"What's going on?" asked Allen.

"Alas......" Kelly sighed, as if he was not in the mood to continue eating, put down the soup pot in his hand, stared at the campfire, and began to think carefully about the beginning. It was a long time before he spoke: "This is the last thing I want to recall, but it is something I must remember...... That was more than a decade ago. Our race has lived in the Chilly Mountains for generations, and my father, Kane, is the leader of this werewolf race, and my grandfather, Kessler, is the previous leader. ”

"Kessler!" Old Adrian interrupted him suddenly, his eyes fixed on Kelly, "So you're Kessler's grandson?"

"Uh, yes, I am. Kelly didn't know why Old Adrian's reaction was suddenly so strong, a little surprised.

"Yes, yes, he's eaten crystal fruit too, and you do have the shadow of his youth!" Old Adrian looked at Kelly for a moment, and then continued, "Oh my God, I think I'm really old fools! I didn't immediately notice the resemblance between you and Kessler!"

"Do you know my grandfather?" Kelly was really startled, he didn't expect to meet his grandfather's old friend thousands of miles away.

Kessler was a great leader, a great changemaker, and one of the few best friends of my Greg Odrian. After the elder Adrian finished speaking, he closed his eyes and recalled, "He was made by me when I was temporarily living in Enrique. Enrique is a bustling city, just a short distance east of the Chill Mountains. You should know that even if you werewolves take on humanoid forms, they are a little different from us, such as looking a little hunchbacked, walking in a strange way, and their eyes glowing a faint green light in low-light places or at night, etc., which can't escape my eyes, so I recognized him as a werewolf when I first saw him...... At first, I thought he was going to hunt humans before he stepped into our range, but when I followed him for a while, I realized that he didn't seem to have any intention of doing so, as his eyes looked eager but not murderous. There are only two places he frequents - the book club and the tea and wine house, which makes me curious...... One day, as soon as he entered a tea and wine house that he frequented, I followed him in, and I found that he had just found a spot in a remote corner, asked for a cup of tea, and then carefully observed the people around him while drinking tea. It was even stranger to me, so I sat down across from him and started talking to him. ”

Old Adrian took a sip of water and continued, "I sat down across from him: 'Hey, Mr. Werewolf, hello, what do you call it?', of course, it's a very quiet one. He was startled by me, looked a little panicked, and immediately stood up and tried to walk away, but I grabbed him. I told him not to be nervous, I didn't tell anyone. He sat down slowly again for a long time before he said, 'Kessler.' ''Well, take it easy, Mr. Kessler, and I'll tell you the truth, I've been watching you for a long time...... Can you tell me why you come here and the book club so often?' He didn't seem to say a reason for a long time, so I asked him again, 'Why did you take such a big risk to enter the range of human activity?' and this time I finally got a decent answer from him: 'Uh...... I just want to see what your life is like, the human life. When I heard him say this, I understood that he frequented the bookstore and the tea and wine house, not to find a target, but to observe our communication style and learn about our culture...... I don't know what I felt at that time, but I don't know what it was, but maybe it's all of them. ”

Old Adrian said this, looking a little excited, paused, stood up, paced back and forth, and continued: "From that day on, we have grown to know each other, and have often met and sat together and talked...... With my help, his expressive skills improved very quickly and we got to know each other better. He longs to be understood, and firmly believes that as long as they understand each other, werewolves will one day be able to live in harmony with humans, and he hopes that one day he can break the barrier between them and humans, integrate into human society, and let werewolves and humans coexist...... I have to say, this sounds really ridiculous at first glance, even unheard of, because werewolves and humans have been inseparable since ancient times. I laughed, but when I had laughed enough, I was met by his determined eyes. The look in his eyes told me he wasn't joking, and it made me think about it seriously...... This is indeed a rather bold idea, but it is not impossible. No discrimination, no fighting, mutual acceptance, mutual understanding, this is the world he longed for, wasn't that exactly what I was looking forward to? Old Adrian finished in one breath, with a smile on his lips. When he came back to his senses, he sat down again and said, "Oh, it seems like there's too much to talk about, so please keep talking, Kelly." ”

"That's right, my grandfather was one of the few people who ate crystal fruit, and it was he who taught me your language...... Under his leadership, our race flourished and flourished near the Rinse Mountains, and there was no conflict with humanity again. Although the climate is still cold, the food is not scarce, and we can barely afford it. Kelly said as he looked at old Adrian.

