Section 23: Registration

"Hearing you say that, it seems that the ruins on the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain really need to be cleaned up. But now that you've managed to escape, think the demons have realized that their hiding place may have been exposed, and now they should have left. Landis touched his chin, a pair of heroic red eyebrows huddled together.

"I think so too, it's been more than three days since they escaped from there, and no matter how slow they are, they should find out at this time." Xu Yun nodded.

Wendy, who heard the whole process next to her, held the wine glass and smiled slightly drunkenly. "It's a good story, a brave boy who assists the knight in the battle with the demons, and after being captured, he can still have the courage to face the hilichurl frost armor king, find a way to escape from prison, and finally regain his freedom. This adventure is intended to be compiled into a poem, which will inspire the courage and strength of countless young people in Mondstadt to fight against evil. ”

"And your eloquence is really good, I can listen to it fascinated, as if you are there."

Landis nodded in agreement.

"It's a bitterly cold winter, especially this winter, and it's not appropriate for the Order to organize a large-scale clean-up operation, and it may take until next spring to clear the ruins and eliminate the threat. I will report this matter to the top of the Order in detail, and as for the follow-up arrangements, we will wait for the roundtable to see the specific decision of the top management. Landis glanced at Wendy, not worried that he would leak the news.

It was inevitable that the Knights would take action against the Fallen Demons, and even if no one reported the news, the Demons themselves should know what to do.

"Didn't you send someone to encircle and suppress the Fallen before, why can't you now?" Xu Yun asked with some confusion.

"Obviously, you participated in that operation a few days ago, but now you say no, do you want to be so cowardly?" ’

Landis seemed to understand Xu Yun's eyes, and explained in the most unpleasant way: "The action a few days ago was that the Knights received news that the demons captured the polluted leyline seal on the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain, and occupied the watchtower next to the seal, and brutally killed the nuns and knights who were in charge of guarding the town. Under the leadership of the Church, each of the four major knights sent their main knights to form a crusade team to fight back and recapture the seal. ”

"The leyline seal is very crucial, if the demons break the seal, the entire Dragonspine Snow Mountain will be tainted by the dark power gushing out of the leylines, and the damage to Mondstadt will be incalculable, and the farmland and manors that depend on the snow water rivers flowing from the Dragonspine Snow Mountain will also be affected, and a large number of Mondstadt people will be affected by this."

"The leylines possess a power far greater than we imagined, and by the time we arrived, the destruction of the demons had already been half successful. The five seals on the outer layer have completely lost their effectiveness. After defeating the demons, the nuns of the church rechecked the seal, and fortunately the core seal was still functioning normally.

But even so, the cold during this year's Winter Snow Festival is different from what it used to be, even if the Church and the Knights have blocked the news, but I think you are all aware of it. ”

Xu Yun and Wendy nodded at the same time.

"Many people are saying that this year is very cold, and there are hardly any pedestrians on the road during the Winter Snow Festival, except for the freight fleet." Xu Yun said

Jingle Bell~

Wendy plucked the strings.

"Isn't it good to enjoy the warm fire at home, reunite with your loved ones, and share the harvest accumulated after a year of hard work~"

"After the Winter Snow Festival, the cold of this winter will soon pass, and the spring breeze will take away the impact of the seal destruction~"

"I hope so." Landis took the last sip of her glass. "Your story is very exciting, it's late, you've been running around all day, you'd better rest early, I'll send someone to send you to report to the Knights early tomorrow morning." He touched Xu Yun's calf with the foot that lifted Erlang's leg.

The host was the first to speak, and of course it was not good to continue to rely on it as a guest, and the time was indeed late, and before I knew it, the clock in the hall had pointed to ten o'clock.

Xu Yun and Wendy drank the remaining wine in their glasses, and at the same time pushed away their seats and stood up.

"Thanks for the hospitality, my friend." Wendy gracefully stroked her chest and bowed.

"It's an honor and we look forward to seeing you again." Xu Yun also saluted.

"Trust me, we'll see each other soon." The green-clad poet held his harp, fluttering like a gust of green wind slipping under the grape trellis, and in the blink of an eye it had disappeared into the corner of the downward hanging ladder.

"I'm looking forward to your work too, I think it's going to be a good adventure poem."

"It's not enough, I think your story is only enough to write the opening chapter of an adventure poem."

"Ha~ What a coincidence, I think so too."

The poet in green had already floated to the door of the hall on the first floor, he waved his hand to the two people standing on the second floor, pushed the door and walked out of the warm room.

"Interesting guy, isn't it?" Xu Yun looked at the back blocked by the closed door panel, and said to the people around him without looking back.

"Indeed, it is very comfortable to be with him, and there is no disgust. But I think you're more interesting than he is. Landis somehow reached into his pocket, pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of his mouth.

