Chapter 17: Warmth
The slightly arched slope, sparse seedlings grow on the reclaimed soil, the emerald green color is dotted with brown earth, and the puddles can be seen in the dug ravines, Shen Yi bent down to play in the field, wiped a handful of sweat, and raised his face with a slight satisfaction, looking at the scene of a thriving village in the sun. *With *dream* small* say wwwlā
Vivien, barefoot in the middle of the river, with her tail swinging gently behind her, followed by a few children, motionless at the bottom of the river, until the fish swam past her feet, bent over, and triumphantly picked up a fat fish that had fallen into her hands in the splash.
Shen Yi, who was standing on the slope, shouted from afar: "Be careful, don't fall into the river." ”
Vivien's ears moved slightly, and then she turned her head and grimaced in his direction: "No, no! ”
Looking at her smile, there was a faint warmth in her heart, and along the direction of the river, you can see the women of the village washing clothes downstream, and the human girls mixed in the pile of orcs rolled up their sleeves and scrubbed their clothes laboriously, and the clumsy figure has lost its former delicateness, and the cheeks stained with water stains are pulled up to the purple hair tied up to the back of the head, but it also adds a bit of natural beauty.
But don't let his clothes drift away from the river, he prayed in his heart.
Someone knocked on his shoulder, and the huge figure of the orc was enthusiastically placed on his body, and no one regarded him as an outsider anymore, and then he talked about good-natured jokes, or nagged about what he didn't, and then more people put down their work, gathered together, blew water, chatted, and finally became a competition for wrist strength.
He pressed his forehead to watch the farcical game in front of him, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
It was half a month after Vivien's return, Isabella's condition had been completely cured, and it had been a long time since she woke up from a coma, and he naturally decided to hide what he had done to her, after all, this kind of thing didn't matter to him, and for the girl, it was a matter of good reputation.
However, even if his starting point is for Isabella's sake, every time he faces a girl, more or less, he always feels a little unnatural, and what he insists on saying is probably a subtle psychology such as a weak heart.
Every time I think of this, I have to laugh at myself, when did I become such a mother-in-law, he thought, and then pretended to be nothing, saying that it was easy to pretend, or whether it was hypocrisy, but for the girl, maintaining a feeling of guilt compensation was really true.
Later, in the daily relationship, he unexpectedly found Isabella's small movements, as if avoiding him, he faintly felt that Isabella might know something, whenever the eyes of the two intertwined, he would always see the girl's cheeks slightly flushed, the beautiful face with a slightly shy expression, embedded in the sun dodging the demeanor will always bring him a lovely look, no longer like the first time they met, but to cover up the panic, He even couldn't help but have the mischievous idea of teasing her.
After a few days, he also got used to the small gesture of the girl first looking away when he made eye contact, which he thought was very interesting, and then one day, to his surprise, Isabella took the initiative to find him.
"Ah Yi, can you ...... Can you teach me the orc language? With an inexplicable nervousness, Isabella asked as Vivien usually called Shen Yi, but her hands pinched the corners of her clothes tightly.
"You want to learn?" He turned his face, and then looked at Isabella in front of him, the delicate long hair was pulled up, exuding a fragrance, and the slightly moist hair was well combed, it could be seen that it was carefully dressed, perhaps because of nervousness, her dark blue pupils were watery, moist and flawless, but it was more delicate and moving, if he changed places, and then changed the occasion, he would even think that she was ready to confess to himself, after all, such demeanor and movements, no matter how you think about it, it seems to be brewing words like "I like you", so I think so in my heart, Shaking his head, he drove out that charming thought, and after thinking about it for a while, he spoke again: "Humans haven't always discriminated against orcs, what's the use of you learning it?" ”
"But...... But ...... listened, Isabella's eyes opened slightly, and under his gaze, her movements became a little flustered, probably because she didn't expect Shen Yi to have such a question, but she couldn't think of a word for a while, and then she didn't know if it was because she was too nervous, or because she didn't want him to misunderstand that she was actually the kind of person who discriminated against orcs, under his gaze, the girl exhaled deeply, and then ...... Then he began to justify it sternly: "Huh, this statement is very strange, why can't humans learn the language of orcs because humans discriminate against orcs?" ”
This is different from the weak girl in his impression, obviously with an angry tone, Isabella glared at him seriously, her ruddy lips slightly opened, and the words of rebuttal blurted out: "It cannot be denied that humans discriminate against orcs, but because of this it is too strange to conclude that it is useless for me to learn orc language, I am me, and others are other people, it is ridiculous to take turns in general......" Her soft voice was as crisp and pleasant as usual, and it did not deliberately accentuate the tone, but it seemed to carry an unusual firmness.
