Chapter 385: Aisha

The experience of this period, for Aisha, even in her life experience, which is much richer and more exciting than ordinary people, is an extremely special stroke.

She boarded a ship for the first time and set off as a pioneer of the route.

The Duchy of Xidian is an inland country, and before this, she hadn't even seen the sea.

During the time at sea, Aisha experienced all kinds of unexpected situations, such as heavy rain at sea, where bean-sized raindrops fell like hailstones, as scary as if the sea were pouring backward.

She also encountered a group of sea beasts, and it was she who took action to scare them away.

Of course, there were also surprising moments among the unexpected situations.

She had seen flocks of seagulls flying in the sunset, their white feathers dyed golden, and she had also seen dolphins chasing the ship, like elves in the sea.

But in short, their two-masted sailing ship, with only a rough route, stumbled all the way north, and actually really arrived at Valar Bay as Gao De said.

And after carefully sailing the ship into Valar Bay, what they saw was a crude "port" that could hardly be called a port.

Because this "port" was even built temporarily with stones.

This is because the Northern Realm lacks wood, so this temporarily built port could only be built with local materials, using stones of different sizes to pile up an area that could barely accommodate ships.

The edge of the port was uneven, some of the stones were sharp and protruding, while others had been washed relatively smooth by the waves.

Several huge stones were piled together to form a structure similar to a breakwater, trying to block the impact of the waves on the ship, but it looked very thin and better than nothing.

But fortunately, the seawater in Valar Bay was very calm, and the continuous cliffs on both sides and the unique bay terrain blocked the storms at sea well, forming a very calm bay.

There were no decent piers in the port, only a few stone slabs simply laid between the stones and the shore for people to get on and off the ship.

There were no facilities for loading and unloading cargo around, and everything looked primitive.

However, on the side of the port, someone was already waiting.

It was a team of Northern Realm natives wearing thick animal skin clothes, each with a serious face, tall and burly, looking at them with cautious eyes, as if examining foreign intruders.

Although she couldn't know the specific mage level of the other party, Aisha could still determine that this team of people were all mages, and there were definitely existences among them whose mage level was not weaker than hers.

This realization made Aisha slightly uneasy.

Subsequently, she stated her origin to the other party with some trepidation and reported the name "Gao De."

According to Gao De, when arriving at Valar Bay, as long as you say his name, you won't encounter any trouble; he has some connections locally.

Gao De's overall impression on her was still very reliable, not like someone who would talk nonsense.

The reason she was uneasy was that Northern Realm people have always been very exclusive and hostile to outsiders. Perhaps they could treat Gao De kindly, but for them, in the absence of Gao De, could they really treat them kindly?

Anyway, she didn't dare to guarantee it.

But what Aisha completely didn't expect was that after she reported the name "Gao De," these Northern Realm people who were originally ready to go and full of vigilance looked at each other, and then suddenly "changed faces," putting away their vigilance.

Among them, the mage who was the tallest and had more complex animal skin clothing, obviously the leader, even came up with a smile and asked her if she was "Aisha."

The other party spoke Aisi language, not the common language of the human race, but Aisha naturally mastered 【Tongues】, so she could naturally understand what the other party said.

She didn't actually understand how the other party could call out her name, after all, Gao De, who knew the name Aisha, was still in the Jin Quehua Dynasty.

It couldn't be that there was a way to transmit letters through the void from such a long distance, right?

But Aisha, who had doubts, still nodded along with the other party's words.

And once she admitted her identity, the leading mage immediately smiled: "Miss Aisha, Miss Anna, we have been waiting for you for a long time, welcome to your arrival."

Waiting for us for a long time? How did the other party know they were coming?

Aisha's doubts in her heart were increasing, but before she figured out the situation, she very cleverly chose to speak less and look more, and be cautious.

"The cargo on the ship can be unloaded, we have to transport it back to Phoenix, and also, there should be a few craftsmen on the ship, right?" The leading mage asked again.

"Yes, there are four craftsmen on the ship. Gao De told me that this is the talent you are urgently lacking. He signed an employment contract with them in Lagos City, and then asked us to transport these craftsmen over together." Aisha replied.

"Great," the leading mage showed joy, and then said: "Unload the cargo first!"

Just after speaking, he suddenly patted his head and apologized: "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Gaien, an elder of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe."

"Elder Gaien..." Aisha hesitated slightly, but finally turned and greeted the crew behind her: "Prepare to unload!"

