Lan Li didn't know that he would be directly approached if he was one step too late, but at this time he did not go far, but squatted on a reef on the sea outside the fishing village, staring thoughtfully at the brown and black octopus that was shaking its limbs in the water below him.

He didn't touch it, but he could clearly sense a special emotion emanating from the octopus, close, proud, and frustrated......

This octopus behind the butt has always been very close to the boy's existence, and the frustration may be the emotion of the other party who has not been scooped up for most of the day, but that pride makes Lan Li a little confused.

He swept his gaze for a long time, and finally reluctantly found a special feature.

"Got bigger?"

The boy unconsciously touched his chin, then lifted his trouser leg and jumped down to pull the octopus out of the water, the slippery touch made him feel quite sick, but the feeling of holding it in his hand was indeed much heavier than before.

"So you're still a kid?"

Staring at the ugly thing in front of him that smelled of sea, he muttered so, but in his heart he believed in another possibility.

Originally, this octopus was alienated, but after the alienation, it didn't see anything special except for being able to intelligently take the initiative to extricate emotions with Lan Li, and follow after the ass reluctantly.

Later, Lan Li had a whim, fed it an ancient path seed, and then ......

And then in fact, nothing too special changed, but through the axe sign, he could detect that this octopus occasionally attacked fish in the sea when it lived alone at the bottom of the sea, and its "personality" became a little more irritable, but it was completely different from the arrogant appearance of the mouse in the past, and it still maintained its "sanity".

At this time, it is likely that its larger size is due to the feedback of the ancient path seed.

After casually throwing this thing into the sea, Lan Li pondered on the spot for a while, and finally shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and turned his head and set off in the direction of his destination.

The Iron Folk couple who took him in thought that Lan Li was going to Sealskin Point, but in fact his destination was a place called Pebble Town, east of the fishing village.

Ships were preparing to set sail for a place called Sea Frontier City in the riverlands of Westeros, where another war was taking place, besides Fairy Island.

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Pebble Town is located in the southeast corner of Great Wick Island, close to the coastline, and the town's stone buildings are crowded and chaotic, with no plans in sight other than a square castle to be seen.

Walking on the muddy roads of the town, you can see old townspeople dressed as fishermen passing by, and you can see drying nets and dried fish on the roadside, and a fishy smell lingers in the air.

After almost an hour's journey, Lan Li had already arrived here.

At this time, his appearance was not very conspicuous, the dark hair that had not been taken care of for several months had spread to his shoulders, and the bangs on his forehead also obscured his beautiful eyes, which were unusually beautiful, and the clothes he wore were worn by the old couple's son named Harag when he was a child, simple and ugly, no different from the clothing characteristics of the fishermen here.

"Excuse me, is Lord Merlin's ship gone?" After walking down the street for a while, he grabbed an old fisherman who was passing by and asked, the unskilled but basically qualified iron tone could not arouse anyone's suspicion.

"I won't be leaving until tomorrow morning." The old fisherman replied, and then looked at the child's solitary appearance and asked, "Where did you come from, little cub?" ”

"From Thumb Village." Lan Li said the name of the fishing village where he lived before: "My father was recruited to fight by the leader of Merlin last time, and I don't know what the situation is now, I want to find someone to give him a message." ”

"Piggyback?"

The old fisherman nodded when he heard this, and then pointed in the direction of the north of the town: "The boat is parked under Lord Merlin's castle, and it is easy to find, but it will not be approached at night, boy, if you want to go, hurry up." ”

"Okay, thank you!"

Lan Li responded politely, then turned and continued in the direction of the castle, but halfway through the road, his steps suddenly stopped.

Because he saw a special situation in the street, or rather, a man who sat there waiting to die.

It was a man with festering facial skin and panting, visibly ill, leaning against the base of the wooden wall at the edge of the alley, wearing a washed white linen shirt that looked as thin as a summer garment.

Fishermen passed by, but they avoided the place where the man was, for fear of being infected by the disease he was suffering from.

Erythema, Lan Li recognized the other party's disease, which manifested itself in the form of skin covered with strange itchy red spots, and the patient could not bear this itching after illness, and usually scratched hard, and then the wound became infected and ulcerated......

The disease is not serious for children, but it can be fatal for adults, and the person in sight at this time obviously will not survive tonight......

With a thought in his mind, Lan Li took out half an orange given by the old woman who took him in before leaving, took out one of the white shells he was carrying, dug out the fire inside and stuck it on the orange, and finally walked to the other party at the edge of the alley and handed the orange over.

"Give it to you, eat an orange before you die."

The man obviously did not expect any child to dare to come near him, and he was stunned for a moment before he reacted, but instead of taking the orange, he smiled weakly at it.

"They all say, they all say they're going to die, it's a waste to eat this, boy, you—eat it yourself."

A normal person can't see Lan Li's fire, he has already confirmed this, and the person in front of him naturally can't find the abnormality on the surface of this orange.

"Then we'll be half a person."

As if she hadn't heard the patient's words, Lan Li broke half of the orange in half, half of which was handed to the other party.

"Eat, if you don't eat, you won't be able to eat again."

This sentence made the patient, who had not wanted to eat it, hesitate for a moment, and finally carefully raised his equally festering hand to try not to touch the boy's take.

Then he put the orange in his mouth and chewed it, the sweet and sour juice dispelled the bitter dryness in his mouth, and in a trance, it also made his already sluggish spirit a little invigorated.

"Thank you, kid, maybe I'll live one more day because of this orange."

The boy looked at the reluctant smiling face and nodded.

"Good luck."

"I also hope that the drowning god will always protect you." The other party replied, and then looked at the back of the boy who turned to leave, and pursed his lips, quite moved.

But after a while, his mood was suddenly interrupted, because another person walked in front of him, blocking the sun.

"Did the boy talk to you?"

The hoarse female voice sounded strangely charming, but the strange gaze that came from her head was very aggressive, which made the patient feel very uncomfortable, but he nodded anyway.

"Yes."

"What did you say?" The other party asked again.

The patient frowned when he heard this, and said, "He asked me how to get to Buck Village." ”

Although she didn't know the woman in front of her, she was obviously following the boy, and as far as the patient was concerned, he didn't want to cause the kind boy any trouble, so he lied.

It's a pity that the other party directly exposed his lies.

"You don't have to hide it for him." The hoarse female voice said, "His target is not Buck Village. ”

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. The patient shook his head in denial.

The other party did not respond, but squatted down, and stretched out a slender white hand holding a purple glass bottle with a thin neck from the cloak that was closed, and slowly shook it in front of the patient's festering cheeks, accompanied by a slight liquid shaking sound, and a faint strange fragrance emanated.

"I said, what did he say to you?"

The hoarse voice was the same as before, but when it got into the ears, it seemed to hit the bottom of the heart, making the patient's face instantly stunned, and in a trance, some words were unconsciously muttered.

"He said, give it to you, eat an orange before you die."

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"Then we'll be half a person."

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"Eat, if you don't eat, you won't be able to eat again."

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"Good luck."