Pillars of Ita

Holding the magic sword Gwendes, the box sat on the steps of the street with his knees bent, watching an elf girl feed the tall Aquinn grey sloth with fruit not far away.From time to time she touched the latter's furry ears, a large, tame creature with long claws, but not very aggressive, with a grey mane that stretched from the ears, through the eyes. There is a slender brown ribbon on the snout, and the Aquinn elves have domesticated this creature as a pack beast, and the two have been together for thousands of years at least.

On the street are tall tree houses, curved branches, and magic lamps with four-leaf clovers hanging from above, reflecting the night market into a bright light, with people coming and going.Not far from the market, all kinds of elf fruits are sold in bright colors, and some boxes have never been seen before.He saw merchants and elementalists freezing them, boxing them, sending them to ships, and transporting them across Corin-Ithurion.

"The night is beautiful."

Demon Sword Gwendes said.I don't know since when, it has been able to talk to the box, but other people can't hear its voice, it is more like an illusion - only when the box is in a trance can you hear the sword talking to itself.And every time he came back to his senses and looked at the other party, he turned back to the cold rapier with silver flowers carved on the gauntlet, motionless.

But not every word box will respond.The teenager sat there staring at the port in a daze.

Helpless, the magic sword Gwendes had to change the topic: "Elves don't actually like humans."

It begins to argue: "They are forced to ally with mortals. But the immortals don't have empathy with mortals, and when humans are reduced to a pile of dry bones, the elves still live a day-to-day life. You look at the mayflies. , living and dying, only to think that they are a group of pitiful worms-"

"...Aren't you angry?"

"Why should I be angry?" the box replied intently.

"They outlive you!"

Box felt a little weird about his sword.

But he didn't tell anyone about it, it was his sword, not someone else's sword.

The magic sword Gwendes seduced: "I actually know some elves' swordsmanship."

But the box was dismissive. "The elf's swordsmanship is flashy."

"Nonsense," the former was furious: "How dare you judge others about your three-legged cat's swordsmanship?"

The box asked back: "What are you in a hurry?"

The magic sword Gwendes sucked in a breath of cold air.

It asked, "Well, what about the Osyrian swordsmanship?"

Interesting in this box.

He looked at his sword, but the rapier immediately returned to its normal appearance, motionless in his arms.

The scabbard of rock shark leather is thick and dull.The box thoughtfully rubbed the long crack on it with his thumb.

He heard someone calling him at this time, turned around, saw Parker on the mast, waved his hand vigorously in this direction, and shouted, "...that guy told you to get on board."

That guy is Fang Plover.

Paparals have always had little respect for his captain.

On the Seven Seas Traveler—

"Mr. Baggins," Keita was lying on the side of the ship, leaning out and looking down, "Captain told you to come up first."

The bosun was hanging from the ladder with a few nails in his mouth, pounding the boards with a claw hammer.Hearing this, he raised his head, grabbed the ladder and climbed to the side of the ship, spit out iron nails, and threw it into the toolbox beside him before asking:
"Master Captain, what's the matter with him?"

"The north wind is about to rise. Brother Ed wants to convene everyone for a meeting."

"I understand," Baggins understood immediately, "I'll pack up first, I'll be there soon, do you need me to help inform others?"

Miss Naturalist nodded, the glasses frame slipped from the bridge of her thin nose, she hurriedly supported it with her hands, and said, "...Luo Hao, and Sister Attila and Big Cat People, Miss Shesta It should also be in the lower compartment, in the boiler room, and Mr. Baggins to inform them, and..."

She turned around and looked at Luo Yu not far away.

The latter was closing the communication page, and the silver brilliance quickly dimmed from the dark eyes of the young man.

Keita opened her mouth.

But he didn't know what to say for a while.

She didn't know that Luo Yu was worried about family matters. As a recruiter from the same regiment, the natural relationship between the two should be closer. He said more than once in private that everything here is what he imagined. The world behind the Stargate.

Kita could totally understand that feeling, because she felt the same way herself.

Those are the bits and pieces of the journey...

Since he was very young, he has only been interested in and yearned for the world recorded in words and the profound knowledge in books, but he is not interested in the fighting and killing, the entanglement of interests between people, the guild's struggles and guilds. Not a cold at all.

What she yearns for is the unique beauty of the world behind the stargate, the books hidden in the deep and ancient library, the bizarre knowledge, the joy extracted from every line of words, and the travel, footprints The majestic scenery witnessed below.

But the family's requirements for her are actually far stricter than those of Luo Yu's family.She is very envious of the colorful childhood that her peers have, but she only has countless exercises and training, and then joins the youth training camp. She is cowardly, but at the same time she is everyone's pride.

