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Near the human town of Amijinia, there is a small village called Kuha Village.
Betty is an ordinary girl living in Kuha Village. She is 12 years old this year.
"Wow! Help, help~~" A scream broke through the tranquility in the forest, and countless birds were frightened and flew into the sky with flapping wings.
"Betty, pick up the ax in your hand and chop it!" Another voice sounded. Matthew stared at the little wolf cub chasing and biting Betty behind Betty and said helplessly.
"You can't even deal with a level 1 wolf cub, right?" Matthew said with an expression of "It's embarrassing for me": "You will be seen by people from Xilai Village later, don't say you are From the same village as me."
Xilai Village is a neighboring village not far from Kuha Village. Because there is a small woodland between the two villages, where many wolf cubs with only level 1-2 live, so the children in the village like to hunt here. The wolf pelts and wolf teeth of the wolf cubs can be taken to the consignee in the town and exchanged for some currency, which can be used to subsidize the family or buy snacks.
Almost every time Betty and Matthew went hunting together in the small woodland, they would meet people from Xilai Village.
The little wolf cub chased after Betty and bit her. It almost bit Betty's arm, and Betty was so frightened that she threw the heavy ax away. He stumbled under his feet and was knocked down by a half-worn wooden stake. Betty fell to the ground, and before she could get up, the wolf cub that followed was about to bite Betty's throat.
"Betty!" Matthew was anxious, but he had just stood far away in order to exercise Betty. Now, even if he wanted to save Betty, it was too late to take action. The most he can do is collect the body for Betty.
"Ah--" The little wolf cub's mouth opened wide, and the baby teeth in his mouth were shining with a cold light. Its saliva was flying in the wind, swaying proudly, and the unique smell of the wolf cub was flowing out. poured into Betty's nasal cavity... Betty had only one thought at that time, that was, am I going to die?
Poof——
An arrow with short feathers penetrated the wolf cub's head. The wolf just had time to squeal, and immediately fell on Betty with blood-red eyes open.
"Ah..." Betty was startled again.
Only when Matthew rushed over, picked up the wolf cub from Betty's arms and confirmed that it was dead, did Betty know what had happened.
"The people in Kuha Village are just so useless."
Very contemptuous tone, very proud and arrogant words. It is Abby, a 13-year-old boy from Xilai Village.
Abby is the most promising person in Xilai Village to pass the examination and enter the Royal Vocational College in Whirlwind Castle. His qualifications are very good, and there is an elder brother in his family who has entered the Royal Vocational College, so he can avoid going to the town. Qualification assessment, directly enter the Royal Vocational College to participate in the entrance assessment.
There are two ways to become a professional. One is to go to towns in various places for assessment after being recommended by people in the village. After passing the examination, you will be introduced by the city lord to the Royal Vocational College in the Whirlwind Castle. After passing the entrance examination, you will become a professional apprentice in the Royal Vocational College. Then slowly advance from a professional apprenticeship, and finally gain the recognition of the highest-ranking person in the profession you have learned. The other way is to become Nodo.
Nodo refers to some people from relatively poor families who do not have the money to pay the high tuition fees of the Royal Vocational College, and at the same time their own conditions do not meet the standards for free admission. Then, the only way is to learn skills from professional retirees scattered around, and then improve one's abilities through adventure after graduation, until reaching the free standard of the Royal Vocational College, and then transfer to the college. To obtain formal professional recognition.
Matthew is also a 13-year-old boy, taller than Abby. Matthew hopes to learn the skills of a warrior. He has signed up with the mayor of Kuha Village, and the village chief has also agreed to recommend him to Amijinia. Go to town to take the preliminary assessment. If Matthew successfully passes the town's qualification assessment and the entrance examination of the Royal Vocational College, there should be no doubt that he will enter the Royal Vocational College and become a warrior, because Matthew's family can fully afford the expensive expenses required to enter the college. tuition fee.
Abby put away the bow in her hand, walked over, stretched out her hand and said, "Here, that's Betty's prey."
Abby's bow is a wooden bow, and the short feathers on the arrows should be made by himself. The accuracy of this homemade weapon is not high, but Abby can shoot an arrow through the head of the wolf cub the moment it bites Betty's neck. Even if it is only a level 1 wolf cub, it proves that Abby's Archery is very precise.
