(71) Epilogue - End of the volume
"Hey, hey, did you forget that there's us?"
A playful voice came from behind the two, Tibina turned around happily, Mei Zi was staggering to her feet with Fika's support, and Tony was slowly propping herself up.
"Damn, Rick, you two—"
It was now completely dark, only moonlight and starlight, and when Rick and the others walked in, Fika immediately noticed that Rick and Tibina had almost dried blood stains on their bodies, especially Rick's entire dark red right arm.
"Didn't you change your clothes?
Rick glanced at Tibina, her clothes were not dirty, but there were many stains on her face, hands, arms, and legs.
"Aren't you in a hurry to come back, so you didn't have time to take a shower. ”
Tibina curled her hair and looked at Rick with an aggrieved expression.
"You've only been changing your clothes for so long?"
Rick scratched his right arm, which was itchy now because the blood had dried up.
"Not so. ”
"It's you. ”
...
"Is this the end of it?"
Rick sat in the tub and said as he looked at Tibina, who was combing her hair outside the frosted glass window.
"I don't know what happened to the boss, right? ”
Tibina knocked on the door and handed in a large bath towel.
"It's so late, let's rest after taking a shower, I'll sleep on the sofa today, and you can sleep on the bed. ”
When Tibina said this, Rick's heart was a little empty.
"Huh?
Rick slowly sank into the bathtub, the aromatic bath water slowly sinking over his mouth.
"You see, we're all going to be twelve years old soon, and we're sort of... So, it's a bit of a bed to sleep in..."
Tibina gathered her hair and walked away, her shadow disappearing into the glass wall.
"Then I can sleep on the couch? ”
Rick dried himself and was ready to go out of the bathroom door as soon as he put on his pajamas.
"You're tall, you must be aggrieved to sleep on the sofa. ”
As soon as Rick came out of the bathroom, he saw Tibina lying on the couch with her back to him.
"Yo, did you two sleep?"
Outside the door came Qiangzhe's voice, and the knock made Rick forget what he was about to say.
"Even if you didn't sleep, you woke me up, okay?"
Rick opened the door, and the girl in the red coat next to Qiangzhe knelt down with a 'plop!'.
"Well, these two girls have to come over to apologize to you, so ......"
"I'm sorry, we didn't mean to, because those two people also planted that bug in our hearts, so say, so ......."
"So there is no way to persecute us?"
Rick took the words of the fruit jar and looked at them with a blank face, he also wanted to be angry, but at that time, their lives were also threatened, and instead of losing their lives, he chose two people who had never known each other to replace him.
"Hmm...... I'm sorry, please punish us, we can do whatever you want......"
Guode Jar has been apologizing, and Yu Qian beside her lowered her head to apologize.
"How can I punish you if you don't look at me?"
After Rick finished speaking, the sisters slowly looked up, but what they saw was Rick's healing smile.
"Stand up, what are you doing?"
Rick put his hands in his pajama pockets and walked into the room, where Tibina was holding a pillow and watching what was happening outside the door.
"Hit, excuse me. ”
"Yo-you two pajamas-"
As soon as Qiang Zhe entered, he began to look around, as if he was looking for something.
"Boss, your rooftop ......"
Rick asked softly as he sat down next to Tibina.
"Of course not, you all helped to exorcise the ghosts, and I heard that the high-level corrupt people in our town also helped you a little, it's too late for me to thank you, although the business has been good in the past two years, but the taxes are also high and scary!"
Qiang Zhe sat on the carpet on the ground, and his hand was still pulling the thread on the carpet.
"Well, as for business, maybe in the future, there won't be many people traveling here. ”
Rick's eyes rolled a few times, and he finally said this.
"Whether business is good or not actually doesn't have much impact on me, by the way, these two little guys seem to have something to ask you for. ”
Qiang Zhe pulled the corners of the two of them's coats and motioned for them to hurry up and talk about things.
"That, that is, we think, it's not enough to apologize to you, we have been picked up by Uncle Qiang since we were young and adopted here, although sometimes we don't listen to Uncle Qiang, and we will say bad things about him, but we are really not bad! ”
As she spoke, Yu Qian nodded her head again and again, and Rick looked at Tibina, who only gave him a smile.
"Ah, well, do you hate it here?"
"Of course I don't hate it, but sometimes I complain about it. ”
"Uh-huh!"
Rick paused, then walked towards the window.
"It's in the middle of the desert, but it's really beautiful, it's like a post station in the desert that can help a lot of adventurers, and although not many people will come here in the future, it still exists. ”
"What do you mean?"
The Fruit Jar slowly walked towards Rick, and then stopped about a meter behind him to the right.
"It's very simple, you guys can help many people here, and it's also the help of people who are really in difficulty, it's different with us, we often go out to carry out commissions, and it's not convenient to take you with us, so ah, I think it's more appropriate for you to stay here, and the meaning of staying here is much greater than the meaning of going back with us, so you don't have to follow us, stay, and you can give full play to your abilities in this town." ”
Rick said this nonsense, and the corners of Guode's eyes were a little moist.
"But we almost killed you!"
Guode sat down on his knees and cried loudly.
"So what's the matter, we're still alive, if you stay in this town, serving every lost person is atoning for your actions today, so stay here, we'll come and see you later." ”
Rick stretched out his sleeve to wipe her tears, then sat down on the couch again.
"Thank you, thank you for ......"
Guode and Yuqian looked at each other, bowed to Tibina and Rick, and ran away.
"Ah, the two of them are really entangled, although they often talk back to me, but they still really love here, not to mention, I'm going to accompany those two girls. ”
Jonzhe thanked Rick and the others before leaving.
"Now, sleep, I'll sleep on the sofa, you go to bed. ”
Rick lay down on the couch naturally, and he grabbed a blanket and covered his body, squeezing Tibina inside.
"Don't. ”
"Purr ......"
Rick had thought that Tibina would be squeezed out, but he underestimated Tibina's petite size, and Tibina got into the blanket with a slight rub.
"It's going to be hot. ”
"It's okay, it's like this today, so I'll reluctantly accompany you. ”
......
This is the end of the second volume - "The Tolerance of the Sand", and finally the high-level corrupt people in the town are caught where they should go, and the desert adventure of the two comes to an end again, and Asha also guards the desert as he wishes, he forgives all those who have hurt him, and still lives a boring and fulfilling life.
The next volume, that is, the next chapter of "Forest of Elves", is officially launched! Don't forget to vote for a recommendation and collect it.