Chapter 47: The Wind Rises
As soon as the sky was dawn, Shaoke packed up his items. The female mage also prepared some items to go on the road again. With the help of the hotel guy, they put these things on the carriages brought by the coachmen outside. This time, the coachmen brought two carriages, one for the monks to ride and sleep, and the other for themselves. In addition, the carriage that Shaoke and others already had, three carriages followed the merchants toward the city close to the imperial capital.
After the coachmen learned about their rewards this time, they prepared a four-wheeled wide-panel carriage for the mages. The facilities inside were no less than those prepared by the merchants in Shaoke's eyes, and they felt a bit big.
"I finally didn't take too long. I just hope that these coachmen will make dinner, otherwise Francis will need to do it." Shaoko muttered a little relaxedly.
"What did you say? Master Xueye, why did I listen to you mention my name?" The busy female mage stared at Shaoke with her big blue eyes, hoping to find something inside.
"Francis, what are you making? I see that these papers are very expensive! Do you need my help?" Shaoko explained carefully. He didn't know whether the female mage in front of him could cook, but according to normal mages, none of them could cook.
The female mage lowered her head and then started to work hard on her own affairs. "You don't need to worry about this matter. You can do whatever you should do. I suggest you meditate. It is best to wake up until lunch time, so that you won't disturb me."
Shaoke opened his mouth and saw that the female mage was busy with what was being done. After thinking about it for a while, he did not meditate according to the female mage's advice. After all, meditating on the bumpy carriage is really a worry.
Now that Shaoke has officially become a magician, what he needs to consider now is to make a "spell book", a "spell book" that belongs only to him. This book can record in detail all the magic, spell casting skills, and unique spells that a mage can learn. This is the most important thing in his life for a mage.
As Shaoke knows, this "spell book" can be made into a special magic prop by the owner after the mage reaches the level of the great magician. However, he doesn't know what the specific situation is now, but no matter what, a "spell book" is one of the most important things in his life for every formal mage.
Shaoke wrapped his body with a thick quilt, leaned against the carriage and silently recalled the books he had seen about the "Spell Book" before, and reviewed them again. He wanted to make his own "Spell Book" himself, and he also prepared enough materials, all of which were placed on another carriage.
The female mage saw Shaoke leaning against the carriage and was about to wake him up, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Not only did he not wake him up, he temporarily put down what he had in his hand and carefully covered Shaoke's quilt, and slightly pushed the stove like Shaoke.
Although Shaoke felt the other party's movements, he was embarrassed to open his eyes immediately, so he had to think about the problem as usual.
The topics of the two suddenly decreased a lot along the way, but Shaoke felt that they did not become cold, but were full of a faint tacit understanding. At least during lunch, the female mage hesitated for a moment and wanted to prepare lunch first. Fortunately, the coachmen delivered the lunch in time, so they avoided the mages doing something to do: do a good job of having enough food and clothing. Although the food made by the coachmen was not delicious, it was still good compared to the mages who might have never cooked any food.
In the afternoon, snowflakes began to float in the sky again. This is normal for the empire located on the entire known continent. Because the Blue Feather Empire is snowing for almost half a year. In Shaoke's view, this empire should actually be changed to the Blizzard Empire, which is quite in line with the environment here.
Although the snow was not heavy, the coachmen still carefully slowed down their journey. One reason was that the road was not easy to walk, and the other reason was that their vision was a little blurred and there were many merchants on the road, so the mages had nothing to complain about the coachmen's choices, even if they were anxious to rush on the road.
In the evening, Shaoko and their three carriages stopped not far from the camp by a group of caravans, and slowly formed a triangular simple protective ring under the command of the coachman, which made them feel a little relieved.
As usual, Shaoke and the female mage ate some food in the carriage, and they were stunned when they finally rested. It turned out that when Shaoke went down to sleep in his tent, the coachman told him in charge: "Dear Master, I'm sorry, we thought you were together! So please forgive me, we didn't expect this to happen."
Although Shaoke criticized them, he still threw a silver coin to them as compensation. After all, it was what he hoped that such a thing would happen. The last trip was because the caravan prepared enough tents to make him leave the carriage every night. This time the coachman's carelessness made Shaoke very happy.
After hearing the news that Shaoko came later, the female mage didn't know what to do. Finally, Shaoko gritted his teeth and said with shamelessness in order to miss the opportunity to get closer to the female mage, "Francis, or... we all sleep here, this place is enough for both of us to sleep, and it is relatively safe." After that, Shaoko felt that he was looking down for the first time and did not dare to look at each other, but with a subtle psychological support, he kept looking up at the reaction of the female mage in front of him.
After hearing Shaoke's method, the female mage's face turned red all of a sudden. Under Shaoke's gaze, she turned her head slightly and said softly: "Look, I think we'll meditate first! Anyway, it's not time to go to bed!"
In Shaoke's joyful mood, the female mage was mixed with shy and panic. The two carefully arranged enough warning arrays in the carriage, which was enough to wake them up from rest more than 20 meters into the carriage and prepare for battle.
The problem of sleeping lasted a lot longer than before due to delays from the female mage. Finally, Shaoko had to interrupt her and said, "Francis, are you planning to sleep during the day tomorrow? Although it doesn't matter much to us if we don't sleep for several consecutive days, we are now on our way and we must maintain our peak state. Who knows what we will encounter tomorrow? Besides, our minds are also..."
After Shaoke explained to the female mage in detail, the female mage had to stop meditation and began to use sleep to ensure that she had sufficient physical strength and energy tomorrow. After all, being bumped by a carriage for a day would cause great harm to her body.
The two of them seemed to have agreed and slept next to their carriage. Fortunately, there were enough quilts on the carriage, and the quilts used to cover them were not a problem. The female mage carefully placed the pottery basin that had been placed in the stove between the two, and then put the clothes together and got into her own quilt.
