The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

: The Tree House

“Hahahahahaha!” Akali hugged Lothar’s arm, leaning forward and backward with a big laugh, “We really ate the king’s meal! It’s so cool!”

“Is it that funny?” Lothar didn’t understand the girl’s thoughts very well, so he could only press Akali’s head, “Okay, I’ve eaten something, you should go back.”

A trace of cunning flashed in Akali’s bright black jade eyes, and she hugged Lothar tightly: “I agreed that you invited me to dinner before I left! But we ate the overlord’s meal, and you didn’t even pay for it.” , not counting you asking me!”

Lothar squeezed Akali’s head vigorously: “No [source; source group]: 9? 8; 0; 2?. 0′. 5,, 8″5. ;6 shameless, if you don’t leave, I will freeze you into an ice sculpture! ”

“Okay, okay!” Akali felt the biting cold air overflowing from Lothar’s fingertips, and hurriedly took a step back, “Really, why are you so fierce to a little girl? You really don’t look like an adult…”

“What kind of idiom is fierce…” Lothar shook his head, pointing at Akali, “No [source; source group]: 9? 8; 0; 2?. 0′. 5,, 8″5. ;6 Follow me again, do you hear me?”

Akali puffed up her face in dissatisfaction, and stood there in a muffled voice.

Lothar walked away quickly, but Akali didn’t catch up when he looked back.

“Phew, it looks like she finally gave up.” Losa breathed a sigh of relief, and hurried to the agreed meeting place.

As he walked, Lothar suddenly stopped and looked behind him.

No one.

“Is it an illusion…” Lothar shook his head. Ever since he set foot on the land of Felor, he always felt that someone was watching him, but with Lothar’s keenness, he didn’t find anything.

And just now, he felt a stronger sense of peeping than before… It was like… More than one pair of eyes were staring at him.

“It may be that Ionia’s magic is too strong, which made me a little nervous.” Lothar didn’t find any signs of tracking at all, and could only attribute the result to an illusion.

Lothar patted his forehead and continued walking.

Akali was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.

“It’s so dangerous, I thought he had discovered it.” Akali patted her chest and thought happily.

Her body seemed to have become transparent, without revealing the slightest figure.

Akali touched a talisman attached to her body, on which was written an idiom in cipher text – no trace.

“I even used this spell.” Akali closely followed Lothar. She clenched her small fists as if she must do it, “I must dig out the secret of your immortality!”

…

Sirik took Karan and Lothar to the outskirts of Weili.

“This is where we live tonight.” Lothar looked up at the wooden house in front of him. It looked very strange. It was not made of wooden boards, but several ancient trees made of trunks and branches coiled together.

This is the first time that Lothar has seen the houses of Ionia. What he saw in the Weili market just now were some stalls and carts.

“There is only one old woman living in this house, and she promised us to stay here for one night.” Sirik said, “Treasure it, I spent a lot of time saying that we are all native Ionians She just nodded, you two must not cause trouble.”

“Understood.” Lothar agreed, and looked at the strange wooden house in amazement, “How was this house built?”

Sirik is already used to Lothar’s problems: “It’s made by carpenters. They can communicate deeply with the trees, allowing the trees to grow into the shape of a house.”

Lothar once again deeply realized how close the Ionians are to nature: “So there is no need to cut down trees?”

“Don’t say that word, do you want to be slapped in the mouth by a branch?” Karan reminded.

Lothar felt more and more that Ionia and the Freljord were really two extremes. The former coexisted harmoniously with nature and depended on each other. Plants all maintain close relationships. The latter is a completely opposite relationship. The severe cold in the Freljord alone is enough to take away many lives, not to mention the famine, cold disasters and snowstorms that occur almost every year, all of which push the tribes to a dead end.

The owner of the house was a little wary of Lothar and his party. Sirik had also told Lothar beforehand thatThe people in the former Navoli Province were very hospitable, but after the war, the rise of resistance organizations in various places disrupted the situation in Ionia, and the originally kind and simple people had to be careful.

The three of Lothar were assigned to a room. Lothar’s room was on the second floor. The room was small but well-equipped. There was even a tub for bathing.

Lothar took off his clothes, quasi [source; source group]: 9? 8; 0; 2? . 0′. 5,,8″5.;6 Prepare to wash his body, although he can use ice magic to wash away the dirt on his body, but the feeling of cold current washing on the skin is really bad, and it will make the body more painful.

“Hmm.” Just as Lothar took off his shirt, he found that the door of the room was half open. “Strange, I remember that I closed it. Is the door latch loose…”

After closing the door again and locking the latch tightly, Lothar walked into the bathroom. Sirik had taught him the procedure of taking a shower in advance.

“First use the lotus leaf of the big river to produce water… Well, it can really produce water, a lot. There is also a flame stone to start a fire, hey, it’s really convenient.”

Akali regrets it very much now.

She sneaked into Lothar’s room, wanting to get a glimpse of this man’s secret, but she never expected that the first thing this man would do would be to take a shower.

“Wow… what should I do…” Akali covered her eyes, and peeked through her fingers at Lothar who was walking around the room naked. What are you looking at!”

Akali wanted to go out, but Lothar had locked the doors and windows in the room, and there would definitely be a noise when the lock was unlocked, and this boy seemed to be very sensitive, so Akali didn’t dare to take the risk.

Lotha boiled a bucket of hot water and jumped in comfortably. When his cold skin touched the hot water, a lot of white steam evaporated.

Akali saw Lothar squinting his eyes comfortably, and carefully began to flip through his clothes.

She didn’t find anything. She didn’t have the powerful magic equipment she imagined. The sum of everything was even poorer than Akali.

“Then his secret must be in him…”

Akali stood on her toes and slowly approached Lothar.

The boy leaned against the bathtub, closed his eyes and raised his head to take a bath.

Akali blushed a little when she saw the muscle lines of Lothar’s upper arm, and muttered in her heart: “I look so thin in clothes, I didn’t expect it to be quite unexpected.”

Akali circled the bathtub, carefully looking for suspicious places on Lothar with a red face.

Akali’s gaze was firmly attracted by the ice blue wing tattoo on Lothar’s chest.

The shape of the tattoo is like a feather or an ice crystal. A pair of wings are clustered in an oval shape, just like an egg.

“It’s so beautiful…” Akali stared enviously at Lothar’s chest. She had always longed for tattoos, but she had never seen such a beautiful tattoo before.

Boom, boom, boom!

There was a knock on the door.

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There are many unique professions in Ionia. They are not mages in the strict sense, but they can do things even more miraculous than magic.

For example, carpenter weavers can “persuade” trees to grow into the way they need, so that the growth of big trees can become houses. It is also possible to separate a part of the tree into objects such as planks, wheels, etc. The separated part does not die, but still maintains biological activity.

Another example is the even more magical tinkerers. They can repair broken things, even if the things are lifeless. Like broken china. Tinker can communicate with the “spirits” in objects, allowing them to repair themselves.

All things have spirits, this is the most common belief among Ionians.

——Excerpt from “Ionian Travels