Chapter 13: Why am I so empathetic?
Towards evening, Reina's carriage slowly drove into the village of Tasim. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The dilapidated fence and the bustling smoke of the cooking, which were originally the days when every household opened the pot for cooking, but rarely heard the sound of frolic, only two little boys walked at the entrance of the village, and after seeing Reina's carriage, they stood in place.
"Hello...... Where is the village chief's house? ”
One boy sucks his fingers, the other snorts, and both little ones look at Reina blankly, their faces covered in question marks.
Forehead......
Reina was embarrassed when Fran opened the door curtain of the carriage behind him, "Horn, Holder!" This is the new lord of our village! Lead him to Grandpa Uzi. ”
"Huh! Sister Fran! How did you get back! Is Naphna too? ”
Fran pulled up the curtain of the carriage, and saw that Funa was leaning on Fran's back and still asleep.
"Haha, Funa is here!" Seeing Funa's cute sleeping face, the two imps immediately became excited, one put down his fingers, the other wiped his nose, and scuffled with each other, "Since Funa is back, let's continue the previous duel!" ”
"Dead imp, lead the way!" Fran casually picked up a wooden bowl in the car and smashed it into the heads of the two imps, and the fierce appearance frightened both Reina and the sky.
"Woo...... "Flan threw a bowl and smashed two birds with one stone, and the brothers Horn and Hodder slowly led the carriage forward with their bags on their heads.
"By the way, Sister Fran......" said the snotty imp named Horn, "not long after you left some time ago, Lord Rooney brought someone to Tasim Village to arrest you......"
In front of the carriage to the left, there was a dilapidated wooden house burned to ruins, and on a small sign in front of the wooden house stood the names of two people: Fran and Funa.
Fran stared at the ruined house, the corners of her mouth twitching.
"Sister...... Are we home? Funa, who was in the car, rubbed her sleepy eyes and was about to look out of the car, when Fran hugged Funa and covered her vision.
"Sister, our family can't ...... anymore"
"You can't live in your own house anymore, Funa-chan!" It was Reina who spoke.
"Why?" Little Funa tilted her head to look at Reina.
"Hmph...... In order to repay my kindness, your sister has promised me to work in my lord's mansion, because she is usually very busy, so she will always live in my lord's mansion, and you will go with you! ”
"Ah, Brother Reina is so bad! Funa wants to go home......" Little Lori protested loudly, and was suppressed by Fran.
"Yes...... Younger sister...... You think that if it weren't for His Highness Reina, we wouldn't be able to go back to the village like we are now. So...... No matter what His Highness Reina asks, we will do everything we can to satisfy him, won't we? ”
"Woo......" Funa sat back aggrievedly, Reina always felt as if something was wrong, and when he returned to the front seat, the sky began to puff out again, and then said in pieces, "His Royal Highness Reina...... It's a bad taste. ”
"Huh?"
"The firmament means to say...... His Royal Highness Reina of the Ghost Beast. ”
"Hey...... Reiner whispered to the sky, "didn't you hear me helping Fran comfort her sister?" ”
"Hmph...... The sky is a fool, and the sky means that it doesn't understand the meaning of the lord. ”
......Shh Why do you think this guy is doing it on purpose...... Ever since Fran followed Reina and them, Reina had always felt like a different person in the sky.
The carriage slowly stopped in a two-story cabin.
"Actually, Grandpa Uzi, who lives here, has always been our village chief, but since ten years ago, he has often been bedridden, and there is no suitable successor in the village, so some important meetings in the village are held at Grandpa Uzi's bedside." Fran brought a few chairs for Reyna and the Sky to sit down, and Grandpa Uzi was still sleeping on the bed, his face was withered, his white beard hung long, and he looked like he had half his foot in the coffin.
"Of course, Grandma Uzi has been in charge of taking care of Grandpa Uzi, but she doesn't seem to be back at someone else's house now. Let's say hello to him when he wakes up, and then ask him about the location of the Lord's Mansion. ”
So the four of them sat like this, and the time passed quickly, and gradually the sun had already set, and Grandma Uzi had not returned, and Grandpa Uzi was still sleeping, and Reina was almost asleep with his chin in his hand.
Grandpa Uzi on the bed suddenly smacked his lips.
Wake up, wake up!
Reina and Sky were very excited, and moved a little closer to Grandpa Uzi's bed.
"His Highness Reina!"
Before Fran could stop it, Grandpa Uzi suddenly opened his eyes and looked like a corpse, which startled Reina and the sky, but this was not over, Grandpa Uzi puffed out his mouth and suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blood, all splashed on the faces of Reina and the sky.
Hmmmm...... Reyna and Sky said they were frightened and danced in panic.
