Hemu Town, also known as 'Ximu Town' or 'Hewang Village', is a small village where the rivers in the Ilintana Lake Basin pass through. It is built by mountains and rivers. It has a beautiful environment, outstanding people and simple folk customs...
Perhaps it is because of the narrow terrain, or it is because there is a ready-made logging farm and sawmill here, and there is too much high-quality and cheap wood? Therefore, in addition to their own houses, the villagers living in Hemu Town even used wooden trests to cross the river to build their houses on a small island with a not-so-large area in the center of the river, and directly intercepted the two major transportation routes of land and water.
However, blocking the waterway has little impact on the trade routes in this place, because it is not realistic to open the river to ship. At most, it is just a logging field that uses the water to drain the rafts and transport wood along the way. Moreover, due to the severe cold in the sky province, it can only be used in a few months of the year.
Although the water utilization rate of Hemu Town is not high, it does not affect its land transportation to play an important role!
Because its geographical location is still very superior, it is a must-pass place for Xueman City in the north, Fcrees and Helgen in the south, so when the business is prosperous on weekdays and there are many business travelers passing by, it is natural that it has blacksmith shops, B&Bs, logging farms, taverns and grocery stores and bustling streets to supply the normal consumption, decoration and living needs of the merchants and travelers.
However, what is surprising is that although Hemu Town is in principle the territory of Xueman City, and it is a major transportation route and military location connecting the north and south, there is no city wall at all, not even a wall, and there is no soldiers sent by the lord to garrison. It is just a gatehouse made of huge pebbles and wood fished out from the river...
Of course, Anne didn't care about these things. She didn't want to ask about these messy things, and she didn't care about them!
Because, at this time, she was wandering around in this not-so-large town, and waving the unique but substantial gold coins in her hand to buy some good things she likes to eat from the villagers who opened stores.
As for the Larov and his other party's young follower, the guy who seemed to be called "Zagenburg", he went to the sawmill to find an aunt named "Goldot", and he had long disappeared.
It is said that the aunt is Larov's sister, and the sawmill here in Hemu Town was run by the other party. So, now, what two guys who finally escaped from the burned Helgen naturally want to defect to each other?
As for what they were going to do next or how long they wanted to stay here, Anne didn't ask at all. Anyway, she didn't plan to continue to follow them, because she now knew that along the north road, there was a big city called Snowman City. If she turned south, it would be Fres, and even Hafengar, Yar Border, White Land, Winter Fort, East, Rift Valley, Snowman, Fres, and Rich Corps, etc., all learned a little from the Larov's mouth that she could wander and play around in the Sky Province alone without worrying about anything else.
But that's what happened in the future, and now Anne is wandering around here...
She fell in love with this poetic and antique little place where the river flows through the town!
Especially the river water is very clear and cold, and even the fish and shrimps swimming inside are clearly visible. It looks delicious just... and the birds in the sky are even more amazing. They are fat and big. Anyway, she likes this small town full of exotic "taste".
(…)
(lll￢??￢)
"Hmm~!"
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Obviously, Annie could also see that the logging farm in Hemu Town has indeed provided great help to the construction of this small town!
Isn't this?
After she wandered around, she soon discovered that this peaceful and peaceful Hemu Town, which is more like a village, is mostly made of thick logs and thick wooden boards. At most, the roof is covered with a layer of waterproof thatch in addition to nailing wooden boards. If it were replaced by other places, it would definitely not be so luxurious!
For example, Heergen, that place is more of a stone-wood-structured house with local materials, because the stone there is more affordable than the wood in Hemu Town! Of course, it is meaningless to talk about Heergen now. That place has been burned to ashes by the giant dragon Oduin, and now there is only a broken eaves and walls left.
"uh-huh?!"
(*⊙~⊙) Choked
“…”
(????▽????)
"Hey! How many people, what do you want to do when you pretend to be so fierce and evil? Do you want to scare the children to play with it?"
(???????)?