Matthew forcefully pushed out the dead wolf he was carrying. The corpse of the dead wolf sank two centimeters on the ground and was thrown out. The corpse made a snapping sound as the bones broke.
"Abby, your family is not short of money. I lured this wolf cub out. It has been chasing me for a long time. Although you shot it to death, you should give it back to me." Betty got up from the ground. road.
Abby is the grandson of the head of Xilai Village, so Abby never needs to exchange wolf skins and fangs for currency to eat. He came to the small glade to practice his archery skills, unlike Betty and Matthew. When Betty came this time, in addition to Matthew wanting to practice his martial arts, the more important point was that Betty needed wolf skins and wolf teeth in exchange for some money for medical treatment for Betty's aunt.
Abby looked at Betty steadily for a while and said, "Okay."
"But, I have a condition." Abby said: "I want you to agree to marry me."
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"I want you to promise to marry me." Abby suddenly said this, and Betty was stunned.
"Shameless! A level 1 wolf cub wants Betty to agree to you, don't even think about it! Betty, don't agree to him!" Matthew jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on, and said loudly: "When someone proposes, at least he must have 100 gold coins, a cart of wheat, a cart of deerskin! He is playing tricks on you!"
"Haha, of course I'm playing tricks on her. Others do ask for 100 gold coins to propose marriage. However, Betty, she has no money and no power, and is still an orphan. No one will pay a single gold coin. I use a little wolf I came to replace her with a wolf cub because she still looks good enough and wants to be used as a servant. Haha. Now, I don’t even want to replace her with a wolf cub. If you have the ability, you can fight it yourself. "Abby said, picking up the dead wolf on the ground, laughing and walking away, as if he was laughing very happily.
Matthew was so angry that he hit the tree next to him several times. After Abby walked away, Matthew said to Betty: "Betty, why can't you even beat a level 1 wolf pup?"
Betty lowered her head and was speechless. The children in Kuha Village could kill a level 1 wolf cub by themselves at the age of 10.
"Betty, you have to know that to survive in this world, you don't have to have money or power, but you must learn the skills of life. If one day, I am not by your side... at least you must be able to protect yourself, Otherwise, by the time I come back from studying, I’m afraid you will have been eaten by wolves.”
"Brother Matthew..."
Matthew is only one year older than Betty, but he lives next door to his aunt's house. He grew up with Betty and has already regarded Betty as his sister.
"Betty, next month, the qualification assessment in the town will begin. After I leave, no one will take care of you. Before I leave, you must at least learn how to kill a wolf cub on your own. Zai, otherwise, you and your aunt will not even have money to eat."
Matthew is right. Ever since Betty's aunt fell ill and could not work, the family has been short of food sources. During this period, they have been relying on the fur and teeth of killed wolf cubs to be exchanged for coins in the town. But when Matthew left, there was no one left to help Betty fight the wolf cubs.
Matthew handed the ax he picked up to Betty. Betty picked it up with both hands, but accidentally let the ax fall to the ground and hit Betty's own toes.
"Ouch, brother Matthew, this ax... is too heavy."
That was the ax used by Matthew, who had always wanted to be a warrior. It was heavier than the ax usually used to chop wood.
Chapter 2: No gold coins
In the evening, when Betty limped back to her home in Kuha Village, her aunt could tell at a glance that the wolf cub carcass in Betty's hand was brought by Matthew for Betty.
"Betty, Matthew must have beaten this for you." Her aunt was sitting in the room covered with a blanket. On the dining table next to me, dinner cooked by my aunt was already set, a piece of semi-dry bread and a bowl of green bean and vegetable soup.
"Yeah." Betty threw the little wolf cub's body in the corner of the room and walked to the dining table to sit down.
"What's wrong with your feet?" My aunt stood up from the chair, walked slowly to the table, supported the table with her hands, and sat down slowly.
"I was accidentally hit by Brother Matthew's ax when I was hunting wolves." Betty said sheepishly, "Brother Matthew helped Betty apply some herbs on it. It's okay. She's much better now."
"Did it hit the ax face or the handle?"
"Ax handle." If it were an axe, Betty's toes wouldn't be needed.
The aunt sighed and touched the edge of the bowl of vegetable soup with her hand. "It's still hot. Eat it while it's hot."
Betty took a sip of the soup, paused and said, "Aunt, you can do these things after Betty comes back. You should rest more."