Chapter 2: Night Talk
"Henry!"
Linas shouted into the crowd, and soon, a middle-aged man in his thirties ran out of it.
"Big sister, what's the matter?" Although in terms of age, the man was obviously older than Linas, but he still called Linas "big sister".
"There are still beds in the camp, so it's okay to give this kid a place to sleep, after all, it looks quite pitiful. Linas said with one hand on her hip.
"Uh...... Which ......" Henry gave an embarrassed expression, "to be honest, there are no beds anymore, and everyone is currently sleeping together in two people. ”
"Ahh
Linas glanced at Kaos with some surprise.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Kaos lowered his head and said, "There's no need, just have a place to shelter from the wind." ”
"How can this work?"
"After all, it's been like this for half a month. Kaos looked to the side, and Lenas couldn't help but be stunned for a moment as he listened to Kaos's words.
"Forehead ......"
Linas glanced at the people around her, "Go about your business first! I'll talk to this kid." ”
When the people around listened, they all looked at each other, hesitated and left.
Perhaps because there was no one around here anymore, Kaos couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, at this moment, Linas suddenly strangled Kaos's neck with both hands, and then hugged him hard, and Kaos made a suffocating sound.
"You guy, what kind of strength do you give the old lady at this time, do you really think that the old lady will not clean you up!"
"Uh......h Woo......"
Linas immediately revealed her demonic side, and in order not to let Kaos die, Linas quickly let Kaos go, and Kaos knelt directly on the ground and gasped for breath.
"You sleep with me tonight, it's okay!"
"Hmm~~~~Hmm???? um!!"
Thinking that he had misheard, Kaos turned his head sharply to look at Linas, who held her hands and looked at him with disdain like a queen.
"I really hate people like you the most. ”
Linas crouched down again, then grabbed Kaos by the hem of his coat to close the distance between the two.
The two looked at each other, and from this short distance, Kaos could even smell a faint fragrance, which couldn't help but make him blush a little.
"You guy just caused me a little embarrassed in front of everyone, if you don't agree, believe it or not, I ate you alive today!"
"No, no...... Don't dare ......"
Linas let go of Kaos, and Kaos blushed as he sat on the ground.
"But ......," Kaos said, blushing, "is that really...... Okay?"
"Huh?
"I mean...... Sleeping together ......"
"It's just sleeping with a younger brother than myself, so what! It's not like nothing, okay, let's rest here, let's talk about where you want to go tomorrow! I'm tired of going out these days, I want to take a shower and relax. ”
With that, Linas stretched and turned away, leaving a message behind.
"If there's anything to find someone else, the people here are fine. ”
......
After Linas left, Kaos wandered aimlessly through the camp, and everyone who met Kaos did not fail to greet him.
"Hello! Kaos. ”
"Are you the boy that Linas brought back?"
"Don't be afraid here, everyone is a good person. ”
"Think of this as your home!"
......
Family. Kaos never knew what it was, and he didn't have any family in the actual sense of the word, at least since he was born, Kaos hadn't seen his parents, and he was raised by a neighbor's older brother.
Speaking of which, he must have been in a hurry if he had known that Kaos had come here, and perhaps he would be looking for himself everywhere in Rodon right now.
However, Kaos didn't say a word to anyone in person, and he always kept his head down no matter who he met, and despite their enthusiasm, it didn't melt the ice in Kaos's heart.
Even their intimacy scared Kaos.
In the evening, Kaos didn't eat much, and although the dinner was sumptuous, which was almost impossible to find in the desert, Kaos only ate two steamed buns and drank a bowl of hot soup, which was enough for him.
Kaos seemed to consciously avoid contact with anyone, but all of this was watched by Linas, who had always paid attention to the boy she had brought back.
It was getting dark, and Linas led Kaos to her tent. An oil lamp that wasn't too bright kept the tent from pitch black, but even then it was a little dim.
"I mean, you seem to be scared of life, boy. ”
Linas said in a displeased tone, and Kaos, who heard Linas speak, was stunned for a moment, and he slowly lowered his head.
