Arcane Linguist

Chapter 133 Boy, are you willing to make a contract with a magical goblin?

"Everyone, welcome to my territory."

Lunephth changed into a luxurious fox fur coat, a furry lady's hat on her head, and her body was full of jewels, adding a touch of ladylike charm to her extravagance.

Roland looked at her with a smile on his face, but found that Lunifuss also looked over, with a bit of deliberately concealed blaze in her eyes.

The enthusiasm that seemed to be gushing out from under a volcano reminded Roland of the fact that the other party was a sickly person.

His smile froze slightly.

Lunephth took the initiative to greet her, with a warm fragrance like orchid and musk.

"Please!"

Her Excellency Lunifuss is so polite that she even came to greet her at the gate of the city in person!
Froya, Skold, Yiwen and others who came here with Roland were greatly moved.

Roland calmed down, and headed into the city under the guidance of Luneforth.

"After the lecture is over, let me arrange the affairs of the branch. You can enjoy a leisurely winter vacation here..."

On the way, Lunifuss said to Roland.

Roland said: "How embarrassing."

Lunephth smiled and said, "Have you seen these ice lanterns?"

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but looked around.

As a result, there are many ice lanterns hanging or standing at the door of every household. Looking at it from a distance, under the dark sky, the atmosphere of the city decorated with lights is created by them.

These ice lanterns have different shapes, some are like a blooming snow lotus, some are like a lifelike animal, some are in the shape of an icicle, and some are huge balls.

The craft of making ice lanterns varies from household to household, and the quality varies, but it is not difficult to see that each lantern is made with heart.

They surround their respective houses like patron saints. The long-burning lamps made of special fish oil are durable, bringing a stable light source for the long snowy night, and the ingenious design of the ice shell prevents them from being blown. off.

Lunifuss explained: "Every household here can make ice lanterns, which were originally used for fishing on the ice sheet, and over time, they have become part of traditional customs.

When the ice lamp is on, it means that the snow is coming, but under the protection of the house and the ice shell, even the wind and snow cannot blow out the oil lamp inside, which brought the ancestors no less than magic lamps. Experience, so the ice lamp symbolizes longevity, has the meaning of protection and evil spirits.

At the same time, because it is difficult to go out in snowy weather, except for a few on duty, hunting, or other urgent matters, most people in the territory will choose to stay at home and cannot escape. mean. "

The Snow Fortress is located on a hill. After hundreds of years of excavation, the entire stone mountain has formed a multi-level terrace-like platform, and different areas of the town are arranged step by step.

From bottom to top, they are the houses of newly moved migrants, the shacks of refugees and adventurers, and the hotels where ordinary business travelers usually live;

Then there are trade markets, blacksmith shops, medical halls, mills, and various functional buildings...

The residences of old households and wealthy citizens in the city are also in this area.

Finally, there is the upper floor, which is the property of the closest servants of the castle owner. Besides, there is a large square with a large area.

There are several water canals passing through the steps along the way, which are spring water drawn from the nearby mountains, like long winding snakes entrenched in the entire city.

Various households along the way, including beside the canal, were placed with various ice lanterns by the residents of the Snow Castle Territory.

As everyone climbed, the wind and snow became heavier and the sky gradually became gloomy like night, and the lights that were not very eye-catching before began to emit obvious light.

Under the light, the water reflects the faint lights, making it more crystal clear, and at the same time adding a bit of mundane fireworks to this cold world of ice and snow.

And after passing through the upper city, continue to go up along the hill, which is the main body of Snow Castle.

This is a castle that has been around for many years. The outer wall is built of tall rocks, and the icicles hang from it, forming a thick layer of ice and snow.

The temperature on the mountain is lower than that at the bottom of the mountain, so that it can be seen that it is covered with white snow all year round. The white snow is like a white coat, and the name Snow Castle comes from this.

Luneves personally introduced the history of the fortress and the town below to Roland and the others. Before she knew it, she had passed the wooden bridge over the moat.

The cold wind howled outside the castle, and the snowflakes were falling, but after everyone entered the inside, they felt a mysterious power that made people feel peaceful.

Roland seemed to have a feeling in his heart, and looked towards the surrounding stone walls, but saw that the ancient stone walls were full of traces of time.

The entire castle is like a sleeping giant, whose body has long been covered by ice edges and white snow, but even so, it still stands tall, just silently guarding this ancient land of Snow Country.

All kinds of ice lamps are also decorated here and there. Due to the excellent craftsman skills, the shape and quantity are far better than those of the city below. The entire castle is rendered like a crystal palace.

At this time, everyone learned that the northern region believed in a fairy (fairy) culture after being introduced by Luneforth's tour guide.

It is sometimes translated as "elf", but in fact, in order to distinguish it from another humanoid elf (Elves), it is more appropriate to translate it as "fairy" or "fairy".

The folklore of Snow Castle believes that all things have spirits.

