Xiaoyan Village is a small remote village located in the middle of the Southern Kingdom.

There are only a few dozen households living in the village, which is not a lot of people, but in this simple village, it carries all the childhood memories of Lance and Ike.

Lance looked up at the sunset in the sky, and was a little stunned.

It had been several days since they had been out of the village, and Lance, who had left home for the first time, was already feeling a little homesick, and he remembered the old poet who had passed away under the old elm tree at the entrance of the village, the grove where they had learned their swordsmanship, and the good cooking skills of his mother Keith......

It's really hard to think about.

The golden twilight makes this blonde-haired teenager even more 'beautiful' and 'charming'.

"Appeal ......"

As the groom stopped the horses pulling the carts, the small convoy of four wagons came to a halt in what appeared to be a fairly open place.

A middle-aged fat man in a luxurious robe stepped out of a seemingly luxurious carriage at the front.

The groom driving the carriage hurriedly jumped down from the position in front of the carriage, followed the middle-aged fat man who had already got off the carriage, and asked respectfully: "Master Blank, it will soon be dark, this place is relatively open, we will camp here, what do you think?"

The middle-aged fat man looked around and nodded, feeling that the environment was not bad, there was a small stream, it was more convenient to get water, and there were not too many dense plants around, so it was indeed a good place to camp and rest.

So the fat man, known as Lord Blank, put his hands behind his back, paced with small steps, and said as he walked, "I'll rest here today." Later, when I cook dinner, I will add more meat to the bean sauce soup for everyone, and I Blank is still very generous. Haha......"

Seeing that the fat man Blanc had stepped out of the carriage, Lance and Ike also jumped off the trailer carriage, and next to Lance and Ike was a middle-aged man with a lame leg, sloppy in appearance and exuding a strong strange smell.

This is a beggar that Lance and Ike rescued from a gang of thugs in Frigue City, and out of sympathy, Lance asks Blank to take the poor beggar out of Frige City.

When the three of them approached the fat man Blank, Blank pinched his nose and took a big step back, and said with a disgusted face: "Lance, Ike, I said you too, why do you have to let this beggar follow, go and go...... Hurry up and wash it over there, it stinks to death. ”

The beggar, who was disliked, looked embarrassed and was about to walk towards the stream.

Fat Blanc looked at the beggar's ragged clothes and shouted, "Wait a minute!"

Turning his head, he shouted to a middle-aged man dressed as a groom not far away, "Cerf, get him old clothes, the money is mine." ”

The groom answered, turned around, and dug out a set of old clothes in his bag and threw it at the beggar.

The beggar hurriedly caught it and retreated to the edge of the stream with a flattering smile.

After the beggar had gone away, Lance said to the fat man, "Blanc, Bafort is also to blame, for he has sinned against the bastards, and he will not live a day without taking him away." As soon as he gets to the next city, let him go!"

When the fat man Blank heard Lance's words, he laughed, put his arm around Lance's shoulder, tilted his head, looked at the silent bald head Ike, and said, "Ike, tell me, do I seem to be the kind of person who has no love? If I really didn't want to take him, I would have driven him away, haha......"

Ike, who didn't say much, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lance, and said seriously: "It's true that Blank is a profiteer, but it's not bad, just now he just disliked the bad smell on Bafort, let Bafort wash it, everyone should feel better." ”

"Profiteer" Blank glanced at Ike, looked at the sun that was about to set, greeted Lance and Ike, and took the lead to collect the firewood needed tonight, and Lance and Ike, who had nothing else to do, immediately followed.

......

As time passed, Blank, who was the leader, didn't seem to be in a hurry, and it was like playing along the way, and when he was on a whim, he would pull Lance and Ike, who were more chatty with him, on foot.

According to the groom, under normal circumstances, they should be able to reach a small town before dark, stay there for one night, and then continue the next day.

However, today's situation is more special, looking at Blank's appearance, today is going to camp in the wild again.

Lance, who had just brought back a pile of firewood, said to Blank, who was also holding a pile of firewood, as he walked, "Blank, you really don't look like a merchant at all. ”

After this period of travel, Blank's gorgeous clothes were no longer as clean as they had been, and after the two of them dropped the firewood, Blank patted the dust and leaves on his body casually, and didn't care if his clothes would stain his clothes, so he sat on a piece of wood by the fire.

"Oh, what do you think I look like?" Blank asked with a smile.

Lance also sat down beside Blank, took off his water bladder, took a sip, and handed it to Blank, who was not polite, and took a large sip of it.

"I can't tell, according to my father's description, although you dress like a profiteer, you don't behave like a businessman at all. Lance said.

After listening to Lance's words, Blanc laughed out loud and said, "Haha...... Your father is really interesting, I really want to get to know him when I have the opportunity, how did he teach you such a good son?"

Seeing Lance's expression a little strange, Blank smiled even more happily.

Blank continued: "Your dad is right, there are many people who say that I don't look like a businessman, but I am also a businessman. However, I'm mainly going to see friends this time, and these truckloads of grain are just a small amount of money on the way, so you see that I'm not in a hurry at all, right? I'm really not in a hurry, haha......"

When it came time to take on the task, the cunning fat man cut their commission in half.

Lance said a little unconvinced: "Even if you are not in a hurry, you shouldn't lower our original task of four silver coins to two silver coins." ”

Blank immediately changed his bold smile into the appearance of a profiteer, and said with a smile: "It's one thing and the same, my money didn't fall from the sky, I was only going to pay one silver coin per person, and this mission itself is not dangerous, you see how comfortable this journey is? ”

And that's true, in Lance's mind, it's purely like a free ride, with people to chat with on the way, and he can earn two silver coins, although these two silver coins are nothing.

While the two were chatting, the soybean sauce soup had already been cooked, and a lot of meat had indeed been added to it at Blank's behest, and the whole pot of soup smelled very fragrant and delicious.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"

Blanc groaned as he took a large bowl of bean sauce from the groom's hand.

After eating, Ike saw that there was no danger around, so he went to practice his sword in a small forest not far away.

This is a habit he developed after he started practicing swords, his talent is not as good as Lance's, and the pace of practice will always be slower than Lance's, so Ike will always devote more time to training in private.