Chapter 6: Katerina
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I turned into a small alley, and just around the corner, a breaking wind sounded, and a blade that shimmered with cold light shot straight at my face.
My hair stood on end, and I quickly condensed the earth shield to block the fatal blow.
A red figure jumped in front of me and punched me.
I hurriedly raised my shield to resist, and said in my mouth: "I have no grievances with you, why did you beat me?"
"No grievances? Whoever made you meddle just now and ruined my good deeds will have to pay the price! The person in front of him sneered and jumped up again.
"Wait, wait, what's the other thing you can't say, why do you have to fight and kill?"
"I don't know you well, I don't have anything to say!"
"Hey! Katerina! I shouted in a hurry.
A fist stopped in front of my nose.
"What do you call me?" The voice of the person in front of him trembled.
I let out a long breath: "Let's talk!"
The city of Bandle was quiet at night, and the autumn moonlight was cold, and the silver glow sprinkled on the earth seemed to coat the earth with a layer of frost.
I followed Caterina to her house.
I looked around, but I couldn't make a connection between the word home and the tent-like thing in front of me. It's more like a bridge hole in a flyover or a beggar's shack.
"You're living here!" I asked out loud.
"yes, it's broken!" Caterina used a twig to stir the fire in front of her.
"I can't believe that a person of noble birth like you can live such a life!" I said with emotion.
"Noble?" Caterina smiled bitterly, "If the country is gone, the home is gone, you are nothing." ”
"By the way, are you also from Noxus?" Caterina asked.
"It's not."
"Oh!" She was visibly a little disappointed, "You're from Debang?" ”
"Not really." I said.
"And how do you know me?" Caterina asked.
"I ...... I can't tell, let me tell you this, I know all the famous people on the mainland, such as Galen, Lux, etc. ”
It dawned on me that the man sitting in front of me was none other than Galenlux's sworn enemy.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought them up."
"It's okay." Caterina laughed miserably, "It's all in the past, both countries no longer exist, and the old rivals don't know if they are still alive, and with the arrival of the baron, all this is destroyed, and there will be no more fighting between the two countries." ”
"How did you get here?" I asked.
"After the arrival of the baron, many people betrayed the country, and we were powerless to resist, and we were defeated by the baron one by one, and our families were ruined. Unwilling to surrender or resist in vain, I began to wander the continent until I heard that the rune mage had built a city here, and I came here. ”
"Then why are you like this?"
"Are you saying why I don't live in a nice house like theirs?" Caterina looked up and smiled faintly.
I nodded.
"Because I stayed here secretly, of course I can't live in a house like that!"
"Secretly? Won't they take you in? I wondered.
"I fell under the baron's magic, and they said I had a curse on me, and they drove me out." As soon as Caterina lowered her head, her burgundy hair slipped down to cover the scar on her right eye, revealing only the left half of her face, which was extremely poignant.
"I had nowhere to go, so I had to sneak in, and by robbing the rich and helping the poor. Hehe, it's funny, no, I'm actually a thief. The daughter of the Grand General of Noxus is actually a thief! ”
I couldn't laugh and asked, "But isn't this city supposed to take in all those who rebelled against the Baron?"
"Hehe, do you believe this? You think this is the city of charity! Caterina laughed.
I was silent.
After a while, I said, "Actually, I almost couldn't even get through the door."
Caterina rested her chin on her lap with her hands on her lips and listened to me with interest.
I told her how I got here and what I had been doing for the past few days.
"You're certainly not an ordinary person."
Finally, Caterina said to me.
"Of course it's not ordinary people! I am homeless. I laughed.
After laughing, Caterina and I were silent.
"You still have friends! I've heard of her, she was prophesied to be the best magician in Valoran, and you should go to her. Caterina said.
"Yes, I have friends, but I can't go to her anymore! She's destined to be glorified here, and I'm already at odds with her, and I can't hold her back. I said.
"You're right, you shouldn't drag others down!" Caterina bowed her head.
"By the way, it's so late, that, let's sleep?"
"What?" Caterina looked up at me in disbelief.
"No, no, I mean, you sleep yours, I sleep mine." I quickly explained.
