"Rod, you're still the same as before. Looking at the young man's dress, Blunt couldn't help but think of the old days, after so long, the boy's face became more and more handsome, and he was still dressed like that, ten years ago, he was fascinated by this look.

"You haven't seen me five years ago," Rod shook his head, "but you, Miss Blunt, have become nuns of the Church?"

"It's not. The woman shook her head, "How can I be qualified to be a nun, just because the church took me in and temporarily helped them, and it is easy for people to recognize me in a nun's clothes." Miss Blunt bowed her head, as if she had avoided Rod's gaze.

Rhodes had known for a long time, and Modelilah had told him before, and he just wanted to open up the conversation, "How is Mrs. Blunt doing?" the boy asked as usual.

At the mention of Madame, Miss Blunt's whole body trembled, "Mother... Found early this morning... It's gone. The woman's lips trembled as she spoke. It could be seen that she was still trying to restrain herself in front of Rod, but the pain of losing her mother was not long ago, and it was too difficult for her.

This incident was not a small blow to Rod, the boy stared at Miss Blount with wide eyes, and it took him three seconds before he reacted, and ran to Miss again, Rod grabbed her hand "I'm sorry... I'm late..."

"What's the use of you coming?" she squinted at Rod, and she forcefully withdrew her hand. I don't know if Rode's words were wrong or if the action offended her, the woman's reaction was great: "Are you still in touch with Lotter?"

"Of course, as in the past. The boy's expression was a little embarrassed, Mrs. Blount died... This was also very heart-wrenching for him, and Lott had finally met once, but he was a step late. At the same time, he also felt that Miss Blunt's attitude was a little cold, which was different from what Lott had described. Her body was as emaciated as those of the priests, could it be because of pain and hunger?

"Then you tell him that I won't use the money anymore, now I'm the only one left, I don't have to bear the medical bills anymore, and I can find a way to support myself. Blunt stood up after speaking, "If it's okay, you can go, I'm fine, thank you for your concern." ”

Grabbing the other party's arm again, Rod wouldn't let her go, "I'm not here just to see." ”

"And what do you want?" Miss Blunt turned around and sneered, "I forgot about you two at the beginning, I really forgot, I really forgot, I quite admire myself." But alas, I remembered it later. You two... When my father and mother took care of you so much, I still was... I'm still on you... Now I feel sick to think about it. Blunt said of this, and he spat out, "When our family was in trouble, you and Lott left without saying a word." Now that you're back, will you give you your kindness?," said Miss Blunt, began to unbutton her clothes, "seeing that I'm down, and want to come once and then go again?" ”

Although he only had a right hand, Rhodes easily grabbed the woman's restless hand, "At the beginning...", do you want to explain? Of course, this misunderstanding must be cleared up in an instant "We left because we were cursed. Someone... Hired a magician cursed us, just as you forgot about us, we forgot about you, it was Lotter who took great pains to find you. I

I wanted to come a long time ago, but... The curse hasn't gone away, and now that the curse has been lifted, won't I come even if it's war?" Half true and half false, Rhodes emphasized the facts in Miss Blunt's knowledge, while obscuring the matter about Geis, so easy to understand and very believable.

"Curse?" the woman's eyes were still skeptical, but they didn't conflict with her own perception, and she didn't immediately deny it.

"How else would you forget? and suddenly remember?" Rhodes was confident in her own words, she would never find a loophole, after all, it was a small lie based on facts.

Blount thought for a moment, "Maybe, alas, it doesn't matter now." There was no change in attitude, but Miss Blunt's face became more sad, everything was a misunderstanding? So what, what if the misunderstanding was solved? The home was gone, the father was gone, the mother was gone, what could be changed to know this? There was nothing to do but want to cry more.

"Can you take me to Mrs. Blunt?" the boy asked in a sincere tone, letting go of the woman's restless hand.

"The mother has been buried, with the old woman... They said they wanted to sleep together last night, but the two of them left in the morning. It can be seen that the woman forcibly maintained a relatively calm state, although the content of the words was very sad, but the tone was relatively calm, and there were no tears and whimpering. I don't know why, it's completely different from Lot's time, she seems to be very strong in front of Rhodes "I'll take you to their graves. The woman still avoided Rod's gaze and walked forward quickly.

