The Amber Sword

“How's it going, Griffin?” When Her Royal Highness, the princess of the light silver dress, stepped onto the carriage with the help of her attendant, the nun Princess Magdall, who had waited long in the carriage, asked.

“Not so much, the old fox of Anekna wanted Haruze to go to Aneke with her," Griffin replied softly, as the weather was still a little cold and the waitress put a fur shawl on her. She grabbed the shawl and went on to say, "It's impossible, I would never give Haruze to him, and I'm sure Teacher Leewoods and Lord Makaro would not agree. ”

“What should we do?” The fearful look on the face of the soft, moving nun princess, “I hear your brother's men have found Anrek. ”

“It's all right," Griffin said, not at all nervous: “Our Duke, the Lion, just spoke out loud, he knew we couldn't compromise on this condition, but he wouldn't easily give up his cards, and wanted to know where our bottom line was.” Here, a half-Pokémon girl looked up and glanced lightly at Ambethel's sky.

Though the month of recovery is nearing the year of the sword, the sky of this metropolitan area is still shady and lead-gray, as if snowflakes were flowing at any moment.

Griffin sighed: "There's more to talk about, Tiny. ”

……

In Cruz, explorers call the inner seas west of Eruin and south of Cruz the Sea of Flash. From Gris Fishing Harbor to the west, you enter this shimmering, pale blue ocean, then turn north and enter one of Ambesseur's main lanes.

And today, the sun is shining, and a beautiful, light sailboat is breaking through the waves, and there are gulls surrounding the mast because of its proximity to land. The ship is filled with saffron paper and crystal ornaments, disguised as a merchant ship from the southern Rubik kingdom - Rubik is the southernmost desert country in the sparkling sea, exotic, with an overland route from Rubik to Kowloon, but Brando hasn't been there a few times, after all, it's too far away - and at the moment the windswept sailboat is called the 'Far Lands', it's a short voyage, it's a registered Merchant ship that can be found in Ambethel, and Caglis is able to get a boat like this, or it's a good relationship with the businessmen of Ambethel now represented by Brando. It's a fast boat, and according to the people who are now living at sea, it's a 'best guy’.

The captain of the Far Lands was quite young, only in his thirties, and most of the others, like him, were still first mates, but on the other hand heralded the ability of the captain. The young captain was like a king on a boat, not very subordinate to the authority of the nobles, and Brando didn't happen to have any noble shelves, and the two got along quite well.

The captain, James, unlike the other sailors, cleaned himself up, whether it was a beard or a dress, which was a common illness among young people. But it's not a bad thing, because the captain likes to wear a red woolen coat, wear a boat hat, hang the captain's sword between his waist, and hold a pipe —— someone who wants to live at sea, more or less a hobby -- and Brando has seen the captain of the creepy command fleet, compared to the current captain, who is a role model in this line.

In fact, he smelled a hint of soldier from the captain, strictly disciplined, meticulous. After questioning, it became clear that the captain was a famous man and that his ancestors had served in the navy of the Kingdom. By the time his generation had turned to business, the familiar temperament from childhood could not be changed.

The two men stood at the side of the boat and watched as the sea water gradually became more blue and a little dark purple. One day after entering the sparkling sea, they gradually couldn't see the shadow of the continental shelf, and sailed one or two chains, completely into the deep sea. After nightfall, the land gulls will no longer be visible.

These are the sights of James, who, although only in his thirties, has been on this route for twenty years, from sailor to first mate, recently captain, and few people on this boat can compare to him when it comes to experience. And Brando didn't seem surprised, because he saw the ocean, the deeper ocean, and he could tell more about it than the most skilled sailors.

Born in the southernmost mountains of Eruin as a child, only in her father's notes did she hear of the existence of the sea, which she was able to maintain when she first saw the sea at Gris Fishing Harbor, but according to those who have been at sea all these years - the sea you have seen on land is completely different from the sea you have seen at sea.

Once at sea, you give your destiny to this temporal, gentle, temporal goddess. Yet even at her most tender time, the waves at sea still seemed to be the peaks of the ups and downs, and the large and sturdy sailboat in the ocean when the port was moored was like a leaf canoe. People with little sailing experience tended to be frightened and softened for the first time aboard, and Antitina's performance was now brave.

