Chapter 261
"Master——! Yiel wants to come back with revenge!"
"Okay, the last time we had a snowball fight... it was four years ago. You did lose."
"That's because you are the young master, and Yi'er has let you down! Otherwise, how could I, who is good at ice magic, lose!"
"Come on then..."
Will probably didn't expect it himself.
After so many years, he still had the opportunity to have a snowball fight with the maid who had always been with him in his former residence.
Then……
After a long absence, she went to the nearest town to buy the food she had stored up for the winter.
Walking through the streets that are especially refreshing after the snow.
at last……
Stopped at what he remembered most...
The number "37" is engraved on the tombstone, but it is somewhat blurry. The tombstones that seemed so tall to children at the time now seem to even reach their knees.
In front of the tombstone of the pet that no matter how hard he tried, he could not save it.
Chapter 288 The Winter of the Beast-Ear Maid (2) (3k)
Will looked at the tombstone in silence.
The tombstones they erected back then were really random, but now even the birch tree as an identifier seems to have been cut down, leaving only a lonely grave facing the newly frozen river.
This place was originally located on the most desolate side of System's house. It was rarely taken care of by anyone before, and now it has become like a wilderness. Looking at the pine forest on the other side of the river in the distance, it seems that we are already in a desert. Inhabited wilderness.
Will tightened his coat and shivered.
"Master, are you going to say anything about 'destiny'...um...what about life?"
Yiel held a long-handled black umbrella, but because it was not raining, she did not hold it up, but stood with it on the ground.
She seemed to have a deep-seated "respect" for this place, and even Will had not seen her solemn expression for a long time, looking seriously at the tombstone of a dog in front of him.
"Do you still remember?"
"Of course I remember. All the experiences I had with the young master, and every word the young master said, Yi Aier will try to keep in mind."
She used the canopy of a long-handled umbrella to sweep away the snow that fell on the tombstone, then grabbed a handful of snow with her own hands and began to squeeze the snowman - although she only squeezed it a few times, Will could roughly see it. When she came out, she seemed to want to pinch a similar dog.
"If it were me two months ago, I might still think so. But now I...well, I admit, I was a little overwhelmed before I came here."
Will sighed and looked at the tombstone.
Perhaps he came here because he wanted to give his current "self" a brand new start.
Facing a fate that I once thought I could not defeat...
He watched as they, raised by himself, not only dragged him down one by one, but also disrupted the trajectory of his known destiny one by one, changing established events and their own destiny.
Maybe he should too...
Think about the brand-new situation that you face after being caught up in the "disappeared Xiu", "the gay friend who became the protagonist", "Edward died a whole year ago", and "Trea became the new queen". What the future should be like.
I have a more "real sense" of this world, regard it as a place of "life", and once again learn about love and being loved here...
"So, why did the young master have such thoughts at that time? For the young master... what does it mean that Sanqi died here?"
The thoughts that came to mind here were interrupted by Yi Aier's.
He seemed to be staring at the tombstone and thinking for a long time. He lowered his eyes and saw the snow puppy in Yi'er's hand.
She pinched it very simply, just pinching a round ball, and then placed two round ears on it, tapped a pair of eyes in front of it with her fingers, and then placed it in the palm of her hand.
but……
Very cute.
It doesn't look like it in appearance, but the feeling of "Why is this thing a bit silly?" is somewhat similar to Yi'er.
"This has actually always been a problem that has troubled Yi'er. Yi'er is stupid. Even if he uses the young master's words and keeps repeating the words, he can always understand, he still can't fully understand the young master."
She placed the cute puppy in Will's hand.
"If... if Yi Aier could better understand what the young master is facing... probably he wouldn't... and he wouldn't hear the young master say that Yi Aier is no longer needed one day, right?"
Will took it gently.
Surprisingly, the pinched puppy was not cold at all, and it was not piercingly cold. Will could even feel the warmth of El's palm from the melted smooth surface.
"I have never said such a thing. However, there were originally very complicated reasons, but they probably don't matter now."
Will placed the cute puppy on top of Elle's head, right between the two ears. Like a big dog pushing against a small dog.
"Eh...!?"
She seemed to feel a hint of coolness sensitively. She originally lowered her head, but because of Will's action, she immediately raised her head. ,
Obviously during the nearly two weeks of getting together, he and Yi Aier have become very "close", and he should have shown enough "dependence" and "response" to Yi Aier...
Moreover, in these two weeks, living in such a "former residence" was like spending the first ten years of my life year by year. It was obvious that I had "returned" to the earliest way of getting along with Yiel.
He's already done it...
The mentality and state of mind returned to the "Master Will" who belonged only to Iel, and returned to the time when he was the young master of the Systrom family and grew up with the maid who took good care of him.
But...
Why is it like this?
Why does Iel always seem to have an unfilled sense of security, and always inadvertently reveal a low mood of "uneasiness"?
"Okay, don't think too much. Where did you cut the firewood before? Let's take some back?"
At least, he will be here until he has his next destination.
