"I didn't expect your nose to be so sharp, amazing, amazing~"

Tiya, who showed a pleasant smile, rarely praised her teeth sitting on the ground with her limbs.

"After the rain, most of the smell was washed away, but fortunately there was an overpriced smell nearby."

After explaining, my teeth shook like a dog and shook water. Tiya and Amy nearby were afraid of being splashed, so they took a big step back, but I was hit on the front.

"Yak, you guy is really destined to be with the cliff."

Zier walked over half-jokingly and checked my injuries again.

"I think so too. I think I'm going to move to the foot of the mountain after retirement. No matter how high it is, it will only fall off the roof."

Zier breathed deeply, as if he had calmed down after hearing my joke.

Seeing Zier touching Yak's wound, Natsuki, not far away, nervously ordered:

"Zier, you have to be careful. Yake's wound only cracked last night and he had a lot of blood."

"Yes, I will treat it carefully as broken glass."

Natsuki was very happy to worry about me, but it seemed that she was causing it.

"Tia goes to draw water first, and use magic to treat the stinky brat's wounds later; Zier returns to get a carriage in a nearby town; Ya and I are responsible for warning whether there are rogue thieves in this area."

Matadra began to direct the dispatch, and Amy went to the destroyed carriage to search for the whereabouts of her luggage. Soon, only Natsuki and I were left in the hole.

"Yak..."

Natsuki looked like he wanted to speak but stopped, and his eyes were wandering.

"Is there anything wrong?"

I put down the only job I can do so now and wiped the soil on the scabbard. I don’t know where the sword fell? I hope Amy can get it back by the way.

She took a deep breath and burst into a brilliant smile in the morning light that was immersed in the hole.

"Thank you for sacrificing yourself to protect me in the carriage."

Before I could respond, a little wet and soft touch touched my cheeks.

"This is this, this is what it should be!"

The part that was kissed was as hot as fire, making my whole head hot.

Hey-oh--Why is it suddenly dark in front of me?

"Yak, Yak! Is there anyone? Yak fainted again!?"

I hope my injury will not worsen before reaching Kiwadland...

After hiring a carriage in the mountain town, the princess and her group continued to advance eastward toward the north, crossed several unknown hills, and finally arrived at a military fortress on the border of "Kiwadland" in the evening - Dyrent City.

"Okay, so cold! Why did you cross a mountain and the temperature is so low..."

Tiya hugged her arms tightly and shivered. Her off-shoulder dress, which was originally very small in fabric, looked even thinner in the white snow scene.

"Snow..."

The pure snow in front of me seemed to be dyed bright red in an instant, bringing back the teeth of past memories, and looking dark and sad, but it immediately returned to its usual appearance, just a little quieter.

Just as the team approached the city gate, they were blocked by several guards.

"What's wrong with Didvia coming to Dyrent City."

The fully armed guards set up spears and faced the tall and mighty Matadra, who was wearing heavy armor of red lions, without fear at all.

Matadra drove forward and took out the letter of certificate from her arms and handed it to the guards.

"Confirm that it is the second level of emergency letter, let them go."

The guards lowered their weapons and retreated to both sides to allow the carriage to pass through.

"Captain, the guards here are so tight. Is there anything happening nearby?"

Shortly after entering the city, Yak asked Matadra.

"You don't know this? You'd better ask Zier..."

Matadra shook her head helplessly, feeling foolish about the questions raised by Yak.

Zi Er in front received the order and explained as usual.

"Kiwadland, who is in an alliance with us, has a border in the northeast of Didvia. On the east side of its territory to the Otinger Mountains, it is full of many joint clans. They do not communicate with any country, but only communicate internally. No people from the outside are allowed to enter, and have been in a closed area for a long time."

Zir took out the booklet he was reading along the way, which were books about Kiwadland.

"Kiwadland, who has expanded its territory in recent years, has been violently counterattacked by the United Clans here. Although he has been investing troops, Kiwadland, who is not familiar with the battle in the forest, fell into a tough battle and the battle situation is stalemate."

