Blood tax

Chapter 126 Sonia's first experience of directly hitting the soul
On March 3th, the morning when Griffith had just escaped from the sealed item.

Sonia sat on the soft chair on the side of the boat, shaking the quill in her hand and looking at the river.The beautiful diary is at hand, with some essays written on it, and the thick homework and reports have not moved at all.

"We left Old Town and came to the land of knights and plantations, the world called the Old West.

"Great castles are rare here, most forts are hastily built of mud and timber, and the moats are silted up with only shallow ditches. True chivalry is even rarer. Recent tragedies have taught us that Most of the knights of Verona are like skilled thieves, with shining armor, but little of nobility and kindness, no lofty ideals of justice and honor.

"They don't think they should help the poor. On the contrary, as soon as we left Old Town, we saw that they were busy terrorizing the low-level people, threatening them to accept the control of the castle master and pay their offerings on time.

"The beautiful world in that story has gone with the wind."

Fifty members of the spring camp group, including Sonia, sailed upstream from the Old Town waterways in a comfortable sloop.

The spring and winter camps are also called staff excursions, which are important activities held by the students of Homonwatts every semester. understanding.Only this time this spring is even more special.

Last winter, the dangers that everyone encountered on foot on the way to the Watch Castle were quite a sensation in Beyeland.This time, the school carefully arranged a new plan.The first to third grades of the Minerva Academy were divided into several groups, led by a senior mage who served as a professor and some teaching assistants, and were escorted by the guards of the city defense forces from various places to Verona for a week-long trip.

The Shutorals who accompanied the team were also fully armed, carrying a full set of equipment except for the horses, and even prepared sealed artifacts and holy artifacts.

Their destination was the towns and villages of the Verona region.The first-year students were arranged in the first batch, and they completed the camp when the situation was relatively peaceful.Their trip started from the old town, traveled westward by water and land, and investigated and studied in the middle and lower reaches of the Vero River, which is scattered all over the noble manors in the western region. The round trip took seven days in total.

Sonia's group arrived in Old Town in the afternoon of March 3, and traveled up the river in a comfortable sloop.With expensive dust crystals and a magical propulsion, a sloop can sail even up the gentle Velo River.In those rivers that are really inconvenient to pass, local trackers can also provide convenient services.

Under the large white sails, the beautiful cruise ship rowed across the mirror-like smooth Vero River.

This is also the source of the Verona veteran incident that broke out not long ago. Those repatriated veterans have all been sent back to their original places.The conflict between them and the local nobles became more intense during this period, and uprisings and battles even occurred in many border areas.

Some families and students raised different opinions. The situation in the western region is already unstable, so how can you still travel here?

The school and Bayeran studied it carefully for a day, or they may not have studied it at all, and then gave a brief reply——

"This is not travel."

Fortunately, at least on the surface, the situation in the core area of ​​Verona is quite calm.The rebels were stopped at the edge of the mountain and besieged by the coalition forces of local nobles.Newspaper reports of the battle were rosy, and the coalition forces were chasing down the desperate rebels, killing their leaders every day.By the time the senior group that departed later came here, the rebels might have been wiped out.

Local aristocratic castles and manors followed one another, offering hospitality and shelter.Staff travel is not only to visit the scenery along the way and get to know the local dignitaries, but also to formulate marching, transportation and garrison plans along the way in the event of a war, which is very important in the final grades of social practice and command courses at Homonworth high weight.

The tradition of Homemonwatts has a long history, and nobles from all over the world are familiar with the rules.

The notice and arrangement from Bayeran had already been delivered to the local area.The visiting young masters and ladies will offer appropriate greeting gifts, and the nobles along the way will also welcome and send them off according to tradition, arrange exquisite meals and banquets, and introduce the local culture and products inevitably.For those young people who will take over the family business and the army in the future, this trip is also a good opportunity for them to learn more about the Verona region.

Sonia's group includes Fiona and Iseus.In addition to Galadia and Griffith who had their own arrangements, there were several other noble families and their Shutorals who were not sent out for temporary missions.Old Town sent a team of 12 escorts along the way, under the command of the team.

In fact, Sonia was not worried about safety at all.The banks of the Vero River are peaceful and rich. Most of the nobles along the way are vassals of the Duke of Verona. They do not directly obey King Bayeran, but they also have many indirect obligations in terms of taxation and combat, especially for the staff travel team. attentive.

