It seemed a bit impolite to visit the Tima family when they had just woken up and were preparing breakfast. At least that's what Xu Yun thought.

If she visits at that time, will Ms. Ruth give herself a share or not?

As an adult, Xu Yun thought he was able to think about the matter from the other person's perspective. In fact, to put it bluntly, he had little social experience and was not thick-skinned enough.

He waited by the fire at home until it was almost time for breakfast at Mortima's house, and then he opened the wooden door and walked through the snow to Tima's house.

This journey was actually not that far away, after all, the village was only so big, but it almost exhausted all the energy and enthusiasm that Xu Yun had accumulated in his body.

Wearing open-toed straw sandals to wade through knee-deep snow, the process was far more nerve-wracking than imagined. Only halfway through, Xu Yun could hardly feel the existence of his toes, and there was constant vibration down to his calves.

Feeling like pins and needles.

If it weren't for the Tima family's stone house right in front of him, and every step he took would bring him closer to the warm and comfortable fireplace in his memory, and closer to the turning point of his fate, he would have wished he could just turn around and go home to warm himself by the fire.

It was so cold that I felt like my body had been frozen through. I was like a piece of frozen meat hung under the eaves and preserved by natural temperature.

At this time, he suddenly recalled a joke he had seen: a southerner traveled to the Northeast and ordered a bottle of beer while eating in a restaurant. The waiter asked: "Do you want room temperature or iced beer?"

The southerner who was traveling to the Northeast for the first time was a little confused. How could a hotel sell cold beer on such a cold day? So he said, "It's at room temperature."

So under the awed gazes of the surrounding drinkers, he saw the waiter go to the beer box outside the door and pick out a bottle. The glass bottle of beer was still covered with a layer of snow. When he opened the bottle cap, the bottle

What was exposed at the mouth was a lump of beer-colored ice stubble.

"Is this at room temperature? How about iced beer?" asked the southerner, pointing to the bottle of ice-packed beer.

So the waiter turned around and took out a normal-looking bottle of cold beer from the refrigerator compartment nearby.

Now I can finally understand the feeling of that bottle of room-temperature beer.

Having fun while working overtime is a common method used by Xu Yun to relieve the fatigue when he can't stand it any longer. Sometimes it is even more effective than a bottle of energy drink. After all, he drinks so many energy drinks while working overtime that it almost makes him think.

Vomited.

"Compared with staying up for days and nights and typing code all the time, this little bit of coldness is nothing."

"But it seems that I can hardly feel my cock now." Xu Yun smiled bitterly, but even so, he could still maintain stable movements of his body, not even shivering from the cold.

"If this was a game, this body's natural resistance would be almost full."

Finally, the stone house was within easy reach. He quickened his pace and kicked away the snow that was blocking the way, and reached out to touch the wooden handle on the outside of Tima's house door.

The wooden door was pushed open before his hand touched the handle, revealing Jack's handsome and energetic face behind the door.

"I heard someone approaching outside, and I was wondering if it could be you. Timmy, my boy, you wanted to give me a surprise early in the morning, so you came so early, right?"

"It's late, I've been waiting for you for almost two hours." Xu Yun complained in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he nodded and said: "Dear Jack, your wisdom is as dazzling as the morning sun."

The morning sun slanted down from the gaps between the snow-covered fir trees, spreading the golden color evenly on the houses and the ground in the forest village. One of them happened to fall on Jack, making his handsome face and short golden hair seem to be in the sky.

Glow.

"So you agreed to my proposal yesterday. This is really good news, isn't it? You can receive good news early in the morning, which indicates that today will definitely be a good day." Jack's smile was sincere and enthusiastic.

Like the warm white air rising from the collar of his linen shirt.

The fire at Tima's house must have been burning brightly last night, and he could see beads of sweat sliding down his collarbone from his neck.

Brutal~~~~~

A sharp eagle whistle fell from the sky, causing Jack and Xu Yun to look up at the source of the sound.

A small gray dot was hovering under the clear blue sky. Xu Yun's vision was much better than before the time travel, and he could clearly distinguish that it was a soaring red-billed gray falcon.

