Chapter 35: The Man Who Fears

When Helis came out of the cave, she could only see the stars that had fallen in the endless night, and the forests that had turned into black patches of color, were painted in her sight. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info There was no warmth from the flames, a gust of wind blew, and a cold feeling spread from her face to her body—Helis tightened her woollen cloak and walked quickly to the horse—the other day, Wickel had somehow found this white creature.

The horses were covered with several brown cloth bags that were used to hold the fruits they had collected on the road.

Helis looked at the cloth bag, not knowing what to think, and as soon as she took a few fruits out of the cloth bag, the movement stopped in place, and she let the cold wind get into the hole where the wool cloak was blown open.

She sneezed, and when she looked up, she caught a glimpse of an unclear figure.

Helis paused, and without saying a word, pulled her cloak a little tighter, and turned back to the cave with the fruit in her arms.

When she returned to the cave, the warm breath made Helis's breathing much easier, and she looked forward to see Ed sitting near Fettnay, although the two did not speak, from the expressions on their faces, the two got along well.

This surprised Helis a little—there was a flash of surprise in her eyes, and even she didn't notice it, but she was caught by Fitney.

"I've been waiting." Helis greeted them.

Fitnay did not speak, but nodded at Helice, thanking her when she received the fruit - she behaved very politely, but Eddard, who had always behaved gracefully, rejected Helice's kindness and did not even say a word.

To Fitney's great surprise, Haylith seemed to be accustomed to his attitude, curled the corners of her mouth, smiled, sat down beside her, picked up a fruit, and ate it.

Fitney looked at the yellow fruit, which had some scratches on the skin and was sweet in the mouth, much better than dry food with no taste.

Unfortunately, such fruit is rare in the forest - whether it is in Rose May or not.

"It's getting colder, and I miss the fireplace at university." Helis probably also knows this, compared to the environment at this time, how beautiful college life is, she sighed, wiped her mouth after eating, and rubbed her hands around the fire, "Does Luo Nai feel cold?" ”

Fettney's swordsmanship lessons included some training in the snow - although in reality it was to avoid being assassinated in cold weather. But it still helped Fitney strengthen his resistance to the cold, even if he looked weak: "I don't feel cold now." ”

"It's an interesting physique, because you exercise more?" Ed asked.

Ed sat on a rock, but he looked like he was sitting on a leather couch in some old library, with a book wrapped in blue velvet on his lap, and a slender hand with five fingers gently resting on the yellowed pages—densely written on them.

When he asked this, he didn't actually look at Fitney, his upper eyelid lowered slightly, his eyelashes covered most of his azure eyes, and only faintly he could see the azure overflowing, and the whole person looked like an elegant and studious teenager.

But Fitney didn't want to pay attention to him, but just as she was about to turn her head while he wasn't paying attention, pretending not to hear, she found that he was already looking at her with smiling, unpredictable eyes. So, somewhat reluctantly, Fitney said, "This is a basic skill. ”

"Then your parents are very strict." Ed sighed, and then lowered his head to read the book.

Eddard was well aware of his origins from the Wyzdem family - an emotion that was clearly not directed at the hunters of the woods, but at his own aristocratic status.

This made Fitney a little angry, as one of his few secrets, Ed knew the most important one.

"Mutual friend, I heard that you come from an aristocratic family......" Fitney couldn't help but want to reply.

However, Helis who was beside her leaned over and covered her mouth - looking at her with some surprise, Fitnet subconsciously grabbed Helis's wrist and pulled her away - she seemed to be weak at this time, but her strength was amazing, although it was probably because Helis did not use her strength.

Suddenly it was so quiet that only the sound of flames burning, and Fitney was full of puzzlement—and it occurred to her that Starlight University was a school for mages for commoners, and how could Ed be a disciple of the headmaster from a noble family—this discovery made her silent at this time.

No one could read Ed's expression clearly, the firelight reflected his sickly pale face red, but Fitnair could feel a chill emanating from him.

Suddenly, Fitney felt the hand belonging to Helis tremble in her palm—even her face turned pale.

Is Helis afraid?

Fettnay frowned, she had never seen Helis like this before—she couldn't help but stand up, as if she were standing between Helis and Eddard.

The air seemed to be filled with lead, and little by little it became heavy.