She has never been disappointed by every glance that was cast on her.

Stand out from the peers, get the best partner, win the competitions, graduate from the training camp with all the best results, successfully enter the branch of the Rosicrucian, and become the only member of the Oak Knights of naturalists.

Finally, become the owner of Guriel's Magic Book.

but……

What is your own heart?

What is the original intention of doing those things, just to become the person expected by others and to become a better self.She can barely remember, when was the last time she really relaxed, maybe looking at Fang Ping's back, and envious of the other party's free heart?

But she was timid.

He didn't even dare to mention this with other people, with Attila, with Mr. Big Cat, and with her leader.

Kita was holding her own magic book. Four-color gemstones were inlaid on one side of the book, and the bronze frame was decorated with a profile of a girl. The girl had her head lowered, her eyelashes were slender, and she was holding the symbols of light and ether in her hands— —That was what Karatu taught her, the source of magic and the magic of the sorcerers.

But what is the source of her confidence in the future?
Miss Scholar herself can't tell.

Baggins looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile.

He walked over and patted Luo Yu's shoulder, "When I was young, I was an apprentice craftsman in the Tansnell area. My family's expectation for me was to join the craftsmen's association and have a stable career. Getting married and having children, my father, the generation of my father's father, all came this way, and the life was ordinary, but stable."

Luo Yu was slightly startled, and raised his head subconsciously.

Kita also recovered from her thoughts. She raised her head and listened curiously to the bosun's story about her youth.

Baggins lightly rubbed the tattoo on his arm, his eyes flashing with a faint brilliance-the captain of the boat remembered his youth, but he has seen too many wind and rain, and sailors always grow up in the wind and waves, Say goodbye to the troubles and sufferings of youth, and become firm in the storm.

Say goodbye to the green past.

He said in a reminiscence tone: "But I have been incompatible with the people around me since I was a child. I like the ships that come and go in the harbor, the ships of humans, the ships of dwarves, the ships of elves, the tall hulls, Streamlined shape, towering mast, countless sails. Since then, I have made up my mind to go on board, be a sailor or captain, in short, I made up my mind.

The family naturally objected, because it was never an easy business to make a living in the sea of ​​clouds. There were pirates, storms, and monsters in the sky and sea. After many people set off with the fleet, they never came back.They were worried about my safety and about losing my son. "Baggins touched the glass prosthetic eye in his right eye socket.

In that gray glass globe, the distant firelight was refracting, and there was a scar, paler than the skin elsewhere on his face, "But their objections are useless, I am a man of his own, one day. I got on the boat secretly at night, and soon after that, I joined the eldest lady's father's fleet, and it has been until now..."

He turned his head and said, "You know, I have never regretted it. I have experienced life and death, and lost my companions, but the biggest gain I have gained from my life is to be myself. I am also two now. The father of two children, the husband of one wife, I walked through my life and used it all to answer this question.

At the end of my life, I have worked hard, whether it is failure or success, I will face it calmly, because it is my own choice.And you, have you figured out how to answer the questions in your life? "

Baggins added: "Sometimes, all a family needs is an answer to a question.

What are they trying to make you become?You still expect your children to live up to your own life, and when you can answer this question, you will have the power to be responsible for yourself.As for what your path is like, no one else can assert, only you yourself know it. "

The boatswain glanced at the two of them, then walked out of the cabin.

Luo Yu said nothing.

In fact, the young man has asked this question countless times in his heart, what do he want?
He did not lack the courage to make a decision, but he lacked a bit of determination.And determination is like a seed, once it sprouts, there is no turning back.

In the boy's eyes, there was a gleam of light.

……

"...Their request is that you'd better leave the Kingdom of Cowling, or even leave the territory of the Ithurion Alliance. As long as you don't return to the kingdom, they will not take the initiative to implement the wanted order, which can be regarded as this matter. never existed..."

'They' refers to King Cowling, and perhaps the Prime Minister, and the gang of men he supports.

"Of course, this is just their wishful thinking. We, and the military, including the El Pashin and Kapka Craftsmen Association, will not support this whimsical idea," Bai Xue complained in the video: "The Who does His Majesty take us to be?"

Fang Plover didn't answer.

Everyone knows that His Majesty the newly enthroned king has a small mind.

But he didn't care at all-

His goal has never been limited to Cowling-Ithurion, and even the Empire, the magnificent and magnificent Hill of Giant Trees, the Southern Continent, and Rotao are not enough to stop him.

He wants to go to the second world, and even farther places - the borders of the world, the bridge between the continents, and even to achieve the cause that no one has ever done before, to open the door to the third world, those exciting The surging adventure is what he yearns for, after this stargate.

however--

Cowling Kingdom is Sylvede's home, no matter how far they go, they will eventually return home one day.

