Chapter Forty-Eight: A Parting Hug
In the evening, when the sky was getting dark, Zero hummed a little song and walked up the stone mountain, he saw that there was no one in front of the wooden house, walked to the door and pushed the door open and walked into the house to see, the house was also empty and there was no one. Zero raised his eyebrows flatly, and when he heard it, he heard the faint sound of water coming from the side room. In the next second, he slowly grinned and bared his teeth, revealing a cunning smile.
He leaned out and looked at the closed door of the side room, then bent down and crept slowly to the side door, his shadow like a thief-headed mouse in the west-slanting sun.
Zero squatted in front of the door of the side house and looked at the closed doors and windows, the sound of the water in the house became clearer, Zero smiled silently, and then used his telekinesis to probe the enchantment around the house.
Josevi must have been taking a bath, and must have placed an enchantment around the house, and what Zero wanted to do now was to untie the enchantment and peek at Josévi taking a bath.
Ever since she first accidentally saw José taking a bath, José had developed the habit of placing enchantments around the house before taking a bath. Zero didn't have a problem peeking at the beauty taking a bath in the first place, and Josevi was just a void to Zero at first, and there was a reason why Zero was doing now.
When Zero first started learning about enchantments with José Clear, she usually set up a small enchantment for him to study and analyze on his own, and Zero often found himself idle and bored to unravel the enchantments she had laid down. Later, not satisfied with unlocking the small barrier that Josevi had provided him with study, he began to get his idea into the higher barrier that Josevi had placed around the house while she was bathing. At first, he succeeded, because Josevi had a fixed kind of enchantment under each bath cloth at first. He studied it a few times before he unraveled the barrier, when Josevi had just finished taking a shower and walked out of the house, when he looked up and saw Zero sitting in the doorway enjoying the joy of untying the barrier, and then José Vic kicked Zero in the face without saying a word......
Since then, Josevi has often changed the enchantment set up in the side house, and Zero is angry every time to solve the enchantment she has set, as long as Zero unravels the enchantment, he will confidently peek at Josevi taking a bath, because he feels that if he doesn't look at it, he will be too sorry for the effort he has wasted, anyway, Joséville will think that he wants to peek at her taking a bath, so he simply doesn't look at it.
However, the number of successful attempts to do so was very small, and José later changed to a different kind of enchantment every time she took a shower, and the enchantment set up became more and more complex and difficult to solve. Normally, after Zero finally unraveled the enchantment, José had already finished the shower and put on her clothes, because she knew that Zero was outside to unravel the enchantment she had set, so she would speed up the bath. Even if Zero unravels the barrier before she finishes her shower, she'll prepare a bucket of hot water that will pour on Zero's face when Zero peeks at her.
As the enchantments under Josevi became more advanced and esoteric, the chances of zero unlocking the enchantment became smaller and smaller. Usually when Josevi walked out of the house leisurely in her bathrobe after bathing, Zero was still sweating profusely and scratching her cheeks trying her best to untie the enchantment, and Josévi would always glance at him with disdain, and then leave Zero alone on the ground to solve the enchantment.
Thinking of Josevie's curled eyes and disdainful of him, Zero was angry.
"Damn long-legged girl, I must see ...... today," Zero said to himself, gritting his teeth.
Zero released his telekinesis to probe the barrier around the room, and after a moment, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"Combined cube-style enchantment, change the soup without changing the medicine, you really underestimate me......" Zero thought to himself, and his hand began to move.
He gestured in mid-air, and a translucent light blue cube enchantment immediately appeared in front of him, he lightly put his hand on the enchantment, and a magic array spread out along his palm, and complicated inscriptions and drawing lines began to emerge on the magic array, and the seemingly simple magic array slowly became complicated.
After a while, the translucent enchantment in front of him disappeared along with the magic array in front of Zero's Palm. Zero smugly stretched out his fingers and rubbed his nose, then rubbed his hands together and half-squatted, and walked to the window with a wicked smile.
Zero stood on tiptoe and carefully stood up with his face close to the window. He could hear the sound of the water running clearly, and he thought that Josevi hadn't finished washing yet.
He stretched out his hand and slowly pushed the wooden screen to prevent the sound from being heard by Joseve. After pushing the screen open a small crack, Zero leaned in and looked inside.
