Chapter Forty-Nine: The Boy and the Skeleton

Olga and Patin left where the convoy was and went a little further away to the place where the remains of Tours were to be buried. Tours' status is special, and neither Lulunaka nor they plan to bury him in a hurry. Turce is a man from more than a hundred years ago who has not really "died" until today. This is a man with a special experience, a long death process, and a real historical experience, and he deserves such treatment.

The two were not worried about their temporary departure, and the safety of the convoy – mainly the safety of the two children – was not too much to worry about at such times. Regardless of whether the environment is safe in such a place, at least if Luluna is there, safety is guaranteed in many cases...... The premise is that Lulunaka doesn't bring danger because of her mood.

Not to mention Lulunaka, who looks unfathomable, just the alchemy dog Ward by her side can ensure the safety of the entire team. At this time, Ward looked as if he was asleep, lying on Lunaka's side all the time, as if he couldn't wake it up no matter what happened. Half of the night had passed, and it was the only one with its eyes closed, though it was the only being that didn't need to rest.

When Olga and Patin left, only the bones of Lulunaka and Turce were left by the campfire, and Julius and Romeona on the other side of the campfire.

Lulunaka looked at the tired Julius and Romeoona and waved at them both. The two of them, who saw Lulunaka waving, glanced at each other, then got up and went to the campfire on Lulunaka's side and sat down. The two of them sat in Olga and Pattin's place, and it happened to be four people sitting around each other again—no, three people and a pair of skeletons, and the bones no longer made a sound or moved.

Julius and Romeona came because of Lulunaka's clear gesture of invitation. They had witnessed the blue spirit of Tours breaking away from the bones and leaving the place. Such a magical experience has never been encountered before, and although they may feel fear, there is also curiosity. For them, the bones no longer move, so there is a lot less fear, but at the same time they feel a little lost. It was a marvellous sight to see that nothing dangerous had happened when the skeleton and Lulunaka sat together, and that the conversation was quite pleasant: three living people and a dead man sat together, chatting by the campfire, which was the most marvelous sight ever seen by Julius and Romeona.

Julius sat down and looked at the skeleton with his head bowed and a worn-out lantern in his arms. He ...... Will you move again?" he asked.

Lulunaka heard Julius's inquiry, and the corners of her mouth curled, "If Mr. Tours can move again, it will be more troublesome...... But rest assured, you saw the spirit leave just now, right? What remains here is a purely dead thing, and it will not move again. Speaking of this, Lulunaka's face was a little more teasing, "Are you scared? Obviously you want to be a hero, but now you are scared just by facing a skeleton of bones?"

"I'm not afraid!" Julius retorted when he heard Lulunaka say this, stiffening his neck and straightening his back a lot, "I just ...... I'm just a little worried about the bones that will move in the middle of the night. ”

"I'm just worried. Lulunaka smiled, not paying attention to Julius's feigned toughness. For a boy who had never seen much of the world, and whose range of activity was only in the southern forest outside the village, it was a good performance to have the courage to sit with a skeleton that was still moving. After all, there aren't many people who have the guts and the opportunity to sit with a dead soul, who is now a dead thing.

The living remember the deceased, but if the dead stand up and continue to be with the living, it is not a good thing.

Lulunaka then looked at Romeona, "But it's hard for you to make it to this time...... If a child does not get enough sleep, his body will not grow well. ”

"With this kind of moving skeleton around, who can sleep. Julius replied. He looked at the bones that would no longer move, and then at the small iron pot beside Lulunaka, "Anyway, dead people can eat too?"

"Of course the dead eat. Lulunaka said, "Ghouls eat the flesh of the living and the carrion of the dead, and the nocturnal bloods suck the blood, especially virgins. As she spoke of the virgin, Lulunaka glanced at Romeona again, which was a bit ill-intentioned, causing her body to tremble and hug her knees tighter.

Lulunaka continued, "There are other undead creatures, all of whom have strange foods, but they are basically fed on the living—bones like this one, although they don't have the appetite to eat flesh...... Oh, there's no stomach in the first place, not strange. Although they don't have the instinct to suck flesh and blood, if it's the breath of the living, they will be quite happy. Lulunaka reached out and touched the shoulder of Tours' remains, and the rusty half-body armor made a kera-like sound, presumably the sound of bones and iron scraping against each other.

After hearing Lulunaka's words, Julius shivered and touched his arm, "You just said that he won't move anymore, right?"

"Of course, so you don't have to worry about him jumping up and attacking you, just rest assured. ”

Romeona listened to Julius and Lulunaka's conversation, and did not immediately join in the conversation. Her gaze swept over Lulunaka and Julius' faces, occasionally glancing at the bones. It was a long moment before Romeo Ona spoke, "Does he have a name?"

Obviously, this he will not be Julius, but only Tours. Neither she nor Julius knew the name of Tours. They had only come close after Tours had left, and naturally they didn't have the opportunity to talk to Tours and learn his name—for them, talking to a necromantic creature was more than just courage.

"His name is Tours. Lulunaka replied, "I don't know anything else." Are you interested in him?"

"One...... Friendly undead who will always make people curious. Romeona said, looking at Lulunaka as if to see what was going on in Lunaka's mind, "Or is it because of you that he's so friendly?"

Lulunaka looked completely incomprehensible to the look in Romeona's eyes, perhaps pretending, perhaps really not noticing—but Romeona preferred that she was ignoring her own inquiry. "What will it be...... Maybe it's because I gave Mr. Tours a place to eat, drink, and rest that he was so friendly. ”

Speaking of eating and drinking, Julius pointed to the small iron pot beside Lunaka, "What did you cook to make this...... Can this Mr. Tours eat it? And can the skeleton eat the biscuits?

Julius's eyes are still sharp, and to be able to ask such a question shows that he has always cared about the situation here.

"Dry food biscuits? For Mr. Tours, to eat it is to eat it. Of course, for us, this is strictly a waste of food, and the cookies are simply turned into crumbs and are not digested at all. Because he has no organs that can be digested. Lulunaka reached for the little iron pot and shook it, "As for this, do you want to know what I've cooked?

Julius nodded honestly, he really couldn't smell what was cooking in the iron pot - he didn't even smell if there was really anything wafting out of it.