Soul of Burning Steel

Surrounded by mountains, the lake under Nissie Snow Mountain will not be attacked by wind in any direction. It is like a mirror, even though the floating clouds in the sky are flying rapidly due to the north wind, there is no slightest ripple.

The distance from the middle of the mountain where the college is located to the snow lake at the foot of the mountain is a sloping woodland, scattered with steel core trees and cedars. It is now October, late autumn and early winter, and it was originally a lush shrub It has all withered, leaving only a large piece of brown debris and a few pine cones on the ground.

This kind of woodland is the favorite habitat of cedar rabbits. Their nests are usually under cedar trees, covered by loose sawdust. These creatures with snow-white fur live by hoarding pine cones in winter. Frost touch spells, they can barely be regarded as a kind of monsters, and the fur of pro-monsters has a certain commercial value.

And beside a cedar tree by the lake, Ying sat on a gray-white stone. Her long silver-white hair was tied into a neat ponytail. The girl in a lady's riding suit squinted her green eyes, Once and for all, he used the branches in his hands to fiddle with the bonfire in front of him.

The flame in the fire changed its shape as she fiddled with it, little sparks splashed out along with the black smoke, and some even landed on the girl's fair wrist.

But Ying didn't care about the temperature, she seemed a little bored, she raised her hands lazily, hummed, and made a long ending sound, the girl stretched her waist, her ponytail swayed, and the ends of her hair swept Slender waist.

"Sister, it's not good to be so lazy."

And while Ying was stretching, a clear boyish voice sounded from the girl's left back. Hearing this voice, Ying immediately turned her head, and the black-haired boy with two cedar rabbits in her hands came into view like this. her eyelids.

"It's only been a few minutes, Rin, you actually caught two rabbits..."

Standing up, she said in surprise, "Is it for the master?"

"yes."

Smiling, the black-haired boy skillfully took out a set of kitchen utensils and tableware from the storage bag on his waist, and while arranging them, he said: "The master will definitely be a little tired when he comes to explore the bottom of the lake this time, and he eats a lot. The food at the academy site will definitely be a bit boring, even if the master can bear it, we must be ready to give him a surprise—in this case, a delicious game must be a good choice."

"That's great...you think much more clearly than I do."

Hearing her brother's explanation, Ying seemed rather lost. She looked up at the sun covered by the fast-moving clouds, and said to herself in a low voice, "I can't do anything except fight my master." Woolen cloth."

Before her brother, who was stunned for a moment, could answer, the girl sighed, her eyes dimmed: "I don't know how to deal with government affairs, and I don't know how to allocate supplies. Although I can cook a little, I can't compare with you at all, even if I take care of horses. Doing housework is no different from ordinary maids and grooms, and I always feel that I can't help the master no matter what..."

Slowly sitting back on the stone, the silver-haired girl hugged her knees with both hands, curled up in a ball, looking listless like an abandoned kitten: "Does the master really need me... I am very strong even without weapons ..."

"Sister, what are you thinking about so much?"

However, no one cares about Miss Shenji's occasional slender girlish heart. I don't know if it was gradually assimilated by his master, or it was just his original personality. Rin showed a bright smile, and after a big drink, he put A rabbit threw into his sister's arms: "Hi! Go on!"

"Wooah!!"

In a panic, she took over the unconscious Cedar Rabbit. Ying couldn't help frowning after exclaiming. She said to Rin angrily, "What are you doing, throwing this thing over all of a sudden!"

But Rin did not answer this question, but said with a relaxed face: "Let's prepare together."

"……What?"

"I said, let's prepare the master's lunch together."

Rin nodded, and explained in detail: "Didn't you complain that you are useless? This kind of nonsense can only be uttered by people who are too leisurely. Come and help me prepare food for the master. Isn't it useful?"

"..."

The small mouth was slightly opened, and Ying wanted to speak several times, but she didn't know what to say. She shook her head, and when she was about to sigh, she suddenly laughed: "You're right."

Sure enough, I was too idle to suddenly have this idea.

The silver-haired girl began to feel ashamed of her previous loss, she immediately stood up, with her ponytail on her shoulders, to hide her neck that was starting to turn red from embarrassment: "Okay, what do I need to do?"

