"So the baron's mansion was burned to ashes?" Erica took a piece of freshly baked sweet bread, tore off a small piece, dipped it in jam and fed it to Ser who was sitting obediently on her lap.

Lanier asked again: "The Baron is not dead?"

"Yes, the Baron and his wife were not in the mansion that night, so they were not harmed." A young restaurant waitress filled Erica's glass with milk and said, "But the dozens of people in the mansion

Servants are all unfortunate..."

"Huh? Dozens of people?" Erica looked at the waiter in confusion, and then asked thoughtfully: "No one survived?"

"Yes..." The waitress restrained her smile, then lowered her voice and broke the news in Erica's ear: "It is said that the waiters had already rested that night, so no one noticed the spread of the fire, and the servants' rooms

At the old building of the mansion, there was only a single exit in that kind of place, so when the fire burned to the old building, most of them were..."

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, interrupting the answer the waiter was about to say. Then the waiter quickly stood aside politely and continued to show that insincere business smile. The reason why she did this was

Because of the rules of the hotel, waiters are not allowed to talk casually with guests in the restaurant. Violators will usually be severely punished. Although Erica doesn't know much about the rules of this industry, she heard from Liz

There is a special explanation. This rule is not aimed at hotel waiters but to protect them, because the girls selected as waiters are not bad in appearance and figure, and most of the guests who come to such places to spend money are also

They are businessmen with money but no power, so some dirty things will inevitably happen under the stimulation of beauty, and the birth of this rule is purely to remind the waiters to actively keep their distance from the guests.

The main reason why the waitress dared to bite Erica's ear just now was because they were the only ones dining in the restaurant at the moment, and Erica was an approachable-looking woman, so the waitress quietly took the initiative.

Wait. After all, the information she mentioned was not free. Erica gave her two Solis silver coins in her pocket when she invited her over. As a tip, it was quite generous, so the waitress

Will give Erica some special services.

Although she didn't hear the final answer, Erica had more or less guessed how the servants in the baron's mansion died. What the waiter calls the old mansion usually refers to the kind of structure that looks like a masonry fortress. It is said that

Today, some of the old aristocratic mansions still have some of this structure left. And the single entrance and exit like the one mentioned by the waiter was probably a warehouse-like facility in the past, which was large and relatively sealed, so in the event of a fire

When it spread to the exit, the servants inside were probably suffocated to death or died from the thick smoke inside. Compared with the pain of death, it was actually better than being burned alive.

In the final analysis, Erica didn't care about the so-called fire accident in the baron's mansion. It was just like the habit of reading the newspaper at breakfast. It was purely a sign of something good, so she was curious about it. After all, after breakfast

Everyone is about to leave.

Erica looked up at the source of the footsteps and found that it was Agnes who had returned from outside the restaurant. However, her expression and complexion did not seem to be very good. It seemed that she had just passed by by chance.

Colleague Xiao got some bad news.

Not long ago, when Erica led Agnes and Ruby to the restaurant, she accidentally saw a Night Owl messenger who was devouring food. It is said that he came from Maryborough yesterday afternoon.

The one who set off had just arrived in the small town of Taina, and his purpose was to find the caravans planned to transport supplies along the way. It happened that the Doria caravan was also one of his purposes, so this messenger

Through some means, I found the caravan in the hotel and the person in charge, Mr. Gino, just planned to rest for a while in the restaurant before continuing.

Although they both had the responsibility of being a messenger, Agnes seemed to have a much higher level than the other party. Therefore, under her authority, the other party decisively communicated the contents of the letter and the internal information of Night Owl with Agnes, and then this

The messenger hurriedly left the city and continued on his way south.

In Erica's view, it is not too much to take a break for the other party to have a good breakfast in the restaurant, but this matter seems to be another answer in the eyes of others. Especially Agnes, she is returning

After sitting down, she kept her head down and remained silent. It seemed that the other party had given her some bad information, which was why she was so distressed.

Erica winked at the waiter, who very obediently put the milk jug in her hand on the table and left quietly. After she walked away, Erica put Selan who was sitting on her lap.

