Chapter 5: Kalen's Care

Xiu is depressed right now.

His depression did not come from the seemingly never-ending steps, nor from his own exhaustion, but from the sister who kept chattering around him.

"Xiu, did you see the road sign in front of you? Behind it, there is a large orchard. At any given time, there will always be little things like berries. ”

Xiu was thinking, berries, usually there will be maids in the castle to bring all kinds of berries. It tastes really good, maybe you can try it next time...

Before Xiu could finish thinking about it, Kalian's voice sounded again, "Xiu, look, we have already run past the signpost, do you know, from this road, you can reach the Mediterranean, if you have a chance, maybe we can try... Ah, I've crossed the intersection! Look, there's the woods! We were able to run over soon, unfortunately we couldn't get in on the road we ran... Let me tell you, there are many kinds of berries in it, and they are different from season to season, and there are not only berries in them, but there are many other fruits that I can't name, and they are all kinds of colors, do you want to know what they taste? I'll tell you..."

Uh-huh, what's there? Xiu's heart was secretly looking forward to it.

"There's... Ahh We'll tell you when we get here on the next lap. The next place is also very interesting! ”

Xiu suddenly felt very uncomfortable. What the hell is it? Can you finish the conversation? This is the first of a few!

Xiu really felt very uncomfortable, but Karene said at the beginning that Xiu was not allowed to speak and could only listen. Xiu could only silently endure the cat-like feeling in his heart, and silently endured it to the next lap.

Karene didn't seem tired at all, but every time she was talking about a place, she could only say halfway through it, and then she ran past.

Xiu wanted to know what the place where Karen didn't finish speaking, although he had lived in the castle for seven years, he had never discovered that there were so many little secrets in the place where he lived.

For example, somewhere actually has a dark compartment, and there is... We'll talk about it on the next lap. For example, there is a legendary bird in a certain forest, but the shell is very hard like an iron sheet, but... We'll talk about it on the next lap. For example, the Caslana family's stables have a lot of great horses, especially... We'll talk about it on the next lap.

Xiu's heart was almost bursting with his inflated curiosity.

He was desperate for the next lap to come sooner, and he was still wondering if the remaining laps would be enough for his sister to finish those things. Xiu followed Kalian and slowly ran over from place to place. Karen is also adding more and more things.

When Xiu ran to the family gate again, Karen suddenly stopped.

Xiu is very strange, why don't you run away? What else? What else?

Karene turned around and smiled, "Little fool, it's already done!" ”

Xiu reacted at this time.

Ten laps of the walls of Kaslana Castle, he finished.

Are you sure... It's like... It's like a dream.

He looked up at the tall walls, and then at the outer roads in the distance.

He really did it!

He looked back at Karen with a faint smile.

The sun shone warmly behind her, and the sun emanated from her. This holy light has been guiding him. It was almost dusk, and the sun was getting darker and darker, but she was shining brighter and brighter.

"Sister! I really... Run..."Xiu's body suddenly softened without warning, Karen couldn't react at all, she didn't have time to help him, she could only watch him slowly fall to the ground, and then collapse into a man's arms.

"Father—" Karen, who was stunned for a moment, quickly replied, "My brother has completed the mission". ”

Without saying a word, Francis turned around and ran into the castle.

Karen looked at Francis, who was not the slightest expression but was obviously in a hurry, and smiled slightly.

It seems that I did the right thing this time, do some people still say that they are stupid?

Xiu only felt that he had had a long dream.

It's not quite accurate to say that it was a dream, because it was just a trance-like feeling, and I was half-asleep, many people were talking, many people were noisy, but I couldn't fit in. He spoke, but his voice was clearly out of place with the people around him. He wanted to say something more, but he could feel that with every word he spoke, his surroundings would begin to shatter and become farther and farther away from him. As long as you don't speak and slowly quiet down, the chaotic piece will slowly stabilize again.

People still speak for themselves, and everything around them is still a dim mix of black and vague white.

