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"Is that the 'elder' mentioned in the last mission?" Leif remembered that Natia Vida had said on the pasture that she would be allowed to meet an old friend and elder before she got the fief—or Mention is made of the human custom of seeing relatives and friends of both parties before marriage.

So many things happened after that? Leff almost forgot about this one.

"Yes." Natia Vida said, "Miss Knight got the fief sooner than I thought."

"Can't you foresee this?" Leif asked?

"I didn't perform divination on this." Natia Vida said, "What's more, divination can only serve as a reminder, even if it seems to be quite clear, its meaning can only be clarified after the event actually happens. ?."

Hearing Natia Vida talk about divination, Leif suddenly thought of the rumors about the fall of the previous generation of dragons.

——The previous generation of dragons predicted the future of the dark dragon clan in some way, and then did some things in order to change the fate of its own fall, which actually contributed to its fall.

From another perspective, "She?" I'm afraid she might not have expected the birth of Natia Vida and the dragon egg.After having Natia Vida and the dragon egg, the prophecy of the demise of the dark dragon clan will not only apply to "her?" a magic dragon, but to the first two.

"What's the matter? Miss Knight seems worried." Natia Vida said.

"I remembered a fable." Leff said, "A father dreamed that his son would be killed by a lion, because he was afraid that his son would die in the lion's mouth when he went out, so he trapped his son at home."

"Sounds like a 'precognitive dream'——" Natya Vida said, "Could it be, Miss Knight wants to lock me up and be your canary? Sounds like it? It's very interesting."

Seeing Natia Vida's eager expression, Leif couldn't help but think: What is a fierce and powerful monster doing? Why squeeze it into a bird cage?

She shook her head and said: "In order to keep my son from being bored, many animal patterns were painted on the walls of the house, including lion patterns. My son hated lions because he lost his freedom, so he attacked the lions on the wall and was injured. , died of inflammation of the wound.”[1]

Natia Vida showed obvious loss.

Leif said: "I was worried just now, is the prophecy of the extinction of the dark dragon clan? Is it? It implies that Lord Natia Vida and Heidan will die one day?

"I don't believe in fate, but if the prophecy involves the safety of the people I care about, then I would probably want to do something? To prevent it from happening.

"A prophecy based on a scale of thousands of years is "hard to imagine" for me. If someone tells me with certainty that I will die in a thousand years, I will just continue to live happily.

"And I didn't know what to do? What to stop this from happening. So I just worried for a while and stopped worrying.

"The fable I mentioned just now? It's meant to be about family education, not about how to deal with the prophecy. But perhaps the latter understanding can also make sense.

"If the prophecy is? biased and not entirely accurate, then the bias caused by 3000 years may be enough to invalidate the prophecy; if the prophecy is? destined to come, then no matter what I do? On the contrary, it will be self-defeating, so there is no need to worry.”

While Leif was speaking, Natia Vida hugged her and teleported for a further distance, saying: "Miss Knight's statement is very interesting...but perhaps this prophecy has already been fulfilled.

"After 'she?' fell, I was the only dragon left. One magic dragon, even with black eggs, there are only two? How can it be called a 'dragon family'?

"She? regards herself as a dark dragon clan, and I'm just? I, not? One of a certain 'clan'.

"The dark dragon clan has long since disappeared in most human minds, and the magic dragon is just a legendary creature.

"There is no living thing that will not perish, even if it is a magic dragon, even if it is a holy land elf, even if it is...

"I don't need anyone else to know the person's name, as long as Miss Knight is willing to let me stay by my side."

After the teleportation was over, Leif raised his head from Natia Vida's chest, looked up at the latter's face, thought for a while, and asked, "That old friend of Mrs. Natia Vida? A 'person' that could only be met 3000 years ago? That's why you said, I will meet that 'person' before I get the fiefdom, meaning?, I will meet that 'person' during the Templar assessment."

This also means that in the "reality" after [-] years, that "old friend" has already died? It has been a long time.

Natia Vida nodded, and there was no sad emotion on her face.

Lev didn't know what to say at this time, so she raised her hand and patted Natia Vida on the back several times.

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Natia Vida is not in a hurry to take Leif? To meet old friends, or? Still traveling north according to the previous rhythm: teleport, arrive at a human settlement, inquire about some rumors... teleport to the next place, reach another A human settlement, inquire about other rumors...

Leif interprets Natia Vida's delay as another world's "near nostalgia" parlance.I want to go to a place and meet someone, but when I get close, because I look forward to it too much, I will feel a retreat.

Now that Natia Vida has already set a time to visit her old friend, Leif doesn't want to rush, just wait for three days to pass slowly? That's it.

As the amount of rumors collected increases, Leif's interest in that mysterious old friend is gradually replaced by the rumored interest in the topic of magic dragons.

