Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

On November 967, 11 of the Imperial Calendar, Shevi followed Mason and left Drage and embarked on a journey to Bellagio.

Mason was used to being taken care of by his partner Asher. It was the first time for him to travel far away with his friends without Asher, so the day before they left Drage, Asher sent a lot of things they would need for the journey and also prepared some for Shevi.

Although he knew it was inappropriate to ask a young and unfamiliar magician to take care of the elderly Mason, Asher still did it shamelessly.

If Mason was just playing around near their settlement, he wouldn't be particularly worried, because as long as Mason blew the bone whistle, he could fly to his side at the fastest speed.

The Teira people have two forms. Before the age of 10, they are usually in bird form. After the age of 10, they can transform into human form. However, at this time, they cannot switch freely between the two forms. After changing into one form, it usually takes five or six days before they can change again.

The bird form of the Teyla people can make a sound that only their relatives can hear, and can even use this sound to convey information at a certain distance.

However, humans cannot do this, so the Teira people wear a bone whistle around their necks before they reach adulthood. If they encounter danger, they can immediately blow the whistle to call their relatives.

Bone whistles are usually made from the first finger bone of the father or mother's bird form, and can produce a sound similar to that of the Teyla people calling their relatives in bird form.

However, the sound produced by the bone whistle is far away, so only the person who made the bone whistle can hear it.

It is worth mentioning that the first phalanx of the Teira people can grow repeatedly, and except for the abnormal pain when it is removed, there are no sequelae.

Mason has no parents. He was hatched and raised by Asher.

As a hybrid born from the union of an elf and a Teira, Mason has never been able to transform back into bird form after transforming into a human at the age of 10. He also grows slower than other Teira people, and children of the same tribe always bully him behind Asher's back.

When Mason was little, he was afraid that Asher would not want him and would not want to raise him anymore, so he was always well behaved and didn't dare to cause any trouble for Asher, and he never said anything when he was bullied.

Until one day, he was tricked by children of the same tribe into a hunting pit and left scratches on his body. Asher discovered this when he was bathing him at night. After coaxing him to tell the truth, his calm and gentle guardian carried him on his back from house to house to seek justice that night. After punishing the children who bullied him one by one, he carried him home under the moonlight.

After that, Asher rarely left him alone in the settlement, but made a wicker basket and carried him on his back every day.

But Asher is the patriarch's child, and there are many things to do, so there will always be a time when he cannot be taken with him.

So the 18-year-old Asher used his first finger bone to make a bone whistle for the 10-year-old Mason. Mason's bone whistle was only as long as a child's little finger, pure white and much thinner than the bone whistles of other Teira people.

Because when Asher cut off his first finger bone, he was still seven years away from adulthood. His wings had not yet fully grown, and his feathers were not particularly full, but he already wanted to protect Mason for the rest of his life.

To get from Drage to Bellagio, you need to go north, pass more than twenty cities of different sizes, and then head northwest.

After leaving Drage, Xie Wei and Mason did not continue on their journey, because Mason's friend suddenly sent a servant to deliver a letter, informing them that due to some things, they had temporarily left Bellagio and would not return to Bellagio until mid-April next year.

When Xie Wei and Mason received the letter, they had already left Drage for five days. They struggled all night over whether to go back to Drage and wait until February next year to set off for Bellagio again. After dawn, the two who had not slept well looked at each other's dark circles and chose to move on in tacit understanding.

When Shevi left Draje, in addition to leaving a tracing bracelet to Thrall, he also collected the souls of the Parasos in all the arenas in Draje.

On his way out of Drage, he also collected some souls of the Parasau people in the towns he passed by.

The number on the soul-calling bottle increases every day. Xie Wei doesn't know how many Paraso souls there are outside the Far North Territory. He can only do his best to collect more Paraso souls and then bring them all home.

Dagumbi said that he could take these souls back to the snowfields because the unconscious souls of the dead were not bound by the laws of time.

Because they failed to make it to the post station that day, Xie Wei and Mason had to camp in the wild. For safety reasons, Xie Wei found the thickest tree and built a tree house on the tree with vines. They lived in the tree house at night.

For some reason, Mason has been a little depressed since he started building the tree house.

After finishing their dinner under the tree, the two took their little fur ball Luolai into the tree house, which was only slightly bigger than a double tent.

