Ayrland Plains, outside the safe zone.

Roy lay on the hillside, looking through the scope, quietly looking at the wolves about three hundred meters away from him at the bottom of the hillside.

The individual steppe wolf is not very strong, and any well-trained and heavily armed warrior can defeat it.

The tricky part of it is that they are social animals, and if you want to hunt it, you have to be prepared to be surrounded by wolves.

But for Roy, who has a black sniper, none of this is a problem.

Roy quietly activated the Eye of Insight, and the golden light in the depths of his eyes flashed.

He pulled the trigger and fired an arrow, instantly nailing a steppe wolf to the ground.

The wolves were in confusion, but they didn't find any attackers.

Another arrow was fired.

The arrow was stuck diagonally into the ground, and he had deliberately shot it crookedly.

A special flashbang was tied to the arrow, and a bright light burst out among the wolves, and the wolves howled and scattered in panic.

In the blink of an eye, he ran away without a trace.

Roy got up, patted the dust off his body, and walked downhill, retrieving the arrows one by one.

As for the unlucky steppe wolf who was killed by an arrow, it was dismantled by Harvey's escort on the spot.

Wolf teeth, wolf skin, wolf meat...... The whole body of the steppenwolf is a treasure.

"Finished experimenting?"

Harvey smiled and said, "My people have already cleaned up this wolf meat, you can take it back to stew soup and drink." ”

"What are you bringing?" Roy waved his hand, "You and the big guards have been running with me for a day, so I'll keep it for you to eat at night!" ”

Harvey turned his head and glared: "Why don't you thank Master Roy soon?" ”

The guards laughed and thanked him.

Roy patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "With this funny energy, it's better to practice archery more!" I'll go first, it's really hard for you today, accompany me all the way into the Irland Plains. ”

"Little things."

Harvey said nonchalantly, "It's all up to this, you must win tomorrow's bet!" Don't let people see the jokes. ”

"A must!" Roy was confident.

After a full day of testing, he already had a general idea of his strength.

On this side of the plains, the Black Sniper's lethality against the steppe wolves is dominant.

Even if Arthur temporarily broke through to the second order, his hunting efficiency would not be higher than his.

Saying goodbye to Harvey, Roy returns to Arnold's mansion.

After dinner, he soaked himself in the tub and closed his eyes in contemplation.

Whether it's a bet, a black sniper, or a world tree, there's really a lot going on today.

He felt his heart pounding, was it because he was afraid?

No, maybe it's excitement and anticipation.

He has been living in this world for fourteen years, and for these fourteen years, he has lived a relatively peaceful life.

But when he awakened at the age of ten to become an inheritor, he began to understand that his future life would not continue to be dull.

It was expected that this peaceful life would be shattered when he enrolled in the Inheritor Academy next year.

But plans can't keep up with the changes.

The trajectory of his life had quietly changed a week earlier, when he met the girl on his doorstep.

As for whether this change is good or bad......

Leave it to time to witness.

At least now he thinks it's nothing bad.

He remembered the cool, smooth, soft touch he had taken from Arya's hand, and the nice smell of her.

He recalled the moment when the arrow came out of the string and hit the steppe wolf, and the excitement in his heart was faintly excited.

He recalls when he pulled the arrow from the steppe wolf, the blood flowing under his feet, staining the earth red, and he became the hunter who controlled the life and death of his prey.

Everything was so new and fascinating to him.

Tired of the life of the walking dead in his previous life, he longs for a relationship like no other, and longs for a thrilling battle.

Maybe he was born to be an unwilling ordinary person.

Washed away, Roy returned to his bedroom.

Today's outing made him feel a little tired, and he was about to go to bed early, but there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Young Master, can I come in?" Arya's voice came from the doorway.

"Come in."

Arya pushed open the door and saw Roy who was already lying on the bed, and suddenly stopped with a little embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you slept so early today." ”

Normally, at this time, they are still reading their homework.

"Don't worry."

Roy got up and put on his coat, sat down in front of the bed, and patted the bed, "Let's talk." ”

Arya sat beside him, her expression was a little melancholy, she was silent for a long time, and then said, "Young Master, my oath to you last night was not half false. ”

"Of course I believe you can win the bet, but I can't help but think about it. I thought about it for a long time...... Then I finally figured out one thing. ”

She looked at Roy with determination in her eyes, "I don't know what the bet is all about, and I can't make a difference between winning and losing the bet, but I'll prove my loyalty in my own way."

"Please believe me, young master, this is my home, and I will not go anywhere."

Hey, what's the matter with your strong tone?

Roy felt a little dry in his throat, and Arya's will was unreservedly conveyed to him through her eyes and words.

She's serious.

When Arya said this, there was an irrepressible timidity hidden under her determined expression, like a soaked dog who was locked out of the door by his owner in the rainstorm outside.

The dog was trembling outside the door, wagging its tail quickly, and its moist eyes contained only a gesture of favor to its owner and an urgent desire to go home.

He couldn't help but feel a hint of guilt in his heart.

Throughout the week, he's been trying to give Arya a sense of security.

But if she really felt safe at the moment, she wouldn't say this.

"I'm sorry."