He squatted down, touched Iel's head and spoke.
"... Yeah." Iel took off the snow dog on his head and put it on the top of the tombstone, "Go around, it's in the forest on the other side of the mountain. The young master should have an impression, in fact, that piece is also the Systrom family. We were taken to play together before..."
"Hmm... It seems that there is no such memory..."
Will actually doesn't have such a deep memory of his childhood.
In his memory, he seems to have always been a nerdy child who studies magic and reads various books in the house?
"Of course, because the young master was very unhappy at that time with a pouty mouth, and he always wanted to go back. It seems that... it seems that it happened after Sanqi died. But..."
Iaier took his hand.
"The young master now is a playful young master who can play snowballs with Iaier, play when it snows, and even write big characters in the snow! Iaier is very happy!"
"Ah... maybe, maybe it's because the days now are more like a vacation."
Will began to reflect on himself.
Since he set up the tombstone for Sanqi in front of him, has he been too "diligent" and "busy" in the past few years, and even less fun in his daily life, so that Iaier has such a misunderstanding.
"Then, let's go--"
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When Will arrived at the mountain forest located northwest of the Systrom family's villa, he saw that half of the forest had been cut down by Iaier.
Moreover, he had not noticed this cut before, and Iel, who was carrying the "Snow Song Holy Shield" he gave her, just a little connection...
"Iel, you didn't use a shield... to chop it?"
"Um... yes? What's wrong?"
Iel raised his carefully crafted shield very calmly, without a "difficult" expression on his face, and stood between about four or five trees, pointing the sharper lower side of the shield to one side of the woods.
Then--
With his left corner as the center of the circle, he slightly raised his right foot, like a compass, and turned a whole circle on the spot!
Crackling crackling crackling.
Crashing.
With a slight "delay", after hearing the sound, Will opened his eyes for a short one or two seconds, and then he saw...
The trees that were chopped by her shield fell in all directions.
Standing among the fallen trees, Iel wagged her tail happily, stuck her shield into the ground, and stood with her hands on her hips, proudly puffing out her chest as if showing off her achievements.
"Look, isn't it very useful!"
...
Will nodded silently, and then gave her a thumbs up.
However, he really didn't expect his shield to be useful in this way. In the future, if everyone reconciles, can the staff given to Leah be used to light a fire, and the sword given to Treya be used to cut vegetables... Then they can sit at the table and eat barbecue happily again?
"Then let Iel take care of the felling, and I'll sort out the wood."
"Okay, Iel will obey all the arrangements of the young master."
"You are so obedient, pat on the head."
Will moved the staff in his hand and cast a floating wind magic on the wood on the ground.
It was much easier than before.
Originally, his floating magic should not be able to handle such heavy items with such low consumption. Now he really felt the efficiency of his magic, because the blood of the witch was mixed in his blood, which made him feel much easier.
But...
It lasted for about five minutes. He had just finished sorting the wood in front of him and suddenly stopped the work in his hands.
There was "something" - no, he could clearly feel that it was a monster approaching him. Iel had already moved forward a lot.
He took a deep breath and turned his head.
It was about three to four meters tall, and the hair on its body was more like a shadow than hair. It lowered its head and hid behind a tree behind it, but it was not hidden at all, and it made a low roar.
Will immediately judged that the level seemed not low, and it was a shadow wolf with at least a level of danger level two.
In this world view, there is indeed a "crisis" outside the dungeon. There are many "monsters" that will attack residents and attack farmland, and they mainly feed on humans and animals.
According to the history of this world, these monsters seem to have leaked out of a certain dungeon in the early days, and they continue to multiply and evolve outside. As the difficulty of the dungeon increases, the monsters that leaked out of the dungeon at the beginning have also changed from being very difficult to being low-level monsters in the dungeon.
Generally speaking, shadow wolves rarely appear during the day. They often live in the dark at night.
It is probably because of the blizzard that there are no people these days, and they have been hungry for a long time. In addition, this place is indeed far away from the town and has been uninhabited for a long time. It is normal for it to become a gathering place for monsters.
Will looked at it, his left eye could catch its shadow and the fluctuation of magic on its body - this was the first time Will found that his left eye had such a use.
"Roar--!"
Their gaze was only for two seconds, and it moved its feet and rushed over at a very fast speed.
"Master!!!"
Will heard Iel's anxious shout behind him.
But...
He pulled out the dagger from his waist, swung it into the air at a very fast speed and with extremely sharp inference ability, and directly cut off its right claw!
The black shadow-like blood splashed to the side.
In the moment of suspension in the air, Will stabbed the dagger fiercely into his ribs.
Then, Will turned the staff in his other hand and aimed it at its forehead, right between its two eyes.
There was a white spot at that position, which was out of tune with the entire black monster.
Will knew a lot about monsters. Although it was no longer a monster in the dungeon, it did not prevent him from knowing something about it.
A qualified monster should have its "weak points" marked with different colors.
"Quick magic--"
"Fire bomb."
Boom.