Chapter 55: The Ruins. An episode in the night
Sennuma District, a market vacant lot.
Dozens of demon hunters, including the Lord of the Relic Tower, sat straight in front of the tent and sat on the ground—there was no doubt that the cramped tent could not hold so many people except for the Lord of the Relic Tower and a limited number of people; Contrary to the hustle and bustle of weekdays, they all solemnly waited for specific news.
Before, the secret letter that Ted had brought, they had all circulated; For this anticipated battle, these witchers had been prepared for a long time, and there were no accidents, and even some witchers were grinding their fists; However, even the most impulsive witcher understands that the battle is not a matter of impulse and blood, but requires all kinds of preparation if you want to win the battle.
The demon hunters' desire to win is naturally unquestionable; Therefore, even the most impatient witcher has learned to wait patiently at this moment; After all, they can only win, not lose - they are not afraid of losing and losing their lives, but if they lose their lives with them, all the demon hunters do not want to see other Chinuma locals in the bazaar lose their lives with them.
Sou!
The sound of a figure breaking through the air quickly appeared in the ears of the demon hunters without concealing it, and suddenly, it attracted the attention of all the demon hunters present-
The translucent shadow gradually turned solid, revealing a shabby tracksuit with a black background and red and yellow pinstripes. Deyou appeared straight in front of everyone wearing the pair of sneakers that had obviously been repaired countless times, and after seeing everyone's gaze, he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and said, "Although I am a big man." But you're looking at me like this. I'm still going to be shy. ”
"You shameless fellow. Tell us what we've found. ”
Hurley. Byron pulled a handful of weeds from the front of him and headed straight at Giffin. De threw it over and said angrily.
"About five kilometers north of the main road leading to the outside world, a wave of papal men had begun to gather; There were about fifty people there before I came; However, I didn't see any big fish! After shrugging his shoulders, Giffen. De looked at the Lord of the Tower of the Holy Relic and said truthfully.
"Don't have any big fish?"
The Lord of the Tower of the Relic asked thoughtfully as he shook his flask.
"Hmm. And I didn't even see the existence of the Moonlight level! "Giffen. De added; And stated his opinion: "I suspect that the Holy See should have targeted Yech and Jacob!" ”
"That place itself is the Holy See's goal this time, so naturally there will be a large group of high-end combat forces rushing over! However, there should be a few stalls left here! Stofe, the head of the witcher Sennuma district, reached out and touched his stubble chin, and said suspiciously, "Did you really send those miscellaneous fish over to us as gifts?" ”
"The Holy See is not so generous!" The Lord of the Relic Tower shook his head with a smile, then turned his head to look at Ted, who had been keeping his head down: "Ted, go test there!" ”
"Hmm."
Nodding slightly, Ted stood up. Towards the outside of the bazaar; He didn't say hello to any of his old friends, and even the smile that had been hanging on his lips disappeared without a trace. All that remains is indifference; The furious aura that overflowed from his body made all the witchers look at each other—after being summoned before, they had discovered that something was wrong with Ted; After all, according to the old habits, Ted should have organized and arranged affairs a long time ago; Instead of sitting there in silence as you do today.
"What the hell is wrong with Lord Ted?"
Some young demon hunters who didn't know the reason for the Dao at all asked the elders beside them.
"This, this, you will know the Tao later!"
The older witchers who were asked, after hesitating for a moment, answered their juniors with similar answers with wry smiles; Clearly, though, such a perfunctory answer would not satisfy the young witcher's curiosity; They begin to shift the target of their inquiry, expecting to get the answer they want to know. But, as if they had been rehearsed in advance, all the older witchers always answered with the same similar answers.
"Ted, that guy is going to be fine, right?" Giffen. De sat down next to his friend and said with a frown, "I haven't seen him like this in nearly ten years!" ”
"Yes! However, this is the true face of the 'Behemoth'! "Hurley. Byron sighed softly, "However, if he hadn't become like this again today, I would have almost forgotten Ted's true face!" ”
"What do you mean by what it is? It's just that guy digging into the horns again! ”
Katyu glanced coldly at the two witchers, and his tone was like a cold wind blowing from the far north, which made people shudder—Giffin. De and Hurley. Byron immediately raised his hands, indicating that he had no reason, but only out of friendship; Then, the moment Kaqiu turned around, the two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
"Master Blank, wouldn't it be too reckless for you to let Ted go like this?"
