Not a Witch

After a while of silence, Tocolin slowly put down his sword, staring at Rock with burning eyes, as if to remember this opponent.

I'm sorry, I took advantage, but I'm not going to throw in the towel and give up my qualifications.Rock thought secretly in his heart, and then looked at each other without evading.

The academy competition in Ike City finally performed very well in the finals. After the competition was over, Rock noticed the enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

"Rock!"

"Rock!"

"Rock!"

"Rock!"

A group of students gathered around. They lifted the rising star and threw it up high. There were cheers and celebrations. Although Rock did not care about the opinions of the people around him, the taste of victory was still so delicious. , let his heart also stretch out, just like a long-suppressed dark cloud, being pushed aside, he can see the beautiful sun and the future.

Emenas, a glorious and heroic name, the yearning of countless people, will open the door to him today.

In stark contrast to the enthusiastic cheers next to him was another silent teenager.Tocolin covered the wound on his wrist, slowly walked into the dark passage, and quietly left this lively venue that had nothing to do with him.

An old wagon was parked outside, the decoration on it had faded, and many were mottled, and Tocorin boarded the wagon without saying a word.

"Does the young master's wrist matter?" the old coachman asked with concern.

"Well, it's okay, let's go, Uncle Fitch."

"Okay." The old coachman didn't ask anymore. He knew his young master's temperament. Since his death, he has become more and more indifferent and stubborn.

Failed this time, but I'm still young, I'll be back next year for sure, wait, Rock, I'll beat you again, like countless times.It's just your luck this time.Torkorin looked out the car window at the arena until it slowly disappeared from view.

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The mountain behind Burris' house, in the training woods.

"So, that's why you came to train with me this month?"

Rock had bandages on his feet, and although he couldn't see it through his shoes, there would still be bursts of pain from time to time.

"That's right, I used to learn from the master of the Sword of Wind Swing with Tocolin. He learned this trick very quickly and liked it very much. There is no reason not to use it in battle. I just let you familiarize yourself with this trick in advance. That's it."

Isaiah answered naturally.

"But it's not fair," Rock replied.

"Fairness, what is fairness? There is never perfect fairness, Rock." Isaiah replied in a rare serious tone.

"Your father is the captain of the guards. You can be exposed to swords and swords since you were a child. You don't have to worry about food and clothing, you have enough nutrition, you have a teacher to guide you, and you have plenty of practice time."

"But those children from poor families do not have such conditions. Many of them have never touched a real sword in their lives. Not only do they have no teacher to teach them, but they also usually work for the family, so they don't have time to practice."

"It's not fair that you win against them. Why should you qualify. What kind of result do you want to pursue is truly fair."

"I admit that the talent is not as good as yours, but I have a good sister and a better birth. I do not reject these, but will make good use of the existing conditions."

"I don't think it's mere hard work that made me, there are more complex reasons for that, but should I be ashamed, no."

"I will live well, and I will also try to make the people around me live better. I want to be a hero and shine on everyone around me."

"Instead of entangled in your narrow fairness."

Chapter No.17

Ancient Fia steppe, shofar tribe.

On the snowy field, the ground is covered with a layer of snow, which looks white, and the reflected light is even a little dazzling after a long time. A low hill is not obvious in the snow. .

Because it is located in the north, every cold winter season is also the most difficult time. The grain output on the grassland is not much, and most of it is only pasture. In winter, the snow-covered earth can rely on accumulated grain to survive.

Since the orcs were driven here a long time ago, they have mostly lived on animal husbandry, but in the eyes of humans this is actually a slightly strange thing.

For example, the Niutou family raises cattle, and the Sheephorn family raises sheep. The herdsmen and their livestock are somewhat similar.Occasionally, businessmen or tourists who come to trade here will also ask curiously, do your livestock husbandry consider these animals to be of the same kind?Would you have the heart to kill it?

The answer is that they don't have any special feelings. Just like raising chickens and dogs, some orcs are annoyed by the question, and they will ask back, do you humans think that you are the same as monkeys?The answer is of course no.