Like Roman, who was initially curious about everything aboard the boat, is now dizzy and powerless to run into her room and lie down - so much so that the businesswoman complained loudly that Brando had pitted her and boarded the 'thief boat'. But Brando told the little cutie that it was impossible to be a big businessman and not get used to the sea wind waves, and finally the young lady had to bury herself in the pillow to hum and chirp.

“I think I'm beginning to understand my father a little, Lord...” Antitina stood on the side of the boat, looking down at the white trail left by the sailboat on the plain blue sea and said very hard. In fact, she didn't feel well either. It was just a thought that Lord Lord was still on the deck, and how could he stand down alone as a clerk, so he bit his teeth here and insisted.

“Hmm?” Brando turned around and looked at herself as a quiet maid of staff. Antitina is as knowledgeable and intelligent as all the aristocrats of Eruin origin, but unlike all of them, she is strong.

“I had no idea that the world out there was so vast and beautiful and heartwarming until I came out with Lord Lord. Although I've seen the scenery described in my father's notes, I didn't realize until today that if it wasn't for her, it would be hard to imagine how attractive this side of the world would be to you to explore her. ”

“… as I stand here now, looking at the far reaches of the sky and the sea, I cannot help but think about what lies at that end of the sea.” Antina couldn't help but hold onto her hair, which was blown apart by the sea breeze, adding a soft, green charm to her teenage girl: “I guess that's what my father thought. ”

Brando listened to Antina's tone a little shadowy, knowing that she remembered her deceased parents and her hometown far away from Goran-Elson, and was a little obsessed for a while. Yeah, he didn't even try to drift himself. Brando has his own family in the world, but that doesn't belong to half of Sophie, and he's not ready to go back there yet, and he doesn't know how to face it.

Antina's self-pity was due to homelessness, but he had a family he couldn't return to.

With this in mind, Brando couldn't help but ask, “Do you blame him? ”

Antitina shook her head: "I don't know, Mother Adult complains occasionally. But I think I should understand him, because I feel like I'm a nobleman and I should know better than other people's children. But what I thought was one thing, and then I realized that my heart was still resentful. ”

She sighed in the shadows: "No matter how beautiful the world is, isn't it better than your wife and daughter? I envy the children of my neighbors, although their homes are far less than mine. ”

Brando looked at the girl's side face and asked, "Does your father know you're gifted at the core of making Magic Transmission? ”

“I think he knows that although he rarely comes home, he often brings back some crippling literature. I think he still cares about his daughter, but it may not be in the right direction. ”

Brando touched the taupe brown stone in the bag, and after seeing those magical quartz sands in the basement hall, he always thought it might have something to do with it.

“I think you're right, he cares about you, but everyone expresses their feelings differently.” Brando said softly.

Antitina looked up slightly and her dark eyes looked at Brando with some confusion.

At this time, Caglis walked up from the deck with a young White Lion Guard officer who, although never on a sea boat, seemed to have a natural gift to accept novelties in the shortest possible time. It took half a day before he could walk on the deck like the most sophisticated sailor. Even Captain James appalled that he was a natural sailor.

Of course, James was also surprised by Brando's insights, and Brando was embarrassed to say that he had been out in the past few years - how old he was and how much he had been - and could only lie about having seen something in the writings of the Mage. The book obtained something completely different from the actual experience, which could never escape the young captain's eyes, except that the magician's things were always boxed for ordinary people, and anything could be put inside, plus Brando's magician's attendant was obviously a real highland wizard, so he reluctantly dispelled his suspicions.

But as for the young sergeant around Caglis, his face didn't look so good, because Brando had never seen such a depressed look on the faces of these young men after a great battle on the banks of the Gris before. These brave young men can defeat even the most terrible enemies, but they are retreating before nature.

“Your men are very good. I have met many soldiers in Ambesseur, in Carasou, but none of them are such good young men.” But at this point, the captain suddenly turned around, holding a pipe in one hand, pointing to Caglis and the young sergeant beside him, praising him.

Indeed, while young people are fearful, they are far too good compared to the average person who goes out for the first time.

“It's a long way off.” Brando shook his head. This time he sailed to Ambesseur, with the most crowded cadets of the future White Lion Infantry, all forty young people, accounting for almost two thirds of his entourage. Brando has high hopes for these young people, and he hopes that they will go through some future grinding with him, so that everyone who stays can be the backbone and brilliant generals of Eruin in the future.

