Not a Witch

Looking at the boy who became silent again, the girl guessed that there might be some unspeakable difficulties.

Loren Hill no longer got to the bottom of the matter, and asked another question.

"Where are you going in the future?"

"I...I don't know, maybe I will find a place to live in the forest, or maybe one day I will be eaten by a passing monster."

A self-deprecating wry smile appeared on the boy's face, and he buried his face in his arms on his knees.

The yellow bonfire crackled in the night, dispelling the chill of the night in the mountains, the smell of burning wood permeates the surrounding, and occasionally the sound of insects in the distance can be heard.

The forest at night is not safe, and this is the inaccessible Tisilan Mountains. The traces of monsters with extraordinary power can often be seen. Fortunately, the nearby red dragonfly died soon, and other monsters have not spread the territory. , so it's been fairly stable recently.

The teenager thought that when an ordinary person like himself entered the big forest, he was courting death.

However, he had no other way out.

Why did he come this far? He is obviously a timid person, and he clearly just wants to be an ordinary person who helps others raise sheep.

If you want to say the biggest dream, it is to please Aunt Sandy at the head of the village and make her promise to marry Joanna.

Although Joanna has a few freckles on her face, she really likes her lively appearance. Unfortunately, Aunt Sandy is a tailor, and her family is better than her, and she can eat white bread occasionally.And he has only eaten half of the white bread in his life, or the smaller half that his cousin got when he got married.

The young man stared blankly at the bonfire in front of him and fell into memory and thinking.

"Have you thought about how to live?"

Roland Hill took out a few fruits and placed them by the fire, ready to eat them after they were roasted. The green fruits were similar to the citrus in memory, with a sweet and sour taste.

"do not know...."

There was a flame of hatred burning in the young man's heart, but he felt lost for his weakness.

"Well then, you can tell me about the outside world, okay?"

"You... No, hello, noble lady. Thank you for your rescue. Just ask, and I will tell you everything I know."

"Don't be so respectful, just call me Loren Hill."

"Well, let's call you Miss Lorraine Hill, otherwise it would be too rude."

"Well, you care about manners, has anyone taught you?" Roland Hill was a little curious.

"No, I just saw that everyone in the city called those noble ladies that way."

"So, have you ever been to school?"

"No, civilians like us are not qualified to go to school, and we don't have that much money. In our village, only the village chief can read and write, and the rest only know a few important numbers."

"Okay, what year is it now?"

"It should be more than 1600 years in the third era. I don't know the specifics. I just heard it from a priest who passed by the village."

Has it been so long? Triinasha still remembers the Second Era, she doesn't know when it will end, and the Third Era has passed for more than 1600 years.Loren Hill sighed and continued to ask.

"What countries are there on the mainland now?"

"Sorry, I don't know. I used to be the furthest from home and only been to Trin City. I only knew that I was in the West Wind Kingdom."

"As for other countries... I've only heard of the Principality of Black Rock. It seems to be a country of mercenaries in the north. I've seen some mercenaries claiming to be Weitz Mountain people from Black Rock."

Roland Hill later chatted for a while, and got a general idea of ​​what's going on outside.Although Pullman doesn't know much, from the daily life, customs and labor he described, the current world should be similar to the situation in medieval Europe, where the people's productive capacity is limited, and the nobles rule their own territories.

As for the extraordinary ability, Pullman just heard that the captain of the guard in Tring City has the strength of Sequence 1, which is already very powerful, even the nearby robbers dare not provoke him.

Very weak, although Roland Hill himself is only Sequence 1, but because he was under the tutelage of Trinasa, who used to be a powerful figure in the Mercury Dynasty, in Trinasa's description, Sequence 1 is only for learning transition, the most That is to do as an auxiliary, the warriors of the dynasty started at least Sequence 2.

Even the most elite combat troops of the dynasty were all Sequence 5. For example, the Knights of the New Moon Death Scythe at that time, all members were Necromancer Sequence 5 o Death Scythe Knights.

There was no way, at that time, with the accumulation of thousands of years in the elven countries, the per capita combat effectiveness was very high, and the soldiers who did not have the strength of Sequence 2 were not qualified enough to play as cannon fodder.

In the past 1600 years, what has Ivar experienced? It has degenerated to such a point, and the elves have not counterattacked. Although the silver elves have been exterminated, there are still many forest elves left. To the ice elves in the northern continent, they are in good condition.

There are still many questions, but it is impossible to understand clearly today. Let’s go out and learn more later, the girl stopped asking.

"Where does Miss Lorraine Hill come from. Like you, it should be a lady from a big noble family."

From the poor knowledge of the young man, he could only imagine that the young lady of the big noble family could have such looks and clothes, and the girl had fair fingers and no trace of labor at all. This is not something ordinary people can do.

"No, I'm just an ordinary person... Well, I have lived in the forest with my teacher since I was a child, but the teacher passed away not long ago."

After thinking for a while, the girl replied that it was basically true.

"Is your injury okay? I see blood on your clothes."

"It's okay, I won't die in a while, but...some things I'm afraid will never be able to do."

The boy's voice was a little choked.

"What's the matter?"

The night wind in the forest blew through, the bonfire kept swaying, and the boy began to tell an ordinary but sad story.

Chapter 7 Final Answers

Pullman's home is in Brownwood Village. The village is close to the forest in the Tissilan Mountains.

The only specialty in the village is the gooseberry native to the forest. The bright red grape-like gooseberry is a rare berry with a sour taste. Some nobles like to eat it, so every year, merchants come to the village to buy it, which is also one of the first in the village. largest income of the year.