Ice lanterns can attract sojourner fairies. They will patrol the house at night. If the owner’s house refuses to rest late at night or in a snowstorm, they will be very worried. Therefore, in order to respond to the concern of the ice lantern fairies, local residents will obey nature. , Work and rest in due time.

Roland was slightly surprised, but suddenly realized.

This is roughly similar to the "animism" culture of Blue Star and Dongying Island in the previous life.

However, the spiritual culture of the island country is even worse than the goblin culture of this Nordic-like land.

A family is a stone that may be enshrined and worshipped.

As for the folklore on the Snow Castle Territory, at least they had to be useful things, such as ice lamps or relatively large pieces of furniture.

Due to the exhaustion of the people, Lunifuss did not hold a big banquet for the time being, but ordered someone to lead them to their respective rooms to rest temporarily, and wait for the dinner to clean up the dust.

As the entourage, Skold and the others were assigned to the third floor of the castle, but Roland was the only one on the fifth floor with the owner of the castle, Lunifus herself.

After bathing and taking a short rest, it was already afternoon, and the maids in the castle brought afternoon tea to everyone.

Roland was on the road today. He just had a light meal in the morning and noon. He was really hungry, so he summoned two cat-eared girls who lived here with him to share snacks and milk tea.

The maid asked: "Mr. Roland, is there anything else you need? The weather here is bitter and cold, do you want to add blankets or something?"

Roland felt that the heating provided by the fireplace was acceptable, so he said, "No need, but if possible, please help me find something like a big box."

The maid suddenly showed a puzzled look.

Roland pointed to the two cat-eared girls who were tasting milk tea.

The maids suddenly realized.

After enjoying the afternoon tea, the maid in the castle led someone to bring a large box, spread thick pillows and blankets inside, and made a simple cat nest.

This thing is much better than a bed.

The two cat-eared girls showed great interest in this, and even went in to try it out, snoring so comfortably.

In the evening, a sumptuous meal was prepared for everyone in the castle.

So, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Everyone discussed and talked, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

Roland had just returned to his room when he saw a maid come to pass the news, saying that the hostess was invited.

Roland followed her to where Lunephth was, and found that she was already waiting in a room that looked like a study.

I saw a plump and mature figure reclining on a gorgeous soft couch, with a touch of laziness in her elegance, using the "screen projection technique" to project the content transmitted by telepathy on the magic net, browsing the information on various platforms.

It is now the second day after the lecture was completed, and Roland's lecture at the Master Tower of Iser is fermenting and spreading at an alarming speed.

A large number of transcripts were transcribed, and the content of the filming was hotly discussed under the joint discussions of all parties, and major topics became the absolute headlines of media newspapers.

When Roland walked into the room led by the maid, Lunifuss was just reading the contents of the "Arcane Bulletin".

She had already read the headlines and was now shifting her focus to the more biased version 4.

"Honey, look, the bards seem to be interested in the "The Romance of Siris" you mentioned."

"Oh, what did they say?"

"They said that the Yellow Emperor's battle against Chiyou and Dayu's control of the floods are all places where you can make a big fuss. The stories you tell are quite novel and much more interesting than those old-fashioned adventures."

"Hehe, in this case, there are many more novel and interesting stories."

Perhaps it is the distance that creates beauty, and the people of this world have already seen enough stories about fantasy and magic.

What kind of adventurer goes deep into the secret realm and obtains treasures, what kind of mage enters the school, is detected to have a super spiritual talent, or the dragon slaying warrior fights in all directions.

It is not that they have no audience, on the contrary, being able to spread widely proves that these stories are indeed classics.

But just like in linguistics, there is a special phenomenon called "mother tongue shyness". These historical, cultural and legendary stories will really become boring after listening too much.

The phenomenon of "the moon in a foreign country is rounder" is not unique to the Serisians, it is an attraction instinct engraved deep in the genes.

As long as we can pass the level of cultural transmission, things accepted by foreign countries will always be naturally coated with a halo.

"It would be great if they like it, but the adaptation is not a nonsense, and I don't want to see a large group of people use magic or alchemy to deconstruct Siris."

Roland said with a smile, sat down next to Lunifuss, and also performed the "Screen Casting Technique" to check his mail.

Sure enough, on this day, many people sent letters to inquire about it, and even Poytes, who had obtained fragments of the "Book of Songs" before, also sent an email.

Roland took this opportunity to reply to each other, telling the stories he wanted to spread.

Roland has a draft in his stomach, but he is not very good at telling stories.

The same story and plot may be ups and downs and exciting when told by a professional like Poytes, and some live storytelling effects can be added, but when told by himself, it is dry and uninteresting.

So he made a very well-informed decision to give these to them to spread.

Only by letting professional people do professional things can we go further.

In the following time, Roland and Lunifus had an in-depth exchange on arcane issues, and clarified many matters after the lecture.

Indeed, as expected, Roland's lectures are slowly exerting their influence, leading more and more people to pay attention to the things of the Cyris language system.

