It's been more than two months since Brunei's mysterious disappearance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoEven for the villagers of Taal village, this matter is no longer as sensational and sensational as it was when I first heard it. Compared with the disappearance of a child who has no relatives in the village, farming is still more important after all, because it is related to the survival of the whole family.

Those little children, many of them don't even know about Brunei's disappearance, and occasionally someone thinks of that frail but very interesting big brother, who has not been seen for a long time, and that is probably an extremely important embodiment of Brunei.

This is not surprising, because, for them, Brunei Castro is just the Brunei of the past. A poor child who was abandoned in the village by his parents since he was a child and grew up with the help of the whole village. He went to help while he was alive, but since he was dead, or gone, it really had nothing to do with the people in the village.

Brunei Castro, for them, will only become a casual winter in the future, will be taken out of sympathy and nostalgia. However, this is not the case for those who know better.

The village chief, His Excellency Saran, knew more than they did. He knew that Galls City had a wanted warrant for Bruneith, and not even just Gals City. After all, Brunei was also one of the children he watched grow up, so he would have been a little touched, right? However, he didn't show it. All he did was hide the news of Brunei's wanted from the people in the village.

It's not that difficult. With the exception of the New Mage's Day, the people of the village will hardly leave the village on their own initiative - of course, this is also a traditional requirement of the Empire. Even during harvest season, merchants come to buy what they grow. The New Mage's Day has just passed, and the next New Mage's Day will be three years later, and by that time, Brunei's wanted notice has probably been removed.

What does Lord Saran want to do? Maybe nothing special, but if the people in the village are generally panicked by this, Lord Saran, who uses them as magical acolytes, is more likely to have problems with magic.

And Sue, Brunei's childhood sweetheart, she knows more than Saran.

That crazy day.

Brunei Darussa, covered in blood, appeared in front of her, and even Hitomi seemed to have been stained red with blood. Brunei, who had just finished drawing the magic emblem a few days ago, suddenly showed a power far beyond the ability of the mage's apprentice. When teasing the garrison soldiers of Garth City, perhaps for her, compared to that terrible strength, the fifteen years she had grown up with Brunei Darussalam, the unheard of maniacal laughter, and the vicious smile, would impress her even more.

She was not aware of Brunei's disappearance at first. Maybe she wanted to make trouble with Brunei, who was hiding a lot of things from her. In any case, she didn't know about it until a week later, when her father was careful to mention it to her. At that time, her expression was very difficult to describe. I didn't cry, and I couldn't even see any sadness.

Then, as she did today, she always stood on the wanted notice board in the city of Garth, and looked at Brunei's eight-point portrait, whose delicate face had become a little strange because of the wound that had been scratched at the corner of her mouth to her ear, and she was silent in a daze.

What was she thinking? Would she like Brunei to be captured so that she could see him and ask him something he wanted to ask? Or would she want to know that Brunei was safe and see the people who were chasing him to no avail take off Brunei's wanted warrant?

It's been two months, and she doesn't look bored in the slightest, just stays there and watches quietly.

As the person in the village of Tal who knew the whole thing best, apart from Brunei himself, Sal Xavier couldn't help but think about it again.

But no matter how many times you think about it, you end up with the same answer, which is not a good idea.

What good is it to let Su know that Brunei is going to escape from the empire and go to the border between the empire and the federation? The idea of walking through the endless mountains to avoid pursuit is really not something that Brunei thinks! As a result, for Sue, Brunei is still uncertain, and it does not reassure her. What's more, looking at the current posture, if she knew this, maybe she would have to run to Brunei. Although it is unlikely that she is so impulsive, there is no need for her to bear the risk that could have been avoided.

Theoretically, the perfect solution to Sue's problem would be to get Brunei to come back voluntarily and explain everything, so that even though Brunei might have to go to prison - or even lose his life, it would be the best outcome for Sue.

But Sal was not only Sue's friend and admirer, but also Brunei's brother. What's more, he can't do such a thing either. Having said that, Sal kept thinking about this possibility, how it would develop after that, and how he should deal with it, and Sal made deductions and guesses for an unknown number of times, and then buried everything in his heart as if he hadn't thought about anything.

So, when two months later, when the legend that His Majesty the Emperor was going to take action in person circulated throughout the empire, covering up all other news, and became the biggest and only news in this time, looking at Sue, who was still standing in front of the notice board in a daze, he unexpectedly met his future teacher, whom he had not seen for a long time, and when he heard the news, Sal was happy for Brunei from the bottom of his heart.

