The first time I heard "Nefi" was after Roddy's failed ambush of the undead Magda.

At that time, Roddy hit Magda hard, but he almost lost his life for it, he fell in a pool of blood and was always in a coma after being rescued from the Duke's Palace, and before he woke up from nightmares, he kept repeating the name...

And in earlier times... When Roddy escapes Francis with her, he personally admits that the "she" he likes carefully has red hair.

Sally had wondered what the woman had been so sacred to Roddy was, but she hadn't had time to ask the question until she left Evta.

However, at this moment, everything seems to be revealed.

The originally slightly hot body was almost instantly cold, Sally's eyes looked a little stiff ahead, and in the dim vision, Nephie muttered a few words in her sleep, and was already asleep, but what flashed in front of her eyes were all the pictures of Roddy and Nephie together in the past few days-

"Brother Roddy is so nice..."

"He knows what my favorite snack is, and he makes my favorite grilled fish, which is so delicious..."

Those scenes that I didn't care about before pierced into my heart like thorns, making Sally's face even paler.

And when she recalls the battle in Mogra Village, she remembers Roddy's expression in front of the collapsed wooden house, which seems to have a faint emotion that she cannot understand.

Sally doesn't know the allusion to the "Suspicious Neighbor Stealing the Axe", but apparently the more she thinks about it, the more she thinks that Roddy has premeditated everything, and what makes her most suspicious is that Roddy found Nefi's mother - everything seems to be too smooth: what Neffy has been worried about for half a year is almost solved by Roddy, what is the truth of the matter?

And what made Sally feel most uncomfortable was the real purpose of Roddy when he appeared in front of him - was he just here to save Nephie, and he didn't care about himself at all?

When certain emotions appeared, Sally's original expectations for Roddy quickly took a sharp turn...

A woman's sensibility has no "reason" at all, and when it comes to this great joy and sorrow, she loses most of her judgment.

Lying on the bed, her body stiffened because of Nephie's hug, and she even thought about calling Nefi up to ask carefully, but after all, she responded to the sentence "The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment", and the wishful thinking towards Roddy made her feel more and more hopelessly stupid...

That's it, since he wants to lie to himself, let him go, and never see him again.

Such extreme thoughts came to her mind, but after thinking about it, she couldn't make up her mind to quarrel with Roddy after tossing and turning in bed.

She can hack her own brother to death with a knife, but for Roddy, Sally would rather endure those pains in silence...

The night was quite long, and Sally had trouble sleeping because she knew some "truth". Roddy sat at his desk and pondered for a long time over the questions in Camilla's letter.

Although he has read through "On the Self-Awareness of Defense Systems", Khadgar's notes are always a bit sloppy, and Roddy, who has not studied "arcane" in depth, is in some ways easy to ignore the "basics" in the eyes of some high-level arcanists.

The energy of the city's basic defense circle will gradually escape... Luo Di didn't think about such a thing at all, even if it was his own [City Management Interface], he didn't remind him, but now that the problem is in front of him, Luo Di has to face the problem caused by the lack of "charging spars".

Camilla gave a time limit of "two months" in the letter, which means that Elson City may completely lose all its original energy after two months, resulting in Camilla's life!

This question made his brow furrow into a pimple, and after thinking about it for a long time, Roddy could only think of two ways: the first was to use the "Theory of Charged Hedron Manufacturing" to directly make enough spars.

But Luo Di, who has already skimmed this book, knows very well that so many expensive materials are good to say, and it is impossible for the production pass rate to reach the standard within two months.

And the second way is to find ready-made "charged crystals": in addition to Wagra City and Elson City, there can't be only so many high elf ruins, as long as you spend effort to find them, there will be more or less leftover crystals in the remaining ruins.

But while this solution is possible, it is fraught with uncertainties... Where are the ruins? Is it possible to find all the ruins and not make up enough 320 hedrons? These are all uncertain things.

Two months is a long time, but if the task ahead is full of uncertainty and the consequences of failure are serious, Roddy has to consider the possibility of "leaving immediately".

He wrote and drew on parchment, opened the [map bar] and carefully examined the terrain of the Silent Forest, drew some marks on the possible ruins according to his memory, and then began to write letters to Sodlore, the village chief of Brudy, Camilla, and the Duke of Angmar, carefully preparing for the next possible things to be done in advance...

After finishing all this, it was already early in the morning, he cleared his mind of the mess about the forest ruins, lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

Six hours later, Roddy, who had slept comfortably, was woken up by a chirping bird outside the window.

It had been some time since he had been out of the harsh environment of war, and such a rest without vigilance was a rare thing for Roddy. After getting up and washing up briefly, he changed into a loose robe, stood at the top of the stairs and asked, "Is Sally Camilla up?"

After a while, the sleepy-eyed Neffy appeared on the handrail of the stairs on the second floor in loose pajamas: "Brother Roddy... Sister Sally seems to be out, I don't see her, ha-yaw-"

The long red hair was messy, and at this time Nephi didn't seem to care about his image at all. Roddy smiled, didn't take it seriously, just asked, "We're going to Ivota as soon as possible, maybe we'll have to leave tomorrow." ”

As soon as Nephie heard this, he immediately came to his senses, hummed a nursery rhyme and went to wash. Roddy turned to prepare breakfast, and it wasn't long before Sally came back in a bit of a trance...

"Why did you go out early in the morning?"

Roddy only heard her footsteps, but didn't see her ghostly look because she was lowering her head to set the dishes, Sally opened her mouth, tried to adjust her mood, and whispered, "I've gone to Lord Rubens to ask about something, the morning prayer will last a long time, so I'm going to get up early." ”

said that, but I was so aggrieved in my heart: You guy slept so soundly, I'm afraid it's because you want to take your sweetheart away and fly away...

