Chapter 4: Elwei's Fear
Under the golden sunset, a black horse galloped wildly on the sparse plain, and it rode two white figures, pulling out a long shadow in the oblique sunset. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Erwei sat behind Duge, wrapping his arms around his waist, his little face pressed against his back. There is no doubt that she chose the second option among the choices given by Du Ge.
Watari spurred the seated good horse, squinting his eyes at the situation around him.
The human cavalry must be searching the vicinity, and it doesn't have to be just humans. The traitors will also be involved, pretending to be their own people and waiting for them to fall into the trap. Therefore, until he escapes this area, Watari will not trust anyone.
As the sun set and half of them sank below the horizon, the two stopped in a wood.
At this moment, Elwei was in a trance, deposited in the grief of the death of guards, relatives and friends. Once Duge had found a suitable place to camp, she squatted on a bulging tree root, holding her tail and curling up in a daze.
Duge shook his head, feeling some pity for the poor princess.
She was pampered in the tribe since she was a child, and it was the first time she experienced such a change. The interception and killing of human beings, the whereabouts of relatives and friends are unknown, the guards are all wiped out, and now they continue to be hunted down by humans, and the future is uncertain. Under the impact of cruel reality, it is already good that there is no direct mental breakdown. For this, Du Ge still has some appreciation.
She was stronger than she could have imagined.
After calming the horses, Wataru gathered some dry wood around and lit a bonfire after nightfall. Glancing at Erwei, who was still in a daze, Du Ge turned around and went into the forest, he was going to prepare today's dinner.
Night swallows the land.
The two waning moons, which had just passed the moonless night and appeared in front of the world again, hung low in the sky. One red, one blue, the red one is called crimson, and the blue one is called Jiu. Legend has it that it was the eyes of the goddess of the moon. And every three months, there are always 3 days when the double moon disappears from the sky.
The three days are known as moonless nights.
It was the goddess of the moon who closed her eyes, unable to peer into the mortal world. Therefore, the mortal walker who represents the goddess of the moon, the sacrifice of the two-color and different pupils of the moon appeared on this land.
Elwei had completed the ritual on a moonless night a few days ago and had become a Lunar Sacrifice.
People are fragile and strong. In the face of setbacks and suffering, you may die in an instant and lose your fighting spirit, or you may be indomitable, no matter what you go through, wipe away your tears and get up again.
Elwei, apparently the latter.
Recovering from her stupor, she folded her hands in a prayer gesture and silently prayed for the deceased in her heart.
“…… The dead rest in peace, and the living are cherished. ”
After praying, touch the tears from the corners of your eyes and look around.
The next moment, she discovers something that frightened her:
Watari is gone.
The night wind whined and roared, in this dark grove where you couldn't see your fingers. Only a small campfire in front of me emitted a warm orange glow, and every now and then there was a crackling sound of wood crackling. Other than that, there wasn't even any sound of insects and birds.
No one added firewood, and the light of the fire was constantly weakening. A little bit of darkness devours this only bright place.
Fear spread wildly in Elwei's heart, and his calm mood fluctuated violently again.
Just went through so many deaths that everyone left her. And Du Ge, the only one who stayed by her side, seemed to be the last straw for her.
And the darkness around her, which she couldn't reach, reminded her of the black torrent that swept over when she was attacked. The night wind roared, as if mixed with screams and slashing. She even hallucinated as the terrifying black knights burst out of the night wielding bloody swords.
"Where did he go?...... Did he abandon me? It's terrible...... It's scary...... Whining...... Don't leave me ......"
The pain and fear of being alone again ravaged her heart, and she held her tail in her arms and curled it tightly into a ball. In fear, he didn't even dare to add firewood to the dimmersing campfire.
The darkness spread, and the flickering light of the fire became smaller and smaller, becoming ethereal, as if it would be extinguished at any moment.
Holding a pile of ingredients he had found, Duge walked back to the camp and saw a crumbling bonfire. Hurriedly threw down the things in his hand, ran to the fire and went to Riga to add some firewood, and then said to the huddled Alwei with some dissatisfaction:
"Hey, you guy, the fire is almost extinguished and you don't add firewood, it's very troublesome to make a fire!"
After Erwei heard the sound of Duge, he slowly raised his head and looked at him with red eyes.
Seeing Erwei's stunned expression, Du Ge stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her in bewilderment, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?" Hey... Hey?!Speak!"
After seeing the comer, El Wei was slightly flustered for a moment before coming back to his senses, and did not answer, but threw himself into Duge's arms.
The strength was so strong that the defenseless Duge was thrown directly to the ground. His ass was on a rock, and he grinned in pain.
"Shhh~ What are you doing?!It hurts......"
Du Ge was a little angry and yelled loudly. But halfway through his words, his voice slowly became quieter. At this moment, Alwei in his arms hugged him tightly, trembling constantly. The hug was so strong that he had some difficulty breathing, and at the same time it soaked his chest warmly. Obviously, those were tears.
With a soft sigh, Du Ge's anger suddenly vanished. hugged Erwei with his backhand, stroked her silver hair regularly, and gently comforted: "Okay, okay, it's okay, it's okay ~ don't cry ~ ......"
After adding firewood to the campfire a few times with his tail, Elwei finally calmed down. She left Duge's embrace, turned her head to the side, and stammered in a somewhat nasal voice:
"I ...... I'm just a little uncomfortable!...... It's not that I'm afraid!"
"Hmm, you're scared, I thought you were overly sad. ”
"Uh...... Just...... Not really!!" Al turned red and shouted with a clenched fist.
Du Ge was happy in his heart, and he didn't expect this guy to be a little arrogant. Without saying anything superfluous, he stood up, took the stone pot from the horse, and turned to walk into the darkness.
But as soon as he took two steps, he felt the corners of his clothes being pulled. At the same time, Alwei had a frightened high-decibel voice.
"Where are you going?!"
Du Ge shook the fox ears, and El's slightly high-decibel voice was a little uncomfortable.
"I'm going to get some water, why don't you make soup?"
"I ...... I'm going to ...... too."
looked at Erwei clutching the corners of his clothes, and he didn't let go. Du Ge sighed helplessly again, did not speak, and the snow-white tail directly wrapped around Erwei's hand and grabbed her. The latter naturally stretched out his hands and grabbed his tail tightly.
"Hey, don't pinch so hard!"
"How can you pinch it hard...... Why do you have such a long tail?"
At this moment, Erwei discovered a strange thing, Duge's tail was almost twice as long as the tail of the average fox clan, almost 2 meters, and it looked relatively slender.
"I don't know. ”
Du Ge replied neatly, what happened to this body, he really didn't know. At that time, he was surprised that he had recovered from such a serious injury.
And the only plausible explanation he could think of was the thing that had been with him since the beginning of the previous life.
"System, system, you come out, don't play dead!"
Du Ge called out in his heart, but still did not respond. It's been a month, and he has to call in his heart several times a day, but the on-call system in the previous life has never appeared.
But he believed that the thing was definitely still following him.