There are five countries on Tianyuan Continent, namely the Tianjin Empire in the north, the Huasheng Empire in the south, the Sunset Empire in the west and the Suoyu Federation in the east. They are located in the center of the four major countries and border the four countries in a small area of ​​six

The angular land is the most famous Holy See on the Tianyuan Continent. Except for the Sunset Empire and the Huasheng Empire, which have poor relations among the four major kingdoms, the other countries can live in peace. Every year, each country must submit a certain amount of "

“Protection fees” are used as expenses for the Holy See.

The humans in the Tianjin Empire are almost all Caucasians, with tall bodies and blond hair and blue eyes, while the Sunset Empire and the Huasheng Empire are both yellow races, with black hair and black eyes. The only federal country on the continent.

The race of the federation is relatively complex. There are white people, yellow people, and strong black people. Many foreign races also live in the federation. In terms of overall strength, the Solo Federation is composed of six ethnic groups.

The most powerful, while the other three countries have similar military strength.

In addition to the main inhabitants of the continent, there are also some sparse races, such as the kind-hearted elves, the bad-tempered dwarves, the winged humans who are good at singing and dancing, and the sparse orcs who only live in dense forests.

As well as the most mysterious Dark Demon Clan and the legendary Dragon Clan. These races, which are fewer in number than humans, are scattered among various countries. They have been coexisting peacefully with humans for thousands of years. However, due to different living habits, alien races generally

They live in sparsely populated valleys or forests and rarely come into contact with humans.

Although the Holy See only occupies a small area on the continent, the Holy See has the supreme status on the continent. Except for a very small number of atheists, almost all humans are loyal believers of the Holy See. The clergy are all

The most respected profession in the Holy See, the person with the highest authority is the Pope. Under the Pope, there are four red priests to assist the Pope in handling the affairs of the Holy See. They are also called cardinals. Below the red priests are

Twelve white-robed priests. When more than half of the red-robed priests and white-robed priests think that the pope has made any major mistakes, they can impeach the pope. However, since the promotion of the pope is very strict, there has been no impeachment of the pope since the birth of the Holy See.

The situation. Under the white-robed priests, there are senior priests, intermediate priests, ordinary priests and preliminary priests. The priests are also called monks or goddesses. Clergy in the Holy See are not taboo about marriage, but the partner of the union must be the most loyal to the Holy See.

Believers. There is another reason why clergy are respected. That is because they are all light magicians. If they want to be promoted to the position of white priest, the monks must be light magicians or above.

The level of magicians on the mainland has never reached three digits. The power of the red priests is even more unfathomable. There was a legend that if the four red priests and the twelve white priests of the Holy See took action at the same time, their brightness would be

The power of magic can be equivalent to the total force of any country. The promotion of the pope is usually selected from the red priests, which requires an extremely strict procedure. After the new pope is selected, the old pope will hold a ceremony.

The inheritance ceremony transmits the most supreme special ability of the Holy See to the next Pope. No one has seen what kind of strength the Pope has, because, in the past thousand years, there has never been a situation that required the Pope to take action. The Holy See generally handles external matters.

Everything is supervised by the priests of the Trial House. The chief judge of the Trial House has the same rights as the red priest. The judges under the chief judge are also called the executioners of the Holy See. They are the craziest believers in the gods. When dealing with aliens,

When it comes to believers, there is always only one word - kill. Unlike orthodox clergy, all members of the Inquisition have no worries and are completely controlled by the presiding judge, who is directly responsible to the Pope.

There is a unified currency on the mainland, which is a coin engraved with the Holy See emblem customized by the Holy Holy See. The currency adopts a decimal exchange method. One diamond coin = ten amethyst coins = one hundred gold coins = one thousand silver coins = ten thousand copper coins. Ordinary

A family's annual income is generally about fifty gold coins, and it takes about thirty gold coins to maintain a family for one year.

Each of the four countries has its own common language, and in some big cities and aristocrats in each country, the Holy See language is generally used. Our story begins with a small city in the northernmost province of Birno in the Tianjin Empire on the north side of the continent.

Nino started it.

Nino City is a small town located at the northernmost tip of the Bierno Province in the Tianjin Empire. It belongs to the northernmost range of the entire Tianyuan Continent. The days are short and the nights are long, and the weather is cold all year round. Most of the people here lean on the ice beside the small town.

They make a living by fishing in the sea. There are moving icebergs floating in the ice sea all year round. The seals and sea lion furs that are abundant there are very popular among the nobles.

The dark clouds in the sky floated slowly, seeming to bring another snowstorm. In a dark alley in Nino City, several people wearing ragged cotton-padded jackets gathered together. One of them had a scar on his forehead.

