22. Tie
That night, the members of the adventure team spent the second half of the night in shock to Shanaiduo.
The next day, before the sun came out, the caravan had already prepared breakfast, just waiting for everyone to finish their meal and set off on the road.
Although last night's Warcraft attack caused panic to the caravan, it also added a lot of fresh meat to their meals.
When Charles sent his men to check on the griffin cubs, he also brought them food carefully prepared by the chef of the team, and at the same time asked his subordinates to take the word and cancel the escort mission of Carter and others.
Moreover, although the mission was canceled, Charles's subordinates brought the promised commission, and even doubled it.
Carter accepted the fact that the mission was canceled, but did not take that money.
"Please take us to thank Mr. Charles for his kindness, since the mission has been canceled, we naturally can't take any more money from you."
"But......" The subordinate was a little embarrassed.
"Please take it back, the mission has been canceled and we still need your care along the way, which has made us very unhappy."
It's not that you don't have to do anything to enjoy the carriage and food, even if all their commissions are pasted in, I'm afraid it won't be enough.
Seeing that they insisted, the subordinate had no choice but to leave with the money.
As soon as he left, Carter and the others immediately relaxed a lot.
"Phew, fortunately the mission was canceled, otherwise we would all have left to see the carriage." Roger patted his chest exaggeratedly, his gaze resting on the blackout cage for a moment.
If it's just a griffon, it's fine, and Charles has already given it to Shanaido as a commission, even if the griffon's injuries are all healed at once, no one can justifiably snatch it away.
But there are still two little ones in there, and if anyone finds out, it will be nothing.
Carter somewhat disagreed with this approach, but the griffon wouldn't listen to him just because of that, and since Izumi had done it, he had to become an accomplice silently.
Izumi felt that there was a fever on his face, well, it should be too hot and sunburned, and it was definitely not ashamed.
He also knew that this kind of behavior was wrong, and it could be called a crime, but if he did it again, he would still do it.
The children belonged to the mother, and instead of forcibly breaking them up and causing the tragedy of the total destruction of the family of four, it would be better to at least give the griffons some milk to the spring after the two cubs had drunk and let him feed the remaining one - and fortunately the caravan was still providing enough food for the griffon, otherwise it would not have had any extra milk.
And the griffon's intelligence is not lower than that of the elf, but it is bought and sold as goods, this kind of thing is really unbearable, so for Charles, who has no good feelings, Izumi doesn't mind pitting him, so he still has one left for him.
After breakfast, the caravan set off again. This time, the carriage with the cage was tied to the back of the carriage they were sitting on, and the riding beasts that had been pulling the cart were all strapped in front of their carriage, with Carter as the driver driving them, and the others riding the horses to keep watch behind.
Once again, Arthur was still not qualified to ride a beast, and he sat in the carriage in front of him with Izumi and Shanaido, but this time Axel was no longer dissatisfied.
He was now excitedly watching Shanaido carefully feed the young griffons with griffon milk in a bottle.
In order to make the cub adapt to the feeding of the bottle, Izumi deliberately put the bottle under the griffon's body when filling the milk before, so that it sticks to the smell of the mother animal, so the cub does not reject this feeding method, and when the pacifier is sent to its mouth, the cub automatically licks the milk on it.
However, what excites Arthur is not the cute appearance of the cubs drinking milk, but the special feeding method of Shanaiduo.
It's really very special, if anyone else sees the scene in the carriage at this time, I'm afraid they will scream.
I saw that Shanaiduo's eyes under the cloak flashed with aqua blue light, and a stream of the same light appeared on the bottle, making the bottle seem to be controlled by an invisible hand, floating in the air, and automatically adjusting its posture to facilitate the young beast to drink milk.
As an apprentice of magic, Arthur is sure that he didn't feel the magic element, but only magic can do such a magical trick.