In the past, Natia Vida gave Lev the impression that she knew everything, but this time, she seemed to be trying to find out something.Leff was puzzled for a while, and then quickly figured it out: After all, Natia Vida had not been born for a long time at this time, so I don't know what happened before the birth? It's normal.

With the in-depth exploration of the Lukefei Icefield, Leif gradually dispelled the idea that "the Lukefei Icefield is less suitable for human habitation than the Deja Continent".After 3000 years, there were no other people in Lukefei Icefield except the people in the center of the temple and ascetic monks; but 3000 years ago, there were many human settlements on this continent.

On the contrary, in the eyes of humans 3000 years ago, the continent of Deya, which is full of humans, is just a barren land.

Leif also gradually realized that she met the Misa tribe as soon as she entered the remnant picture scroll. This was not a design specially designed during the assessment for the convenience of her receiving the task.Because the girls kidnapped by the wizards are all from different tribes, if you randomly find a teleportation place on the Lukefei Ice Field, the probability of receiving the same mission is also very high.

At this time, the examiner assumed the duty of teaching again, and explained to Leif why there were so many humans in the Lukefei Ice Field 3000 years ago.

At this time, most of the continent of Deya is still occupied by powerful monsters.Although there are some humans on the continent of Deia, these humans are in a very weak position. Only the Lukefei Ice Field under the protection of the holy land elves, where monsters dare not pour in at will, has become a paradise for humans.

Monsters are a greater threat to humans than cold.

Monsters are respected by the Dark Dragon Clan—the first batch of human followers of the Dark Dragon Clan? They were created during the battle between humans and monsters, and some of them were believers in dragons? They got supernatural power and became wizards—although the previous generation of magic dragons It has fallen, but the remaining prestige is still there; even if there is no magic dragon, the monster still has an incomparable advantage in the face of human beings who have a short lifespan and only have force but no spells.

At this moment, the believers of the holy land elves only occupied a small part of the northern part of the continent of Deia. It will take a thousand years before humans become the masters of the continent of Deia and drive the monsters to the two continents of Sikena and Tona.

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Near the human settlements that he passed by before, he could always hear the news of "Dragon Slayer?"It is said that in a place called Finseus, a statue is about to be erected for the dragon slayer.

In the legend after 3000 years, the story of the dragon slayer is not? There is only one, but?

Some stories are just made up by the elders to frighten disobedient children by using the terrifying image of the dragon; The dragon and the brave? Fall in love, the magic dragon feigns death, and ends in a happy life...

According to Natia Vida, all the dragons before the previous generation died in clan fights——When talking about this point, Natia Vida’s tone was terribly calm, as if Just? Talking about the natural phenomenon of annual plants wilting in autumn.

Only the previous generation of demon dragons really died at the hands of human "dragon slayers?"Moreover, the death of the previous generation of demon dragons was not entirely due to the "Dragon Slayer", but the accomplices of the Holy Land elves and humans. The contribution of "Dragon Slayer?" is quite limited, mainly because it appears as a symbol of victory for humans to defeat evil dragons.

Even so, Leif is quite curious about the rumored dragon slayer?Although Natia Vida didn't say it clearly, Leif could also see her interest.

In the remnant picture scroll, after all, the previous generation of magic dragons did fall, and not long after the magic dragons fell, the identity of the dragon slayer? You can be sure.

In order to avoid causing commotion, the two of them stopped the teleportation when they reached the edge of Fensius and started to walk.

The hair color of the Fensis is lighter, and the outline of the appearance is similar to that of the people in most places north of the southern part of the Deya continent. They do not have the facial features of the protruding lips of most Lukefei icelanders such as the Misa tribe.

The style of the building is also closer to what Leif has become accustomed to seeing 3000 years later.Although it is still a structure with an outer layer of ice and an inner layer of stone, the main body of the house is not a dome shape but a square with corners; the size of the door is enough for a person to stand straight through; the main body of the house is not? ? Entirely above ground; no need to walk down the stone steps after entering the door.

While observing, Leif talked to Natia Vida in a probing tone, waiting for the latter's explanation.

She seems to be visiting the ruins of ancient civilization with the dragon and dragon eggs.As a traveling companion, Natia Vida also serves as a means of transportation and a commentator.

In the previous world, she didn't really like to go out and play, she would rather stay in her room with her electronic products in her arms.When playing the game, she couldn't quite understand why someone would regard looking at the scenery in the game as the core experience of the game.But? After the assessment task was completed and there was still a lot of time left, she was forced to continue traveling with a mentality of looking at the scenery? Gradually, she also got some fun.

