Professor Hodd was negligent, as he thought, the girls were obedient except for Lavia, who had a more subjective surname, and if there were no boys to encourage them, they would have stayed in the house honestly, but when they were instigated, especially by the boys with whom they had a better relationship......

"Tuk tuk," the attic floor slammed, and Lisa cautiously poked her head out and called out softly, "Alan?

"Alan Scott South?"

"Asleep?" the chirping of girls sounded in the staircase.

Not long after, a petite figure appeared in the attic, it was Lavia, I saw her holding a candlestick, looking at the three beds in the attic in the haze, muttering dissatisfiedly, "These three bastards, and said that they were going to see the situation, but they fell asleep......" Saying, she stepped forward, wanting to wake up Jiang Zhe, but after hesitating, she still chose to wake up Scott first.

"Huh?" Scott woke up with a gentle push from Lavia, sat up, and touched his glasses from the side of the bed by the dim light of the candle in Lavia's hand, and asked after putting them on, "Is the professor leaving?"

"The professor has long since left," Lavia said angrily, "you three are very excessive! Didn't you say that we would go to the village together to see what was going on after the professor left?"

"We can't be blamed for that," Scott explained, shaking his head, "Obviously, the professor didn't want us to go, so he used the method of sensing the fluctuations of our magic power to determine whether we were asleep or not, and Soth and I both vaguely felt it, and there was no way to ...... We can't hide it from the professor......"

"That's right......" Listening to Scott's explanation, Lavia was stunned, saying that she also felt strange just now, wondering why the professor hadn't gone to that village yet.

While the two were talking, Alan didn't wake up Lisa, and in a daze, he was slapping his face with his hand to wake himself up.

"Alright, wake up that guy from Soth, it's past three o'clock, we'd better ......leave before the people in the village get up," she said, Lavia frowned and listened to the snoring of Scott's bed, and said angrily, "Wake up that guy quickly, we'll wait for you down there!"

"Well, I see, if you can, can you please stay away for a while?" Looking at Lavia with the candlestick, Scott was a little embarrassed.

Lavia, who suddenly understood, blushed slightly, dropped a sentence and went down to the attic with the girls, and before leaving, she placed the candlestick on the floor of the attic.

"Don't keep us waiting!"

"Of course, it would be very rude to let the beautiful young lady wait!" Alan said with a grin, pushing Jiang Zhe across the bed.

"Get up, man!"

Maybe Jiang Zhe didn't fall asleep today, so he didn't have any abnormal behavior after being woken up, but after being stunned for a while, he began to get dressed.

Within a few minutes, Jiang Zhe and the others put on their clothes and walked down the stairs, and by this time, the girls had prepared some bread and water for use on the road.

"It's too slow!" Looking at Jiang Zhe who was walking at the end and yawning non-stop, Lavia frowned and scolded, and got a 'reward' from Jiang Zhe with a roll of his eyes.

When the children had snuck out of the house, it was the middle of the night, and the whole village was silent, except for the occasional roar of wild beasts in the distant col, and barely a sound could be heard—the villagers were asleep.

A group of people walked out of the village through the snow, but at this time, they encountered a small problem......

"That...... In which direction is that village?" asked Alan with a wink, carrying a broad knight's sword.

"East!" Scott answered Allen's question in the affirmative, but ......

"And where is the east side?" Looking at the dark surroundings, Lisa asked timidly, don't look at the fact that when she first met Jiang Zhe and them, she seemed to say that she wanted to teach Alan a lesson, but to be honest, she was actually the least daring of the girls.

"East ......" Lavia hesitated, looked around, and suddenly pointed in a direction and said, "It should be that direction!" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Jiang Zhe looking up at the stars in the sky, and asked strangely, "What are you doing?"

Jiang Zhe shrugged his shoulders in disdain, he subconsciously wanted to use the method of looking at the stars to detect the direction, but after looking at it for a long time, he found that he didn't know any of the constellations in the sky.

Also, after all, this is no longer the world he is familiar with.

In the direction that Lavia pointed, a group of children walked along the road, and the slippery ground along the way made Alan feel very uncomfortable, just in case, in addition to not carrying a helmet and armor, he wore almost a full set of knight's armor, and also carried a large knight's sword, if he didn't belong to the type with full physical strength, I am afraid that he would have to faint on the road before he reached his destination.

