"Miss, the convoy is ready."

Early in the morning, at Blackstone Castle, the elderly maid and Editia in a wheelchair said.

Trucks covered with tarpaulins were neatly lined up outside the city gates, and the same ox carts and horse-drawn carts were parked in the town in the distance.

"Are we really leaving......"

The old maid looked reluctantly at the black castle that stood. She has been in the castle for as long as she can remember, her mother is like that, and so is her mother's mother.

This is the land of the Reeves family, and it is also their home......

"The nezumi are coming. We took refuge in Annam's fiefdom and could still help him. ”

Editilia held out her hand and asked the maid to carry her into the carriage. The silent convoy drove towards the town, then led the long convoy that stretched for hundreds of meters to the west.

Distant castles and towns grew smaller and smaller until they disappeared. The ranks forced to stay away from home became oppressive. Except for a few teenagers about the same age as Annan who got together and whispered excitedly.

It can be expected that this road will not be peaceful...... The disappearance of the gods at the beginning of the year left a bunch of churches in ruins, and then news of a rat plague came that not long ago even the northern frontier was in danger. Bandits, mercenary groups...... They weren't going to let go of a slow, long, civilian-majority convoy.

The carriage bearing the emblem of the Twelve Kings of the North drove peacefully in the front row of the convoy.

"Are you still there?"

Itilia sat in the carriage, her hands clasped together, her pale slender legs under the white skirt together, her head slightly hung down, like a pious saint.

"What do you want to say?"

Only Editilea could hear a whisper in the carriage.

"If Annan wants to annex the Reeves family, please stop him."

"Our contract is coming to an end."

"So only before the end of the contract. Thank you for your willingness to leave the dragon habitat ......"

"Because our contract is coming to an end."

The voice repeated.

Editilia stopped talking, and her quiet, limp body occasionally swayed with the carriage, as if this boredom had taken up most of her life.

"Why don't you learn from the Barros family in the royal capital?"

The silence was shattered by the voice.

As the bearer of the Guardian's Key, Etilia will also see the letter fire dragon she receives, so she knows the plight of the royal capital, Faro Barrus.

"My ancestors wanted the honor of the family to continue, but if it became the plaything of the nobility, I think the ancestors would rather have their bloodline cut off."

"Jonah Reeves does think so." The whisper of the fire dragon was tinged with nostalgia with a long memory.

Silence returned to the carriage.

After two days of driving without incident, on the evening of the third day, an accident occurred about 50 miles out of Ausulonde.

First the rangers found vague marks on both sides of the road, and then the guards in front found that the road was blocked by mounds of earth.

The distant sound of trumpets echoed through the woods, and the winding convoy came to a halt, and the guards surrounded Itilia's carriage.

"You go and protect the townspeople, leave me alone." Editilia lifted the curtain and commanded, then said to the young butler, "Tell them who we are." ”

The guards dispersed, and the steward shouted repeatedly toward the dark and silent forest, "We are the family and people of Annam Reeves, King of the North, whoever you are, please get out of here!" ”

When the butler was about to shout, the guards hurried and said that the figure in the forest had receded and the road had been restored.

The convoy continued with a false alarm, but the guards clenched their weapons and the townsfolk sitting on the carts spoke in low voices.

"Looks like that kid has a good reputation." The whisper of the fire dragon rang out.

Itilia agrees: "Annan has the best chance of bringing the family back to the top......"

"But he's not your people."

Itilia lowered her head, her pale complexion glowing hazely under the magic lamp.

"As long as he has the heirs of the family......"

The migration of more than 5,000 people was not up to speed, and on the fifth day they approached the neighboring town to make a little resupply. At their current rate, they should arrive at Starmoon Bay after the end of winter, before the nezumi arrive.

As a result, just from the town, some tails came out of the back of the line.

They are homeless refugees and hope the team will take them.

"Our convoy can't fit people." The butler told them of Editria's decision. Still, they continued to follow the slow convoy.

Itilia didn't contain or drive them away, so they followed if they wanted. As a result, more and more refugees followed the convoy. The combination of a cold winter and a rat plague left them with no choice.

On the seventh day, early in the morning, the distant trumpet sounded again.

"Alert!"

The guards erected their weapons, and the refugees behind the group were thrown into confusion as a white dragon approached from the sky, and a figure loomed on the dragon's back.

The white dragon circled around the convoy a few times, as if it had found its target, and began to dive.

"Put away your weapons." Itilia gave the order, and watched in amazement as the white dragon landed in the forest clearing, and the familiar figure jumped off the dragon's back.

"Big sister!"

Reela passed the guards unhindered and buried herself in Editria's arms.

"Why did you get here?" Itilia gently stroked Rela's head.

"The little brother said that you are too slow, and he will pick us up in a while."

Itilia looked at the white dragon: "Do you use the white dragon?" ”

"You'll find out in a moment!"

Leila told her thoughts and told her eldest sister about her experience in the past few months in Xingyue Bay.

Editilia reluctantly asked the guards to tell the team to take a break and pay attention to returning to Rela.

“…… What are the fish I've caught...... It's the size of this horse! Lela said, pointing to the strong brown horse.

"It looks like my little brother is bragging to me." Itilia chuckled, "He said you caught a fish the size of a white dragon. ”

"Hmm...... Yes, yes! I'm not done yet! As soon as I caught it, another fish jumped out, and it turned out to be its mother, and the fish was the size of a white dragon—"

"What's going on with those people?" Leila noticed that the group was followed by a pile of dirty refugees.

"They gathered on the road, and they wanted me to take them."

"Take them, there is a need for people everywhere in Xingyue Bay!" Lela puffed out her mouth, "You don't know how hateful Annanis, I have to work twelve hours a day straight, you see I'm tanned......"

"How do you feel about Annan now?"

"What...... "Leila suddenly fell silent, muttering, "He doesn't care about me at all......"

"You're a sister, he's a younger brother, why should you let him take care of you?"

"Oh yes......"

At noon, the portal appeared in front of the white dragon on time.

Editria looked at the boy in mage robes standing on the other side of the portal. A mist emerged from her eyes, and the boy in front of her gradually overlapped with her brother.

(End of chapter)