Mountain and Forest Kingdom

Kuhl Village, the hometown of Lana’s parents.

Lana sat on the stone at the door with a frown, looking at the nearby weeds and dead branches in the yard.

In addition to the mountains in the field of vision, there are also many smelly trees and plants.

The houses here are also shabby thatched houses, and some are made of mud and wood.

There are mice crawling on the walls during the day, and pigs and birds can be heard squawking at night.

The food was also very poor. Every time we ate, we had to fight for food with a group of children. If we were a little slow, there would be no food left.

Lana wanted to go home, to the convent.

"Why isn't it snowing yet..."

Lana looked at the gloomy sky and wished it would snow now, soon.

The prophet said that he can go back when it snows.

There are no warm quilts, no habit of eating on time, no hot water to wash your face, and no clean beds.

I can’t understand what the people here are talking about. They are obviously from the Kingdom of Stars, and they seem to be speaking in a gurgling language.

People here like to talk about others behind their backs, and Lana felt that the older women were looking at her from a distance while speaking in a language she didn't understand.

People here also stole things. The snacks Lana brought were eaten by children and women, and the soap and hairpins she used were gone the next day.

Lana didn't dare to talk about this matter with others. Stealing was a felony in the monastery, and it was also a felony in Port Dume and Pumexiu Town.

If they were in Oak City, it would be even more serious. They would be driven away, and some of the more serious ones would have their hands chopped off and thrown into the sea.

However, silence did not bring gratitude, and Lana's remaining things were quickly gone.

Every day I eat with the elderly and children, sleep and rest with the women, and collect potatoes and fruits in the fields with the children.

Lana became more and more afraid of this place. She didn't know why she was afraid, but she was just afraid and didn't want to continue here.

There is still a long, long time before winter, and now it is just approaching the autumn harvest. There will be more farm work to do during the autumn harvest tomorrow.

Just when Lana was feeling depressed, a pig's cry came from the hillside not far away.

Lana looked over curiously and saw that a knight was walking towards here with two followers.

Seeing the female knight riding a wild boar, Lana quickly stood up and waited.

The female knight is a girl Lana knows, but the relationship is not very good.

Fuao quickly came to Lana with two followers.

The wild boar sitting down is not a wild boar two or three meters high, but a dwarf wild boar that has been cultivated in recent years.

The dwarf wild boar is only shorter than the large wild boar and the large wild boar. In fact, the body can grow to one meter and a half in length and one meter and two in height.

Although the body is smaller than the large wild boar, it is stronger and more suitable for riding and domestication.

Especially dwarf wild boars raised next to big pigs are naturally more obedient.

Those who disobeyed were cut into pieces of pork.

Fuao looked at the timid nun, then at the house behind the nun and the two old women with dirty eyes in the house.

Fuao lowered her head and stared at the little nun.

"You are a nun of the Prophet, why don't you even wear a nun's uniform?"

Lana explained: "I lost my nun's uniform. I have to do a lot of work recently, so I put it in the house. It may have been blown away by the wind. When I go back, I can ask Mr. Bull for another one. ”

Fuao looked at Lana with a cold expression.

Lana lowered her head in fear.

Fuao looked at the woman in the room.

"Find the nun's things. If someone here stole it, catch them and kill them!"

Lana's heart pounded and she shouted in fear: "It's just a piece of clothing, I lost it myself! Don't lose your temper!"

Fuao frowned, still unable to understand why such a woman could become a nun of the prophet, let alone why the prophet would take care of and tolerate such a woman.

"This is not your business, it is the business of all nuns! You are a cowardly and stupid woman who has never taken our teachings to heart!"

Lana explained loudly: "I don't! I have peace of mind in my heart! Be kind!"

"Asshole!" Faou was furious, "There has never been mercy in our teachings! Progress, mercy, hard work, loyalty, humility, temperance, courage!"

"Mercy is the right of the prophet. Only the prophet can correctly realize who should be merciful. Using your bastard's mercy on thieves who desecrated the majesty of the prophet is a betrayal of all nuns!"

