On a quiet night, you can't see the darkness of your fingers, and the moonless earth is cold and quiet.↖

A faint fire light was lit in the tower beside the wooden wall of the village gate, and a blurred lazy figure could be seen. The night wind in the mountains and forests was filled with a hint of coolness, which made people shudder. In the dense weeds, the sound of broken insects echoed intermittently, teasing the melody of relaxed and pleasant summer.

With the help of the protection of the night, he avoided the guards and carefully touched the edge of the wooden wall and leaned close to each other. Willie observed the surrounding situation left and right, and then immediately gestured to Connill beside him. Connill, who had only seen the idea, took out his hook claws from his arms, threw the ropes on the hook claws a few times, and immediately threw them on the wooden wall. After a moment, Connill pulled the rope hard, making sure that the hook claws were tight and firm. Without Willie's words, he climbed up along the rope.

The heights of the wooden walls are uneven, three or four meters short and five or six meters high. They are mainly used to prevent the harassment and threats of wild beasts and bandits, so there is no need for villagers to repair them as the fortresses of military facilities.

After successfully sneaking into the village, Connill looked at Willy, who couldn't see clearly, and reached out to pull his sleeve and said in a whisper: "What should we do next?"

This action is said to be an investigation, but the investigation must always be purposeful. As a simple accompanying person, Connell really doesn't know how their investigation should be carried out.

"First find out the terrain of the village, so as not to be lost when you are exposed when you are exposed," Willie said softly.

"The night is too dark. Let alone familiarize yourself with the terrain, I'm afraid we will forget the way we came after walking a few more steps." Connill said worriedly.

"…wait, we will act after the moon comes out."

Connell's words were not unreasonable. Willie looked up at the dark night sky where clouds covered the purple moon, and said with a slight frustration in his heart.

He was still too impatient and impulsive, and decided to act without even thinking about it in advance.

The two hid along the wooden wall under a lush and thick tree, and temporarily rested against the shadow part. For safety reasons, they did not speak anymore, and the atmosphere became silent and depressing for a moment.

Connill, who had not seen the moonlight appear for a long time, could no longer bear the torture, reached out and touched Willy, who was closing her eyes and resting, and tried to shout in a low and inauspicious voice: "Willy, are you asleep?"

"What's the matter? Is the moon coming out?" Willie opened and woke up in an instant.

"No... I just want to talk to you." Connill said embarrassedly.

"It's boring, right?" Willie said with emotion.

"Somewhat, mainly because I'm not used to staying in a strange and dangerous environment." Connill blushed and said embarrassedly.

"You will always get used to it in the future. I heard that the Knights of the Celestial are often ordered to be sent out, and most of the time they are two or three partners. Unless you stay in the Knights, you will sooner or later adapt to the Knights' lifestyle." Willie said.

"Haha, actually, I have never thought about the future of being a Knight of the Celestial Knight as you did." Connill laughed and said with a wry smile: "Because all I need is the Knight of the Celestial Knight. With this identity, I can change my destiny and my family."

"Isn't that the same?" Willie leaned against the tree trunk, and his eyes showed a faint sadness: "I am the son of a great knight, but I am the third in the family. Do you know what this means? It means I have no right to inherit my father's noble title and fiefdom, because they are all my elder brothers, and even if my elder brother dies, there is still a second brother. So my only way out is to become a sacred knight. If I fail, I can only return home in shame. If I am lucky, I might be able to serve as a housekeeper or aide for a certain noble. This is my destined fate."

"It turns out that it is not entirely a blessing to be born in a noble family." Connill sighed.

"Every class has different lifestyles, and even more so in terms of thinking. As civilians, your requirements are often very low. Sometimes being able to have enough food and clothing is the greatest happiness; but we are different. In addition to being able to feed and wear, we pursue self-realization more, rather than living our life mediocrely." Willie said. "Otherwise, why did I come to participate in the hard assessment of the Knights of the Celestial Palace with the good days at home? I even almost died of a life of misfortune."

"Anyway, I think you are a kind-hearted person." Although Willie's words made Conneil a little confused, it did not hinder his good view of Willie. "In the past, I often heard that nobles were a group of bad guys who were careless about human life, but I never found this in you. Although you were indeed annoying at the beginning, you only realized that your people were really good after spending time together."

"Because of the village?" Willie forced a smile.