Facing the tower master of the holy relic, the witch witch was still cold, and her words were full of dissatisfaction.
"It's better to block than to be sparse, Ted's situation, let him vent completely, it's only good for him!"
"And what about the danger? There is a possibility that a Solar class presence could appear there at any time! ”
The Relic Tower's answer was undoubtedly unlikely to satisfy the witch, she retorted, her tone becoming more and more severe.
"Opportunity is always accompanied by danger!" Without any irritation, the Lord of the Tower of the Relic looked at the witch huntress in front of him like a female beast after the cub had been stolen, and said with a smile; Then, he stood up straight from the grass and looked at Stofe: "Stofe is your territory, lead everyone to prepare; After Ted's big fight, the real battle begins! ”
"Yes, Lord Blank!"
The head of the Witcher Sennuma District bowed in reply, and around him, the Demon Hunters stood up.
……
"Dodo! Dodo! ”
Elle Lai. After the witchers gathered, the shouts of Mom suddenly rang out, suddenly. Attracted the attention of demon hunters. Stouff as the temporary leader. He immediately walked over and asked, "Elri, what's wrong?" ”
"Dodo is gone!"
"Dodo is gone?"
The head of the Demon Hunter Sennuma District was stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned his head to look at the gathering place of the young people, and shouted loudly, "Randy, did you see Dodo? ”
"Before, Dodo said he was going to meet one of his friends, and then he never came back!"
The young blonde witch with a hint of anxiety and self-reproach in her blue eyes looked at the two elders in front of her. Slightly embarrassed, he said - as the leader of the younger generation, the sense of responsibility gave the young blonde witch extraordinary organizational power; and from the bottom of her heart, she takes care of her surroundings, so that she has a love that ordinary people can't imagine; However, the young blonde witch was not lost by this, but became more and more sober; And it was this sobriety that made her understand how wrong it was to let her sister, who was usually a little confused, go to her new friend alone.
I should have gone along!
This thought made Randy, a young blonde witch with a steady personality, feel more and more guilty of herself.
"It's okay, Randy! This is the bazaar, and there will be no problem with dodo! ”
Elle Lai. Mom looked at the young blonde witch who seemed to cry, and couldn't help but reach out and caress the top of the other's head comfortingly—her love for her daughter made her extremely anxious. But this anxiety does not turn into anger; On the contrary, she knew that the witcher who was still a girl in front of her took care of her daughter on weekdays. looked at the other party's appearance of crying, and the pity of the elders for the younger ones welled up in his heart; It's like facing your own daughter.
"Dodo, how many times will you leave?"
The head of the Demon Hunter Sennuma District glanced at the team that had been assembled, and asked the young blonde witch in a low and urgent voice - for the juniors, every demon hunter will take care of them wholeheartedly, especially those like Dodo. Mom is such an innocent and lovely junior; That kind of character that is not polluted by any black is enough to make any witcher who has experienced countless bloody killings and black shadows feel precious, even if it is a character that is often confused, and it is also included in the ignorance of these witchers; Even, there are some older witchers who feel infinitely happy because they have such juniors.
After all, only for the sake of such a simple and kind junior, they have more motivation to fight against those dark creatures, the black dogs of the Holy See - Stofei, who is the president of the witcher Sennuma district, is one of them, and even, as half of the people of the Sennuma district, the idea of fighting everything for the juniors makes him love this confused junior, from the first meeting to the second meeting, the president of the witcher Sennuma district feels heartfelt love, as if it was his daughter; Even if he is not married, and I am afraid that he has no plans to get married in this life.
"An hour before we assembled, she came to me out of the blue and said it was an appointment with a friend; Because, in the last few days, Dodo has always been out at this time to find her new friend; So, I didn't care! However, this time it was extraordinarily long; Normally, Dodo will be back in about half an hour! The young blonde witch told the truth everything she knew.
"New friends?"
