Although she was skeptical of David's suggestion that the environment was better, Laura did not object, because she was curious about the person Davy was going to take her to.

Laura was smart enough to guess that David was going to meet Attis, the old hunter who raised and taught him to be a hunter.

Walking around the outer city of Irontree Fort for a while, I gradually saw relatively scattered houses in front of me. Through David's explanation, Laura understood that because there was a threat from the elves in the Iron Tree Forest in the northwest, and Iron Tree Fort had built a fortress in that direction, so after a certain level of development, the people no longer settled in that direction.

Later, the civilians who settled in the Iron Tree Fort chose the south side of the Iron Tree Fort, and the various types of houses in that direction were more than three times as many as on the west side, and the number of civilians was even higher.

A small number of people will live in the southwest direction, for various reasons, there are many fewer residents in this direction - the defensive fortress is mainly to defend the direction facing the Iron Tree Forest, and the pass is stuck on the road to the north, and the west can also be taken into account, but the southwest of the Iron Tree Fort is relatively a weak zone of defense, and it is relatively close to the Iron Tree Forest, and there is a certain risk in living in this area.

"Generally speaking, it is mainly woodcutters and hunters who live in this area." This direction makes it easy for them to go to the nearby forests for firewood and game.

"That's where you used to live?"

"Yes."

Because there are few households, the houses are not almost next to each other like the 'outer city' seen before, and there are many fewer 'domestic garbage', so the environment is relatively 'better'.

After a few more walks, David and Laura stopped outside a wooden hut that looked much cleaner than the ones they had seen before, with a fenced yard and a variety of flowers and plants, the fragrance of which greatly relieved the smell of the air.

"Is this here? The environment is really good. Laura looked surprised, she thought that the Attis she was going to see would be a bearded, rough man, and that he was a hunter, and that he might have a lot of furs or the carcasses of fresh prey in his house.

In any case, she didn't expect such a painting style.

Actually, it wasn't just Laura who was surprised, Davy was also a little strange...... I have been away for more than two years, how has this place changed so much?

I looked left and right, and made sure that I was not wrong, and except for the flowers and plants in the yard, everything else was the same as I remembered.

"Is it ......?"

Old trees blooming? The old bachelor is off the list?

In this case, it seemed inconvenient for him to break in directly, so he had to stand outside the 'courtyard' and shout: "Adis, I'm David, I'm back to see you!" ”

According to his previous temper, he should have given some 'kind' greetings, but now he had deleted all of them, but he soon realized that he might have thought it wrong.

The wooden door opened, and it was not a 'mother-in-law' who came out of it, but a small child who was not tall and thin, standing at the door and looking at David outside the courtyard: "Ardis went into the forest in the morning (there is more than one forest around Irontree Castle) to hunt, and he hasn't come back yet. ”

"I'm David, did Artis mention me to you?" Seeing this little child, David immediately understood what was going on - it seemed that Addis had adopted another child.

After careful inspection, the child was quite thin, handsome and fair-skinned, and his skin was so delicate that he did not look like a child who would live in such a place.

The strip of cloth was tied around his head, which made David think that the child might have been injured and recuperated at home, and according to his own experience, under normal circumstances, Ardis would take the child with him when he hunted and teach him how to be a qualified hunter.

"Yes, I heard him mention you."

While the beautiful boy was talking to David, an old hunter with a gray beard slowly walked over and began to roar from a distance: "Alfie, didn't you let you stay in the house honestly?" ”

......The child named Alfie was startled, as if he had done something wrong, and couldn't help but take a half step back, and Nono explained: "I opened the door when I heard him say that his name was David......"

"Did he say he was David? You're so stupid! I can't imagine how I'm going to live in the future. The old hunter's roar did not subside because of Alfie's justification, and even became more deafening.