Of course, these young people may not understand this yet, but no one will suspect that it is a bad thing for the Lord to bring himself. Young is a time of bloodthirsty and impulsiveness. Even in the face of the more powerful enemies and difficulties, they dare to try the challenge. This is the story of the so-called newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

“But thanks to the blessings of the captain, this time I carried a lot of people, along with disguised cargo and the necessary food and fresh water, the cargo involved with the captain was considerably less.” Brando went on to add another sentence.

He did bring a lot of people with him this time, because the Ambethel side had to go with Roman because of the commercial aspects, and Brando was not comfortable with her alone and brought Antina with him. Besides, Miss Clerk can say that she is one of the most familiar with the Aruine nobility around him. Her presence is also very helpful for the purpose of his trip.

Then there was the Rubies mercenary, which was a saying, and Brando used to joke about taking Tina and Flo to Ambethel to meet him, and now there's a chance that he wouldn't naturally take the lead as a lord and watchmaker. Moreover, Rubis mercenaries are experienced and do not have the possibility of casualties to guide the young men of the White Lion Infantry Corps in their operations.

And then down comes Charles, who is his magician's squire, who is a cover for highland knight status, and who has to go. The remainder are Lopal, Medfis, Andrig, and Metisa. This trip to Ambethel to break the union seems dangerous to Brando - although he is a dark enemy, Brando thinks on his knees and knows that there must be others besides him who are unwilling to succeed in the marriage of Griffin to Alec - the King and the Grand Duke cannot afford to be unprotected, so Brando will not be too much in terms of strength.

Finally, Sy, who is now almost like a shadow of Brando, rarely speaks, but never leaves Brando. Although the sequelae of God's blood are almost unlikely to recur after absorbing the Golden Apple and Dragon bloodlines, she still appears temporarily inseparable from Brando. Brando had said before that she would leave until her wounds were healed, but looking at Sy like this now, there was no talking about it.

At the same time, there was an unexpected guest on the trip, St. Mayfist the Grey Sword, who, after hearing about Brando's upcoming plans, had not notified anyone of his initiative to board the ship. According to his own account, in order to ensure that his covenant and half of his students did not die in Ambesseur, but even if Grey Sword Saint said he was going on a tour, Brando did not think anyone would dare to object.

After all, where is his strength?

The old swordsman, Kuran, was temporarily reluctant to participate so proactively in his affairs because of Count Denel, otherwise the gold side could add another strong hand. And these are the people who have crammed this sailboat, which is the result of Brando's stash of several more prominent cards: Fire Claw Spears, Windy Spiders, Fire Giant Spirits, Holy Angels. Knowing that merchant ships in general tend to have only the necessary sailors, it is unlikely that they will be filled with sailors, but the fact is that the Far Lands at this moment, while still a merchant ship on the surface, are already a warship - apart from the lack of artillery.

To Brando, the young captain laughed and replied, "You're serious, my lord, it's just business.” He has yet to say that Tonigal has no specialties at this time, although the lord promised them a new way of doing business, but that promise is not very believable, at least in the eyes of James now.

Their merchant fleet has come here to buy and sell. Whether they are bandits or rebels, they are the best guests as long as they talk about the rules and the liquidation of money and goods. Besides, James had a good impression of Brando, who was said to be bandits and rebels, but he could see that Brando was a courteous nobleman who, although a little odd in his ways, was unexpectedly hospitable.

James was also full of praise for Brando's men, who had met many noble men as well as the private army, but he had to say that the temperament and spiritual appearance of the soldiers he had seen in Tonigal was not actually inferior to the regular army of the Kingdom.

Even more importantly, the young captain thought about it, presumably only if he had ever seen knights belonging to the royal family.

He came only as a captain, an ordinary businessman, but by the time he returned to Ambethel, the young captain had begun to be somewhat curious about Brando and his men. In his view, the young man might not be as simple as his apparent identity, and he couldn't help but wonder if there might be any further possibilities for us to socialize in the future.

To think of it, the captain dropped the pipe and knocked on the side of the boat.

This is when Caglis and his sergeant came to Brando.

(Something went wrong with the computer yesterday, sadly, who knows what's wrong with the blue screen when the computer opens the browser?) (to be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote on recommendations, monthly tickets (qidian.com), and your support is my biggest motivation.)