"They stole your clothes! Do you think your clothes are just a piece of clothing? That is the protective feather coat that has protected you from childhood to adulthood! It is the status symbol of all the nuns in the convent!"

"Who have you respected? Your loyalty is a piece of shit in my opinion! Because of your parents' contribution to this land, you can enter the monastery, otherwise you will be the same as the untouchables here!"

Fuao drew his weapon, "If you dare to blaspheme the prophet and the nun again, I will kill you!"

Lana believed that Fuao was the person who could do such a thing, so she quickly shut her mouth and did not dare to say anything more.

Fuao's two men quickly grabbed several women in their 40s and 50s from the house and threw them on the ground. They quickly rummaged through the house, but did not find nun uniforms.

"Boss, I didn't find the nun uniform."

Fuao looked at his men, "Are you sure?"

The fat woman quickly said: "I promise not! I can definitely recognize the nun's uniform!"

"Go and call someone over, and bring in two dogs. Even if we demolish all the houses here today, we still have to find the lost nun's uniform!"

Fuao had no intention of giving up.

Her anger soon brought horrific consequences.

Kuhl Village was originally a transit point between the Vakiri and the mainland. Fuao's follower just went to the trading point at the foot of the mountain and shouted, and more than three hundred Vakiri quickly came up.

Not only the Valkyries, but also businessmen watching the excitement and mercenaries from outside the area who came to work.

Fuao ordered: "Search all the nearby houses! Find the nun's clothes. I want to know who stole the nun's nun's clothes!"

"If one person participates, the whole family will be killed. If the whole village participates, the whole village will be killed!"

The girl's words made all nearby residents jump with fear.

Many people expect this to be a child's joke and nonsense.

However, Fuo is not an ordinary person. She is a member of the countess' tribe and a nun of the prophet Laurence.

Since Sophia took in these children, Lawrence has given some care to her subordinates because of Sophia, including the care of the Awenla trio, as well as the beekeeper Eve and the Valkyrie girl Fuao. Some care.

Fuo worked as a nun in the Iceport Monastery and worked for the countess, while her brother led the Valkyrie elite to work for Lawrence in the town of Phumexiu.

Fuao can drive the Valkyries not because she can fight, nor because she is a subordinate of the countess, but because she wears a nun's uniform and is the maid of the prophet.

Stealing a nun's clothes is a serious felony in the land of ice, worthy of the death penalty!

The Wakili people acted quickly, just like the bully bandits more than ten years ago. They quickly kicked open the doors of the Kur people's wooden houses and mud houses, and then quickly rummaged for valuable things.

The Kur people are actually almost extinct, and none of them, including Lana, are considered real Kur people.

But this is a Kur village, so after a large number of foreign refugees and immigrant traders smuggled here, they became Kur people without any evidence.

The people on the mountain do not need to communicate with the people below the mountain. They only know that there is no need to pay taxes and there are no bandits to visit, so they can live in peace of mind.

But gradually, these people themselves became robbers, gangs, thieves and parasites.

"Found it! It's a nun's uniform!" A man came out with a piece of clothing. As soon as he walked out, he felt that the clothing in his hand was very hot, and he quickly threw it to the nearby girls watching the excitement.

The girls watching the fun also became scared after holding the nun uniform.

Soon a female Valkyrie warrior went over to get the nun uniform and walked towards Fuao.

"Lord Fuo, this is the nun's uniform in the convent, but it is not in the nun's room!"

The Valkyrie soldiers quickly grabbed two men from the house, one was a teenager and the other was a man in his thirties or forties.

"These two are in the house!"

Fuao looked at the two men quietly, waiting for the result quietly.

The two men quickly quibbled and begged, but Faou was unmoved.

Soon both men were caught together with the woman working in the fields.

"Boss, we found shoes from other houses, as well as fructose and antipyretics from Harbor Abbey."

Fuao nodded, "Gather everyone together and hang these thieves who blasphemed the prophet from the big tree at the entrance of the village!"

The Vakiri kill people as easily as they eat and drink.

They quickly killed people, and then beat up the men and women they disliked, and even destroyed their houses and chopped down their livestock.

Lana couldn't do anything, she could only stare blankly, very, very scared, and very, very much wanted to go home.