If the previous oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions were too harsh, then starting from seal characters, the Seres language is about to enter a new era.

The historical and cultural soil it is rooted in is also from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty.

During that period, many gems of thought were born on the land of Siris.

Roland took this opportunity to spread some conceptual things, which also paved the way for future large-scale transportation.

Unknowingly, the wind and snow outside were even greater, thick clouds covered the afterglow brought by the extreme day, and the sky finally showed signs of dimming.

Roland's eyes gradually lost interest in the projection screen, and fell on Luneves's fair and moist shoulders and neck.

Lunifuss felt his gaze and smiled softly: "Honey, am I beautiful?"

Outside the ancient castle, the wind howled and the world was icy and snowy.

But inside, the fireplace in the house is emitting steaming heat, but it is as warm as spring.

This huge contrast is just like Luneves wearing a fuchsia silk dress, her fair and moist skin is more pure and pure under the firelight, and she loses the nobility created by the fox fur coat or the robe of the great mage As a symbol of status, the biological attributes of being a woman became more and more prominent.

On the outside, she is the Archmage of Arterine and the Grand Duchess of Snow Castle in people's eyes, aloof and extremely dignified.

But here, it was the woman who called Roland "dear".

Such a title and attire are simply a signal to switch to "private mode", sending out a strong hint.

"Of course." Roland said without hesitation.

In front of such beauty and beauty, no one would be able to say something against their will that is not beautiful.

Lunifers stared closely at Roland, and something seemed to be brewing in her fiery eyes.

She pondered for a while, and said to Roland: "Honey, do you still remember the story of the ice lantern elf I told you on the way here?"

Roland smiled faintly: "According to what you said, all things have spirits. There is a goblin in this chimney, and there are also goblins in many things in this room?"

From the perspective of arcane art, this kind of statement with a certain educational meaning may be the ancient sages guiding the people to respect the laws of nature so as not to be harmed by the wind and snow.

But to explain too many things to the people, the ancient historical and cultural conditions did not allow it.

Can only rely on simple and beautiful beliefs.

"This is a beautiful memory of the peaceful coexistence of magical creatures such as humans and fairies from the ancient times.

Just like inside the fireplace, there are fireplace goblins who bring warmth and light to people;
Inside the cupboard, there is a cupboard goblin who secretly guards the precious things;
Inside the book, there is a book fairy with memory knowledge;
Even on the bed and in the quilt, there are quilt fairies that protect people from sleeping peacefully. "

When Lunephth said this, she suddenly blushed, revealing a smile that was not a smile.

"According to ancient legends, the bed fairy believed in the extreme north will help warm the bed before and during the sleep of the little boy. things that can be done..."

Roland couldn't help but want to complain, this so-called goblin in bed, could it be some succubus pretending to be it?
However, from the perspective of arcane arts, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

This actually originated from the difficult period of life in ancient times. It was difficult to obtain the firewood needed for heating in winter, and the lack of materials made it impossible for ordinary families to bear the burden of heating alone.

The limitations of craftsmen's technical conditions make it difficult to realize facilities such as fire pits.

Most families had to resort to rounding up their children against the cold.

Some young males just in puberty began to awaken their consciousness, and there was a normal overflow phenomenon in the hazy and beautiful fantasy. They were ashamed to mention the real incentive, so they blamed the reason for being mischievous by the goblin in bed.

Otherwise, if you wake up to wash your pants in the morning in winter, you will be hit by your mother and the quilt will be soiled, then it will be a mixed doubles.

It is not ruled out that there are some succubi who took the opportunity to come to the world to absorb energy. Those creatures from purgatory also often like to do this kind of thing, and some will sneak into the dreamland and blame the dream monster or other goblins.

Over time, some folk stories have been handed down and become legends.

So far, in this northern land of Iser, there is still a saying that a boy encounters a goblin under the bed, which is regarded as a sign of growing up.

In order to prevent the mischievous goblins from harassing his younger brothers and sisters, the brave brother will sleep in a separate room and fight against the mischievous goblins alone...

As Roland thought about it, Luneves's glamorous face suddenly flushed again, and her eyes shone brightly, like ice crystals turning into a pool of spring water.

"Young man, are you willing to let me be your goblin under the bed, to dispel the cold of the severe winter for you?"

She raised her eyebrows, and there was a hint of anticipation in her tone.

Does this work too?
Roland was stunned.

As soon as his nostrils became hot, he felt as if a carriage wheel was rolling over the bridge of his nose, and then he drifted around the corner.

Immediately afterwards, the horsemen pulling the cart stood up, their front legs were like ape's arms, carrying the carriage, and their back legs were like machine wheels, turning fast, roaring away, and gone away.

In a trance, a figure that stripped off its long hair and looked like a big white sheep stood up, and without waiting for his answer, it hugged him tightly with its soft and delicate body.

"Stop talking, love me!"

Under the light of the fire, the shadows of the two men merged together.

　Keke...seek votes

　　
　
(End of this chapter)