Not a Witch

The canopy and branches of the tree overwhelmed the surrounding ground and plants, and the large dark green leaves shook and rattled, and Lottie also heaved a sigh of relief.

"How about it, isn't it a sense of accomplishment." Nika smiled.

"Sister Lottie's first logging success was a big success~." She smiled and gave a thumbs up, and then tried to carve small characters on the broken part of the tree.

"You have to remember it well. If you build a house with the wood of this tree in the future, you should also remember who cut it down. After all, it took a lot of effort." She squatted there, then picked up the knife and swayed. Written obliquely.

After a while, the girl stood up and patted her clothes.

Looking at the sun above the head that is gradually reaching the mid-heaven, the time has passed noon unknowingly.

"Let's rest for a while, let's have something to eat." After speaking, Nicola took Lotty to sit on the branch of the fallen tree, and then took out the dry food wrapped at the bottom of the basket.

"It's easier at noon, and I'll eat delicious food at night."

Afterwards, the two chatted, and Lottie listened curiously to Nika talking about her daily life, such as what kind of crops are more delicious, the wild deer she saw when herding sheep, how to use lights to fish at night, how to pick up cicada sloughs in summer, Those wild fruits can be eaten directly, and so on.

For Lottie, who grew up in the castle and the court, all this was so fresh and interesting, which made her seem to see another world, a life experience completely different from that of nobles, and also different from that of ordinary people in small towns and cities.

It turned out that such existence still exists.

The world is so vast and colorful, maybe I thought it was too limited.

After lunch, the two took a nap against the trees, and then cut down two big trees in the afternoon before preparing to return.

"Sure enough, Sister Lottie is smart, once she learns it, the afternoon will be much faster." Nika was talking about the afternoon.

"Actually, it's just taking advantage of the extraordinary physique." Lottie said a little embarrassedly. This is also the rare time she has been praised these days, and she feels warm in her heart.

"So humble." Nika pouted, wanting to say something, but felt uncomfortable.

"Actually, Sister Lottie is very powerful. She is stronger than many of her older brothers. If you are great, you are great."

"Why are you afraid of other people's praise? If I have the strength of Sister Lottie, I will be very happy every day."

"This..." Xia Lanluote was momentarily at a loss for words, talking about when she was like this.

When the Baskar family was still there, I was also the kind of person who would honestly say thank you when receiving compliments, but why do I feel guilty now.

Maybe it's the discovery that I'm actually weak and powerless.

She closed her pupils slightly, recalling her experience over the past year, always being rescued, always being helped by others, and always relying on the sacrifices of others to keep herself alive again and again.

So, I have nothing to be proud of, but I have a famous name because of my ancestor Yu Ze.

"Actually, if Nika practiced from a young age, she would have reached this level. I'm just lucky." She said what she was thinking.

"But no, I don't like people who always say if if, hum." Nika was a little unhappy.

"Brother Tewen is like this. He always says that he is unrecognized for his talents. If he comes from a better background, or if he is rich and powerful, he can do so."

"I hate people who say they can do whatever they want, as if their own failures and misfortunes are all other people's fault, and it's all because of their unlucky luck."

"If I had an apple, I would definitely eat it happily, instead of saying that I was lucky, I had an apple, and no one else had it. I didn't deserve what I got, so I should be ashamed and not happy. "

"Such a person is really awkward." Nika turned around in front and said with wide-eyed eyes.

"If you have it, you will have it. If you have it, you will be happy. If you don't have it, you won't have it. Just look for it. Why are you unhappy all day long, or you are so arrogant, so disgusting."

"But, if this apple should belong to someone else." Lottie stroked the hair on the side of her ear, looking down at the road under her feet.

"How could it be someone else's? Could it be snatched? That's really not good."

"It's not robbing, it's just...it's just that at that time, everyone gave me more. Logically speaking, it was actually unfair, but no one realized it." Lottie bit her lip.

"Is that so..." Nika walked ahead.

"It feels like Sister Lottie has a lot of things hidden in her heart. I am a child, and I don't know many things. It's just that if this is the case, then just go back."

"But there's no such thing..." Lottie wanted to shake her head before finishing speaking, but her voice gradually became quieter.

Should I go back? Is it too late? After all, everyone doesn't believe me anymore, and...and...and many people have died. She thought of those faces in her heart.

"Is it difficult? Well, maybe I think too simple. I'm sorry, Sister Lottie." Nika felt that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, well, obviously her mother taught herself not to judge other people's ideas at will, after all Have not experienced it personally.

"It's nothing, maybe you're right." Lottie looked at the setting sun, the warm red afterglow spread all over the mountains, occasionally a bird song resounded in the forest, and curls rose from the camp at the foot of the mountain. cooking smoke.

It's a beautiful place, she seemed to be moved.

"It's not bad, hehe." Seeing Lottie stop to look at the scenery, Nika also came over.

"I really like it here. I don't have those troublesome things in the city. I feel so happy. I wish it had been like this forever." She lifted one foot and spun on the flat stone slab, and a happy voice came out.

"Yes, there will be such a life, in fact, I like it very much." Lottie, that is, Xia Lanlotte, looked at the mountains and fields, and murmured to herself.

A week later, the sky knight who was driving the phoenix finally woke up.

Cialando helped her sit up in the newly built wooden house and brought her a glass of water.

"feelling better?"

"It's better, thank you, my lord." The purple-haired woman drank water, looked around for a while, and then asked about the situation.

"Where have we been?"

"This is Cold Lake Province, which is the mountain forest in the middle of the empire near the southern border. We are in a hidden camp. Don't worry, there are no imperial legions around."