............

"Sal?!" the joy in Brunei's voice was clear and affirmative, which made the bald head relax a little.

"Who do you know?" asked the bald head casually, looking back at the eleven or twelve-year-old strange boy behind him, and the other child who was a little older than this child in the distance, waving his hand and running towards him.

"Well, my brother. The smile on Brunei's face was a happy smile that the bald head had never seen on his face, "Oh, of course, not his own brother." But I watched him grow up. ”

As he spoke, Sal had already run up to them, looked at the bald head and the unknown aristocratic child with puzzled eyes, and then looked at Brunei, looked him in the eyes, and smiled: "Brunei, you look good." ”

Brunei raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders very relaxedly: "Yes, you don't know how much I have suffered." ”

Sal and Brunei looked at each other, and then laughed heartily at the same time.

[Oh, why did it become a plot of brothers meeting? It's definitely not a good person to mock you at the beginning of the plot, and it's already your mercy to let him play the trick. 】

"Shut up. Brunei finally stopped laughing and said unceremoniously to the system in his heart.

[Well, anyway - the "Hometown Attachment" quest reward has been distributed. The series of tasks was successfully completed. Congratulations, congratulations, isn't it, little Bruneith?]

“...... Mission reward?" Brunei suddenly calmed down and carefully looked at Sal in front of him.

There is no doubt that the face, figure, hairstyle, and expression are exactly the same as the Sal that Brunei knew of him. However, there is a difference in the way you dress. Although there is no way to compare with the unknown boy, compared to Brunei, it should be said that compared with most of the farmers in the village, the fabric is much better, and the workmanship of the clothes also exudes a sense of delicacy that is not suitable for labor.

That is, not the clones or hallucinations created by the system - Brunei doesn't know exactly how far the system can go, but there is no doubt that such superfluous dressing is not necessary, and the system has no interest in it.

Brunei smiled again, this time a smile that was much more familiar to the bald head, although it also represented an emotion of pleasure, but it was a little more alienated in its essence. He took two steps forward, almost face-to-face with Sal, blinked in confusion as Sal watched, sneered, and hugged Sal, no longer meeting Sal's eyes.

"It's such a pleasure to see you here. Brunei's voice didn't sound unusual, "Ha, are you familiar with this area? There is a huge mountain pass in front of it, and there is a large circular plain in it, surrounded by mountains, I heard that it is very beautiful. It's out of the realm of the Empire, so I said I'd venture to take a look in the Empire again, but I didn't expect to meet you!"

Standing behind Brunei Darussalam, looking at Sal's bald head, he clearly saw Sal smiling a little embarrassed: "Haha." ”

Brunei's face was gloomy for a moment: "Why are you here?"

Sal gently nudged Bruth's shoulder, making him let go of the hug, then collected his expression and smiled, "I'm here for you." I've been waiting for you here for more than a day. You know what? We were so nervous, you didn't have anything written on that wanted notice, so you didn't have to run away. ”

When Sal said the second half of the sentence, he was indeed very happy, and a little embarrassed, as if he was really laughing at their stupidity at that time. But Brunei's heart became cold.

[Aside from me and you, this kid knows best about what happened that day, right? 】

Even if Brunei himself thinks of anything, the system will help him analyze the problem, because the system knows that such a conclusion will make Brunei very unhappy, and Brunei will be uncomfortable, and the system will feel happy.

Brunei straightened up, still with a smile on his face, "Really? Well, how did you get here?"

"My teacher sent me here. Sal said with a smug smile, "Yes, my teacher." Do you remember? When I was nine years old when I finished painting the magic emblem, I came to my house and asked to take me as an apprentice. Two days ago, he came to me and said that he didn't need to wait until I was fifteen years old, and now he was going to officially take me as an apprentice, which is very powerful, right?"

Brunei was stunned, and couldn't help nodding in response: "There really is your kid." ”

Sal smiled and nodded, and continued: "Even what my teacher told me, your problem is not too serious - and didn't you make an original intermediate badge with the dual attributes of water and fire? ”

"After hearing this, I begged the teacher to use the portal to send me to nearby Green City, where I will wait for you. ”

"Portal...... That's a lot of money. Brunei didn't know that the use of the portal required the approval of the three adults of the departure town, the president of the mage association, and the director of the public security administration, but he also knew that the portal would not normally be opened for use, otherwise, he and Sue and Sal would not have seen the convoy of the city lord of Garth to Kevran City on the official road when they were children, "When I was a child...... Ah......h

The smile on Brunei's face gradually faded: "So, last question, why are you waiting for me here?"

