After a 'hearty' dinner, Ardis gave up his bedroom to Laura, while he and David spent the night in the living room.

As a hunter, there are still some advantages at home, for example, there are a lot of animal furs in the Adis family, these are some flawed furs, mainly because the coat color is messy or the pattern is not good-looking, and it is not easy to sell at a high price, so it will usually be stacked there.

For good hunters, there is no need to worry about not having warm clothes and bedding in winter, and these furs, although they are not sold well, have no defects in warmth.

At this time, Ardis and David made a bunk on the floor with various furs, and lay on it to rest with their eyes closed.

The civilians of this world don't have much entertainment at night, and basically as soon as it gets dark, the entire outer city falls into silence, and only the inner city is lit up with many lights.

As an old hunter of the civilian class, Ardis has developed the habit of going to bed early and waking up early for many years, and David was originally like this, but with the 'rapid change' of Winter Village, his schedule has changed slightly, and he has not rested so early for a while.

"Close your eyes and feel the light!"

If you get up and take a prayer position, you can easily turn into a big light bulb, which is too conspicuous, and David thinks it would be good to think about some theoretical knowledge of the way of light.

I don't know how long it took, but David suddenly noticed that the snoring next to him had stopped, followed by the sound of getting up.

If it was an ordinary night, it would not have alerted David, and he noticed that Ardis was walking lightly towards him after getting up.

When he opened his eyes, he happened to look at Adis, and after seeing the other party raise his finger and make a silent gesture, David nodded, then got up lightly and walked out of the room after Adis.

After closing the door, Ardis said in a low voice, "Come with me." ”

"This kind of time?" David smiled and looked around, there was no light or sound in the scattered houses around him, even in the inner city of Iron Tree Castle, there were not many lights at this time - the inner city was slightly higher.

David knew that Ardis had something secret to tell him, and his words were just a joke, and Ardis also knew this, so he didn't answer him, nor did he answer anything, just motioned for David to follow.

Attis lived in the outermost area of Irontree Castle, which was originally home to a few houses, and after a few walks, it was basically equivalent to leaving Irontree Castle.

"It's far enough."

David looked at his surroundings and walked towards a forest to the south of the Iron Tree Forest, although this forest also had the best wood such as the Iron Tree, but more of it was other species of trees, which were partially connected to the Iron Tree Forest, and were much less dangerous to human hunters and woodcutters.

Addis stopped, looked left and right a few times, and felt that it was almost far enough, and then looked at David with a very serious expression: "That Laura Crawford is a nobleman, right?" ”

"Huh? This ......" David didn't expect Ardis to ask about it in the first sentence: "It seems to be!" ”

Thinking carefully about Laura's personal information, he remembered that in the old version of the setting, the Crawford family was a serious earl of England.

He doesn't know the character setting of the new version, he only knows that the Crawford family is a big family, and it seems that he also has a title, but he can't remember the specific situation, and he hasn't asked Laura about it.

"Don't tell me you can't see it?" Ardis shook his hand dissatisfied, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he held back, hesitated for a long time, and finally held back the sentence: "You shouldn't have brought her to me...... However, this noble lady did not dislike my environment here......"

David looked at Ardis with an unhappy face, and had already guessed what made the old hunter uneasy: "Is it because of Alfie?" Who is this kid? ”

Addis didn't answer, still struggling with something.

David suddenly said, "If that kid really has any special identity, then it would be more dangerous to continue to stay in Irontree Castle, right?" Haven't you considered leaving here with him? ”

"Leave? Where can I go? After answering instinctively, Addis was suddenly stunned.

In the old hunter's mind, he was born and raised in Irontree Castle, and he is most familiar with this place and the surrounding environment, and he doesn't know where to go if he leaves. At the same time, I don't know if I can continue to be an excellent hunter in a different place.

Within two seconds of his words, Ardis reacted, did David mean that he wanted to settle in his village?

It seemed like a good choice, but he eventually shook his head: "Alfie's situation is a bit special, and it may not be a good choice to go to you." ”

"So, what the hell is going on with Alfie?" David doesn't like this kind of riddle-like dialogue, can't you just say it if there's any difficulty? Although he understands that Addis may think it is useless to say it, but Addis does not know enough about David's situation at all, and his judgment is not accurate, maybe David can really solve it? "It can't be a wanted criminal, can you?"

