She hugged the basket tightly and boldly asked, "You—what do you want to do?" As he spoke, he cheered himself up in his heart: they were not as scary as Warcraft, they were not as scary as Warcraft......

The scar man still grinned: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, uncle is a good person." Uncle has just come here, and he doesn't know him well, and when he sees such a cute little sister like you, he just wants to talk to you. ”

The black-toothed man also chimed in: "That's right, little sister, have you lived here for a long time?" Familiar with this place? Can you take your uncles around? ”

Minna looked at them warily, not believing a word of what they said. They don't look like good people, and they must be trying to do something bad when they stop her from leaving! And the fall she fell just now was so strange, they must have caused it!

She pursed her mouth tightly, rolled her eyes, and wanted to escape while they weren't paying attention, but she was discovered and dragged back by the scarred man by the collar: "Little sister, why did you run away without saying hello?" That's not polite, is it? ”

"What do you want to do to the kids?!" Old Joe appeared behind them, and when Minna saw this, she hurriedly struggled to get rid of the scarred man's hand and ran behind Lao Joe, not even caring about the apple basket falling.

The scar man was stunned for a moment, thinking that this little girl was quite fast. He glanced at the black-toothed man, and both smiled at Lao Qiao: "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's rare to see compatriots, it's just to tease children, we don't have bad intentions." "That's right, boss, even if this is your half-elf territory, you can't stop us from getting close to our human race."

They grinned, winked at each other, and went back to the shop in a flash, only whispering from time to time, and the corners of their eyes swept over Old Joe.

Old Qiao snorted coldly, ignored them, and helped Minna pick up the apples and baskets, and gave them to her: "Next time they block you like this, you will shout, but it is not safe in the forest now, you and the little prince should not run too far." He raised his hand to greet a passing half-elf, who asked him to take Minna to Radlow's treehouse.

Minna thanked Lao Qiao, and then left with the half-elf, along the way, the other party was complaining that the new human mercenaries were causing trouble, entangled the patrol people, and caused his friend to be injured by the **** vomited by the snow monster a few days ago, and was forced to cut off a large piece of meat on his arm to save his life, and now those mercenaries are still messing around the town, teasing young girls, and even boys, I really don't know what they want to do.

Minna listened half-understood all the way, only knew that those people had done a lot of bad things, and she was secretly vigilant in her heart to avoid them. As soon as she looked up, she saw the half-elf boy Lefer approaching her, smiling and about to say hello, but saw him suddenly blush, and in a panic turned another way and left. There's something inexplicable about her.

The half-elf who was traveling with him smiled happily and solved the puzzle for Minna: "Old Joe is not kind, last night he was quick to say everything your uncle told him, and we only knew that Xiao had suspected that Lever was his son. Lever didn't mention how embarrassed he was last night, he was embarrassed to see you. ”

"Huh?" Minna was pleasantly surprised, "Big brother is my grandfather...... Uncle's son? ”

"It's not. Don't look at him as young, he is actually in his twenties. He grew up in human society and has only lived here for about ten years, so of course it can't be your uncle's son. ”

Minna let out an "oh" and asked, "Then who is my uncle's son?" The half-elf blinked: "Well...... Guess for yourself, I can't tell. Minna pouted.

As he spoke, he had already arrived at the treehouse on the edge of the town, and the half-elf still had something to do, so he left first. Minna climbed the wooden ladder, saw that the door was unlocked, and knew that Radlow was there, so she happily pushed the door open.

The room was furnished with simple furniture, low tables and cabinets of birch, cushions made of vines, a few scattered books, curtains of coarse linen and kudzu on the windows, and tables of water cups and wooden bowls carved from tree roots, painted with bright and delicate patterns. In the room are several wicker fruit baskets, which are filled with colorful fruits, exuding a faint sweet smell of fruit.

There was no one in the house, and judging by the leftover juice on the plate, Ladlow must have just left. Minna shouted "Little La", and when no one answered, she ran out of the door again, standing at the mouth of the wooden ladder and shouting in the direction of the forest, wondering if this friend of the same age had run into the forest to play again.