Neil carried her to the chair next to her, then poured her another glass of hot milk before trying to ask Agnes: "Is there any news I can know?"

Agnes looked up at Erica, and Erica noticed that the other person's face was a little pale. It seemed that the bad news she got was worse than she expected.

"Yesterday, the army on the Fort Maria side had a formal exchange of fire with Solis's army, but the result was that the wolf group was almost completely wiped out, and the enemy army attacked the gates of Fortress Maria in one go on the same day..." Agnes

She was a little distraught, and her body felt like it was shaking uncontrollably. Then she was silent for a while and then said intermittently: "In the afternoon, the enemy built a special position not far from the fortress, and

A dozen huge artillery pieces were set up there to bombard the walls of Fortress Maria... Count Cerro also sent the remaining troops of the wolf regiment to attack the enemy's rear supplies at night. Although they succeeded, the enemy's offensive strengthened.

Yes, a city wall was destroyed this morning, but in the end, alchemy was used to repair it..."

Erica digested the incoherent information Agnes just said for a while, and then roughly simulated the battle situation in the north in her mind. Due to the lack of decisive information for comparison, but just from Agnes

Comparing the battle situations mentioned in her words, it actually seems that Michael's side still has an advantage. However, Agnes's panicked look always made it seem as if Michael's side had lost the battle.

"What are you afraid of?" Erica tapped her fingers on the table to wake up from being immersed in some kind of panic. When Agnes asked: "Isn't that fortress not captured yet? The enemy has also lost its logistics supplies. Could it be?

Do you think you will lose?"

Agnes looked at Erica in disbelief with her eyes wide open and said: "The wolf group was almost destroyed. It was the first-class battle group of the principality... The battle within yesterday brought the wolf group to the point of being almost destroyed...

The people of the Wolf Group...they...she..."

"Oh..." Although Agnes's answer seemed subjective, she was actually worried about someone, or maybe there was a relative of hers in the so-called wolf group. So Erica thought about it for a moment.

I had heard information about the Principality's battle group and tried to ask: "The opponent has artillery, which does have a good suppression effect on the slow-moving heavy infantry. However, I remember that the Principality's heavy infantry has its own characteristics. This

What’s the background of the wolf group?”

"Wolf group..." Agnes looked at Erica unexpectedly, as if she was very surprised that she didn't know about the wolf group. However, she quickly reacted, and then hurriedly explained: "The compatriots of the wolf group are all

People who are favored by the wolf god Wormtorre, they..."

"Wait..." Erica quickly interrupted Agnes's answer and asked: "Wolf God? Where did the god come from?"

Perhaps because she spoke a little hastily, Erica's words seemed a little disrespectful. Agnes only frowned briefly before saying: "That's Valin Village... Well, or it's a giant army in the northern mountains.

The wolf, the local people regard it as the guardian spirit, and it has indeed given the local people abilities beyond ordinary people..."

"Really a god?" Erica asked in disbelief.

"At least in our eyes, he is the patron saint of the mountains!" Agnes said a little harder, and it seemed that she also believed in this so-called wolf god.

Erica doesn't know much about things related to gods in this world, or it's very one-sided, because she has never heard of stories about other gods except having contact with gods like Severna.

That is to say, I have heard that the goddess named Misfortune accidentally talked about the gods of this world many times.

Of course, Erica didn't care much about how many gods there were in the world, but the problem was that they suddenly appeared again inadvertently... Hearing the story of another god would inevitably arouse some complicated curiosity, especially when this god seemed to be...

It's not the shape of a person, but a wolf, a giant wolf.

For a moment, Erica thought of the primitive beast worship or the primitive religion of beast totem. After all, in the ancient times of the earth, there were many primitive religions that believed in animal gods, but those kinds of things were just pure beliefs.

, after all, there is no so-called "god" on earth, but this world is different. Not only does there have gods, but there are more than one or two.

Out of curiosity, Erica wanted to know more about the wolf god, but Agnes's expression didn't seem very friendly at the moment, so it wasn't easy to ask this kind of question casually. Finally, Erica

There was really no choice but to turn his attention to Ruby.

