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The train stands on the edge of the capital, and several rails are like blood vessels, leading from the heart of Greenland to all parts of the country.When Willie arrived, it was the rush hour, and there were people coming and going in the station. Snowy Owl stood on his shoulder, looking around with his chubby head.

He bought a ticket to Fast, lined up, and boarded the steam train.

The itinerary is [-] or [-] days in total, and you need to go to the cities you pass to make up the fare halfway.Fortunately, Viri didn't think it was too troublesome. The wizard's teleportation magic circle cost a lot, several times the price of the ticket, and the time needed by other transportation methods was much longer than a month of the train.

All things considered, the train is the most cost-effective mode of transportation.

In order to make his journey more comfortable, Viri chose a slightly more expensive ticket-these tickets are usually only available to minor nobles, junior mages and the like.The two trains are not long, and the compartments are divided into comfortable private rooms with partitions. Each private room is equipped with a soft bed, a sofa, and a small table for passengers to eat and write. used when.

Because of the talking snowy owl on his shoulder, Viri was regarded as a mage by the conductor until he showed the tulip badge that belonged exclusively to the Imperial College.

"It turns out that you are a teacher at Tulip Academy." The conductor smiled and pushed the ticket in front of Viri, "Please keep it and wait for the train on the platform. I wish you a pleasant journey."

Willie thanked him and put away the ticket.

He carried the piano case and exquisite calfskin case, and embarked on a journey home.

After handing over the ticket to the ticket inspector, the snowy owl flew to the sofa first, rubbing its snow-white feathers on the crimson flannelette, but Willy ignored it and let it go.

The snowy owl refused to fly back by itself, so it acted coquettishly and shamelessly in his house, saying plausibly that it would bring Willie back to its owner by itself.However, magic pets do not charge fare, not to mention a lonely journey, it is not bad to have a lively little thing to accompany.

After settling down, he sat down beside the soft bed, the cowhide case was placed at his feet, and the piano case was placed on a small platform left by the bed.

"I don't know who are the passengers in this carriage?" Willie said casually, touching the piano case.

He cast his eyes out of the car window, there was already a train departing, the siren sounded extremely long, and white steam sprayed to both sides.

"This is the first time I've taken a steam train," Viri murmured, gazing at the scenery outside the window, "I haven't left Mannack for more than ten years."

After the war, he has been shut out.In addition to regularly going to the palace to teach the little prince swordsmanship, the rest of the time is either attending classes in the academy, or reading books and practicing swordsmanship in the study.

Sitting in the train now, listening to the deafening roar, he actually felt a little dazed.

The footsteps of passengers could be heard outside the compartment. Snowy Owl got excited, and then fell asleep on the cushion, with his chest heaving.

The train leaves the bustling station along the rails and gradually enters the open plains.The Greenland Empire has a vast territory, and hundreds of lords divide the huge country into territories.After a day of driving, the train will leave the royal capital and arrive at the second largest city in Greenland——Pence.

After arriving in Pence, he will change to a train fueled by magic crystals.

The scenery outside the window was replaced by a large wheat field at some point. The ears of wheat in spring sway in the wind, like a green carpet, or a calm sea, with waves rising and falling when the wind blows.

Occasionally, a small house with red tiles and a pointed roof will flash across the wheat field quickly. It is the night residence of the watchmen of the wheat field.

Viri stared at the roof of the hut that gradually turned into red dots without blinking, and his handsome profile was reflected on the glass.

He pursed his lips, his jaw line was clean and sharp, showing a bit of coldness, and the waves of wheat were rising and falling in his eyes.

He had seen such a beautiful wheat wave before.

A day later, when Willie got out of the car at Pence, the din of voices returned to his world.

As expected of the second largest city in Greenland, Pence was as lively as the capital of Mannak. As soon as we walked out of the station, we could see many mages and warriors coming and going, and noble carriages passing by.It happened to be early in the morning, and a kid selling newspapers was passing by the street shouting.

Willie called the kid over and bought a newspaper.

Handing the copper coins to the child, he was about to put away the newspaper, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of a line of text on the newspaper.

"Huh? The Mage Guild statement—" He read out the headline in the newspaper suspiciously, feeling a little strange.

Although the Mage Guild doesn't think highly of itself, it rarely has direct involvement with ordinary people.

Just like this Pancet daily, it is only read by locals and basically has nothing to do with mages.

Although there are often many mages walking in Pansai and Wangdu, they are not the base camp of mages after all.Distinguished mages are almost only found in colleges and guilds.How could the proud Mages Guild make a statement in the Daily Pencer?

"The mages of these guilds have changed their temper?" Viri shook off the newspaper and continued to read the statement at a glance.

The snowy owl waited a little impatiently. It was hanging in the air, its wide wings flapping constantly, bringing a gust of breeze: "Veri, don't you want breakfast?"

"Wait a minute," Willy simply sat on the bench by the street without looking up, "I'll take a look at the guild statement."

