Chapter 21 Ordinary

At this moment, there were only two people left on the grass, Lind and the Faceless Man, and of course an albino shadow lynx cub.

"I still don't know your name?" Linde turned to faceless man and said.

"My previous name has been dedicated to the God of Many Faces along with my face," the Faceless Man put the hood behind his cloak back on and said, "You can call me Bovo, this is my new name."

Lind asked tentatively: "Can you tell me what happened between you, Joel and Fortimo?"

Faceless Man Bovo shook his head and said: "There is nothing to say. These are all things in the past, and I will not come back after I leave this time, so you don't have to worry about anything."

Obviously the faceless man must have misunderstood something, but Linde did not continue to test it. Instead, he pointed at the wound on the chest of the faceless man Bovo and said: "Do you need my help? With your current injury, in this kind of Due to the weather, it may not be possible to get out of this forest.”

"The magic potion of the spark is something that can be called a miracle." As Bovo spoke, he deliberately lifted the clothes on his chest, revealing the wound on his chest in front of Linde's eyes.

I saw that the wound that was supposed to be a flesh-opening wound had completely healed at this moment, leaving only a shallow scar. If you didn't look carefully, you would never know that there had been a fatal wound here.

Seeing the effect of the faceless man after taking the medicine, Lind also felt incredible. As Bovo said, this medicine is simply a miracle, and for someone like him who will definitely go to the battlefield frequently in the future, this medicine Planting medicine is also a life-saving thing.

Thinking of this, Lind couldn't help but look at the location of the mound tree house before, thinking about how to please and make friends with Spark in order to obtain this potion from her.

"You don't need to look, Sparks has already left." Bovo seemed to know what Linde was thinking, and said: "Springs' tree house can be moved underground. She will never stay in one place for a long time, especially That place has been discovered by humans.”

Although he felt incredible, Lind felt that the Faceless Man was not lying, so he asked: "In that case, how did you contact her?"

"You can't use my method, and even if I use it now, it may not be effective." Bovo shook his head, dispelling Linde's expectations, but then changed the subject and said, "However, from just now, the sparks Judging from your reaction, she seems to appreciate you, otherwise she wouldn’t have given you the shadow lynx cub, and she might even take the initiative to meet you in the future.”

Linde looked down at the cub curled up in his arms, and a relieved smile appeared on his face. For him, even without the magic potion, he had already gained a lot from this trip. There was no need to cling to the potion and just let it take its course. Just be natural.

The Faceless Man saw Linde's relieved smile and knew that Linde had thought about it. This made the Faceless Man a little surprised, because in his understanding, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy would not have such an open-minded attitude. , will only appear in adults who have rich life experience or old people who have long looked down on everything in the world.

At this time, Linde said with some curiosity: "The ability of Sparks is very different from the children of the forest that I have heard from legends and stories. I have never heard of a child of the forest who can move underground with his own residence at will." ”

When he said this, the image of the Son of the Forest immediately appeared in Lind's mind, but that image was completely the image of the Son of the Forest in the TV series. It must be said that the Son of the Forest in the TV series was the same as the Sparkling Son of the Forest he just saw. The gap between them is like a beggar and a noble, the gap is so big that they don’t seem to be the same species.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that this gap might be the gap between the TV series and reality. Maybe in reality, the children of the forest in the world of ice and fire are like sparks.

"Spark is very special. She is a rare child of nature among the children of the forest." The Faceless Man seemed unwilling to say more about Spark. After a simple response, he no longer planned to continue the conversation with Lind.

I saw that he completely wrapped himself in the cloak, then looked at the shadow lynx cub in Linde's arms, and said: "Let me remind you, no matter how close this cub is to you, it is still a beast. It's best to find someone." Tie it with a rope, otherwise it will definitely hurt other people. If the injured person is an ordinary person, that's fine. If it hurts those noble gentlemen, such as Garland Tyrell, then your ending may be Just like me."

