The road from the entrance to the base wasn't long, but Natalia kept walking on thin ice, as she had rejected Mr. Summer's gift, and he hadn't even given her a chance to explain.

Forget it, anyway, the days will be long, she tried her best to comfort herself, and followed Mr. Summer back.

"Today is still a vacation, and the rest of the time is free to arrange by yourself," Mr. Summer said something to Mr. Four after a sentence, and left. Mr. Four nodded, and walked over with all the gifts, "Mr. Summer thinks both of these gifts are a good fit for you, Miss Natalia," and he graciously pulled out the blood diamond and the gun that looked like a work of art. Speaking of which, Mr. Four is very polite to everyone, whether he is an orphan or something else, which is surprisingly admirable, not only Mr. Four, but also other gentlemen with the number seem to be polite.

"Next time, he may need you to accompany him to Hanting, which is considered to be paid in advance."

Natalia was startled, but did he still insist on taking her to Hanting? Did he want her to accompany the big businessman Tyce? That guy was ten of her fat.

"Just to ask him to explain the rules of the Hanting and the people to be noticed, Miss Nata," Mr. Four added, "he made it clear that he would never go against your will, and if you did not, of course you could refuse, but he said that you are a very interesting girl, and you know a lot, and girls like you are rare, so he is quite looking forward to spending time with you." ”

Listening to Mr. Four's words, Natalia's heart jumped, and her face turned red uncontrollably.

She couldn't help but look at the blood diamond, red as pigeon's blood, as hot as a furnace, bright as cold jade, it was enough to attract every girl who likes diamonds. Oh, and that gun that looks like a work of art, why did he give himself a gun? However, the gun was quite light, and she unconsciously pulled the bolt and patted the muzzle, and the sound was crisp. Nata put down her rifle, held the bloody diamond in the palm of her hand, and carefully pulled it, only to feel that the diamond was crystal clear, which made her heart roll, if she wore this diamond around her neck, it would probably be beautiful. "That ......" she reluctantly accepted the summer gift with the little thought in her heart, and then carefully hid the blood diamond, she was going to the Han court to find a better jewelry craftsman to carve the blood diamond.

When she returned, she found her sister hiding in the corner with her face swollen and crying. Natalia pulled her sister up and patted the dirt off her body, "What's the matter, who bullied you?" ”

"They said you seduced Mr. Summer," the sister spat resentfully, wiping away her tears, "especially Anya, she said, ......"

"Say what?"

"She said you ......." Olaria hesitated, "she said that you relied on your good face and began to eagerly seduce Mr. Summer, and the others also said........ You are....... The .......," Olaria turned her head, "in heat, they said so ugly, I got into a fight with them." ”

Natalia only felt a sour and angry feeling in her heart, she obviously didn't do anything, why would others scold her? She couldn't help but want to cry, but what about crying, they must want to see her cry too? She wouldn't follow their thoughts.

"Forget it, ignore them, don't care what they say," she gritted her teeth and hugged her sister, comforting her, "some gibberish won't hurt us, we're not so vulnerable." ”

"Just because it doesn't hurt you doesn't mean it doesn't hurt other people's impression of you," a soft voice sounded behind her, and Natalia turned around, startled.

Wei Ning was standing behind her, but she ....... Oh, her body, her face, her arms, Natalia could see that all her exposed skin had a slight thin streak, which was like a crimson burning snake tightly wrapped around her body, and like the cracked magma, it shimmered with red flames, and the mere sight of it made people dizzy. Natalia only felt a little cramp in her stomach, she didn't even dare to look at her face, she only felt that she exuded a power that people couldn't look at directly, like a fire burning in her throat....... Now she is like a shrine maiden in the story, which is both surprising and terrifying.

"Miss Wei Ning, you are ........"

"What, Natalia, embarrassed me?" Wei Ning smiled and quipped, "I don't want to do this either, but Mr. Summer has to do this, he caused all this." ”

Natalia was shocked, "Mr. Summer, what did he do to you, why did you become like this?" ”

"I don't know," Wei Ning said with a rare hint of apprehension on her face, "since I first appeared in front of my friends with this face this morning, they have become afraid to come near me. ”

"Of course," Olaria couldn't help but exclaim, "because it's the pattern of the Children of Darkness." ”

Wining was a little puzzled, "What is the Dark Child?" ”

The younger sister explained solemnly, "They are monsters from my teacher's story, legend has it that they were born from the deepest part of the tunnel thirty years ago, at the end of the old era, they were born in the darkness, they grew up in the darkness, they are the mother of the tunnel and the great enemy of the sun star--- the people of an unknown dark ancient god. Each of them was tall and withered, with a complexion as pale as milk, eyes as cold as ice, blue and deeper than any human eye, skin like a pale moon, and eyes like blue stars. Their smooth skin changes color as they move, darker in the dark, but the only thing that doesn't change," Auraria glanced at the lines in horror, "only the lines on their bodies that are as deep as red flames, which are their eternal mark, and the symbol of the dark people. They slash living beings with their swords and manipulate souls with their eyes, their swordsmanship is so great and more powerful, wielding long swords that glow with an eerie blue light like thin crystal shards, cold enough to shatter anything it touches, and bullets can't hurt them. Their language cannot be understood, the teacher said that they can smell the souls of the living, can resurrect the corpses of the dead, and can bring cold.