The statement of the guild was vague, roughly meaning that the mages were looking for a treasure, but the whereabouts of this treasure was unknown, and it required the power of ordinary people, and the reward was [-] gold coins.If you want to get paid, you can go to the Ponce City Hall for detailed consultation, and the mages will inform you of the treasure details.

Viri raised his eyebrows in amazement: "These mages are really generous, and the rewards are quite generous."

[-] gold coins can almost buy half of a Pantheon. This is not a small amount, it is enough to make people jealous and desperate for this money.

What kind of treasure is it that allows these wealthy mages to spend such a large sum of money in exchange for it?

Willie folded the newspaper and put it in his pocket.After reading the news, he stopped paying attention. He was not short of money, nor was he interested in searching for this treasure.

He found a tavern near the station. After ordering food, he took out the newspaper and continued to read.

The snowy owl was concentrating on pecking at the raw meat served by the clerk in the tavern. The sun shone into the tavern, and the wood grain on the table was delicate and clear under the sunlight.

A shadow suddenly appeared on the newspaper, Viri raised his head slightly, and found a few muscular warriors sitting at the table next to him, they were sitting around talking loudly, their voices were so loud that it made his eardrums buzz.

The guests around cast their eyes one after another, and after seeing the physiques of these warriors and the scars on their arms, they turned their heads in unison and ate their meals without daring to show their atmosphere.

Viri recognized the identities of these people with just one glance.

——They were all mercenaries who licked blood on the knife edge, and the scars on several of their arms were bitten out by the minions of wild beasts.

It's really not someone to mess with, it's just that the voice is louder, there is no need to have unnecessary conflicts with them because of a trivial matter.

"Those stinky sorcerers, a bunch of little white faces, skinny little chickens, their eyes are going to grow into the sky, they want to find a scepter, and they want to find his uncle!" Those mercenaries Suddenly a person yelled loudly. He waved his wine glass, and the liquid spilled on the ground.

"One hundred thousand gold coins is not so easy to find," his companion teased, "If you really find the legendary scepter Violet and get one hundred thousand gold coins, then you will be very popular and drink spicy food. Raising a few hot women with big breasts on a piece of land, that is a day like a god."

"Fuck you, you're still a woman with big breasts, that whore you found last time is really not good..."

The words gradually became unpalatable, and Viri frowned in disgust. After eating the remaining bread in a few mouthfuls, there was a strong smell of cheese in his mouth.

"Let's go," he picked up the snowy owl that was hiccupping on the table, "the journey is still far away, so we can't waste time."

The next two weeks passed without incident, and as the days wore on the fields along the tracks began to blossom.Manak is in the north, while his hometown of Fryer is far in the south.

The train goes all the way south, and the more it goes south, there are more and more forests, the vast wilderness is endless, and it reaches the continuous mountains in the distance.The lush forest occupies all the passengers' field of vision.

The snowy owl dozes off most of the time every day, the freshness brought by the train has passed, and it can only pass the time by sleeping during the boring journey.Viri has adapted well, and he also spends time alone at home, reading books, basking in the sun, and practicing swordsmanship——

It's no big deal to just cross fencing practice out of the activity for now.

Occasionally he would turn out the letter Snowy Owl had brought, and read it letter by letter.If it was written by "he" himself, what expression would "he" have when holding the pen?what pose?

He hastily discovered that he could hardly remember what "he" looked like.

After a farewell 30 years ago, he has never seen "him".

He cannot own even a portrait.

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When Snowy Owl woke up again, what he saw was Vili's melancholy face.

Viri is undoubtedly a handsome man, with clear blue eyes like the sea, always calm, gentle, and tolerant of everything.He propped his chin with one hand, with a melancholy look, which can make those admirers who have admired him for a long time—even people with rich emotions break their hearts for him.

As a bird of prey, the snowy owl does not experience this kind of complicated melancholy.

It gave a very unsightly cry, and brushed its wing feathers against Willy's cheek again, trying to attract his attention.

Viri put on a gentle smile for a moment: "What? Want to eat?"

Snowy Owl: "What are you looking at?"

Wei Li was stunned for a moment, then realized immediately, and said with a smile, "I'm looking at the snow-capped mountains. It looks like I'll be able to reach Fast soon."

As a city of mercenaries, Fast is backed by forests and snow-capped mountains.

That forest has a more famous name - the forest of mist.

Most of the land shrouded by the misty forest is steep mountains. A brave mercenary group once uttered bold words and wanted to measure the size of the forest.However, they spent five full years just walking on the edge of the misty forest, and got lost several times.Every time I lose my way, it takes a lot of effort to get out of this strange forest.

"How big is that?" Snowy Owl asked.

"It's about half the size of Greenland..." Willie thought for a while, but his tone was not very sure, "I also heard what others said."

This other person is the well-informed dwarf principal who has lived for hundreds of years.

The snow-capped mountains stand behind the boundless and deep forest. Even from a long distance, you can still clearly feel the majesty and uprightness of the snow-capped mountains, like white clouds gathered in the sky, or the residence of gods.

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