Rather than saying that orcs resemble animals, they are actually closer to humans, and some scholars even say that humans are a branch of orcs.It's just that this statement has been rejected by many people, and historical research has also proved that in the era of the orc empire, there were indeed no human tribes. Humans seem to have evolved or degenerated from another direction.

The snow-covered hills look normal from the north, but when you turn your eyes to the south, you get a different view.

The north side of the hill blocks the constant cold winds and air currents, while the south side is a basin about the size of 10 football fields.The basin is surrounded by fences, and the part of the basin under the basin is surrounded by large tents. Occasionally, cooking smoke rises from the cylinder in the middle of the tent. Outside the tent is a large fence, which is divided into several pieces. In the center are sheep that are tightly packed together.

They swarmed for warmth, used their thick fleece to keep out the cold, and occasionally blew, like a swarm of cotton, and some of the cashmere was so thick that it even looked a little yellow.

Days are extraordinarily short in winter, the sun is shining but hardly warm, and the air gets colder as it sinks into the horizon.

A young girl walks on the snow-covered wilderness, wearing a leather jacket and hood, with a tightly tied neckline and cuffs, so that no cold wind can get in. Only part of her cheeks and the corners of her eyes are exposed to the air and are blown by the wind. Like a knife cutting, the shoes made a slight noise on the snow, and then exposed the black soil and grass below.

Sparse starlight dotted the sky, the snow-covered ground, and a trail snaked into the distance.

beep-

In front of the fence gate outside the basin, the girl shook the two copper pieces hanging on it, collided with each other, making bursts of clear sound, and several dog barks began to come out in the dark night, echoing each other, making people wonder which direction it was.

"coming."

An old voice came from a small wooden hut not far from the fence, and then the wooden door opened, and an old man came over with a lamp. He had a goatee and was a little thin.

"Is Nia back?"

"Yes, Grandpa Ketan, are you alone?"

As the fence door opened, the girl walked in and said hello.

"Yes, everyone went out during the day to get some food, and they were all tired. I'll be here tonight."

"Is there still not enough food?" Niya shook the snow on her body and asked.

"Yeah. In previous years, caravans from the south would come here, but this year's civil strife in the west has broken many paths. If it really doesn't work, we can only kill sheep."

"But it's a pity to kill those sheep that produce wool, and eating meat is too extravagant." Niya seemed to sigh a little too.

They have a small population of sheephorns, only a few thousand people, and their strength is weak. The biggest income of the year is from the trade of wool and a small amount of goat milk. Killing sheep to sell meat is actually not cost-effective. Because of the mutton taste of mutton, human nobles are rich. People don't like it, and civilians can't pay high prices, which is very embarrassing.

"Well, everyone knows it, but there's no way, we can't let people starve to death." The old man also seemed to sigh.

"Everyone used to say that those human businessmen were greedy, but now it's hard for us to live without them. It's really helpless."

"By the way, Niya, you went to the Hundred Clan Competition, what was the result there?"

As a result, Niya touched the scar on her body, and she still has lingering fears. If the axe light was stronger, she might not be able to come back.

Seeing that Niya didn't answer, the old man thought it was about her sadness, so he comforted him.

"It's okay, it's good to come back alive, and everyone won't blame you. After all, no one in our family has been elected for nearly a hundred years."

"I chose."

"Okay, no...what, have you chosen?" the old man asked again in surprise.

"Well, yes. Although the process was a bit thrilling, I still chose it." Niya nodded, and a smile appeared on her blushing face.

"Okay, okay, okay." The old man's voice trembled with excitement.

"Our family finally has a student of Emenas."

"Tomorrow, I'll tell everyone. No, just tonight. I'll tell everyone the good news tonight."

After speaking, the gray-haired old man pulled the shofar girl and walked inside, through the clearing of hay and debris, through the corral full of sheep, and approached the group of tents.