Cialando sat lightly beside the woman, and slowly told about her experiences along the way.

"It's really blessed by the gods." After listening, the female knight was also very grateful, and then she told her identity.

"Hello, Sir Cialando, my name is Finise, and I come from the hidden guardian clan." After she finished speaking, she groped around and took out a pendant on her chest, which had a black phoenix coat of arms.

On the pitch-black ground, the crater was about to erupt, and one of the firebirds jumped out of it, lifelike. This coat of arms is very delicate, and when Charlanot's hand touches it, one can feel a kind of kindness the warmth.

"My ancestors were once greatly favored by the Baska family, so they vowed to protect the descendants of the Baska family in the dark. In peacetime, we generally do not contact the Baska family. Only in times of crisis, we will show up. so as to avoid being targeted.”

Listening to Finnis' narration, Ciaranlott understood the past hundreds of years ago. At that time, the Baskar family conquered the dragons in the southern border and saved the dying Phoenix family.At that time, the phoenix clan and the red dragon clan fought with each other, but because their numbers were far smaller than each other, they gradually fell behind. Most of the craters used to hatch larvae were occupied by red dragons, and it became more and more difficult to reproduce.

"It was also at that time that the Baska family specially opened up a hidden volcanic territory for our ancestors to guard there and take care of the weak phoenix."

"In order to avoid suspicion, we were not given aristocratic status, but we were given a lot of help and shelter, and we were able to gradually multiply and live there."

Finnis talked about her childhood life, living in an isolated mountain forest village, practicing extraordinary skills according to her parents' instructions, and getting close to the newborn phoenix hatchlings.

"So that's how it is." After hearing this, Ciaranrot realized that the Baska family had left behind so many followers.

Perhaps the ancestors also considered a lot, such as the decline of the family, the rebellion, the decline of the empire, etc., to preserve as many options as possible for their descendants.

"Actually, the ancestors of the Pascal family once originated in the middle of the empire, and they buried a lot of treasures in the past fiefs, which can be used in times of crisis." Finnis explained why the phoenix brought the two of them The reason for flying to the middle of the empire instead of south.

"If the eldest lady needs it, I can take you to the hidden treasure of the Baskar family, where you can obtain the resources to make a comeback."

"Have you been there before?"

"Not really, but because of the guidance of a pendant and your blood, the seal can be unlocked." Finnis explained.

"That's it." Xia Lanluote did not immediately agree, but walked to the window lightly, looking at the busy and harmonious small village outside.

It's something they've just recently set up, and Lottie has been a part of a lot of it.

"Phoenix, I believe in your loyalty, and I know that you are willing to give everything for me, but I am hesitant."

"What is the comeback for, just to let my descendants continue to live that luxurious life?"

"If it was before, I might agree."

"But since the Baskar family collapsed, I have experienced too many things and seen too many sad scenes."

"Mother, elder sister, Ewinie, Gelsmith, Dragon Knight, Dragon of Doom, they all fell in front of me one by one.

"Is it just for such a reason? It's really ridiculous." She turned around with a sad and sad smile on her face.

"Actually, I don't care whether I can survive or not, or maybe it is because I am alive that so many conflicts and sorrows have been caused." The girl pressed her chest lightly with one hand, and closed her eyes with trembling eyelashes.

"I'm tired of being saved and it makes me feel miserable and guilty."

"The good wishes hundreds of years ago have caused the bad and bad situation today."

"I wanted to jump out of the vortex of revenge, but found that those sins and karma had already entangled me."

"It's like a curse that made me gradually embark on this path of no return."

"But is this really the future I want to see?"

"Kill all the enemies, execute all the related personnel who have persecuted our family, and then live happily?"

"No, there is no such happiness anymore."

"A wound is a wound that never heals, and the life that dies never returns."

The woman stared blankly at the girl who was struggling in pain, and couldn't help but speak.

"Then what kind of future do you want to embrace? If possible, I would like to follow it for the rest of my life, because this is an oath and agreement made a hundred years ago."

Charanlotte approached slowly, looking at the loyal knight in front of her, her eyes gradually approached, and a brand new flame seemed to burn out of them.

"I must make up for the mistakes made by my predecessors and cut off all this sadness."

"If it was the Baskar family that brought sorrow and pain to this land, then I will return it with songs and tears of blood."

"I will give my all, whether it is wisdom, wealth, blood, tears, name or everything, to end this sad reign and let everyone live a happy and stable life."

"Ordinary life inspired me and let me know that, in fact, life also has a completely different trajectory."

"I don't necessarily want to restore the Baskar family, or even defeat all the enemies."

"Where the empire came from, I don't fully know, but now I see a small village established."

"It's so simple and unpretentious, it gives me so much peace of mind."

"Small villages gather to gradually form towns, and each town gathers to gradually form a city, and each city dots the land, and finally forms a vast country."

"The most complex things are also made of extremely basic things."

"I don't know how to build a perfect country, but I think if there are more peaceful villages like this, and everyone gets along fairly and harmoniously, then we can usher in a bright future."

"In this way, the mistakes made by the family can be made up for a little bit, and I can also gain the long-lost peace of mind."

"So, are you willing to join me in changing this rotten and depraved land? Burn all the old mistakes, build a new country, and embark on this path like purgatory."

"I am willing to follow your will until that red heart stops beating." The knight pressed his chest with one hand, half kneeling, just like the ancient murals, and made an unchanging oath.

Chapter 150 VII The Ancient Gemini Throne

The southern border, Mountain Sakura City.

In the early morning, after breakfast, Geweier was reading the recent reports from various towns in the study, when there was a melodious and brisk flute sound outside the glass window.