But unfortunately, the facts prove that no matter how simple the folk customs are, there will always be some bad sheep. Isn't this? When Anne scattered gold coins and wandered around Hemu Town, she was inevitably targeted by a group of local bullies!
As we all know, due to the villagers, village bullies or unemployed vagrants generally do not bully locals easily. After all, who is not a family member who lives in the same village?
So, a girl who came here occasionally and was known to many people, and the two people who looked difficult to mess with, who were following Larov, did not mean to be deliberately made difficult by the village tyrants... However, a girl who came to Hemu Town with her back and then wandered around the village alone was different, especially when someone saw that there seemed to be a lot of gold coins in her hand?
And this may be the reason why little Annie was surrounded by these bad people?
“…”
"Little girl, are you here alone to Hemu Town? Where is your family?!"
After looking at his companions, the guy in the lead with short hair, looking like a bald head, and carrying a big sword with a pair of hands behind him walked up and reached out to block Anne's way and looked up and down at her with his head down.
"My family?"
(灬?????灬)
"Of course not here! They are in the Voodoo Land, so far away from here. Anyway, you will never find that place!"
(*??︶??*)
Of course, Anne probably knew the purpose of these bad guys asking her questions, so while she answered, she mocked the other party without any politeness.
"snort!"
"Who is yours who came to Larov today? We saw that you came to our Hemu Town one after another..."
The village tyrant leader asked with some fear.
Obviously, both Larov and the other party’s Larov’s sister and the female carpenter were a little unaffected. So, if this little girl who looked very rich had anything to do with those two guys, maybe they could only let go of the golden things in the other party’s pockets today.
"Larov?"
Σ(⊙▽⊙`)?
"Oh! Are you talking about the guy carrying a bow and arrow who just sneaked into the village? They don't seem to be very familiar with them..."
(????????????)
Yes, Anne was sure that she was not very familiar with that Larov and the guy named "Zagen Castle". At most, she only asked for directions and met twice, and said a few words. Anyway, she must have disdained to get into any relationship with the two unlucky guys who were almost cut off by the fierce soldiers of the empire.
‘…’
‘…’
Upon hearing this, the village tyrant leader and his accomplices looked at each other silently, and then the few people surrounded the little girl silently, blocking the view of the villagers passing by near Hemu Town looking here.
In fact, they did this completely unnecessary, because everyone here knew what kind of virtue they were like, no one would be surprised by their behavior, and no one would meddle in or have conflicts with them for a strange little girl.
"Hey? What do you want to do?!"
(????▽????)?
Although anyone could see that they must be uneasy in these strange uncles, little Annie still pretended to be timid and asked carefully.
"Hello, little girl!"
"That's right. Now we are under our jurisdiction. If you want to stay here or pass through Hemu Town, you have to pay us some money first!"
Although it was obvious that they wanted to steal the other party's money, the village tyrant leader felt that if the other party could be allowed to pay a protection fee honestly, they might not be too embarrassed by the other party? Anyway, the vendors who passed by, those who did not bring escorts or did not have enough escorts, all paid them a escort.
If it weren't for the recent recent battles between the Imperial Army and began to fight with the Ulfrek Storm Cloak, how could they have fallen into the way they need to blackmail children to continue to maintain their lives?
For those who have long been accustomed to blackmail, collecting tolls, extortion and robbery, it is really hard to bear if the traffic suddenly decreases and suddenly loses money and drinks with big drinks and eats meat!
“??”
∑(??△)?!
"You're talking nonsense! Hemu Town is not yours, so why do they have to pay you?"
(??-??*)
Obviously, Annie has always hated this guy who wants to block the road and collect her money without any legitimate reasons or names, so she directly and flatly rejected the other party.
And she still remembered that a long time ago, a guy named Shannox wanted to block the road and grab his money, and then she beat him up. As he beat him, the other party was convinced by her and kept being her housekeeper in the Land of Fire, managing the place she first beat him?