After saying that, without waiting for Linde's response, he stepped into the woods and soon disappeared.

Linde did not stop the Faceless Man from leaving, nor did he think about tracing his identity through the clues revealed in the Faceless Man's words. He could feel the Faceless Man's goodwill, although this goodwill may come from other people.

One thing the Faceless Man said was right. Linde was indeed preparing to raise this cub in a free-range way, especially to keep the cub in a predatory state. But now that he thinks about it, his free-range plan is a bit too much. It's dangerous, and a rope is really needed to restrain the shadow lynx.

Linde, who reconsidered the feeding plan, held up the cub's body and raised it in front of him. The kitten-like cub thought that Linde was playing with it, so it let out a cry and swung its limbs. The same claws kept grabbing, as if trying to hug Linde's face.

Looking at the cub's movements, Linde smiled, then stuffed him into his clothes, carried him in his arms, and then walked towards the direction of the Howling Forest Station.

In the inn hall of Howling Forest, the servants of the Tyrell family built a small tent specifically for Garland so that he could live in it alone without having to mix with other people outside.

Garland was originally opposed to this. Rather than staying alone in a tent, he would rather stay with the nobles and knights of the Tyrell family. If it was not raining, he would even be willing to stay with the soldiers outside. Sit together and listen to their anecdotes.

However, the accompanying Bachelor Selik dissuaded him, because Bachelor Selik found that someone among the soldiers was sick. If it was a common cold, it would be fine. If it was an infectious disease, then the more contact Garland had with other people, the more likely it would be. The more, the more likely it is to be infected.

After hearing Maester Serik's explanation, Garland did not insist anymore. He ordered his servant to take out some medicine from his personal medicine box and gave it to Fortimo, asking him to pass it on to the sick soldiers, although he did not know this. Whether the medicine is effective or not, but at least I tried my best.

Back in the tent, Garland picked up a book that recorded the adventures of Sir Duncan the Tall and Aegon V as knights-errant. This was already the fifth edition of the story of Duncan and Egg that he had read, every edition. In addition to the well-known stories, there are also some new stories in the collection of stories.

Although Garland knew very well that those new stories were fabricated, he still liked to read them and was willing to believe that those stories were true. And when reading, he often thought about his current age and Aegon's past. The fifth generation is about the same age. What would it be like if he met his own knight now and took risks in the Seven Kingdoms?

I don’t know why, but when thinking of knights, Garland couldn’t help but picture Lind, a burly knight’s attendant, in his mind.

Thinking of this, Garland closed the book in his hand, picked up the bell on the low table next to him and shook it. After the servant outside the tent came in, he ordered: "Invite Lord Fortimo, I have something to ask. he."

The servants responded and exited the tent. After a while, they saw a soaked Fertimo Crane walking in from the outside.

Fertimo took the towel handed over by the servant, wiped the rain off his body, and then asked Garland: "Sir, why did you call me here?"

Garland pretended to be casual and said: "It's nothing important, I just want to ask how our bear hunter is doing? Is he still used to being in the scout team?"

After hearing this, Fertimo recalled the relevant information he had received from the captain of the scout team, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face involuntarily. Then he reported to Garland the news he knew about Linde's presence in the scout team. listen.

After hearing this, Garland showed a hint of disappointment on his face. Although Linde's previous actions almost got him into big trouble, he still liked Linde's flamboyant and confident character, but now Lin De When De went to the scout team, he turned into ordinary like a pearl turning into dust. His publicity and self-confidence all disappeared. Some just followed the rules. The only thing that remained unchanged was the almost strict self-discipline.

"Did I make a mistake by putting him in the scout team?" Garland asked hesitantly.

Fertimo responded: "No, your decision is very correct."

Garland frowned and said, "But I feel like he became mediocre after joining the scout team."

"Mediocre?" Fortimo had a completely blank expression on his face. He really didn't understand why Garland thought that Lind's performance in the scout team was mediocre, because in his opinion, even if he was beaten Even if he was demoted to the Scouts, his performance would definitely not be better than Lind's.

