Slightly chilly in the morning, thin cold mist.

In the shooting range, a sharp arrow roared out, piercing the dead silence of last night.

"Noir, you're not shooting this arrow very well." Marco said jokingly to Noll.

Noll raised and lowered his bowed hands, and saw Marco smiling with a wink, his yellow eyebrows up and down, he was like a monkey!

"Mako, if you're idle, you can go and clean up the horse manure." Knoll rolled his eyes and shot back disdainfully, "I think Captain Edmund will praise you." ”

"Knorr, can't you have a little sense of humor?" Ma Ke spread his hands and felt a little speechless, "You don't like girls like this." ”

Knorr walked over to the target, took out an arrow, held it in his palm, pointed it at Mako, and said:

"I'm not like you, I don't think about that all day."

"Yes, yes, yes! Our great Noel Molina is a gentleman of the right man, and he will not be compared to us laymen. Marco grimaced, then pretended to be a teacher, nodding his head in a wry manner.

"Marko, how about you try my bows?" Noel pulled his bow and arrow, squinted one eye, and the corners of his mouth went up, "Honestly Marco, I actually have a good sense of humor, you know my crosshairs are not good, in case you are not careful." You know, if you say more here, I'll shoot somewhere if my hand slips! ”

"Alright, alright, dear Knoll." Marco couldn't help but feel a little chill in his crotch, "Don't mess around, can't I admit defeat?" ”

Marco reluctantly covered his mouth and turned to leave.

Noel slowly put down his bow and arrows, looked at Marco's back, took out a mouthful of phlegm, spit on the ground, stepped on it with his foot, and scolded fiercely in his heart:

'Dead monkey. ’

"Noll." Suddenly, a deep voice rang out in the shooting range.

Knoll followed the sound and saw that the regimental leader, Edmund, was standing on a high platform, with a black fur cloak draped over his body, firmly wrapped around his solid body, like a solemn stone statue in the cold morning.

"Captain!" Knorr saluted Edmund respectfully, then straightened up and smiled, "What are you doing there?" ”

"Nothing, Knorr." Edmund slowly descended the stairs under Knorr's gaze.

"Knorr, is Marco bothering you again?"

"No, Captain."

"I can see that you're pointing an arrow at your brother." Edmund had a serious face, his gray eyes like a sharp knife torturing Noll.

"Commander, I'm practicing archery, but Marco is laughing at me." Knorr put his bow behind his back and continued, "I'm just joking, but I'm just trying to get the monkey out of here." ”

Edmund's expression softened, and his eyes were no longer so piercing, "Noel, this kind of joke is not to be made, and the sense of humor is not cultivated in this way. ”

"But......" Noll wanted to retort, but on second thought, it was better not to talk back to the chief.

"Noor, I don't want infighting in our regiment, you can aim the arrow at your brother today, then maybe Marco will put a knife on your neck tomorrow."

Edmund stretched out his muscular arm from under his cloak, snatched the bow and arrow from Noll's back, turned to hang the bow on the stand, and threw the arrow into the quiver. Walking up to Knoll and saying:

"Knorr, do you understand what I mean?"

"Okay, Commander. I understand. "Noel doesn't understand, it's just a joke, is it necessary to be so serious?

"You'd better really understand. I know what you're thinking, you can't hide it. ”

Knoll didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

"Now, I have a good business for you," Edmund muttered as the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

When Knorr heard this, he raised his eyes and froze. When Edmund says that there is a good errand, it is certainly not a good errand, it must be dirty and tiring.

"This time it's different, Knorr, I promise." Edmund patted Knoll on the chest, a sly look flashed in his eyes, and continued:

"Tomorrow Emperor Felix's youngest son will come to us, the woman-looking Prince Raphael."

"So...?" Knoll looked puzzled.

"Originally, I couldn't tell you that, according to some grapevine. I heard that our Prince Raphael likes men. Edmund whispered as he put his head into Knoll's ear.

"What do you mean, Captain Edmund?"

Edmund was silent, just glanced at Noll's entire body.

"Do you think? No, no, no, Commander, this is absolutely not a no-go. Although I don't mess around like Marco every day, it doesn't mean that I ...... I...... I'm not a fetish for that! ”

Noel clutched his chest, arguing with reason, his eyes full of puzzlement. Didn't understand why Edmund treated himself like this.

But judging from the physical appearance, it is not difficult to understand Edmund's behavior. Noel is really good-looking: with a straight nose, deep and charming eyes, sexy lips, high cheekbones, an angular jawline, and jet-black hair, he is also a handsome guy in the eyes of the Empire.

"Noor, for the sake of the patrol group, sacrifice is inevitable, if we can get on such a high branch, then maybe we can get rid of this hellish place."

Edmund frowned, turned to the side, and continued,

"The days of the patrol team are short, we have to prepare for the future, have you heard? Emperor Felix is dying, you know that there is a deep backlog of contradictions within the empire, and his sons are not fuel-efficient lamps, and I think a civil war will break out soon. ”

"So you want to find a good place for yourself? That's how you treated your brother, Captain? Knorr clenched his fists and questioned Edmund, the regiment's leader, in a tone tinged with anger.