As a mother, Elleri. Mom finally noticed the young blonde witch's words, and immediately frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Looking at Elley with the wrong expression. Mom, the head of the Witcher Sennuma District asked directly.
"Dodo didn't tell me that she had made a new friend!" Elle Lai. Mom looked worried: "This has never happened before!" Dodo will tell me anything before! ”
"Elley, things like this will change with age!" With a smile, the head of the Demon Hunter Sennuma District comforted his friend: "This is the market in Chinuma District, not only us, but also Toka, Dodo will be fine!" With that, the head of the Demon Hunter Chinuma District looked at the young blonde witch and said, "Randy, you now organize two teams of people to go separately to find Dodo; After finding it, go back to your meeting place and stand by, do you know the way? ”
"Know, Your Excellency Stof!"
The young blonde witch replied formally, and immediately turned around and ran towards the young witcher's assembly place - unlike the witcher who would directly participate in the attack and rush to the battlefield next. These young witchers play a supporting role; Basically, they are found in the market or near the bunker.
"If you're still not at ease. You can go looking for it with Randy! ”
The Witcher Sennuma District has divided into two squads, and the young Witcher has a finger. Towards Elri. Morph gestured - as witchers, Stouffy understood Elley very well. Mom's mood; Therefore, they will not criticize or force the other party to do something; Because he understands that if it were him now, I am afraid it would be unbearable.
"It's enough to have Randy, I trust her!" Elle Lai. After taking several deep breaths, Mom said with difficulty: "Moreover, this is the time when my potion can be used to its fullest. If you leave......"
Speaking of the most reluctant, El Leigh. Mom turned his head again to look at the departing team, and then walked straight towards the assembled group; Behind him, the Witcher Sennuma District Leader sighed lightly and strode to keep up—although the multiple-choice questions seemed simple, they were extremely difficult in the moment they made their choice, whether it was right or wrong.
……
Bazaar, a new makeshift camp, by a campfire.
The red curls became brighter and brighter under the flames, and even gave people a sense of warmth. It's like a dancing flame - with such a red-haired dodo. Mom was now holding his chin in his hands and curling up his knees. With a pair of beautiful eyes wide, she listened unblinkingly to the boy in front of her who was about the same age as her telling a good story.
"Carter, Carter, what happened? What happened to Vivien and Al? ”
The bewilderessed witch was a little thin in front of her, but as soon as the slender silver-haired boy stopped, she began to urge—she reached out and gently grabbed the corner of the boy's shirt in front of her, shaking it slightly, her face full of pleading, as if she had seen the food of the kitten coquettish to her master.
"Then, Vivien and Al escaped from the castle together and lived happily ever after!"
As the object of being coquettished, the boy named Carter continued with a smile - although he kept telling in his heart that the girl in front of him was just a little similar, and they were fundamentally two completely different people, but whenever he faced each other's prayers, the overlap of the figures always made him involuntarily choose to obey each other.
"How is it possible, Carter is lying! Right? And what about the Grand Duke? And those marquises? As bad guys, they definitely won't just let Vivien and Al go! The bewilderessed witch pursed her mouth dissatisfied, and looked at the young man in front of her angrily; It's just that the angry look like a bun doesn't have the slightest effect that should be obtained after being angry, and it only makes people can't help but pinch the fleshy cheeks.
And the young man in front of him did the same, completely instinctively and subconsciously, the young man raised his arm and pinched the cheek of the confused witch witch in front of him, feeling the warmth of the long-lost part, the young man couldn't help but have some trance-
"You deceitful bad guy, how can a cat fly!"
"Also, how can a bat become a human!"
"I don't care about you anymore!"
"What are you calling people stupid! You're stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid! ”
"Don't pinch my face, warn you!"
"If you pinch it again, if you pinch it again, I'll be angry!"
……
The memories that had been sealed for a long time, and even he thought he had forgotten, instantly flooded into his mind.
"Pain, pain, pain......"