Most of the cargo they transported this time was large wood. Under limited conditions, it was originally a relatively difficult cargo to unload.

However, this team of Northern Realm people, not to mention that each of them was burly, were all mages and mastered related spells, so they moved the wood very easily, and soon the cargo was all unloaded.

After everything was done, Elder Gaien whistled lightly, and dozens of reindeer were led out.

Elder Gaien and others tied the wood to the reindeer with traction ropes, and the reindeer were responsible for transporting the cargo.

"Miss Aisha, Miss Anna, you and the craftsmen follow us, and we will take you to Phoenix." Subsequently, Elder Gaien said again.

Aisha hesitated for a moment, but still chose to nod, but she pointed to the crew behind her, "What about them?"

"They will wait on the ship for now, and the War Mother will decide on the arrangements later, but we will provide them with food and drinking water supplies, don't worry." Elder Gaien replied.

In this situation, whether they were willing or not, they had no confidence to resist the other party's arrangements.

So Aisha could only explain a few words to the crew and follow Elder Gaien to the "Phoenix" in his mouth.

According to the other party's introduction, this is the city of their Enduring Zhenbing tribe and the only city on the Northern Realm snowfield.

The city should be the same as their port.

This was Aisha's thought in her heart.

For the Northern Realm, her expectations had always been very low.

Her requirement was just that the Northern Realm could solve the problems including the foothold, food, and drinking water for them as Gao De said.

At least so far, Aisha still had a certain degree of trust in Gao De.

Because Gao De guaranteed to her that the Northern Realm people gave him a lot of face and would not be disrespectful to his guests, it seemed to be true.

In the absence of a clear situation, Aisha kept a very cautious silence all the way, not asking about anything, for fear of touching the taboos of the locals.

However, the atmosphere along the way was much more harmonious and harmonious than she expected.

Just as Gao De said, the Northern Realm people gave him a lot of face.

But his face seemed to be even bigger than imagined, so much so that these Northern Realm people were even a bit too polite to them.

Throughout the whole journey, Elder Gaien was very concerned about their feelings, asking from time to time if they were tired, if they needed a rest, if they were hungry, if they needed to eat something...

Just a day and a half later, their group arrived in Phoenix.

This city was still worthy of her stereotypes, very rough and primitive.

But since entering Phoenix, Aisha began to find something wrong.

First of all, when entering the city, she saw large pieces of golden wheat fields on the snowfield outside the city.

Wheat fields, this thing is not very rare.

Even her country, the Duchy of Xidian, is still a traditional agricultural country, famous for producing high-quality grain.

But the problem is, this is the Northern Realm, possessing the severe cold that outsiders like her have to cast 【Endure Elements】 to resist.

In such a place, you can actually see wheat fields?

Aisha, as a former royal princess, had received comprehensive and high-quality royal education, whether it was knowledge or learning, it was extremely high.

So she naturally wouldn't have the idea that she was ignorant, but clearly understood that something extraordinary must have happened in the Northern Realm.

Carrying shock, Aisha held Anna and followed Elder Gaien into the city.

There were many residents in the city, and everyone was walking in a hurry, as if there were many things to be busy with.

Passing through the slightly crude streets, they came to a relatively exquisite and huge building.

"This is the City Hall, the War Mother wants to meet you personally." Elder Gaien beside her introduced her.

"War Mother?"

"Yes," Elder Gaien showed pride on his face, "Our War Mother Su Su Su Nai Fa is the most powerful Ice-Born mage in the Northern Realm and once killed a fifth-circle necromancer with her own hands."

"What?!" Even though Aisha had strong psychological quality, hearing this, she still subconsciously let out a light exclamation.

Killing a fifth-circle necromancer means she should also be a fifth-circle mage. You know, in the Duchy of Xidian, the most powerful mage is only fourth-circle.

In such a dilapidated city, there would be such a powerful mage?

Passing through the bright corridor of the City Hall and walking into a room, Aisha finally saw this War Mother named Su Su Su Nai Fa.

Then, she was shocked again.

In Aisha's cognition, such a powerful mage, and also a War Mother, must be a very old and very serious person.

As a result, what she saw was a pleasing face, skin as white as snow, lake-blue eyes like deep ice lakes, looking not at all like a Northern Realm native, but more like a pampered noble lady.

And the other party's youth was completely inconsistent with the "War Mother" in Elder Gaien's mouth—Su Su Su Nai Fa looked even much younger than her.