Most of the drinkers on the first floor have left, and there are only a few tables left that have not yet been enjoyed. The waitresses diligently cleaned up the mess on the wine table, and the bartender looked at Landis as he stood up as he wiped his beautiful glass.

"Why did you ask me for him, and say it's a once-in-a-lifetime request, and you know the value of this request?" Landis asked, staring at the teenager in front of him.

"Of course I know, and as for why, you'll know if you have the chance. Please let me keep this a secret, okay? Maybe it will be a surprise in the future. Xu Yun shrugged his shoulders and said with a relaxed smile.

"I hope you're right." Landis was noncommittal, obviously not believing the surprise in Xu Yun's mouth.

"Having said that, I've been talking for so long, I'm really tired, where do I sleep at night?" Xu Yun

"You're not very good at shifting the subject. Of course you're going to sleep with your new friend tonight, didn't you promise to be with him? Landis rolled her eyes in a rare way, and with a wave of her hand, she beckoned the hostess who had taken Shuma before.

"I thought there would be a luxurious big guest room waiting for me, it's really sad~ Ah, by the way, I brought you some souvenirs, don't dislike it." Xu Yun grabbed Landis's hand and shoved something into his palm.

"Souvenirs? Where else can you bring me souvenirs, you didn't travel before. Landis felt that she couldn't keep up with Xu Yun's out-of-the-box thinking.

"Even if you come from Windmill Town, can you bring any special products, gnocchi?"

"I said before that I was locked up in a treasure trove by demons, and although the treasure trove was stolen and dug up, there were still some treasures left. I'll give you this first, and I'll take care of the rest. Xu Yun followed the waitress to the suspension stairs downstairs.

Landis looked at the egg-sized object in her palm, the brilliant crimson that seemed unreal.

"Elemental gems, such high quality!" He was slightly surprised in his heart, and almost instantly thought of several ways to use it.

Call~

Even Landis had to take a deep breath to calm the ups and downs in her heart.

"Well, since you kid even gave me this kind of good thing, I'll leave the rest to you." The corners of his mouth were hooked, and he didn't want to ask for more from Xu Yun. As a strong person, if you can't control your desires, you don't deserve that power.

By the time Landis looked away from the elemental crystal, Xu Yun had already left the tavern.

Sending purple quality element crystals, Xu Yun has also been entangled for a long time, maintaining a friendship, can not only rely on ethereal emotions, giving gifts that make friends happy is also an indispensable link.

In fact, he was also betting, betting on Landis's quality, betting on the tenacity of this newly established friendship.

Following the hostess to the dormitory, the room provided for him to rest was on the second floor, next to Shuma's room. Although the layout of the room of nearly 20 square meters is simple, it is very clean, and the indoor temperature is quite pleasant, and the neat futon is very fluffy and soft at a glance.

There was nothing to be faulted with, the warm room, the comfortable bed, was much better than the straw-made, leaky cabin I had when I first arrived.

Words of thanks don't cost money, Xu Yun naturally didn't hesitate to praise the words, and even the hostess who sent him over was blushing, and asked if he wanted to send some hot water before leaving.

After sending off the hostess, Xu Yun took off his shoes and socks, and threw himself into the soft bed with a flying pounce.

Day 2

In the early morning, Xu Yun was woken up by a knock on the door.

Probably too tired indeed, he forgot to get up in the morning and let the Dawn Excalibur bask in the sun.

"Ask Landis for a sword, I don't think he'll refuse, right?" Sit up and look out the window at the sun-drenched streets of Mondstadt, the red tiled roofs piled up with clean white snow and a few pigeons leaving paw prints on the snow.

Lifted the quilt and rolled over to get out of bed, there were no slippers in the room, he could only pick up the boots he had taken off yesterday.

There was a cloud of green smoke wafting from his boots, and the smell of sour foot sweat was so strong that he almost didn't throw his boots out.

The soles of the beige socks are already a little yellow, and the fingers feel a little sticky to the touch. Wearing it over the mountains and mountains, the snow foam and sweat that seeped into the shoes had already soaked it.

But there is no replacement, and now I can only make do and continue to wear it.

There was another knock on the door.

"Wait a minute, I'll get dressed." He greeted him, quickly put on his shoes and socks, and then took off the robe that he had hung up at random before going to bed last night from the clothes next to the bed and put them on his body.

"It's a bit bad that there is no stove in the room, and you can't bake shoes and socks." He grumbled softly, dressed up, and went to open the door.

Outside the door are the sleepy-eyed Shuma and the energetic hostess.

"Good morning, Sister Aisha, Shuma."

"Good morning, Timmy." The two greeted each other in unison.

