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"I'm here..."Avi immediately raised his head and glanced at the sky, and then immediately casually found an explanation, "The moonlight tonight is very beautiful, I'm wandering around, admiring the moon by the way!"

"Who believes your nonsense?!" Millet slowly circled around Avi like a cat that saw a mouse, "Say, do you want to secretly tell the people in the orphanage about me?"

"Of course not, I'm really just wandering around here, shouldn't I take a walk on the streets more after I've eaten my fill?

Michelle circled around Avi in the other direction before stopping, staring into Avi's eyes and saying, "You've been wandering around here all night, it's definitely not for the sake of digestion! Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Xiaomi! It's time to go home! We're going to get ready for tomorrow's outing!" Evan didn't see Avi, and Michelle immediately pushed Avi away, telling him to turn around and leave immediately, while she herself walked in Evan's direction.

Avi stepped into the shadows, looking at the backs of Michelle and Evan in the distance, he had realized that this little girl might know something about this orphanage, maybe the other party could help him!

The next morning, Stitch took Avi, Van and Coral to the west of Mallot's city to wait for Evan with them, but in addition to the few of them from the Oguna Empire, Felisty also came with her, who had come here as a classmate and friend of Stitch.

Stitch has always praised Felistie in front of everyone for her outstanding ability and ability to remember. In their class, the best learner was Felisty, and Felistie was also proficient in all kinds of weapons, the best at which was throwing knives, and every flying knife thrown from Felisti's hand was more accurate than a crossbow arrow, hitting the target with precision. Stitch, who originally only loved swordsmanship, also fell in love with learning other strange weapons for this reason, and also learned from Felistie, but Felistie didn't ask for anything, just proposed that if there was any activity, it would be best to take her with him.

Avi and Bignose Fan only learned that Phylisty would be going with them that morning, and Avi only told Fan something about Felisty when he left the house.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier!" the big-nosed fan asked in the first sentence.

"Because I'm not sure which of what she said is true and which is false," Avi said with an anxious expression, not daring to look at Fan, "I don't want you to be swept into the whirlpool of strife again from your peaceful life, after all, you have nothing to do with the things that are far away, and she is only here for me." ”

Although Fan did not continue to blame Avi, he asked Avi to tell him all about the red-haired girl's appearance at the Kestrel Academy and her meeting near the wine cellar. In the end, Fan just said to Avi lightly: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided, since they don't plan to investigate my assassination, I don't want to ask about the two-color blade mercenary group and Golia." As for the truth about Miss Delia's death, I'm sure it's not a bad thing that I don't know, and I don't want to have anything to do with this kind of thing anyway, understand?

Fan's attitude was so clear and firm that Avi immediately expressed his understanding, telling Fan that he would personally explain everything about Fan to Felisty. However, Fan disagreed, saying that he would find an opportunity to communicate with the other party on the way to the outing, so as to eliminate possible misunderstandings and estrangements, so as not to become a traitor who was hunted down.

Evan and Michelle were both carrying several large baskets, and as soon as they saw them, they immediately walked over and brought them over, "These are all snacks made by Michelle, and some honey tea that she has learned, you can try them when you are tired!" Evan introduced the things, but Michelle insisted that he must wait until everyone went to the outing place before taking out the food.

While looking at the scenery around Mallot, everyone walked towards the upper reaches of the Black and White River, which is distinctly distinct, the White River near the west bank is "white", but in fact it is a bit muddy, and the Black River near the east bank looks black from a distance, but up close it is only because the black at the bottom of the river penetrates the clear water and gives tourists the illusion of "black". The strange sight of the muddy White River and the clear Black River amazed Avi and others, and the two rivers flowed on both sides of the invisible "river wall" for some reason, which was really a great wonder for Mallot.

Walking upstream along the Black and White River, you can see a small forest between the western walls of Mallotte and the Black and White River, which Evan says was once left behind by the queen who built the capital in the first place. It is a metaphor for the peaceful coexistence of human beings with nature, and the peaceful coexistence of the Kingdom of Sahlins with other countries without aggression against each other. Now this so-called "coexistence forest" has been released by humans to a lot of wild animals, and the forest area is also expanding to the north, King Byron has long ordered people to send people to manage this "coexistence forest", and has also established a special scenic spot, so that tourists can enter it and get close to some of nature's wild animals.