After many people died, the remaining residents in Kuhl Village did not dare to talk to Lana, nor did they dare to steal her food.

Lana had clean clothes, three meals at a fixed time, and a quiet and undisturbed place to live.

Lana, who was sleeping alone, couldn't sleep, and her mind was filled with images of the dozens of people who were killed during the day.

The next day, the haggard Lana came out of the house and went to work in the fields, exhausted.

People nearby are already at work, and it's harvest time.

No one discussed what happened yesterday, everyone was busy harvesting wheat.

The weather was gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

People hurry to work and don't have a moment to think about useless things.

There are still corpses hanging on the big trees in the village. The corpses attract birds and insects, but they cannot stop the humans who are busy harvesting wheat for a moment.

Lana was working in the field with a sickle to harvest wheat. She felt her body getting more and more tired, and soon her back was wet with sweat.

"Ouch~"

"Ouch~"

Lana, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, soon heard Yu Bao's voice.

At first, I thought it was an auditory hallucination. There was no way Yubao was here, and it wasn't snowing either.

But soon, the cheerful and excited voice seemed to be very close.

"Lana."

Lana heard someone calling her name, raised her head and saw a beautiful black-haired girl looking at her with her back to the sun.

Lana watched for several seconds before she could see her appearance clearly, and also saw the cute little fish baby the girl was holding.

"Ruth? And Yubao!" Lana quickly put down the sickle, stretched out her hands and grabbed Ruth's arm.

After touching the girl's arm, Lana shouted excitedly: "It's not a dream! It's really Ruth and Yubao! Were you also driven here by the prophet?"

Ruth was a haenyeo from the fishing ground, and she was also Lawrence's maid at home in Dumu Harbor. Lawrence worked as a maid at home when he was in Dumu Harbor. After Lawrence left, she was responsible for the fishery and fish treasures, and also helped the monastery with some errands. Such chores as to save up a dowry so that she could marry into a monastery.

"No, Yubao wants to come over and see you. After I talked to Lord Bull, Lord Bull agreed that we should come over and see you."

"There were people from the Corps escorting us on the road. As soon as we came over, we saw the hanging bodies. Did they make any mistake?"

Lana said in despair: "They stole my nun uniform and were killed by Fuao."

Ruth, who was originally as calm and gentle as the sister next door, quickly became angry after hearing this.

"So that's it! You talk to Yubao, I'm going to pick up a few rocks and hit them hard several times! How dare you steal the nun's uniform! These damn scum!"

Ruth quickly put the fish treasure on the ground, then hurriedly picked up the skirt with both hands and ran, wanting to take revenge on the thieves.

Lana still didn't understand why that dress was so important.

After Ruth ran away, Lana picked up Yubao who was lying on the ground and put it on her lap. She sat on the edge of the field and looked at the wheat in the field.

"Yu Bao, have you also seen those Kur people who stole the nuns' uniforms?"

Yu Bao nodded quickly and spat at the wheat in front of him.

There was no emotion I wanted to express, I just saw the good-looking wheat in front of me and wanted to pour some water on it.

Of course, in Yubao's view, seals who steal their own fish must die, so it is reasonable and appropriate for humans who steal the prophet's things to be killed.

Lana still doesn't quite understand, but at least she has learned to respect it and knows that her clothes are very important.

Lana was soon stumped by the large wheat field in front of her. Even if she worked for three days and three nights, she would not be able to harvest all the wheat.

Soon it started to rain, and Lana quickly took Yubao to the house to take shelter from the rain, along with the girl next door, Ruth.

There are very few people who know how to take shelter from the rain, and many people are seizing the time to harvest wheat.

Lana also knew some of the farm work in some manors, and knew why these people valued the wheat so much.

But Lana can't help, the only one who can help them is the Prophet...

What the future will hold for these people, whether winter and next year will pass, perhaps only God and the prophets know.

The news of Valkyrie's murder quickly reached the monastery and was informed to the prophet.

Lawrence asked Yubao and Lana to come to Snow Mountain Castle, along with the believer Tasna, Fuao and Countess Olaua. (End of chapter)