Luo Di still didn't look up, and said casually: "By the way, I just received a letter from Evta, there are some emergencies, I may need to rush back as soon as possible, I have to prepare today, maybe I will leave tomorrow, you-"

He turned around, but saw Sally's face, his face changed slightly, and asked, "What's going on?"

Sally had visibly cried, her eyes swollen, and her sleepless nights had left her with so heavy eyeshadow that Roddy almost thought she had been cursed by a shadow spell... However, he soon realized that Sally's physical condition was normal, but her gaze seemed to be avoiding him.

"No... It's nothing, it's just Master Rubens's... Don't let me go back. ”

Sally couldn't go on anymore, she was so upset. Yesterday Nephi had just decided to return with him, and today I woke up early and couldn't wait to discuss the departure... Roddy's words made her think that it was all a hoax.

"It's okay, it's not a problem if you can't go back. Roddy thought she was sad that she couldn't return with her, so she relieved: "Then I'll go first, and when I'm done with those things, I'll come back to you, okay?"

Roddy felt that he could not control the affairs of the sect by himself, and that the cardinal must have his own reasons for not letting her go, so he did not try to dissuade her. However, such words made Sally's tears roll in her eyes even more: this bastard, is he not even willing to be perfunctory, really...

She didn't want to stay longer for almost a moment, and lowered her head and said, "... I—I'll go back and change my clothes first. ”

As soon as the words fell, Sally hurriedly walked past Roddy, Roddy opened his mouth slightly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a problem, at this time Nefi came over from the side after washing, and Roddy hurriedly said: "Go eat first, I'll come down later." ”

He then rushed up to the second floor, reached out to block the door to Sally's bedroom as it was about to close, and stepped inside.

"What's going on?"

Roddy closed the door softly, and with a "click", Sally finally stopped in the middle of the bedroom.

"What's the sect's decision? Or is something wrong?" Roddy took a few steps forward, puzzled, but then he saw Sally slowly turn around...

Throughout the night, Sally told herself countless times that it was enough to simply pretend that she "didn't know anything", but seeing Roddy's "innocent" look, she was so depressed that she almost went crazy, and finally took a deep breath and whispered: "Camilla... Her name is Nephi. ”

"She's got red hair..."

Sally's voice was a little choked, "You've been lying to me, haven't you?"

Roddy's pupils narrowed, and he thought a lot for a moment, but when he remembered it, he didn't remember mentioning the name to anyone.

Sally watched his face change, and even more convinced that this was a reaction when the lie was exposed, and she continued: "You were seriously injured and kept calling her name when you were unconscious in the Duke's Palace... You've been thinking about her all along, and now you're only here to save her, aren't you? If it weren't for the coincidence, you'd probably not care where I died—"

"Sally!"

Roddy frowned, and interrupted her directly.

"You've never spoken to me in such a tone, and now you're finally willing to have a showdown for her, aren't you..."

"Her mother, who has been missing for half a year, said that she would find it if she found it, and I really believed such a thing... Actually, it's all fake, right?"

Sally's gaze turned to the side, as if there were two tear stains on her cheeks that had been thinned overnight, and Roddy's heart was blocked when she saw it.

He took a step forward and suppressed his voice: "She didn't know me before this, don't you think you are arbitrary when you judge me like this?"

"Arbitrary, how doting are the eyes you look at her... Maybe you didn't even notice it. ”

"I... It's a complicated thing, and you won't understand it, but it's certainly not what you think. ”

"Not what you think" basically means "just what you think" in most cases, and Roddy felt a little pale after saying it - after all, there are many things that he is lying and making up facts, and after Sally debunks, there is no way to explain it!

Sally reached out and wiped her tears, as if she could no longer control her emotions, and sobbed, "I know I've been wishful thinking for so long, so in the future... I'm never going to bother you again—"

"Don't jump to that conclusion, okay?"

Although Roddy is not smart in dealing with emotional issues, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a temper at all, Sally's angry words made him feel helpless and aggrieved, but after thinking about it, he found that he had only one way to confess: "I haven't told you because I'm afraid you're worried..."

"In the battle at the border, I inadvertently took control of a city of high elf relics, and Camilla's mother happened to be imprisoned somewhere, and she saved her life in that battle, so I agreed to come and take her daughter back - as for the dream I said back then... I don't deny that there was once a person I loved named 'Nephi', but she was already ..."

“... It's dead. ”

Having said that, the focus of Roddy's gaze is also a little scattered, the entanglement and helplessness of the two time and space cannot coincide after all, some things are the same, but some things have changed the trajectory forever, which he can't stop no matter how hard he tries.

He didn't tell Sally because he didn't know how to explain it himself.

Sally was touched by some emotion in his words, but she didn't want to believe his confession because of the stubborn judgment in her heart... Turning around, Sally turned her back to Roddy and chose to remain silent.

The atmosphere between the two was at an unprecedented stalemate, and Roddy took a deep breath, feeling that he had said enough. He sighed and turned to unscrew the door, only to screw the doorknob off with uncontrollable force.

"Crunch!"

The spherical copper handle was pinched and deformed, and Roddy took several deep breaths in a row, but he couldn't calm the emotions in his heart.

The more people who care, the more difficult it is to let go of the quarrel.

Luo Di walked slowly to the outside of the restaurant, rubbed his face vigorously, and then said to Naifi as calmly as possible: "Sally won't eat yet, let's go down to the street to buy some things, and we'll be ready to go back at noon today." ”

Nefi had no idea what was going on, and when she heard Roddy's proposal, she happily raised her fork, "Okay! Brother Roddy is the best!"

Looking at her innocent appearance, Luo Di's eyes were full of indescribable bitterness, but he tried to squeeze out a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "But... Your sister Sally probably won't go with us. ”