Blair caught a glimpse of the disdain that flashed in Ronald's eyes, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Thank you. Blair greeted the knight and pressed his hand to the fir branches. Then, a stream of transpiring water vapor quickly dispersed from the cedar branches.

Ronald puffed out his eyes as he watched the wet wood turn from green to brown and finally catch fire.

The middle-aged knight's teasing floated over: "A little fire skill, young man." ”

Hearing Blair's teasing, Princess Victoria noticed Ronald's funny appearance with bulging eyes. She shrugged her shoulders as she removed her full-coverage mask. As the helmet was removed, a long light blonde hair, sliding down like a waterfall, occupied Ronald's full attention. And after seeing her appearance, Ronald felt that his heartbeat seemed to speed up a little.

The delicate goose egg face perfectly combines the small facial features. On the emerald eyes, there are long eyelashes. The gooseneck is as white as snow, with a light red color in the crystal. Especially the petite nose wings, and the pink soft lips, just for a short time, made him a little red-faced.

When Victoria saw Ronald's stupid look, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and her cold tone did not hide her disgust: "Despicable country boy!"

Ronald was startled, and quickly pinned his head to the side, not daring to look directly.

What's wrong with me, is it because I haven't seen a living person for too long?

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Because of the constant training to suppress the fighting spirit, his breathing rate quickly decreased, and soon, he returned to his usual calm expression. Taking another deep breath, he turned his head back and apologized to her seriously: "Please forgive me for my rudeness just now, Your Highness Princess. ”

Finding that Ronald had returned to normal so quickly, Victoria raised her eyebrows slightly, seeming a little surprised.

After she took out a bag of food from her spatial ring, she ordered, "Uncle Blair, please go and divide it." ”

Blair nodded, raised his hand, beckoned a knight in, and handed over the food. The knight took the package, immediately bowed, and hurried away with his food.

That golden ring, is it the space ring?

Ronald couldn't help but glance at Victoria's finger again, not so much at the golden ring as at the princess's hand.

White and slender.

He took another deep breath, took the bacon jerky that Blair had handed him, and didn't think much about it.

The cave was silent, and each other was eating quietly. Only the campfire swayed playfully there, and from time to time it burst a few sparks to show the trio of its presence. As he was about to rest, Blair called three more knights and told them to keep an eye on Ronald. Ronald did not protest, he just calmly walked to the place that Blair had designated for him to rest, then quietly closed his eyes and began to recuperate.

Nothing happened overnight.

Ronald woke up at dawn, and not long after, the princess and Blair also woke up. After a little trimming of the armor, Victoria put on the eagle feather helmet: "Let's go." ”

Outside the cave, the knights' response sounded: "Yes, Your Highness the Princess!"

Under the watchful eye of the three knights, Ronald was the first to walk out of the cave and continued to lead the way. In this way, under the leadership of Ronald, the princess and her party soon came to the depths of Snow Bear Valley.

"This is the snow bear colony you're looking for. ”

Hearing Ronald speak, the group stopped.

Looking at the sparse cedar forest, Blair couldn't help but be stunned. Judging from the information he had previously obtained from Prince Brandon, this place should have a cold climate and a large number of snow bears.

But.

In the snowstorm, there was only one lonely snow bear, and it was still very small.

He shifted his gaze to Ronald: "Are you sure it's here, are there any other settlements?"

Ronald shook his head seriously: "No." ”

Blair also wanted to ask about the situation here, but Princess Victoria's voice suddenly came: "Presumably because this guy didn't go deeper, Uncle Blair, there is no need to ask." ”

Blair had no choice but to give up his intention to inquire, and he turned to the princess and bowed knightly: "Yes, princess." ”

Victoria nodded, and then drew the saber at her waist: "Let's go, brave knights!

Boom!

The knights drew their weapons at the same time and pointed straight to the sky: "In the name of Falken!"

As soon as the words fell, Princess Victoria, dressed in golden armor, took the lead and rushed to one of the snow bears. The knights behind her followed, shouting and following in the princess's footsteps.

The only ones who remained in place were Ronald and Blair.

Seeing Ronald's curious eyes, Blair just smiled. Ronald, who didn't get an answer, didn't dare to ask, and instead focused on the princesses. He saw that under the siege of the people, the snow bear was quickly killed.

