Chapter 262

Elrond 6B, the 15th day of ll.

There are still 14B days until the countdown to the end of the first mission of [Judgment of the Throne of Bones].

Goose feather snow was scattered all around, and the convoy escorting Rody had been marching in the forest for three days, and by this time, they could already see the edge of the forest from a distance.

The outside world has dropped to minus five degrees due to the heavy snow, but the inside of the car is still warm as spring. The exquisite and warm small stove is placed in the center of the carriage. The lifelike carvings and gilding techniques indicate that this humble stove is worth at least fifty gold coins. Rody knows this figure, but Nata sitting opposite him is There is no concept.

For this wood elf, although she was trying to imagine and adapt to everything in the human world, she was still shocked from the bottom of her heart when she saw such a luxurious scene.

The whole carriage is like a gorgeous palace. The "Hui"-shaped structure is more than enough for ten people to sit. Several bottles of red wine from famous wineries in the south of the kingdom are placed on the antique wooden shelves. The floor is covered with handmade The thick woolen blanket and the wolf head pattern embroidered with golden silk thread on the soft cushion indicate that this is the exclusive item of the "Luciferon" family.

For lighting, a double-glazed "strip window" is boldly used on the upper part of the carriage, even if the sunlight is not bright, it still allows sufficient light in the carriage...

All these details made Nata, who had never walked out of the Silent Whispering Forest, completely feel that she is a "bumpkin". She never imagined that the "nobles" in the human world could be so luxurious. Therefore, during the three days on the road, Nata's performance It was much more rigid than before, and it could even be said that there was no movement at all.

How complicated is the human world?

She blinked her big eyes, raised her eyes slightly, and looked at Rody who was sitting opposite, imagining such a question in her heart.

In the past few days, she has always recalled the bits and pieces since she met Roddy—she still remembers that when she first met him, Nata felt that he was powerful, but also weird, who could speak Elvish, and always took risks. make some weird remarks

Later, Rody killed the Bone Armored Giant Elephant, killed "The Executioner" Kevin, killed "The Blightcaller" Magda, and led the team to successfully fight a bloody path from the siege of the noble lords... All kinds of incidents have already happened. It is enough to pile up Rody's image into a shining "hero" in the eyes of ordinary people, but at this moment, Nata feels that this young man who always frowns slightly in front of him seems to be no different from the first time she met. .

He has always maintained an almost zero sense of presence, low-key and inconspicuous.

For some reason, Nata felt that this was unfair to Rody: Is he still an inconspicuous member of the human world after making so many contributions?

"Is this the first time you've been so far away from home?"

When she felt a little strange in her heart, Nata was startled by Rody who spoke suddenly, she looked away hurriedly, then nodded and replied: "Yes.

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"I'm going to Houlier City in a while. I need to tell you something in advance so that you can be mentally prepared." Rody didn't ask why Nata was staring at him, but it was very formulaic Continued: "Hollier City is the largest human city you will see next. There will be many rules here, and there will be many people and things to come into contact with. Before making any decisions, you must ask me. Only in this way can dangerous and unnecessary conflicts be avoided, understand?"

"Remember to wear a mask and hood, and don't reveal your identity except when I allow it."

"Don't run around. I know you love cleaning, so I prepared a lot of spare clothes for you. When you need to wash them, you can give them to the servants. You don't need to wash them secretly, okay?"

"I see."

Nata blushed a little, she didn't expect Rody to notice her "cleanliness", but what followed was some inexplicable warmth from the bottom of her heart.

After Luo Di finished speaking, he stopped talking, and continued to frown and look at the parchment. This scene has been repeated for three days. He has too many things to worry about, even if he shares the same carriage with Nata. Inside, there has never been any ambiguous atmosphere... The pressure is too great, and he has never considered similar things at all.

Su Lun was also here originally, but later he was assigned to another carriage in order to study the leather armor.

The atmosphere fell into silence again, but today Nata suddenly wanted to say something, she pursed her lips, and after a moment of hesitation, she asked a question that she had been thinking for a long time for the first time: "Teacher, do you have a high status among human beings?"

The teacher is so powerful, he must have a higher status than the village head of Brody.

Rody raised his head, a little surprised, but he still said the truth: "Not high, or...very low, I'm not even a nobleman."

"Why, why?"

Nata blinked, not believing what Rody said.

"Because..." Rody opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but found that he couldn't find a suitable concept and entry point to explain it for a while. After thinking for a while, he spoke slowly: "Status depends on whether others If you recognize you, many people recognize you, and your status naturally belongs to the 'high' class."

He pointed to himself: "For someone like me that no one knows, the status is naturally very low."