It happened when businessmen came to buy it this year.

The most important thing about fruit is freshness. Mr. Mok will come to Brownwood Village a week or two earlier every year at this time of the year, and sell the gooseberries produced in the village this year to nearby cities in batches. This kind of fruit sells very well. In order to show their status, those rich people in the city often purchase some hospitality to show their superiority and wealth.

Besides, it's not expensive to buy. If you give these silly villagers a basket of silver coins, they will be very happy.And after he transported it to the city and washed it, he could sell it on a clean plate for 60 silver coins a basket, which is a huge profit.

In the high-end shops in the noble districts of the city, these dusty country bumpkins will never have a chance to enter, and naturally they will not know what the price of these fruits will be.Mr. Mock has been doing this business for many years.

On the way, he happened to meet Pullman's sister Ashley.

Ashley is 14 years old this year. She just came back from a bath by the river. Her youthful and beautiful face immediately attracted the attention of Mr. Mock.

Pullman's sister was spotted by the merchant Mock, and told his parents that he could take her sister to the city as a maid for the nobleman.

Being a servant for the nobles is much happier than that of ordinary villagers. It is stable and will not starve to death. In this dangerous world, it is a career that many commoners yearn for.

So Pullman's parents happily agreed, so Mock also gave Pullman's parents a sum of money, and Pullman was also very happy.

After all, his sister has a good job, and he vaguely felt that if he had this money, he could discuss his marriage with Joanna.

But what he didn't expect is that since then, he has not been able to see his sister, who is a little thin, but obedient and obedient.

After his sister left, two months later, he entered Trin City to find out the address of the nobleman's house and wanted to see his sister, but was stopped by the guards.

He was just a commoner boy, and naturally he couldn't enter the nobles' courtyard, so he stayed on the opposite side and inquired about his sister from the servants who came in and out.

But the strange thing was that no one knew his sister. In the end, he felt something was wrong. One day, he sneaked in at night. Because he was not familiar with the terrain, he was quickly caught by the guards.

In the West Wind Kingdom, the life of a commoner is not valuable. Besides, he broke into the mansion privately and was soon tortured. Fortunately, he was indeed a teenager from a nearby village, and many people recognized him. After a while, it was finally released.

But he still didn't give up, kneeling on the ground with his scarred knees, constantly begging the guard to let him see his sister.

In the end, a young guard couldn't stand it any longer. When he left, he whispered in his ear, "You can go to the barren hills in the south of the city to find it."

When he staggered to the barren mountain, what appeared in front of him were small mounds of exposed bones.

This is a mass grave.

A bad expectation appeared in his mind, he rummaged around, only to find a corpse with a similar shape.

But it was still recognizable from the torn clothes that it was his sister.

That's right, the noble man wanted a maid, but he wasn't the kind of maid that everyone imagined to serve in daily life, but a plaything that could be thrown away at any time.

The boy shook his hands, unable to accept the fact, he just sat beside the corpse all day and night, and finally wept open the soil and buried the thin body in the soil.

When he said this, the boy's voice was a little choked, and remorse filled his heart. If, if only he persuaded his parents at that time, it would be good, if only then he didn't indulge in his fantasies about Joanna.

Why, why is this, their family just wants to live a better life!Is such a small wish not allowed?

"Do you want revenge?"

The clear voice of the silver-haired girl came from across the fire.

"I think, but I don't have the strength, and my parents don't allow me to do it."

The teenager's parents also vaguely noticed the truth of the matter afterwards, but perhaps considering the huge gap in strength, the difficulty of adult life, or perhaps they didn't care about this daughter, they did not seek revenge from Mok, and they were ready to calm down and reassure Pullman. Work at home and stop going to Trinity.

"Why? Why are they so indifferent."

The boy grabbed his knees tightly, his voice full of confusion and anger.

In the eyes of children, parents are heaven, aren't they omnipotent?

Roland Hill also recalled some past memories. After junior high school, the myth of her parents in her heart had been shattered, and she thought she was much smarter than them.

However, after graduating from work and being beaten by the society, she began to understand some of her parents' choices. Many things were not unwilling, but impossible.

Just as Roland Hill was about to enlighten the boy, the mechanical voice of the system emerged again.

New quest: Answer the doubts of the young Pullman, and get a reward based on the completion, at least 70%. (Current progress is 0%)

Rewards: Every time you reach 20% progress, you will get a chance to draw a lottery. When the completion level is 100%, you will get an extraordinary creation formula.

Well, does this system also come with real-time emergency missions?

Loren Hill began to carefully recall the experience of the boy and the possible doubts in his heart.

"Perhaps, the parents also have their own considerations."

Lorraine Hill began to explain to Pullman the difficulty of adult life, not only to support a family, nobles and businessmen are powerful, even if they appealed, they would not die, and they had to consider the future survival of their only son, Pullman, and so on.

But the teenager was still a little dissatisfied. He couldn't accept such a result, and the progress showed that it was stuck at 26%.

Roland Hill also understands that such a gentle explanation is not enough to convince the other party, and it would be difficult for her to listen to it.

Then tell him the cruel truth.

"Because you have no power."

The girl stirred the fire, added a few dead branches, and saw that the flames that were about to go out became bigger.

The boy stayed for a while, then lowered his head again.

"Yes, I can't beat that noble."

"No, I'm not talking about this power. That noble is not involved in childbirth, and his body is probably not as strong as you. One-on-one, you should be stronger than him."