Chapter Twenty-Eight: Shylna's Memories

"My stomach hurts. Sylna sat on her knees with her stomach in her arms, her brow furrowed as she endured the pain in her abdomen, and the weakness of her body made her watch as a dark elf boy two years older than her ran out of sight with half of her black bread.

It took a while for Sylna to get up and pick up the crumbs that had just fallen to the ground from the fight and stuffed them into her mouth. This is the norm in the childhood of the dark elf society, the older ones injure the younger ones for a little food, no one will help them, everything is on their own.

"Coo-goo-goo...... "There was a hunger signal in her stomach, and half a loaf of bread was not enough for her to eat.

'Gotta get some food. Sylna thought to herself, the dark elves have food areas, where are she going to see if there is any harvest, such as fallen wheat or something.

Dark caves, grain areas.

Wheat thrived in the light of the Blood Moon, and was now just finished planting, just waiting to be harvested in five months. In the middle of the area is a slender river that the Dark Elves call the Black River of Destiny, indicating that the fate of the Dark Elves should not end here.

The source of the river is the collection of underground spring water from many caves, and it is said that it will flow all the way to the core of the trial place, it is conceivable that such a large cave actually has such a long river, otherwise so many people drink water, it is difficult to run outside the cave every day to get water?

Passing by the river, Sylna suddenly heard the sound of the water fluctuating, and she decided to go and see if she could touch the fish in the water.

Shirona brushed aside the dense weeds and found a human female Xingnu with short red hair sitting by a river, seemingly washing her body, with a piece of uneaten black bread next to her.

'Good chance' Sylna cautiously crouched over in an attempt to steal the loaf of bread.

'It's just a slave, so I don't think I'm going to bother me, and if the caretakers find a slave running around, they're going to take her back and beat her up.' ’

'Twenty meters'

'Ten metres'

'Five Meters' had no grass to cover her by this time, and the woman seemed to have finished washing, and was about to reach out and pick up the bread.

'Oh no, can't let her eat it' Sylna burst out of the grass and rushed at her prey like a cheetah, roaring out of her mouth

"Stop. "She wanted to shock the slave with her voice.

Sure enough, the slave was visibly startled when he heard someone yelling, and his hand shook, and the bread rolled down into the river.

'Not good. Hilna was so frightened that she left no regard for the slave and jumped into the river, where she wanted to eat the bread.

With a "plop", Sylna splashed a large splash and stained the woman's clothes.

'Got it' Sylna was overjoyed, and then immediately the river flooded her head, and the person sank to the bottom, and the water poured from her nose into her lungs, and a strong suffocation hit.

Sylna was terrified, she was only seven years old now, and she couldn't swim yet.

Her feet touched the bottom of the water, as if she had touched hope, her feet climbed hard, and as soon as her head reached out of the water, she sank to the bottom of the water, choking on a large mouthful of river water, and coughing violently.

The river wasn't deep, just barely above her head, but it was enough to drown a dark elf child.

"Ahem... "Cough" Sylna accidentally choked on a large mouthful of water, but she looked at the shore 2 meters away, and tried to swim to the shore with all her might. 'Just swim to shore and be saved, I have bread and I don't have to go hungry'

I thought so in my heart, but my body didn't listen to me. She was very hungry, she had just been beaten, her body was very weak, and she had no strength after two struggles.

"Help... Save... I... Goo"

Sylna's right hand, holding the bread, stretched out to the surface of the water and pointed at the woman, her body almost lying in the water, and a large amount of river water poured into her lungs.

'Am I going to die?' consciousness gradually blurred, and the feeling of suffocation seemed to disappear, and with it came a feeling of dizziness.

Suddenly, I felt my right hand being grabbed by a big hand, and the whole person was pulled out of the water.

"Ahem... Ahem cough" oxygen entered the lungs, and the body's sense of cause immediately subsided, and Hilna supported her body with one hand and fell to her knees on the ground, choking on the remaining river water in her lungs, and felt a hand patting her back to help her.

After a while, Sylna finally relented, turned her head to see that it was the woman slave who had saved her, and quickly waved her hand to open the hand she had placed on her back.

'Why did you save me, did you save me for fear of punishment from the administrator, no, I don't know him' Sylna looked at the slave warily. Although she just saved herself, it doesn't mean that she won't harm her.

'Where's the bread?' Sylna felt around with her right hand, but saw no sign of the black bread, and turned her head to look at the woman's hand.

'Damn, she took it, it turned out that she saved me for this piece of bread, and the food that just arrived was gone, damn it. Angry, Sylna quickly stood up and made an attacking gesture with her hands in front of her.

"Bring it," Hilna said coldly, a gesture that she would kill her if she didn't give it.

The woman suddenly froze in place, not speaking.

"Coo-goo. A sound of hunger came from Sylna's stomach.

The woman suddenly smiled.

Are you taunting me, slave? Hirna was furious and swung her fist at her, but the woman stood sideways and skilfully dodged her.

"Bring it to me. Sylna shouted loudly and continued to attack the woman, who was now weak and wanted to cheer herself up by shouting.

But her fists were dodged by the woman one by one, and she didn't even touch the corners of her clothes.

Sylna became even more angry, grabbed a rock beside her and threw it at the woman's head with all her might, but she turned her head and dodged it.

The woman laughed even more, and Sylna squatted on the ground panting, realizing that she was no match for the slave anymore.

'I had to go, and there was no one around, even if I was killed by this woman, no one would know. Thinking of this, Sylna felt a cold sweat break out on her back and turned to run.