"What kind of magic is this? Isn't it the same as last night's fog-producing magic, the goblin magic you mentioned? ”
Izumi explained, "No, this is called illusionism, and in some places it is also called mental interference, and it is a move that belongs to the superpower system. Illusions allow the user to make the opponent act according to their own will without touching them, and illusions are Shanaido's best moves. ”
Izumi explained very clearly, and Arthur understood after listening to it, and he suddenly realized: "I understand if you say mental interference, I have read the magic book that introduces mental interference as a special magic that can only be learned by magicians above level eight, but I have never seen real mental interference, and I don't know if it is the same as Shanaiduo's illusion." ”
"But this magic should be very mentally draining, right? Why not just feed it? ”
After the night, the griffin cub looked much more energetic than yesterday, and the slime on its body, especially the fluffy fur of the little wings, was wiped clean, making it look very fluffy and cute.
But in the process of taking care of this cub, neither Izumi nor Shanado touched it, and all the actions that needed to be touched were all operated by Shanado's illusion technique, and it can be said that the only time they had close contact was when Izumi held the cub through the cloth last night.
And that cloth had been rubbed on the mother beast's body beforehand.
"Because it's as important as possible to avoid the pups getting the smell." Izumi's eyes are fixed on the young in milk, so as not to let it drink too much, "Shanaido has asked the griffons, their noses are very sensitive, they are better than their eyes, and if the cubs remember our taste, it will not be good for them in the future. ”
This cub has a master, and if the cub is too close to them now, I am afraid that it will not listen to its master at that time.
"I've heard an example before, it's that a little monster that lives in groups when it opens its eyes sees not its own mother but other monsters of the same race, so it thinks it's its mother, and always follows it, but when the night comes, when the eyes can't see, the little monster will always rely on the sense of smell to return to the real mother, and then leave to find the mother it identifies when it is dawn, I'm afraid it itself is also very confused why every time it sleeps up, the mother is gone."
"So we have to avoid that, it's not a good thing that the cubs are too clingy to us." Who knows if the owner will treat the cubs badly because of this.
"You know so much, Koizumi." Arthur looked at him with a little admiration, "Not like a child at all. ”
I'm sorry he's really not a kid, "Our people there can travel with their own monsters after they turn ten years old, so everyone is more precocious. ”
"Then you also went on a trip and got lost in the Magical Forest?"
Izumi was stunned, then nodded: "Sort of." "I'm sorry, he lied.
Arthur paused and asked cautiously and hesitantly, "Then will you go back later?" ”
Get back? Of course Izumi wants to go back, this world may be strange, and there are all kinds of magical monsters, but the people in this world are different from him, and the relationship between monsters and humans is not as friendly as that between elves and humans, and all kinds of worldviews beyond his imagination make him unable to identify and understand. He actually doesn't like this kind of world.
In Izumi's heart, the best thing is still the world he has lived in for more than ten years, the world that is peaceful and beautiful, and where man and nature live in harmony.
He missed that world so much, and he almost always thought about how good it would be if he could go back. And Shanaiduo must want to go back more than he does, because the elves are more lonely here than he is.
But Izumi also knew in his heart that maybe they couldn't go back.
This world is most likely the world he was born into, and driven by this possibility, it is hard for Izumi not to think that there may be his parents and relatives here, there are pasts that he can't remember, and he doesn't force to find them, but if possible, he won't give up looking for answers.
When he was a young boy and left for unknown reasons, and when he came of age and returned for unknown reasons, he was not sure that there would be another chance for him to leave.
Even if there is, does it really have to be a return to the world of PM? What if it were another world?
Not a single qiē has an answer.
"I don't know if I can go back, the reason I'm here is amazing, it's not just that I got lost." After Izumi said this, he fell silent.
Seeing that Izumi was in a low mood because of his words, Arthur didn't dare to ask any more, but he was secretly happy in his heart, and he couldn't help but think that it would be good if Izumi couldn't go back, so that he could stay here forever.
He admits that such an idea is despicable, but he really likes Izumi, next year is so much younger than him, but he knows a lot of things, Arthur wants to see Izumi as a younger brother, but many times he can't help but think that maybe Izumi is his older brother. But it doesn't matter if it's a younger brother or an older brother, as long as it's a spring.
Believing that they would be able to meet Izumi in the vast Magical Forest, and that Izumi would be able to walk together, Izumi would eventually agree to become Uncle Cater's child. This qiē must be the arrangement of fate, and it is a representative of the strong bond between them.
So Izumi will definitely be with them all the time, definitely.