Avi suddenly remembered the humanoid beast Wolfgang, and he didn't know where Wolfgang was now, maybe he was still hiding in the forest north of the Papal States, and those who wanted to capture Wolfgang seemed to be soldiers of the Kingdom of Salins.

By the way, the words "the kingdom of Salins, Mallot, and the orphanage" were mentioned! Could it be that Wolfgang has any connection to the white orphanage here? The white orphanage built in Mallotte is becoming more and more mysterious, and many clues point to the secret of this seemingly peaceful and compassionate place.

Continuing towards the upper reaches of the Black and White River, you will soon see the confluence of the Black and White Rivers. The White River in the west runs westward, while the Black River in the east runs straight to the north, and the grassland in the middle of the bifurcation of the two rivers is the destination of the outing. Small settlements began to appear in the public eye, which looked like small bazaars farther along the land between the two rivers.

Evan told the people from the Oguna Empire that it was a gathering place for some traveling merchants and travelers, as well as some of the kingdom's citizens who were fond of foraging, looking for something to bring from a foreign land.

Van and Stitch were originally from a foreign country and were not very interested in this kind of thing, but Avi couldn't help but think of Miranda's smiling face after hearing the word "traveling merchant". I don't know how Miranda is doing now, she should still be waiting for herself, right?

"Let's take a break here!" Evan pointed to a meadow in front of him, and immediately took out a few long pieces of sky-blue cloth from the tools he had brought, spread them on the grass, and then placed the baskets on top for everyone to sit down and enjoy the scenery.

It's summer turning to autumn, and the weather that should have been a little hot is not feeling hot at all because of the topography of the grassland. The cool breeze blowing from the north and the smell of grass on the earth blended together, and with Michelle's honey tea made from honey, everyone was surrounded by a wonderful and comfortable feeling, and the big-nosed fan lay lazily on the ground, completely ignoring the eyes of the others.

Evan lowered a few fishing rods on his back, "Which of you is going to go fishing with me? What he meant was to catch a fish and make a grilled fish, and Stitch was the first to respond, and Coral had to stay with Stitch because Van and Avi were reluctant to follow him.

Avi suggested going to the bazaar, and Michelle immediately asked to go with Avi to see if there was anything good to buy.

"I'm not going, I'm going to sleep here!" Van lay down on a long cloth, then reached out and picked up a piece of Michelle's baked sesame biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth. Felistie also understood and said that it was okay to stay here and taste the snacks and honey tea. Avi knew that this was a good opportunity for the two to communicate privately, anyway, this matter would have to be resolved sooner or later, but Michelle had to follow him to the market, probably because of what happened last night.

After Avi and Xiaomi walked away, the little girl immediately approached Avi and said, "Okay, no one is bothering us now!What is the reason why you repeatedly appear near the orphanage?!Also, you really didn't tell anyone about that incident?!" This ten-year-old girl has something that many of her peers do not have, she is like a little agent, using words, eyes, and movements and other layers of offensive to interrogate Avi.

"Of course I didn't say that, but I have some questions for you. ”

"You haven't answered my question yet!"

"I've already answered one," Avi couldn't let the other party be so brutal, "Do you know the secret of the orphanage?"

"I don't know what you're talking about..."Xiaomi turned her head, and the girl who had the initiative to speak just now was immediately distracted by Avi's words. After all, she is only a ten-year-old girl, and even if she is prepared, she will still be affected by sudden changes.

Ah Wei immediately stepped up and asked, "Don't you know?

This sentence made Mi look at Avi with wide eyes, "Butterfly has been delaying you for time that day!" I saw with my own eyes that Commander Evan was entangled by Butterfly, otherwise, Commander Evan would have found out that you had left your seat and ran out unconsciously. If that's the case—" Avi reached out and touched his chin, pretending to be thinking about something, "I'll just go and ask Adie, not the orphanage's director Archibald and the other gardeners..."

