CHAPTER XXXII
"Get out of the way!" Monshant said to Harry, who was standing in front of him with his arms outstretched, holding his way.
"No, I won't let you in alone." Harry looked at him without changing his face.
"Are you really going to force me to do it? If you don't have a sword, do you think you can tie with me like you did last time? Mock ice picks began to appear around Monshent, dark blue pupils staring at Harry, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out.
"You're right, but I won't let you pass, let your companions die or something, I definitely can't do it." Harry said categorically, a trace of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, indeed, he was right, he didn't bring a sword, his combat power did drop a lot, even so, he wouldn't let him go obediently.
Harry now thought that they were companions in the battle, and that the Count was their enemy, so how could he watch his companion strayed into the wolf's mouth.
"Companions? Less kidding you! Whoever is your companion is not in charge of my own affairs! Monshant repeated what Harry had said, and then reacted violently, angrily.
"I won't let you pass whatever you say, I've sworn that I will never let my companions and important people die in front of me again." Harry stared at him with a solemn look on his face, and made a gesture that I wouldn't let you pass.
"Get out of here!!"
"I don't!"
"You, what a big idiot, I've scolded you many times, and I've beaten you, and I have such a bad attitude towards you, why are you, why are you still clinging to me like a big black dog, can't you stay away from me, woo......" Something suddenly popped out of Monshent's eyes, and he said in a sobbing tone, and then shed tears in front of Harry, and he squatted on the ground and cried bitterly, and the ice picks that appeared around him disappeared.
When Harry saw him crying, his whole body panicked, and he froze in place with a look of confusion, what, what's the situation, he cried as he spoke, I didn't say it right, I made him cry, I have to think about it carefully, maybe there is a remedy.
No, I felt that there was nothing wrong with what I said, and Harry, who had been thinking seriously for a while, covered his head with his hands and thought, what should I do? He was crying, and the panicked Harry wanted to run around the world a few times now, he didn't want to hear his cry, what he was most afraid of was that others would cry in front of him.
"Well, Monshent, don't cry, I'll go with you and bring your grandmother back, that's it." Harry cautiously questioned Monshent, who was squatting on the ground and crying, in a tentative tone.
"......" Monshant ignored Harry, still squatting on the ground and crying.
Awkward, so embarrassed, Harry could only stand beside him in a daze, as if he had given up thinking, quietly waiting for him to finish crying, the two of them stood on the high slope, a boy wearing a gray hat squatted on the ground and cried bitterly, and the other boy next to him stared blankly at the moon in the sky, watching the first moon.
"Are you comfortable? Are you hungry? Otherwise, I'll pick some fruit or something. Harry looked at Monshint, who was squatting on the ground and had raised his head to look ahead, and asked softly, Harry saw that his eye sockets were a little red and swollen, and it seemed that he was crying too sadly, and he was a little embarrassed, and he was really guilty, and he actually made people cry.
"Are you a big fool, where do you go to pick fruit at night, and there are fierce beasts moving outside, do you want to find death?" Monshant stood up, patted the dust off his buttocks, and then wiped the remaining tears from his eyes with his arm as he looked at Harry.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Monchente, I really didn't mean to make you cry, can you forgive me?" Harry said with a worried look down.
"I'm sorry, Harry, can you forgive me for being rude to you?" Monshant shook his head, then looked at Harry with a dark blue pupil with a sincere look in his eyes, and lowered his head.
"Huh? You, you don't have to be like this, it should be me, you forgive you, no, it's me who forgive you. Harry was a little confused, a little confused, and said vaguely.
Monshant was forgiven by Harry, showing a smile, Harry was stunned for a moment, it was really cute, he had just cried, there were tears on his white cheeks, slightly red and swollen eyes, soft smile, he looked like this, a lot less vicious, a little more feminine softness, Harry couldn't help but reach out his hand, Monshant looked at Harry strangely, but Harry pinched his cheek, and it happened to be the position that the original punk had pinched, Monshant let out a cry of pain.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it's okay, Monshint, I just saw that you were so cute, I couldn't help it..."
"No, it's fine." Monshint also blushed inexplicably, and his eyes turned to the side.
In order to clear the awkward atmosphere, Harry decided to change the subject and ask Monshint.
"By the way, Monshint, do you usually hand over the money to the Count as soon as you have finished the robbery?"
"Generally speaking, every time we rob money, we will take the initiative to hand it over to him." Monshint said.
