March 18, the morning after Griffith had just escaped from the sealed object.
Sonia sat on a soft chair by the side of the boat, shaking the quill in her hand and looking at the river. A beautiful diary was at hand, with some thoughts and essays written on it. The thick homework and reports were not moved at all.
“We left the old town and came to the land of knights and plantations, a world called the “Old West”.
"Here, magnificent castles are very rare. Most fortresses are hastily built with mud and wood, and the moats are silted up and only shallow ditches are left. True chivalry is even rarer. Recent tragedies let us know that,
Most Verona knights are no different from skilled thieves. They have shining armor, but they rarely have noble character and benevolent virtues, and lack the lofty ideals of upholding justice and pursuing honor.
“They do not believe that they should help the weak and the poor. On the contrary, as soon as we left the old town, we saw that they were busy intimidating the lower class people, threatening them to accept the control of the castle lord and pay their offerings on time.
“The beautiful world in that story has gone with the wind.”
Fifty members of the spring camping group, including Sonia, sailed upriver from the Old Town waterway in a comfortable sloop.
Camping in spring and winter is also called a staff trip. It is an important activity for students at Homewood Watts every semester. The purpose is to allow students to accumulate knowledge and have a preliminary understanding of the customs, transportation and magic research status of the places they visit.
understanding. But this spring this time is even more special.
The dangers everyone encountered while hiking to the Watch Castle last winter caused quite a stir in Bayerland. This time, the school carefully arranged a new plan. The first to third grade students at Minerva House were divided into several groups, each consisting of
The high-ranking mage who serves as a professor and some assistant teachers led the team and went to Verona for a week-long trip, escorted by the guards of the city defense forces from various places.
The Shutorals who accompanied the team were also fully armed, carrying a full set of equipment except for the war horses, and even prepared sealed objects and sacred vessels.
Their destination was the towns and villages in the Verona region. The first-year students were arranged to be in the first batch and completed the camping while the situation was still relatively peaceful. Their trip started from the old town and traveled to the city via water and land.
Traveling west, investigating and studying the middle and lower reaches of the Vero River that are dotted with noble estates in the Western Territory, the round trip takes a total of seven days.
Sonia's group arrived in the old town on the afternoon of March 16, and transferred to a comfortable dhow to travel upstream along the river. With the expensive dust crystals and magic power, the dhow could move against the gentle current.
The Vero River can also travel by wind. On rivers that are really inconvenient, local trackers can also provide convenient services.
Under the wide white sails, the beautiful cruise ship rowed through the mirror-smooth Vero River.
This is also the origin of the Verona veterans incident that broke out not long ago. Those repatriated veterans have been sent back to their places of origin. The conflicts between them and the local nobles have become more intense during this time, and even in many border areas
There have been uprisings and fighting.
Some families and students have put forward different opinions. The situation in the Western Region is already unstable. How can we still travel here?
The school and Beyeland studied carefully for a day, or they may not have studied at all, and then gave a brief reply.
“This is not a journey.”
Fortunately, at least on the surface, the situation in the core area of Verona is relatively calm. The rebels are blocked on the edge of the mountainous area and are besieged by a coalition of local nobles. The battle reports published in newspapers are promising. The coalition is chasing the rebels who are at the end of their rope. Every day
Kill their leaders. By the time the senior group, which set out later, comes here, maybe the rebels have been wiped out. Fastest update on mobile::
The local noble castles and manors are one after another, which can provide reception and shelter. When traveling as a staff officer, they not only need to visit the scenery along the way and get to know the local dignitaries, but also formulate marching, transportation and garrison plans along the way in case of a war.
Hometown Watts' social practice and command courses have a high weight in the final scores.
The tradition of Homonworth has a long history, and nobles from all over the country are also familiar with its rules.
The notification and arrangements from Beyeland have been sent to the local area long ago. The visiting young masters and ladies will give appropriate greeting gifts, and the nobles along the way will also be welcomed and sent off according to tradition. Exquisite meals and banquets will be arranged, and introductions will inevitably be made.
The local culture and products. For young people who will take over the family industry and the army in the future, this trip is also a good opportunity for them to have an in-depth understanding of the Verona region.
There were Fiona and Isius in Sonia's group. In addition to Galadia who arranged for her and Griffith who was on a mission, there were also several big noble families and their Shutoral who had no choice but to do so.
A temporary mission was sent out. Old Town sent a team of 12 people to escort along the way, obeying the team's command.
In fact, Sonia is not worried about safety at all. Both sides of the Vero River are peaceful and fertile, and most of the nobles along the way are vassals of the Duke of Verona. They do not directly take orders from King Beyeland, but they also have many indirect connections in taxation, warfare, etc.
responsibilities, and are particularly attentive to the advisory travel team.
