Chapter 144: Shadow Hunt
Just as Dorothy couldn't help but fall into the memory, she didn't know that two figures hiding in the darkness had already noticed her.
"I'm so hungry, I'm so tired...", Aya Meng in her arms snorted, and Dorothy rubbed her dirty hand against the corner of her prison uniform, then gently stroked Aya's face.
"It's hard for you, Aya," Dorothy's face was soft, "Sister will definitely save you." ”
Suddenly, the light in front of her dimmed, and Dorothy looked up to find two prison guards standing in front of the prison looking at her.
"What do you want to do?!" Dorothy hugged Aya tightly, staring at the two guys to prevent them from plotting against the little girl.
"You're Sister Dorothy, aren't you?" the guard asked in a low voice, not domineering at all, but rather reserved.
"Hmph!" asked knowingly. ”
"Don't get me wrong, we're not prison guards, don't worry, we won't hurt you," said Al, taking off his gray-green hat and revealing a sunny smile, "We set that fire just now." ”
"Who are you?" asked Dorothy, shrinking back, half-convinced.
"Students of the Imperial Military Academy, I would like to confirm a few things with you. Li Shiyi leaned his back against the iron gate of the prison.
"Don't lie to people! I won't compromise with you, don't try to blame the 'Rhine Monastery' for your innocent crimes!"
"Oh, we really didn't lie to you," Al looked a little anxious, "I'm a freshman at the Imperial Military Academy, he's my senior brother, if you don't believe me, look at this." ”
With that, Al pulled out a shiny shield badge from the pocket of his inner clothes, which was the emblem of the Imperial Military Academy.
"Are you really students?"
"It's like a fake. ”
"What did you go to such lengths to sneak into the Sea Prison to get something from me?" Dorothy's eyes were still guarded, "It doesn't seem like there is much overlap between the Rhine Abbey and the Imperial Military Academy, right?"
"Do you have a brother named Kasa?"
Dorothy's palm holding the drawing paper suddenly tightened, and she looked up at Al in some surprise, but did not speak, and it took Dorothy to speak slowly.
"I don't know what you're talking about, what the hell are you here for?"
"Don't be afraid, we don't mean it...", Al thought Dorothy had misunderstood him.
"Kasa, an assassin of the Crow Order's Carlo City Branch, grew up in a small seaside town, and when he was a child, his parents committed suicide for some reason, and his only house was burned down, leaving only a sister who was not related by blood, and his sister now lives in the imperial capital of Xinlan. ”
Li Shiyi leaned sideways and unhurriedly revealed the information obtained from the underground black market, his eyes fixed on Dorothy, observing the subtle changes in her face.
"The Raven Order? But he told me he had joined a magic troupe... He also said that spending time with animals can give full play to his talent for painting... You... How do you know this?"
Dorothy gripped the weeds on the ground with one hand, apparently some unbearable childhood memories that she didn't want to recall.
"Did he commit some unforgivable crime in the city of Xinlan... It must be... Could it be that he did something stupid for me..."
"Dorothy, don't get excited, it's not as serious as you thought," Al said anxiously, worried that Dorothy would faint due to her emotional ups and downs, "We just wanted to ask you about Kasa's situation." ”
"Were those prison guards who were killed inexplicably planned by my brother?"
"Huh?" Al suddenly perked up, "Why do you think so?"
"It's not me, I'm listening to the prison guards who have been involved in the arrest of the nuns inadvertently, during that time the people in the Sea Prison were panicked, and the prison guards did not dare to abuse us at will because of those horrific assassinations," Dorothy was very depressed, "but with the recent period of calm, the prison guards began to persecute the nuns more and more, and everyone was no longer sure if they could see the sun the next day. ”
"These hateful creatures!" Al cursed, "you will be saved, and you must live with hope!"
"It doesn't matter," Dorothy sighed, "my only concern is that if my brother does something wrong, I hope you will open the net and don't hurt him, he has lost so much for me, and I don't want to see him like this." ”
"Tell him that he won't have to save me..."Dorothy's hot cheeks were covered with cold sweat, her illness was already very serious, "I hope he will be a good person in the future, a good person who has nothing to worry about... The world already owes him so much..."
"Dorothy, are you alright?!" Al asked eagerly, noticing Dorothy's strange appearance.
The Tai Chi Pisces figure was accumulated in front of Li Shiyi's body, and the rotating black and white colors seemed to merge with this heaven and earth, round and harmonious, which was a sense of harmony that exuded the breath of nature.
Then, with a snap of his fingers, the Tai Chi Pisces picture floated over the closed prison and landed lightly on Dorothy's body.