(???)
(￢??￢.)
(Tibers said that he did not agree with the "chaotic" memory of its little master! Because it still remembers it very clearly that it was a bad little master who ran to block someone else's way and wanted to collect the money from the fire demon. After the fire demon was unhappy, he beat the other party and occupied the entire land of flames...
Well, it dared not recall it, because a hateful little hand was moved to its neck and held it tightly. If it continued to mess up, something bad would definitely happen.)
"Stop talking!"
"This place is under our control. If you want to stay here, you have to pay! We only need fifty Septines!"
‘!!’
‘What are you doing?’
'But boss, are you sure she has that much money in her small pocket?'
'this……'
At this time, just as the village tyrant finished speaking, another guy with a stingy look came over and muttered these two words in the other person's ear with a voice that Annie could barely hear.
“…”
"Okay! Little guy, I have changed my mind, and I won't make things difficult for you! Take out all the gold coins in your pocket, we will only take away some of the ones we should take, and then you can be unobstructed in Hemu Town! If anyone dares to make things difficult for you, just report our name!"
After hesitating, he felt that what his subordinates said seemed reasonable, and that the other party's beautiful little skirt could not hide so much money in the pocket, and that a little girl's strength could not bring so many gold coins on her body. So, he quickly changed his decision: he just planned to take away most of the gold coins on the other party.
"That's how..."
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"But they don't have the kind of Septin you said..."
(′～`●)
"There are a lot of gold coins in their pockets, but they don't want to take them out and give them to you bad guys!"
(°〼°〃)
Annie is for the good of these people, because if she really takes out all the gold coins, she will definitely crush these bad guys who are strong outside and have the same ability!
‘Stop talking nonsense!’
‘Get out if you don’t pay! Go back to your south!’
‘Okay, boss! Don’t pretend to be a good person. We haven’t opened for many days. Do you want to go fishing for soup again?’
'that is!'
‘Just grab it directly, leave her two money as travel expenses and go home. Who made her dare to run around alone in this dangerous world?’
‘Well said! Hilde just now, he saw the dragon. How can this world not be dangerous?’
'Hahaha……'
‘He wasn’t the first to say that he saw the dragon. Everyone thought he was crazy. Swan had been annoyed enough!’
'alright!'
‘Hurry up, let her pay, and then let her get out…’
‘??’
‘Little guy, are you sure, you want to resist?!’
The village tyrants who were about to take action soon discovered that a little girl was blinking her beautiful green eyes and quietly picked up a wooden stick from the pile of wood beside her. It seemed that she wanted to fight with so many adults?
“…”
(????????????)
Annie didn't say anything. She felt that sometimes it was a little cruel to use magic directly, and the power was not easy to control. If you accidentally burn it to ashes, it would be better to use a wooden stick?
Anyway, the last time she was fighting against those elites on Zhiyuan Star, her fighting skills were getting stronger and more proficient. So, now that she has the chance, she can practice it carefully.
‘…’
‘Quick! Grab her! Get the money quickly and let her get out!!’
Seeing that more and more villagers were watching around, some people began to point fingers at them, thinking that it would not be a good idea to continue talking here. They were also afraid that some of the village tyrants who jumped out and meddled with other people's business, so they exchanged their eyes and rushed towards the little girl.
And then...
Bang!!
‘Wow~!’
Dong!!
‘Uh~!’
puff!!
‘??’
Bang!!
'Well……'
_(:-"∠)_
_(????`”∠)_
‘!!’
‘No! Don’t, stop beating! My aunt, please spare your life…’
○￣￿￿
Dong!!
'Well!'
‘…’
Dealing with such a group of guys did not waste much time for Annie. When the villagers exclaimed and pointed at this side, the local village tyrants, including a leader who knelt down on the ground and wanted to beg for mercy, had already beaten Annie's dazzled sticks to the point of bruising and fainting.
