The embankment of the Langton River was not easy to walk, especially for two young men in rags, and a three-step check-up and a five-step check-in were enough for them, not to mention that the sandbank was covered with the roots of dead trees and the rocks of the feet. Eventually, Vanessa decided to leave the riverbank and take the trail, and secretly decided to steal two horses from the first farmstead she encountered.

"So, the land west of the river belongs to another group of mercenaries," Vanessa chatted happily with Katrina, "and you have been at odds for generations. ”

"Yes," Katrina nodded, "that's why I fled to the west of the river with all my might, and the people of Todd have suffered a lot of losses here before, and they dare not cross the river. ”

"That's smart." Vanessa praised, "Unfortunately, we don't know where we are or how far we have to go to get to the next village. He looked up at the sky, and by this time the sun had set, and the mist that had evaporated after the heat had risen from the forest path, and twenty meters away was already gray. Are you hungry? Why don't I go to the woods and find something to eat? ”

Katrina was a little flattered, she tucked her sideburns and buried her head lower, "No." I'm not hungry. ”

It's no wonder you're not hungry. Vanessa thought. The two of them fled for a whole day, and after repeated interrogations at the checkpoints, their bodies had long been exhausted, and now their spirits had just relaxed, and fatigue and hunger swept in, and Katrina insisted that she was not hungry because she hoped that she would not leave her, but this could not offset the trouble caused by hunger.

But it wasn't that difficult, and Vanessa instantly thought of a way to get dinner without leaving Katrina, "My lady, do you want to eat a roasted lark?" Please get your magic ready. So saying, the princess cried out, and at the same time picked up stones from the ground and threw them in all directions, and this sudden clamor broke the silence in the woods, and provoked a great confusion among the returning animals, and many birds flew in fright, and Katrina's arrows arrived in time, and within a quarter of an hour the two men had harvested two eight-colored firethrushes, an iron-helmeted rhinoceros, and a large-billed wren.

"Sorry I didn't shoot the lark," Katrina looked at the four birds with little meat except for their beaks and feathers. "Only these guys fly slowly."

Vanessa scratched the girl's nose and smiled as she rolled up her sleeves to clean up dinner, "What to say, there are no larks here, and if there is, I don't think you will miss any of them." ”

Katrina smiled shyly and squatted down to help, and the two of them talked and laughed, looking like an intimate couple.

"It's delicious." Vanessa leaned against a tree and hiccuped, the fullest meal he had since becoming a man, with almost all four birds in his stomach, while Katrina next to her ate only a few wingtips and legs. "You know, your archery reminds me of a man who is a true archer."

"Is he your friend?" Katrina blushed, perhaps reflecting the extinguished fire, but Vanessa didn't care, just nodded.

"He's a good friend of mine." Then he added, "I love him." ”

"What is the friendship like between men?" Katrina grabbed a handful of sand to extinguish the last of the sparks, and looked up at Vanessa expectantly.

"Pain." The princess pointed to the corners of her high, swollen eyes, somehow, when it came to the friendship between men, the first thing he thought of was Brandt, "It's hard to understand if you're happy to fight, and if you're unhappy, it's hard to understand, isn't it?" ”

Katrina smiled and nodded, "It's funny, I would like to have a friend like this, but unfortunately no, my mother never let me be alone with the opposite sex." ”

"Your mother takes good care of you," Vanessa couldn't help but wonder, the flowers of purity growing in the bandit camp didn't sound realistic, "what about your father?" ”

"I don't have a father." Katrina hesitated to reply, "That's what my mother said to me. ”

"It can't be," Vanessa smiled wickedly, "you know it's impossible. Everyone has parents, but some people don't want to take on the responsibilities of parenthood. ”

Katrina blushed, "You mean my father abandoned us?" ”

"Totally."

"But why? Why did he leave us behind? Katrina shouted incredulously.

"Guilt, fear, irritability, disgust," Vanessa said, finger on her fingers, "Men always find reasons when they don't want to be responsible." ”

"But my mother never mentioned it!"

"Don't worry, my dear lady," Vanessa reassured, "and when we catch up with your mother and Brant, you can ask her face to face." ”

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