"Then why is your grandmother free to enter the Earl's castle? I guess civilians weren't allowed to enter the Count's quarters. ”
"Well, this is because grandma is the person with the best skills and the best at taking care of flowers in this area, so from time to time the count's wife will call grandma and ask her to help manage these flowers and plants."
"I see, the flowers planted in your yard are not so tall and strong, and they are in full bloom so beautifully."
Hearing Harry's praise of his grandmother's planting, Monshant was overjoyed and thanked Harry and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Harry." ”
"It's okay, in fact, I can more or less understand your mood, your most important person is suddenly in danger, and I am the same." Harry looked at the castle that stood on the hill in front of him.
"Understood?" Monshint questioned.
"I used to have a grandmother like you, and I dreamed of becoming a gentle and kind person like her, when she was sick, I didn't have the money to help her treat her illness, and the neighbors around me were obviously happy to help grandma heal, but grandma is that kind of character, she doesn't want to cause trouble for others, she knows that everyone is not easy, at that time I really felt that I was useless, I could only watch her fall ill, very ironic, right." Harry said as he looked at the stars in the sky.
"I suppose your grandmother is really a nice person, she should be okay now, right?" Monshint also looked at the stars in the night sky and said.
"Yes, grandma, she should be doing well now," Harry said slowly, looking at the night sky, his heart suddenly felt a little sad, he didn't know if grandma was doing well.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that." Monshint noticed the sadness in Harry's eyes and said apologetically.
"Let's go." Harry hid his sadness in his heart, picked himself up again, and said to Monshint beside him with a smile.
"Where are you going?" Monshint looked at Harry and said suspiciously.
"Of course it's to bring your grandmother back, you must be worried about her now, let's take her back safely together." Harry held out a hand to Monshent.
Monshant was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, put his hand on Harry's hand and said, "Thank you, Harry. ”
The castle leading to the hill has a specially provided path that leads to the castle's gates.
Dare to build a castle in the woods, which also shows the heroism and strength of the owner, the woods are full of ferocious beasts and unknown plants, and if you are not careful, you can die, and the degree of danger is not ordinary, because of this, mankind has not yet fully explored this vast, adventurous continent.
Count Arez is obviously a lord who shows his strength and heroism, as one of Duke Weikai's subordinates, he is timid and afraid, but he dares to do such a robbery, there must be something unspeakable in it.
"Harry, did you hear me clearly?" Monshint on the side said to Harry, who was thinking.
"Uh-huh, I see." Harry nodded again and again, looking at the dim woods around him, it was already completely dark at this time, if it weren't for the fact that Monshint held his finger with the flames, illuminating a small part of the surrounding area, and the wind was not very strong today, otherwise they would have really felt the darkness and walked forward with difficulty.
"When you go in with me, just don't say anything, just follow me in, and leave everything to me." Seeing that Harry was listening attentively, Monshant didn't mind, and continued to talk about the relevant precautions, and the two were now walking on the path to the castle on the hill.
Looking at Monshent, who had said a lot of precautions, Harry felt that Monshent was really an elusive guy, fierce and irascible all at once, and friendly after a while, so that Harry couldn't tell which one was the real him, could it be a split personality? However, it is clear that Monchent in this gentle state is really good, at least not punching and kicking Harry.
"What's wrong? What are you staring at me, is there anything on my face? Monshant asked strangely when he saw Harry looking at him.
"There's nothing on your face, I just think it's a little uncomfortable for me to suddenly become like this." Harry explained.
“… I'm sorry. For a long time, Monshint held back such a sentence.
Harry was a little embarrassed by this, and he was about to say something, but was interrupted by Monshent's boos.
Not far in front of them suddenly appeared a subtle light, the subtle as if it was fleeting, the kind that would be extinguished if they didn't notice it, the closer the two walked, the brighter the light became, and finally they saw the road like a fork in the road, with tall woods standing on both sides, and a slope that went up to the castle on the hill, where there were tall knights guarded, swords hanging from their waists, they sat around the burning bonfire, keeping warm, and in the woods at night, the temperature varied greatly.
"Yo, isn't this the little magician Monshinte, it's so late, what's the matter? Why did you bring someone with you? The knights, who were sitting around the campfire, also saw Monshint coming in the distance, and said to Monshint teasingly.
"Luther, you're still guarding here, I'm here, of course, it's a little something, I don't know if I've ever seen my grandmother here." Monshant walked over with Harry, and said almost in a sloppy manner.
"Your grandmother, I don't remember very well, you have to give me something to remember." One of the knights sat pretending to sit and look at Monshint in thought.
Monshint smiled, understood what he meant, and took a silver coin from his jacket pocket and threw it into his hand.