As she screamed, her eyes went dark, and a figure fell from the sky and landed in front of her, and when she looked at it, it was Radlow. He glanced at her angrily: "What's it called?!" Don't call me that idiot! ”

Minna grinned and said, "I think it's good." Where were you just now? Why do you not answer when I call you so much? She handed him the basket in her hand: "This is what Uncle Qiao gave us to eat." ”

"Stupid! I just finished eating, where can I eat?! Radlow rolled his eyes again and paused, "Are you okay with your injuries?" I heard that you were covered in blood that day. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Minna followed him into the house and put the basket on the table, "Although it hurts, it will get better soon, but my foot is injured, and it hurts to walk, but now it's fine." What about you? You passed out that day, and you haven't come to see me for the past few days, so I don't know what happened to you. ”

"I'm fine, I'm just out of strength." Radlow sat on the cushion and bowed his head and asked, "I want to ask you, why did you come with you that day?" You're obviously far away from the monster, and you can escape back to the town, why are you here to help me? I'm so fierce to you, don't you feel disgusted? ”

Minna tilted her head and said, "No, although you are a little fierce, you know a lot of things, you can climb trees, and invite me to eat delicious fruits, we are already friends, how can I leave you and run away?" ”

"Friends?"

"Yes, I've made a lot of friends in Qiton, but they don't understand anything, you are about the same age as me, but you know so many interesting things, I admire you very much."

Radlow suddenly showed a strange smile: "Sure enough, it's a stupid person." Do you think I'm about the same age as you? To tell you the truth, I'm seventeen years old, but I've inherited the slow-growing characteristics of elves, so I look like a child. ”

Minna's eyes widened: "Liar! I don't believe it! "He's obviously a child, how can he be so old?

Radlow raised his head: "Don't believe me? I ask you, you saw my mother and my aunt that day, how old do you guess they are? Let me tell you, my mother is over 500 years old, and my aunt is also over 300 years old, but they look like they are only in their twenties, and this is because elves live a long life, so they grow slower than humans. ”

Minna was a little dazed, the white-clothed beauties and black-clothed women she had seen that day did look like they were only in their twenties, if they were really a few hundred years old, then it was not strange that Xiaola was seventeen years old and had the appearance of six or seven years old. But are they that old?

Seeing that she didn't believe her, Ladlow added: "If my mother is really only in her twenties, then when she and your grandfather got married more than twenty years ago, wasn't she only a few years old?" How is this possible? So, my mom just looks young, in fact she's hundreds of years old. ”

Minna thought about it and felt that what he said did make sense, but ...... Wait, what did he just say? "How do you know he's my grandfather?!" She exclaimed.

Radlow scoffed: "You said it yourself, we already knew." ”

Is that so? Minna touched her head, when did she say that she leaked her mouth? Before she could remember, she suddenly froze, pointed at Radlow and muttered, "You just said...... My grandpa and your mom...... ...... getting married" she looked left and right at the house: "Uncle Qiao said...... Grandpa's son lives in a treehouse at the end of town......" she opened her mouth wide: "You said you were seventeen years old......"

She said all the way, Ladlow nodded all the way, and smiled generously: "Formally introduce myself, I am your uncle Ladlo, don't call me any ugly 'Little La' in the future, call me uncle." ”

Minna stared at him blankly, her mind in confusion, and it was not easy for her to believe that the little boy in front of her, who looked about her age, was actually her uncle, and that he was eleven years older than her. She jumped up suddenly: "I'm going to tell grandpa to go!" As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Radlow: "Don't go!" I don't want him to know! ”

"Why?" Minna was puzzled, "Grandpa is here to find you, and he really wants to see you." ”

"I know, he thinks Lever is me, right? I don't want to recognize him, though. Radlow turned his head, "I can't leave the Elven Forest, and he won't stay with me and my mother." If he didn't know I existed for the past seventeen years, why should he recognize me now? You said you'd be leaving soon, right? When we leave here, we don't know that we are there, and we live our own lives. ”

Minna looked at him: "Xiaola, I don't understand...... You seem to be a little different from your usual ......."

Radlow smiled, "I'm seventeen, of course unlike the average seven-year-old, and ......," he looked at his hands, "I have the ability to control plants, which many real elves don't have." In the past, I only had the false name of a prince, and any elf could look down on me, but now it is different, my grandparents, and the elders of the elves, have all agreed, I can live with my mother for a few days a month, and the elves will also send people to teach me writing, magic, and archery. Although I will never be able to become the king of the elves, I believe that one day they will fully accept me. ”

Minna looked at the brightness on his face, and felt that this friend had suddenly become a little strange: "Little ......"