The temperature gets lower the further north you go, so you need to cover yourself with thicker bedding at night. Xie Wei also took out the heater he made, and the tree house was warm. Luo Lai lay on the duvet and slept soundly, but Mason couldn't fall asleep.

He missed Asher.

It started to drizzle after dinner. The rain didn’t get into the tree house, but this kind of weather really affected people’s mood.

The Teira people all live in tree houses. When Xie Wei said he wanted to build a tree house, he thought of Asher who was far away in the Teira settlement.

Asher had his knee pierced by a monster's horn during the red moon a few years ago, and in this kind of weather the pain was so severe that he couldn't sleep.

He was not in the settlement, so no one would consume Asher's energy at night. Asher probably did not get a good night's sleep throughout the rainy season.

But when Asher came to see him, he didn't mention it at all and brought him a lot of things.

On the other hand, I was just angry and didn't even say a word of concern.

Maybe he was really like what the elders in the tribe said, never thinking about Asher and always making him worry about himself. If he continued like this, he would definitely be a burden to Asher.

Xie Wei and Mason were lying side by side, with Luo Lai between them. There was a down quilt under them, and they were covered with the thicker down quilt sent by Asher, and a fur blanket on top of the down quilt.

Mason tossed back and forth in the quilt to find a sleeping position. Xie Wei observed for a long time and felt that Mason might just be affected by the weather. After lying down and letting Mason murmur for a while, he turned sideways and asked.

"Mason, is there something on your mind?"

Mason turned over and faced Xie Wei. He snored at the little ball of fur who was sleeping soundly, and then whispered.

"I miss Asher, but here, Asher can't hear the sound of the bone whistle."

Xie Wei had already heard Mason talk about what the Teira people's bone whistle was used for. He looked at the bone whistle pendant hanging around Mason's neck, blinked, and then whispered something.

"I miss my partner a little bit, too." He has had a cold these past couple of days. Although it's not particularly serious, his nose is blocked and his throat is a little sore.

When he was in the Far North, if he felt a little uncomfortable, Thrall would make a fuss and not let him get out of bed to move around, treating him like a baby.

It was a bit embarrassing to say, he was used to being cared for by Sal in this nervous way.

Dagumbi was hiding under Luolai's wings. When he heard the two whispering, he crawled under the little fur ball's wings again, then closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep too.

After hearing what Xie Wei said, Mason subconsciously continued: "Yeah, you also miss your partner...ah? You have a partner?"

Halfway through his words, Mason's green eyes suddenly widened a little, and he asked another question in shock.

"Aren't you only 19? When did you have a partner?"

"After turning 18, you become an adult." Xie Wei thought about it and felt that this age was not particularly early for humans to get married on the Lar continent.

But this age was too early for Mason. You know, the Teira people became adults at the age of 25, but Asher waited until he was 55 to be with him.

Because Asher said he was afraid that he was too young and hadn't thought it through, so they waited until he had really thought it through and made up his mind before holding the wedding.

But then again, there seems to be no difference between before and after the wedding. They still live in the same tree house, sleep in the same bed, eat together, take a bath together, kiss each other every day, and do it every day...

Thinking of this, Mason felt like something was wrong.

Xie Wei and Mason fell asleep while chatting. When Mason woke up the next day, he didn't miss Asher much anymore.

……

The two were not in a hurry. They would take on missions from time to time on their way north, and occasionally explore ancient ruins.

During his travels, Xie Wei met many people and things beyond the scope of books.

He saw the hard-working serfs being exploited by the manor owners in the vast beet fields.

In a village along the way, I met a young woman who wanted to go to college like her brother when she was young, but was forced to marry early. Although her marriage was unhappy, she was still kind and enthusiastic.

Together with Mason, he sent the hired knight who bullied men and women to the town's jail.

Five months into their journey with Mason, they finally arrived in Bellagio.

During the five-month journey, Mason taught Xie Wei a lot of practical skills. They met all kinds of people and encountered many dangers, but with their tacit cooperation, they were able to escape danger.

For Mason, it was a pleasant adventure, and for Xie Wei, it was a precious growth experience.

On March 968, 3 of the Imperial Calendar, Xie Wei and Mason checked into the busiest inn in Bellagia.

The name of this inn is - [Shiavilos].

Translated into the local language, it means "Rose Garden".