Ain's return and affirmation confirmed Qin Zhen's identity, and the clan also ended Qin Zhen's soft imprisonment, but because Qin Zhen's age in this world had regressed to seventeen or eighteen for unknown reasons, the ruling class of the demon clan still did not include Qin Zhen, who looked immature.

Qin Zhen, who had no restrictions, finally saw the world outside the castle.

The castle built on Al Ain's own body leaned against its towering tree poles, and simple wooden huts were layered around the castle.

The demon clansmen living in the surrounding area were mainly the elderly, children, and women, and Qin Zhen could see them every day like walking corpses, and only when they were basking in the sun could they reveal a little anger from their bodies.

Except for the indifferent looking clansmen, dirty and poor are the only things they have, Qin Zhen has never seen such a bad city, it is not as good as a refugee camp.

"Why aren't there any young people?" Qin Zhen, who came back from a circle, couldn't help but ask.

"General! Ha ha...... Outside, you say? The clansmen who can help are on the other side of my body, the demon clan is divided into two areas, this side is the inner city, and the young and powerful clansmen are in the outer city in the direction of the humans. In order to protect the old and young women, so that they can have enough time to evacuate, the ancestor demon king chose this basin as the station, and the clansmen with combat power are facing the direction of the human race and demon beasts, I am in the middle, and the children and women who have no combat power can escape at any time on my back. ”

On the chessboard, Ain, who was killing the little maid to the death, explained without raising his head that since he saw Qin Zhen and the little maid occasionally play a game of chess, Ain, who relied on his inhuman memory, quickly mastered what he called an interesting game, and it took less than half a day to kill the little maid, and Qin Zhen's lame level was disliked by one person and one tree, and they didn't want to play with Qin Zhen anymore.

Nodding, Qin Zhen suddenly had an inexplicable good impression of the demon clan.

"Hey, just noodles, what kind of cannon are you walking, jumping off the horse! ... What's going on with those kids on the ground floor? Being glared at by the little maid, Qin Zhen shrunk his neck, thinking of the dozen skinny children he had just seen upstairs, and then asked.

"Their parents had an accident during the hunt, and because they had no relatives to support, they were arranged by the clan to be here and barely starved to death...... However, recently, the activity of demon beasts has been frequent, and many lord-level demons have appeared, and the harvest of the hunting team has become less and less, except for the indispensable food for the warriors, there is no surplus food for those children. "It was the little maid who answered Qin Zhen. Crisply, she looked a little sullen.

The group of orphans lived beside her, and compared to the people around her, who had been hungry for days, she felt uncomfortable every time she saw the desperate eyes of the children.

At least she had food for herself and could stay in a warm room, but what about them?

Qin Zhen was also silent, now the season is almost late autumn, he stays on the second floor with a fireplace and a fluffy coat It is a little cold at night, and the children downstairs have no warm clothes and quilts, so you can imagine how difficult it is at night.

"It's almost winter."

......

"Let go of me! Let me go! I want to see the king! ”

"The king has fallen asleep, and you have something to tell me, and I will convey it to the king tomorrow."

The noisy sound woke up Qin Zhen, who was in a daze, and he got up from the bed and rubbed his eyes and walked in the direction where the sound came from.

"Simply noodles, what's wrong?"

Seeing Qin Zhen coming out of the room, the child who was stopped by the little maid tried his best to push her away, even if he fell down violently and his knee was bleeding because of the excessive range of movement, the child gritted his teeth and struggled to crawl to Qin Zhen's feet.

"Please, great king, please, save the bud!"

Qin Zhen hurriedly picked up the child at his feet, his dirty face couldn't be seen at all, his body looked like he was only eight or nine years old, and there were long wolf ears on the top of his head.

Holding him in his arms, Qin Zhen felt like hugging a two- or three-year-old toddler, which was too light.

"What's your name? What happened? ”

Probably because of the sudden relaxation, the child was a little groggy, and he replied weakly: "I... My name is Twig... Bud... The buds can't hold it anymore, begging... Please..."

Before he could finish speaking, the child who called himself Zhi fainted.

At this time, the little maid also ran over and took the branch from Qin Zhen's arms: "Wang, give me this child, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest." ”

Qin Zhen frowned and hugged the child in his arms tightly: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"A child downstairs got the flu some time ago, and he shouldn't be able to survive it now, so he will dispose of the body tomorrow to prevent the spread of the flu." simply lowered his eyes, and his tone was flat and made people chill.