"Ahem...... Grandpa Uzi sat up on the bed and took a sip of the tea handed over by Fran, "In short, I want to thank the lord for saving our village, so who is here?" ”
"It's Fran! Grandpa Uzi! Fran tugged on Grandpa Uzi's face, Grandpa Uzi quickly grabbed Fran's hand, and Reina and Sky wiped their faces with towels next to them, "Whew, yes, this feel...... It's Fran. She has been without parents since she was a child, and everyone has always cared for her and Funa, so this plan is really unavoidable......
Well...... I always feel that this old man is super unreliable...... The two of them muttered in their hearts, "So, Village Chief Uzi, may I ask where the lord's mansion is ......?"
"Lord's Mansion...... Because our village has not had a lord come for a long time, it has been abandoned for a long time...... But please rest assured, Lord Lord, this mansion was built by the old man when he was young, and I am a well-known carpenter if I want to be a grandfather, and at that time the old woman was also graceful and ...... glorious."
"That...... Take the liberty of excuse me, so what exactly is the Lord's Mansion ......"
"It's the place where you go to get firewood and set up a bonfire when we have a festival in the village......"
"Huh! It turned out to be a mansion! ”
Looking at Fran's surprised expression, Reina already had a vague premonition.
After leaving the village chief's house, the moon was already high in the sky, and the carriage slowly moved up the hillside, and everyone looked from the hill to see that the quiet village was only bustling with lights.
"Since the Barrier of Light has not been repaired, there is a team of young people patrolling every day, but every few days one of us will suddenly disappear, and when we search during the daylight the next day, we will only be able to find some of his relics in the wild......" Fran said this very flatly, it seemed that she was almost getting used to these days, "Fear is spreading in Tasim, more and more people are starting to leave this place, and we are the only ones who can't leave......"
"Fran...... Tasim is my people now, and from tomorrow onwards, I won't let it happen again, no matter what. ”
"And me, Miss Fran, with me here, I will never let a monster harm one of Tasim's villagers."
"His Highness Reina...... Miss Firmament ......" Fran stroked Funa in her arms, smiling at the encouragement of the two.
Not......
The four of them got out of the car, and Fran carried Funa on her back, all looking at the lord's mansion in a daze.
The house looks very large, sitting on the flat top of a hill, but because it has not been cleaned and tidyed up all the year round, there is nothing around except weeds, and the wooden windows on the second floor are also gently swaying in the wind, making a creaking sound, and the glass windows are also full of dust, which looks really dilapidated.
Then Funa woke up again, and after putting her down, Fran took a lantern from the carriage and lit it, and with a few white candles in her hand, she opened the door of the lord's mansion, which had been dusted for a long time, and skillfully found the candlestick in the dust and lit it, and in front of everyone was a mountain of bundles of firewood.
Funa looked very excited, running back and forth in circles in the hall, "Oh~Oh! Sister, are we going to have a festival? ”
"No...... We're going to stay here in the future......"
"Hmm......" After a short period of loss, Funa cheered up again, "Since it's to repay Brother Reina, then let Funa also come to help!" ”
"Hmm...... Funa is awesome! Fran touched her sister's head, then turned to Reina, "So...... His Highness Reina...... Please wait outside with Miss Sky for a while, and let me clean up this place and make room for a place to sleep before ......."
"How does this work...... Let's clean up together! ”
The bright moonlight poured into the window, and the four of them were busy in the hall by the moonlight and candles, and from time to time they would chase and frolic, adding a little vitality to this quiet village.
"Huh...... Fran, did you only buy two quilts? Reina brought the bed in the carriage, and by this time they were almost clean.
"Because...... Because I only thought of buying groceries for His Highness Reina and Miss Firmament...... So ......"
"Well...... Reina, laying the bed in the central hall, "there's no way around it." ”
One bed for Fran and Funa to sleep, one bed for the sky to sleep, and one for herself to sleep in the coat she brought......
That's how it should be.
Fran and Sky dragged Reina back, "Anyway...... Please also ask His Highness Reina to sleep on the quilt! ”
"If you don't sleep on the quilt, Brother Reina will be captured by monsters at night!"
"Let the lord catch a cold, the sky will never allow it to happen a second time!"
Faced with a terrifying aggressive offensive, Reina could only raise his hands and surrender.
Not...... It's hot.
Several people argued to the end, and Reina was forced to sleep in the middle.
In the beginning, everyone fell asleep separately and there was no problem.
Just as Reina was gradually falling asleep, the sky rolled over first and put his arms around Reina's neck.
hugged Reina's neck and didn't say anything, but suddenly stretched out his leg to clamp Reina and dragged Reina over, as if he used Reina as his own pillow, no matter how Reina whispered to her, she didn't react......
"Lord...... It's not cold anymore. The mouth of the sleeping firmament kept muttering to himself.
Seemingly...... She was still guilty of what had happened before......
The deep sleepiness finally hit Reina.