Ruby seemed to have been concentrating on accepting Kana's feeding, but she was still very sensitive to Erica's gaze, and it seemed that she also heard what Agnes just said, so she pouted to let Kana

After taking a napkin and wiping his milk-stained mouth, he said, "It should be an elf, not a god..."

Erica understood what Ruby said instantly. Indeed, the so-called "elf" in this world has a very broad meaning. For example, Karna, who was born as a stone man, can also be regarded as a kind of "elf".

However, this kind of "elves" are not the same race as Diana's kind of elves. In other words, the two can be vaguely regarded as the same kind to a certain extent, but they are definitely not the same race. And the latter is actually not the same race.

The more official name is "spirits", but unfortunately this word is often used in the classification of monsters. So when people think of spirits, the first thing they think of is all kinds of monsters with weird origins.

But for Agnes, when she heard that the god she believed in had been demoted to an "elf", as a believer, she naturally didn't feel much better. But fortunately, she was very sensible and did not turn out in anger, so

She should not be considered a "fanatic believer" fool in Erica's eyes.

Ruby didn't seem to care at all about Agnes' eyes that were about to sparkle, but she calmly cleared her throat and burped a milky-smelling burp and asked Agnes: "That giant in the mountain?"

The wolf must have lived for a long time, right?”

"Well...it is said that Lord Wolf God has lived for hundreds of years..." Although Agnes was very unhappy, she still answered politely.

"Oh, that's almost it. Ordinary creatures will not live for such a long time. I guess it is either a natural nature elf or a guardian elf that was later recognized by nature or Severna. In short, it can give

Judging from the protective power of mortals, the level of that elf is not low, and it is not impossible for ignorant mortals to regard it as a god..." Ruby looked at Cana with pride and then showed off: "But it is better than Ka.

Na Lai is definitely still far behind..."

After hearing this condescending comment, Agnes was slightly shaken. But before she could refute anything, she heard Ruby ask again: "Have you seen that giant wolf? I mean, you have seen it with your own eyes.

appearance."

"Of course..." Suddenly asked by Ruby, Agnes almost blurted out "I've seen it", but then she quickly calmed down and carefully recalled all her memories. It seemed that not only herself, but also her compatriots around her.

She has never seen the face of the wolf god. For a moment, Agnes didn't know how to answer, so she was at a loss for words.

"Ruby, why does the patron saint of elves need to be recognized by nature?" Erica looked at the gap and asked: "And what does this have to do with Severna? Doesn't she never care about mortal affairs?

?”

"It's a little troublesome to say... In short, all changes in this world require Severna's approval. Even things she doesn't bother to deal with need the approval of gods at the level of Hex or Desmo." Lu

After Bi finished speaking, he opened his mouth again towards the spoon held out by Cana, and then happily ate the spoonful of creamy wheat porridge.

Erica lowered her head and thought for a moment. She roughly constructed a so-called "world system" framework in her mind to understand this problem. If she uses a more modern class thinking to look at this thing full of magical content, the so-called "

"The world" is likened to a pyramid group, then Severna is like a fixed point equivalent to the group, and judging from the extent of the need for Severna's approval, the so-called "guardian elf" is probably not an ordinary thing, at least.

It is also included in this pyramid system composed of various gods. Even the lowest level can be counted as one of them. In fact, if you think about it this way, the guardian spirit of the "Wolf God" was killed by Agnes.

Calling it a "god" is not too inconsistent. At least if you look at it from Agnes's perspective, the "wolf god" is indeed not much different from a "god".

However, Ruby's later metaphor was a bit more subtle. She compared the wolf god with Karna. Doesn't this mean that Karna, who she had always regarded as a stone man or a stone elf in the past, was actually a kind of... "God"

"?

Thinking of this, Erica glanced at Kana in surprise, who was feeding Ruby with a smile. Of course, Kana, who had extraordinary abilities, also noticed Erica's gaze, and she turned around stiffly to face her.

Erica seems to be as obedient as a maid waiting to do her bidding.
To be continued...