"Miss Blunt, I'll open the door. Stepping forward, Rod tugged her to the back and opened the door.

"Do you have to do this?" said Blunt, looking a little annoyed. Unlike Lot's attitude back then, she is disgusted with it now.

"Yes. Rod was also stubborn, and he could see that Blount didn't like it, but the teenager insisted on it.

Miss Blunt glanced at his face and walked out the door, with Rhodes following closely beside her.

The church's cemetery is behind the house, and it is the only place where refugees do not approach, which can be regarded as the respect of the living for the dead, the newly turned soil is obvious in the cemetery, and Blount took Rhodes to the two new graves, "The tombstone is not ready yet." It should be two days, maybe many days. ”

"Why are you buried so quickly?" Rod looked around, there were still a few graves without headstones.

"A week after the famine began, the old and the young couldn't hold on, people left every day, dragging on only more and more corpses, so they had to be buried as soon as possible. Blount said as he crouched down and stroked the new soil of the cemetery, "Mother has suffered so much... But she didn't get anything in return, and I hope she can rest well here. ”

"The old woman finally..."Looking at the grave next to her, Rhodes knelt down on one leg, "May she and her uncle be reunited." He closed his eyes and prayed.

"Mother-in-law and mother must have left peacefully in the end. Blunt looked at Rhodes beside her, and the woman bit her lip, "Thank you." ”

"It's too early to say thank you. The boy suddenly opened his eyes, "Mrs. Blunt's soul just now ordered me to take you out of here. ”

"Less. Miss Blunt stood up, "There's no way I can get out of here. ”

"Shall I take you away?" said Rod, with a serious expression, as he grabbed Miss Blunt's arm again.

"I'm fine here and don't need your help. The woman struggled to break free from Rod's grasp, but her hands were not as strong as his.

"Good?" Rod let go of his hand and pointed to the door of the church, where there were still a lot of refugees, "You think it's good to be like this!?"

"So what?" Miss Blunt took a step back, "I thank you for coming to see me, and thank you for coming to see Mother. But I can decline the rest of the requests. Maybe people like me are not qualified to talk about dignity, and I can just mess around. With that, she turned and left.

"What if you're going to die like this?" Rhodes quickly stopped in front of her, and in order not to get too emotional about Miss Blunt, he decided not to touch her, but to stop her with his body.

"Die?" Miss Blunt shook her head, "though the food in the church is tight, it's enough for me to live." ”

"It's enough now, what about in the future?" Rhodes raised his voice, "Now the famine has only been half a month, there is still a lot of room in the nobles' homes, and the commoners can grit their teeth and get by, and now only the poor people at the bottom come to the church, but is this the end? Will the war end?"

Miss Blunt's eyes moved, "Maybe it'll be over soon." ”

"No! The dragon won't be defeated so easily! What will happen in fifteen days? Where will the commoners go if their food stock is gone? Or the church, will there be enough food by then? The church will not be able to distinguish between the high and the low, they will only divide it equally! No matter how much your family has given to the church in the past, they will still give your share to the homeless, to the heartless. What happens when the average person doesn't have enough food to live? starve? Or do you rob someone else? Can you rob it? This is just a huge grave, and here you will definitely die!"

"Alarmist. Blount shook her head, and although she could see that she was a little frightened by Rod's words, her attitude was still resolute.

"Anika?? Blunte! How much are you going to pretend to be stupid!" Rod pushed Miss Blunt a little harder, she was already very weak, and this push fell directly to the ground, but Rod didn't intend to help her up this time, "Clever you can't see this clearly?" Rhodes crouched down in front of her, "Or are you ready to meet these at all?" The boy's face was also frightened, he was not afraid that the woman could not see the situation clearly, and he could not see clearly what the boy could tell her what was going on. What he feared was that the woman had seen everything, and yet she chose to accept it.

"The Blunts will not abandon Portnatus. The woman raised her head high, "No matter what lies ahead, no matter what I am now, I will not leave here, I am needed here, and these people also need me." ”

"You're not a guardian, you're a funeral!" Rod shook his head, "You said that you are not a nobleman, why do you still live with this idea?"

"Your family is long gone, aren't you still clinging to your sword?" Miss Blunt casually fought back, even if it was Rod's sore spot.

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