In the mist, a fair-skinned and seductive jade body stood naked in the wooden barrel of the house, her back to Zero, her head slightly bowed, and her long wet dark blue hair fell down in the bathtub, and Zero could only see her slender waist and smooth white back.
She was holding a scoop, scooping up a scoop of water and pouring it on her hair to wash, after washing, she put down the scoop, twisted the long hair that fell in front of her with both hands, and the back of her head was crooked, and the hair stranded in mid-air in a graceful arc, throwing a hip-length long hair behind her.
As Zero peeked intently, the wooden window in front of him popped open and hit Zero's nose, and Zero covered his mouth and nose and took a half step back, he knew what was happening, but he still stared at the room with his eyes open.
He saw Josevi turn around angrily, and then he closed his eyes contentedly and felt the hot water rushing to his face.
"You little rascal!"
Josevie's indignant voice echoed through the forest, startling a flurry of birds in the woods.
Nosebleeds fell to the ground laughing, and José was flushed with her long wet hair, wrapped in a bathrobe with bare feet, and pushed open the door and glared at him in righteous indignation.
"You...... You ......," José said, settling and sitting up, laughing incessantly, speechless.
"Hahahaha...... Zero laughed loudly with his mouth open, tears almost laughing out, "I saw it, I finally saw it!hahaha...... That pair of big, white ......"
Before Zero could finish speaking, Josevi kicked her snow-white foot hard in Zero's face, and Zero was kicked backwards and slammed the back of her head into the ground. He bared his teeth in pain, but he still couldn't stop the joy in his heart, his face showed a happy and painful expression, and his nose was still bleeding, which was very ugly.
José Victory's face turned red and she trembled as she stared at the smug Zero, and finally she couldn't take it anymore and stepped forward to punch and kick Zero who fell to the ground.
"I'm going, you're wearing pants, aren't you hitting me here!......
At nightfall, Zero sat by the campfire with the bruises on his face grilling a large steak on the barbecue, and Josevi sat next to Zero, staring intently at the bubbling steak on the campfire, swallowing and asking Zero, "Okay, I'm starving." ”
"Nope. Zero replied to her angrily.
Josevi pursed her lips, supported her chin with her right hand, frowned and muttered impatiently, "I didn't eat much at noon......"
Zero rolled his eyes at Josevi and said, "Didn't I leave food in the kitchen in the morning?"
José Sunny glanced at Zero, coughed awkwardly and said, "I accidentally didn't hold my rice bowl steady, so I ......"
"Then you're too showy......" Zero said as he looked at Josevi with admiration on his face.
"Who told you to come back so late, and you started cooking when it was dark. José argued unconvinced.
"That's because you beat me up for half an hour, and then it took me another hour to get the medicine on, and I'm delayed until now. Zero-breath came out and said with a pout.
When Josevi heard this, a crimson flush appeared on her face, and she glared at Zero angrily and said, "Who told you to peek at me taking a bath?!Why didn't you learn anything else, and you were so skilled at solving the enchantment and peeking at others taking a bath? You have been with me for so long, and I haven't taught you anything bad, why have you become such a hooligan?"
"That's because you've always set up complicated enchantments to challenge me, and since I've put the most effort into solving them, I deserve to be rewarded. Zero replied confidently.
"Reward a ghost!" José Victory reached out and tapped Zero on the head.
Suddenly Josevi thought of something, she looked at Zero who touched her head in disbelief and asked, "You can't be...... Grow up, get old, develop physically, um? and then ...... I can't help but have some obscene thoughts about women's bodies, right?"
Zero couldn't help laughing when he heard Josevi's question, he glanced at Josevi and said, "Oh yo~ It's a shame that you can think of these ......"
"......" Josevi frowned, and gave a blank glance fiercely.
"You ...... at night When you sleep next to me, it won't ...... me Any ideas?" asked Josevi, staring at Zero, who was grilling meat.
Zero glanced up and down at Josevi with interest, and saw that Josevi immediately hugged her chest and legs and looked at him with a wary expression.
"What kind of idea are you referring to?" Zero asked, smiling and narrowing his eyes at Josevi.
Josevi was furious by Zero's eyes, and she said to him solemnly: "Don't have any ideas, I'll tell you, I'm your sister, I'm still your teacher, you're too ......."
