"Woo~"

Lazily stretching, Sal rubbed his darkened eyes, then slashed down the trees next to him with the axe in his hand, and raised his head, the early morning sun casting a mottled circle of light through the leaves.

Barton next to him also looked listless, and then he stopped what he was doing, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Hey, Sal, did you sleep well yesterday?" ”

", how is that possible? The first half of the night was fine, I didn't feel anything, but in the second half of the night, suddenly it seemed like something terrible appeared, and I could still sleep. ”

"Oh, do you feel it too? My children were scared and cried, at first I thought it was too cold, so I woke up from the cold, and then I was urged by my mother-in-law to go out to have a look, and I didn't want to go out at that time. ”

"Did you find anything?"

"Of course not, but there were a lot of people who were woken up last night."

"No, I'm so sleepy now." As he spoke, Sal stopped his movements and yawned, but Barton suddenly leaned over, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered.

"However, Ah Yi's kid seems to be a little wrong in the morning, did something happen last night?"

Following the direction he was pointing, Sal saw Shen Yi standing not far away, holding a draft of the plan in his hand as usual, but anyone could see the look on his face.

"Maybe it's because I've been woken up, so I'm not in a good mood."

"Well, is that so?"

Because he didn't want to dwell on this topic, he immediately dismissed Barton and picked up the axe again, but he faintly felt in his heart that last night's commotion might have been caused by Shen Yi, thinking like this, the appearance of the young man covered in blood standing in front of the pile of snow wolf corpses unconsciously appeared in his mind, and he shivered coldly.

……

On a sunny morning, although no birds flew by, the blue sky was spotless, and the branches that sprouted sprouts could be easily found in the forest.

"Morning, Ah Yi."

He just stared at the plan in his hand, or should he say that he didn't even read the plan, until the other party spoke up a second time, and he didn't react. “…… Well...... Oh, morning! Shen Yi, who was a slow beat, immediately responded with a smile.

Looking at his face, the other party reciprocated with kind concern: "Didn't you sleep well yesterday?" Don't wear yourself out. ”

"Thank you, maybe I slept a little badly last night and was in a trance." He pretended to find the words, mixed up with the false smile that hung on his face, and continued the conversation without being salty or nonchalant, and then he watched the other man leave.

Raising his head, looking at the green new leaves covering his head, and then stretched out his hand to cover his face, he rubbed his eyebrows in distress, and there was an unclear and unknown love flowing in his heart, he knew very well what kind of love it was.

Exhaling heavily, Shen Yi put away the plan in his hand, if it goes on like this, he can't do anything, go and see, he thought, and immediately shouted in the direction of Sal: "Brother Sal, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go back." ”

"Oh, okay......"

Returning to the village with a heavy heart, Shen Yi stood outside the door, clanging and clanging, and could hear the chaotic collision inside, accompanied by whining cries and Vivien's comfort.

Then the curtain was lifted, and Vivienne, who was tired with a tired face, walked out, he thought about it, and then said: "I ......"

Before the words brewing in his mouth were finished, Vivian stretched out her hand to block him: "No, Ah Yi can't go in yet, Yi Yi ...... her"

Bang~Knock~Bang~ The sound of collision in the house interrupted the two abruptly, accompanied by the movement of the porcelain breaking, and ...... The girl's whine.

“…… I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"

Shen Yi's gaze crossed Vivian, and in the corner of the room, Isabella, who was huddled in a ball, looked at him in fear, trembling into a ball, spilling the porridge on the ground, stepping on the hot porridge, she didn't realize it, just kept repeating the three words "I'm sorry".

Understanding the meaning of the scene in front of him, he sighed softly and took a few steps back, the reason why Vivien wanted to block himself was because he didn't want Isabella to see him, thinking of this, the original love in his heart became heavy, he knew, and he knew very well, it was a kind of love called guilt......

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The weather in early spring is still a little cold in winter, especially in the drizzly weather, the slight chill lingers, standing by the river, Shen Yi gently exhaled a breath of heat, and his ugly face was reflected on the water, he really deserved it!

He thought to himself that he had picked up the water from the humble wooden bucket in his hand, and then carried it to the large water tank outside Vivien's bamboo house, and when he looked up, he could feel the coldness of the raindrops falling on his cheeks.

It's been a few days since the night Isabella collapsed, because of anger and other reasons, she undisguised her killing intent, if the other party was a trained martial artist, it would be fine, but she was a girl who didn't have the slightest force, and the consequences of not being able to bear it were naturally falling into a situation of collapse.

"It's obviously not my fault...... Shen Yi muttered defensively, but most of the time he understood in his heart that no matter how he exonerated himself, feelings such as guilt would not be reduced, shaking his head, he returned to the outside of the house, hesitated for a moment, and walked in.

