk. We have to understand that there is something watching us in this forest all the time......

"What is this?

Tallinnham picks up a moldy diary in an abandoned tower. He kicked away the corpse next to him, which had been reduced to bones, and carefully read the words written on the parchment. Of course, it was not his wish to come to such a place, but the request of the nervous wandering knight.

"I don't know, if you read on, there might be clues. ”

The old knight Berto said, resting the knight's sword on his shoulder, opening the water bag, and gulping and drinking.

"It's coming. It has a red shell and eight compound eyes, each the size of an adult's head. ”

"It attacked us, and a dozen people couldn't stop it. Fire, arrows, and spears could not stop it. ”

"The silk binds the sentinels, immobilizing them. ”

Tarlinham read the words on the paper word by word, and to be honest, he was not very literate, and this skill was learned at the request of Rod after he became Rod's squire. Right now, it's good to be able to understand so many words.

"It sounds like a spider. ”

Tallinnam asked.

"Are you asking, or are you sure?"

Berto didn't turn his head, but just looked around at the tattered tower, casually asking the little squire beside him.

"I guess I'm asking ......"

"If you're asking, then I can tell you for sure, it's a spider. It's just that, judging by the degree of decomposition of the corpses, the appearance of giant spiders in this area should have been decades ago. ”

"Then we're not in danger, are we?"

Tallinnham then asked.

"Not exactly, forest giant spiders have a wide range of foraging ranges, and moreover, they live a long lifespan, sometimes longer than humans. They will first forage for food in one location, eat all the food here, move to other places to feed, and may return after a few years, and the cycle repeats. Like a beast that migrates with the seasons. ”

Berto explained. He always seems to know everything in the wild, and is very knowledgeable. Knowledge ranged from astronomy to geography to culture and folklore to beast knowledge, and Tallinnham thought that if he was proficient enough in writing, he could record Berto's words along the way, and after collation, it might become an encyclopedia.

But this was just an idea, and Berto seemed reluctant to appear in public, and all his knowledge was only read in ordinary times, in private.

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