Immediately afterward, a magical scene appeared, Dorothy's back immediately rose under the impact of the Tai Chi Pisces diagram, a fog of sweat, like a drum hammer falling heavily on the drum surface full of water droplets, and then dissipated in mid-air, and the crimson of Dorothy's cheeks gradually faded back to its previous appearance.
"It's much easier to die than to live, but since you have to be alive, if you die, this little girl will definitely not be able to live alone. ”
The Tai Chi Pisces Diagram returned to nothingness, and Li Shiyi tidied up his rain-soaked clothes and said lightly.
"Senior brother, that's right, since you are innocent, you have to keep fighting, and justice will not be absent. ”
Feeling the disordered body gradually calm down, Dorothy's eyes welled up with tears, and she suddenly raised her head as if she had made up her mind.
"Tonight, my brother will come to the Sea Prison to save me, please stop him... If he really killed the guards of the Sea Prison for me, then there would be no turning back... And... And the people in the Sea Prison may have already set a trap waiting for them to fall into the trap..."
"What did you say?tonight?!"
Al looked back at Li Shiyi, only to see that Li Shiyi in the rain also looked ugly.
"A few hours ago, a big white bird flew away after delivering a note to me, it was my brother's handwriting, I can't remember it wrong. ”
"Tonight is the parade time of the 'Wanbang Lantern Festival', and most of the soldiers will go to protect the safety of the royal family, so he chose to do it at this time, did he want to complete the assassination mission while saving Dorothy?"
Li Shiyi didn't speak, he looked at the fire that was gradually extinguishing in the distance and fell into deep thought, a terrible thought was slowly taking shape in his mind.
"Senior brother, what are you thinking, we don't have much time left. Al reminded.
"Go quickly, the guards will soon find you as soon as the fire is extinguished," said Dorothy, "and if you may, I hope you will help me to meet Queen Catherine, I don't know if he knows what happened to the Rhine Abbey, but these poor children are innocent and deserve such persecution." ”
"I promise you!" replied Al without hesitation.
"Queen Catherine is not something you can see casually," said Li Shiyi, "and you'd better think of a reliable way." ”
"No problem, senior brother, I must help these nuns, how can I know if I don't try. A determined smile appeared on Al's face.
"Thank you, by the way, I don't know your name yet. ”
"My name is Al," Al patted his chest, "This is my senior brother, Li Shiyi." ”
"On behalf of the nuns of the Rhine Abbey, Dorothy would like to thank you. ”
Dorothy stood up against the iron railing, and bowed deeply to Al and Li Shiyi.
A few minutes later, all the flames visible in the Sea Boundary Prison had been extinguished, and black smoke was still billowing from the gasoline warehouse, and the pungent smell echoed in the air for a long time.
Following Dorothy's instructions, Al and Lee Eleven braved the night to avoid the patrolling guards and ran in the direction of the quarry, which according to Dorothy's description, had a stone wall that was being repaired, which was not very high, and could be left from there.
At this time, Li Shiyi and Al were hiding in the darkness on the top of the stone wall, silently looking at the prison where the nuns were held, and Dorothy leaning in front of the iron fence could no longer be seen in the mist, but what could be seen was that the prison guards who had extinguished the flames were running towards the nuns again with great vigour, and it was expected that the next would be the abuse and whipping that would continue until dawn.
"Have you really thought it through?"
"What?"
"Petition Queen Catherine for these nuns. ”
"Well, I'm going to help them. ”
"It is more difficult to see Queen Catherine during the 'Wanbang Lantern Festival' than to ascend to the sky. ”
"But this is their only chance, isn't it?" Al grabbed a stone from the stone wall and held it in his hand, "If I don't help them, then they may have no hope at all, I believe in hope, so I am willing to protect their beautiful vision." ”
Li Shiyi turned his head to look at the sixteen-year-old boy, and for a moment he felt that this guy who often asked questions seemed to have suddenly grown up.
"Remember to call me. ”
Li Shiyi whispered, and then jumped down from the height and left the confines of the Sea Realm Prison.
"I knew it. ”
Al grinned, and then descended from the heights into the woods.
Two shadows hurried through the trees, and they walked around the outer side of the Sea Prison in the direction they had come.
There was a white mist floating in the black forest, and the sound of the breaking waves was getting farther and farther away, and just as Al and Li Shiyi were about to run through the sparse woods beside the cliff, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were already fixed on them.
"As I expected!"
In the depths of the fog, a middle-aged man in silver-gray armor walked out, the cross badge on his chest was dripping with dew, and the eyes under the silver helmet were like an owl hunting rabbits.
"Crusader soldiers, strike! Remember, the prey must live!"
"Yes!"
An encirclement of more than a dozen soldiers shrouded Al and Li Shiyi, but the two who were still advancing rapidly were unaware.
A crisis awaited them.