The Brave Girl and the Great Demon King

Chapter 24 032: The Familiar and the Holy Tree
Alicia was already getting angry, but the animal-skin boy didn't know it. He stared angrily and said, "My grandfather said that you do as the Romans do. When you come to our place, you have to follow our customs. If you propose, I agree. You are me." Women, the truth is as hard as a rock and cannot be changed."

"Go away." Alicia only said this, and suddenly stopped again. At that moment, she felt that familiar wave again. It had been away for a long time, and it seemed to be close to her. But there is a feeling of mistyness that can't be grasped, it should be nearby, Alicia thought, opened the door and walked out.

"Where do you want to go, I'll take you, don't wander around." The skin boy shouted.

This is a small plain in the depths of the Boundary River, backed by mountains and water, and the small village that claims to be a lost tribe is located in this huge jungle that soars into the sky, surrounded by the thick gray fog that is unique to the Boundary River. The sky above is clear and blue, and the sun is shining brightly. It seems that there is some special force that resolutely pushes away the haze and props up a clean sky for this village. The neat houses and thriving crops, under the sunshine, exude a A beautiful meaning of a paradise.

"...there is the school, and it used to be the assembly hall." Seeing Alicia wandering around in the village, she seemed to be very interested, the animal skin boy immediately forgot the quarrel just now, and followed behind. What's on the side, what's on the other side, dutifully introduce.

Occasionally, a villager came over, and when they saw this scene, they all greeted with a smile and said, "Li An, take your woman out for a walk?"

"Yeah, grandpa said, you have to love your own woman." The animal-skin boy replied seriously.

After listening to it many times, Alicia finally noticed something strange, and asked back, "Your name is Lian, what's your full name?"

"Finally you're willing to talk to me. It's not good for you to have such a cold personality. My grandfather said that a cold woman can't catch her husband's heart, and her life will be unhappy in the future..." The animal-skin boy chattered endlessly, and in exchange for Alicia With a cold look, those beautiful black eyes seemed to be written with such a strong signal as "Shut up, shut up", which made the skin boy stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but answer honestly, "Leopold, everyone calls me Lian, so you don't know."

"Over there in the mine, there's a man named Yu with a completely different name." Alicia said thoughtfully. The fish's rapier left a deep impression on her. It has a human breath, but it exerts the power of swordsmanship to the extreme. It is dangerous and full of power. If the fight continued at that time, the loser would probably be Alicia.

"Fish is not a name, but a title. His swordsmanship is as nimble as swimming fish." The young Leopold, who was affectionately called Lian by the villagers, explained in this way, resting his hands behind his head, and announced triumphantly, "Over A few days will be my coming-of-age ceremony, and when I pass the test in the village, I will also get a title, and I will be able to call myself by the title in the future."

The customs here seem to be different from the alliance city where Alicia lived. Over there, it is considered an adult at the age of sixteen, and then you can enjoy all the rights of citizens, but the customs here are more like maintaining the previous tradition. , the coming-of-age ceremony, and the corresponding test, there seem to be similar records in the books of that kind of folk customs.

Could it be the humans who moved here before?
Alicia thought about it, and replied absent-mindedly, "He's better than you."

"...That's because he is older than me. After a few years, I will definitely be stronger than him and get a stronger title." Leopold clenched his fists and said unconvinced.

"I'm younger than you, and you can't beat me." Alicia said sharply.

The skin boy's face turned red all of a sudden, and he clenched his fist as if he was about to hit someone. Seeing that Alicia refused to let her fight back, I think what she said was indeed true. In terms of ranking, fish is probably bigger than Alicia and bigger than Leopold. Thinking of this, the boy suddenly became discouraged again, and said angrily, "I will be very good in the future, better than you all."

When the two were confronting each other, a villager passed by, laughed and joked, "What's the matter, Li'an, are you having trouble with the little wife?"

The man said something casually, and without waiting for an answer, he hurried away, making Alicia think for a long time, and suddenly said: "Be gentler, be more powerful...you are not Lian. "

The meaning inside and outside the words, as if saying that he is not worthy to be called this name, made the animal skin boy burst into tears with anger, waved his fist angrily, turned around and ran, shouting angrily Shouting: "Smelly woman, I don't know good from bad, so I won't talk to you anymore!"

