Zuo Tianhu occupied an entire floor of the hotel in a grand manner and arranged a separate room for each child. At the same time, he strictly restrained his subordinates and did not allow them to harduce the two girls.
The only relief for LAN was that after arriving at the hotel, Zuotianhu didn't cling to him anymore. After all, she was also the deputy commander of a mercenary group, and doing nothing would still be criticized. And she acted on what she had said before, assigned her men to prepare the carriage needed for the next day's trip, and made a preliminary guard plan.
Berudandi is a country with a great wealth gap. The nobles are willing to spend money to win a beauty's smile, while the poor may not even be able to afford a piece of black bread to fill their stomp. Bandits, robbers, vagrants... It is everywhere, and this has led to the growth and development of the mercenary corps. Although Berudandi is a magical empire, the restrictions on the mercenary corps and noble armed private troops are not strict. All that is needed is to report the exact number of troops and promise to be conscripted when the empire is threatened.
The mercenary group that Left Tianhu is in has also developed under such policies. That was originally a group of bandits, but they were extremely unlucky to rob Zuo Tianhu, who was originally intended to assist Huang Yueqing in the branch of the Moon Dance Mercenary Corps. Not to mention being severely beaten, then the head of the bandits, under the threat of Zuo Tianhu, reluctantly registered as a mercenary group, and Zuo Tianhu, who claimed to be the deputy commander, traveled around with three or five of his subordinates without caring about anything.
At night, Zuo Tianhu took off her daytime disguise and returned to her cold posture. For the four years since Huang Yuelan's disappearance, she had been accustomed to constantly disguising herself and trying to make herself appear tolerant, otherwise the mercenary group she was now in would have been crushed to ashes when they dared to have the idea of robbing her.
She was able to deeply understand how hard it was for Huang Yuelan back then, constantly having to play the role of a humble tribal chief, constantly putting on a hypocritical smile but facing the same hypocritical smile of the enemy, and playing the role of the villain she detested the most for the slightest benefit of the family, very exhausting.
Just as Zuo Tianhu was thinking about the itinerary for the next few days, suddenly the door was knocked on.
"Who?" Zuo Tianhu raised his voice and asked.
There was no response. The rhythm of the fingers tapping against the wooden door was exceptionally smooth, and there were absolutely polite intervals.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow," he said. Left Tianhu didn't want to open the door.
The knocking did not stop, and the other person seemed very patient and would not give up until he achieved his goal.
"I didn't say..." Zuo Tianhu opened the door almost irritably, but stopped when he saw the person coming. "LAN 'er? It's so late..." The red-haired boy, without permission, rushed into the room the moment the door was opened.
It was not until Zuo Tianhu closed the door that the young man raised his eyes, black eyes!
"Ice stripe Guard!" In a rush, Left Tianhu cast the highest level of defense spell that he could shoot instantly.
However, the thick wall of ice did not provide any protection at all. Almost the moment the young man's right hand touched it, it burst into a ground of crushed ice, and in the next second, his throat was tightly choked.
"Night light and shadow..." Struggling to utter the name of the boy whose eyes were of a different color from LAN's.
"You've been selfish for nearly 300 years, and now it's his turn." The young man's red lips flowed with cold words. "You won't understand how he got through those 300 years. Now he's gone, and I will never allow you to disturb his present life."
"LAN 'er he... Have you already remembered?" Zuo Tianhu did not seem flustered because her life was threatened. She knew that in front of the young man before her, calling for help would have no effect. She couldn't handle it herself, and calling for others would be a suicide.
"Thanks to you, I have completely remembered, but since he chose to be LAN instead of Huangyue LAN, I will not allow anyone to shake him!" "Perhaps you truly love him, but you don't understand him. Whether it's you or even Ye Xi LAN, your love is just putting shackles on him. While being suffocated by your expectations, you still have to tolerate your capriciousness and selfishness."
Zuo Tianhu was slightly stunned. She knew that love would become a burden, but the only thing she didn't know was that it would happen to her.
