She walked to the last room, bent down, took the food out of the basket in the same way, and was about to enter it through the small opening under the door, which could only hold one plate in and out, when she heard a young man's voice, slightly urgent, cry out: "Is that you?" Isn't it you? ”

But he didn't seem to have spoken for a long time, and his voice sounded hoarse and low, like the creaking of a rusty chain that hadn't been oiled for a long time when it was pulled.

She was so frightened that she jumped up, and at this moment, the voices of the handmaidens rang in her ears infinitely amplified:

- He grabbed my hand!

- He bit my finger!

- A bearded face, that's a beast!

She grabbed the basket in a panic and was about to run away in a panic, when the young man in the cell spoke again, and this time, his voice was much more fluent: "Do you remember the city of trees?" Remember the Frozen City? ”

Her raised feet suddenly froze in the air, a pair of beautiful eyes suddenly widened, and she did not hide the surprise in her voice: "It's you?!" ”

The young man seemed to be glad that she recognized herself, and even his voice rose a lot, and it sounded much more pleasant: "It's me, it's me!" Are you out? Did they tell you to bring me food?! ”

The girl simply sat down, neatly handed the dinner plate through the small door, and briefly explained her situation: "They are now asking me to clean the consul's study, probably because they saw that I was too relaxed, and sent me to bring you food." ”

Just after she explained her situation in a few words, she was surprised to find that the dinner plate that had just been sent in was silently sent back by the young man.

It's just that unlike before, the white bread has been broken in half and placed on top of the plate of fragrant beef stew that is almost untouched, which looks particularly tempting.

"Sorry, it's a bit hard to swallow just the bread, and I dipped the broth slightly." The young man's voice sounded, but it was sincere, but there was no doubt about the veracity of his words.

For a moment, she almost burst into tears.

The neglect and contempt of the mistress, the jealousy and malice of the maidens, and the condescending kindness of the archons all made her wary and respectful.

This sincere kindness made her unable to refuse.

She picked up the white bread on top of the broth, the bread and the beef broth had been in contact for a long time, the side of the bread stained with the broth had become soft and collapsed, and gently pushed the broth back, she took a big bite of the white bread, trying to hide the choking in her throat, and said vaguely: "Yes, the bread is soaked in the broth to swallow." ”

The young man chuckled softly, and soon, the plate of beef stew was pushed back again, and this time, the plate that was originally seven or eight points full was obviously missing a piece.

She smiled knowingly, picked up the spoon, carefully scooped up a piece of beef, puffed up her cheeks, slowly sucked the soup inside, and slowly, pushed the dish back again.

Really, it's been a long time since I've eaten meat.

You take a spoonful, I take a spoonful, and soon, the two of them joined forces to wipe out this plate of beef stew, and she leaned against the door panel with satisfaction, and there was no doubt that the young man behind the door was doing the same, because his voice was so close, as close as in her ears.

“…… I saw a book called Sunset City from Lord Consul," she squinted, casually picking up a topic.

"Do you know how to read?" The young man interrupted her suddenly. Wave

Her brow furrowed beautifully, and when the Archon first found out about this, he was also very surprised, and she remembered in hindsight an incident that her father had done when he was teaching her to read.

That was after she showed her cleverness and quickly learned more than a hundred words taught by her father, her father suddenly sighed, stretched out his foot, rubbed all the words on the ground, and was disheartened: "Forget it, it's better not to learn these words." ”

Her sudden silence made the young man realize that he had missed his mouth, and he quickly chuckled and changed the subject, "What is that Sunset City about?" ”

She came back to her senses, her brow furrowed, and she struggled to remember what the Archon had said to her: "God said that the world is guilty and that it should be punished, and the great sun came down from heaven—"

The young man was very patient, and he didn't say anything, but when she finished speaking, he laughed lowly: "The world is guilty? So he was punished by God? Only those who have repented can be saved? ”

"Do you believe it?"

She blinked, "Letter? ”

The young man sighed softly, "If I say that those great days are simply weapons made by the world to attack each other, do you believe it?" ”

"This world is fundamentally caused by human self-destruction."

The very different statement from the Archon plunged her into confusion, and in silence, she put the plates into the basket one by one, and whispered, "I'll come back tomorrow to bring you food." ”

The next day, she finally couldn't help herself, and from the pen holder on the archon's desk, she took out the keys to the last row of locked bookshelves.

The Archon seemed to be very pleased with her bravery, and took the initiative to stand beside her, and whispered to her the contents of the book.

"The City of the Sun, which says that God thinks that the world is sinful, so he has to accept the punishment of the eternal night, but there are people who insist on doing good and should be sheltered, so a saint stands up and builds this city of the sun, and the people in it can bask in the light of the great sun."

The girl carefully recounted the contents of the new book that the Archon had explained to her.

"Hehe, do you know why our Archon, why he married the daughter of the Archon of the City of the Sun as the First Lady?"

"Because the great day that befell us in the city of sunset is sent from the city of the sun, and it is said that in the hands of the consuls of the city of the sun, a new great day can now be issued."

"I think it's true, otherwise our Archon wouldn't have put up with his wife for so long, and he hasn't had an heir for a long time."

She was silent for a moment, and finally let go of her heart for the first time to this friend whom she had not met, and passed on some gossip she had heard to him: "They all said that the honorable lady will soon not be the first lady." ”

"The Archon family of the City of the Sun has been replaced."

This time, the young man was silent for a long time, and after a while, he said softly, "Oh, is it? ”

It's simple, but it makes it easy to hear the joy in the voice.

She was keenly aware that she seemed to have said something that she shouldn't have said.

This time, it always felt like there wasn't enough time to get along, and the first time it became long, she hurriedly packed up the dishes and left in a hurry.