Rebels and fighting occurred in the farther northwest and southwestern mountains.Some border nobles and knights have blocked the rebels' way to the rich plains.

Newspapers and sources in recent days said that after the initial fierce fighting, the fighting there had calmed down.

As long as Verona's local legion, auxiliary legion and the main force of the majestic western knights arrive there, this small rebellion that has turmoiled the financial market and caused a lot of losses to everyone will be completely subsided.

The Velo River has brought prosperity and convenience to the business here. The local nobles can send crops and minerals to the market in Bayeran by boat, and exchange them for perfume, new fashions and carriages, as well as metal components, and make the bathroom more comfortable. Clean and sacred ceramic washbasins and toilets, as well as various enchanting products that are essential.

They are also very active in investing in securities and futures markets.This kind of trade and financial connection has kept the relationship between the nobles of Verona and the royal nobles very harmonious. If it weren't for the tight schedule of the journey, Sonia and the others would be able to attend the balls and banquets of the local nobles. It took a week.

Sonia twirled the quill between her fingers while flipping through the book.Compared with the situation, she was more worried about homework and reports, and had no clue about the social relations, noble army establishment, magic research, and logistics that the project required attention.Although her grades in Charms were very good, she only learned about the knowledge required for the camp report through one elective course each semester, and she didn't even know how to analyze the relevant information.Griffith usually helps her prepare homework on strategy, command, and military affairs. She can save a lot of time to study interesting spells or play King of Mysteries.

Speaking of this...Sonia opened her notebook and took out the advanced number theory and spell modeling test papers that were handed out on the day of the trip.

It has a big "C" written on it.

For Miss Lamour, who grew up with A's every time she took her exams, a C was nothing short of heaven and earth.

On the day of departure, the test papers were handed out after scoring, but she never dared to read them.It wasn't until Fiona fell asleep that she took a peek at it quietly, and then hid under the quilt with a whimper.

what--!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 calmly resolve the current predicament.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 spell modeling. In detail, Cornwell's textbook is still too superficial.

"In the short term, I can't let Fiona find out that she has been waiting for the opportunity to slap me in the face! I can't let my mother know, be decent!
"How to do it……

"I can paint a C as an A! No no no, that's stupid.

"Or just say that this is not my paper, someone wrote the wrong name? Hey, who would believe it."

"Ah~ what to do!" Sonia buried her head in her arms, and if this was her own room, she would roll on the bed.

At this moment, Fiona jumped out of the cabin like a bunny in a story.

Can't let Fiona see it!

In desperation and frenzy, Sonia, who had nowhere to escape, took a bite of this awful paper.

Maybe it's a kind of stress response. When you hate something too much, the ancient instinct of biting will appear unconsciously.

Sonia subconsciously thought of destroying the evidence, and was going to eat a large ball of black and white paper before Fiona found out.

She took a big bite towards the place where the score was written between the eyebrows of the paper, and chewed decently before her evaporated sanity recovered.

Growing up so big, it was the first time for Sonia to eat paper...

The entrance is a bit dry, and the paper sticks to 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 proficient, feeling that she was quite talented, her small sweet tongue squirmed left and right, her silver teeth lightly opened, rolled it into a ball, and chewed hard twice.

A faint fiber feeling is becoming more and more obvious.The best paper is so hard it's almost impossible to bite through, but it has a melting texture.

While melting, there is a bit of noticeable bitterness.The big red C's ink has melted...

The dryness and bitterness made Sonia retch. She had never experienced the feeling of being stuffed with such a strange hard thing in her mouth. It was particularly uncomfortable, hiding a vague and indescribable strange feeling.However, it is still very uncomfortable, and it hits the soul directly.

"Sonia, I'm here to do my homework!" Fiona sat down opposite her.

Sonia, who was supported on the verge of nausea, threw herself into her arms, lowered her head, and swallowed hard.

A mass of dry, hard, and strange-smelling sensation hit the deep part of her sensitive throat.

The Pearl of Byelland, the elegant, mysterious and inviolable magical girl, the beautiful and intelligent countess, Sonia, who wanted to eat the testimonials, couldn't bear it anymore, got up and threw herself on the side of the boat, throwing up in front of her horrified best friend. It was dark.

　The main plot of this volume is about to begin.By the way, this book has a very traditional fantasy setting:

　　Sonia is the best wife in the world!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)