The Magician of Clow

Chapter 642 The Edge of War

"Why are you so nice to me.?"

Fangran, who was holding that cantaloupe in his hand and was thinking about when he would cut it off, froze for a moment when he heard the girl's words.
He looked across from him, holding a watermelon in his hand, the girl in coarse linen clothes pursed her lips, her legs wrapped in cloth strips rubbed against each other unconsciously,

I rummaged through my mind to piece together sentences, a little cautious and a little uneasy.

Suddenly receiving excessive kindness and help from someone I don't know, it's only natural to feel nervous and uneasy.

However, Fangran, you have already decided,

Even if there are still many things that I don’t know, even if so many questions are hidden in the fog of time, and I don’t even know whether what is in front of me is real history or an illusion of the scene,

But since the scene gives you enough time to return to the ice sea battlefield, what you need to do,
Just let the girl in front of her not worry about whether she can save half a piece of black bread for the coming winter.
"Ah that."

The young man holding a cantaloupe in one hand scratched his head with a particularly unreliable expression, then blinked and asked:

"Ling, you're from Italy and China, right? You're from the Far East, right?"

Ling, who was suddenly asked this question by Fangran, hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Fangran never forgot this era. He was a complete stranger to Ling, so he originally wanted to get along with Ling slowly and then find a reason to explain this problem.
But since he was asked, he also prepared his speech in advance.

"My elders told me since I was a child that a relative of mine married a local and had a child here, so they told me that I must come here to find them when I have time,"

Throwing the cantaloupe in his hand like a ball, Fangran scratched his cheek embarrassedly and said with a smile:
"However, on the way here, I encountered robbers, and my things were robbed. I couldn't see anything clearly at night, and finally came to this village with difficulty. I couldn't walk anymore and fell down in that stable,"

"Fortunately, I still found you, otherwise I would really be in crisis when I don't know the place well and I can't speak Italian."

After finishing speaking, he spread his hands and sighed, as if he was glad that it was not the worst situation,
The girl sitting on the opposite tree stump listened to his bumpy journey in a daze, fell silent for a moment, and then asked in disbelief:

"Are you from my father's family?"

"Well, I'm his younger brother."

Fangran replied with a constant smile on his face, Haiji's elegant figure was dexterously beating on the ground behind him, pecking the ground from time to time,
Once done, as long as Ling asks him what her father's name is, he will immediately release the night tour and activate Haiji's ability to read thinking.

But to Fangran's surprise, upon hearing his answer, Ling nodded in disbelief, hummed weakly, then lowered her head and continued to bite the watermelon.

Fangran breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled at her:

"Don't worry, I will take good care of you."

"Um"

In the old world, life became extraordinarily simple,
Especially in remote farms where there is nothing else, Yierzhong, which was born because it was close enough to the wheat fields, has no means of entertainment, and everyone is just working every day.
In the evening, a glass of not-so-drinkable beer in a tavern, rough and loud chats and naps during breaks are probably all the leisure time for these people.

The truth that life is actually very simple is very clear here in this era,

In fact, people only need food and a place to sleep to survive. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. There are no other complications stemming from desires and troubles. Stripping away fame and fortune returns to the essence of survival.

Daily life becomes as simple as getting up, going to the pasture, to the forest, to the stream, to the tavern, and then to sleep.

It has been two or three days since I left the battlefield on the ice sea. Everyone knows about the very young Illi.

Beside the little mixed-race girl who has been wandering here, suddenly there is a young man who doesn't know where to take care of her.

[Remaining Time of Time Inheritance: Unknown]

The time column on the system interface still shows Unknown. This is probably the longest scene Fangran has ever experienced.
And he doesn't know how long it will last,
But he didn't care.

It's a sunny afternoon at the end of autumn,

It's a nice day that makes me feel happy just looking at the sky,
"Ling! I went to your side, stop that guy quickly, don't let it run away!!"

Near Ill is probably a small branch of the Po River. On the yellowed grass, expensive leather boots and worn-out cloth shoes are lined up side by side.
The young man and the girl were standing barefoot in the stream below their ankles, slowly leaning forward towards the water,
Launch a containment attack on a target passing through a transparent water stream.

The figure of Youyu dexterously passed through the gap between the stones and rushed upstream. The barefoot girl standing over there was still a little flustered when she saw it approaching. grab it,
But he didn't catch it, he just forced it back in Fangran's direction.

Seeing this thing coming again, Fangran's eyes flashed brightly, he adjusted his posture, his eyes locked on its next move, and a second before it was about to reach his feet, he suddenly stuck his hands into the clear water!
Then the one who caught nothing was successfully escaped by that fish,

Before leaving, he even flicked the water from his pants with his tail
Fangran, who was holding the hems of his trousers and shirt sleeves, froze in that position.