"Well, I don't like killing people, and I don't like innocent people being killed." Connill said.

"I don't reject murder, I just reject unreasonable murder." Willie said silently: "I have a balance in my heart, and the balance measures my bottom line in life, so I will not allow one end of the balance to tilt."

"The moon is coming." Connell nodded in a vague way. When he suddenly saw Willie's face clearly, he spoke subconsciously.

"Start the action, you go east and I go west, and immediately rushed back here after getting familiar with the terrain." Willie quickly stood up, patted the grass clippings on his butt, checked the weapons and equipment he carried, and then made a gesture to Connill.

"Don't we act together?" Connill said in surprise.

"Enjoy the action is faster, we don't have much time left."

Willie looked at Tianse and shook his head, then waved to the other party, and disappeared into the vast night in a blink of an eye.

"this……"

After seeing Willie leaving, Connell, who was still stunned, finally came to his senses. He rubbed his gray-brown curly hair hard, with his expression rather unwilling to investigate in the opposite direction.

The night was dark and the sleepiness was in full swing. You could hear the owner's snoring through the crude wooden houses, and occasionally you could hear the whispers of the insomnia villagers. Because the sound was too blurry, Willy, who came out of his courage, did not gain much when he eavesdropped on his ears.

The village is simple and orderly, and the division of the house area is clear at a glance. There is a small square at the intersection of the crossroads in the center of the village, where a tall and strange stone statue stands because the stone statue is a faceless person without facial features.

"Is this an evil god believed in by the villagers?"

Willie secretly guessed that without other evidence, it would be useless to continue observing, so he soon left the square and sneaked straight into the unexplored place ahead.

Gradually, he found that there were fewer and fewer buildings around him, but the roads were becoming more and more spacious. The uneven dirt roads were covered with white and smooth stone slabs, which was really surprising and strange. Walking straight along the road, a short while, at the end, a delicate and antique building suddenly came into view, filled with the appearance of being incompatible with the village.

"Willie?!"

Just as Willy was confused by Xiaolou's intention, a subtle shout suddenly came to his ears. He hid his body vigilantly, reached out and pulled out the dagger inserted between his waist and crossed it in front of his chest, and then quietly poked his head out to look at the sound.

"Connell?!"

When he found Connell waving at him under a tree, Willie immediately relieved. Why was it him?

Before he could react, Connill had already slipped towards him.

"Why are you here?"

As soon as he approached, Willie pulled Connell over and said.

"I'm wondering why you are here!" Connil broke away from Connil's hand and asked in confusion.

"Did you come here on the way like me?" Willie immediately thought of a possibility.

"Yes, I just continued to investigate all the way, and in the end it was only this road left." Connill nodded. "By the way, you saw that small building, right? It's really strange that there is such an incredible luxury building here. Are the villagers really idle and have nothing to do?"

"...I probably know why this small building is in the village." Willie calmed down and pondered for a while, saying, "Have you forgotten the sacrificial ceremony of the villagers? This small building should be specially built for girls who serve as sacrifices."

"Then...that's not the girl who sacrificed the sacrifice lives in it now?" Connil immediately woke up.

"The villagers' midsummer sacrifices are near, and the girl who wants to sacrifice has already been chosen, so it is not surprising that there are people living in the small building." Willie judged.

"What should we do now?" Connill said at a loss. "Do you need to rescue the poor sacrifice girl inside?"

"I……"

Without waiting for Willy to answer, he heard a crisp and melodious sound above the two of them.

"Pity? Fina is not pitiful at all!"

"Who is it?!"

Willy and Connill, who were suddenly startled, made a back-to-back gesture, and their eyes kept scanning the suspicious people above. As a result, in their round eyes, a petite figure jumped down. Under the soft moonlight, a cute girl wearing a blue-white dress stared at the two of them with a innocent face.

She looks about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a fair face as big as a palm with freckles on her face, round eyes, small nose, and red lips. She looks like a naive little girl no matter how she looks.

"Didn't I say it just now? I'm Fina." The girl pouted, as if she was dissatisfied with the other party's stupidity and dullness.

"I'm not asking about your name, but your identity!" Willy pointed the dagger in his hand at the girl and said nervously.

"Oh, you two are really stupid." The girl sighed helplessly, and seemed to ignore Willie's threat of harsh words.

"you……"
Chapter completed!