Shaoke closed his eyes like this, thinking about his thoughts. He couldn't sleep at all, but he slowly adjusted his breathing according to the unique sleeping methods of the mages he learned before. According to his previous experience, he estimated that it was not the time to have more intimate behaviors with the female mage, but he also thought about the difference in culture and perhaps the situation was different. He just thought about it and slowly fell asleep.
Just as the next day, the two mages woke up earlier than before. The female mage looked at each other secretly. After the bedding here, she breathed a sigh of relief. When she saw Shaoke laughing jokingly, she glared at each other fiercely and suggested that she would sort it out, hoping that Shaoke could avoid it for a while. Shaoke took this opportunity to go outside and breathe fresh air for a while, and brought some simple breakfast to the coachman for the two of them.
The journey ahead will be a bit monotonous. The two mages are busy with their own affairs during the day. The female mage constantly sticks various papers together with special potions, then chants spells to blend them, and finally carefully place the paper obtained from the fusion in a large jade box for storage. Shaoke sometimes writes about today's things, or reads books borrowed from the female mage, and constantly writes down reading experiences on his own diary. Finally, after feeling a little tired, he leans against the carriage and closes his eyes to consider the production of the "spell book".
Perhaps because of the large number of caravans, no robbers came to the robbers. This made Shaoko and his team of three carriages safely arrive at the reserved city. The coachmen familiarized themselves with the mages to a large hotel and skillfully introduced the situation here to the mages. It turned out that these coachmen also picked up customers between these two cities all year round, and the hotel here and the hotel they came when they came were actually the same owner, so Shaoko and the others were dragged here. The owners here prepared rooms for the mages and said that they would find a few coachmen to take them to another city tomorrow.
After several days of getting along, Shaoke was already very familiar with the female mage, but the female mage still insisted that Shaoke was the Xueye mage. This did not have any other impact except that it made Shaoke feel helpless.
After a night of rest, the hotel owner found five coachmen for the wizards again. After paying the same money as usual, the coachmen drove the carriage on the road again. After the two of them arrived in the carriage, they looked at the arrangements in the carriage and couldn't help but smiled. It turned out that the carriage was still the carriage that brought them over. It seemed that the hotel owner's family business was not small!
The more he headed towards the imperial capital, the more merchants there were along the way, and the road was much better than those in the north, at least there were fewer bumps. The female mage took off her long leather boots and exposed her small feet wearing white silk socks with a long tube. She casually held her pillow and leaned against the thick velvet carriage. Her blue eyes swept across the mage in front of her from time to time.
The shameless Shaoke got a few hits from the other party on his chest. Fortunately, the female mage didn't have much strength, otherwise the mage with a decline in physique would not have hurt for a while!
The female mage was used to Shaoke's arms, but if there were excessive movements, the female mage would still strongly resist. For example, when Shaoke held the other person, his hands were swaying through the clothes on the female mage's back. As a result, the other party covered Shaoke's mouth with his hands, regardless of the other party's licking on her palm, and he fell asleep until the other party was honest. After being depressed for a while, Shaoke buried his head in the other party's long blue hair and slowly fell asleep.
Although the mages sleep every day, they only have three or four magics each time, mainly to recover their fatigue from the **. The rest of the time is either meditating or reading books, memorizing spells, and practicing sealing speed. Shaoke has wanted to exchange first-level spells with the other party several times, but it is estimated that the relationship between the two of them has to give up. Fortunately, Shaoke has not mastered the spells mailed by two former companions in the imperial capital, so he is not too anxious about this matter.
On that day, the mages who had just replenished their supplies in a small town at noon. After only a few dozen miles away from the town, Shaoke, who was discussing spells with the female mage in the car, heard a burst of messy shouts coming from the front, and the carriage stopped.
The coachman reported to what he had seen before, and Shaoke and the female mage slightly lifted the curtains in front of him to observe the situation in front.
I saw a bunch of black people gathered on the road ahead, and the many carriages were driven to the outer circle by the coachmen, forming a simple defense circle. When Shaoke saw this situation, he knew that there were robbers in front of him. He did not expect that the robbers were so powerful this time and dared to intercept so many caravans. Although there were only a dozen soldiers stationed in the town nearest here to maintain public order, they could not be so rampant! At least in Shaoke's consciousness, the robbers should choose a place where there is no village in front, no shop behind, or in barren mountains and rivers to rob, which made the mage who encountered this situation the first time was puzzled.
The arrival of Shaoko and his small convoy attracted the attention of the crowd in front. Soon a soldier riding a horse ran over, "Friends, there are robbers in front, you should gather with everyone to deal with the threats of robbers!"
After discussing with the female mage in the car, Shaoke told the coachman to ask the other party about the specific situation so that the mages could make more detailed judgments.
The visitor hesitated for a moment, looked at the convoy without a guard and said, "The robbers in front were circulated from other places. They need the caravans passing by to deliver silver and money, one person, one gold coin, one carriage and ten gold coins, and the goods will be calculated separately; I think it is better to face the threat with us! You don't have a guard, after all, a large-scale army will not mobilize these robbers."
Shaoke hesitated for a moment and shouted through the curtains: "You go back first! Let's think about it." The soldier muttered for a while and then drove back.
Shaoko threw three silver coins to the coachman and said, "Driving the carriage forward again, I'll see if the robbers are in number."
The carriage rubbed the merchants' defense circle and came to the front. Shaoke opened the curtain and saw that it was a big guy. There were a team of cavalry in front. From a distance, you could see the light reflected by the weapons in the other party's hands. These cavalry were standing in place without moving at all, but in front there were several cavalrymen running constantly, negotiating with the caravans on this side.
Chapter completed!