"Oh~ It seems that you are not the only one who came to send me news this morning, my Timmy is ready to be a knight." Jack pushed the wooden door completely open and stepped into the snow outside. His cowhide boots stepped on the snow and made a sound.

A crunching sound.

He took off a bright badge from his waist, raised it with his left arm and shook it towards the sky.

Violent~~~

There was another eagle cry, and the gray falcon hovering high in the sky turned at an angle and began to dive this way.

The sky gets brighter in the mountains later than in the towns on the plains. It should be close to nine o'clock in the morning. Even if we get up later, most of the wooden houses with sloping roofs in the small village are buried in the snow, and green and white smoke begins to rise from the chimneys.

of smoke.

Several other knights seemed to have heard the roar of the eagle, and they pushed open the door of the villager's house where they were staying, and looked over to check.

But the number of people who poked their heads out to check was far more than the knights, and the extra few were young girls in the village. They had obviously tidied up their makeup. At least as far as Xu Yun saw, the hair and cheeks of several girls were quite different.

When I took refuge in Tima's house yesterday, I saw that it was cleaner and tidier.

The red-billed gray falcon was very fast. After a while, it flapped its wings and began to slow down. When it dropped to a height of more than ten meters above the ground, the claws under its abdomen loosened and rolled up a cooked brown hard leather with a silver metal edge.

The tube was thrown down, and then it drew a sharp arc in the air, flapped its wings and climbed back up to high altitude.

The hard-covered reel spun and fell, but was caught firmly by Jack.

"It's a flying letter sent from the headquarters of the Knights." After using the scroll, Jack looked at the metal badge inlaid in the center of the scroll and explained casually.

‘This is the lion head badge of the Knight of the South Wind.’ Xu Yun thought, he had seen this badge many times at the gate of Mondstadt in the game. The Lion of the South Wind, the Wolf of the North Wind, the Dragon of the East Wind, and the Eagle of the West Wind.

'It seems that the current Mondstadt is different from the historical time of Mondstadt in the game in my memory.' He thought silently in his heart, watching Jack twist open the hard-cover roll and take out a neatly folded piece of letter paper.

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As for the writing on the letter, he couldn't understand any of it. It was obviously not a divine writing, but the country's own writing in Mondstadt.

Shaking off the letter, Jack did not shy away from the village boy beside him and started reading directly. As the reading content deepened, the thick and heroic eyebrows on his forehead gradually wrinkled. He read very quickly and put it down after a few breaths.

He took off the letter in his hand, looked up in the direction of Longji Snow Mountain, and exhaled a long stream of white water vapor from his mouth.

The sound of crunching snow gradually came closer, and several knights who had previously peeked out to check had already waded through the snow and approached.

"Boss, do you have a new mission?" asked a short knight with a beard. His waistline was only slightly less than his height, making him look like an upright oak barrel. If not,

The obvious human features between his eyebrows and eyes made Xu Yun almost think that he was the dwarf, a humanoid race that often appears in other fantasy games.

In Xu Yun's memory, there seemed to be no dwarves in the world of Teyvat. However, before his time travel, the game had not fully opened all the maps of the Teyvat continent, so it would not be surprising if there were dwarves. Anyway, elves, beast-eared girls,

Ghosts, crows, tengu, and demons all appeared, as well as one more dwarf.

"Well, this is a separate mission for me. Your mission today is to escort the former Knight Captain Tima and his family back to Qingquan Town. Captain Tima's God's Eye revived last night, and he will return to the Knights and resume his duties. You guys can

End this patrol mission early and return together. Replace with another team of people in Qingquan Town to take over the patrol."

Phew~

One of the knights whistled.

"There is no better news than that the patrol mission can be ended early. Captain Czech, you are so kind."

"I can already smell the aroma of wine wafting from the angel's gift."

"I think you smell the rouge on the dancer, right?"

Hahahahaha

The members of the Patrol Knights laughed happily because they could end their patrol mission early and return to the city to enjoy their rest time.

"A solo mission?" Tima walked out of her house on wooden legs and looked inquiringly at Jack, who had a dull expression. Seeing him nodding, his face became serious.