At three or four o'clock in the morning, it was almost the coldest time of the day, and it was also winter, the cold wind blowing on the face, like a knife cut, in the small team, except for Lavia and Jiang Zhe, who didn't feel cold because of the dense fire elements around them, the rest of the people were shivering from the cold.

The road was narrow, perhaps two carriages running in parallel, slippery and bumpy, while on either side of the road were lush woods, hazy and black, which made the girls tense their nerves lest a wild beast suddenly leap out of the woods.

Luckily, the full moon had only been a day or two, and the moonlight in the sky was enough to illuminate the path below, and the woods on either side did not suddenly pop up with any wild beasts, although the wolf howls from a distance from time to time were a little creepy.

"Is it cold?" Looking at Dia who was walking beside him, seeing her wrapping her robe tightly from time to time, Jiang Zhe asked hesitantly.

Dia smiled slightly, pointed to a thin curtain of water on her body, shook her head and said, "Although it can't withstand the cold as your fire magic, it can also resist some cold......"

"Oh, that's good. Jiang Zhe smiled, for some reason, he always had a very familiar feeling with Dia, well, it should be the gentle and caring look that Diya exudes from time to time that gives him a very familiar feeling.

Perhaps the rush was too boring, and the children started chatting, and the self-proclaimed knight Alan was making Lisa giggle with some jokes, and behind them, Lyrela seemed to be trying to chat with Scott, who was very calm and close to cold, but unfortunately, Scott seemed to be uninterested in her, and only said a word out of politeness, which made Lyrela a little disappointed.

At the end were Jiang Zhe and Dia, who seemed to be chatting happily.

Except for Lavia, she was obviously a little sullen, and she didn't say a few words along the way......

Five or six miles seemed a bit too long for these children, they had already walked for about two hours, but there was still no trace of any village, out of suspicion of the direction, Jiang Zhe said depressedly, "Lavia, are you pointing in the wrong direction?"

Unexpectedly, Lavia didn't pay attention to Jiang Zhe, just glanced at him with a little annoyance, snorted lightly, and still walked forward, but muttered something in her mouth.

Either way, the two-hour walk made them feel tired, especially the girls, like Lisa and Lyreira, who were getting slower and slower.

Seeing this, Scott turned his head to Jiang Zhe and said, "Soth, it's almost time to be out in a while, let's find a place to rest, and then continue when we come out, how about it?"

Before Jiang Zhe could speak, Alan shouted and said, "I agree, man, I really can't do it!"

"I agree!" Lisa said breathlessly.

"Then find a place to rest first. As he spoke, Jiang Zhe shouted to Lavia, who was walking in the front, "Lavia?"

"Got it!" Lavia replied, looking at her expression, as if thinking about something.

After looking around, they chose to rest under a large tree that could be used to protect them from the wind.

During this period, Alan used his knight's sword to cut a few branches, and asked Jiang Zhe to light a bonfire, and the children sat around the bonfire, although it was still under the cold wind, but the burning bonfire finally brought some warmth to everyone.

"Here, beautiful young lady!" Alan grinned as he handed one of the hydration bags to Lisa, and gave the others to Scott for him to distribute.

"Thank you!" Lisa bowed her head and thanked her, unscrewed the water bag and was about to drink, when her expression suddenly stunned, followed by a startle, pointing to the woods not far away and trembling, "That, that...... There's someone there!"

"Hmm?" Jiang Zhe subconsciously looked around, but where is the so-called figure?

Wait a minute......

Under the tree in the distance is ......

It does seem that there is a person there......

Glancing at Scott and Allen, Jiang Zhe stood up.

"Be careful!" Dia reminded in a low voice.

"Hmm. Jiang Zhe nodded, and walked cautiously towards the tree not far away with Scott and Allen, while the girls followed behind them.

I saw a man under the big tree not far away, and when he looked closer, he found that it was a man in his twenties and thirties, with brown curly hair, messy, hooked nose, pale face, iron blue lips, old black coat full of mud, and nothing of value on his body, looking very depressed.

"Villagers nearby?" Scott muttered with a frown, then shook his head and vetoed his own question, the man really didn't look like a villager.