Alicia looked back for a while, and said plainly, "I'm still an irrational child." Then she turned around and continued her wandering in the village as if nothing had happened.

When almost reaching the center of the village, the familiar fluctuations of magic power became more intense and stable, and what appeared in front of Alicia was a huge green tree. There are countless jade-colored flowers hanging like bells, and under the breeze, they slowly exude fresh and natural power, bit by bit dispelling the unique dark power in the Jiehe River.

It was there, what she was looking for was there!Alicia suddenly felt a strong feeling. She couldn't help but took a step forward and trot excitedly, but when her steps stepped into the outermost shade of the trees, her movements stopped as if frozen, and the big cold sweat slowed down. It popped out, rolled down her cheeks and fell to the ground, and then heard a cold snort, as if it sounded directly in her mind.

Without thinking, Alicia jumped out suddenly like a frightened rabbit, retreated several hundred meters, and then stopped in horror, and there seemed to be an unusual breeze blowing at the place where she stood a second before. It blew past in curls, bringing a slight rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other.

Will be killed, as long as you dare to step into the area under the tree, you will be killed!
Alicia thought in astonishment, and what made her feel even more horrified was that she only sensed the murderous intent, but could not find the trace of that person, which means that the strength of that person is far above her, and as long as that person is willing, he can kill him at any time. They could have taken her life directly.

There are masters in this village.

After discovering such a fact, Alicia did not dare to go any further, and left the range of the big tree resentfully, and returned to the cabin where she woke up before. Try your best to think of a way.

There are not many residents in the village, and there are only fifty or sixty households in total, two to three hundred people, and many of them will be sent to the mine to be guarded, so there are very few young people who really stay in the village , probably because of the lack of playmates of the same age, Leopold became quite tolerant in his attitude towards Alicia, even if he ran away in such a rage, he wandered back after a short while.

"I don't want to forgive you, but it's just because I'm bored, and my grandfather also said that a man has to be graceful, and he can't always be as knowledgeable as a woman." Leopold sat on the window sill, muttering resentfully.

"What is that tree in the middle of the village? Someone is guarding it." Alicia was not good at that kind of roundabout and cryptic questioning method, so she simply asked questions directly.

Leopold didn't have much doubts, because the huge tree was quite conspicuous, and it was easy for others to see the difference, so he muttered a few complaints like "bad attitude", and quickly answered.

"That's the holy tree in the village. It can bless the stability of time and space, and the monsters won't invade. It's been hundreds of years. It grew there a long time ago. As long as the tree blooms, it will have magical effects. Anyway, it's the most important thing. , the elders of the village are guarding there, and no one is allowed to approach casually."

"You have no magic power," Alicia said.

"Yes, but the form of action is different." Leopold said, suddenly stopped vigilantly and shook his head, "No, this is a secret in the village, and we can only talk about it after we get married. "

"I'm going to the sacred tree." Alicia said bluntly.

Leopold opened his mouth in surprise, shook his head violently, and said again and again: "Impossible, only the elders can go to pray to the sacred tree, and no one else is allowed to approach it. That is something that we can't do even after we get married." !"

"I didn't want to marry you. A man I can't beat is useless." Alicia said meanly.

This hit the boy's weakness again, he became angry for the second time in a day, beat the window frame and said viciously: "Woman, don't be too arrogant, if you have the guts, come out to a duel!"

Alicia didn't even raise her head, and said lightly: "No time."

After driving Leopold away in anger, not long after, I saw Diana come in with dinner, put down the plate, and persuaded: "Miss, we can stay here safely, thanks to the care of Master Lian, it's better not to fight against him Alright, accept your fate, I don’t know how much more secure it is now than when you were in the mine, Miss, cherish the opportunity.”

Alicia spooned the soup and took a picture of Diana, as if to see her reflection in it clearly. Just when Diana thought she was going to spill the bowl of soup, Alicia took a sip slowly , opened her small lips, and said coldly: "I've only met you a few times, and I'm not familiar with you."

"It's been a time of sharing joys and sorrows..." Diana said timidly, looking at Alicia's little face that never changed expression, her heart sank suddenly, and she squeezed the edge of the tray hard, almost wanting to All five fingernails were flipped up.

(End of this chapter)