"Because the teacher heard that you are walking north along the eastern edge of the Endless Mountains, which is the last place you will arrive in the Empire. In the center of the village, the teacher and many mages set up a magic circle together, saying that as long as you pass by, you can ...... Detection ...... Yours...... Approximate location......" Under Brunei's gaze, Sal's voice became quieter and quieter.

"How can they detect my location? Don't you think about it? There are so many mages arranged together--where did I get such a big face?" Brunei smiled again, only this time, looking eerie and strange, "didn't you think of it? Saar, Saar Xavier, my dearest brother, you are not so stupid. ”

......The smile on Thrall's face was like solidified lava, and his eyes were blank.

Brunei took a deep breath, "You should have noticed the problem earlier, right? Your teacher suddenly wanted to take you as an apprentice in advance, and then mentioned me about it, which is strange to look at, isn't it? How could he have heard that I was going north on the eastern edge ......of the Endless Mountains?

"Hey. Brunei couldn't go any further, laughed dryly, looked at Sal with very serious eyes, and said to him, "Sal, if, I mean if, you remember when we used to play together, answer one more question." How far do you think about these things?"

"Huh. Sal's frozen smile shattered like a scene in glass, and his laugh was bitter, and he swallowed, "I, I didn't think about these things. I deliberately didn't think about all these things. ”

Brunei closed his eyes lightly and said in his heart: "System, psychology. ”

[Wow, that's really—haha, okay.] 】

[Psychological test: 87>60, failed.] Sal's expression at the moment is unseen to you, and his tone of voice is not anything you are familiar with, even if you have lived with Sal for thirteen years, you still can't tell if what he says is true or false. 】

Brunei slowly exhaled that breath and said silently in his heart: "System, you...... What a scumbag. ”

[Haha!]

Brunei let out a long sigh, and finally turned his head, and said to the bald head who had been silent because he didn't know anything about the situation: "It seems that I'm in trouble." But fortunately, it's not far from the border here, bald, why don't we split up-"

The bald head interrupted him dryly: "What nonsense are you talking about?" When I was bitten by a snake and poisoned, you didn't go with me. How could I leave you now?"

"......" Brunei was stunned, smiled bitterly, and looked up at the red sky.

However, before he hesitated, the bald head had already spoken again, and asked Sal, "Is it okay for this little brother to call you Sal too?" You said before that there are many mages here, including your teacher, who have set up magic circles here, so now, where are those mages?"

"Left. After completing the arrangement of the magic array, he left, and the teacher left. After mechanically answering the bald head's question, Sal realized the meaning behind the bald head's words, and a flame of hope suddenly ignited in his eyes, "Yes, Brunei, if they are going to be against you, those mages are here and can catch you no matter what." ”

"yes, that's weird. Bruneisi, do you have any ideas?" the bald head also fell into thought, his brows furrowed, and after a while, he realized that there was no response, and called out again, "Bruneisi?"

"Ah, of course. Brunei finally replied, his voice a little stiff, but there was a bit of an irrepressible smile in it, "It's very simple." They wanted to arrest me, but they didn't stay, and not only that, but even the people in the village were evacuated, which means that they didn't plan to arrest me at all. ”

"Right?" Sal was overjoyed. "That-" The bald head became more and more confused.

"Poof-haha, hahaha!" Brunei suddenly burst out laughing, "Sal, my dearest brother, I believe you are telling the truth, you really didn't think about anything, after all, you still take me as a friend, I'm very happy." ”

Brunei looked at the two of them who were in a panic because of his strange behavior, grinned, and the smile was connected with the scar at the corner of his mouth, hooked up to the base of his ear, and pointed to the sky: "Oh, look. ”

In the middle of summer, in the afternoon, when the sun is at its highest, the white light emitted by the sun seems to cover the whole world. However, right next to the sun, the first impression of the sky is red, flame-like, blazing red.

I don't know how many stars that should not have been seen in the daytime, wrapped in flames, dragging their long tails, charging from the sky to the ground, roaring, bringing death equally to everything where it ends.