Linas looked at him, then clasped her hands and said, "Don't you worry, think we're bad guys?"
"No," Kaos shook his head, "thank you for saving me." ”
"Everyone else here is the one I saved, so you're the same as most of the people here. ”
"Really?"
Kaos thought they were a group of adventurers.
"Why are you saving everyone?"
"Do you need a reason to save people? What do you think I'm trying to save you?" said Linas, looking at the shabby-dressed boy in front of her.
Plain cloth clothes, unkempt black hair, no ornaments, some worn boots...... Aside from the fact that the mask on his face looked good, Kaos was honestly not worth robbing, and Linas felt that he could buy it at the bazaar for a few gold coins at most, and it was new.
And he was wearing a half-mask, and Linas didn't know what he looked like.
"Sorry...... Maybe I'm suspicious!"
Kaos didn't raise his head to speak from beginning to end, which couldn't help but make Linas feel a little angry.
"In other words, don't always look very inferior, this looks very infuriating. And what's the matter with this mask you're wearing? Are you afraid that people will see your handsome face?"
At the mention of the mask, Kaos's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and he subconsciously covered the mask on the right side of his face with his hand, and then took a step back, looking a little scared.
"I didn't ...... No...... Just ......"
"Are you ugly? you look ugly?" asked Linas.
Kaos was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Yes!
Suddenly, Kaos felt a chill on the right side of his face, and he suddenly looked up, only to see that Linas had an extra familiar mask in her hand, and the mask had somehow reached Linas's hand, and she was carefully examining the mask.
"Anyway, the material of this mask is good! the material alone will not cost at least thousands of gold coins, plus hand-made, you kid-"
Linas suddenly raised her head to look at Kaos, and the moment she saw Kaos's face, Linas was stunned.
It was a face that was clearly burned, and there was even a blur of flesh on the face that had not fully healed, and the feeling of being drenched in flesh and blood could not help but make people feel a little frightened, and this was the face hidden under the mask.
And Linas also seems to understand what Kaos wants to hide, what the mask wants to hide is not Kaos's identity, but Kaos's burned face.
"Give it back!"
Kaos yelled, then rushed to Linas and snatched the mask and put it on his face, before Kaos ran out of the tent.
But just as he was about to run out of the tent, Kaos suddenly fell to the ground as if he had hit some wall.
Kaos rubbed his forehead, then looked up, and although he didn't see anything, he could feel the magic fluctuations in front of him, as if it were an enchantment.
"I'm sorry, but you're going to get everyone in trouble if you go out now. Linas walked over, but Kaos didn't even look at her.
"I'll talk about it tomorrow! Go to bed! I'll sleep on the ground tonight." ”
With that, Linas found a mat and a quilt from the box beside her, and after laying the mat on the floor, she covered the quilt.
Kaos glanced at Linas, said nothing, and after sitting on the floor for a while, he went to lie down on the bed next to him.
......
The desert is very cold in the middle of the night, and this Kaos knows it very well.
In this kind of place, to have such a tent that can shelter from the wind and rain and sleep comfortably, Kaos may not dare to think before, in the past half a month, Kaos has to rack his brains every day for a place to rest, but now, when there is finally such a place to rest, Kaos has not fallen asleep.
I don't know how late it is now, but Kaos, who is lying in bed, does not feel a little sleepy, and it can even be said that he cannot sleep at all.
"Aren't you sleeping yet?"
I don't know when it was, but Linas next to him suddenly spoke.
"I hate it when people look at me magically. Kaos wasn't intimidated either, because he guessed that the other party had used magic, otherwise she wouldn't have known that she hadn't slept.
"I'm just on the alert, and if there's a sudden attack or something at this point, I'll be prepared. Linas's voice was not loud, giving Kaos the feeling that she was talking in a dream, which made Kaos unsure if Linas was awake or not.
"Are you still mad at me, or do you still not believe me?" asked Linas continued.
"Of course. Kaos said unabashedly, even though Kaos had guessed that Linas was the leader of the camp, but he didn't care that Linas would expel him for this.