Radlow turned his head to look at her, and suddenly reached out and knocked her on the head: "Don't call me by that name!" How many times have I said that? A sucker! He reached for an apple, took a big bite, and stood up, "Come up with me with the basket and play." ”

Minna pouted and rubbed her head, muttering, "Why are you beating me......" but she was secretly a little happy in her heart, and Xiaola changed back to the original Xiaola.

She follows Radlow up the rope ladder to the second level of the treehouse. This was actually Radlow's bedroom, and as soon as she entered, there were layers of thick straw mats, much smaller than the one below, but larger than the four-poster bed she slept in in the inn room, and the whole room could be used as a bed, except for a few large pillows, two or three pieces of clothing, a pen made of leaf paper and thin branches, which Minna recognized as the usual writing instrument in the town, and a few books on basic wind magic, and a basket in the corner of the room, which contained half a basket of fruit.

Ladlow tossed the basket of apples aside, pulled the basket from the corner of the room, and handed it to Minna: "Here, some you have eaten, some have not, let's exchange them." ”

Minna smiled and took it: "Your fruits are delicious, I can't eat them in the store." ”

"Of course." The corners of Radlow's mouth curled, "These are fruits that are not easy to pick, and they are very precious." He carried a magic book: "You've studied magic, haven't you?" Tell me about it, the new teacher doesn't quite understand. ”

Minna leaned over as she ate the fruit, and saw that it was just a few simple little magics, one of which was illumination, and showed him how to do it. Her magic has improved now, and the balls of light emitted are much brighter.

However, when she taught Ladlow to use this technique, her mood suddenly became depressed, because the ball of light emitted by Radlow was actually ten times brighter than her! Seeing the other party's snickering appearance, she took a big bite of the fruit fiercely, and vowed in her heart to go back to practice hard.

They stayed until dark, and then left for dinner. Although she eats a lot of fruit, Minna prefers hot soups and bread, and of course, what she misses most is barbecue, so why can't she eat meat here?

Two children (?) They were fighting all the way, competing with each other to see who emitted the brighter and more long-lasting balls of light. Needless to say, it was naturally Minna who lost, and she said unconvinced: "You are so much older than me, of course you are better than me." Radlow glanced at her, "Stupid, I only learned it today." ”

Minna was deflated and strode forward, when she suddenly saw three dark shadows appear in front of her, and by the light from the nearby room, she found that two of them were the scarred man and the black-toothed man who had blocked her earlier, and she was busy.

"What's wrong?" Radlow almost bumped into them, glanced at the three who were approaching with a smile, and whispered to Minna, "Are they the new human mercenaries?" ”

Minna nodded, pulling Radlow back step by step. I saw the black-toothed man beckoning to her: "Little sister, we meet again." Is this your friend? An unknown mercenary smacked his lips: "It's an elf, right?" It's so pretty. ”

Radlow's little face flushed again. Minna quietly glanced around, and suddenly saw a faint silver light flashing around the corner in front of her, and after a closer look, it was Lever. She was overjoyed, shouted "big brother," and ran past Radlow towards the half-elf boy, who was actually a young man.

When Lever saw her, his face turned red, and he wanted to escape, but when he saw the mercenaries, he also realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly hurried a few steps, picked up the two children, and quickly escorted them to the inn.

The three mercenaries saw them go away, and they all felt disappointed. The scar man glanced at his companion: "What should I do?" The townspeople don't take the bait. ”

"There will be a way." The black-toothed man's face was gloomy, "The elven guard strength has been much weaker in the past few days, and among the half-elves, except for that Joe, the other people are average in strength, and they are not our opponents at all." We just need to find out ......."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the third person licked his lips: "Boss, those two children just now are good-looking, and that boy is still an elf." ”

The black-toothed man stared at him: "Don't make any extraneous branches. After a pause, he smiled again: "We'll talk about it when we get it." ”

The three laughed again.

Minna, who had no idea what the three of them were talking to, hurried back to the inn with Lever, and as soon as she entered, she saw an elf with a longbow talking to Old Joe. Hearing someone enter the door, he turned around, and Minna recognized him as one of the male elves who had sent their grandparents to the inn, and he was very kind.

At the moment, the amiable elf looked at her with a serious expression, and Old Joe also had a melancholy in his eyes. Minna suddenly had a bad premonition: "What's wrong?" ”

"Minna." Old Qiao opened his mouth in a heavy tone, "Xiao is injured, seriously injured." ”