"Welcome to Phoenix, I am the War Mother of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, Su Su Su Nai Fa, you should already know my name." Su Su Su Nai Fa looked at Aisha with calm eyes; she was not smiling, her tone was extremely indifferent, but she was not rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Your Majesty War Mother." Aisha hurriedly saluted. Although she was shocked by the other party's beauty and youth, she would not lose her etiquette because of this, and she dared not show disrespect, her movements were elegant and standardized.

"No need for courtesy, My King has already told me about your affairs, and he likes Anna very much, you don't need to be too restrained, just treat Phoenix as your own home in the future."

Aisha was stunned.

"My King...? Do you mean Gao De?" After a long while, she opened her mouth.

Su Su Su Nai Fa's calm face finally had a little change in expression, she raised her eyebrows slightly and asked back: "My King hasn't revealed his identity to you?"

Aisha opened her mouth, feeling her brain buzzing, and for a while, she didn't know what to say.

"That's my talkative then..." Seeing her reaction, Su Su Su Nai Fa already knew the answer.

What Su Su Su Nai Fa said next, Aisha actually didn't hear much.

Because her head had become a mess.

How is this possible?

Gao De, a Sea Sentinel mage, how could he become the "King" of a large tribe in the Northern Realm thousands of miles away?

And the War Mother of this tribe, a powerful "fifth-circle mage," would actually respectfully call Gao De "My King"?

The King of the Northern Realm tribe, why is he so young, and so "weak," and why did he appear in the Jin Quehua Dynasty?

Aisha had been struggling with these questions until Su Su Su Nai Fa said good words and arranged a place for them to stay, and she began to come back to her senses.

The place to stay was a house built of stones. Although the layout in the house was simple, it was cleaned very neatly, the bed was soft, and it was covered with thick animal skins.

Next, she lived in Phoenix.

Just as Gao De said, although the conditions in Phoenix could not be compared with outside cities, food, accommodation, and other daily necessities were indeed not a problem, and they were much better than she thought.

Plus, it was isolated from the world here, as a place to take refuge, it was simply the most suitable.

It's just that she had no heart to enjoy the rare peaceful moment after the country was destroyed, but was full of entanglement about Gao De's "King" identity.

What the hell is going on?

But in the Jin Quehua Dynasty, Gao De didn't tell her, and now she couldn't even see the person, so she couldn't know what was going on...

Aisha originally thought so.

As a result, only a few days later, she knew the ins and outs from others—this was something everyone in Phoenix knew.

Outsiders, prophecies, the choice of Enduring Zhenbing, drawing the sword, supporting as King... even the large pieces of wheat fields she saw when entering the city were miracles created by Gao De.

This series of news combined, Aisha was "shocked" over and over again.

So much so that she was a little envious of her sister Anna, who had been happy and silly all day because of the freshness since coming to Phoenix.

However, after all, she was a royal princess who had experienced many things, so Aisha gradually suppressed the complex emotions in her heart and began to try to integrate into Phoenix.

If there were no accidents, she and Anna would most likely spend the rest of their lives here.

Then, Aisha had new discoveries.

This city, although still very old and primitive, had a vigorous vitality.

Including the fields that have been expanding, the population that has been increasing... a scene of prosperity.

However, Aisha also saw some hidden dangers and problems from it.

For example, with the increase in population, Phoenix is becoming more and more crowded, conflicts and clashes are becoming more frequent, the number of officials and management levels cannot keep up with the speed of urban development, and many affairs cannot be handled in a timely and effective manner...

These are problems that a rapidly developing city must encounter.

As usual, after eating, Aisha gave Anna "lessons" in the room.

Although after coming to the Northern Realm, it seemed that there was no need to learn too much knowledge, because it was basically useless.

But Aisha always believed that learning, besides acquiring knowledge, the more important function is to cultivate a person's thinking, so she insisted on "educating" Anna.

The "course" had only started for a few minutes when there was a knock on the door.

Having been in Phoenix for a while, this was the first time someone else came to knock on the door to visit.

With doubt, Aisha got up and opened the door.

Then, a familiar but shouldn't-be-here face came into view.

"Mage Gao De?!" Aisha opened her mouth slightly.

"Brother!" Anna cheered, jumping off the chair like a happy little deer and rushing toward Gao De.

It was both happy to see Gao De and happy to be able to temporarily escape her sister's "small stove."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 386 =====