"That's true, but you probably don't know that I'm an inside member of the university." It was a long time before Ed spoke slowly, and he looked up and met Fitney's eyes—so frankly that it seemed like he was just a poor teenager.

"You ......" Fitney was a little stunned.

"Lonnais, don't say it...... Come with me and see where Wickel went......" Helis stopped Fitney from asking any further, and as she spoke, she stood up and grabbed Fertenay's wrist with her backhand, trying to pull her out of the cave.

Fitney felt inexplicable, but remained silent - let Helis pull herself out of the cave, seemingly calm, her mind in confusion.

Helis walked in a hurry, and she was about to get out of the cave in a few steps.

One-step, two-step, three-step......

"Wait." Ed stopped them suddenly—just as they were about to walk out of the cave—Fitnair saw Helis's body tremble.

"Ed, she didn't mean to......" Helis turned her head stiffly, trying to pull Fertenay behind her, but she couldn't muster her strength.

Ed saw this and smiled—a gentle smile that made him look like a teenager bathed in the sun, and made Helis stunned for a moment, and then he saw that he slowly took off his coat, walked over, and draped it over the guarded Fitney: "It's cold outside, pay attention to keep warm." ”

Fitney suddenly felt herself surrounded by the smell of herbs, and with her back to Helis, she couldn't help but frown at Ed, as if full of doubts about it, and her eyes were full of protest.

Even the thought of his name makes him disgusted, is he deliberately making himself uncomfortable?

"Don't be so cold, Lornais, that doesn't look cute at all," Ed smiled at her again, as the cold wind blew in near the hole, making him cough twice, adding to his weakness, "I'm ...... I like you very much. ”

Fitney's eyes narrowed, not believing it at all.

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"Oh my God...... I felt like I was almost out of breath. In the forest, Helis hurriedly led Fitney forward for a while, and only then did she let go of Fitney when she came to a beech tree, propped her hand on the beech tree, and gasped, "What did Ed say just now?" Does he like you? It's incredible! ”

"It's incredible." Fitnair was expressionless, referring to Ed's bad taste, but unfortunately she couldn't do anything - Ed had her handle in his hands, and it was better not to expose his words before he had the ability to deal with him.

After seeing Helis recover with his own eyes, he asked, "Are you afraid of him?" ”

Although Fitney felt that the impression of "frightening" was a good fit for Ed, she wanted to know what was going on behind the scenes, such as ...... The so-called insider, as well as the "death of Wicker" and the Eye of Semori who was left in his hands.

If Eddard's purpose wasn't the Eye of Semori, why did he let Wicker die, and what was the connection between Wicker, another Wicker who had a close relationship with Eddard's teacher, Freison, and the dead Wicker?

"There is hardly anyone who is not afraid of him," Helis trusts Fitney very much, and this is the advantage that at this time, she said to Fitney with a little hesitation, "He is from the Ansendier family, but his mother died in the family feud, and I heard that the purpose of his joining the university was related to his mother." ”

"What does that have to do with your fear of him?" Fitney asked, frowning.

Morton, who had wanted to kill her before, and the people around him, believed that Ed still belonged to the Ansendir family.

"The boy...... It can use strong magical powers, but the human body cannot withstand such a powerful manipulation ability, and if it gets out of control, it will kill people at will. At this moment, Merlin's voice rang out from the forest, and he was still wearing the ascetic's robes, and walked slowly towards Fertenay.

Helis was a little surprised, and Fitney simply explained before relieving: "That's my friend." ”

"That's right...... And he was emotionally unstable. Helis said, feeling palpitations.

For Helis, what Fitney said about Ed's background had clearly caused displeasure and was likely to cause them to suffer—so she didn't really believe in the word "like".

"Okay." Fitney got the answer, although he couldn't solve all the doubts in his heart, but it was better than nothing, and then he noticed Merlin, "Where have you been, we are going to find someone, do you want to come together." ”

In her opinion, Merlin, who has a relatively strong ability to move, will only occasionally appear in front of her, and it will not be long before she disappears into a corner.

Merlin said, "Someone is going to work against you, Arthur. ”

Fitney was silent for a while, but Helis was a little excited: "Who is it?" People from the Ansendier family? ”

"Holy See." Merlin said slowly.