The woman saw that Sylna wanted to run, and chased her with an arrow, but Sylna didn't run far before she was grabbed by the back of her clothes, and she suddenly swung her fist back, but was caught by the woman in the middle of the way, and struggled twice but couldn't move.

"You... What are you going to do, I'm a dark elf, if you kill me, the others will definitely kill you. Sylna shouted loudly, trying to lure the Dark Elf Caretaker of the Food District, but was horrified to find that there was no one around, and the place was a bit hidden.

"Give. The woman said with a smile on her face, and handed the black bread stained with river water to Hilna.

Sylna was puzzled, at this time the woman had let go of the hand holding her, looking at the black bread in the woman's hand, Sylna rubbed her somewhat sore hand, and suddenly grabbed the black bread in the woman's hand as fast as she could, and ran away without looking back.

The woman only smiled faintly when she saw the back of Sylna leaving, and turned to leave.

......

A hole in the xueli, Sylna gasped loudly, 'She's not catching up, it's great.' He looked down at the black bread in his hand stained with river water, and the violent running just now had left only half of the whole bread, but it was enough.

Sylna grinned, quickly finished all the bread, wiped her mouth, and picked up the crumbs that had fallen on the ground in the direction she was running from. There is no way, the output of the grain area is simply not enough for these 30,000 dark elves to eat.

The next day, after Hirna eats the food she receives, the child can only receive a piece of black bread every day, and after eating the day's food, the others basically lie in their own holes to conserve their strength, while some people like to bully children of the same age, vent their excess energy and then snatch their food.

Sylna suddenly thought of the slave from yesterday and decided to go there again, she was not yet full, and the children received only enough food every day to keep them from starving.

When she came to the river, she heard the sound of the water, and pushed through the grass to find that the woman was still there washing her body yesterday, and she had a whole black loaf of bread by her side, and she swallowed her saliva and prepared to go along the grass again to steal the loaf of bread.

I'm sure I'm not going to fail this time. Sylna thought.

The woman's ears moved, but instead of turning her head, she washed her clothes.

'It's coming, it's going to get it.' Sylna came and took the woman two meters behind her, as if she hadn't noticed.

Hilna held her breath and cautiously crawled behind her, reaching for the black bread.

'Caught. As soon as Sylna's hand was placed on the bread, she was immediately seized by a white hand.

Sylna's face changed, and she struggled hard, but found that she still couldn't break free, "Let go of me!"

"This time it won't be for you. The woman said lightly.

"Give me... Let go. Sylna grinned and raised her left hand into a clenched fist in a fierce pose, but she was especially cute at the age of 7.

This made the woman laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Sylna swung her fist at the woman to defend her dignity, but she grabbed her again.

"Do you want that piece of bread? ”

Sylna didn't answer, and kicked sideways at the woman, but the woman jumped back to dodge, and her skills were particularly agile.

"If you want, you can. The woman let go of Sylna's hands, picked up the bread and shook it in front of her eyes. "As long as you can touch my body, I'll give it to you. ”

'Give it to me as soon as it touches your body?' Sylna rubbed her sore arm and thought to herself.

"Okay!" Before she could finish speaking, Sylna rushed at the woman, this time she was not as weak as yesterday, so she would definitely be able to touch her.

The woman chuckled, "How cunning" and ducked sideways, avoiding Sylna.

Hilna was unwilling, it was impossible not to even touch the corners of her clothes, and continued to rush towards the woman. The woman avoided Sylna at an extremely delicate angle every time she was about to touch her, and all of them moved in this fixed circle, not running too far, after dozens of encounters.

Sylna gasped and sat on the ground to regain her strength, secretly angry in her heart, "Why is she deliberately playing with me every time she shoots?" ’

Seeing her panting appearance, the woman smiled even more happily, and continued to shake the black bread in her hand: "Isn't this okay, I can't even touch the corner of my clothes." ”

Seeing the bread Hilna, she was shocked, the bread had not been scattered during the vigorous exercise just now, and it was still intact in her hand.

"Hmph, come again" After saying that, she rushed to the woman, and Sylna was unwilling, and she couldn't even touch the corner of a slave's clothes.

......

Evening.

"Coo...... "Goo" The sound of hunger came from the stomachs of the two of them, and the energy in their bodies was mostly consumed by the strenuous exercise in the afternoon.

'Damn, this woman must be playing tricks on me.' Sylna thought to herself that she had not touched the corner of the woman's dress for an afternoon, and that discouraged her.

"I'm not coming. With that, Sylna turned and left.

"Hey, stop. Seeing that Hilna was leaving, the woman hurriedly stopped in front of her. "Little sister, what's your name?"

Sylna frowned, this woman still dared not let her go.

"Sheena, and... Don't call me sister, I don't have a sister. With that, he prepared to turn sideways around her.

Seeing that the slave dared to stop her, Sylna was about to be angry, but saw the woman skimming half of a black bread and handing it to her.

"Eat. ”

Sylna hesitated, but reached for the bread, but not quickly this time.

Seeing Syla take the bread, the woman finally showed a happy smile on her face, "My name is Ciel, your name is similar to me, do you want to be my sister." ”

"Be your sister!?" Sylna took a step back and said coldly, "We dark elves have no brothers and sisters, and it's impossible for me to recognize a slave as my sister." ”

"Is it?" the woman bowed her head, looking sad.

Seeing that the woman didn't seem to have any intention of stopping her, Sylna quickly turned sideways and ran around her.