Everything seems to go on like this, and as long as you don't speak, everything around you will continue.

However, such a feeling... It's too cold.

Xiu began to miss something.

What is it?

It seems to be a very... Something well worth chasing yourself.

In my memory, that thing was pure without a trace of color, and as soon as it appeared, it completely illuminated his whole world. It's like.. It's like...

A light!

"Sister!" Xiu sat up abruptly, gasping heavily, but then there was a whirlwind of darkness.

The alternation of hunger and thirst almost destroyed his consciousness, and as he frantically searched for water, a spoon was shoved into his mouth with precision.

A mouthful of warm, thin cereal porridge flowed into his mouth, and the water was much more than wheat, just enough to satisfy the thirst that almost split his throat.

This is just a very ordinary wheat porridge, much more ordinary than what I usually eat, but the porridge water is very sweet, and the aroma of wheat is very strong.

He had never eaten such a good porridge.

Xiu turned around, and was greeted by Karen's gentle smile and the silver spoon in her hand.

"Don't speak, I know what you're in now. You must be hungry, thirsty, want to eat lots and lots of water, right? But if you do, you might die. So, you can only drink a little bit of porridge. Just a little bit. Come on, ah~~~"

Karen scooped a spoonful and blew it, then handed the porridge to Xiu's mouth.

"But sister—" Xiu wanted to say something.

"Hurry up! I'm going to fall out of bed! Karene urged.

Xiu hurriedly opened his mouth to bite the spoon, then swallowed it with a red face.

No one has ever fed me, and now I am very unaccustomed to it.

After seeing Xiu honestly swallowing it, Karen nodded with satisfaction, and when she was about to take another spoonful, Xiu hurriedly stopped, "Sister, I'll do it myself!" ”

"How's that going to work?" Karen's brow furrowed, "You're a patient now." A hyperkinetic patient. And... You can't even hold a spoon right now. ”

Xiu tried to raise his hand, but found that his arm was constantly shaking, but he couldn't lift it at all.

"So it's good to lie down honestly, you know?" Karen, like a little adult, taught Xiu, "Before you can get out of bed, I'll feed you!" ”

"But isn't there a maid in the house?"

"Only I know where you're now." Karene pointed the tip of Xiu's nose with a spoon, "I've had this kind of pretense too, so I know best how to make you better." There are only three people in the family who know how to do the best, me, my father, and my grandfather. Do you want your father or grandfather to take care of you? ”

That's impossible. Xiu thought gloomily.

"So, be honest. Ah~~~"

Xiu took the third bite of light thin cereal porridge and swallowed it carefully.

"Sister, how did I get back to my room?"

"My father brought you back."

Xiu stopped halfway through the action of swallowing food. That mouthful of porridge just stuck in my throat. A sharp itching pain came, and he tried to cover his mouth in a hurry, but he couldn't lift his hand, and then he tilted his head to the side and pressed his arm tightly and coughed violently, trying not to let the food squirt.

After a while, Kalian slowly wiped the porridge on the corners of her mouth and arms with a handkerchief.

"My sister won't lie, it's really my father who brought you back."

Xiu nodded silently.

"Father actually cares about you. It's just that he's always been a person who can't express himself. ”

Xiu still didn't speak, just ate the porridge that Kalian fed one bite at a time.

A bowl of porridge is not much, and it will be gone for a few minutes.

Karene casually placed the bowl on the table, stood up and patted the nun's dress with both hands.

"Get some rest. Remember the places I told you, and I'm going to explore them with you one by one! ”

Xiu buried his face in the quilt, revealing only a pair of purple eyes.

"Hmm..."

Karene blew out the candle and left the room in the dark, closing the door gently.

Xiu's mouth, the taste of wheat porridge and the saliva that gradually refluxed kept telling him that it was all real.

Father... Love yourself? He thought about it for a long, long time. In his impression, his father has always ignored himself and will not make any demands on himself, but he has always been dissatisfied with everything about himself.

Does such a father really love himself?

Little by little, he fell asleep.