"Really!"
s(????v??v????)ゞ
"You guys, such a cute girl, are you going to snatch? Are you shameless?!"
e=(??vev????)))Ph!
After packing up these ungrateful village tyrants, Annie threw away the wooden stick that was stained with some blood from someone, then clapped her hands, and salivated her for a moment under the unbelievable eyes of the villagers before she looked up and turned her head and left.
“!!”
!?(??''????)??
"What are you guys hiding here sneakily? Do you want to scare people?!"
s(??'ヘ????;)ゞ
Ignoring the onlookers and pointed fingers of the villagers, and also the bad guys who were full and wanted to think about the coins in Queen Anne's pocket. After cleaning up the other party, Anne turned around and walked into a small alley next to her, and was successfully shocked by two guys who were hiding here at some time.
Of course, what Annie didn't know was that her performance just now also shocked the other party!
"Talos is on..."
"Little guy, are you sure you are really a mage?"
Before, he was telling his sister about his escape from Helgen and the sudden appearance of the dragon and Ulfric. Then, when he heard the little boy Flodner in the village say that a strange little girl was being troubled by a bully, although he didn't think that the other party would need his help as a mage, Larov rushed over as soon as possible and was able to see the fact that surprised him.
The little girl who kept saying that she was a mage and indeed a magician, actually beat the villains who had been blackmailing past merchants in Hemu Town with a wooden stick. If he hadn't seen this kind of thing with his own eyes, he would probably not have believed it no matter what, right?
You know, although those villains are not very strong, if it were him Larov, if he was surrounded by such a few people, he would be beaten down if he was accidentally surrounded!
"yes!"
(*??︶??*)
"He's a melee mage, I learned from an old guy named Gandalf!"
o(???????????)o??
"You may not know that Gandalf is so fierce! He is obviously a white-robed wizard, but in addition to learning a light technique to prevent being attacked by enemies while walking on night roads, he will focus on exercising endurance and strength! He also practiced all the skills of one-handed swords, two-handed swords, whirlwind dances, beheadings, armor-breaking and so on to the highest level, which is amazing!"
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(…)
(￢??￢.)
‘…’
‘…’
"Are you joking? How could there be such a mage in this world?!"
After looking at his new companion, Larov shook his head with some amusement.
For Larov, who had seen the fierce look of rockets and fireballs bombarding when the Imperial battle mage made all his strength in the Blackwater Fork Ambush Battle and Helgen's battle against the dragon, he knew better than anyone else what a powerful mage would look like.
"Maybe..."
╮(╯▽╰)╭
Annie didn't pay much attention to the other party, but turned around and left. Anyway, she was not familiar with the other party, so there was no need to say so much nonsense or explain it too clearly.
She planned to rest here for one night and leave here early tomorrow morning. As for Larov and Zhagenburg, she would not have too much interaction with them! Otherwise, she would not have rejected their invitations before and refused to visit the sawmill full of wood smell.
...
At night, Sleeping Giant Inn in Hemu Town...
The difference between the drunks, mercenaries, businessmen and idle men in the town are bragging, fucking and loudly, and even the guys who are fighting after getting drunk is that a little girl is sitting comfortably on the stool in front of the counter, chatting with Ogna, who is collecting money and selling things at the inn counter.
'Hahaha!'
‘Little guy, are you a mage? Don’t joke! It’s better for a little guy like you to go home quickly. Although I heard what you do during the day, believe me, a guy like you with tender skin will be eaten sooner or later!’
‘When you came in, you saw the tiger man wearing a green cloak outside, right?’
‘His name is Barron Dahl, and he welcomes you the most alone traveler, so you better stay away from him!’
"Uh-huh……"
(*?????╰╯`??)
"Is that true?"
(????????????????)??~
Obviously, Anne didn't believe what Ogna said, because she knew that the tiger man was from a caravan and was doing business seriously, so where could he eat people again?
"But, he is really a mage, and he is still very powerful!"
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‘Just like you, don’t blow yourself up!’