"The carriage sent by the young master to pick you up has arrived, and it is waiting below. Uncle Hans said that the time limit for the Knights is nine o'clock, and that it will be helpful for you to study after entering the training class to make a good impression of punctuality by going there early. The hostess named Aisha gently brushed a strand of her long blonde brown hair from her hand and combed it behind her ear.

"Yes, a good first impression can improve the opinion of others. Does Sister Aisha have water? I want to wash my face. Xu Yun patted Xiuma on the shoulder and said to Aisha.

"Do you want water to wash your face, I'll prepare it."

"Just cool water can make us wake up faster." Xu Yun followed.

Aisha turned away.

"Hey, young man, wash off your confused sleeping face, we're going to report to the Knights. The instructor will be angry if he sees you like this. Xu Yun gently patted Xiu Ma who was still in a daze.

"And what about me, you're no better, one eye hits the other with a small eye." Xiuma slapped Xu Yun's hand away and retorted, "I've packed up my salutes, and you just got out of bed." ”

Without a mirror, Xu Yun couldn't see his image at this time, so he rubbed his face with his hands and grabbed two pieces of eye feces from the corners of his eyes.

Tut~

Touching the hair again, it has become a bird's nest.

It's been a bit miserable these days, and I haven't had time to clean up my personal hygiene.

Aisha moved quickly, and before she could wait for a wooden basin with two clean beige cloth towels on the rim.

After a brief freshening up, Xu Yun and Xiuma examined each other to make sure that the image was already able to see people, and then hurriedly went downstairs and went out.

The carriage waiting at the door was much more modest than the one it had ridden yesterday, and the suit was sitting in the driver's seat smoking a pipe.

It's the coachman I met yesterday.

He saw the two of them appear in the doorway, and turned his head to look at the hourglass next to the driver's seat, the scale was just a little past the eight.

"Hurry up the boys, we were supposed to arrive half an hour early, but now it seems to be late." He nodded.

"What time did we arrive?" Xu Yun asked as he pulled the car door.

"At half past eight, although the straight-line distance from here to the Knights is not far, there are more pedestrians on the road in the morning, and the carriage can't run too fast, and it takes thirty minutes to cross the streets and alleys."

"Trouble Uncle Hans. Thank you. Xu Yun asked Xiuma to get in the car first.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet."

"I heard your name from Sister Aisha." Xu Yun

Hans nodded, took the pipe from his mouth, extinguished the fire inside, and said, "Get in the car, and we'll go." I've heard your name before, Timmy, right? ”

"Yes." After Xu Yun responded, he got into the carriage and closed the door.

Hans flicked the reins, and the horses pulling the cart began to march lightly.

This car is much worse than the one Landis rode in last night, the interior layout is simple, and the space is much smaller, although it can seat four people, but if it is full, it will be a little cramped. However, at this time, there are only two people seated, which is quite spacious.

The cobblestone roads of Mondstadt are clearly some years old, and some sections of the road are no longer smooth, with solid wheels running on them, and the carriages jolting up and down like a tractor.

There were no seat belts on the seats, and the two teenagers in the carriage had to hold on to the handles on the side of the carriage to stabilize their bodies.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar streetscape of Mondstadt, Xu Yun felt as if he was traveling in a film and television city, and it was a film and television city modeled after those ancient cities in Europe.

In the game, Mondstadt City is clean and beautiful, but in reality that's not the case. In the morning, residents dump the excrement they have accumulated last night, enter the sewers at the edge of the city roads, and are washed away by the live water flowing through the sewers, and the smell still spills out in the process. And now that the sewers in Mondstadt are frozen, a lot of excrement and household garbage can't be washed away.

But the good news is that there are special municipal workers who chisel the ice from the sewers and load the filthy frozen ice mounds into horse-drawn wagons and pull them out of the city and dump them.

Among them are some young knights.

"If it were Noel, I would have joined them." Xu Yun looked at the busy young knight and said quietly.

"Who is Noel?" Shuma asked, confused

"A gentle and beautiful young girl alternate knight with great strength." Xu Yun recalled the blue-eyed gray-haired maid knight, and explained with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Timmy, you know so many big people. Yesterday, I heard of that young master Landis, he was a great nobleman. ”

"Ha~ I know a lot of big people, Landis is nothing."

'Drinking at the same table with the god of wind last night, will I show it off to you?' ’

Thinking of Wendy, Xu Yun's mood instantly improved a lot, and no matter what, he finally met an 'acquaintance'. The world didn't seem to deviate much from the Teyvat he knew.

chatting with Xiuma all the way, Xiuma obviously didn't have any scheming, Xu Yun casually started to provoke the topic, and the boy talked endlessly about his life in Windmill Town, and also introduced the operation principle of the mill in Windmill Town.

Xiu Ma was already very cheerful, and once she started, she would talk endlessly, Xu Yun only needed to follow along, and time passed in a hurry in the conversation.