"Maybe the wanted man is better."

“……”

David didn't expect Ardis to say this, thinking about Alfie's slender and thin figure, fair skin and outstanding appearance that did not fit in with the civilian area: "Could it be that child, the child of some special person?" ”

Ardis finally gave the answer: "That kid is a half-elf." ”

"Half-elf?"

David suspected that the child was the illegitimate son of some aristocratic family, and for some reason was sent to Ardis, but he didn't think about it on the elf's side.

After all, the relationship between humans and elves in Irontree is just too bad......

Because of this bad relationship, David understood why Ardis reacted this way: "Why did you think of adopting a half-elf?" ”

Half-elves are a mixture of humans and elves, and in the environment of Irontree Castle, half-elves are not uncommon, because elves have always been the most sought-after slave race among nobles, and the half-elves in Irontree Castle are basically born in this situation.

These human-elf hybrids are destined for a dark and tragic life from the day they are born, and neither humans nor elves will regard half-elves as 'their own'.

In the eyes of the humans of Irontree Castle, the half-elves are nothing more than a group of low-level slaves, and even the laziest and poorest homeless people in the outer city are nobler than them, and the only advantage is that they are not weaker than the elves, which makes the half-elves a popular commodity in the slave market.

In the eyes of the elves, these half-elves carry original sin from the day they are born, and in the eyes of the extreme elves, they even symbolize the shame of the elves, and they will die when they see them; The milder ones will also expel these half-elves, so the half-elves have almost no home of their own, and perhaps the best outcome for this group is to be bought back by some slightly more moderate nobleman!

"Alfie is ......" David wondered, how did Addis meet Alfie? Why do you still keep it with you? Could it be that this child is a child of Adis? Don't you see that this old guy still has this ability? Quietly took down a female elf? Could this be the real reason why Ardis has never had a family?

David's thoughts drifted away, and the expression on his face betrayed his thoughts perfectly, and Ardis didn't have to think much to guess the kid's thoughts.

"You guy, as before, you can't hide your thoughts on your face!" Ardis had more than once suspected that he was blind before deciding to adopt David, and this kid's heartfelt contempt and contempt for all kinds of people and things around him made him worry that this kid would not live to adulthood at all, and he would die on the streets because he offended the dignitaries in the city.

It was precisely because of this concern that when David said that he wanted to join the pioneering team, he did not say anything to stop it.

In Ardis's opinion, staying in this city inhabited by many nobles is too dangerous for David, and it is better for him to go out and break in, and after seeing the cruelty of real life, maybe this arrogant boy will understand something, even if the inexplicable idea of despising everything is still there, he should know how to hide it.

After all the calculations, I didn't expect David to become the leader of the pioneering team, and successfully established the village and returned to Iron Tree Castle.

When the Iron Tree Fort and Tiran Kingdoms officially recognized the village, David, the village head, was firmly identified, even if he initially got rid of the shackles of civilian status.

Lamenting in his heart that the world is unpredictable, Adis briefly explained Alfie's situation: "Don't be cranky, that kid has nothing to do with me, just from the forest...... Picked up. ”

"Picked up ......"

It's not that David thinks this thing is outrageous, it is also common for elven slaves to either escape by themselves or be rescued back to the tribe, and it is not difficult to understand that they found out that they were pregnant and gave birth to a half-elf child after returning home, considering the attitude of elves towards half-elves, it is not strange to throw them away.

But how did he get picked up by Addis? And Alfie's age is not too young, so he should have thrown it away when he was a baby, right? Will you raise it until you grow up and then abandon it?

"Even if it's a lie to fool me, can you be a little more attentive and make up a reliable one."

In response to David's complaints, Ardis finally sighed and told the truth: "In fact, his mother entrusted Alfie to me, and his mother can return to his fellow people in the Iron Tree Forest, but this child can't go with him......"

"So you decided to adopt this child?" This thing sounded strange, and David had to wonder if the old man had a deeper plan: "Why did Alfie's mother entrust her child to you?" ”

"The elf who rescued Alfie and his mother is my friend."