He came to the door to express his condolences to Phil on behalf of the lord and his wife, and to give Catherine a detailed explanation of some of the events of yesterday.

First of all, Duke Jr. was fortunate not to have a fracture, but the muscles and ligaments were severely bruised.

Under the treatment of the temple, it has improved significantly, and in another week, it will be able to come out and move.

Second, the abandoned mine had been sealed off completely, this time with a huge stone, supposedly by the hand of the Venerable Lord Hamptons.

The final problem, and Phil's anticipation, was that the weirdo had been caught.

Sure enough, it was a little girl, just sixteen years old this year.

But when Phil asks where the prairie girl came from, neither Uncle Hank nor Catherine wants to mention it, and tries to get by.

"I insisted, and I wanted to go over and see her. Phil's little face turned cold and said to Hank.

And turned to look at Catherine: "My surname is Snape." ”

Catherine thought for a moment before nodding to Hank.

On the outskirts of the town of Lokma.

The carriage walked for a long time before coming to a stop, for more than an hour.

Although Phil had already made a lot of guesses in the carriage, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked when he saw the real thing in front of him.

This is the largest mining area in Lok Ma Town, and with the completion of mining holes in the suburbs of Lok Ma Town, the mining center for rare ores has been transferred here.

Phil didn't know the name of the gathering place in front of him, and he had never heard Catherine mention it, and the distance of dozens of kilometers was not a place for children to reach.

A red-and-black townhouse, all made of stone, is completely different from the tall buildings of Lok Ma Town, looking like a low shanty town, small and dark.

The crevices between the rocks have not been carefully repaired, and it is hard to imagine what it would be like to live here in winter.

Outside the shantytown, there is a tall and heavy wooden fence, which divides the inside and outside of the fence into two different worlds.

Several women were drying their few clothes, and children were hiding behind the house, secretly showing their little faces, looking in horror at the people outside the fence.

Both women and children have cold eyes and dull expressions, and although their clothes look fairly clean, they are obviously shabby and thin.

In the cold autumn wind, it was blown whirring.

Catherine and Phil, accompanied by two sheriff's uncles, were taken to a slightly taller house, where the materials and workmanship were obviously much better, and it was supposed to be the place where the management worked.

In a small room, through the cold metal fence, Phil saw the little girl from yesterday.

In the daylight of the day, the clothes looked dirtier and more torn, and red flesh was exposed in many places.

Strands of flaxen-colored hair, draped over the shoulders, covered in indescribable filth.

At this moment, the little girl was lying there, her whole body curled up in a corner, shivering.

It wasn't until he saw Phil that he squatted up violently, but his body shrank more and more inside.

Phil looked at the little girl inside with big blue eyes, but the little girl's brown-red eyes dodged and didn't dare to look outside, completely losing the momentum of yesterday.

Those must be beautiful eyes, Phil thought to himself.

"Cao Ying, 16 years old, her mother died of illness three years ago, and her father also died in an accident two months ago, and there are no other relatives.

She escaped from the slave camp last month, and we searched around for half a month without finding her, but we didn't expect to run to the abandoned mine and hide.

I have always relied on the lake to catch some fish and shrimp to live, hiding in the mine during the day and coming out at night.

Master Stewart has already punished the steward here, and will give you an account. "This is Uncle Hank explaining to Catherine.

No wonder he has a strong fishy smell all over his body, and he is full of longing for his own fire, he must have not eaten something cooked in many days.

She was afraid that the ripe fruit outside had also been eaten by her, so there was only some sour and unpalatable remaining.

"What's your last name?" Phil asked inside.

The little girl was even more frightened, and bowed her head and did not answer.

"She doesn't have a surname, and no one here will have a surname. Uncle Hank bowed his head and explained to Fin.

Phil had seen enough and looked at Catherine, who nodded.

He took out a paper bag from the small package he had been carrying in his hand and opened it layer by layer.

Inside were a dozen pieces of snacks and a bunch of nuts. He put the open paper bag into it along the gap in the iron railing.

"Yesterday I promised you, it's all yours. ”

The little girl didn't respond, just stared straight at the corner.

Phil took out another set of trousers from the package, which was the clothes that Blair wore when he was doing rough work, not a very beautiful color, but very thick and warm.

I also put it in and put it next to the paper bag.

"It's all yours. After saying that, regardless of whether the little girl reacted or not, she took Catherine's hand and walked out of the room.

It wasn't until before he got into the carriage that Phil said to Uncle Hank, "Those things are hers." ”

Hank was a little embarrassed, but just nodded to indicate that he understood.

As if he felt that something was wrong, he touched Phil's white blonde hair and praised: "Yesterday's performance was very brave, worthy of being the grandson of Earl Snape." ”

Filler nodded in thanks and turned to get into the carriage.

As the carriage moved away, Hank withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and turned back to walk into the shantytown.

Until they entered the town of Luoma, there was no sound in the carriage, Catherine just touched her son's hair, and Phil just looked up and gave his mother a warm smile.

Although he had always known the truth that this world had been concealed, years of immersion in fine food and carefree aristocratic life had made him forget about these things.

And the encounters in the past two days only made him wake up from his illusory dream and face the real world more soberly.

Where did the alien slaves come from, naturally from thousands of years of continuous border conflicts, but I don't know how many generations that little girl is.

Don't forget, it's not far from the border city of Gaokan, and it's not far from the military village where my father served.

I'm afraid that the origin of a large part of the people here is related to their own families.

In this semi-feudal, semi-capitalist continent, the use of steppe wolf Kou as a slave has been a continuation of the tradition of the previous year.

Without his father's protection, he could imagine what would be waiting for this little girl named Caoying.

In those shanty towns, except for the male miners who worked outside and the women and children at home, Phil didn't see a single old man, where did they go?

But none of this has anything to do with him, and it's not something he should be concerned about at his age.

As for what was given to the little girl, it was not guilt, nor sympathy.

Snacks and nuts were promised to be given to her yesterday, and he couldn't afford to lose his words.

And that dress, as a kind of thanks.

Thank you for not really hurting yourself and her friends yesterday, and thank her for giving her a wake-up call for her beautiful childhood.

It's that simple.

As for the future, he didn't want to, and probably wouldn't have the chance to see those beautiful reddish-brown eyes again.

Since that day, Phil hasn't mentioned it since, either to Catherine, or to Anna and Little Duke, as if it hadn't happened.

In the days that followed, as Phil had guessed, his care was officially raised to a higher level.

No matter where you go, there are people with you all the time, and don't want to sneak out.

Blair is said to have been severely punished by Grandma Bertha, but Phil secretly observed her for a day and did not find any superficial scars, let alone mobility problems.

This made him very disappointed, and he felt that he had not had the opportunity to see how powerful the rules in this evil old society mansion were.

However, Phil didn't take this to heart either, and in fact he now has a new interest.

One of his new interests, little Duke Vaane, is the cold-faced little boy who can only walk on one leg for the time being.

The reason why Phil's interest was aroused was that on the fifth day after the incident, little Duke took the initiative to visit Phil's home and came limping alone.

In previous interactions, little Duke was more like Jasmine's foil and follower.

Although he is very polite, he always looks reluctant and indifferent to people thousands of miles away.

When Phil saw the little figure in the living room, he looked up outside, and sure enough, the sun was coming out of the west.

But on this planet, the sun has to come out of the west every day, and it is not known for hundreds of millions of years.