Chapter 13

Profession, is a summary of the past life...

On the way back to the village, Xia Mingyu had been thinking about this problem in his mind.

Most of his past life seemed to have been spent in school; basically, he got up at six every day to tidy up and go to class, and then he couldn't go to bed until ten in the evening, simply more Spartan than Spartan...

It was not easy to get into a decent university, and then it was clanging and rolling grades, tired from brushing online courses until the early morning.

His past life seemed to be completely described by the four words "academic cattle-horse", but how could there be such an abstract profession?

Xia Mingyu sighed, and before he knew it, he and Boge had returned to the village.

The afterglow of the sunlight sprinkled on the dirt path of the village, the fruit forest in the distance rippled with emerald green waves in the evening breeze, and a fragrance of food faintly drifted in the air.

"Your Highness, you're back!"

Anliya stood at the entrance of the village with a face full of surprise; she had changed back into that burlap tunic with patches, but this didn't affect the girl's beauty.

Her golden hair had a soft luster in the sunlight, and her deep blue eyes were like the reflection of the sky.

On Anliya's left wrist, there was also a rattan basket, and after lifting the burlap on it, four white breads placed neatly and still steaming were revealed.

The three of them entered the village together and walked toward the direction of home.

"Your Highness, you must be tired from hunting; this is freshly baked white bread, please try it."

The girl took out a piece of white bread from the rattan basket, spread some jam made of red fruit on it, and handed it to him with full expectation.

"Thank you."

Xia Mingyu took the bread and took a light bite.

A simple and pure wheat fragrance instantly bloomed in his mouth, mixed with the faint fragrance of jam, slightly sweet, but also with a hint of just-right sourness; the warmth of the bread made the fragrance of the jam even richer, and every piece of fruit pulp burst between his teeth, making one have an endless aftertaste.

"Delicious!" Xia Mingyu praised while taking another big bite.

Hearing his praise, the girl's eyes narrowed into the shape of a crescent moon, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but lift, revealing her white teeth.

"Stupid Boge, I accompanied His Highness to hunt for a day today, can you let me eat a white bread too?"

Boge twitched his nose, staring at the remaining three white breads in the basket like a hungry wild wolf.

Although as an excellent hunter, he didn't lack meat in his daily life, he had never been willing to eat such fragrant white bread.

"No, little Boge, I'm just responsible for baking, but the raw material of the bread is the fine wheat specially sent by everyone for His Highness."

Anliya refused without hesitation.

Hearing this, Boge immediately turned his head and looked at Xia Mingyu with eager eyes.

Obviously, he realized that begging Anliya was useless, and begging His Highness would work.

"I'll eat one more, and the remaining two white breads, you each have one." Xia Mingyu smiled slightly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Before Anliya could react, Boge picked up a piece of white bread with extremely fast hand speed, and then ate the white bread in his hand clean in a few bites like a hungry tiger.

"Stupid Boge."

Anliya kicked Boge angrily, and then picked up a piece of white bread and ate it in small bites.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The girl's pace became inexplicably light, and the gaze looking at the handsome face of the young man beside her had a trace of tenderness.

"Your Highness, the cellar you guided us to dig has been dug, do you want to go see it?"

"Okay."

In the dim cellar, baskets full of red fruit were neatly placed on the ground covered with dry grass.

A faint fragrance floated in the air, and fine water droplets were slightly condensed on the walls.

"Your Highness, after putting the red fruit into the cellar, the storage time has been greatly increased, and it is enough for my foster father to find a new merchant to buy it; and the jam made by the method you taught, everyone tasted it and felt the taste was very good, it must be able to sell for a very good price."

Anliya reported softly, her eyes full of reverence looking at the young man.

His Highness is worthy of being a noble prince, knowledgeable and learned; even the method of storing fruit and making jam is known.

"Hmm, that's good."

Xia Mingyu nodded while picking up a crystal-clear red fruit from the fruit basket and eating it in big bites.

He was just trying his best to recall those messy short videos he had brushed before, and guided them with a try-it-out method; he didn't expect it to really succeed.

Tap, tap, tap.

Just at this moment, Boge, who also wanted to take a red fruit but was fiercely knocked on the hand by Anliya and was looking at his sister with a resentful expression, suddenly became serious.

"Your Highness, someone is riding a horse to the village, and it's more than one." Boge reported quickly.

As a hunter, his senses were sharper than ordinary people, so he could hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance.

Multiple horses... Xia Mingyu frowned slightly.

If it was one horse, it should be a traveling merchant, but if it was multiple horses, it could only be...

"I am the attendant knight under the great Lord Hughes, Solin Brooke; all villagers of Fruit Basket Village, gather in the center of the village immediately!"

At this moment, a sonorous and powerful voice spread through the village like a bell in an instant.

Immediately after, there was a flurry of footsteps; obviously, the villagers were gathering toward the center of the village.

"Your Highness, do you want to go with us?" Anliya asked.

Everyone in the village had to go, so she naturally had to go with Boge.

"Is the straw hat I asked for woven?" Xia Mingyu thought for a moment and asked.

"Aunt Hannah has already woven it." Anliya said.

Knowing that it was requested by the Highness who saved the village, Aunt Hannah worked day and night to weave it, and only then was it completed in a very short time.

"Go."

The afterglow of the sunlight sprinkled on the old oak tree in the center of the village, and the mottled tree shadows swayed on the ground.

At this moment, it was already crowded with people, surrounding the entire old oak tree.

And in the shade of the oak tree, a knight riding a tall horse was waiting quietly.

His face was weathered, his eyes were cold, he had a big beard, and his height was about one meter seven, and his age should be around forty.

The knight was wearing a chain mail that shone in the sunlight; it was woven from hundreds of steel rings, the surface was as smooth as a mirror, and it was hard and incomparable; a ferocious wolf head was also carved on the center of the breastplate, and even the fangs were depicted vividly, which was chilling.

And the most eye-catching place was that there were two lines of emerald green labels above his head, which were attendant and knight.

Behind the knight, there were several attendants also riding horses, and a carriage that was obviously used to load tax gold.

"Identity Blessing and professional Blessing with green text... Is this the transcendent rank that Boge mentioned?"

Xia Mingyu, who was hidden in the crowd, looked at this scene and thought thoughtfully.

(End of chapter)