There was no movement in the house, and Shen Yi, who had not set foot here for several days, felt a little strange, with slightly propped up windows and clutter piled up in the corners, and then what came into view was Isabella, who had fallen into a high fever and was unconscious.

It was a few days ago, without warning, or as it should be, one day after Isabella had fallen into a frightened bird state, because of the fear and mental torture of the past few days, the delicate girl deteriorated from worse to worse, until she was found to be in a state of unconsciousness with a high fever.

Seeing two unnatural blushes brewing on her fair face, Shen Yi unconsciously approached her, her scattered hair sticking to her forehead, and there was no longer any former beauty on her face, and the rest was only a hesitant expression, mixed with feelings such as fear.

Because he never thought that he would encounter a high fever and other diseases, Shen Yi did not prepare herbs to reduce fever, the only thing he had in his hand was the trauma ointment prepared for Vivian, and in the early spring season, if he wanted to find useful herbs, the possibility was infinitely close to zero.

Driven by the guilt in his heart, on the day he found Isabella unconscious, Shen Yi found Niorr, if it was his kind of magical orc ballad, maybe it could help Isabella recover her health, with such thoughts, he knocked on Nior's door.

However, the answer was also cruel, and Nior told Sù Shen Yi that it was a secret method that only worked on orcs, and it was impossible for Isabella, as a human, to change anything.

Helpless, Shen Yi and Vivien could only watch Isabella weaken day by day, so after a few more days, Nior found Shen Yi again, and clearly said that there was a way to save the girl, provided that he and Vivien could only find it, and bluntly said that there might be danger on the way.

Is this for the sake of Isabella, whom he doesn't know, to let Vivien go on an adventure? What are you kidding, the responsibility should be borne by himself, not Vivian, he thought, he already had the intention of refusing, even if he would regret it for the rest of his life, he would not let Vivien take risks.

However, just as he was about to open his mouth to reject Nior's suggestion, the kind girl beside him gently took his hand.

"Ah Yi stay and take care of Yiyi!" Vivien looked him in the eye with a serious face, and her words were resolute.

A wry smile appeared on Shen Yi's face: "But ......"

Vivian interrupted him first: "If something happens to Yiyi, Ah Yi will blame herself, Vivian knows, although Ah Yi covers it up well, Ah Yi has actually been very unhappy recently, isn't it?" Vivien doesn't want to see Ah Yi like this, so I'm going! ”

Shen Yi showed a wry smile helplessly, what the girl said was that I was going, not letting me go, and the meaning was already very obvious: "Aren't you afraid that I will worry?" ”

Vivian seemed to read what he was thinking, and smiled and comforted: "It's okay, Vivian will be fine, and isn't there still Grandpa Nior?" Then, as if to comfort Shen Yi, Nior nodded at him.

So in the early hours of the next morning, Vivien and Nior left the village, and he looked at the backs of the two of them drifting apart, and his mood was complicated, and he turned to look at Isabella's haggard face in the house, and sighed softly.

……

“…… Father's ...... Queen mother...... Don't leave me ......"

As if in a nightmare, the girl muttered, her body writhed uneasily, he looked at Isabella's side face, her temples were already dripping with sweat, and she gently pressed her hand against her forehead, but the moment she touched Isabella, she struggled as if she were in greater fear.

“…… Don't don't don't ......"

"I'm not trying to ooxx you."

Shaking his head, he withdrew his hand, then wrung out the wet cloth, wiped the sweat off her face, and then put it on the girl's forehead, what he could do now was probably only these trivial things, looking at her helpless and struggling face, thinking of Vivian who had left, guilt and pity lingered in Shen Yi's heart.

……

“…… Water ......"

"Do you want to drink water? Wait, I'll get it. ”

Shen Yi, who was guarding the house, immediately got up, filled the cup with warm boiling water, and brought it to Isabella's mouth, but she closed her lips tightly and struggled weakly when Shen Yi helped her up, repeating this several times, Isabella was still not dripping.

"Please, you're a patient, can you be safe?" Shen Yi said helplessly, but he probably also understood that if she didn't drink a drop of water, it wouldn't last long, looking at her weak face, he definitely asserted in his heart, thought about it, his eyes wandered on Isabella's face, and then he took a deep breath: "Don't blame me, if it's the first kiss, you can only blame yourself for why you didn't give away the first kiss earlier." ”

As he spoke, he took the water from the cup in his mouth, slowly approaching the girl's body, slowly approaching her face, the soft lips were immediately imprinted together, hugging her struggling hands, he crossed the water in his mouth into her mouth, and the overflowing water slid down her lips, and in his arms was the girl's gradually softening body.

It was still drizzling outside the window......