"The reason why the facial features and architectural styles described by Miss Knight will disappear after 3000 years? Because people with these facial features and architectural styles lost in the battle between ethnic groups, and then encountered genocide." Na Tiyaveda said, "Thus the custom disappears or is assimilated, and the only remaining bloodlines intermarry with the rest of the ethnic group for a few generations. After a few generations, there is nothing left."

Leif is a tourist with a stable mentality. Because she watched a lot of world history documentaries in the last time, her sense of novelty in the comparison between ancient and modern times is not too strong. She pointed out some differences to Natia Vida The mood and tone at that time were not too different from pointing out a strangely shaped cloud in the sky.

What she sees is just a shadow of history, which has long since disappeared, and she feels a bit sad and vicissitudes because of this—this feeling is still not strong, and it is only about the same as Leif when calculating her debts. A tenth of sadness and vicissitudes.

After listening to Natia Vida's "commentary", Lev's mood? Unable to calm down? He turned his head to look at Natia Vida's face, and said, "Just talk about it in such a casual tone." the word genocide?"

Natia Vida glanced at Leif suspiciously, and said, "Miss Knight didn't seem to feel anything wrong when she heard about the elimination of monsters? Something's wrong..."

"Humans are? Humans, monsters are? Monsters, these two? Of course not..." They cannot be compared.

Lev remembered that although Natia Vida looked like a human being most of the time, she was actually a monster, and a monster among monsters, so she stopped talking.

As for the fact that they and Natia Vida were in two different species, they would not deliberately mention it, but it would still be involved occasionally.At first, Leif would go there on purpose? She avoided the topic at the moment, but later realized that since she wanted to hatch eggs together, she would have to face it sooner or later.When we actually talked about it, the atmosphere was rather harmonious, because we knew that Natia Vida's views on this aspect were not stubborn, and she wouldn't intentionally hide her attitude.

Leff reflected for a moment, then said, "I'm human, so I have more empathy for human beings, more empathy for their pain.

"Of course I care about Natia Vida-sama, but? I only care about you and Heidan.

"Because of my in-depth understanding of monsters, I can partially understand them, and I will not simply and crudely classify them as evil, but? My understanding of them is quite limited; I can even have some friendship with them?, but? Only limited to some individuals."

Natia Vida smiled shyly, and said, "Miss Knight said she cares about me."

"..." Leif said, "Strange, aren't those people all believers of elves?"

Natia Vida said: "Monsters will kill each other, and humans can always find a reason to go to war. From 3000 years ago to 3000 years later, the war has never stopped.

"It's just that when facing alien races, the monsters cooperated for a short time, and humans stood in the same camp based on their beliefs.

"When the conflicts with alien races were not so intense, new contradictions emerged among the monsters and within humans. In my opinion, disputes are as common as the prosperity and withering of vegetation.

"The war between humans and humans will not be more peaceful than the war between humans and alien races."

Seeing that Natia Vida paused for a while and looked at her, Lev nodded in approval.As a knight, she only needs to resolve disputes between humans and monsters, temples and heretics, and war is a matter between secular royal families, which is not on her task list, so she doesn't know much about it.

She felt a little strange. Feeling about the past and present in this atmosphere, it was inevitable that she would talk about some topics that were a little far from reality, but Natia Vida didn't seem like a dragon who liked to think about these topics.

Natia Vida said: "The barrier between two human beings with different beliefs, between two ordinary people in a hostile country, or between the descendants of two feuding families, is more difficult than the barriers that lie between us. The barrier between Miss Knight may be more difficult to overcome and requires more courage."

"Yes? Ah." Leff said very cooperatively, "I am? Human, but you are not? This seems to be? A huge and insurmountable obstacle, but? On the scale of thousands of years, facing the same ? There are many, many, many people at risk of this level."

Leff thought of some familiar stories, some of which she had heard in the last world, and some of which were relayed to her by the magic dragon who loved to read love stories.The resistance of the two protagonists who are in love is like the wings of a butterfly in front of their opponents. They are weak and weak, some are forced to separate the two places, some meet to die, and one party dies... But there are also many who overcome difficulties , and finally got a good ending.

She...suddenly felt that she?had an egg with a dragon and became lovers.What?Something deviant?—at least they?were more powerful than the protagonists in the story, and the possibility of winning was more likely. higher.Even if you get married, isn't it? It can't be put on the agenda...

In fact, after having the black egg, she wanted to give Natia Vida a title.She is 17 years old now, which is considered an adult for a long time in this world.But? In the last? world, from when she? was less than ten years old, her elder sister told her? that talking about love would affect her health.This concept can be said to be deeply ingrained and will not change through time travel, so she has been delaying the matter of getting married.

Walking along the way, Leif's thoughts gradually drifted away.

"Miss Knight...Miss Knight?" Natia Vida asked, "What's wrong with you? Your face suddenly turned red."

Leff took out the Fairy Tears from the system backpack, poured a handful of it into his palm, and swallowed it without counting how much.