They manipulate the dead bodies of animals, including black beasts, hunting bears, black-clawed bats, blood bats, squirrel swarms, and even more terrifying observers, as well as legendary super-monsters that only exist on the ground---- and even "ice spiders" as big as hounds with thirteen claws follow the Children of Darkness to help them find their prey. ”

Wei Ning couldn't help but laugh, "At least I don't have white spiders around me." ”

Olaria shook her head cautiously, "I just heard the teacher say this, she told us a lot of stories, but this is the only story, she has always believed that it is true, and many of her classmates' mothers have told this story. "If one thinks the story is true, it may not be true, but Olaria has heard too many girls tell stories from their mothers.

"I haven't heard the teacher say this," Natalia retorted in a low voice, pulling her sister up, "wait until her eyes turn blue, Mr. Summer shouldn't hurt Sister Weining, and besides, don't tell these boring stories in the future." “

But her sister was still very scared, she unconsciously avoided Wei Ning, and even slipped away alone, even ignoring her sister.

Natalia's face was full of worry, wanting to catch her sister, but she didn't think she slipped away too fast, "Sister Weining, is it really okay for you to do this?" ”

Wei Ning clenched her slender fingers slightly, and a slight hot fluctuation flowed from the lines on her hand, as if it was about to flow all over her body, and she unconsciously had a trace of concern, "I do feel better than ever, but I don't know what it means." ”

"In the old days, no one told the story of witchcraft and the Children of Darkness, everyone was talking about space, talking about mobile phones and the Internet," Natalia squeezed out a reluctant smile, she could always feel an inexplicable pressure as deep as the sea as she stood beside Venin, thick and deep. "Don't listen to her nonsense, stories are just stories, I haven't heard anything like it, and I haven't seen any children of darkness, if there is, everyone already knows."

Wei Ning was silent. Perhaps only that man can give a reasonable answer to this matter.

Since that day, these orphans and freaks have had another object of rejection, and that is the girl Wei Ning, who was once admired by them. She showed up in the cafeteria, and the girls ate it in twos and threes, and then slipped away, or secretly discussed her lines, the ghosts and mutated creatures in the tunnels, and especially her eyes....... Finally it became red as blood day by day...... Her lines are the same day by day......

The same is true of the boys who were once attached to Wining, who were probably ashamed that they had fallen in love with such a person, and made even more vicious and lewd jokes behind their backs.

On this day, Natalia couldn't stand those discussions and jokes anymore, and she finally couldn't help but question Mr. Summer, "Mr. Summer, haven't you seen the changes in Miss Weining's body, or are you pretending not to know?" ”

Her questioning tone made Summer almost think she had done something wrong, "What's wrong with her?" ”

Natalia smiled, "Are you pretending to be stupid?" I can't believe you can't see that her eyes are turning red, and ......" she mentioned with a little fear, "the lines ......" as if they were going to tear her skin apart, and Natalia could always see a flame burning inside Venin, so she was really okay? She was deeply skeptical.

"Makes you feel sick?" Summer chuckled, "Her change didn't hurt you, it didn't hurt her, it didn't hurt anyone else, to be precise, she was becoming different, and this difference was the change that everyone longed for." ”

"How? Makes people fear her even more? Her stern tone was more like that of an old mother, "Her best friends are all rejecting her and staying away from her." ”

"If you can be afraid of this change in performance, some friends don't want it," Summer motioned to her to reassure, "she is voluntary, and she can stop whenever she wants." ”

Such an explanation undoubtedly can't dispel people's doubts, but Nata also knows that she can't pursue the truth too much, and now she can only choose to trust Mr. Summer, but is Mr. Summer really worthy of her unconditional trust?

She couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, and then created countless miracles and saved her from her misery, Mr. Summer, she would have doubted him.

"I'm going to Hanting tomorrow," Xia suddenly said, "Are you going to go with you?" ”

"Are you going to see the Grand Merchant of Theis? I .......," she paused and lowered her head, "I'm going to accompany Miss Wining." ”

"She's not a child who needs a friend to survive," Summer laughed, "I advise you to worry about yourself, if you get too close to her, others will treat you as an outlier." ”

Nata raised an eyebrow, "I've always been an outlier," she swore aswearing, "and even though those people are my work partners, even if they're all dead, they have nothing to do with me." ”

It's cruel enough, Summer muttered a few words in a low voice, and then returned to business, "This trip is the key to whether or not I can completely get my goods into the Han Court, Natalia, you really don't plan to accompany me, without a local to guide me, I'm just afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch." ”

"Stationmaster Bolivar is more familiar with the merchants of Hanting than I am," Natalia retorted subconsciously, "I know he'll follow you too." ”

Summer didn't feel the slightest embarrassment about being exposed, "I don't trust a merchant from another station, if he lied to me, how can I recognize his ruse?"

Mr. Summer tried his best to fool me, Nata rolled her eyes inwardly, Deputy Station Master Bolivar now sees you as a pillar of his rise, if he tricks you into it, who can give him the benefits you give?

But since he repeatedly begged him to accompany him, Natalia really couldn't refuse.

"I'm not going to drink and chat with those big businessmen, my only job is to help you understand some of the most basic things about Hanting, you'd better not think about that mess," she warned with the most cautious attitude, "otherwise, even if it's Mr. Summer, I'll hate you for the rest of my life." ”

Summer touched his chin, in fact, he really planned to let this good-looking beautiful girl take his place to ask those big businessmen for some news, after all, the beauty plan has not been outdated for thousands of years.

"You can have a drink with me, I'm actually very affected by beauty," Summer shrugged, "whatever you want." ”

Natalia twitched, determined not to bother to look at him again, lest she spoil the impression that Mr. Summer had always had in front of her.