In the dream, Anusen, who had been a child, woke up in the wilderness, surrounded by a hazy halo of light.

Feather-like white feathers flutter in the sky, and the entire plain is covered with these white feathers.

I'm ...... in Hakuhabara. Anusen got up sluggishly: the place where he first met the Holy Maiden.

Slowly standing up, he staggered down the path.

The Holy Maiden is ahead...... In a trance, he seemed to see the hazy figure of the saint in the distance.

As a child, Olga Eslow, who was only two years older than me......

Recklessly, she rushed towards the figure, but the body of the saint turned into white light, and the distance between her and Anusen became farther and farther away, and finally turned into a white feather and dissipated.

Anusen, who was distracted, just stood there in a daze, staring at the feathers floating in the sky.

The chaotic consciousness returned to reality, and the knight, who had been unconscious for several hours, opened his eyes slightly. The burning pain in his back came quickly, and he couldn't help but gasp.

The restraint of the bandage spread, and the knight reached behind him with his left hand and felt the scratch on his back.

Under the heavy bandage, you can't feel the deep claw marks.

Thinking of the dream just now, he sighed: I always dream of Bai Yuyuan, and it stands to reason that when I enter the dream again, I should know that this is an illusory dream.

However, in the dream, he knew very well that the saint was dead, but every time he still involuntarily ran towards the figure of Olga.

Like a magnet...... He thought sadly: I am like an iron vessel that has been absorbed.

Resisting the pain, he propped himself up and sat upright, following the only light in the room, and Anusen, who looked at the candlelight, called out in surprise: "Mad dog?"

"Yo?!" The mad dog, who was still dozing off in his chair just now, immediately raised his head: "What's the matter with me?"

"What's the matter...... knight choked on the rhetorical question, not knowing what to say: "Are you pretending to be asleep?"

"Oh, that's boring. Mad Dog raised his eyebrows and laughed: "I thought that the first sentence of a person who woke up from a coma would definitely be the following three templates...... Instead, your words would be: Where is this? Why are you here? What about my daughter?

"......" Anusen was speechless: "I fainted-"

"It's only been a dozen hours. Mad Dog took over: "Well, I actually forgot that there is still this problem." ”

Feeling the itching sensation coming from the wound, the knight involuntarily touched the wound again: the wound that had turned out due to the claw marks was now tending to close: "You gave me medicine?"

Mad Dog snorted, "That's what our gracious Governor Carreso gave you?"

"How could you—" The knight was puzzled.

- On a whim. I'm just going to answer all three of your old questions. Mad Dog turned his neck: "The cervical spine has been getting stiffer and stiffer recently...... It's true. ”

"First question...... Mad Dog picked up two bottles of honey in the box at his feet and handed one of them to Anusen: "This is the basement of my house

wine cellar. ”

"I see......" Anusen took the mead, looking at the dim window and the piles of bottles.

"Maybe you'll want to ask me why there's a bed here?" the mad dog bit down on the cork with interest.

"I'm not interested—" As soon as the knight spoke, Mad Dog said to himself.

"That's because I drink a lot here, and it's a hassle to go back to the bedroom when I'm drunk, so I'm just going to move the bed here!" Mad Dog laughed loudly.

I don't understand what's funny about this...... Anusen sighed.

"Don't you like to drink so much, sir?" Mad Dog poured another bottle, "Yesterday too, I haven't had a bottle of wine in your house for so long, it's boring." ”

"Alcohol dulls the body. Anusen put the mead beside her.

"But I think that instead of dulling the body, alcohol is the lubricant for the joints and brain. If I don't drink, I don't have the strength to beat someone. Mad Dog squinted his eyes and asked, "This wine is terrible low, otherwise how could I have killed a bottle with one mouth?" When I drink strong wine with Old Man Barda, I can't do it with one glass...... Could it be because the Templars of the Celestial Wing Sect are not allowed to drink alcohol?"

"No, it's not. The knight looked at the bottle of wine: "It's just a habit." ”

"Well, we maintain the noble knight ...... of good habits"

"Don't call me Sizz, call me Anusen. ”

"It's better to be sirful. Mad Dog thought for a moment: "Forget it, let's call you knight." ”

It's better than the utilitarian Jazz. "Then, Lisen—" "Call me Seresya." Seresya interrupted him.

"All right, Seresa-"

"--You might as well call me Mad Dog. Mad Dog vomited: "It's disgusting to hear Ceresya come out of your mouth." ”

Does this guy owe it......" Our conversation is off track again. ”

"Well, the second question. Mad Dog replied dryly, "Because I dragged you out of the hallway of your house, I'm here." ”

"What...... "Isn't that the problem?"