The middle-aged man was glaring in front of him at a little girl with black hair and black eyes, only 12 or 3 years old, wearing thin clothes. The little girl was very thin, with a sallow face, and a half-length hair covering the area above her nose.

He couldn't see his appearance clearly, his whole body was trembling, and his big bright eyes looked at the middle-aged man in fear through his black hair.

“Pa—” the middle-aged man slapped the little girl to the ground and cursed angrily: “You damn girl, you’re so stupid, you can’t even complete such a simple task. If Dumb hadn’t pulled you back, how could you have done it?

Why don't you accompany that old lady? I was really blind back then, how could I take in a loser like you? You only know how to eat all day long and don't know how to do anything else."

Next to the middle-aged man, a boy who was taller than the girl stepped forward and helped the little girl's trembling body up. He carefully wiped away the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth and said blankly to the middle-aged man: "Uncle Li,

Please forgive me, girl, one more time. I, I will bring back some fish later."

Uncle Li snorted, looking at the boy with the same black hair and eyes, and a dull look on his face, his voice softened a little, and said: "Ah-Dai, every time you plead for her, just those few fish you brought back, can you

Do you want to eat? In my place, no one can get something for nothing, girl, for the sake of Dumb, I will let you go again today, and there will be another time, hum. Let’s go." He said, taking the others with him.

Several young children walked out. Before they reached the entrance of the alley, Uncle Li turned around again and said to Dumb in a friendly manner: "Don't forget what you just said. It's best to catch a few big fish. You know

What?"

Dumb nodded in confusion, and then Uncle Li left with satisfaction.

This group of people are the lowest level thieves living in Nino City. They cannot be called thieves because they can only rely on some petty theft to maintain their livelihood. The so-called fishing is stealing, and Uncle Li is theirs.

There are more than a dozen children under him. Only the girl is a girl. They are all orphans he picked up from the street. Among these children, this boy named Dumb is the most capable. At first, Uncle Li fell in love with him.

Ah-Dai only took him in because he had a pair of dexterous little hands. This child has always been dull-witted. Sometimes he speaks awkwardly. I don’t know his name when I ask him. He also learns the skills of stealing very slowly.

, his brain didn’t seem to work very well, so everyone called him Dumb. However, although Dumb was stupid, he was very persistent. After several months of Uncle Li’s teachings and his own hard work, he finally remembered how to trick people.

This move, and he has practiced this move to the point of perfection. In order to practice the speed of the move, he even poked the snowflakes on the ground with his finger on the cold street. The less snowflakes stuck, it proved that his eyesight was better.

, although this method is stupid, it has a very good effect. After several months of practice, Ah-Dai finally has the basics of holding fish. What excites Uncle Li the most is that Ah-Dai is stupid and doesn’t know what fear is.

, also doesn’t understand that catching fish is a bad thing. As long as you give him steamed buns to eat, he will definitely do as he is told.

Walking on the street, no one would pay attention to a child who looks unremarkable and has straight eyes. However, often in the blink of an eye, their money bag is already in Dumb’s hands. When Uncle Li saw him for the first time

When Ah-Dai saw the bulging money bag in his hands, he was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. From then on, Ah-Dai became the most "pampered" among the children. He could eat at least one or two cold hard snacks every day.

The steamed buns were the envy of other companions. Although Dumb was a bit stupid, he was a good person. He often gave away part of the food to others when he was not full. However, those companions did not do it because of his

Although he is kind and grateful, he often teases him and even robs him of his food.

The girl was taken in by Uncle Li from the street a year ago. According to the girl herself, she has been living with an old woman for as long as she can remember. Although her life is hard, she is well fed and clothed. More than a year ago, that girl

The old lady fell ill and died, and the girl had no source of income and had to rely on begging to survive. The reason why Uncle Li accepted the girl was because he fell in love with the girl, no, he fell in love with the shabby old lady left to the girl.

House, in the cold city of Nino, what is better than a house sheltered from the wind and snow? Yatou is just the opposite of Dumb. She learns everything very quickly. Uncle Li’s "skills" are mastered in less than a month.

She has mastered everything. However, the girl is also the only child who has never caught a fish. It is not because she is not skilled, but the most important thing is because her heart is so kind. She has succeeded several times.

But when she saw the anxious look on the owner's face, she couldn't help but send it back. For this reason, she didn't know how many times she was beaten, and every time, Ah-Dai bore it for her. This one was smart and the other was stupid.

The children also naturally became good friends. They were very conspicuous among this group of thieves because they were the only ones of the yellow race. Perhaps it was for this reason that Dumb and the girl developed a deep friendship with each other. Today

, and because the girl returned the things she got to the anxious woman, she was beaten by Uncle Li.