"It sounds complicated, but in short, isn't it right?"

"That may not be true. Why do you think we should send confidential documents to the military important military location when the war is in a stalemate? The content inside may be enough to reverse the current war situation."

"Since it's too dangerous to take Natsuki to take shelter in such a place? Who knows if the enemy will cross the hill to attack here?"

"Of course there are other factors, but..."

"But what?"

"You'd better not know."

Zir showed an incredible smile and turned his head away from talking to Ake.

Located next to the mountain, the city of Dyrent is not very wide. Except for a few shops and houses, the rest are all iron shops and barracks. It is a standard military base. You can see soldiers who are hard-working in every open space, waving spears in the ice and snow.

“We’re here.”

We came to a classical and solemn castle, with old walls covered with withered vines and snow. If there weren't flashing fire inside, we almost thought it was an abandoned empty city.

Matadra reached out and instructed the team to stop, dismounted and informed the attendant who came to pick him up.

The other three people also dismounted one after another and handed the horse to the servants who came.

I was the only one who was still on the horse's back, but I couldn't do it. Although I insisted on riding my own horse, the rugged mountain road really hurt my legs.

For the sake of face, I refused to enter the carriage and squeezed with Natsuki and the others.

"It's true, I love climbing high but can't get down, I'm like a cat."

Tiya covered the smile at the corner of her mouth and walked to the horse and reached out to help me down.

"Sorry, please trouble you..."

It's so ugly that I still need someone to help me when I get off the horse. Speaking of which, Zi Er and Teeth went? I didn't come to help me, this poor wounded person.

As soon as I thought so, I saw Zier talking to Ya in front of the stable next to me. Ya seemed to be asking something and listened very attentively.

"Step it well - one, two!"

The moment Tiya exerted force, I didn't pay attention and my face fell directly into the cold snow.

Well, the ground was unexpectedly hard and very icy.

"Are you okay? Fortunately, there is a lot of snow on the ground."

Amy, who came out of the carriage, immediately scolded me as soon as she saw me:

"Mr. Yake, now is not the time to play with snow. You have to take a good rest for your injury."

"If possible, I would like to do this too..."

Leading a female servant wearing a dagger, we walked into the old castle. The dim walkway was decorated with various weapons. Compared with the gorgeous and bright decorations of Drake, the solemn and murderous city of Dyrent, there were only a few torches illuminating the passage. There was a guard standing at the door of each room, staring at us strangely.

However, among us, the Lord of the Mountain is here, and anyone who is stared back by a stinking bear will immediately stand attentively.

Amy walked in front of Matadra with a powerful force, stalking with smugness, but Natsuki, who was walking in the crowd, looked nervous, his fingers staggered around his waist, his lips tightly pursed without saying a word.

By the way, I was injured and was now carried on by Matadra, and I always felt that this was the main reason why the guards looked at it strangely.

The cold wind whistled past, passing through the narrow and dark aisle, making a snoring sound.

"It's here."

Matadra stopped with the waitress, then threw Ak to the ground.

"Captain, you did it on purpose, right?"

Yak held his injured leg and trembled in pain, and supervised Matadra with dissatisfaction.

The group stood in front of the room at the end of the walkway, and there were no guards on this side, but instead they were two tall warrior stone sculptures. The sound of firewood burning in the wooden door came from the fireplace.

"Announcing, Marquis of Taroux."

The female servant knocked on the door and pushed open the door, leading Natsuki and others into the room.

Inside the earthy carpet and warm stove, there was only a sword on the wall, a mahogany coffee table and leather chair with red wine.

A man with messy gray and dirt-colored short hair, wearing silver-white armor, and barely handsome appearance, sat on a chair with his back to everyone, slowly poured the red wine in his glass on the carpet covering his shadow.

He then put the empty wine glass on the coffee table, turned to face the guests, and chuckled and replied:
Chapter completed!