Roy said softly, "Please trust me, I will win." And, from now on, I will never take such a bet again. ”

"No, no, it's me who should apologize for causing you trouble." Arya quickly shook her head.

Arthur came for her, this matter originally had nothing to do with Roy, whether the bet was accepted or not, in fact, Roy was protecting her in different ways.

If he really wanted to leave it alone, he would have made a deal with Arthur and gave her up.

"Since you're my maid, don't talk about causing trouble."

Roy smiled, "If you can, tell me about your childhood." ”

"Stories from childhood?"

"It's your family's daily life, no matter how small things are, as well as your hobbies, what impressive things have happened, you can talk about it, just talk about it as a casual conversation between friends."

Roy said, "For example, when I was a child, my mother died young, and my father was very strict with me, often calling me to the study to memorize ancient books. You should have seen my father, don't look at him as big and thick, in fact, he likes to read more than to dance with knives and guns. ”

Arya tilted her head, "My father wasn't that harsh, but he demanded that I be consistent. When I was a child, I loved to play the violin, so he asked me to play the violin for more than an hour every day.

"My father is still a very family person, and he will accompany me every day. When I play the violin, he sits next to him and makes a cup of tea, and he reads the newspaper while drinking the tea, and I don't know if he is reading the newspaper seriously, because he always falls asleep! ”

When talking about the past, her expression always becomes very soft, and the corners of her mouth are slightly upturned, as if immersed in a warm dream.

She gradually opened up the conversation, and Roy interjected occasionally, more as a listener in the conversation.

In the chat with Arya, he can roughly imagine the personalities and hobbies of some important people in the Christian family, as well as the family atmosphere on weekdays.

I don't know if it's because of the family filter, he finds out that Arya describes her father as a nice person.

Very good-tempered, very family-oriented, rarely quarrel with the family, and take time to spend with his daughter every day.

But her father is the head of the Christian family, the sinner who led the whole family to ruin because of the felony of the slave trade!

Is this his disguise in front of his daughter?

Or is he just a scapegoat?

Roy asked intentionally or unintentionally, "I heard that you and Arthur are world friends." Did your father have regular dealings with the Addams family? ”

At the mention of Arthur, Arya's brows suddenly frowned, and she thought for a moment and said:

"The Christian family and the Addams family are indeed family friends, and Arthur's father is the head of the Adams family, and he used to be a frequent guest at my house. But he always takes Arthur with him when he comes, and at this time I will choose to go out and not play with him. ”

Roy nodded slightly, and changed the subject without a trace.

He'd always felt that something was wrong, and now he finally figured it out.

The family atmosphere and the words and deeds of the elders have a great impact on the children.

Arya was born into the Christian family, a noble family of knights affiliated with the Knights Templar, and it was this atmosphere that nurtured her to be honest, loyal, and resilient.

And what about Arthur? He also came from a noble knightly family, but he did not have the good character to match it.

This morning, when I said "Even if I tear up the contract, it doesn't mean that she is willing to go with you"-

His reply was, "You don't have to worry about it!" ”。

It's intriguing, and you can interpret it as an impatient, emotional phrase, but if you take the tinted glasses of the "slave trade" and look at it again, it's almost indistinguishable from a criminal manifesto.

Coercion, kidnapping, training, imprisonment, isn't that what slave traders do best?

What should a man from a noble knightly family say?

Where did he learn about all this dirty stuff and get used to it? Is it the influence of the family environment?

Roy doesn't know if the Christian family is really guilty, but his intuition tells him that Arthur's Adams family is most likely inseparable from this "slave trade case"!

Take 10,000 steps back and say, the two families themselves are world friends, and they usually come and go frequently, and now that something has happened to the Christian family, will the Adams family really be as spotless as the White Lotus?

Perhaps this scandal of the Knights of the Templars, which caused a sensation in the aristocratic circles of Sidney, was caused by someone else?

However, these speculations could only be temporarily held in Roy's mind, and he understood that with his current strength, he could not touch the dark side of these Sidneys.

But no matter what, he will protect Arya.

Because she was already a member of the Arnold family.

And when he heard Arya recount the past, he also remembered a passage that Renault had told him.

He once asked Renault: "Father, what do you mean by nobility?" Does it refer to the privileged classes that are above the common people? ”

At that time, Renault shook his head and said solemnly: "Many people have forgotten, but you have to remember that Roy, the reason why a nobleman is a nobleman is not because of power and wealth, but because of his noble qualities and sense of mission to fulfill his noble obligations." ”

"A true aristocrat will appreciate the strong who are stronger than themselves and protect the weak who are weaker than themselves.

"He knows what is right and what is wrong, and keeps himself on the right path, like a beacon in the night, guiding the people in the right direction, and this is the duty of every nobleman."

Thinking about it this way, Renault did not object to him taking in Arya, is it because in his mind, protecting the weak is the right thing to do, and it is the duty of nobles?

And what he wants to protect is not only the girl in front of him, but also the sense of mission of "keeping himself on the right path".

As long as it is what is right, then do it, this is what Renault once taught him, just like the Arnold family motto.

Even the down-and-out Arnold family, which is no longer beautiful, has its own ambition as a nobleman.