"Hey!" David on the side noticed that there might be something wrong here, although Ardis didn't have a good temper before, he wasn't so irritable, and although his tone was not good, the concern in his words was very obvious, it seemed that the identity of this child was not simple: "Old man, in addition to his temper getting worse, his eyes are getting worse and worse, can't he recognize me?" ”

Ardis had already walked in front of David, casually threw the hare and pheasant in his hand into the yard, and looked at David face to face: "Although you have changed a lot, this particularly indebted look has not changed." ”

He opened his arms and hugged David: "I inquired about the situation of the Pioneer Team, and I thought you wouldn't be able to come back." ”

"I'm not going to die that easily." David opened his hands and hugged Attis together, and at the same time patted the old hunter on the back hard: "Don't you still expect me to provide for you?" ”

Adis, who let go of his arms, smiled happily: "So, after coming back this time, you are going to be an Orion in Iron Tree Castle honestly?" ”

In Adis's view, David should choose to give up and return to his original life, just like the previous pioneers, and in Adis's opinion, this choice is more practical.

As for why David, who always looks like he wants to do big things, chooses to give up, maybe it has something to do with the woman who follows him. Men, once they have the bond of being responsible, they won't think about so many unrealistic things.

"What's this girl's name?"

"Laura Crawford, just call me Laura." Laura has been learning the lingua franca of this world, and because of her general lingua fascia, Laura has long been able to use the lingua franca to communicate with people proficiently.

Laura...... Crawford? Ardis showed a little surprise on his face, and after carefully looking at the woman in front of him, he could easily sense that Laura was special.

He didn't say anything, but warmly invited the two of them into the house.

Atdis's home is also a wooden house, which is much larger than the small cabins newly built by David in Winter Village, and the interior is slightly more complicated, with several rooms divided.

Once inside, there is the most spacious living room, with a wooden table and a few chairs, as well as cabinets and shelves for weapons and prey.

When David entered the room, he looked left and right, and there was no change from when he left.

Putting the backpack and hunting bow aside, and after Laura also put down her things and sat down, David noticed that Alfie was in the kitchen dealing with the prey that had been thrown into the yard by Ardis earlier, and from time to time he cast curious glances at David.

David smiled back, turned his head and explained to Addis that he had not given up his status as a pioneer and returned to Irontree Fort as an Orion: "Although the pioneer team I was part of encountered many difficulties, they finally succeeded in establishing the village. ”

"Oh? It worked? As a native of the kingdom of Tiran, Ardis certainly understood what it meant to succeed in establishing a village: "But I have heard from those who have come back before that the conditions in the north are so bad that it is impossible to build a village. ”

"I was lucky enough to find a wild crop after taking over as village chief, and now I have started to reclaim and grow a large area of the field."

"Wait...... You just said that you took over the position of village chief? "What discovered new crops and started planting on a large scale is nothing, what really shocked Ardis was that David actually became the village chief, and at the same time he also understood what David was doing when he returned to Irontree Fort this time: "So, you came back this time ...... "

"This time I came back, so that Winter Village would become the official territory of the kingdom."

Hearing Davy say what he wanted to say, but felt unbelievable, Ardis straightened his back in surprise and leaned back, and at the same time reached out to touch the small kettle that had been hanging from his waist, and after opening the lid, he paused several times to calm down.

"It's not funny at all."

"I'm not kidding." David looked directly at Ardis in front of him, and the other party also stared at David with round eyes, as if he wanted to see something flaw in David's face.

The two men glared at each other for more than a minute, and finally Ardis was the first to sigh and break the deadlock: "It's actually true...... It's hard to believe that you guys actually did it. ”

Shaking his head, Ardis paused again, and a little red gradually rose on his face and neck: "Congratulations." ”

"Thank you!"

Ardis turned to Alfie in the kitchen and shouted, "That rabbit and pheasant have made dinner to celebrate Davy's becoming the village chief." ”

"Okay."

Alfie's voice came from the kitchen, and David looked at the child who was still working in the kitchen, and remembered himself.

"This kid is my successor?"

In David's opinion, after learning about the situation of the pioneer team, Ardis thought that he could not come back, and it was not surprising to find a new successor to train, he had long known that the old hunter adopted children and taught them to become hunters, just so that someone could take care of himself after he could not hunt and provide for him in his old age.

But when David turned the subject to the child, Ardis's expression changed strangely, as if there was something inconvenient to say.

"Is there any trouble?"

"No, nothing!" Addis visibly hesitated for a few seconds, but finally didn't say anything.

However, David noticed that Ardis glanced at Laura a few times when he hesitated, and seemed to be wary of Laura.