You and me under the world tree

After all, he is different from Siegfried who needs to be constantly polished. As a blacksmith, he actually has nothing to do.

After recasting the holy sword of Gorum, he has nothing to do. In theory, he can just leave without anyone stopping him.

However, he still didn't do it after all. He still remembered that more than a year ago, in the underground furnace of the Jura Mountains, he drank like a madman and loudly told his own story.

After casting the holy sword, he was so happy. This feeling was happier than drinking a few catties of honey wine.

Few people can understand his feelings after the successful reforging, which means that his forging skills have not regressed, and he is happier than he forges any weapons.

why?

Because this is the holy sword Gorum, he doesn't care about Hod's assistance in this kind of thing. Aren't Sindri and Derlock also two brothers who cooperate?

There are very few blacksmiths who can restore the holy sword. Lai Jin deeply understands this, so when Gulam is recast, he will be overwhelmed with joy.

Few people can understand this kind of madness, even the long-famous Ivaldi and his sons can't understand it, because they are the dwarf king and dwarf prince first, and the blacksmith second.

But Lai Jin is different, he has lost too much, now he is just a blacksmith, and that skill is the prerequisite for him to maintain his self-esteem.

Thinking about it now, he felt that he was stupid at that time.

Drinking heavily and talking loudly was a far cry from the cautious lifestyle he had followed since he started wandering.

"Maybe I'm really drunk." He muttered, then raised the cup on the table and gurgled down it into his mouth.

To be honest, until now, he was very surprised by his choice. Instead of leaving directly and continuing to hide his identity, he continued to live with them in such a life that he might die if he didn't pay attention.

But having said that, he had a relatively comfortable life this year.

There is no blacksmith shop or shop here, so he doesn't have to get up early and black every day to do business. What he has to do every day is to sit in a tavern and get drunk, recalling the past like a drunk.

Of course, occasionally someone will come to talk to him, and these people are generally adventurers who are curious about the race of dwarves.

"Tsk." He smacked his lips, "This wine is not exciting!"

His voice was not too low, and such a sentence was directly spread throughout the tavern, but the people around him were no strangers to it, and even the tavern owner ignored him.

After all, he has been here for a while, and he is not an ordinary drunkard. He can always pay one gold coin each time, and then sit in the tavern for a whole day.

A gold coin can already be regarded as a very high income for this frontier tavern, so the boss doesn't care what he does, after all, the dwarf didn't make trouble or anything.

"Drunk, he's drunk." When the dwarf's words caught the attention of the adventurers around him, the boss just said casually.

In fact, he has a taste that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Of course, the mead in his house is not excellent compared to other places, but the tavern that can't stand him is the only tavern in the small town of Strath.

Because of this uniqueness, generally speaking, those adventurers who want to relax must come to his tavern.

The old dwarf just sat in the corner of the tavern, holding the wine bottle and looking around at the people around him.

He was probably drunk, but maybe he wasn't.

Although his eyes were indeed looking straight ahead, but now, he was not looking at these people in front of him.

His gaze crossed the front and went to more than a year ago.

In this way, the scene of him making loud noises was constantly replaying in front of his eyes, he revealed all his own secrets, and it was still facing two human beings.

But does he regret it?

No, to be honest, Lai Jin didn't have any regrets in his heart.

For him now, it doesn't feel bad to reveal the secrets that have been accumulated in his heart for decades, because when he is drunk, he always feels relieved.

Siegfried is growing up...

As an adoptive father who had never fulfilled his responsibilities, he felt a little happy in his heart when he saw the young man who had only a mediocre temperament gradually grow up.

There was no conflict between this kind of joy and the worry he felt when he learned the prophecy, he was just purely happy.

"Heh heh heh..." He just laughed to himself

However, Lakin may have forgotten that his voice tends to be sharp and mean.

His voice gave people a treacherous feeling, and when he laughed, there was an inexplicable sense of sarcasm, which was why most players hated him.

So since the players are like this, so are the adventurers in these taverns.

From their point of view, it was the dwarf who looked like an old drunk who suddenly laughed when he saw them, which felt like a mockery.

What's more, it was a dwarf, a dwarf with a relatively low status in the entire Nine Realms.

So it makes them feel bad...

Among Midgard, the customs of tidying up seldom breed any restrained souls.

If they can come out to take risks with enthusiasm, then they can also fight over small things, such as now...

"what are you laughing at!"

Several adventurers who were still quietly waiting for the boss to serve food stood up at the same time. Although their partners also wanted to hold them back at this time, it seemed that it was useless.

"Forget it, it's nothing, and it doesn't hinder us."

"You can bear it but I can't bear it."

Young people are different from those old-fashioned guys, who generally cannot help their temper.

But at this moment, a figure blocked in front of them.

In terms of height, he was not much taller than them, but the cloak that covered his battle armor looked weather-beaten.

It seems that some comers are not good...

Although these adventurers are irritable, it doesn't mean that they are ignorant of current affairs. After seeing the extremely well-shielded guy, they started to retreat from the bottom of their hearts.

He has a very different temperament, he is different from those who go out purely for the sake of adventure and bragging.

"Let's stop here, that old guy is my acquaintance."

Now that he has said so, these adventurers are certainly not ignorant of current affairs, and they just sat back in their seats quietly.

This man's aura not only frightened the adventurers, but even swept the entire tavern. He just looked around for a week, but no one dared to talk to him, even the tavern owner was silent.

Then, he sat directly in front of the drunk old dwarf.

Maybe at this time, only the old dwarf in front of him can recognize him...

"Stinky boy..." He only looked up at the helmet under the cloak of the other party, and he called out this title, "Finally back?"