'but……'
‘I have heard that in the north of Fengduo City, in the winter castle east of Morning Star City, there is an academy that specializes in teaching spells. If the guys who learn evil spells have not blown them up yet?’
'Yes……'
‘Anyway, if you really want to go there and want to learn something from the lord’s mage, you’d better be careful?’
Seeing that some cute little guy gave him so many gold coins and the wonderful Jin Jialong, Ogna couldn't help but say a few more words, saying all the valuable information he had heard from the mercenaries, businessmen and various weirdos in the past.
‘By the way!’
‘Little guy, remember to lock the doors and windows when you go to bed at night. One night the shop in Lukan of the Hemu Town Trading Company was stolen by thieves. I have not found the guy who pryed the door in yet!’
‘Although, that thief took almost nothing?’
As he was talking, Ogna at the counter shook his head and said while using the strip of Zhang Xixi, like a rag, to wipe the cup.
‘Do you want another rabbit?’
‘This time, I promise to bake it more delicious than the last one, definitely the kind you have never eaten!’
Then, he thought about it and continued to point to the few hanging behind him and was beaten back by hunters. The already stiff hares asked.
"It's better not to be delicious at all..."
(lll￢▽￢)
It's not known how long it's been hanging there, and it's not new at all. Anne won't be fooled and buy a second one! You know, the one she bought just now has been given to the former gladiator with red marks on her face and bearded, now the Skyrim Food Traveler Gore.
‘My friend!’
‘My priest Anne, really, if you have the chance, maybe you should try the trioto walrus! Trust me, no one will get tired of a delicious stew of trioto walrus!’
‘That’s a delicious food that is unimaginable and rejected…’
‘Put that chewy meat into the pot, throw in a little minced garlic, add tomatoes and lavender, and then fill a pot of sea water, and it will soon melt into a pot of pure delicacy!’
‘I ate all the meat from Summer Island to Saulsdam, but nothing really compares to a fresh bowl of three-fang walrus soup…’
Gore, a Skyrim Food Traveler who was invited to have a meal for nothing by a little guy, was trying hard to recommend the kind of thing he thought was the best, just like some guy who likes to eat delicious food like him.
“Is it really that delicious?!”
??(?????????)??
There is no doubt that Annie was a little moved by the other party. She was considering whether she should give up the tourist route she had decided and really go to the place where the other party said that she could eat the "three-fang walrus" meat?
‘Three Tooth Walrus?’
‘Great Talos…’
‘Little guy, I advise you not to listen to him! You will definitely regret that thing once you have eaten it! Because it will definitely not feel better when chewing it than chewing a piece of wood chips from our Hemu Town!’
‘!!’
‘Ogna, you don’t understand! Your vision is only as big as Hemu Town. You won’t understand how much delicious food there is in this world!’
‘Maybe you are right, Gore…’
‘But you have to know that I have no fewer people to come into contact with every day than you have seen or killed!’
'No……'
‘You won’t understand!’
‘I understand very well!’
‘You don’t!’
‘…’
"Hello!"
??????(＿＿*)?????
"You'd better stop arguing! Uncle Og, the chicken that I just asked you to bake should be almost the same, right? Get the food quickly, I'm hungry now!!"
??????(*??)????????
'oh!'
‘Of course! This time should be better…’
After looking at the two people who were drinking a little, Brown and Delphin, who were still struggling by the side because of a little trivial matter, Ogna sighed and shook his head, quickly turned around, and helped a little guy to bring a baked old hen to the counter from the window in the kitchen in the counter.
“!!”
(??????????)
"I'll start!!"
ψ('????)ψ
In this way, little Anne was arguing with Ogna and Gore, listening to the "Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Until a group of angry villagers rushed into the Sleeping Giant Inn, saw something that they shouldn't have read at a glance, and then surrounded Annie.
“??”
∑(??△)?!
"What do you look at people with that look?!"
