Chapter 280 Candice
"Scholar, the village of Aru is just ahead!" The guide, wearing a headscarf, turned around and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, many people cheered.
"arrive!"
"Finally I saw the village!"
"Dates, I can eat authentic desert dates again!"
...
"Let's go into the village!" Harold shouted.
Everyone was walking towards Aru Village in high spirits. When passing by a half-weathered cliff, Harold suddenly raised his head and looked at the top of the cliff.
In the yellow base tone, there is a hint of dark blue, and a human figure can be vaguely discerned.
Candice, the guardian of Aru Village?
Haroldt had a vague guess in his mind, so he raised one hand to signal the man on the cliff.
The other party obviously had extremely sharp vision. After Harold made this move, the figure quickly disappeared.
Seeing this, Harold stopped paying attention and continued walking towards the village entrance.
The feet of people and pack animals soon touched the simply trimmed ground, and the thick stone slabs once again made everyone realize that they had entered an ancient desert village.
A young woman was standing at the entrance of the village. She had dark blue hair, honey-colored skin, and the crescent-shaped, geometric-pattern, and eye-shaped ornaments she wore made her look quite extraordinary.
At this moment, all the merchants and mercenaries who had been here recognized this tall woman, and many of them had smiles on their faces.
"Miss Candice!"
"Are you here to welcome us?"
...
There was a slight commotion in the queue. Many people had a good impression of this hospitable guard, especially her dish which she described as "caring", which was still fresh in their memory.
Candice's eyes fell on Harold. When they first met, she was amazed at his insight. He could actually detect her prying gaze. His strength should not be underestimated.
After close contact, Candice felt the fluctuation of elemental power from him.
The owner of the Eye of God.
Candice said this silently in her heart, then smiled and said in a gentle tone: "Friends from afar, Aru Village welcomes you - what surprising goods have you brought this time?"
As she said this, her eyes swept across the room and inadvertently fell on Harold.
"These are all goods that can satisfy the villagers. I will have someone set up a simple trading market right away. Please call the residents out, Miss Candice." Harold said with a smile.
Candice was not surprised that the strange young man knew her name. As the leader of the caravan, he had obtained this information through many channels, and he should also know the details of each tribe.
"Sure—what's your name?" Candice asked.
"Harold."
Under Candice's care, the caravan successfully stopped at an open space in the village. The merchants and mercenaries immediately got busy. They had to set up tents before dark. Some of them were used to store goods and serve as trading markets, and more were used as places to stay overnight.
Kavi quickly set up his own tent and helped others set up a few more. He was so busy that he was sweating profusely. When he turned around, he saw his junior fellow student chatting with the village guard. Both of them had smiles on their faces and seemed to be having a very pleasant conversation.
"Junior, Miss Candice, what are you talking about?" Kavi walked up and asked.
"Mr. Kavi, when you passed by here a year ago and gave us the blueprints for improving the load-bearing structure of the house, I was wondering when I could see you again. I didn't expect the reunion to come so soon, and this time I met you in this way." Candice said happily.
Harold looked at Kavi and said, "Senior Kavi, it turns out that you know Miss Candice."
"I didn't expect that we would see each other again so soon, Miss Candice!" Kavi said to Harold first.
"Well, Aru Village is not far from Kawanyi. I will definitely take this route when I go to the desert to build. The last time I came here, I used the research results we learned to give the residents here some small suggestions."
Candice smiled and nodded. "Mr. Kavi's advice is very effective. Most of our residents followed your instructions and renovated their houses. Since then, sandstorms have never been able to crush our homes again."
"Really? This research was inspired by the architecture in the Red King's ruins. We are very happy that it can be used on the Red King's heir, right, Harold?"
Kavi patted Harold on the shoulder and said, "Harold also contributed to this research."
Candice was reminded of the words "Red Prince's descendants". In the hearts of the desert people, Aru Village was the last pure land for the Red Prince's descendants, but this pure land was finally invaded by outsiders.
The decision was made by the current village chief Anpu, and she was a supporter of this decision. In order to achieve this goal, she raised her spear and fought with several former guards, and used force to intimidate the elders who opposed it.
Today, Aru Village has become a must-go route for caravans and scholars to enter the heart of the desert due to its special geographical location. There are many new and interesting gadgets from the rainforest in the village.
However, the number of outsiders with malicious intentions is also increasing, and the population loss in the village is becoming more and more serious. The Order of the Lords has also noticed this small village and used it as a place to exile crazy scholars...
But she never regretted her decision. She knew that everything was moving in a good direction. More and more people like Kavi and Harold would come to the village. They would bring new hope, and all she had to do was to protect the seedlings of hope.
"I never thought that the two of you had such a connection. It's really a coincidence." Candice said with a smile.
"I think so too!" Kavi agreed happily, and then he changed the subject, "What were you talking about just now? You haven't told me yet!"
Candice smiled and said, "Regarding dinner, I wanted to invite a few people from the caravan to the village chief's house and have you taste my specialty dishes.
But Mr. Harold said that he wanted to show his skills to the villagers of our Aru Village and also to promote the caravan’s goods.”
"What? You mean Harold will make dinner?" Kavi's expression suddenly became complicated.