"But when I was five years old, something strange happened...... Kelly's face changed suddenly, "One day, a strange young man came to our rooster, dressed in a black robe, with a hood on his head, half of his face covered, a wand in his hand, and another group of werewolves behind him. As I said earlier, most of our ancestors were driven to survive in the Rinkling Mountains, but not all of them, there was a small number of people living in the Howling Mountains, far south of the Chilling Mountains, and that was the werewolf race...... They are not very numerous, about half of us, but for some reason, they all look very strong, and they are the leader...... It's a one-eyed werewolf with a blind left eye. Kelly said this, his expression a little unnatural, and he took a sip of water.

At this time, Kelly noticed that old Adrian, who was still smiling just now, suddenly looked very serious, clenched the cane in his hand, and listened very carefully, so he continued: "I don't remember what they talked about, but I remember that my father and grandfather were angry, and then they quarreled, and finally the quarrel escalated into hand-to-hand combat. We had the advantage in numbers, but the magician with his hood over his face didn't know what kind of magic he used, and he just stared at my father with his eyes, and said something he didn't understand, and I saw that his eyes began to blur, and when he looked back at us, it seemed like he saw a stranger...... Then he slowly stood on the opposite side and began to slaughter the people who followed him here, his compatriots ......" At this, Kelly's expression was very heavy, and he even looked a little broken. Alan and Riel had to comfort him and look at him with sympathetic eyes, but they didn't know what was going on, and their faces were full of surprise.

"This is!" said old Adrian, who suddenly stood up with a "whoosh", and paced back and forth quickly with his cane in his hand.

All three looked at him in surprise at the same time. Alan and Riel had known Audrian Sr. for so long and had never seen him react this way.

Alan saw that his hands were even trembling a little. It wasn't until a long time later that he spoke again, "I've heard of this...... This is forbidden magic that only exists in legends!"

"Uh...... What is forbidden magic? How did I never see it in a book? After a long time, Alan saw that old Adrian did not speak, so he asked tentatively.

"I don't know......" Old Adrian looked up at the sky and shook his head, "this kind of magic is very rare, even I have only heard of it, and I have never seen anyone use it...... At one point, I even thought it didn't exist at all. The only thing that was previously suspected to be related to it was the Krishari School of Witchcraft and Wizardry massacre fourteen years ago......"

"What happened at Krivari School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" Alan was taken aback.

"Yes...... I'll tell you the details later, it's too early for you...... "Old Adrian said with a solemn face, "I've heard that if you want to use this magic, you have to sell your soul to demons...... Of course, this is just nonsense from the ignorant...... One thing is for sure, though, that this magic is really dangerous, and so are the people who use it!"

Old Adrian was silent for a moment, and then asked Kelly, "What does that young man look like?"

"I didn't see it clearly...... All I remember is that he kept his head down and covered his face with his hat, and I can't remember the rest......"

"What about the smell? If you smell him now, will you recognize him?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not sure...... I was young, and time had passed so long...... All I remember is that my father lost his mind and rushed towards me, but my grandfather stopped me, and then I was carried by my mother and fled......"

After hearing this answer, old Adrian pondered for a long time before he said, "Oh...... Well, please go on. ”

Kelly was also silent for a moment, collected his thoughts, and continued: "Mother fled south with me, and took me to hide in an unknown cave for a long time, before carefully returning to the Rinky Mountains to check on the situation, only to find that my grandfather and father had been killed, and many of our people had died, while the rest and the invaders were gone......"