"That ......," Lisa said timidly, hiding behind Allen with some fear, "is he dead?"

"I don't know. ”

Jiang Zhe shook his head, and was about to look down to probe the man's snort, but suddenly found the man lying on the ground groaning, "Who did you say is dead?"

But even so, the man's actions still surprised the children, and they hurriedly took a few steps back, looking at him vigilantly, especially Jiang Zhe and Scott, who were ready to cast magic, and once this man made any dangerous moves, he would cast magic, and Alan also pulled out his knight's sword and held it tightly.

But to everyone's surprise, the man finally did not get up, but stumbled and fell again, and after a long time, he barely sat down against the trunk of the tree under the wary eyes of the children.

"Hey," said the man, who seemed to see the vigilance in the eyes of a group of children, and said with some amusement, "see clearly, I am a man, not a beast, that little imp, can you put away the sword in your hand? ”

Listening to the man's self-deprecating words, Jiang Zhe hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Hehe," the man shook his head, his words filled with exhaustion.

"I don't think it's important at all, I'm just a wanderer, in comparison...... I haven't eaten in three days......" he said, snorting, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "I smell the bread...... It's a bit dry, but it's enough to quench hunger, oh yes, if you can, please give me another bag of water......"

"How do you know we're carrying bread?" Jiang Zhe smelled with a thick sense of vigilance.

"Hungry people are the most sensitive to the taste of food, is that okay, little ghost?"

"......" The man's words made Jiang Zhe stunned, he carefully looked at the man in front of him, and saw that he was indeed so hungry that it was difficult to even stand, and the vigilance in his eyes gradually subsided, "If you have bread, I can give you a little, but ...... Don't call me a ghost!"

"Wait, Soth!" Seeing that Jiang Zhe wanted to lower down and pull the man up, Diya grabbed him, looked at the man leaning on the trunk, and said with a thick guard, "He has the smell of blood on his body!"

"......" Dia's words startled a group of children, and the vanished vigilance reappeared in their eyes.

"Little ghost, what do you mean by the smell of blood, right?" The man looked helpless, exhaled, and ripped off his coat in the vigilance of everyone, revealing his ** upper body, and on his right chest, there was a bloody blurred scar, stretching from the right shoulder to the ribs, although the wound began to scar, but it would still be dripping with blood, it was hard to imagine that people could survive after such a serious injury.

But what made Dia more concerned was that she clearly saw that part of the scar on the man's right chest was very weird, as if it had been corroded.

"This hurts...... Is it because of magic?"

There was a little surprise in the man's eyes, and then he chuckled and said, "If you have a lot of questions to ask, can you give me a slice of bread first?"

A group of children came together to discuss, Scott, Allen, Lisa, and Lyreira all suggested helping the man, Lavia didn't make any suggestions, and Dia, after hesitating for a moment, agreed with Scott and them, after all, she couldn't detect even the slightest hint of malice in the man's eyes.

And Jiang Zhe ...... Strangely, after lifting his vigilance, he had an inexplicable crush on this man.

The man may have been hungry for days, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up, but in the end it was Alan who pulled him up and helped him to the campfire, which surprised the man, but when he glanced at the broad sword standing aside, the man was relieved.

Almost in a wolf-gobbling way, in the blink of an eye of the children, the man eliminated a piece of bread, licked his lips and looked at the rest, and asked Jiang Zhe with his eyes, obviously he saw that this seemingly silent child seemed to be the captain of this team.

"Please!" Glancing at his companions, seeing that they didn't mean anything to object, Jiang Zhe nodded.

"Thank you!" the man hurriedly grabbed a slice of bread and put it in his mouth and bit it, while taking a water bag and taking a few sips of water, and said in a more vague voice, "I'm so lucky to have met you, otherwise I might have starved to death here...... Oh, by the way, my name is Argus Pat Cranfield, you can call me Argus!"

"Where are you from?" asked Scott with a hint of doubt.

"Salonia!" replied Argus, munching on his bread, blinking and smiling, "Actually, I sneaked across the border!"

"Why?" asked Dia, still a little wary, softly, "and the wound on her chest......

