These eyes, this face, and the black back, and the fire that will never disappear at the Panson Welfare Home, are buried in the scorched earth of my memory.

The whole world seemed to be speechless, and it was eerily quiet.

Xavier ......

My throat was shaking, my lips were shaking, but I couldn't help but pronounce his name.

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“……”

Looking at each other, he seemed to be a little confused.

I looked at him closely, and found that there were still faint traces of the old days between his eyebrows and eyes, but there was a long, hideous scar on his cheek.

His eyes were empty, and a dreamlike look appeared on his face: "Ke ......"

"Kroll......

His lips opened and closed, and finally my name was spoken.

He seemed much more wooden than when he was a child, or perhaps, like me, he was calmed by the fact of meeting at first glance, and he could not express his feelings fluently.

"Great, you're still alive......"

I was so excited that I felt like I couldn't even say the whole thing.

Xavier is still alive, he didn't die in that fire, he wasn't buried somewhere unknown.

Here he is, right in front of my eyes.

"That's great...... I put my arms around him and patted him on the back vigorously, "Xavier, I've never wanted to believe that you died in that fire. ”

"Great, you really didn't die......"

My throat was choked, and I stopped repeating the words in a rambling voice.

Xavier was more silent than me, but the sound of his breathing was getting faster and faster. I could even feel the rapid rise and fall of his chest.

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"Uh...... Magician......"

Suddenly, Pyne's voice rang in my ears, and I let go of Xavier's hand and took a deep breath, only to realize that in such a short period of time, there were many slaves around us.

"This is not the place to talk." I glanced at the slaves who surrounded us, and they seemed to be very afraid of me, and when they saw me looking at them, they all lowered their heads and slowly retreated.

"Pine." I stopped the fat man: "Is there any quieter place, I need to be alone with him." ”

Pine was stunned for a moment, and quickly pulled out a roll of sheepskin from his sleeve: "Venerable Magician, just pull open this scroll, and you can teleport to the place where you can rest." ”

I took the scroll and nodded at Pyne, "Thank you...... Can I take him with me? ”

"Your status is honorable, and of course you can dispose of the slaves on the plantation at will." Pyne glanced at Xavier who was stunned with some concern, but finally lowered his head and said to me respectfully.

I smiled, then reached out and grabbed Xavier's arm, shaking the scroll open.

After the bright light, Xavier and I were teleported to a wooden house.

The wooden houses are very simple and the surroundings are very quiet.

I let out a long sigh of relief and looked at Xavier beside me.

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"Why are you here?"

"Why are you here?"

As soon as we spoke, we asked the same question.

Xavier laughed softly, and the scar on his cheek shook with it, looking a little horrible and a little sad.

I sighed: "That day...... After you ran into Panson, I fainted, and when I woke up, I had been rescued by a magician and taken into the northern forest. ”

"I have no way out, I can only follow her to learn healing magic, and when I can finally leave the Northern Forest, I will return to the Eastern Continent."

"The Panson Welfare Home has been turned into a cemetery where people who died in that fire are buried."

Hearing this, Xavier's eyes suddenly burst into flame-like fierce and cruel love, but he still looked at me in silence, waiting for me to continue.

"I didn't find your tombstone, so, I always felt like you were still alive...... But I don't have a clue where to look for you. ”

"I didn't expect to see you here, Xavier, how could you be in Bro City...... Or became a slave on the plantation? Also, what about your vindictiveness? I can't see your vindictiveness anymore...... What the hell is going on. ”

Xavier stretched out his hands and wiped his face fiercely, then looked up and looked at me with some sadness, "Kroll...... You know, I've never been very smart, so I don't know what's going on...... All I know is that I was trafficked here. ”

"Selling?"

"Yes, a few years ago, when I woke up from a coma, I was sold to the city of Buro, where I became a slave on a plantation, and then ...... I met Pyne here. ”

"Pine? What's the matter with Pyne? ”

Xavier looked at me in some surprise, and soon, a few helpless smiles appeared on the corners of his mouth.

He sat down at the wooden table, reached for the glass, and poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth, the clear liquid running down his jaw and wetting the placket of his chest.

"You may have forgotten, Pyne, someone like us who grew up at the Panson Welfare Institute." He paused: "It's just that he disappeared before the fire." ”

After listening to him, I remembered...... Yes, Fat Pine, Xavier's former henchman.

He had mysteriously disappeared when he received the threatening letter at the Panson Welfare Home.

There was a moment of silence before I pondered and asked, "Was he also trafficked to Bro City?" ”

Xavier nodded: "Yes, it's a coincidence, he and I actually met here again." ”

"yes...... Although you and he disappeared at different times, they were both trafficked far away from the Eastern Continent. I frowned: "Don't you have any memory about the fire?" ”

Xavier shook his head: "I was supposed to save Master Buz, but I fainted, and when I woke up, I had already left Panson. ”

Xavier and Pyne, two people who disappeared from Panson at different times, are still alive and have both been trafficked to this place......

Is it a human trafficking organization? That's not right...... The cemetery of the Panson Welfare Institute is indeed buried with people, which means that after the fire, many people did die, and if it was a slave trading organization, how could it kill so many people.

The corners of my forehead throbbed, and I felt as if I knew something, and as if I didn't know anything.

"Kroll, I didn't expect to see you again in my lifetime."

Perhaps seeing that I had been silent for too long, he suddenly said, "You are a magician now...... Great, I knew you were going to be a great person. ”

There was pure and calm joy in his voice, and I came back to my senses, walked over to him and sat down: "I can't feel your fighting spirit fluctuating, you ......"

"Yes, it's abolished. After all, slaves don't need to learn vindictiveness...... I don't have time to study either. He smiled at me and said simply: "Anyway, my qualifications are not very good, so if it is scrapped, it will be scrapped." ”

Seeing him look so indifferent, I suddenly felt very sad.

"I'll show you first." With that, I reached out and took Xavier's hand, and slowly pumped healing elements into his meridians.

The Dou Qi circulation in his body had indeed been directly destroyed, and there were still very old injuries all over his body. Today, although he looks very strong on the outside, he is actually full of holes on the inside.

With my current ability, I can only recuperate his dilapidated body, and I can't heal him.

But...... It's a short distance from the Boreal Forest, and maybe Master Heber will be able to figure it out.

With this thought, I calmed down a little, and then let go of the hand holding him: "Anyway, I'll take you out of here first." ”