“……”
Is there such a statement? He thought in his heart embarrassedly, and then looked at Isabella who seemed to have pressed another switch in his personality with interest, the willow eyebrows raised, the eyes that were a little too serious, and the seductive lips that were getting closer and closer, this qiē seemed to be expressing, you are wrong, it doesn't mean like this, the corners of Shen Yi's mouth turned up slightly, he had switched to the mode of watching the play, maybe she didn't notice it, at this time, her more serious expression looked more like a stalker to hide some purpose.
"And maybe most people's opinions are wrong, orcs are not as barbaric as we imagined, there are many good people among them, but they are slandered by people who don't know the truth, and they don't even have a chance to justify, isn't this very pitiful, at least someone needs to stand up, learn their language, speak for them, and the conviction that has not even been justified is too cruel, and ah, human history cannot always be right, and it is common to take detours occasionally, historians don't often say that they should learn from history, This also shows that the development process of human beings cannot always be correct, so ...... Hmmm......"
If she is allowed to continue, maybe even the history of the empire will be turned out next, thinking like this, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched the tip of his nose that was leaning in front of him unconsciously, and the expression that was fixed for a moment, the small cherry lips that parted because of dismay, time seemed to stop on her face, and the long tirade came to an abrupt end: "Okay, okay, I'll teach you, we don't have to go deeper in the history of mankind, okay?" ”
He laughed softly, but Isabella did not move as if petrified, and her blue eyes gradually rose to a watery sheen, and a delicate flush spread all over her cheeks, and then slowly spread, and in a matter of moments, her whole face was as red as a ripe apple.
“……”
"Well, what's wrong?"
"No, no...... There is no ......" Isabella puffed up her face and looked at him like an angry girl, she had lost the momentum she had just breathed up, and now this look, in the eyes of others, was more like a dead expression, and then she turned her back to him like a deflated balloon, and muttered in a low voice: "...... On the contrary, learning orc language is useless and ......" Then she glanced at Shen Yi secretly, as if she was worried that he didn't hear clearly, and didn't forget to add at the end: "...... Said yes......"
“…… Hehe......"
Looking at the girl's demeanor, he couldn't help laughing, and unexpectedly found another side of Isabella, hearing his laughter, the girl's figure with her back to him seemed to be half shorter, and what swayed gently in the light was a beautiful and shy red face......
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The stars scattered in the dark night sky flickered, and it was impossible to distinguish any familiar stars, the moon bent three times, and the falling moonlight were no different, but even if it was contrary to the starry sky in the memory, the only thing that remained unchanged was the eternal desolation, and the stars I see now were not the stars of billions of years ago? Its light came to itself after a long journey, to itself as a stranger.
He stared up at the starry sky in distraction, and his reverie was interrupted by a staggering movement in his arms, and the cat cowered in Vivien, in his arms, and then leaned against his chest, its tail as usual, and the velvet tail spike swept around his little feet.
"Ah Yi, it's so warm!" The fox-eared girl let out a sigh of contentment, squinting her eyes arching into his arms, her peculiar moose lingering around his nose.
"I'm really convinced!"
Feeling Vivian's attachment, Shen Yi scratched her nose dotingly, his chin rested on her hair, the golden soft touch spread along the skin to the brain, and her slightly swinging ears, gently teasing his neck, leaning on his lovely little face on his chest, full of softness is the girl's delicate body, that is a slight warm body temperature, full of warm warmth in the early spring climate.
He clasped his hands tightly on Vivian, he was so infatuated with the ordinary warmth that the girl brought him, and looking at the stars in the sky, he hummed softly and sang a ballad:
"The black sky hangs low,
Bright stars follow,
Worms fly, worms fly,
Who are you missing?
The stars in the sky weep,
The roses of the earth wither,
The cold wind blows, the cold wind blows,
As long as I have you with me.
Insects fly, flowers sleep,
A pair after a pair is beautiful,
I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm only afraid of heartbreak,
Whether tired or not,
Regardless of the southeast, northwest. ”
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