On the bank of the yellowed grass, Mullin, who was pecking at his elegant and delicate black feathers with his beak, jumped up and down beside Haiji while grooming his slightly wet feathers.

The wing on its side moved, as if urging it to be you
Haiji glanced at Fangran who was frozen in motion, so he could only yell, taking advantage of the girl's turning around to wait for the next target, he flapped his wings and swept across the water quickly,
The two claws passed through the transparent water surface where the shadow of the fish was lower, grabbed the fleeing target, and flung it to the shore near Fangran.

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The little fish that had just been caught out of the water had no idea why it was caught, and was struggling to jump back into the water, but suddenly a salty fish dived and jumped on it.
While holding on to this trophy again, my heart burst into tears.

I'm ashamed to say that he, Fangran, is a powerful C-level powerhouse.
It is not as powerful as its own summons to catch fish.

It's a sad thing to think about.
Holding down the sixth fish that Hai Ji and Mu Lin had caught for him, Fangran heaved a deep sigh in his heart, thinking about the refraction of the water surface that the physics teacher said, you can only catch it under the shadow, it sounds simple,
It turns out that's not the case at all in practice.
Looking at the still in the stream, with strips of cloth wrapped around his bare legs, and the hem of the linen coat tied around his waist, the clear and bright figure under the sun shouted triumphantly:

"OK! Ling, I caught another one, let's go, dinner is ready, let's go grilling fish!!"

The world is finite, but man is not.

With the appearance of ships and muskets in the long river of history, the word "colonial" was born, and the development of capital ideas became stronger and stronger under the footsteps of colonization.
Finally, in the period of its transition to its final stage, imperialism, irreconcilable contradictions arose.

The colonies and semi-colonies of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have basically been carved up by the great powers, the contradictions between old and new colonialism have intensified, the economic development of various imperialists is unbalanced, and the division of order is unequal.
The war that swept across more than 30 countries and 15 billion people constituted the war that appeared in the textbook, which directly impacted the word "human being" itself.

In the only tavern in Ill with a few tables and a beer-seller man, farmers gathered here after a hard day's work to drink a glass of bad-tasting but cheap beer.
Before the little mixed-race girl who was not liked by their women brought them wine glasses, she boasted and joked that chatting was the last scene before dark every day.

Only today is a little different.

The tavern was a bit too quiet, the farmers were crowded close to the edge, some even stood, the man who sold the wine was a little nervously silent behind the counter, only occasionally looking up,
Sitting at the best table in the room at the moment were three outsiders who were clearly not Il.

The man in the center chair was dressed in light gray, of far finer cloth and more stylish cut than the linen worn by the peasants,
His hat was well-made with a leather visor and moisture-resistant dome, and at hand was his officer's black-sheathed saber.

Beside him is a sergeant wearing an iron bowler hat, a popular item in the army, a 1912-style shawl with a collar that can be turned up and draped over the front, and a non-commissioned officer wearing a roll cloth at the shoulder A corporal with a dropped tunic.

They are people in the army.

For this remote village that cannot be more remote, these are the people they can't even look up to.

But they, who kept all the farmers silent, didn't look good at the moment.

"This is already the ninth battle, but we have lost more than the enemy. What's abominable is that I was asked to go back and explain the battle situation to those lords. That damn broken car!"

The sergeants and corporals around him wisely didn't speak, they understood his officer's anger very well while remaining silent.

The latest fighting was a full three consecutive battles, in the areas east and south of Gorizia, with bad weather and insufficient artillery and a shortage of troops,
Their gains outweighed the losses by 7 casualties, while the Austrian casualties were 5.2.

To make matters worse, they originally planned to go to Delierzhen, but the locomotive stalled because of insufficient fuel.

You can only find the farmers in the nearest wheat field and let them bring you here.

Even though it is remote, it is undeniable that,
This age exists. Is the most chaotic war.

And the most distinctive feature of war is that no matter who wins or loses, the one who suffers the most,
Always the people at the bottom who are powerless to resist.

The girl with cloth wrapped around her arms and her hair tied with a straw rope carefully carried a plate of beer and placed it on their table.

The officer grabbed the glass rudely and took a gulp of beer, as if wanting to relieve the anger in his chest, but he frowned forcefully,

The bad taste made him spit it out of his mouth, and then vented his anger and shouted:
"You just give me something like this!?"

Raising his arm, he savagely threw the glass with the remaining wine at the girl!

　Sorry for being late, and I have no plans to dove today, so stop urging me out of selfishness, and harass me again, I'll show you all!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)