Moreover, Sylvede and her father had never done anything against the kingdom, and he could not allow the reputation of his ship officer to be slandered inexplicably.

Of course, leaving the kingdom temporarily, it is not that Fang Plover has not considered this plan.Now that the Seven Seas Traveler has been completed, and the matter in the North has come to an end, although I haven't seen Ms. Misu and Mr. Mazak again, at least it has been found out that what happened here has nothing to do with the Dragon Witch.

Although the beacon fire in the north has not been extinguished, the Crow's Claw Temple is still entrenched in many places, and the war is still spreading. It is difficult to solve problems in a war, and even most problems cannot be solved.

But none of this has anything to do with him.

Fang Plover fell silent.

"Then what do you think?" Bai Xue looked at him and asked.

Fang Yu then asked back: "The Prime Minister, wouldn't he just plan to make such a condition?"

He also didn't expect His Majesty the King to slap him in the face and voluntarily revoke the wanted order, but it will take a long time to come, and they have time.But it would be too whimsical if His Majesty the King thought that he could fool himself with such conditions.

The fleet of the Northern Expedition is preparing to go to the ancient tower, whether the Silver Vesland, the Rose Crusade, or the descendants of Flor have responded to the call, but the only problem now is that there is another fleet.

A fleet that is not entirely at the mercy of the kingdom.

And El Pashin's envoys are currently praying for the result of his negotiations with the kingdom, and they can have better expectations.

At least the Fenrisians wouldn't raise the flag of treachery again after the Northern Expedition's fleet had left El Pashin.

The Fenrisians have made demands.

So the kingdom needs to wait for an answer from him.

And he himself also needs the kingdom's answer.

"Ed," Bai Xue said suddenly, "Actually, do you want to know how the Craftsmen Association views this issue?"

Fang Plover was slightly startled. He had a very good relationship with the craftsmen association, whether it was the Kapka artisan association from which he was born, the artisan association in El Pashin, the artisan association in Istania, or even some orders. Strangely enough, the Headquarters of the Craftsmen Association also seemed to show inexplicable support for itself.

"how?"

"The Craftsmen Association of El Pashin asked you, do you still remember the Craftsman Competition?"

"Craftsman Competition?"

"The final of the Craftsman Contest will be held in the Empire, and your performance in the Southern Contest has already won the support of most people in the Artisan Association, do you remember?" Bai Xue asked, "Master Arquette wants to trust someone. Ask you what you're going to do with your eligibility, in fact they want you to represent Colleen-Ithurion in this competition."

Fang Yu's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly understood where the Craftsmen Association's support for him came from.

But what does that have to do with this thing right now?
Bai Xue thought for a while before continuing: "Someone from the military...that is, Mr. Su Changfeng contacted us not long ago, you should know him. In fact, the military also thinks that it is not a bad thing for you to leave the kingdom temporarily. Rekindled, while the southern border is eerily silent, the kingdom is likely to be shaken by wind and rain next.

But Stargate needs a lot of time to deal with the Super Competitive Alliance, and they don't care about the Stargate side. "

She stopped.

"...So Mr. Su Changfeng asked me to send you a message, and I want to hear your opinions. After all, Stargate does not want to see more people involved in this turmoil, and does not want the Fenris people to be involved too. in."

"Sophie's father..." Fang Yu pondered for a while: "What did the Stargate say?"

"They are convincing the Cowling royal family. If you leave Cowling-Ithurion and represent the kingdom to participate in this competition, then the kingdom will consider giving you a place to go to the second world."

"Just to compete?"

"Of course to get a certain ranking."

"What rank?"

"Within the top ten."

"So is it a personal quota?" Fang Yu thought to himself that His Majesty the King really deserved his reputation, and he had to send people out of the country and bargain.

"Of course not," Bai Xue smiled helplessly.Of course she knew what the other party was thinking, but unlike the audacity of another knight princess in Silver Veslan, she would not easily comment on the de jure ruler of Colin-Ithurion.

"So..." Fang Zhi was stunned, "...Yes?"

Bai Xue nodded affirmatively: "It's the team quota, category F."

Fang Yuan was heartbroken.

He is not uncommon for individual places. Besides, the winner of the craftsman competition will have the qualifications to go to the second world to participate in higher-level competitions. If His Majesty the King just made such a promise, he would be making fun of him.

But the quota of the team is different. Although the quota of the team going to the second world is divided into many levels, the maximum category A can have more than 100 people.

But category F, although it is the lowest category, should have at least 30 people.

The quota of 30 people is more than enough for the Seven Seas Brigade.

And just to solve his current troubles.

……