Uncle Li's figure finally disappeared at the end of the alley, and the girl threw herself into Ah-Dai's arms and cried loudly. Ah-Dai stared blankly at the thin body in his arms, wiped the snot from his face, and patted it carefully.

He touched the girl's shoulder and said, "Girl, don't, don't cry. It hurts, doesn't it?"

After a while, the girl stopped crying, raised her little face that was red from the cold, looked at the boy in front of her, and said with hazy eyes: "Brother Dumb, it's really painful to be alive!"

Dumb obviously didn't understand what the girl meant. He took out half a steamed bun that was as hard as a rock from his arms and handed it over. He said blankly: "Girl, let's eat it for you. Once you're full, you won't feel any pain."

The girl looked at the silly but sincere boy in front of her, took the buns over, sobbed a few times, and said, "Brother Dumb, why are you so nice to me?"

Duan took the girl and sat in the corner, took off the tattered cotton-padded jacket he was wearing, draped it on their shoulders, snuggled up with the girl, and said innocently: "Am I good to you? Come and eat the steamed buns.

, I feel better after eating the steamed buns. I will go fishing later." As he said that, he looked at the half of the cold, stone-like steamed bun in the girl's hand with salivation.

Looking at Ah-Dai's honest face, the girl couldn't help but feel a little crazy. She used both hands to split the half piece of steamed bun into two and handed one piece to Ah-Dai.

Duan swallowed and said, "I, I'm not hungry, you can eat it yourself."

The girl put the steamed bun into Ah-Dai's hand and said, "I have a small appetite and can't eat that much. Let's eat together." As she said that, she held her quarter piece of steamed bun in both hands and took a big bite.

Dumb let out an ooh, and wolfed down the quarter piece of steamed bun. Because he ate too fast, he couldn't help but choked, "Ah, ugh."

Seeing Ah-Dai's flushed face, the girl couldn't help but chuckle. While patting his back, she grabbed a handful from the snow left on the ground the day before and stuffed it into Ah-Dai's mouth.

Duan worked hard to turn the snow into water. It took him a long time to swallow the dry buns in his throat. He took a long breath, patted his chest and said, "Thank you!"

After a long while, the girl finally worked hard to finish her steamed buns, and suddenly said to Ah-Dai: "Brother Ah-Dai, wait until I grow up to marry you, okay?"

Dumb was stunned, trying hard to think about the meaning of the word "marriage". After a long time, he hesitated and asked: "What is marriage?"

The girl sighed secretly and said: "Marrying means that I will be your wife and take care of you for the rest of my life! I will treat it as your promise and don't go back on it. From now on, my girl will be your fiancée, Dumb. You can do it in the future.

Treat me well."

Dumb nodded and said, "Fiancée? Oh, okay, then I'll give you a little more steamed buns every day."

The girl rolled her eyes at him and fell speechless.

After a long time, with the help of the cotton-padded jacket, the girl had warmed up a lot. She put the cotton-padded jacket on Ah-Dai's shoulders again and said to him: "Brother Ah-Dai, go catch the fish quickly, or Uncle Li will scold you again."

Me, I'll go with you."

Dui nodded, helped the girl stand up, and asked: "Girl, why are you better at skills than me, but you always return the fish to others?"

The girl sighed and said, "Brother Dumb, don't you know that stealing other people's things is wrong?"

Dumb shook his head and said: "But, if we don't catch the fish, we will starve!"

The girl knew that she and this stupid guy couldn't explain it clearly, so she simply stopped talking and pulled Ah-Dai out of the alley. The two of them walked towards the most prosperous area of ​​Nino City. Only there would be a good start.

The girl secretly decided that she would help Dui bring back a few more fish no matter what she said today, in order to repay his kindness to her.

Not long after they walked out, a call suddenly came from behind them, "Little girl, stop."

Dumb was startled, and turned around at the same time as the girl. What appeared in front of them was a gorgeous carriage. The face of an old woman appeared on the small window of the carriage. The girl recognized that it was the person who returned the money bag today.

"Little girl, is it really you?" There was a smile of surprise on the woman's face. She raised the door of the carriage. With the help of the servant, the old woman got out of the carriage. She was wearing luxurious clothes.

It was made of fabric that the girl had never imagined, and it was covered with a mink fur shawl.

The girl said timidly: "You, what can I do for you?"

Dumb thought that the old woman was going to cause trouble for the girl, so he quickly blocked the girl behind him and looked at the old woman in front of him warily.

The old woman smiled and said: "Children, don't be afraid, little girl, you just returned the purse to me, and I haven't thanked you yet? Why are you wearing such thin clothes on such a cold day!"
To be continued...