The Imperial Grove is a large subtropical jungle to the south of the capital of Westeros. It borders the Heishui River and the South Gate of King's Landing, and is also the birthplace of the Wende River that flows into the Heishui Bay. At the same time, the Linjian Road to the south is still split at the strait of the Heishui Bay. To the southwest is the Rose Avenue that leads to the Heishui Bay area, and to the southeast is the Tongmen City that can reach Fengxi Fort. It can be said to be a military and economic place in the southwest.

The entire royal forest is like a guard of King's Landing, guarding King's Landing, the largest and most populous city on the Westeros continent, and supplying some of the city's needs and protecting King's Landing from the wind and sand in the south and Dorn!

Therefore, the intention of the Imperial Guard when it was named was roughly derived from this...

"Lalala..."

(??▽ｍ)ノ??

At this time, a little girl who was full and had nothing to do was idle because she was idle. So, after beating a god who dared to jump out of the evil spirit and gave him a little cruelty, she wandered out of the city and wandered comfortably outside the King's Landing City outside the Heishui River, which was gradually beginning to snow, in the royal forest in the south of the Heishui River.

Generally speaking, few people come here to hang out.

Because, this place is not too close to Junlin City, especially in this ignorant and backward world where transportation is basically taken, ordinary people need to walk at least one or two hours to come here, not to mention that the entire Westeros continent has begun to enter a long cold winter. Even Junlin City has started to snow and the temperature has begun to drop sharply!

Of course, Little Annie is definitely not an ordinary person, and there will be no "ordinary person" who can slap a primitive indigenous god with one hand... So, she has the ability to easily come to the forest south of Junlin, and can also be alone unscrupulously, wandering in this forest that is becoming increasingly dangerous and colder without worrying about any unexpected situations.

“Eh?”

∑(??△)?!

Soon, the little Annie, who was originally empty and thought she could hang out at will, unexpectedly heard the rustling and subtle sound coming from somewhere in the forest, as if it was the sound of some creature digging a hole?

Then, she thought it was some kind of cute and delicious little animal, hurriedly pushed away the shrubs that were already covered with cold snow and rushed towards the direction where the sound came!

However……

"Ah?!"

(￣□￣;)｜｜

“…”

"Hi! That...sister, what are you doing?"

(??????????)??

Annie, who was excitedly emerging from the grass, looked at awkwardly with a dirty and muddy lady, then turned the excited and astonished expression on her face into a puzzled expression and asked.

Fortunately, she thought she had encountered some kind of delicious cute little animal today, but who would have thought that it would be such a dirty young lady? In this cold weather, the other party was wearing so little clothes. If she didn't stay at home, why would she run into the forest and dig in a thief?

Could it be that there is some amazing treasure underground in this place?

Of course, Queen Anne doesn't care about any treasures, and she doesn't care about that kind of gold and jewelry!

However, if it is something interesting, she can barely participate. Also, if she digs out something good she likes, she can also generously exchange what the other party wants. Anyway, she will never take advantage of others.

“…”

"Huh! You, you scared me!!"

The little girl who was frightened by Little Annie used the small shovel in her hand to stare at the little girl who suddenly emerged from the grass behind her for a while, then she breathed a sigh of relief and continued to turn around and start working on the work in her hand.

She just thought it was a terrible thing like a wolf or a bear!

You know, now that winter is coming, the imperial forest has become no longer safe. All kinds of animals are busy preparing food for wintering. The wolf bears and so on, they go out for food and wander around all day, so it becomes a bit unsafe even if they don’t go deep into the jungle.

but……

No matter how unsafe she is, she has to come here and has to come!

"Hey! You haven't told me what you're digging? Are there any fun or unusual treasures below?!"

??(?????????????????) Join in the fun??????????????

Holding his little bear Tibers, Anne came to the other party in a few steps, and at the same time, she opened her eyes wide and stared at the small mud pit that the other party was digging curiously.

It may be because the shovel was too small, or it may be because the other party was not strong enough. Anyway, the pit is very shallow now, probably not as deep as the knees, and there were no things inside that made Annie find interesting except for some tree roots.

"I'm digging the roots of the kudzu..."

Looking at this familiar and strange peer in confusion, the little girl continued to work with a shovel after she responded casually.

She just cares about digging herself, and from time to time she uses her dirty hands to wipe her face that she can't see clearly, and no longer cares about the guy next to her who doesn't know why she appeared! Because, now this forest, that is, in this royal forest, is not very safe, so she must move faster and rush back to her home in Junlin City before the end of the "day" that has become shorter and shorter.

Otherwise, those animals who wandered around and hunted would definitely tear her to pieces!

"Digging the roots of trees? But what's the use of these?"

(??_??)ヾ…..

Looking at the dirty tree roots that were broken by the other person under the shallow pit, but the broken mouth was extremely white, Little Annie was curious and reached out to pick up a piece from the other person's basket and put it under her nose to smell it. Then she threw it back with some disgust, expressing her disdain.