"Everyone is up, our village, no, our clan is doing well~"

A hand as rough as an old tree bark gripped Niya's wrist tightly. It was dark and old blue and purple, and her loud voice was like a gong in the dark night, spreading far and wide.

"Niya, Niya, she was chosen, she can go to Emenas~~"

The excited voice even had some crying voices at the end. Over the years, the regrets and long-cherished wishes of many generations have finally come true today.

"what?"

"really?"

"Sister Nya is amazing!"

"What are you going to sleep for? Get up and make something to eat. Let's congratulate our future heroes."

"That's it."

The originally silent tent group suddenly became lively, one by one clansmen ran to tell each other, some old people burst into tears after listening to it, crying and laughing, the young children didn't know what this meant, but just followed the adults to be happy, because it was like this. You can eat delicious food.

In the tall tent, Niya stood in the middle, the hood on her head had been taken off, revealing two small spiral horns, her tender face was a bit cute, elders and crowd gathered in the tent, looking at them one by one. She held her hand excitedly and said some words of blessing and celebration.

A pair of eyes are full of hope and expectation. Those hands are very rough and calloused, but they are extra strong and heavy when they are held.

Chapter 18 Winter to Spring

Tislan Mountains.

It has been two weeks since Lorraine Hill went to the Rabbit Ear School last time. During this period, she also sent a batch to schools in other cities of the Rabbit Ear Tribe, and tried to give every child in the school a meal as much as possible.This is very beneficial to them. It can not only supplement nutrition, but also greatly improve and improve their own physique, so that there will be fewer obstacles to cultivating the Transcendent Sequence in the future.

Not only that, but she also mailed some to Crancia and the Karites Chamber of Commerce, but due to the limited amount of materials and energy, she could only do so much.But she is still very happy to see what she has made with her own hands that everyone likes.

After a tour in the Tisilan Mountains, because the two beasts have performed very well these years, the lava rock turtle helped smelt the metal, and the vine fairy mediated the affairs between the rabbit ear clan and the beast, and Roland Hill sent them to each other. I bought one of them as a reward, which made these two guys especially happy.

The lava giant tortoise was very excited. After eating this fruit, the flame stone pillar on its back began to transform into a translucent color. In the future, it will be just around the corner to break through and advance to Sequence 6. You must know that it has stayed in the Sequence for nearly 5 years. .

Fairy Vine circled around Roland Hill several times, only half-human height, with transparent butterfly wings on the back, flashing fluorescent light, laughing hilariously, and telling her happiness.

After that, as the weather became colder and colder, Roland Hill gradually stopped going out, but stayed at home to study alchemy and transform new crops.

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It was already deep winter outside the window, and the fire was burning inside the house. The soft fire reflected on the wooden chairs and the small table, and the heat from the fireplace warmed the whole room.

Roland Hill was wearing a black skirt and sat on the wooden chair by the fireplace. The soft skirt was baked a little hot. There were stacks of books on the small table, and Roland Hill was writing something quietly with a pen.

Recently, she has read the book that Mrs. Filia gave her, and now she is doing some summaries, that is, not reading the book, recalling what she has learned, and then summarizing it.Then reflect on what you are not familiar with and what you have missed.

This is also the method she learned in high school. In fact, there are many variants. For example, after finishing the study, you can tell others what you have learned and answer other people's questions. In this way, the output forces the input, and you can quickly detect where you are. When you explain something you are not familiar with and don’t understand thoroughly to others, you will understand it more and more.

The light-colored pages wrapped in the thick paper bookcase have a delicate and white texture, and the black magic water outlines one after another clear hooks and arcs on the paper.Compared to using the common language of this world, she is still used to the Chinese characters of her previous life.

Common language is somewhat similar to the Latin language family. Every new thing requires a new word. Although it is accurate, it will become more and more verbose and difficult to remember. Each word and word in Chinese characters can be combined into various words. You can understand the general meaning by looking at it, and it is extremely convenient for both writing and memory.