"Noll." Edmund sighed, "I'm doing this for all of us. ”

"For everyone? Do you want to sacrifice me? Knoll was puzzled and said, "Am I not your brother?" ”

"Noll!" Aemond let out a long breath and tried to calm the anger in his heart.

"Knorr. Listen, you don't have to do it to the end. I just need you to make Prince Raphael have a crush on you. Edmund put his hands on Knoll's shoulders with a stern and sincere expression.

Knoll shook his head faintly, he felt a wave of nausea, pushed Edmund's hands away, walked to the wall, leaned against the wall, and bent his head into his arms. He really couldn't accept that.

"Noll?" Edmund walked over to Knoll and said shallowly.

"Regiment Commander, even if we are on this high branch, but he has no fiefdom and no army, how will he fight with his two brothers in the future? Is it up to us? ”

"No, we just need to sacrifice them to one of his two brothers." Edmund whispered.

When Knoll heard this, he looked at Edmund in surprise, he didn't expect Edmund to have such a calculation.

"Then why don't we go straight to one of his two older brothers?" Knoll said.

Edmund blinked and snorted coldly: "Do you think these mud legs of our foreign army will be favored by those guys?" If we do that, we will be the first to die on the battlefield! ”

"So, do you want to use Prince Raphael as a puppet?"

Edmund didn't speak again, just grimacing. Noll didn't ask a word, and the two fell silent.

……

Following.

The weather is clear and the wind is smooth.

At the gate of the Ilan Fortress, more than 30 members of the patrol group were in two rows, neatly aligned; Greeted by Prince Raphael.

Edmund and Knoll and Marco stood in the center of the entrance road to greet Prince Raphael.

For this important day, Edmund wore all the family money on his body today, a polished shiny face guard, a neck guard copper plate shoulder armor, and an old but clean chain mail vest, and a pair of slatted arm guards that had been slightly blackened on his arms.

Marco had never seen the regimental commander armed to the teeth, and he squeezed his sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked face and kept glaring at Noll.

Noll squinted at Marco, and motioned to Marco to be serious with a look of hatred that made iron but not steel.

But Marco didn't care, and with great speed he stabbed Noel in the waist with his fingers, and Noel stumbled and almost fell.

Marco quickly reached out and hugged Noll, then said with a smile, "Hey, Noor." Why can't you stand still? Did you go to find your old mother last night? “

Knorr glared at Marco angrily.

The commotion behind him attracted Edmund's attention, he turned his head away, and said with a dark face: "Marko, do you believe that I will let you shovel horse manure now?" ”

Marco immediately suppressed his hippie smile, and he straightened up, his chest held high, and his head was raised. Use your body to tell Edmund that he surrendered.

"Commander, the carriage is here." Knorr whispered to Edmund.

Edmund turned around and saw Prince Raphael's carriage in sight, and he hurriedly straightened his helmet to make sure it wasn't crooked.

Two silver-maned horses dragged an ordinary noble carriage slowly towards the people of Edmund, and the attendant Ruud Hesp sat at the head of the carriage and drove the carriage.

The young Raphael, dressed in a hooded robe, sat in the carriage and looked out the window at the Ilan Fortress.

You can see that the entire fortress is mostly made of wood, and there are only a few stone buildings, and more are just effortless low walls, with sharpened wooden fences erected on them.

The carriage stopped in front of Edmund's people, and Ruud Hesp looked at the heavily armed man in front of him, and asked in a slightly contemptuous tone, "Are you the regimental leader Edmund?" ”

Edmund took off his helmet and replied loudly, "It is here that I am Edmund, the head of the patrol team of the Ilan Fortress. ”

"Didn't I say in my letter to try to be as secretive as possible? What do you mean by this pomp? Ruud said, his eyes swept around the line.

"They only know that it is a distinguished guest, and they will not know who is sitting in the carriage." Edmund explained.

"What about the two of them?" Ruud's eyes lingered on Noel and Marco's bodies, while staring at Marko's face with a monkey-like look.

"I'm the squad leader, Marko." "He's my colleague, Knorr. “

Edmund glared back at Marco, then turned his head with a smile on his face to try to ease the embarrassment.

"That's the case with the Mande people in the north, both of them are sensible people, and they will be good helpers for adults in the future."

"Alright, Captain." Ruud suspiciously dropped the reins in his hand and jumped out of the carriage. Pushing Edmund away, he walked to the door of the carriage and said in a very respectful tone:

"My lord, we can get out of the car."

With that, he opened the door and ushered a man in a dark blue robe out of the carriage. Noel and Marco quickly straightened up when they saw the visitor, and bowed to the visitor: "Welcome, my lord!" ”

Raphael bowed slightly, his gaze fell on Noll, Noll caught a glimpse of the face under the hood, his pupils dilated instantly, he couldn't believe his eyes, he looked up at Edmund in disbelief. An explanation is urgently needed.

Is that really just looking like a woman? The face under the hood is fair and ruddy, with high mountain roots and high eyebrow bones; A pair of beautiful blue eyes, deep and charming; The smooth jawline outlines a small round face. It's clearly a beautiful girl!