"No way, run!" Argus shrugged and said, "Who told me to mess with a guy I can't mess with!" he said, glancing narrowly at the children around the campfire, and said with a smile, "Do you want to ask me who I messed with?

Dia smiled slightly, and then said in a deep voice, "Then Mr. Cranfield, you are not an ordinary wanderer, right? If an ordinary person is so badly injured, it is impossible for him to live......"

"Just call me Argus," the man said earnestly, brushing his overgrown hair from his forehead, hesitated for a moment, "and I would have answered all your doubts in return for this meal, but this question ...... I don't think you know, trust me, little ghosts! Sometimes, too much curiosity won't bring you good luck, remember!"

"You're a magician, aren't you?" Jiang Zhe asked curiously, looking at Argus gobbling up almost half of the bread.

Argus's hand paused, and he glanced up at Jiang Zhe, maybe he also had a good impression of Jiang Zhe, and when he heard this, he smiled and quipped, "Actually, I am a great magician......

"Tsk!" As soon as the words fell, Jiang Zhe pursed his lips, now he is not the great magician of this world when he first came to this world, which one is not already fifty or sixty years old, and he is very well-known, how is it like this guy in front of him, not only is he only about twenty ** years old, but he has never even heard of his name, and he is also a great magician?

"If that's the case, what about your Wizard Rating Badge?" Dia asked with a smile on her face.

"This ......," Argus was stunned, and put his hands in his pockets for a long time, but only found two silver coins, which caused the children to laugh.

"No way," Argus said with a shrug and spread his hands helplessly, "if I'm not a great magician, then I'm a magician, right?"

"What kind of magic do you know?" Seeing that this person didn't seem so strange and terrifying, Lisa said boldly, "Is it very advanced magic?"

"Well, this ......" Argus was stunned and said, "I just said, I was chased and killed by several very powerful guys, and I was seriously injured, and among those guys there was an old guy who was proficient in mind magic, and that old immortal made my mental power very traumatized......" As he spoke, his words paused, because he found that there was only one expression on the faces of the children opposite, and he didn't believe it!

And Alan whispered to Scott, "No, he actually doesn't know anything......

Scott looked at Argus and nodded approvingly.

"Hey, I'm telling the truth!"

"So......" Looking at Argus, who was retorting but had no anger in his eyes, Jiang Zhe asked, "Have you been hunted down by many people?"

"Hey!" Argus said with a smile and a hand, "Nine!"

"That's five ......," Lisa muttered quietly, embarrassing Argus.

"Hunted down by nine magicians?" Jiang Zhe looked strange.

"That's not, only the old immortal is an orthodox magician, there are two guys who don't have much ability, and the remaining six are more difficult, one by one is as strong as a monster, there is no way, I have to run for my life......"

As he spoke, Argus had already finished all the bread, drank three water bags, burped and asked, "You must be students of some magic academy, why are you here? Fortunately you met me, otherwise you would be in big trouble if you meet an evil magician!"

In Alan's strange pouting voice, Dia whispered, "We are students of Reochs, we want to go to a village called Asher, I heard that the inhabitants of there were attacked by some kind of creature on the full moon night two days ago, and their whole bodies were drained of blood, we think it looks like a werewolf recorded in the literature, so we want to go and see it......"

"The whole body is drained of blood?...... no wonder" Argus was stunned, his eyes narrowed, muttered, shook his head and said, "This is not the business that you little devils should take care of, if I were you, I would go back to my place to sleep, excessive curiosity is not a good thing!"

"Hey, we just saved your life!" said Allen, as if displeased with Argus's tone.

"Hehe," Argus said reluctantly, shaking his head and smiling, pulling the only two silver coins from the pocket of his coat, "if you were to make me pay, I would be happy to repay you with all the coins I had on me......"

"All the coins?" the children looked at Argus with disdain.

"Okay, well, since you want to go so much, I'll show you the way, you've gone too far, walk southwest from here, about a mile away, you can see it, and you'll go back when you get out...... Before I do that, I would like to warn you, if it is really a legendary werewolf, I advise you to ......" As he spoke, Argus's words suddenly paused, and he bowed his head slightly.

Immediately after, there was a wolf howl in the mountains and forests not far away......

"I don't think you need to go out of your way to find them, little ghosts!"

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