Fertimo originally thought that Lind would be depressed for a few days because of the fact that he was demoted from knight squire to scout team. As a result, Lind did not show any depression at all, and on the next day, he was completely independent by relying on the prestige he had established before. The rights of the captain of the scout team later improved the way the scout team detects the enemy, greatly increasing the efficiency of the scout team in exploring the road ahead.

After that, many guard warriors took the initiative to join Linde's scout team. With Fortimo's intention to let him go, Linde also successfully selected suitable candidates from the guard warriors and formed a team entirely based on him. The core scout team.

This kind of performance does not look ordinary at all. At least in Fotimo's past experience, he has never seen any teenager who can compete with Linde in terms of adaptability and work ability. of.

After all, Garland was only ten years old. No matter how excellent the education he received, some of his thoughts were still immature. He could not see how outstanding Linde's performance in the Scouts was, so he began to regret what he did in New Barrel City. The penalty decision was made, so he tentatively asked Fertimo: "Do you want to transfer Lind back to you? I think letting him stay in the scout team may destroy a knight seed?"

Fertimo was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to explain to Garland how outstanding Lind's performance in the Scouts was, and there was no need to worry about destroying a Cavaliers seed, bursts of noise suddenly came from outside.

The expressions of Garland and Fotimo immediately became serious. At Garland's signal, Fotimo turned around and opened the tent door curtain, and the two of them looked outside.

I saw that none of the knights and nobles in the hall were staying by the lit bonfire at this moment. They all came to the door of the hall and looked out, as if there was something magical outside.

Immediately afterwards, some soldiers from the scout team were seen walking into the hall carrying various prey, and then placed the prey in the middle of the hall. Soon the prey piled up into a small mountain.

"It should be Linde's scout team that has returned from hunting. It looks like they have gained quite a lot." Fortimo said, looking at the pile of prey in front of him.

"Go! The bear hunter is calling. I want to know how he hunted so many prey in this weather?" Seeing so many prey, Garland also seemed very excited and ordered to the servant beside him. He shouted, and then added: "There are too many prey, leaving only one wild boar and one deer. After the other prey is roasted, they are sent to the camp outside for the guards at home to eat."

"Yes, Master." Garland's personal attendant responded, and immediately ordered other attendants to deal with the prey. He also found the scout team who was about to leave the hall and informed Garland of the order.

"Why are you? Where is the bear hunter?" Garland waited in the tent for a while. When he saw that the person who came in was the captain of the scout team, and there was a scout behind the captain, he frowned and said, "Could it be that he Are you still complaining that I demoted him to the scout team and don't want to see me? "

"No, it's not." Before the captain of the scout team could speak, the scout behind him said first, "Lord Linde did not come back with us."

"Is he a subordinate of Linde?" Garland looked at the scout who was speaking and asked.

The scout captain said quickly: "Yes, his name is Raul. He was selected by Lord Linde from the guard soldiers when the scout team expanded some time ago. He has good skills and is now Lord Linde's right-hand man."

"Why didn't Linde come back with you? Did he find any danger in the forest?" Garland asked again.

Raul immediately replied: "No, Lord Linde is chasing the shadow lynx."

"Chasing the shadow lynx?" Garland and Fertimo were both stunned.

Raul then quickly told them about the shadow lynx they encountered on the road. By the way, they also mentioned that they guessed that Lind planned to complete ten hunting trials and become a legendary hunter.

After listening to Raul's words, Garland also had a look of excitement on his face. After all, he had only read about pursuing ancient trials and becoming a legend in the world, but now it was actually happening in front of him. , how could this make him not feel excited.

However, while he was excited, he also felt a little embarrassed, because just a moment ago, he thought Linde was mediocre in the scout team, but as soon as he turned around, Linde made such a big noise, which undoubtedly made him His judgment seems so stupid and short-sighted.