Late at night, the town of Magatai has become quiet. The cold and fluffy moon hangs over the streets of the town. Stray dogs huddle in the haystacks at the door. A few migratory birds clean their feathers on the snow-covered chimneys. Before dawn tomorrow,
The town gate will not open.
There are more than 600 households in Magatai Town, and nearly half of them have the surname Magatai. The remaining half are either married people with foreign surnames, or servants and guards who provide services to Magatai. Yes, Magatai
Tai is a big local family. The town has its own school, church and library. Over the years, Magatai and Shengyuan have been on good terms, and people from every generation have entered Shengyuan to study.
Magatha Bandu is the current mayor of the town. He is responsible for the main daily affairs of the town. He is not a clan leader. Although he has good management skills and is also a very good academic magician, he is still a little young.
, only 39 years old this year. The patriarch is Magatai Satsuma, who is considered to be Pandu's cousin. He is now 51 years old and is a young and powerful horse. Although he is an incredible knight, he has never been a knight in his career.
After using the imitation elemental power to regenerate, the monks in the church said that his life was smooth and he could live to the age of 90, which is rare among knights.
However, the person with the highest status in the town is not the two of them, but Magatai Qibin. This old woman, although her temples are gray now and her speech is a bit shaky, she was a beauty when she was young. In her room
There is still a portrait of her when she was young, dressed in red, with slightly curly silver hair, and a simple and beautiful felt hat. She is capable and elegant, and has a somewhat sassy appearance.
Tonight is Mrs. Qibin's 80th birthday. Other houses in the town are quiet, but her home is very lively. From children to grandchildren to great-grandchildren, they are all gathered on the fifth floor.
They celebrated her birthday in their big house. People from every family in the town came, including Bandu and Satsuma, and there were even guests sent by the king to pay their personal respects. Fortunately, Mrs. Qibin’s old house was big enough.
Otherwise, there would be no room for so many people and servants.
The climax of the birthday party has not yet come, and people are arriving one after another. Qibin was lying on a big chair covered with plush, leaning against the hot fireplace. She saw a young and beautiful girl among the many guests, and asked her repeatedly.
She waved.
It is not quite accurate to say that Magatea Annalena is a girl. In fact, she is already over thirty, but in the eyes of the old birthday girl, everyone who is young is a child, and Annalena is her favorite. Not because of that.
Otherwise, it's just because Annalena looks most like her when she was young.
Annalena had just come in from outside the house, with snowflakes still on her body. She hurried over to salute and sat on the small chair next to the old woman.
Qibin held her hand with both hands and said with a hearty smile: "You, very good. I heard that you are a dragon knight? What's going on? When did your guardian change? I saw yours three months ago
Guardian is a beautiful Pegasus."
"Yes, Mrs. Qibin, just two weeks ago, I went to work outside the town and happened to see an injured blue dragon falling in front of me on the mountain road. This may be God's will. It has not fully grown up, but it should
It's almost done. But there is a little problem with his injury. Maybe I have to find a good veterinarian..." Annalena talked about her experience with great interest, and she still couldn't hide her excitement.
"Okay, okay, dragon knight. Our Magatha family has never had a dragon knight. In the future, your achievements and status will definitely be higher than mine. With you, the relationship between Shengyuan and the Magatha family can be further improved.
." Qibin said with satisfaction, and then asked: "Hey, where is Schulz?"
Annalena replied: "He is still outside for the last round. I came first. He will arrive in half an hour."
Mrs. Qibin nodded: "I feel relieved that you and he are responsible for the security of the town. In fact, he can come earlier. The town has not been attacked by wild monsters for several months. It is enough to have those outsiders patrolling."
"It's late winter now, right? The mayor is worried that monsters that can't find food will come looking for food nearby, so be careful."
In fact, Martin also has a foreign surname, but his mother's surname is Magatai, so he is closer to him than other servants with foreign surnames.
Suddenly there were two noises in the town. It was the magic mechanism on the high wall of the town that was triggered. The guests were quieter and listened. Someone said: "Maybe it was a wild cat or someone's pet that triggered it."
This is not the first time this has happened, especially in winter when food becomes less and some stray wild cats move around a wider area.
The normal noisy conversation resumed in the hall. Annalena was responsible for the security of the town and was always a little worried. After a while, she said to Mrs. Kibin: "I'll go take a look. If nothing happens, I'll be right back."
Mrs. Kebbing agreed: "Remember to bring Martin."
In the small town, the fat Dirk Bonn scratched his head in confusion: "What was the noise just now? Did I make it?"
Dirk Poirot jumped down from the wall and gasped in a state of embarrassment: "It's so dangerous. Bonn, did you see a ghost following me just now? It scared me to death."
"Ghost!" Bonn was startled. He looked around with a panicked expression, but saw nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I said we should come during the day. Those guys insisted on coming at night..."
"He suddenly picked up a huge cleaver and struck Poirot's helmet with the back of the knife: "Idiot, you have to wear a mask, you have to wear a mask, why are you so stupid!"
Poirot got angry: "I'm not wearing a mask, and neither are you."
"Hey?" Bonn touched his fat face: "Where is my mask? Am I not wearing it?"
"Are you like me and forgot to take it?" Poirot touched all over his body and found nothing: "What should I do? Go back and get it now?"
"Okay." The two were about to climb up the wall again, but they heard two groups of feet approaching on foot above and near the top of the wall. Bonn panicked: "Ah, someone is coming! We can't let others see our faces, otherwise
The master will curse us to death!" He turned around and saw his younger brother Poirot searching in his trousers: "What are you doing Poirot? Do you want to find happiness here?"
Poirot took out his underwear from his crotch and covered his helmet: "Bonn, look how smart I am, others can't see our faces like this."
Bonn quickly followed suit. Poirot said proudly: "Humph, you still said I was stupid. Now it turns out that I am smarter than you, Bonn."
Footsteps were already coming, followed by a series of dog barks. The guard leading the team on the wall shouted down: "Who dares to break into this town without permission? Kneel on the ground and put down your weapons and surrender. Otherwise, don't blame us for killing!"
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On the top of the wall, archers were pulling strings and holding spears. There were flying eagles and beasts. In the shining summoning magic light, three ferocious monsters bared their fangs.