She stared at Natia Vida's face for a while, and said, "What Natia Vida said just now, is it? No? It's implying me..."

After arriving at the polar ice sheet, Natia Vida didn't take the initiative to mention "marriage" much?But maybe it's not? Didn't mention it, but? It was mentioned quite covertly, not directly mentioning "marriage", but? Using various methods to guide her? To actively think about getting married.

"I'm implying..." Natia Vida's expression was innocent and confused, "I'm implying something? What?"

Leif said: "Too cunning, are you now? Are you pretending to be stupid?"

Natia Vida said: "Miss Knight can't wrong me."

"If not? You, how could I...how could..." Lev didn't continue? He took out fairy tears, poured a few more into his mouth, and walked forward quickly.

"How did you 'how'... how?" Natia Vidada chased after him, always maintaining a position where he could reach Leif with a bow, "Miss Knight just now...thought of what I 'hinted'? what?"

Leff almost couldn't bear to use the five moves? Natia Vida's mouth was blocked, but fortunately the fairy tears had an effect, the strange thoughts were suppressed, and the heat on his face also faded.

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The two gradually approached the statue of the dragon slayer.

There was an endless stream of people coming from all over Lukefei Icefield to pay their respects to the saint. After the appearance of two strangely dressed strangers, Natia Vida and Leif, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Natia Vida didn't ask any further questions.

Leif looked up at the statue?.

The dragon slayer? The material used for the statue is? A huge pure white stone, and the height of the statue is close to two? Stories.The dragon slayer rides on a sled drawn by three big dogs, carries two fish on his back, holds something in his arms, wears fur clothes, and has not carved his face yet.

Under the statue, an old man told about the deeds of the dragon slayer, and the origin of Fensis, to the effect:

"This is the hometown of the "Dragon Slayer", originally? It was called Voratas. The name of the Dragon Slayer was Fenshus, and then Voratas changed its name to Fensis...

"The people of Wolatas were tempted by the evil dragon and betrayed their belief in the spirits of the holy land. The spirits of the holy land punished the people of Wolatas, turning the people of Wolatas into icicles...

"The poet who traveled far away, Fensis of Wolatas, made atonement for his people, killed the dragon, calmed the anger of the elves in the Holy Land, and was burned to death by the dragon fire...

"Under the guidance of the spirits of the Holy Land, a group of people from the north of the Deya Continent who were driven away by the dragon believers migrated to the place where the original Olatas people were, and became Fensius people..."

Listening to the old man's narration, Leif approached the statue and looked at the ancient characters engraved on the stone platform at the foot of the statue.With the help of the language interoperability settings in the remaining picture scrolls, Leif recognized these texts, which briefly wrote the life of the dragon slayer Fenshus, and also wrote her birth and death years: born in 540 years, Died 560 years - there is no mention of the Temple in the remaining scrolls, the "Old Temple Calendar" is a reference to the calendar preceding the New Temple Calendar ~3000 years later

The people of Wolatas turned into icicles, and the dragon slayers died together with the dragons, all happened in the year 560 of the old temple calendar—that is, two years ago in the remaining scrolls.

She heard many legends about the dragon slayer Fensis along the way, and the old man's narration and the content on the stone platform hardly provided any new information.

Leif has long known that Finseus is? "The Poet".On the Lukefei Icefield 3000 years ago, the poet was a kind of wandering entertainer, usually a blind person, wandering among various tribes, telling heroic stories for a living.

She also knew long ago that the dragon slayer was a girl.At the time when the remaining picture scrolls were in place, there were matriarchal clans similar to the Misa tribe all over the Lukefei Ice Plain. In many ethnic groups, women were taller and stronger than men, and people around them did not change because the dragon slayer was a girl. Confused, because it's a matter of course.

Some outsiders asked about it, so the old man under the statue told the story of the dragon slayer Fenshuus again.

Leff listened casually, looked at the year of the dragon slaying recorded on the stone platform, and then looked at the conical hat on the head of the statue, which became more and more familiar to him.

She suddenly had a guess and looked at Natia Vida.

"Miss Knight is right." Natia Vida's tone was not the slightest waver, "Clever Forest."

After finishing speaking, Natia Vida seemed to have heard something, and told Leif to stay where she was, while she walked behind the statue.

The visit is almost over, Leif is going to get Natia Vida back, and continue to listen to the "commentary" on the way.Just as he was about to lift his leg, he realized that a heavy, furry object had fallen on his leg.

She lowered her head and saw a head with light flaxen hair.

The little girl was wearing a white leather jacket, squatting at Leif's feet, her two thin arms were amazingly powerful, hugging her? The knee of her left leg, making her unable to move.

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[1] In "Aesop's Fables", "The Son, the Father and the Lion"