ヾ(????????'??)ノ
Annie expressed her confusion because she seemed to have really not provoked these people. Today, she had not done anything else except for wandering around for a day, seeing enough of the scenery of Hemu Town, and studying the small animals with rich food sources in the sky, the ground and water here, such as the beautiful orange-yellow bird, the mud crabs by the river, and the pheasant and wild wolf outside the village, etc....
(…)
(●￣(??)￣●)
(Maybe...but, Tibers didn't want to remind some of its bad little master about that kind of irrelevant issues.)
‘…’
‘What are you eating?!’
A vicious villager stepped forward and looked at the counter in front of a little girl. After looking at the things on the other party's dining plate, his face became a little shocked and suspicious.
"Of course it's roast chicken!"
ψ('????)ψ
‘!!’
‘Grilled, roasted chicken? Where did the chicken come from?’
The vicious villagers hurriedly asked.
Because, he didn't remember that his family sold any chickens to the "Sleeping Giant" inn today! In fact, they no longer sold chickens soon... And in Hemu Town, in this small population, it is better to say that it is a village in the village than a small town, only his family has chickens!
So, now the question is, what is going on with the roast chicken that was eaten by a little girl?!
"Of course I caught it from the mountains!"
(????????????????)
"What's wrong, is there any problem?"
(￣～￣) Chew!
‘…’
‘Catched in the mountains?’
'You lie, that's my chicken! I'm missing one chicken today!'
Yes, when it was getting dark in the past, their chickens would return to the chicken coop by themselves, but I didn’t expect that today, one missing was missing, and it was so dying that they were looking for them smelled the roast chicken here? So, they followed the smell and really asked them to find it!
“??”
(*⊙~⊙) Choked
"Your family? Do you have any evidence?!"
ψ(￣～￣) Chew!
Blinking, Anne quickly stuffed the last piece of meat into her mouth and chewed it in big mouthfuls along with the tender bones.
She didn't believe it was raised by the other party, because it was indeed what she caught in the woods outside. How could it be that ordinary pheasant was raised by the other party? So, without saying that, she was very sure that these guys must have come to cause trouble again when they saw that she was rich?
Sure enough, the words of the troublemakers from poor mountains and rivers are really correct. Just like during the day, these guys from Hemu Town have found a new reason to cause trouble for her Queen Anne, so she will not be as they wish!
'you!'
‘Look, this is what I found in the kitchen!’
‘This hair!’
‘!!’
‘That’s right! It’s the one I have in my house!’
"ah?"
=??????????(?????*)
‘You thief!’
‘This chicken is the old hen that I keep and lay eggs, and it is to hatch the chickens! Now that you eat it, the basket of eggs in my house will definitely not hatch!’
‘Without eggs, there will be no chickens, and without chickens, there will be no eggs…’
"All right……"
(lll￢▽￢)
Annie understood that these people were really just some troublemakers, and they were really here to find trouble! She swears that she was really caught in the wild, how could it be that they belong to the other party? Anyway, she would definitely not admit it!
“…”
??(ψ｀▽′)o??
So, a small flame flashed in Annie's hand, and then the bad guy holding a chicken feather in his hand instantly burned the fire. After the other party exclaimed and shook his hand, the most important evidence had been burned to coke...
But Anne controls her well, and she just destroys important evidence.
Now it's OK!
She ate all the roast chicken and the feathers were burned, leaving only bones on the ground. She wanted to see why these troublemakers said that the chicken belonged to his family?
(…)
(●￣(??)￣●;)
(Tibers was speechless, not knowing that his terrible little master did this for that purpose. After all, it was just a chicken. Even if it was really raised by the other party, it would be enough to compensate for a gold coin. As for this?)
‘…’
'you……'
‘Catch her! Catch her! That thief!!’
“!!”
!?(??''????)??
"You are the thieves. They really caught them on the mountain outside the village!!"
????(?????????????)?????????????????
‘Catch her!!’
‘!!’
‘She is there!’
'stop!'
Chapter completed!