Nata blinked her eyes, nodded half-understood, her mood was inexplicably depressed—she was usually quite indifferent today, presumably because she was expecting a lot because she was about to enter a big city.

She wants to find out what level her teacher is. If she is "extremely good", she will naturally feel some satisfaction in her heart-for the young Nata, such thoughts are inevitable.

But Rody's answer obviously disappointed her a little.

The conversation between the two ended here. Rody lowered his head and continued to study the various arrangements that he needed to be busy with. Nata was trying to resolve the depression in his heart. After the team continued to walk for ten minutes, the soldiers outside Suddenly there was a burst of cheers...

The team has already walked out of the forest, without the shelter of the trees, everyone saw the towering city walls and the dense buildings of the destination Houlier City...

The car window was opened, and Nata looked at those miraculous buildings, her usual indifference receded like ice and snow melting, leaving only curiosity and surprise that she had never shown before. Looking at her delicate face, Rody sighed in his heart that she was just a young girl after all.

Arriving in Houlier City, Rody couldn't help but think of Sally. How is that figure with platinum-blonde hair now? Is it in the 'Holy Temple, is it developing well?

While thinking about it in a daze, when his eyes turned to the front of the team, Rody suddenly discovered that the scene in front of him seemed to be different from what he had imagined——

The heavy snow is still falling, but there are more than a hundred guards of honor holding spears on both sides of the gate of the city wall. The symbols of roses and crosses are engraved on their silver armor, which means that they are soldiers of the sect knights. The ceremonial ribbon proves that this unit is an elite unit with extremely strong combat power.

With the elite cavalry regiment as the guard of honor, this posture only appeared when welcoming the bishop Rubens.

Is there a bishop visiting today?

Just as doubts surfaced in Luo Di's mind, he saw the two rows of guards of honor standing at attention and saluting collectively to the carriage he was in.

"This is…"

The carriage entered the city gate, and the queue of temple soldiers in front of the window gradually turned into soldiers with the emblem of the "Luciferon" family, and as the carriage advanced, all these soldiers even saluted the carriage

In the snowstorm, instead of saluting and leaving, these soldiers slowly followed behind the team. Whether it was the sect's soldiers or Luciferon's private soldiers, they all guarded the front and back of Roddy's carriage about--

Until this moment, Roddy could finally confirm... this team is here to welcome him.

But Rody knew very well that such a solemn and grand reception might not even have been received by Archbishop Rubens.

Obviously, this is the Duke of Angmar and Bishop Benjamin expressing their gratitude and respect, and under such a situation, no matter how stupid Su Lun and Nata are, they can feel the true meaning of Rody in the entire Efta territory. weight

The biggest nobleman Su Lun has ever seen in his life is the Viscount Trenka, and he only saw it from a distance, and he had no chance of getting close. At this time, he was desperately pinching his thigh... the duke's mansion was sitting under his buttocks. The horse-drawn carriage, the motorcade of the Duke's Palace and the "Rosicrucian" sect greeted me, all this is true

He never dreamed that these two forces that seemed to be in the "cloud" would still send the most spectacular welcome team under the harsh conditions of the snowy day...

On the other hand, Nata turned her head directly, with a smile that was not a smile on her originally worried face, she looked at Luo Di, and said word by word: "The teacher just said that you know someone, and the status is very low,? "

Luo Di suddenly felt that his remarks just now had completely shot him in the foot.

And this is not the end. When the team came all the way to the Duke's Mansion, Nata saw the two figures standing outside the gate of the manor...

"Who is that?"

"cough cough"

Roddy coughed twice and got out of the carriage directly, because it was the Duke and the Bishop himself

Standing outside the manor to greet him in person, such a gesture was unprecedented in noble etiquette, and it was impossible for Roddy not to be moved—this is definitely a model of "honest corporal"

However, his biggest characteristic as an otaku is that he can suppress his "sentimental" emotions almost as soon as they appear, so after his mind gradually calmed down, he quickly became suspicious: he encountered such a thing as soon as he returned to Houllier City , is it really a good thing?

Looking again, there are many other noble figures on both sides of the manor, obviously all of the noble class of Houlier City - this made Rody's original smile froze slightly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It turns out that these two old guys want to tie themselves to them completely.

Putting on such a big ostentation, even bringing countless people to meet him personally, this is definitely not what Rody wants to see: because it is tantamount to exposing his originally hidden identity to the public, and directly throwing him under the scrutiny of countless eyes …

Wanting to avoid disputes and troubles, Roddy has only one choice: stand obediently and ally with Angmar and Benjamin

Luo Di really didn't expect that he was fighting life and death outside, and finally returned to the main city with a sigh of relief, but he fell into their trap the moment he entered the city

This situation really made Roddy angry and laughing.