Chapter 6: The Old Butler
By the time the ship arrived at Lusp, it was already dusk, and Hathaway jumped lightly from the ship and jumped onto the shore, and Mondo looked at the sturdy figure, wondering if it was a warrior who had mistakenly worn the robes of a magic apprentice.
"Xie Lu, thank you, go back." Hathaway didn't notice the boatman's strange gaze, waved his hand, and walked towards the village not far away.
The air was still a little cold, and a deep blue twilight enveloped the earth. On the way, she had heard Mondo say that it seemed that a mob had attacked the place a few days ago, so when she came to the entrance of the village, she could barely recognize the village she once knew.
The only shops and houses left in the village glowed yellow. The buildings on the streets, some of which were razed to the ground, some of which were burned out, and as a result, there were often long distances between houses. The dilapidated house stared at her blankly, swarthy, without any sound, the broken walls made people feel desolate in the dusk, I don't know what the road is about, Hathaway's mood is very nervous, after fusing the original memories and feelings of this body, she seems to have completely become Hathaway, and she is getting farther and farther away from that Xiang Shaoyun's identity.
Next to the wooden shed of the Kincaid store were a few horses tethered to them, as well as a few mules. The red dirt road was empty and lifeless. In the quiet twilight, the only sound of screams and drunken laughter could be heard from a bar on the other side of the road.
There was originally a car dealership here, which must have burned down and has not been rebuilt. Now there is only one wooden hut here, and there is nothing around it, so there is no shelter from the wind and rain. Hathaway walked under the shed for a while, and sat down on an empty barrel, which was placed there and seemed to be for people to sit on. She looked along the road to see if she could see a carriage on its way to the manor, and if she could, she didn't want to stay in the village, and she was still quite jealous of the Assassins she had encountered.
Although the Assassin did not say anything of value, the main messenger must have been trying to gain some kind of benefit, and the answer was clear. That's why she chose her grandmother's place for the first time, but she didn't expect this to be the case.
Hathaway sat on the barrel and looked around, but did not see a carriage on the road, and felt a little restless, did she really want to live in this dilapidated little village tonight?
Suddenly, there was a heavy footstep behind her, and she subconsciously looked back and saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy walking over with a bulging food bag...... It seems familiar.
"The goddess is above! Isn't this Miss Hathaway? The young man shouted in surprise, immediately put down his pockets, and ran over to salute, his swarthy face showed a look of joy, "I am so happy to see you, you must be grieved, I saw Steward Will nailing horseshoes in the blacksmith shop, he definitely didn't expect you to come back today, I ran to call him, okay?" ”
"Eden. Snow ......"
Hathaway called out tentatively, and when she saw that the young man was listening to her attentively, she knew that she was not wrong: "What did you just say, 'Mourning and Change'?" What would Grandpa Will be here? ”
"What?"
Eden. Snow had a look of surprise on his face, "Miss Hathaway, didn't you come back because the old lady died?" Didn't Steward Will come to pick you up? ”
"You say...... Grandma died? ”
Hathaway was stunned for a moment, although the girl's main personality had disappeared, her feelings were fused with Xiang Shaoyun, so she felt a pain in her heart, "How did she die?" Oh, Eden, you'd better call Grandpa Will for me. ”
"Okay, I'll go right away." Eden. Snow said yes, turned and ran in the other direction of the street.
In a few moments, a carriage staggered out of a small road, creaking towards them, driven by a gray-haired old man, Eden. Snow followed behind the carriage.
"Miss!" When the old man saw Hathaway, he immediately jumped out of the car excitedly and walked over quickly, "Miss, why are you coming back, I was just going to the Academy of Magic to find you!" ”
"Grandpa Will, I'm sixteen." Hathaway was also a little excited, this was the old butler Bruno. Will, one of the most trusted people in my grandmother's life, and the Eden in the back. Snow, on the other hand, is the son of a miller and her former playmate when she was a child. Of course, the difference in each other's identities was not noticed at that time, but now it is completely different, Eden. Snow looked at her with awe.
"Yes, you are sixteen years old, and you are now a nobleman. However, you can't call me 'Grandpa Will' anymore, you have to call me by my name from now on. "Bruno. There was a bit of emotion in Will's tone.
"Well, I called you 'Grandpa Will' when I was very young, and no one ever objected." Hathaway said.
"Now it's different, you're a nobleman, you're an earl, and the rules are different." Bruno. Will said stubbornly.
"Okay, Grandpa Will, let's not argue about this for now, what's going on with Grandma? Snow said...... Is it true? Hathaway asked.
Bruno. The look on Will's face immediately darkened, "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of the old lady. ”
"Grandpa Will, it's not your fault, it's just ...... Did Grandma go peacefully? Hathaway asked hesitantly. Although she didn't have much sense of identity with the cheap grandmother, the dissipated soul was very dependent on the grandmother, so the question came naturally.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, the old lady has gone peacefully, and the only thing she can't let go of is you." Bruno. Will said.
This time and space advocates polytheism, although the natural church is the most powerful, but it does not exclude some small churches, although the priesthood of the goddess of agriculture is not as good as that of the goddess of forests and hunting, but it also has a lot of believers among the people. And Hathaway's grandmother was undoubtedly a believer in the goddess of agriculture.
"Thank you, Lispel." Hathaway chimed in, somewhat absent-mindedly.
Bruno. Will came to the village this time to deliver some relief food, which was the order of his grandmother before his death, but he didn't expect to receive Hathaway. Under normal circumstances, he would never have let Hathaway go back in such a disfigured carriage. But now it's all about to do...... It's too late to go back and set up a car, and in the current situation, living in the village is definitely not a safe thing to do.
Bruno. Will didn't come alone, the big man who drove the car was called Harry, who also knew Hathaway, and he said very little, and after saluting her awkwardly, he didn't say a word during the whole journey. Will could only tell her about the situation in the manor under the current circumstances.