In March, spring has arrived, and the fields are glowing with green, heralding new hope, but for the young man who is plowing, the days of suffering seem to have just begun.

His parents are long gone, and it is on this fairly fertile land that Cheno's barely enough to support himself and his young brother.

As his younger brother grew up and was able to help him share some of the farm chores, his life gradually improved, and even the girl in the next village was secretly sending autumn waves to him. Chenno thought that good days were about to begin, but who would have thought that near the beginning of spring, a sudden serious illness would completely destroy his younger brother's body.

Watching his younger brother lose weight day by day, Cheno's heart also fell into the abyss day by day. Of course, he thought about taking his younger brother into the city to find a doctor or a priest, but first, the family did not have any money at all, and even if he went to the city, he probably could not afford to hire anyone; second, because the spring season was delayed, and the fields were left untended, and I was afraid that he would be hungry in the new year.

"What the hell should I do? Alas, I really can't do it, and I can only give up the field, after all, my brother's life is at stake. Chenoult muttered as he loosened the soil with his hoe.

After a while, his stomach growled, he looked up at the sky, it was almost evening, and he packed up his things and prepared to go home.

At this time, a figure on a horse appeared outside the ridge.

"No, why did the tax collector of the lord's family come so early this year?" Chenoult was startled, and quickly looked at it carefully, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

It was not a tax collector, but a boy of fifteen or sixteen, riding not a horse, but a reindeer.

The young man also noticed Cheno, looked at the sheepskin map in his hand, walked closer and said, "Hello, may I ask if it was the village of Hozier the year before last?"

"Yes, it's the village of Hozier. Cherno replied, looking at the dusty boy earnestly.

And it's no wonder he's so. Because the boy does look a little strange.

Dressed in a hooded cloak common to travelers, with a seventy or eighty centimeter-long double-edged sword hanging from his waist, it seemed that the function of the decoration was far greater than the utility. The short black hair reflected a little dark red in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the face was very delicate, if it weren't for the Adam's apple zài, Cheno's would almost treat the other party as a girl, and it was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"Whew, I'm glad I didn't go the wrong way this time. Looks like we'll be arriving at Minethil Manor tomorrow. The young man muttered to himself tiredly, and then said to Cheno, "Is there a hotel in the village?"

"How can there be a hotel in such a country place. It must be a noble child who has never been out of the house. Cherno smiled in his heart, but did not show any expression on his face, and replied, "I'm sorry, but there are no hotels in the village." ”

"Sure enough...... Alas, I'd love to take a hot shower and have a good meal, but it looks like we're going to be sleeping in the wild again. The boy smiled wryly and patted the reindeer's head. And the reindeer shook its head very dissatisfied, as if it understood.

"Hot bath...... Eat a big meal......" Listening to the young man's words, Cheno's heart beat violently. The ghost sent the god to say, "If you don't dislike it, you can come to my house for one night." ”

The boy jumped off the reindeer and said in surprise: "Really, that's so thankful!"

"Nothing. There have been travelers who have passed by here before and stayed overnight at my house. Cherneau rubbed his hands together and continued, "By the way, my name is Cherno. You are ......"

The two introduced themselves to each other as they walked towards the village.

............

The boy is Leo who left Joseph's Castle and prepared to go to the imperial capital of Gaswell to take the joint entrance examination for magic. Feeling that there was still plenty of time, he didn't go to the nearest distance, but chose to go to Minahir Manor first. However, instead of telling the other party about his identity as a mage, he claimed to be a traveler who wanted to visit the whole world. After all, the threat of the Darkmoon Church is always there, and it's always right to be careful.

Chenno seemed to accept this statement, but in fact, he had already decided in his heart that Leo should be a noble child who had run away from home, and ordinary people could not have such decent manners and demeanor, such beautiful appearance, and could not have such a gorgeous long sword.

Although before leaving, the teacher gave him a magic map, Leo still overestimated the geography of this world.

The map looks very detailed, even in places as small as Hozier, but the accuracy is not flattering. According to the scale calculation, the distance from here to Joseph's Castle is only about 80 kilometers, but Leo took a lot of detours because of the inaccurate map, which took seven days.

The Ruhr region is already vast and sparsely populated, and in the past seven days, he has crossed mountains and rivers, and he has suffered unspeakably. Fortunately, Chubby has lived in the wild since he was a child, whether it is choosing a resting place or hunting wild beasts, he has played a very important role, otherwise Leo, who has never experienced this, really doesn't know if he will get lost in the wild and finally turn into a miserable dry bone.

At this moment, it was almost dark, and the whole village was silent except for the occasional barking of dogs and the curling smoke of cooking.

Within the walls, Cheno's home was a good-looking stone house.

As soon as he entered, the young man immediately said, "You can tie the reindeer to the stable, and I will go and get you some food." ”

"Okay, thanks. Leo responded politely.

Cherno laughed and said, "There are no good things at home, just don't dislike it for a while." ”

Watching Cherno enter the stone house, Leo takes Chubby to the stable, and if he lets this guy into the house, it will inevitably frighten people.

After taking out the roasted meat and persuading him, Leo finally settled Chubby in a stable where there were no horses at all. Then he entered the stone house, and found that there were four rooms in the house, but there was no furniture except for a seat and two chairs in the living room, and it was obvious that life was very poor.

"This is the life of the people at the bottom of the world, and they are still poor. Leo muttered to himself, wondering how to repay the other party's kind stay. It's too unrealistic to give the magic crystal directly, but fortunately, there are still some gold coins on you.

At this time, Chenoult walked out of a room, and saw that Leo had already entered the room, his expression was suddenly a little unnatural, but he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Please wait a while, I'll go get food." ”

......

In a few moments, the steaming oatmeal was on the table, and although the wheat kernels in it could almost be counted, Leo still drank it with relish after eating the tasteless roasted beast for several days.

"Are you alone at home?" asked Leo casually.

Chenno was obviously stunned, stopped drinking porridge, and sighed: "Well, my parents died early, and I was alone." ”

"That's a coincidence, I'm an orphan too. Leo sighed as well.

Chenno nodded, no need to disguise, his face was already a little sad.

He didn't answer, but he was muttering in his heart: "Hmph, at least an orphan from a noble family, a hundred times luckier than me." I really don't know how the children of the nobility thought that they would have to run away from home while they had a good life. ”

Seeing that the other party's love was a little dripping, there was no interest in talking, Leo didn't say much, drank up the gruel in a few bites, and a burst of tiredness hit, but it was a big hache.

Chenno looked at Leo thoughtfully, stood up, and walked to a room, "When the guests are tired, rest early." I'm going to clean up. (To be continued......)