"Why can't I have an idea?, you are so good-looking, with such a good figure, big breasts, waist, thin legs, long butt, it's normal for me to have some ideas~" Zero raised his eyebrows and said to Josevi.
"You...... I am your sister...... "Josevi blushed and glared at Zero angrily.
"It's not my sister anyway......" Zero muttered, amusing Josevi with pleasure.
"I'm going to be angry if you do this again......" Josevi said to Zero with a serious face.
"Okay, okay, I'm kidding. Seeing that Josevi was serious, she hurriedly changed her words, "I'm just childish, thinking about unlocking the barrier you set, and then peeking at you in the shower to anger you." Who let you kick me in the face indiscriminately, and I explained to you that you didn't wronged me for peeking at you taking a shower, then I really peeked later. ”
José didn't speak, she sat on her knees and looked at the bonfire burning in front of her.
Zero glanced at the silent José Moonway, coughed awkwardly, and went on to roast the meat, and there was a sudden silence between the two.
In the middle of summer, the weather that should have been hot and dry became cool by the small lake in the lush forest, and the mountain wind blew through the woods to take away the summer heat. The summer cicadas chirp in the trees, accompanied by the song of frogs and insects. Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the bright moonlight is gently sprinkled on the top of people's heads, and occasionally a few bright stars twinkle in the sky, which makes people feel a sense of peace in their hearts.
José Sevi hugged her knees and buried half of her face in her long skirt, she looked at the bonfire burning in front of her, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "I hate it most when someone likes me because of my appearance, that is the most annoying behavior." ”
Zero tilted her head and looked at Josevi quietly. After five years with her, he more or less knew some things about her, and part of the reason why she lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests was because of her feelings.
Zero sighed silently, shook his head without a trace, and while he was busy fiddling with the steaks on the barbecue grill, he said casually: "Human appearance is innate, who can force it? It is human nature to pursue beautiful things, we can't change other people's minds, just be ourselves." ”
Zero looked at Josevi, who was holding her knees with a sad face, she still looked so beautiful and moving, five years did not seem to have left the slightest trace on her, she was still as elegant as a blooming white camellia.
Zero smiled, picked up the spice jar and sprinkled some seasoning on the steak before placing it on the grill and letting it cook on its own.
Then he tilted his head and looked at Josevi and said, "If I find the other half of my life in the future, it must be because of her soul and not her body." ”
José Vic raised his eyes to look at Zero, then shook his head and said, "That's too pompous...... I mean, if one day I fall in love with a girl, it's because she's the best person for me, not how good-looking she is. Because there are thousands of beautiful people in this world, but there may only be one suitable for you, or there is no ...... I don't have much of a desire for beauty, after all, the more beautiful the flower, the more ephemeral the fragrance. ”
"Do you want to find the right girl for you?" asked Josevi, looking at Zero.
Zero chuckled and said, "I don't want to do it for the time being, just let it be...... All I'm thinking about right now is learning magic. ”
"You've learned so well, you've learned better than anyone your age. Josevi said.
Zero shrugged his shoulders and said, "How can you always compare yourself to your peers? There are so many people and so many magicians in this world...... I still have a long way to go......"
Zero looked at Josevie's blue-gray eyes, and Josevi stared intently into Zero's eyes, watching the dancing fire reflected in his silver-gray pupils.
"I haven't hugged you yet, have I?" asked Josevi suddenly.
"Huh?" Zero was a little confused when she heard this.
Josevi lowered her knees and leaned over to Zero's side, Zero looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing?"
She stretched out her arms around Zero's neck and hugged him, the girl's soft body pressed against Zero's arms, and the fragrance between the ends of her hair filled his nostrils. Zero was a little overwhelmed, his heart beating wildly in his chest, his face was as red as if it was congested, and he froze in place.
"Wow...... Sister Qiao, your chest is really soft and comfortable......" Zero praised sincerely.
José Sail hugged Zero and pulled his ear fiercely, and Zero touched his ear in pain and said, "I'm sorry, I'm easy to talk bad when I'm nervous." ”
Zero was still blushing and motionless and was held by Josevi, he didn't understand what happened to Josevi today, she didn't usually have so much sentimentality.