That thing smells very fishy, ​​and it also has a strange smell and the kind of hand-stained liquid that is secreted. It will definitely not be any useful thing.

"Don't touch my stuff!"

"It can be crushed and made into big pancakes, I'm going to take them home!!"

Seeing the other party touching the things he had been busy for a long time before he harvested, the little girl who was afraid of being stolen, quickly grabbed the small basket and put it next to him, so that it could be further away from the little girl.

“Um…”

(..?????_????..)

"Is this tree root delicious?"

Some tree roots are edible, so Anne of course knows such things!

For example: potatoes, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, and other things are all grown in the field. If you want to eat them, you can only dig them out one by one.

So, looking at the 'roots' that the other party broke out from the mud pit, Annie felt that it seemed necessary to bake one to try it out?

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For example, those sweet potatoes, etc., are squinted on low heat to make the skin wrinkled. When it is cooked and soft, the moisture is almost evaporated!

(,,?????????????,,)

That taste is fragrant, sweet and glutinous, and it feels so delicious when you think about it...

It’s a pity that you can’t eat too much of that kind of thing. If you eat too much, you will have to fart all day long, which is very troublesome.

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"No! They are not delicious at all, bitter and astringent..."

Yes, the roots of this kind of kudzu are indeed not very delicious, but she has no choice. Even if they are not delicious, she needs to prepare more, and the more you have to, the better.

"oh……"

"But, since it's not delicious, why don't you go and eat something else?"

ヽ(ー_ー)ノ?

“…”

"My grandfather said that winter is here. If we don't prepare more food quickly and save it, we will not be able to survive this winter!"

The little girl continued to dig, and from time to time she pulled out one or two pieces of tree roots of large and small from the mud pit.

The weather is getting colder and colder now. If she doesn't work faster, when it gets colder, her grandfather may not allow her to come out! So, she is now a little annoyed about wearing good clothes, and you can tell at a glance that she is a rich guy.

How could these abominable children from rich families know that they are not as good as food or clothing? If she doesn't work hard to dig a little more, maybe she and her grandfather will be starved to death and freeze to death in a short time!

"So that's how it is..."

(????w????)??

Anne looked up at the gray sky in the sky. Although it was afternoon, the sun was wandering little by little on the horizon, and the direct sunlight was blocked by the thick clouds, making the world more and more cold and dark.

It can be imagined that the time during the day will definitely decrease in the future. If there is no Druid, the mage or the automated light-illuminated artificial farm in the Kopru Star region, or the supply station to produce food, after most of the animals and plants in the Westeros will wither, die, or fall into hibernation, food will definitely decrease in food, and it will become increasingly difficult to find food.

Moreover, this time will last at least for decades based on Anne's astrological cosmology knowledge! Anyway, this continent will definitely be like this, and the situation on the other side of the sea, or further south of the planet, may be better?

After all, no matter how this strange planet rotates, there will always be some areas that can enjoy sufficient stellar light.

However, it is definitely useless for this young lady to dig the roots like this now. These foods, even when frozen, cannot be preserved... So, Anne can see that this world, or this continent that has entered winter due to the rotation of the planet, is gradually moving towards death.

That's like... the north and south poles of the earth?

Therefore, if people on this continent want to survive, they can only slowly transfer people to another continent like Aunt Cersei was doing, away from the Westeros that is about to enter the extreme night state.

But unfortunately, as Anne knew, Aunt Cersei's orders did not seem to be accepted by people from the king's lands or other places. They were more willing to stay and fight against that bad, hungry and cold environment?

‘Woooo…’

Suddenly, before Anne or the little girl who was still working hard to continue to say something, there were waves of rustling and some low roar. Then, a guy who seemed to be a leopard jumped down from a big tree behind the two, and kept scanning the two little girls who seemed to have no resistance with cruel eyes.

It's hungry!

Now the weather is getting colder and colder. It must supplement a little meat and eat it until it grows fat in order to have hope of activate the genes it has passed down and find a place to use hibernation to survive this long winter...

"ah!!"

"It's a leopard! Run!!"

The little girl who noticed the movement behind her turned around and saw what it was. She was so scared that she threw away the things in her hand. After screaming, she jumped up and planned to run away without even explaining anything.

Because now winter is here, animals ready to hibernate overwinter are the most dangerous, they will attack any creature they think they can win! Obviously, they must be the kind of one that cannot be beaten and does not seem to have any deterrent power in the eyes.

“…”

"Why run?"

Not only did Annie not run away, she stretched out her hand and directly grabbed the other party, causing the other party to stagger and fell directly to the ground, losing the best chance to escape.

‘Aowoo!!’

At this time, the leopard, which was originally looking at the prey, saw the little girl's escape, seized the opportunity, roared again, and exerted force with all his limbs, spreading his bloody mouth and sharp claws, and pounced towards the two little girls!
To be continued...