"Didn't you say that...... I was on a whim!" Mad Dog seemed to get excited, "but it seems that the recipe for crushed toad canalana really works, and I was going to see if it could kill people." ”

"You ......" the knight felt a little annoyed, "I can't figure out the prescription for the effect, you can also use it?"

"Well, don't be like this, don't be like this - life is always full of hardships and challenges! Just as life is full of surprises......" Mad Dog nodded deeply: "Well, that's all in all." ”

"......" Anusen no longer knew what else he could say. When I talked to him last night, the whole conversation was like a mad dog constantly going off topic, trying to deviate from the conversation. And Anusen has been correcting the trajectory of the conversation.

"Well, our Mr. Knight seems to be looking forward to the last question. Mad Dog continued to tease: "I want to think about it, how can I tell you......?

News from my daughter...... Anusen anxiously waited for the mad dog's next words.

Mad Dog held his chin and seemed to have been thinking for a long time;" Well, in general, I don't know. ”

The knight stood up angrily.

"Well, don't panic, don't panic. The mad dog said triumphantly, "Look! Your injuries have healed so much that you can get up and get angry! Don't you really thank your life-saving benefactor?"

"......" Anusen sat back on the bed in frustration, and was about to speak when he was preempted by the mad dog: "Wait, we said it in advance, don't thank me with meaty words, I will vomit all the wine I drank today." ”

"So...... I don't know exactly where your daughter has gone...... Mad Dog stood up, "However, maybe we might be better off looking for it in the Land of Permafrost." ”

"Permafrost...... knight looked up, "we were going to leave there." But it was impossible to determine from which point they had left the Sixteenth World. ”

"We really don't know the exact route, so it's better for us to go straight to the Permafrost to find them. Mad Dog proposed.

"Wait, you just said 'we'?" the knight pointed out in surprise.

"Ah, that's right. The mad dog said leisurely, "I'll go with you." ”

"You're not Carreso's man......?"

"I explained to you yesterday that I don't obey anyone. It was purely a whim" Mad Dog looked at the empty bottle in his hand and threw it to the ground, "Especially after I just slaughtered two of Carreso's guards. Even if you don't wake up tonight, I'll leave on my own. ”

"Carreso has been?" asked the knight in disgust, "and he doesn't suspect you of hiding us in the house?"

"Oh, of course he doubted. It's just that it hasn't been brought up. Mad Dog laughed, "He trusts those two half-guards too much." ”

"Then you can leave by yourself, why do you want to go with me?"

"Probably because it's boring to travel alone?" Mad Dog shook the bottle in his hand, "And...... It's really not interesting to drink wine alone. ”

"It's like we're familiar with each other......" Anusen frowned, "We only met for the first time yesterday." ”

"Wrong—it's the first time you've seen me, Mr. Knight, who lives in seclusion. Mad Dog nodded, "But it doesn't matter. ”

After a moment of silence, the knight spoke again, "Why did you leave?

"Oh, yes, all this -- doing the dirty work of killing people every day, it's long been tired......" Mad Dog snorted dissatisfiedly, "I feel like my body and mind are going to rot if I stay in this city......"

"I didn't expect ......" the knight felt a hint of shock from within: this was not at all like the words of a bloodthirsty and aggressive mad dog that was circulated in the outside world.

"Hey, hey, hey......" Mad Dog smiled wryly, "What do you think of me? The folk rumors are false...... It's just that I don't deny that I'm a madman with blood on my hands...... And it's fun to chop down two guys once in a while. ”

"I may have misunderstood you, Seresa Lisen......" Anusen admitted, looking at the mad dog walking towards the door.

"First of all, you didn't misunderstand me. At least most of the bad impressions you have of me are true. Opening the wooden door, Mad Dog continued: "Secondly, they all said to call me Mad Dog. ”

Looking out the door, Mad Dog asked leisurely, "I'm going to leave now—what do you say?"

“...... Let's go. Anusen picked up the mead from the bed and walked to the wooden door.

The exhausted girl collapsed to the ground, staring desperately at the endless dark corridor.

Slowly closing her eyes, she was swallowed by the black mist coming from behind. The veins burst open all over her body, and the girl shivered in pain, waiting for the blood to drain.

The petite body in the wheelchair got up again and opened its bloody pupils slightly.

Two stone statues of men have just emerged in shape and appearance. Approaching one of the sculptures holding a shield sword in a trance, she touched the stone statue and cried loudly.

"Is it an accident...... the distorted and staccato voice in my head sounded again.

He ...... He is also a member of the Lifebinder. ”

"Top Four Lifebinders...... It's all set. ”

"My chess piece...... The game will soon be played on the chessboard of the Permafrost. ”

There are still seventeen years and two hundred and thirty-seven days left at the end of the world.