Act Six: Night Talk
"Where have you been?"
It's a young girl. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
To be precise, it should be a young girl, the other party is only eleven or twelve years old, wearing a noble dress woven with cute patterns, and a satin headband on her head, which looks a bit like the gothic Lori that Rosen saw in his previous life, her hair is deep black, her eyes are golden, and her skin is fair.
The gothic Lori's golden eyes stood out in the shallow sea night, but she showed a slightly lazy posture, and she randomly stirred the bonfire with firewood, and lit up the sparks like the stars in the shadows.
Is this the daughter of a nobleman?
Rosen subconsciously thought of a nobleman's daughter in a border town, but he soon noticed something unusual.
Because Rosen found that the girl in front of him was the person he couldn't see through when he inspected the caravan during the day.
The elements around the girl are somewhat abnormally active, but her aura is extremely restrained, and Lawson tries to probe deeply, but is stopped by the other party's words.
"Casually probing into the details of others, just like peeking at the bottom of a lady's skirt, is extremely rude, don't you know?"
The girl pouted, looking Lawson up and down.
"You smell weird, it's different from the average person. ”
"My past is a bit hard to describe. ”
Lawson explained in vague terms, but he was a little worried in his heart, worried about whether the girl had seen through the identity of her undead.
"It doesn't matter, it's nice to meet an interesting guy on this trip. ”
The girl said, but her tone was not at all immature for her age, more of a feeling of boredom.
"Is your name Gus? It's an ominous name, and your life is full of suffering. ”
Rosen didn't know if the name "Gus" was really unknown, but he felt that the guy who disliked other people's names when they first met must be quite arrogant.
"I don't know what your name is?"
He asked, if not a fool who dared to travel alone in this vast desert, he must be a worthy fellow.
"Rashly inquire about the name of a lady, you really don't know how to behave. ”
The girl scoffed and turned her head away.
"But I don't really care about that, just tell you my name, Tia, you can call me that, even if it's a pseudonym. ”
"Kana ......"
Lawson felt more and more that the girl in front of him was difficult to deal with, and he wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible, but the other party's next sentence made him dispel this idea.
"That guy, did you kill him?"
The girl who identified herself as Tia (Kana) asked.
"Did you know?"
Rosen asked rhetorically, then Tia's initial question was purely tentative, since she knew about the mercenary's departure, she should naturally understand what Rosen was doing before.
"It's just that an inconsequential guy has left, and I'm not interested in knowing his purpose. ”
Tia yawned, seeming sleepy.
It's not too early, and a girl like her should have fallen asleep a long time ago.
But Rosen instinctively felt that this guy might be more mature than he looked.
"It's rude to guess a lady's age for no reason, you mercenaries really don't have any education. ”
As if seeing through Rosen's thoughts, Tia gave him another blank look.
"But it seems that you are not a mercenary in this area, I don't know what your plans are to go to Ishtar?"
If it were someone else, Rosen would probably have drawn his sword to shut up the other party, but for some reason, this girl was born with an intimate aura, even if her mouth was quite poisonous, it would not make Rosen angry.
"Go find someone and deliver something. ”
Rosen replied briefly, the girl seemed to be quite observant, and even if she couldn't see Rosen's face, she could understand the thoughts of others just by the subtle pauses between words, which was really terrifying.
Anyway, he didn't say all the purpose, so there shouldn't be any big problems so far.
After a pause, Rosen wanted to fight back, so he asked tentatively.
"Is it you, the target of the Hot Wind Mercenary Group?"
"It can be considered or it may not be. ”
A meaningful smile appeared on Tia's beautiful face.
"They just thought I was someone, so they came to rob, so to be precise, their purpose should be someone, although I have some secrets, but unfortunately, I am not the person the Hot Wind Mercenary Group is looking for. ”
"Who?"
Rosen didn't have time to guess the riddle, he asked, but Tia didn't continue.
"This desert holds countless secrets, and if you break into it without knowing anything, you are likely to meet with misfortune. ”
Tia said, glancing at Rosen.
"As a simple example, do you know what happened seven hundred years ago that led to the destruction of that prosperous city?"
"You know what?"
It seems that the matter has been sealed off by the Sanctuary and the Rainbow Tower, and Lawson has been searching around for a long time without getting any definite information, but the girl in front of him seems to know some inside story.
"Do you know that a month ago, in Byron Weiss in the southwestern part of the kingdom of Aster?"
Instead of answering directly, Tia asked another question.
"Yes. ”
Rosen was also slightly surprised in his heart, not only did he know, but also witnessed it, although in hindsight, even without him, that incident would not have caused a worse impact than now, but after all, he had witnessed the disgusting wrist of the cultists, and Rosen was really a little dissatisfied with these guys.
"More than ninety percent of the population disappeared overnight, and the entire city was devastated, and although it was rumored that the Rainbow Tower and the Templar were there to fight over something, in reality, it was the work of cultists. ”
Of course I do, and I know who the Chaos Folk are behind it, Lawson sneered, pretending not to know.
"Cultists?"
He tried to make himself appear ignorant and stupid, so that Tia could not see any clues.
"There was a cultist who wanted to make the people of chaos come and sacrifice the population of Byron Weis, and although it failed in the end because it was not known whether it was the hindrance of the Rainbow Tower or the Templar, there is no doubt that the crystal wall was a little shaken at that time. ”
Tia said, glancing at Lawson again, before explaining.
"The law barrier that separates the Endless Void from the main material plane is what we call the 'crystal wall', and if someone wants to pass through the crystal wall, then it will inevitably cause turmoil in the entire sea of magical power...... Well, it's useless to talk to you, a martial artist, anyway, the ritual of guiding the people of chaos through sacrifice did indeed happen to Byron Weis. ”
"But what does this have to do with Istal?"
Lawson had actually guessed a little, but still pretended to be ignorant.
"Stupid fellow, don't you understand?"
The corners of Tia's mouth twitched, as if she was unhappy with Rosen's stupidity, she looked at the dark night sky and continued.
"Seven hundred years ago, the once-thriving commercial city of Ishbal was destroyed overnight as a sacrifice to another Chaos People, so it was also known as the 'City of Sin'. ”