"Zero, thank you for being with me all these years. Josevi whispered in Zero's ear.
When Zero heard her words, his heart throbbed a little, and he scratched his head and said, "Hey...... I thank you for being pretty much the same, if you hadn't brought me here, I wouldn't have survived to this day......"
"You're obviously a child, but you've been helping me with laundry, cooking, and taking care of me, and I'm just studying magic every day, I'm sorry that my sister can't take care of you......"
Zero listened to Josevi's somewhat sentimental voice in his ear, his mood suddenly calmed down, he stretched out his arm through Josevi's long hair draped on her back, gently hugged her and said, "It's nothing, men take care of women, it should be...... Besides, don't you teach me magic too, I want to learn magic so much, you teach me so seriously, I thank you that it's too late. There's no need for the two of us to talk about these words of mutual thanks, and ...... Blame sensational ......"
Zero said and gently patted Josevi on the back, and Josevi sniffed and said, "You little rascal has grown so big, you can finally take charge on your own." ”
"What's the matter, I still have a lot to learn, and I will always be by your side to take care of you long-legged girl. After all, you're so lazy, you don't wash your clothes, you can't cook, and you occasionally shout tired after doing housework for a while, and you don't know how you lived alone without me by your side before......"
José burst into laughter, patted the back of Zero's head and said, "Am I so incapable of living in your eyes?"
"It's okay, it's enough for you to be in charge of the beautiful one......" Zero said with a smile as he hugged Joséway.
After a long silence, Josevi said calmly in Zero's ear, "I'm leaving, Zero ......"
Zero's heart sank when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Let's go...... It's okay to go, it's not interesting for a young and beautiful girl to stay in the deep mountains and old forests......"
"Do you want me to go?" asked José in his ear.
Zero hugged Josevi's soft body and looked at the bright moon hanging high in the sky like a jade plate and said, "If you can't go, you have to ask your own heart, others can't decide something for you." ”
Josevi hugged Zero tightly and said, "I can't bear you, but I don't want you to come with me." You have grown up, it is time to get out of this forest, you are a man, and one day you will have to take on your own responsibilities, so you need to grow, and you need to choose a path that you want to stick to. Aren't you constantly telling me that you want to prove yourself by defeating the Sword Saint Wayne?"
"Yes, I want to defeat him, I want to prove that magic is no worse than vindictiveness. Zero said firmly.
"I've taught you everything I can do, and the rest of the way is up to you...... I believe that one day you will be able to realize your dreams, and you will definitely become a magician who attracts the attention of the world. ”
Josevi's words reached Zero's ears, and a breeze blew and blew Joséway's hair loose on her back, and Zero buried her head in her hair.
He hugged her and whispered, "Thank you......"
"We'll meet again. She whispered in his ear.
"Hmm. He agreed.
In the moonlight, the boy and the girl hugged each other, feeling each other's body temperature.
Suddenly, a "gurgling" belly scream broke the quiet and beautiful atmosphere. Zero couldn't help but laugh out loud and let go of his hand to look at Josevi in front of her, who was blushing with shame.
"Can't you just let me hold it quietly for a while?" said Zero to José with a helpless smile.
"I'm hungry......" José said embarrassedly.
She brushed the messy hair on her forehead and looked up at Zero, who shook her head and turned to see that the steak on the grill was cooked.
"I can eat it. Zero said as he picked up the knives and cutting board that had been placed aside, and placed the steak on the cutting board and carefully cut it into small pieces.
"Eat. Zero picked up a piece of bone-in steak and handed it to Joseve, who twisted the steak and ate the meat in one bite.
"Pay attention to your appearance, you can't gobble up things like this when you go out to eat, you have to be a lady, you know? Zero reminded.
"I'm so hungry because I'm so hungry, and I've always been ladylike when I eat. José said to Zero with a mouthful of flesh in her mouthful.
"I don't know how you knocked over your rice bowl at noon......
"I didn't step on it, I stumbled, and then the bowl slipped out of my hand, and I didn't even take two bites......"
"You're so stupid, you ......"
"That's right...... Come on, I love to hear you sing. ”
"Hey~ I didn't admit the beauty of my singing until today. ”
"Don't be poor, sing it. ”
"Good good ......"