Individual tasks are special tasks assigned to the core backbone of the knights, such as the Knights with the Eyes of God. Since masters of the level of the Knights with the Eyes of God are required, one can imagine the difficulty.

Ordinary knights would definitely have a narrow escape from receiving such a mission. Even warriors with divine power would have to endure unimaginable hardships to have a chance to complete it.

"Captain Tima, do you have paper and pen at home? I promised to recommend Timmy to enter the preparatory knight training class. Since I can't make it myself, I must at least write a letter of recommendation."

"Of course, it just so happens that Kerry has reached the age where he can read. I have prepared paper and pen before." Tima nodded.

"Don't be stunned. Isn't it cold standing in the snow? Come in with me and warm yourself up by the fire. Timmy, you little guy is really a weirdo. All the other kids look like quails in this weather.

You are huddled under the quilt and lying in bed, you are wearing so little and yet you are still standing in the snow listening to our gossip." He hooked his hand at Xu Yun and said.

"Who are you, handsome guy?" Xu Yun opened his mouth and asked.

"Hey, when did that brat learn to flatter him?" Tima smiled and slapped Timmy on the head.

It’s no wonder that Xu Yun was stunned. Tima, who already had deep-set eyes, had a big beard yesterday. Her messy chestnut curly hair had a piece cut off by the ghost fire of the bloody dog, and her beard was covered with a layer of frost, snow and ice slag.

, it looks like there are as many vicissitudes of life as there are changes in life.

See you again this morning. He has a neatly trimmed beard, leaving only a beautiful and neat short beard on his chin and above his lips. The messy chestnut curly hair that was missing a piece of his head has been shaved into a capable and energetic inch-length short hair.

. It is estimated that in order to match the length of the burned piece of hair, the other hair was shaved short. Otherwise, in such cold weather, if you don’t wear a hat, your scalp will definitely freeze.

In short, the whole person seemed to become a lot younger instantly, as if by magic.

If Xu Yun's first impression when seeing him yesterday was that of a muscular middle-aged man with a disabled leg, today he has turned into a handsome young man in his early thirties at most.

After Xu Yun followed Tima into the house, he consciously huddled in the fire and warmed himself up, saving his frozen toes and calves from the abyss of numbness.

Jack wrote a letter of recommendation to Timmy (Xu Yun) on the dining table of Tima's house, and of course Tima's eldest son Kerry was also in his heart.

Tima sat down on the wooden block next to Jack. Jack would ask him for help if he couldn't spell a word.

"What is your mission this time? Is it related to the fire dog that appeared yesterday?"

Jack looked up at Tima, nodded and shook his head.

"Captain Tima, your God's Eye has been revived. It doesn't matter if you talk about the mission. It may have something to do with those monsters, or it may have nothing to do with it.

Didn't we talk about the nuns at the Observation Tower yesterday? This mission is for me to go to the Observation Tower built in the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain.

As for whether there was any unusual movement in the abyss, the letter did not say anything.

But since we are going there, I think there may be something wrong with the seal on Longji Snow Mountain. In such a situation where the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, only a knight like me with the Eye of the Wind God can send support in the shortest time.

arrive."

Tima nodded, "The Eye of the Wind God is indeed very useful when you are on the road."

"You are also very strong when fighting, okay?" Jack said dissatisfiedly

"Then you must be able to defeat me first." Tima raised her eyebrows and said in a confident and provocative tone.

"We'll talk about this when I get back from the mission. I'm not looking down on you, my commander. My Liufeng swordsmanship is much better now than it was back then. I'm afraid you won't even be able to touch my clothes by then." Jack did not show any weakness at all.

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Boom~

Tima punched his thick shoulder with such force that Jack's upper body shook.

"It is true that he is much stronger than before, and his muscles are as hard as a stone. When are you going to set off?" Tima retracted her fist, released her hand and shook it.

Jack gritted his teeth in pain, "I set off immediately after writing the letter of recommendation. Although the task has no set time, supporting this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later."

"Have a nice trip, I'll wait for you to come back and compete."

"If nothing else, if I really can't resist my escape, no one will be able to catch me." Jack pretended to smile easily, his handsome young face having been tempered by years of wind, frost, rain and snow, he was quite calm and confident.