Rebels and fighting have appeared in the mountains further to the northwest and southwest. Some border nobles and knights have blocked the rebels' way to the fertile plains.
Newspapers and news in recent days say that after the initial fierce fighting, the fighting there has calmed down.
As long as Verona's local legions, auxiliary legions and the majestic main force of the Western Knights arrive there, this small rebellion that has shaken the financial market and caused considerable losses to everyone will be completely put to rest.
The Vero River has brought prosperity and convenience to the business here. The local nobles can ship crops and minerals to the market in Beyeland, and exchange them for perfumes, new fashions and carriages, as well as metal components to transform the bathroom.
Obtain a clean and sacred ceramic washbasin and toilet, as well as various essential enchanted products.
They are also very active in investing in the securities and futures markets. This kind of trade and financial connection has kept the relationship between Verona's nobility and the royal nobility very harmonious. If it were not for the tight schedule of the journey, Sonia
They could spend a week just attending balls and banquets held by local nobles.
Sonia turned the quill between her fingers while flipping through the book. She was more worried about homework and reports than the situation. She had no clue about the social relations, the establishment of the aristocratic army, magic research and logistics that the subject required to focus on. Although she
Her grades in Charms are very good, but she only learned about the knowledge required for camping reports through one elective course per semester, and she didn’t even know how to analyze relevant intelligence. She usually had to do assignments on strategy, command, and military affairs.
Griffith helped her prepare it, so she could save a lot of time studying interesting spells or playing the King of Mysteries.
Speaking of this... Sonia opened her notebook and took out the advanced number theory and magic modeling test papers that were handed out on the day of the trip.
It has a big "C" written clearly on it.
For Miss Larmore, who had always received an A in every test she had taken since she was a child, a C score was simply earth-shattering.
On the day of departure, the test papers after the scores were handed out, she didn't dare to look at them. It wasn't until Fiona fell asleep that she took a sneak peek, and then she hid under the quilt with a whimper.
Ah! Why didn’t I review during the winter vacation? Why did I ask Griffith to help me drink the divination tea?
Seeing the big C on the test paper again, Sonia's impeccable appearance collapsed on the spot.
This is really a big deal.
Fortunately, Fiona didn't notice and there was still time. Sonia tried to solve the current dilemma calmly. She rubbed her long pale golden hair and thought seriously:
“In the long run, I need to buy a new tutorial book on advanced number theory and magic modeling. In terms of details, Cornwell’s textbook is still too superficial.
“In the short term, we can’t let Fiona find out that she has been waiting for the opportunity to slap me in the face like crazy! We can’t let my mother know, and we have to be decent!
“What to do...
“I can change the C to an A! No, no, that’s stupid.
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“Ah~ what to do!” Sonia buried her head in her arms. If this was her own room, she would roll on the bed.
At this moment, Fiona jumped out of the cabin like the little rabbit in the story.
Can't let Fiona see it!
In desperation, in frenzy, and with no way to escape, Sonia took a bite of this terrible paper.
Perhaps it is a kind of stress reaction. When you hate something too much, you will unconsciously have the ancient instinct of biting.
Sonia subconsciously thought of destroying the evidence and prepared to eat a large pile of black and white writing before Fiona found out.
She took a big bite of the paper where the score was written between her eyebrows, and chewed it decently before her evaporated sanity returned.
Since she has grown so big, this is the first time Sonia eats paper papers...
The entrance was a little dry, and the paper stuck to the surface of the tongue and mouth, making it very difficult to chew. Sonia tried her best to lick up and down with the tip of her tongue, moistening it a little. She gradually became more proficient, and felt that she was quite talented and small.
The fragrant tongue wriggled left and right, the silver teeth opened slightly, rolled it up into a ball, and chewed it hard twice.
A light fibrous feel is becoming more and more apparent. The fine paper is very hard and almost impossible to bite, but it has a melting texture.
During the melting process, there was an obvious bitter taste. The big red C ink melted...
The dry and bitter taste made Sonia gag. She had never experienced the feeling of having such a strange hard thing stuffed into her mouth. It was particularly uncomfortable, hiding a vague and indescribable strange touch. However, it was still uncomfortable.
The pain hits the soul directly.
“Sonia, I’m going to do my homework!” Fiona sat down opposite her.
Sonia, who was on the verge of nausea, threw herself into her arms, lowered her head, and tried to swallow.
A dry, hard mass with a strange smell hit the sensitive depths of her throat.
The pearl of Bayerland, the elegant, mysterious and inviolable magical girl, the beautiful and intelligent countess, Sonia who wanted to eat the paper couldn't hold it back anymore, got up and threw herself on the side of the boat, vomiting in front of her horrified besties.