"Well, I'm back." He said

Siegfried, come back!

Chapter 11: Thoughts After Growing Up

In fact, I don't blame Lakin for his attitude, because Siegfried has been away for more than half a year.

This was encouraged by Huo De. After the lecture was over and some of the most basic things were explained, the sage of Volsung encouraged him to walk around and visit various countries.

And this approach is not incomprehensible, after all, Siegfried's goal is not to become a warrior, but a king.

He had no chance to learn from his father as king, and he could only see everything with his own eyes.

So he started planning his itinerary very early on, and after planning his itinerary with a rough atrium map, he set off.

Theoretically speaking, with the strength of the divine steed Grani's feet that are too strong, in fact, it only takes half a year for him to walk around the entire kingdom of Midgard. If you need to observe, at most Just spend a year.

His route looks like this:

Starting from the Netherlands, he first set off towards the north: the border of the Netherlands, Denmark, Gitland, and Norway. After arriving at the coast, he did not take a boat, but rode a horse all the way to the south.

After passing through the Gothic Kingdom, he went to Burgundy, and after a quick tour there, he finally arrived at the Hungarian Empire, which is currently the most powerful in Midgard.

How much energy is saved by an excellent horse, the journey that should have taken several years to complete was directly compressed into one year in theory!

In fact, this year is also the time limit set by Siegfried himself. At the latest, he will definitely return to the Netherlands and Strath.

But in fact he still broke his promise, because he still spent a few more months.

But he didn't think it was wrong, so he didn't have to pretend to be silent in front of Lai Jin.

"I've been to a lot of places during this time. As for why I came back late, it's because I saw a caravan after arriving in Hungary." He said, "I followed the caravan after that."

At the same time, he took off the hood of his cloak and his helmet, revealing his youthful features.

More than a year has passed, and he actually doesn't have much time to take care of his hair, which caused his hair to be messy. During this period of time, he guessed that he could only shave his beard with a knife every morning so.

"What an embarrassing face."

Although it is a bit too much to say that Siegfried, a young man who has just returned, this is indeed Lakin's idea.

Siegfried used to live an ordinary life as an apprentice blacksmith. He had a lot of time to organize his appearance, but now he can't do it after all.

Therefore, Siegfried will not be angry or irritable because of this, not to mention that he is a mild-tempered person.

"Life alone is much more difficult than I imagined. I had to cook by myself when I was out in the wild. If my uncle hadn't taught me some cooking skills, I guess I would have to eat raw flesh and blood with Granny."

He is much more mature than before...

This is Lai Jin's feeling, there is no complaint in his tone, this kind of calm attitude is something he didn't have before.

And in terms of temperament, the current Siegfried is definitely not inferior to any warrior.

"I still remember that your greatest wish was to take risks with a sword in your hand."

"Because at that time, I didn't like being confined to one place, and I always felt very boring."

"What about now?"

"Now..." Speaking of these, Siegfried's handsome face could not help showing a touch of delicacy and helplessness, "Now, actually, I think it's good to settle down here."

This is his most real feeling, without any tendency.

Because that enthusiasm faded quickly after he embarked on an unrestrained, private adventure with a passion for it.

There were many travelers in the towns he passed, but they all had their own professions: mercenaries, merchants, and they traveled to support their families.

There are actually very few people who are truly capable and can take risks without restraint, and people are not actually free.

But of course, there are people who really love the 'adventure' thing, they want to go to various places on foot, to see the scenery, this is their purest purpose.

"I thought about it carefully. I'm not a businessman or a mercenary. I don't like being controlled by others. I didn't have any travel plans at first."

In the end, Siegfried laughed himself. For him now, the self more than a year ago was quite ridiculous.

Just like what my uncle said, when he really started traveling and visited various kingdoms, he matured a lot.

"Thinking about it carefully, I used to have no specific purpose at all. Rather than taking risks, it is better to say that I want to leave the place where I grew up. This idea disappeared when I arrived in Denmark."

After really experiencing the loneliness of being alone, Siegfried really understood the meaning of the words 'travel' and 'adventure', which are not that simple.

"Then what is the reason for you to continue traveling?" He asked casually

"It's fresh, I want to look around, and besides, I want to go back." He said something like this

Siegfried's tone was very calm, but what he said was somewhat contradictory to outsiders, but Lakin could understand what he was talking about.

Siegfried, the descendant of Volsunger, when he said "go back", he meant returning to the Netherlands and the royal city built by the Volsunger family, but it is not that simple to go back.

Thinking of this, Lai Jin couldn't help feeling emotional, and most of his drunkenness disappeared at this time.

He has really grown up and learned to observe his surroundings and choose his words carefully.

In the previous conversation, only the parties involved could understand what they were talking about, and the others probably could only understand the superficial meaning.

"I'm suddenly curious about your adventures." The dwarf finally said

But at this time, Siegfried began to whet his appetite.

"It's not urgent, we still have to wait for uncle... where did he go?" he asked

"Since you left, he hasn't stayed here long in Strath. He has also left, and only comes back to visit occasionally." Speaking of this, Lai Jin suddenly spread his palm to draw a rune in his palm. It is the magic to track a certain object engraved with runes, "But you don't have to worry, he should come over by this time."

He jumped off the chair prepared for humans, and ran out of the tavern all the way.

He was so fast that Siegfried didn't even get up, and the old dwarf just ran to the door.

"Okay, come on, he's already in the hotel."

Chapter 12: Questions and Answers between Master and Apprentice·Again

Magic is a wonderful thing...

When the great god Odin and the three goddesses of fate expanded the nine major runes to eighteen runes, they studied various runes, and various effects can be elicited through the magical arrangement of characters.