"I'm afraid you'll be just as fast at night." Tima teased with a wicked smile.

"When you see Mia, you can ask her yourself about this. If you can ask," Jack obviously understood instantly and showed a smile that all men understand.

He skillfully left his signature on the end of the letter with the dip pen in his hand, then took out his God's Eye and pressed it on the letter paper with a corner of the silver-white metal frame, leaving his own unique mark. A faint glow

Shimmering pattern with cyan elements.

He handed the written letter to Tima, "You will hand over the letter of recommendation, Captain Tima."

Letting go of the letter, Jack retrieved his armor and equipment from the weapons rack placed by the fireplace, and put them on meticulously.

Tima used a dip pen to sign her signature at the end of the letter, and used God's Eye to leave a pattern imprint with a shimmering sapphire blue element. After the ink on the letter paper was dried by the heat of the fire, she folded it carefully.

Stuff it into the prepared white envelope.

When Tima sealed the envelope, Jack had already finished dressing.

"Ms. Ruth, thank you for your warm hospitality. I will miss your cooking skills." He made a knight's salute to Ruth who came over with a concerned expression.

"You can come to my house often if you like." Ruth smiled.

"Of course I won't be polite if I have the chance, so goodbye." Jack

"Goodbye." Ruth

"See you later." Tima

"Can I see you again?" Xu Yun also stood up and asked hesitantly.

"Yes, my Timmy is ready to be a knight. I am your recommender." Jack gently rubbed Timmy's messy black bird's nest head with his leather gloves covered with metal armor, and said with a friendly smile.

"Then... I look forward to seeing you again." Xu Yun took a step back and used a standard knight's ceremony that surprised both Tima and Jack. Of course, he learned this ceremony from the NPC in the game, but it was better than Jack's.

Knight etiquette should be more standard.

"Interesting boy. Goodbye." Jack nodded, turned around and strode out quickly. As he walked, Xu Yun seemed to see a green wind surrounding him.

Jack's departure is like a pebble dropped into a pond, causing only small ripples in the circle of people he knew.

After he left, the Tima family also started their own busy work. They wanted to move back to Mondstadt. Since there were no animals to help carry their luggage, they could only pack the things that were convenient for them to take away into packages and carry them on their backs.

As a knight, Tima's fiefdom is this small mountain village called Bingchi, so most of the belongings can be left in this house without having to worry about being stolen by the villagers for their own use. That is a crime against the nobles, and Tima is here as a

Lords can do things cheaply.

Since it requires someone to carry it, the things that can be taken away are very limited. In the end, the luggage that the family took away was only two bags of mountain goods to be given as gifts for the Winter Snow Festival, two bags of carry-on clothing and a large bag of food for the road.

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As a companion on this journey, Xu Yun was also unceremoniously provided with a backpack by Tima.

Before the sun climbed due south, this small team returning to the city set foot on the mountain road among the cedar forests outside the village. There were patrolling knights wading through the snow in front to clear the way, making it much easier for those walking behind.

Before leaving the village, Xu Yun saw the child who came to see him off at the entrance of the village, the same child who had given him wheat cakes yesterday. He still had not learned his name. He did not know where he heard the news, and learned that Xu Yun would be meeting today

Leave with Tima's family. According to Xu Yun's original intention, he can just leave quietly by himself. Anyway, he doesn't know anyone in the village, so why waste other people's feelings.

But when he saw the tearful eyes of the little guy, the cold heart of the adult hidden in the thin body still melted. He entrusted his cabin to the little guy, and also gave it a gift hidden in the cabin.

Winter grains such as potatoes and radishes.

I received an old kettle with no original color and an unexpectedly beautiful green feather as a gift from the little guy.

When Xu Yun got the two gifts in his hands, he could no longer hide the surprise on his face.

‘Adventurer’s Gold Cup’: Defense increased by 23 points

‘Adventurer Tail Feather’: Attack power increased by 18 points

Set effect: Two-piece set: life increased by 1000 points.

He could see the properties of these two things. He stuck the feather jewelry on his collar and hung the old kettle on his waist. A magical warmth instantly flowed throughout his body.
Chapter completed!