Chapter Seventy-Four: The Little Thief

As Kashia said, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and there was a tendency to stay all night, and the tavern was getting more and more in the tavern, and it was still pleasant to sit around the warm fire with a glass of hot wine and hot food in the tavern on such a cold day.

The innkeeper chatted with Zhang Lin and them for a few words, and then went to receive the guests, this kind of weather is a good thing for him, if he doesn't have more business, he is too lazy to clean up the cobwebs in the tavern.

"During this time, I felt much better sleeping, and I used to dream that I was working in the middle of the night and my whole body was sore when I woke up." A black elf gulped down the wine in his glass and burped comfortably.

"Don't say it, so do I." The other black elf also put down the food in his hand.

This was followed by several responses, apparently all of whom felt the same way.

"Are they sleepwalking in groups?" Ciel muttered quietly.

Serana shook her head, "Not really, it sounds like it's being controlled by a psychic spell...... Keshia, you've been here before, do you know what's going on here? ”

"They seem to be under the control of Milak, and they work every night in a boulder building outside the town, and they don't even know they're not in a comfortable bed," Keshia paused, "but a dark elf mage named Nellos told me that they stopped working a few days before I came here. ”

"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Milak has come out of the realm of the Demon God." Zhang Lin lowered his head and propped his hand on his chin and said.

"What?"

"Milak controlled the island's inhabitants to build an altar for her by corrupting the sacred stone that was originally used to give blessings, but it doesn't seem to be needed anymore." Zhang Lin continued to talk about his reasoning.

"So what do you mean, she might have given up here?" Kashia frowned.

"It's possible."

"Well, I hope we didn't make this trip in vain." Kashia sighed, "If she does run away, it will be hard to find." ”

"If she still wants to deal with you, she will definitely come out again," Zhang Lin shook his head.

As the night deepened, the guests in the tavern gradually left, and Zhang Lin and the others also went back to their rooms to rest.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Lin, who was not asleep, heard the movement outside, came to the door, and only heard someone talking in a whisper, one of them was the boss, and the other sounded like a girl.

"Listen, Millie, you can't do that." Although the boss's voice was deliberately suppressed, Zhang Lin could still hear the seriousness of the elders in the other party's tone.

"But I need money, my mother hasn't woken up since she had an accident in the mine, and I want to take her to treatment, which must cost a lot of money." The girl's voice sounded very immature, and it was clearly not very old.

"But you can't steal either, if you are discovered, you may even give away your life, and I will give you some money." Then, there was a rustling sound and the crisp sound of gold coins colliding, "Take these, although not much, go back quickly." ”

"Well, thank you, Uncle Sadri."

Hearing the boss sigh, the tavern fell silent again, and found that it was not a big deal, and Zhang Lin lay back on the bed.

But only a few minutes later, there was a slight noise outside the door.

"Squeak-"

The sound of the door being pushed open made the uninvited guest stay where she was for a moment, and then cowered and tried to retreat, but the sound of breathing in the room, still steady, made her muster up the courage again and cautiously touch in.

Without the need for fire at all, the diminutive figure crept around the obstacles in the room without making any more sounds.

The dark red eyes that loomed in the darkness were firmly locked on the person on the bed, and it was only after a long time that they slowly moved towards the clothes placed at the head of the bed.

The sound of the slight churning of clothes was not obvious in such a quiet environment, but the thief, who had not found the money bag, seemed to be in a hurry, she was obviously inexperienced, and the movement was becoming more and more obvious.

She even tried to pull off the beautiful-looking ornaments from her clothes, but apparently with her strength, she couldn't do it with her bare hands.

But soon, she noticed a small dagger next to her, and a gleam suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she fumbled to take the dagger in her hand, and was about to start cutting off the contents of her clothes.

"That's not good, I think I'll be laughed at if I go out tomorrow in a dress with holes open."

The sudden sound startled the thief, and he sat down on the ground.

"Bang"

The firelight lit up, and the little black elf girl who looked to be only ten years old was looking at Zhang Lin nervously with a dagger with tears in her eyes, rubbing her buttocks. "Don't ...... Don't come here, I have a knife! ”

"Okay, I'm not coming." Zhang Lin shrugged his shoulders and still sat on the bed, looking at the little guy with a smile on his face.

"Uhh ”

Zhang Lin was a little embarrassed now, and the idea of wanting to tease this guy was left behind.

"Don't cry, I won't kill you, and I won't sell you."

"Really?" The little black elf girl took her hand away from her eyes, but she didn't see many tears, "Then can you let me go?" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Lin didn't know that this little guy was acting, and he was immediately happy, "No, you will be punished for stealing something, so I can't let you go." ”

"But didn't I steal it?"

"And what do you have in your hand?"

Looking at the dagger in his hand, the little guy was stunned for a moment, and then immediately threw the dagger to the side, "No, I didn't steal anything, please let me go." ”

"Let's start by why you're stealing." Zhang Lin crossed his legs and looked at the little girl in front of him condescendingly.

"My mom is sick and she needs money for treatment." The little black elf girl said timidly.

"But that's not a reason for you to steal." Zhang Lin stared at each other with a serious look.

"But I really can't help it, wow-" This time the little black elf girl really cried, and she couldn't stop it.

"Okay, stop!" Zhang Lin shouted, so frightened that the little girl suddenly stopped her voice, and Zhang Lin seemed to notice something, "Do you still have accomplices?" ”

The little girl froze, then shook her head quickly.

"Then, be careful!"

A cultist suddenly rushed in, and Zhang Lin quickly threw the little girl away.