Ser Colin's party had prepared their rations and supplies for the journey, and left the plague-plagued town through the other gate. They continued along the gravel road that led to Rocky Harbor. When a frightened girl appeared in front of him, Sir Colin called his squire Jason aside and reprimanded him severely.

As Ser Colin led his team, a flock of quacking crows followed them and sped away from the sky above them.

In the records of ancient shamans, crows were often synonymous with death and fear. The crow symbolizes death, and the crow's night cry is regarded as a bad omen, and it is believed that the crow's call will take away people's lives, so the crow is disgusted by people. The crow symbolizes death, so people mostly hate it!

The crow is black all over, belongs to the bird class, the crow family, also called the old partridge, the mouth is big and likes to chirp, and the temperament is fierce. But crows are very intelligent species, and the scholars believe that crows are the most intelligent animals outside of humans. With the exception of Dragonstone, the Desperate Lands, and the Stone Bones of the North, crows can be found in almost all parts of the world. Those places are forbidden places that humans and other races dare not cross, and it is rumored that dragons still inhabit that large island still inhabit Dragonstone.

The girl hugged Jason's thick waist and buried her head in his back. Jason felt the girl's body tremble, and he comforted softly, "Don't be afraid, no one will hurt you." ”

"Thank you for saving me!"

"What's your name?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Aina." ”

"Jason Sebas," he said, "you can call me Jason." ”

In the feudal system of the Canian Commonwealth, humans were divided into three classes: nobles, freedmen, and peasants, while only nobles were allowed to have surnames, and freedmen and peasants were only allowed to have first names.

"My family is dead, and I'm the only one left. The girl cried, "Jason, can I come with you to Rocky Harbor?"

"I heard that the plague there is more severe, and it will be dangerous for you to go there with us. Jason told her truthfully, "Besides, I can't do anything about it." ”

"But if you leave me behind, they will still take me back and burn me as a witch. The girl's cheeks were covered with tears, and she pleaded, "Please, save me, don't leave me behind." ”

"Don't cry, I'll beg you to keep you. ”

"Thank you, thank you," the girl couldn't help but smile, "Lord Jason, I'll repay you." ”

"You can just call me Jason, I'm not an adult," Jason stressed, "and you don't have to repay me, I didn't save you to repay me." ”

"Then why did you save me?"

Jason straightened up and said, "Because I'm a knight, I must abide by my chivalry and honor." ”

The conversation between the two of them was clearly heard by Roy, who was following behind him. He frowned, and muttered to himself, "How could it be such a coincidence, as soon as we appeared in the town, there were nuns shouting to burn the witches."

"What are you suspicious of?" asked Glia from the side. "Doubt that girl?" said in a low voice that could only be heard by the two of them.

"I find you very smart," Roy said in a low voice to her, "do you doubt her too?"

"No," Glia replied coldly, shaking her head, "I don't have your sensitive instincts. ”

"These are extraordinary times, and you have to be careful. Roy said to himself, "No, I'll have to talk to Sir Colin about it." "He still doesn't care about any stranger who intervenes in this team, even though the Ranger's duty is to save the dead and help the wounded, and eliminate evil and promote good. But the experience of growing up tells him that he has to guard against others.

"Sir Colin," he asked in a respectful voice, "Are you going to take that girl with you to Rocky Harbor?" he was not Brandt, but he had no right to command the tall, powerful knight in front of him.

Sir Colin knew what the Ranger was worried about, and he told him, "I will leave her in the village ahead, and I will leave her some dry rations and a bag of silver coins to live on." "He's a knight, not a priest, and there's no way he's going to bring a stranger to Lord Tyrell in The Rocky Harbor.

Roy thought to himself, it turned out that the knight in front of him had already made proper arrangements, and it seemed that I was overthinking.

At this time, the face of the girl leaning behind Jason changed, and her trembling hands hugged Jason in front of her tighter. Jason sensed that the girl was afraid, and he made up his mind to kick his horse to catch up, and said respectfully, "My lord, if we leave her behind, she will still be in danger." ”

Roy looked at the other party and frowned, this young knight must have taken a fancy to that girl, right?

"Jason," Sir Colin looked at his squire with a stern expression, "you're a midshipman, but first you're my squire. Please tell me, what is your duty?"

"Obey your orders, my lord. Jason sharply declared, "But the spirit of the knight tells me that I cannot leave the old and the weak, the women and the children behind." ”

"Very well, your chivalry is worthy of admiration," said Sir Colin in a calm tone, "and then you may choose to obey my orders, or choose to stay with her." It was his test of Jason, whether to choose loyalty or mercy. Although both are where chivalry lies, it is often not perfect for knights.