Caterina jumped up and lay down on her bed.
"You can see it here, it's just such a little place, if you want to sleep, go find a place yourself!"
"Where am I going to find land so late! You'll take me in! I smiled wryly.
Caterina sat up and stared at me for a moment, her eyes suddenly shining with excitement.
"Show me your shield!" Caterina said.
"Are you talking about that?" I condensed a shield of earth.
"Good!" Caterina slapped her thigh, "It's just the right night, it would be a waste to sleep!" Let's go, I'll take you down to business. ”
Before I could refuse, Caterina got up and grabbed my hand and ran out into the night, her palm cold in my palm.
"That's what you're talking about?" I leaned like a cat on the beam in the weapons shop and whispered to Caterina across from me.
"The weapons made by Jax are the best in the whole of Bandle City, especially the set of throwing knives he made, I have been red for a long time!" Caterina said quietly and excitedly.
"But it's always bad to steal!" I said.
"I'm not stealing, I'm taking! I'll pay! Caterina said solemnly.
"You stole the money, too!" I sneered.
"There's no one here, let's go down!" With that, Caterina jumped to the ground as lightly as a real cat.
I also jumped, but I was more like I was floating, and the white points of light, I should say the wind element, awakened in my body.
Seeing me flutter to the ground, Caterina said, "Yes! I can't see it, you're still a master. ”
"That's it! I'm Valoran's First Elemental! I said smugly.
"I think you're the number one braggart!" Caterina said disdainfully.
A candle lit and a yellow glow filled the room, and I saw all kinds of weapons on display in the room.
I touched the shield for a while, touched the long sword for a while, and sighed in my heart: "It turns out that this is a cold weapon!" ”
Caterina walked straight to a wall and hung a leather knife pouch around her waist.
"I've got my things, take what you want!" Caterina said to me.
"I don't have anything to take." I said.
Caterina picked up a sword and said, "Do you want a Dolan sword?" ”
"No, if it's endless, I can still think about it." I replied.
"I don't understand what you're saying. You really don't take it? ”
"Don't take it!"
"If you don't take it, you can go!" Caterina placed a handful of gold coins on the table and led me out of the weapons shop.
Next, she took me to the grocery store, clothing store, and snack shop at night, and finally ran back to Caterina's den after being chased by a watchdog.
"Haha, you're so bad, that dog is all played bad by you!" Caterina laughed.
"What about me, you shaved off other people's heads, how will you go out in the future? The dog also has a good image. I laughed, too.
Laughing and laughing, Caterina burst into tears, then hugged me and cried.
I patted her on the back, but I didn't know how to comfort her. Isn't the suffering she's been through exactly what I'm going through? It's just that I haven't really felt the pain yet.
"You know what? I've never been happier than I am today since my house was gone. I live with care, I can't take revenge, I can't live like a normal ordinary person, people treat me like a thief, as an ominous, alienate me, expel me, spit on me, but I'm just a poor man cursed by the baron, why can't they let me go? Why does everyone hate me, what's the point of my life! Caterina cried even harder.
"Who said everyone hates you anymore, I don't hate you, I like you!"
"Really?" Caterina heard my words and looked up at me.
"Really! It's more real than gold coins! I said seriously.
"Poof!" Caterina burst into tears and laughed, "It's the kind of liking between friends!" I'm already satisfied. Thank you. ”
"Go to sleep!" I let go of the hand holding Katarina.
"Hmm!" Caterina nodded obediently, climbed onto the bed, and closed her eyes.
I looked at the sleeping Caterina quietly, helping her gently pull the hair on her face to the side of her face, and in her sleep, she smiled innocently like a child.
The fire on the ground was still burning, the moon in the sky ran from one side to the other, and then hid, my eyelids became heavier and heavier, and the scene in front of me slowly turned into a staccato picture, and before I knew it, I also fell asleep.
The next morning, I suddenly felt a little itchy in my nose, and I slapped it, and I woke up all at once.
I lay on Katerina's bed, and she crouched in front of me, her hair on the tip of my nose and gently stroked it.
"Are you awake?" Katerina withdrew her hand in embarrassment.
I struggled to open my eyes, only to find that the sun was already high.