When the carriage stopped, Xu Yun got out of the car and saw the end of this trip, the headquarters of the Knights of Favonius.

The Knights of the Four Winds are located in the four corners of Mondstadt, while the Knights of the West and the Knights of the North are located in the upper part of Mondstadt. The venue of the preparatory knight training class is located in the west of the city, naturally close to the headquarters of the Knights of Favonius, not far from the headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild.

It's just that it's cold, it's morning again, and the work hall of the Adventurers' Guild is thinly populated, and few people are walking around.

After getting off the bus, Xu Yun saw other carriages parked outside the Knights' training ground, and more people who reported for duty came on foot accompanied by their parents.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, Xu Yun came to the training ground behind the side of the headquarters of the Knights, and at this time there were already five current students gathered inside, among whom he naturally saw the boy who was traveling with him yesterday.

It was too cold for the five children to warm themselves in the brazier in the lounge below the grandstand outside the training ground. These five children, two boys and three girls, judging from their appearance and size, are all older than Xu Yun, and of course Xiuma is the same. In terms of appearance alone, Xu Yun is the thinnest one.

Before entering the lounge, Xu Yun caught a glimpse of a figure in armor standing in the center of the training ground like a sculpture, standing motionless in the cold wind.

Xu Yun grabbed Xiuma and nodded at the figure with his eyes.

"Is this our future instructor? It's amazing, it's iron-clad in this weather, how cold it is. Xiuma glanced at it and couldn't help but say with emotion.

"Do you know how long she's been standing there?" Xu Yun opened his mouth and asked the five people who were roasting the fire.

"I don't know, I was called up from the dormitory in the morning, and when I came over, I saw her standing there." The young man who was walking with Xu Yun before hesitated for a moment and replied. A few others revealed, 'Who are you?' 's expression.

Xu Yun nodded, pulled the corner of Xiuma's clothes and turned around and walked towards the center of the training ground.

There is no door to the lounge, and if it is not for the fire, the temperature is not much different from the outside. It's just that you can have a seat and shelter from the wind.

"Hey, Timmy, it's not time yet, we're just freezing now." Shuma was reluctant to stay away from the brazier in front of him.

No way, the temperature is too low, even if the morning sun is shining on the body, it can't dispel the biting chill. The white gas that came out of his mouth as he spoke was about to freeze into ice slag and fall to the ground.

"Since the instructor is already standing there, of course we have to go over and line up, how can we still stay here to bake the fire?"

"Didn't you want to make a good impression on the instructor?"

"But... It's really cold. ”

"I'm with you."

"Tom, do you want to come with us over and line up?" Shuma shouted into the lounge that he didn't know the others, and they didn't seem to be very friendly.

Tom, another teenager in Windmill Town, shook his head as he looked around at the other four.

"Okay." Xiuma sighed sadly and was dragged away by Xu Yun.

Approaching the center of the training ground, the two teenagers came up to the knight and found a suitable distance to stand.

The knight, who stood as tall as a statue, had his eyes closed, but when he noticed someone approaching, he opened his eyes and looked at the two teenagers in front of him.

Xu Yun stood up like a javelin, and his posture could not pick out a single flaw. Seeing that the other party was looking at himself, he boldly looked at the other party.

'Who wouldn't stand in a military posture?' He snickered inwardly.

The female knight was dressed in white iron armor that reflected the morning light of the morning sun, and the cold light flickered, because she was wearing a helmet, and it was difficult to distinguish gender by her back alone if she didn't see the towering breastplate.

She has a pair of clear and transparent amber eyes, iron-gray bangs and fiss hanging down from the edge of the helmet, a mature and beautiful face full of three-dimensionality, and thin lips are still red even if they have not applied lip gloss.

But because the expression on his face is too sharp and serious, it makes people easily afraid to approach, and it seems that if he gets a little closer, he will be stabbed.

This is a woman whose first impression is full of contradictions, a delicate steel rose.

Shuma stood for a while like Timmy, but it was too cold, and it was really uncomfortable to stand in this position, and soon he couldn't control himself, rubbing his hands and stomping his feet, making small movements.

On the other hand, Xu Yun is really like a javelin standing in the center of the field, letting the cold wind and not moving at all.

The black eyes and the amber eyes met each other, and they didn't back down from each other, looking directly into each other's eyes.

Time passed slowly in the silent confrontation and Xiuma's small movements, and on the periphery of the training ground, children who participated in the training class kept coming, accompanied by their parents.

"It's time, let's get started." A tall man in ornate bust armor walked in from outside the school gate with a folder under his arm, and he said loudly as he closed the silver pocket watch in his hand.

I didn't see how hard he shouted, but his voice was surprisingly loud.

The red lips of the female knight who looked at Xu Yun in a line finally changed, and the corners of her lips seemed to be hooked upward.