"Your grandmother was in the afternoon, I saw her, she walked up, and she hasn't come down yet, you can go up and see for yourself." The knight said greedily as he stroked the silver coin with his fingers.
Monshint didn't say anything, and walked up with Harry.
"They are the knights who guard the castle leading to the hill, and they are actually useless, just the waste put out by Count Arrizo, knowing that if you make a sum of money from us, I can defeat them in a few rounds, useless." Monschent, who was walking on the slope, said to himself.
Soon, following this incomparably smooth shortcut, the two came to the gate of the castle at the top of the hill, where the great walls were illuminated by the burning torches around them, and the knights who were constantly patrolling back and forth on the high walls, and near the only gate leading to the interior, several knights sat at tables and drank lazily, until the people on the walls reminded them that they did not notice Monshint and them coming by.
"It turned out to be our magician Lord Monshente, do you have something to do?" After seeing who it was, the knight, who was a little drunk, suddenly realized.
"This little bit of heart is my filial piety to you, I want to go in and find my grandmother, please." Monshant stepped forward and put three silver coins in his hand.
"Hehe, you kid understands things, your grandma can't wait, hurry up and go in." The slightly drunk knight grinned and took the silver coin into his arms and patted Monshint on the shoulder.
"Wait, who is this kid, I don't think I've seen it." The slightly drunk knight suddenly noticed Harry behind Monshint and asked suspiciously.
"He, I'm afraid of the dark, so I asked him to come with me." Monshente blushed slightly and said shyly.
"Haha, you kid is afraid of the dark." The slightly drunk knight laughed.
At this time, Monshant also led Harry through the open door quickly.
Instead of taking Harry into the castle, Monshant led Harry around the corridor outside the castle to the back garden, meeting some servants who greeted him along the way, and Monshant smiled and brought it, and Monshant knew where his grandmother must be waiting for him.
In a short time, Monshant was in the back garden, and it looked like he was roaming in a sea of colorful flowers, with chairs around the fountain in the middle of the flower, but there was no one.
Why are people gone, where have they gone? Just ask, maybe they know something? With this in mind, Monshant inquired about the servant in a corridor, and got the news that Grandma and the Earl seemed to be together, and did not know what they were doing.
So Monschent and the others had no choice but to change direction, and walked back around the castle again, and came to the gate, and slipped through the crack that leaked through the door.
The spacious hall, with crystal chandeliers hanging from the central ceiling, is lined up in two rows, with intricately carved marble columns on either side of the red carpet, and in front of it is a staircase leading to the upper floor, but divided into two sides.
In fact, Monshant didn't know where Grandma was, and it would take a lot of time to find her together, so Monshant decided to split up with Harry, he went to the left side staircase, and Harry went to the right, and whoever wanted to find Grandma would take her to the door of the hall and wait for a meeting at the meeting.
Of course, Harry is also a little worried, after all, it's not good to break into other people's residences, this is the earl's home, although there are no patrols in the hall now, but who can guarantee that there will be no one going up, in case of being caught, this is a very troublesome thing, Harry said all this to Monschent, although Monshent is also worried about this, but he is willing to take a risk for his grandmother, even if he is caught, as long as he says that he is here to find his grandmother, they are also reasonable, they should not kill themselves.
Well, since Monshant said so, the helpless Harry can only let him mess around, after all, he is the fault of himself, and he has to finish crying, and now it is impossible to turn back, just be careful not to be caught by them.
Harry looked at the empty hall, he should have been glad that it was unguarded, but Harry had more doubts in his heart, from the outside to the inside, a busy time, Harry didn't just appreciate these buildings, he thought a lot.
According to common sense, there must be a knight stationed in front of the gate of each castle, and there must be a patrol knight guard, but why is there no one, only a few servants, although the knights on the city wall can also see the situation inside, but their duty is not to take care of the inside, but to guard the situation outside, and the same is true when they enter the castle inside, there is no one, empty, such a large castle is not something that can be done with only a few servants, They weren't the kind of Sister Kalia who could handle a dozen people by one person, all of which Harry had learned from fairy tale books, and although most of them couldn't be believed, a small part of real life must be similar.
There are also those knights who guard, they are really too lazy, they don't have a knightly style at all, they seem to be unrestrained, they don't have a sense of crisis at all, as long as the enemy attacks, they will definitely be unable to break the army, and they will easily attack it.
Is this really the castle where the Count lives, doing that kind of thing, and being so leisurely, guarded and lazy, how confident he is that others will not attack it, everything is really too strange.