In a trance, he was regained by a series of painful sounds, and hurriedly let go of his palm and apologized to the confused witch witch in front of him: "Dodo, I'm sorry, you're fine, right?" ”
"Don't pinch my face! If you pinch it again, I'll be angry! Covering her cheeks, the bewilderessed witch took a few steps back, and then said loudly: "I've told you several times, why can't I remember?" You stupid, stupid, stupid! ”
The similar words in an instant made the young man in front of him stunned again, and he looked at the red-haired girl in front of him in a daze, the confused witch witch, looked at the stunned boy, couldn't help but walk back, and said in a low voice: "Ka, Carter, you're okay, right?" Dodo shouldn't say that people are stupid! Don't you get angry, okay? Either or not...... I'll let you pinch it again? ”
As she spoke, the bewildered witch shook the hand of the young man in front of her. Placed on his cheek - the warmth that appeared in the palm of his hand. The corners of the boy's mouth involuntarily turned up slightly; All that left his eyes was the red fire that was beating in front of him. There are no campfires, no camps; There are no more mills and fields in my memory.
All that's left is that fiery red!
"Hey, Carter, you laughed, it means you're not angry!"
As if a new continent had been discovered, the bewildered witch shouted happily.
"Of course, Carter will never get angry!"
The boy said solemnly, and looking at this solemn matter, the bewildered witch became more and more confused—because she found that this solemnity was as serious as she had ever seen. It seems to be a little different, but I don't know what the difference is.
"Dodo! Dodo! Dodo! ”
"It's Sister Randy! Oh no, I've been out for so long! ”
The shout in the distance shocked the confused witch witch who tilted her head to think about things, and immediately jumped up - looking at the golden touch of gold that appeared in the distance, the confused witch witch immediately turned around and said, "Carter, I have to go back!" Otherwise, Sister Randy and Mom will be worried, will you be waiting for me here tomorrow? ”
"Of course, I will wait for you forever. As soon as you call my name, I will appear before you! ”
Bask in moonlight. The bright moonlight surrounded the boy, making his smile more indescribably holy.
"Is it okay to call names? Then we agreed! ”
The bewildered witch looked at the smiling young man in front of her, and felt that this smile was very comfortable, so that she involuntarily stepped forward and wanted to touch this smile, but the shouts that were getting closer and closer made her have to give up this idea; After taking two steps back and waving her arm at the boy, the bewildered witch ran towards the shout.
"Agreed ......"
The boy looked at the confused witch who was running farther and farther away, and muttered in a low voice; Then, he nodded silently, and said in a voice that only he could be quite clear: "I won't be late for this appointment, Vivian!" ”
……
"Sister Randy, I'm sorry!"
The confused witch with her head down, her hands grabbing the front of her blouse, stood very honestly in front of the young blonde witch, obediently like a domestic puppy, especially the big watery eyes, which made her feel a little pitiful.
"Why is it so long today?"
The young blonde witch looked at her sister in front of her, with a pitiful appearance, and couldn't help but feel a pang of pity in her heart; But he couldn't help it, and asked with a straight face
"I pestered Carter to tell me a story, and then, by accident, I lost track of time!"
Knowing that he had done something wrong, he didn't dare to hide it at all, so he said truthfully.
Storytelling?!
The young blonde witch was stunned, but she would never suspect that the girl in front of her, who was like her sister, was lying; After all, it was too difficult to lie without a clear understanding of what a lie was - and with her understanding, it was not impossible for the other party to lose track of time because of listening to a story; On the contrary, the probability will be very high; In fact, it is really common for this confused guy to forget to eat and sleep because of listening to stories and the like; As she has told countless stories to each other, this is really normal.
"Next time, be sure to remember the time!" I couldn't help but take the confused witch who looked like my sister in my arms, touched the top of my head, and looked at the other party's confused and unknown appearance, the young blonde witch explained softly: "Because, if it takes too long, it will make me and Aunt Elleri worried!" ”
"Oh, I'm here!"
Dodo nodded immediately; However, when encountering the same thing, with the character of a confused witch witch, I'm afraid I will still forget.
"And remember that the next time that new friend of yours tells you the story, remember to say thank you to others!"
After Randy dotingly wiped the top of the bewilderess's head, she took the other party's hand and led the equally young witchers beside her towards the meeting place, instructing as she went.
"Well, Dodo, remember!"
Following her sister's side, the confused witch replied in a hurry.
PS The first update ~~~ Because of the weekend, it was slightly late~~~ (To be continued.) )