After watching this fight, Ronald couldn't help but spout.

Is this princess's strength quite strong, I thought that armor was an ornament......

Blair had been secretly observing Ronald's expression, and when he saw him slurp, he had a thought that he couldn't believe: "There are a lot fewer snow bears here, did you do it?"

After a moment's pause, Ronald nodded and admitted, "Yes, my lord." ”

Blair's face was still rigid, but he couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.

According to the intelligence, there are at least one or two hundred snow bears living here, if you count it that way...... His eyes were clear, and it didn't look like he was lying.

Blair then asked, "How long have you lived here?"

"Maybe it's more than half a year, maybe not. Ronald thought for a moment: "I'm sorry, I don't remember very well." ”

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Blair continued to ask: "Then did you find anything special in the neighborhood?"

He tilted his head and pondered for a while: "There's nothing special here...... he shrugged his shoulders again: "Except for this biting cold wind." ”

"I'm not saying that, I'm asking if you have found any traces of human life?"

Ronald stretched out his hand and pointed to the cliff on his right: "I remember what you said." At the bottom of the cliff over there, there was a big cave with a large flat rock in it. ”

"yes, take us around. With that, Blair turned to the princess who was still looking for the snow bear and yelled, "Your Highness the princess, please come back, this young man seems to know something." ”

Hearing Blair's shouts from afar, Victoria walked back with her men quickly: "Really, Uncle Blair?"

"It's not certain yet, but it's better than looking for it. ”

Victoria glanced at Ronald: "Then you lead the way." ”

Ronald bowed and led them towards the cave. After walking for more than an hour, the group came to the cave, and Ronald stopped and motioned to Blair, "This is it, my lord." ”

"I'll go check it out first. ”

Blair raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop where they were, and he himself walked in first. Soon, he walked out: "Most likely here, Your Highness the Princess." ”

Victoria's tone was a little delighted: "yes, that's great, let's go!" As if she remembered something, she casually ordered the two knights and ordered them to watch Ronald: "You two, stay here, take good care of this kid!"

Blair advised: "Tie it up first, don't go on a business trip!"

The two knights immediately shouted in response, "Yes!" One of the knights pulled out the rope from his tool bag, tied Ronald's wrists, and pushed him to a dead end next to the cave, where he looked dead.

While they were doing all this, Ronald had no intention of resisting, he just crouched down obediently, quietly waiting for the result.

Victoria, on the other hand, searched the cave for most of the day, but found nothing but a few vaguely recognizable traces of artificiality. Eventually, they found a boulder at the end of the cave.

Victoria took a closer look at the rock, which seemed to be finding some traces, and she and Blair decided to pry it open.

At her command, the group dug hard for a while, and finally dug up the dirt at the bottom of the rock, and when the rock was pushed away, Victoria saw a stone wall with a staff that had been corroded by the wind and frost on display.

The staff had long since decayed, and only the sapphire still shone brightly. Victoria didn't care, all she needed was the sapphire to prove that she had lived up to her father's request.

Putting the sapphire into the space ring, Victoria's tone was slightly excited: "Uncle Blair, in this case, my father should have nothing to say." ”

"I think so. ”

"Very well, let's go back then. ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. ”

When the group came to the outside of the cave, Victoria ordered his men to unshackle them: "Very good, what reward do you want?"

Ronald loosened his wrist: "No need, it's my pleasure." ”

Victoria was a little surprised.

Blair took the opportunity to interject and came in: "Your Highness, let's wait until we go back to see Your Majesty, and then talk about this." ”

Thinking about it, Victoria didn't dwell on these anymore: "Uncle Blair, the matter of rewarding him will be left to you." ”

Blair gave a knightly salute: "Yes, Your Highness." ”

On the way back, they gave Ronald a horse and took him back to Yorktown. After a short pause, they rode their horses in the direction of Fort Orleans.

After entering the city, Victoria sent someone to inform the Grand Duke of Highlington, and at the insistence of the Grand Duke to stay, she had a dinner with the Grand Duke. The next day, Princess Victoria hurried in the direction of the royal city, leaving Blair in charge of discussing the establishment of a domain with the Grand Duke of Highlington.

And Ronald was also left by Blair's side.