Soul of Burning Steel

In the northern region of Mycroft Continent, the second Sunday in March is used as the dividing line every year, marking the end of the cold winter and the arrival of real spring. At this time, both commoners and nobles will choose to invite relatives and friends A grand gathering was held to celebrate the arrival of the warm wind. They sang and danced and held celebrations, as if they wanted to burst out the vitality accumulated in the long winter.

From the frontier fortress in the south to Wallachia in the northernmost part of the Northland, from the Great Plains in the west to the Bright Sea in the east, all people, regardless of their status, are cheering and praying for the new year, looking forward to May everything go well in the new year and avoid disasters.

The hustle and bustle of the distant sea and the surging undercurrent in the imperial capital have nothing to do with the Moldavian territory in the north for the time being. The people living here have long been accustomed to the rule of the new lord, although there are still some old people who miss the old lord In the era of the reign, but as time went by, such words appeared less and less. Gradually, everyone stopped saying the words 'new lord', and everyone naturally regarded the young soldier as, Called the only 'Lord Lord'.

At this time, in the lord's mansion of the main city, Joshua, who was respectfully called 'Lord Lord' by the lords, was waiting for his lunch at the dining table.

Today's Radcliffe family is not a side branch, only Joshua and his cousin Chris are left in the family, and since the soldier killed his cheap uncle, that is, Cliff's father, the Radcliffe family A young man who dreamed of being an alchemist no longer dared to appear in front of his cousin.

I can't even say that I dare not, because Chris is like disappearing from the world now, even if Joshua asked some people to look for it, there is no news about it for such a long time.

So, now, the huge lord's mansion is now empty, except for the maids and guards, there are only four people. Joshua estimates that this should be the smallest number of Radcliffe's family in four hundred years.

However, although there are relatively few people, he still has Firefly and No. 3 to accompany him. The number of people can't be said to be large, but there must be no problem in having a dinner to celebrate the arrival of spring.

After waiting for a while, Joshua, who was sitting at the head of the table, heard footsteps. He raised his head and saw Rin walking slowly to the table with a plate of roasted whole pig bigger than his body. Before.

This roasted whole pig is red gold, ruddy in color, golden fat drips from the skin, the aroma is overflowing, exuding steaming heat, the meat looks tender and delicious, and it will whet the appetite.

The material for this pig is the big wild boar king in the Black Forest, which Joshua personally hunted a few days ago. Although the wild boar king's meat is so hard that even a sword can't cut it according to the hunters in the north. It can't be eaten at all, but that's for ordinary people. After the meat was softened by a special method, the hardness and toughness of the meat was just right for a golden warrior like Joshua, and it was extraordinarily chewy.

"That's right, Rin, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking besides handling official business."

Joshua was never stingy with his compliments, and he expressed his amazement at the skill of the magical boy: "The almighty butler is indeed well-deserved."

"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Master." Rin looked very happy after receiving the compliment. He didn't seem too tired when he was carrying such a large plate of roasted whole pigs. , Dang also has the strength of silver level, he said with a little pride: "Actually, the core of my memory records the culinary materials of the Far South, the Eastern Plains and almost all regions of the empire. The person who compiled the database for me back then That mage once traveled the entire Mycroft continent, collected a lot of food culture from various places, and entered all of them when compiling."

As he spoke, he leaned over slightly, closed his right eye slightly, and there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth: "If my cooking skills can make the master happy, it can't be better."

"Well, there's no need to be so respectful."

Being able to eat delicious food, Joshua is really in a good mood, especially when he thinks that he will be able to eat all kinds of delicious food from all over the country in the future. Come down."

According to Rin's introduction, there is another saying about this roasted whole pig - in the myths and legends of Mycroft, the big wild boar is a symbol of desperate battle and never shrinking. Whether it is facing a tiger or a hunter, this kind of creature will Fighting to the last moment, so the food made from it can only be eaten by those with the highest courage.

Joshua naturally took full advantage of the euphemistic praise for his weapon, and he happily started cutting the ingredients.

The golden grilled meat was fat but not greasy, very delicious, but after a short time, the soldier noticed something was wrong.

Beside him, Hotaru, Rin and No. 3 were all sitting in their seats, looking at him with smiles on their faces, but none of them was ready to pick up a knife and fork to enjoy the food.

——Of course, if you think about it for a while, you will know that the two magic machines don't need to eat, and No. 3 is completely a magic power projection. The rune core of her body will automatically absorb the surrounding magic power for consumption, and it is completely impossible to eat.

This scene is a bit embarrassing. Being watched by his three subordinates eating, even Joshua feels a little weird, but he is a big-hearted person after all. The whole roasted pig was eaten up.

The food intake of golden warriors depends on how much they want to eat. As long as the energy is not completely saturated, they can quickly digest all food and supply it to the body that has already been initially energized, and store it.

Anyway, this slightly weird early spring banquet is over. Rin and the other maids took away the dishes from the dining table and began to tidy up the scattered tableware, while Joshua took out his notebook and looked sideways. Looking at the event schedule above, he nodded slightly, and said to himself: "Yesterday, the auction in the imperial capital ended. If there is no accident, Alfonso should have destroyed the Ares Fortress in his previous life by now." I bought the evil thing and sent it to me."

Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help sighing with emotion: "Compared to sweeping up the Kuroshio and closing the gate of time and space, this is probably the easiest way to protect the world. It's really not a big deal to save 50,000 to 60,000 people so easily. Real feeling."

"Master, do you need something? Then I'll get it for you!"

The silver-haired girl sitting on the side stood up, and said energetically, although she didn't understand what the evil thing that destroyed the fortress was, it seemed that she really wanted to do something.

"Thanks a lot."

Yingying was willing to help, and Joshua would not dampen her enthusiasm, so he nodded and let her go.

Generally, aristocrats with a little property will have a communication circle and a teleportation circle for sending small objects, letters, and spars. Before the Northland, it was impossible to lay a teleportation circle because of the turbulence of time and space caused by many time-space gates, but Now with the help of Nostradamus, almost all of them have been erected.

This kind of teleportation array used to transport small objects under ten kilograms generally only needs a miniature magic gathering array to run smoothly. If rune optimization is added, it can be transmitted continuously. This is not counting the current magic in the Northland. The energy concentration is a little higher than other places, and it is easier to operate.

No. 3 sat aside, watching the interaction between the master and the servants, blinked his blue eyes, smiled slightly, and then canceled the projection, leaving only a one-person-high rune core parked in the cart. The light flickered, as if thinking about something.

Soon after, Firefly came back with a book.

"It turned out to be a book, not a shining cube or silver key."

Looking at the book that looks ordinary, but has a strange aura that only a person like Joshua who possesses the power of order can feel, the soldier nodded slightly and said: "According to the information from the previous life, this should be called The Book of Eibon? It does look weird."

After all, it is the evil magic book that destroyed a fortress and caused the [Fall of Ares]. Thinking of those huge abyss worms with peak gold-level strength, the soldier couldn't help but feel a little excited. Take this book in your hand.

But something strange happened

Before Joshua approached, accompanied by Yingying's soft cry, the book that seemed to be made of sheepskin or ape skin trembled by itself, and then broke away from the girl's hand like this, and fell on the ground.