"If..." There is a frozen gaze in the young man's black pupils. "If you insist on holding on, I don't mind going to war with my former companions!"
"I see... I'll leave..." Zuo Tianhu solemnly promised.
"Send them to Rosemary, and then you know what excuse to look for." The young man loosened his fingers and turned to leave.
A little relieved, "Wait a moment. I'll leave this to you." Left Tianhu handed out a small piccolo, "in any city of the Four Gods, Pisan, or Berudandi, the fluctuation of this piccolo can call out the peregrine falcon of the Moon Dance Mercenary Corps for help."
It seemed that he hesitated for a moment. The young man reached out and took the piccolo. Then, in the slightly astonished gaze of Zuo Tianhu, he wiped away all the auxiliary magic such as tracking and protection that was attached to it. "Since it's something almost never needed, then there's no need for such boring spells."
As the last fantasy was shattered, Zuo Tianhu sent the young man out of the door without saying a word.
After much of the night, when dawn was approaching, Zuo Tianhu hurriedly touched up his makeup and began to make arrangements for his departure.
LAN, who had a sweet dream until dawn, knew nothing about what had happened during the night.
Osirena and Emilia were placed in a makeshift carriage, a seemingly honest mercenary, with Bulvigi and Moya sitting on either side of him, and herself... He was so annoyed by such special treatment that Left Tianhu gave him a horse and asked him to walk side by side with her.
"It's good that you didn't ride the same horse as me!" That's what Left Tianhu's eyes said.
LAN Appointed touched his nose. He had no intention of recalling those faded memories at all, and he decided to let things take their course at the moment.
"Why don't you go to Kotter Academy? Whether it's learning skills or getting to know the situation in Beludandi, Rosemary's Corte Academy is a good choice." Left Tianhu no longer clung to the past as she did the day before, and what was revealed in her words was the perfect ladylike demeanor.
"The academy is a big dye VAT. It not only gives people an idea of the current situation, but also makes people deeply involved." LAN said indifferently, "I'm already out and have no intention of getting back in for the time being."
The whole group moved forward in an orderly manner, and the conversation was only focused on the people around them, while for the group protected by more than ten mercenaries, any bandit who had the idea of robbing would first weigh his own weight.
"LAN!" Let's have a sparring competition later! I just learned a move!" Bulveji, who had always been confident in his strength and was always fond of waving his two-handed sword around, learned a move from the mercenary and couldn't help showing it off when he set up camp at night.
"Hehe..." LAN casually borrowed a large sword from the mercenary beside him. "Come on."
When they were in the fishing village, Bulveji always fought against LAN, but no matter how much brute force he used, LAN could easily draw his sword away.
This time, Burvigi seemed to repeat the same trick. His first strike was still from the head, but in the middle it was broken and turned into a horizontal cut. LAN, rather comically, gave him a hard strike. Indeed, Burvigi took three steps back.
"It's not wrong to work hard to increase your strength, but if you don't know how to use it, you're more likely to hurt yourself." Left Tianhu suggested on the side, "When it comes to brute force alone, LAN is no match for you, but he knows how to remove your power and even counterattack it, making you bear the burden yourself. Just like the force that just forced you back, it's the sum of your own strength and LAN's strength."
Burvigi scratched his head, indicating that he didn't quite understand.
It's indeed too profound to tell you all this now. But keep what I'm saying in your heart. After Kotter College has taught you those basic things, you can recall and study them. Left Tianhu did not want to explain much, though power represents everything, but when the gap is narrowed to a certain extent, the proficiency of the means becomes an important factor in determining victory.
"Oh." Though somewhat reluctant, Burvigi did not dare to provoke her too much after occasionally hearing rumors among the mercenaries about the deputy commander's tactics.
Left Tianhu was not in a good mood at the moment, though he didn't understand her feelings, but it had to be said that Burvigi had made the right decision.
