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Althea asked curiously, rubbing Maria's frowning eyebrows, then pinching her delicate face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"These dolls are not as fun as Rubles! None of them play hide and seek with Mary...... And Maria didn't sleep well last night because it had been a long time since I heard Marlon tell me a story! ”

The little girl grumbled.

"That's right......"

Althea was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and laughed - it turned out that she was not the only one who hoped that Marlon would come back soon!

"Sister Althea, when will Malone come back?"

Maria tossed the doll aside, climbed up to Althea at the table, sat down, and asked expectantly.

"Come on, I don't know ...... very well"

Althea hesitated.

"But...... Aren't Sister Althea and Malone like Mom and Dad? Why didn't Sister Althea go far away with Marlon this time? ”

Maria asked curiously—the name of a place like Mooncreek was too unfamiliar to her, she only knew that it was a far away place, and it would take a long time to come and go.

"This ......"

Althea didn't know how to explain this to Maria, but just then, someone broke into the room and interrupted her.

"Althea, Marlon, they're back!"

Vera rushed into her house, panting, and before she could stand still, she shouted at Althea.

"What? Where is it? ”

Althea hurriedly got up from her seat, and because she was so hasty, she accidentally hit her knee on the leg of the table—it hurt, but Althea didn't seem to feel it, and she stared nervously at Vera for fear of missing every word.

"It's in town, they're coming back by boat, go and see!"

Vera said loudly - she heard the news while she was cooking, and rushed back to inform Althea as soon as possible.

"I see!"

Althea ran away and disappeared in front of Vera in the blink of an eye.

"Mom! Is Malone back? And what about Rubeus? ”

Maria opened her arms to Vera at the table and said coquettishly.

"Well, yes! Let's go, let's check it out too! ”

Vera walked over to the table, straightened Maria's somewhat messy blond hair, picked her up, and headed into town.

……

After several days of sailing, Malone and his fleet finally arrived on the banks of the Elvin River, near the town of Night.

After ordering the soldiers to move the ship's supplies and wounded off the ship as soon as possible, Malone hurried to Nightlight with Paul first-Robin and De Jong both followed the residents of Mooncreek to Nightlight on foot, almost all of the Westspring garrison was there, only Paul followed Malone back by boat - he was also a wounded man, after all, his thigh was wounded, and he was not very easy to walk.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of the orcs, Marlon had previously ordered that there should be no patrolling guards on this side of the Elwyn River, that is, to the west of Nighttown.

So, without anyone noticing, Marlon and Paul made their way through the grass on the west side of Nighttown, until they were close to the edge of Nighttown, where they were spotted by the sentinels.

"Stop, who? Well? Chief Lothar? You're back? ”

The young night town militiaman, spear in hand, nervously blocked Malone and Paul's path before shouting in surprise beyond seeing their faces.

"Well, it's back...... How is everything in town? ”

Malone tapped the militiaman on the shoulder—he could only tell that it was a familiar face, but he really couldn't remember the name of the young man.

"All good! Sir Lothar, you ...... Walking! ”

It took a long time for the militia of the night town to blush, and then he blushed and said something that sounded strange - he wanted to go back to the town with Governor Lothar and Commander Paul, but he still had a duty to do!

"Hmm. There were also people who were going to bring things into town in a moment, not too nervous, maybe there were fresh faces, but they were all compatriots from the Wild West. ”

Before leaving, Malone reminded the guard that he would not cause the militia of Nightshade Town to clash with the soldiers of Mooncreek because he did not know each other, just like he had when he first entered Moonbrook Town.

"Got it, Chief Lothar!"

The young militiaman replied loudly.

……

After a few days of recuperation on the ship, Paul's leg was almost healed, and he walked beside Malone, and Rubus ran merrily around the two men—it was the familiar air near the twilight forest that made the wolf more excited than the western wilderness and cramped cabins.

"Chief Lothar, are you going to see Miss Althea?"

Seeing that he had entered the heart of Night Town, Paul asked Malone as he walked.

"No, let's go see Daddy Erro first, and there will be some men here to get those supplies and wounded off the ship as soon as possible."

Malone replied.

"If you, Captain Lothar...... If you want to see Miss Althea, I can explain these things to Daddy Ellro. ”

Paul hesitated, then spoke again.

"No, I'll do it myself."

Malone shook his head—something wasn't easy to talk to Paul—in fact, he hadn't figured out how to deal with Althea or how to explain the complicated relationship between himself and Tiffany.

……

Marlon and Paul find Elo Eberlock and Richard the Bearded in the town hall, and the latter's loud voice when he sees the two of them soon spreads the news of Marlon's return throughout Nighttown.

Refugees walked out of their homes and outside the town hall to watch Marlon and Paul come out of the town hall – some of them cheering loudly to celebrate the return of these brave men; Others looked nervous - it was clear that some of the refugees had relatives who had joined the "expeditionary force" to the western wilderness, and they did not yet know the fate of the expeditionary force.

"How's it going, is everything going well?"

Elo Eberlock, standing with Malone at the door of the town hall, also asked nervously.

"It's fine. We plan to move all the soldiers and civilians there from the town of Mooncreek, the supplies and wounded have arrived, and the ship is moored on the riverbank to the west of the town, Daddy Ellro, I need you to mobilize everyone and move the things off the ship as soon as possible. ”

Malone told Elo Eberlock that it was a priority.

"Well, okay, Richard, I'll leave that to you."

Elo Eberlock now looked like a real mayor of the town, and although he realized the urgency of the situation after listening to Malone's words, he calmly commanded the bearded Richard.