"My lord, I ......" Jason was speechless. He didn't expect Sir Colin, who had been with him for many years, to say this.

"What if we meet other girls on the way who are to be condemned to be burned by witches?" he asked with some scathing, "do you want to save them and take them with you?"

"Your Excellency," Jason said with a blushing face, "I do your bidding. ”

The girl never looked up at the others, and there was an imperceptible look on her face leaning against Jason's back. For this result, she chose to remain silent and did not open her mouth to beg the other party.

Roy looked at the girl carefully, he always felt that something was wrong, the girl's body was very dirty, and her clothes were torn, but the long golden hair behind her shone in the sunlight, and it looked very clean.

Sir Colin led his horse on a gallop past a pasture littered with cows and sheep carcasses, and then across a river of hundreds of corpses. They passed several villages along the way, but they were all empty and lifeless, and around them were barren wheat fields and vegetable fields. It seemed that the peasants in these villages had fled, perhaps all dead, and they found several rotting and foul-smelling corpses lying in some of the houses, swarms of flies buzzing around them. As they were leaving, they burned down the plague-ridden villages.

The girl Aina stayed with them for the time being, and as night approached, the group camped on an empty hillside. Several bonfires were lit around the camp, and several knights were in charge of guarding the campfires. Paul was still busy taking care of the horses, while Jason, who was in charge of the meal, set up an iron pot and prepared lunch by the fire.

Aina quietly followed him with her head down. "I'll help you. ”

Jason said, "No, I'll do it alone." ”

The girl whispered, "But I want to do something for you!"

Jason hesitated for a moment, looked at the girl's sincere gaze, and said, "Then you can help me throw these chopped potatoes and mushrooms into the pot." ”

"Yes!" the stained girl picked up the potato cubes and mushrooms from the wooden board beside her, and gently threw him into the steaming water, and some of the powder stuck to her hands fell into the iron pot.

After the potatoes and mushrooms were cooked, he broke some of the bread into small pieces and threw them into an iron pot, then put a piece of salt into the soup. He picked up a silver spoon and rummaged it in the iron pot a few times, then served a small bowl of soup.

"It smells so good!" Roy sniffed close to the bowl of mushroom soup in Jason's hand.

Jason was going to give this bowl of soup to the girl next to him, but he saw the ranger's greedy look, "This bowl is for you." ”

"You're welcome, then. Roy took the bowl of hot soup and held it in his hand, "It's so fragrant." Then he turned around and sat down with the bowl in his hand, savoring the steaming soup.

Jason picked up another silver bowl and spooned a bowl of soup with bread and shiitake mushrooms floating in the soup pot. He handed it to the girl next to him and said, "This bowl is for you." ”

"Thank you. The girl took the silver bowl full of soup from Jason's hand, but she didn't drink the soup from the bowl. Just hold it in your hand.

"Why don't you drink?" Jason asked her.

"It's too hot, I'll drink it later. Aina explained to him.

At this moment, the bowl in Roy's hand suddenly fell to the mud floor, and the soup in the bowl was scattered on the ground. And he fell to the side, only to see his eyes roll, foaming at the mouth, and his body convulsed.

When Jason saw this, he dropped the spoon in his hand, ran to Roy's side, and said in a panic, "What's wrong with you? Roy Ranger, don't scare me." ”

Aina held the hot soup in her hand with a surprised expression.

Glia was still standing beside the torch with a cold expression, the Ranger's life or death had nothing to do with her, and she didn't think anything would happen to the always shrewd and intelligent Ranger.

Sir Colin hurried over when he heard the voice, and he looked at the ranger lying on the ground with a worried expression, "What's wrong?

"It's a poisoning phenomenon. Knight Quentin pointed out from the side.

"How can it be poisoned?" Sir Colin asked his squire, "what did he just drink?"

"Lord Colin, I cooked dinner. Jason replied.

"What did you put in it. ”

"Mushrooms, potatoes and bread," Jason said truthfully with a panicked expression, "that's all, I don't put anything else." ”

Sir Colin hurried over to the iron pot, looked at the steaming soup, and looked sharply at the girl with a bowl of hot soup in her hand. He asked, "Why are you alright?"

"My lord, she didn't drink it. Jason explained for her.

"Why don't you drink it?" Sir Colin's gaze became as cold as a knife's edge, "Do you know that it is poisonous? or is it you who ordered it?" he had every reason to suspect that the girl, whose food and water were clean, could not have been poisonous. Jason had followed him for years, and it was unlikely that he would poison his food. Sir Colin suddenly drew his sword from its scabbard and stabbed it at the girl in front of him without hesitation.

Jason had a look of surprise on his face, he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

The panicked girl threw away the silver bowl in her hand, and she panicked backwards.