The gaze fell on LAN's smiling side face, an expression that used to be seen only once in a long time, and each time it was fleeting, constantly scheming against others and being on guard against being schemed against, which was not an easy thing, not to mention that Huang Yue LAN was once the head of such a large family, and a slight mistake could lead to the death of many people.
Now such an easy life... Zuo Tianhu suddenly realized that in the past, they had been hiding under the protection of the royal family, and whatever they did, the royal family would handle the aftermath, but never thought that in every matter concerning them, it was not handled by Huang Yuelan himself...
"What's wrong?" Realizing that Zuo Tianhu had been looking at him, LAN couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, just thinking about the route for tomorrow." Zuo Tianhu said with a smile, and suddenly there was something different in that smile.
"Um." LAN didn't pay much attention. The night watchmen had been assigned by the mercenaries and it wasn't their turn to worry.
They chatted about all kinds of things over the campfire, and the children were urged to go back to their tents to sleep.
There was not much to think about, and LAN soon fell asleep, "The lake seems to have grown up... So let me be selfish this time..." He said this to himself before his consciousness vanished.
The coat of arms on his right arm, as usual, returned to its youthful form when he fell asleep and stayed by his bedside until dawn. It seemed that he did not intend to let LAN discover his presence, at least not when it was necessary.
Every morning, they set up camp, and in the blink of an eye, they could see the outline of Rosemary, but because of the terrain, it would take a whole day to actually get there.
It was safe all the way and I didn't encounter any blind bandits. In fact, some of the bandits were villagers who had no way out under the pressure of taxes. To rob a group of more than ten well-trained mercenaries, at least fifty people would have the guts to do it, and the outcome was uncertain.
But this made LAN look at the small fishing village where he had lived for four years with new eyes. At least during his four years, he had never seen any soldiers come into the village to collect taxes. Then he thought of the identity of the old village chief, Pastor Guangming, and the fact that the church of Guangming was the state religion of Berudandi, and he felt relieved.
"LAN, will you come and sleep with me in the evening? Zuo Tianhu asked LAN, who was on par with him, without any concealment.
"Absolutely not!" Before LAN could reply, Osirena had already retorted loudly, "You're almost ready to be our aunt. How can you bully LAN!"
Zuo Tianhu paid no attention to her and just stared at the red-haired boy, waiting for him to tell her the answer himself.
LAN looked at Zuo Tianhu in puzzlement, instinctively thinking that she wouldn't make such an almost absurd request to do anything to him, but there was nothing but sincerity in Zuo Tianhu's ice-blue eyes.
Turning her head to look at Ossirena, who glared at them fiercely, LAN smiled almost helplessly and then nodded to Zuo Tianhu.
"LAN! No!" Osirena was so excited that she almost fell out of the carriage, but fortunately Burvigi was quick-witted.
"She won't do anything to me." LAN said indifferently.
"Sister, sit down! Didn't we sleep with LAN before? What does it matter to let him sleep with that sister for one night!" Emilia was a little puzzled by Osirena's reaction. "It's going to Rosemary tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to it."
"It's fine when we were kids before, but now..." Osirena said it was an objection, not an excuse for Emilia's "sleeping together".
"We're not grown up now either." Emilia simply said.
Osirena was momentarily speechless and should sit down sullenly.
As LAN had expected, Zuo Tianhu did nothing to him. He just let him rest on his back and sleep peacefully for a night, while she herself thought for a night.
It was noon when she arrived in Rosemary. "Let's part here." Zuo Tianhu suddenly said, kissing the red-haired boy beside him on the forehead, "These days must have caused you a lot of trouble. Thank you very much last night because you were so much like my dead brother." Deliberately emphasizing the word "dead", "now that the destination has been reached, I have no reason to cling to you any longer, so let's stop here, never see you again, but if you miss your sister, remember to come to me!"
Leaving the children who had not yet figured it out, Left Tianhu turned her horse and left Rosemary, and her men followed after a moment of astonishment.
Now it's my turn to protect you...
Thank you...
Two distinct thoughts are scattered among Rosemary's constantly coming and going crowd...