"First put..."

When Joshua stood on Heitou's head, broke through the calm lake, and came to the temporary camp by the lake, what awaited him was a sumptuous barbecue of rabbit meat.

"Good job, two little ones."

The warrior who had been thinking a lot about the ruins of the ancient battlefield at the bottom of the lake temporarily gave up thinking about those unanswered questions. He laughed and embraced his two weapons—but considering Joshua's height, they were around his waist. The moment they straightened up, both Ying and Rin had to leave their feet off the ground.

But who cares?

While the master and servant were enjoying a wild barbecue by the lake, a knight in white armor was walking on foot in the wilderness on the northern outskirts of the empire.

Due to the existence of the Black Forest, the border guards between countries are not so strict. As long as there is an official document, no matter who is free to move and travel between countries, so the knights all the way from the Far South , passed through the Western Mountains, and finally arrived at the Northern Empire. There were not many obstacles encountered during the journey.

Of course, getting lost counts as one, and helping civilians who are harassed by monsters, robbers, and bandits probably counts as one.

Lolanda Glamorgan—this was his name once, as a nobleman of the Eastern Plains Kingdom, but now, he prefers to be called the knight Lolanda, and he is also proud of this title.

As the most powerful paladin of the younger generation of the Church of the Seven Gods, Lolanda, who has the peak gold strength, naturally has the ability to fly or summon the heavenly horses to travel quickly. And I don't deliberately do things that will make it easier for me.

Wanting to know the answer—or the truth, the truth about the sealed lands that are closely related to chaos, this is the motivation for the young paladin to start his own experience. Lolanda clearly understands her adoptive father, who is The character of the Pope, since the old man said that he would not tell him the truth, even death would not make him open his mouth.

But after all, it was his adoptive father, the Pope was not as silent as usual, and after repeated pleadings from Lolanda, he still gave him an important clue.

——The Northern Sealed Lands is one of the areas eroded by Chaos just like the Plaguelands in the West. There are Chaos monsters that are similar but completely different from the Plaguelands.

And the lords of that land, the Radcliffe family of Moldavia, naturally knew part of the information about Chaos.

"Just like I can't tell you, all guardian families will not easily reveal the secrets of chaos. That is knowledge that should be hidden deep in their hearts, or even completely forgotten."

On the white spar seat, the old pope gently told his adopted son some secrets that ordinary people have never heard: "This is the oath of order and the way to protect the world, as long as the knowledge of chaos is not widely spread , then the power of the gods can block the most evil sight in the void, I shouldn't have told you this, but after all, you will take over the scepter in my hand in the future, so I will make an extra exception."

The paladin actually couldn't understand these words at all, but he still firmly remembered these secrets in his mind.

And the Pope's narration has not stopped: "There are many regions eroded by chaos in this world, but the sealed land in the north is different from other places. The guardian family there is also different from other ordinary guardians. It's quite different, if the other guardians of the region can only say a few words even if they are willing to tell you this information, then the 'they' who have the inheritance will definitely be able to completely answer your doubts."

"What is inheritance?"

Frowning, the paladin at that time asked so suspiciously.

"As long as you see it, you will know it."

And the old man at that time replied so calmly.

Taking back the doubts that were surging in his heart, Lolanda, who was walking on the road leading to Moldavia, shook his head. He continued to wear his own heavy armor and a heavy hammer that ordinary people could not lift at all, walking On the northern land that has begun to become a bit cold.

The paladin who used to be high-spirited and proud of his achievements has become a lot calmer during the journey of several months. He has gained a lot from the experience alone, whether it is character or strength. This is true in all aspects, and I have a further understanding of the hardships of life.

In order to protect innocent civilians who have no power, he wielded his weapon and repelled countless monsters, dragons, robbers and bandits. In the constant battles, paladins have a deeper understanding of protection and order.

He believed that as long as he arrived in Moldavia and met the guardian family that his adoptive father said, he would be able to get the final breakthrough regardless of whether he got the truth or not.

"I hope the end of this journey will not disappoint me."

A slightly dull voice sounded from under the helmet, and a resolute light shone in his blue eyes.

The devil in fgo has no heart, the chimera has no claws, the dragon has no reverse scales, and the skeleton has no bones