As if he had met the little maid for the first time, Qin Zhen's eyes widened in shock: "That's it?" That's a life! ”

Simply raised her head suddenly, tears rolling in her eyes, and she yelled, "What else can I do then? Don't let the flu get to you! No matter how many people die, it's okay! As long as you are there, only if you are there, we have hope! ”

Seeing the crying little maid with pear blossoms and rain, Qin Zhen's heart softened, he sighed and touched her head: "It's just the flu, if I run away, then how can I be qualified to be your king?" ”

"Besides." Qin Zhen pouted upstairs, "Don't we still have Ain?" ”

The little maid tugged on Qin Zhen's clothes tightly: "Master Yu said, you are not allowed to interfere in the slightest dangerous thing!" ”

Qin Zhen was helpless, holding the branch in one hand and holding the crisp noodles in the other hand and shouting upstairs: "Ain, come out quickly!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming." As the voice fell, green light lit up from Qin Zhen's side, and Ain's humanoid figure slowly emerged.

"Anyway, you can read my mind and protect me, right?"

Aine spread his hands: "It's okay to protect you, but it's impossible for me to heal that child, and they don't have the physical condition to support the energy I instilled." ”

Qin Zhen thought for a moment: "What about the locust blood?" The medicine that saved me. ”

"It's run out." The little maid finished saluting Aine and explained, "It was collected by a sea locust that was killed a long time ago, and even the clan has not kept much. ”

"Forget it." Qin Zhen hugged the branch and ran downstairs: "I'll figure it out." ”

Seeing Qin Zhen rushing downstairs like this, he simply looked anxious: "Lord Ain, please protect the king!" ”

"It's okay, here's what I'm supposed to do."

In the small room in the corner of the first floor, when Qin Zhen arrived, there were already twenty or thirty children outside the door, because he had explained his identity when he lived in the castle, and after seeing Qin Zhen, he hurriedly made way of a passage, and fell to his knees tremblingly.

The anxious Qin Zhen couldn't spare time to pick up these children anymore, and he walked quickly into this smelly and dirty small room.

In the room, a dozen or so children were whispering, and on the innermost haystack a girl who looked older was holding a petite figure.

Seeing Qin Zhen come in, the children scattered in a hurry, Qin Zhen handed the branch in his arms to the little maid who came over, maybe the movement was too big, and the branch woke up from the coma.

"Wang ......"

"It's fine." Qin Zhen smiled and comforted her: "If it's just an ordinary flu, I should be able to cure her." ”

The girl who had been accompanying Ya and using her as a pillow stood up stiffly, bowed deeply, and said, "Wang, I'm sorry for you." ”

Nodding his head, Qin Zhen checked the buds that were panting and his face was abnormally ruddy.

The thin and small body was only covered by a thin unknown animal skin coat, and the emaciated and pale face had an abnormal flush, Qin Zhen touched her forehead, she felt hot, and opened her eyelids to look at it, and the conjunctiva of the eye was also slightly congested.

The only thing to be thankful for is that her breathing has not diminished and there are no audible wet rales in her lungs.

"Fortunately, pneumonia hasn't developed yet." Qin Zhen put his mind at ease and carefully picked up the bud.

"The room here is too dirty, go to my place, just boil some hot water for you, as soon as possible!" He pointed to the girl who had been staying next to him: "You follow the noodles to fight, Ain, you come with me, the others go back to their rooms first, and gather outside the castle at noon tomorrow." ”

After instructing, Qin Zhen didn't dare to delay time, took the bud back to his room, and regained some strength and stumbled all the way to follow Qin Zhen.

Putting the buds in front of the warm fireplace, Qin Zhen asked Zhi to take care of them first, and then pulled Ain out the door.

"In this case, no one cares? And the main reason why they get sick is that they have not eaten enough and their physique is too poor. ”

Aine was also helpless: "It's not that no one cares, it's that they can't take care of it." This year's demon beasts are a little abnormal, the harvest of the hunting team in the clan is getting less and less, and it can only be provided to those clansmen who have participated in the hunt, and even then their lives are very difficult, let alone taking out some of them for this group of children. ”

Qin Zhen then asked, "Your ability should help the hunting team, right?" ”

"No way." Ain sighed: "When I first came to the Far North Forest, I made an agreement with the person in charge of this area that I would not deal with the demon beasts in the forest. ”

"On the human side?"

Ain still shook his head: "Impossible, we don't have enough to go to the human merchants in exchange for supplies, although the Terrans have relaxed their guard against us now, but they can't bring them with them, they will lend us food and warm clothing." ”

"This winter, I'm going to lose a lot of people......" Finally, Aine ended the conversation with a faint sigh.