Xiaomi immediately pounced, and she was still holding a knife in her hand, she originally just wanted to scare and threaten Avi, but this time Avi was already on guard. Avi immediately clasped Xiaomi's arm with his backhand, and then snatched Xiaomi's knife with his other hand, holding the opponent's wrist hard.

"Oops, it hurts, it hurts, don't push!" Michelle's arm that was holding the knife was grabbed in reverse, and the pain of twisting her arm made her cry out, and if they hadn't moved away from the crowd behind them, the others would have been attracted by the shouting.

"If you dare to hurt Ah Die, I will definitely not let you go!" Although Michelle was still clasped and twisted her arms, she still endured the pain and "warned" Avi fiercely.

Ah Wei saw that the other party did not have other hidden weapons, and then let go of the little girl, he put the knife in his waist and said: "I definitely won't hurt Ah Die for no reason, but I want to know the truth, and you won't tell me, so I have to ask other people who know the truth." As he spoke, he peeked at Xiaomi's reaction with his spare eyes, if Xiaomi didn't eat this, Avi might really have to ask Ah Die.

"I said no!" Millet knew that she couldn't be the opponent of this noble guard, and she had to choose to confess after thinking about it, "But you're a servant of Stitch, why are you meddling? You have to tell me your purpose first!"

Seeing that Michelle was still vigilant, Avi also planned to take a step back, "Because I also think this white orphanage is unusual, and there may be something in it that I am looking for." ”

"What are you looking for?"

"You don't have to ask about this, anyway, I am very likely to be able to help you, you can also help me, in short, we have common interests, this should not be wrong. ”

Avi coerced and seduced, hoping that the other party would be able to confess to himself. Michelle still kept a wary look, and finally she spoke: "I want to save Adie from that ghost place, and in addition to Adie, there is also a friend of Adie, but that Adie's friend Cynthia has disappeared, I just want to find her traces in the orphanage!"

"Cynthia," Avi repeated the name that came out of the other's mouth, "how old are you talking about this orphan?"

"Cynthia is a friend that Adie met in the White Orphanage, she should be thirteen years old, Cynthia is not a completely healthy orphan, her skin has been badly burned, and she has left a lot of scars on her back, but if she is dressed tightly, ordinary people will not find out about this. ”

Avi recalled that day when he visited the orphanage, he didn't see a single child with burned skin, and there weren't any orphans dressed in the summer, "That is, Cynthia is missing in the orphanage, and you plan to find Cynthia in the orphanage and find a way to rescue Adie." ”

"Except for Cynthia! When I first came to Mallot, I was taken into this orphanage for a while, and after I left the orphanage, several of the orphans I had known disappeared. I asked Evan about it, and he just made a casual excuse and didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but in retrospect, the disappearance of my friends and Cynthia must have something to do with this orphanage!"

Judging from Michelle's expression, Avi could tell that the ten-year-old girl was not lying, because when she talked about her former friends, her tears were about to fall, "Did Adie tell you anything else?"

She also asked the gardeners at the orphanage about Cynthia, but the gardeners were either vague or said that Cynthia had been sent to another place for treatment because of her health. ”

"And what are the characteristics of those friends of yours?"

"It doesn't seem that they are completely healthy orphans, anyway, none of the able-bodied and healthy orphans have disappeared, and some of the orphans who have been injured have been declared dead or transferred to other hospitals. ”

Avi felt that he was sure of one thing, and that was what Evan and Archibald had said before—that healthy children would become soldiers of the Kingdom of Salins. Although I don't know if there are orphans who thrive but don't want to join the army in the end, those orphans who are not in good health must also be used and "disposed of" by the orphanage, and how to deal with these orphans is the key to the mystery of disappearance.

"What else do you know?"

"I know so much about the orphanage!" Michelle was a little impatient, she stomped on the grass hard, "I risked my life to explore the orphanage, I don't want to see Adie become the next Cynthia, suddenly disappear into the orphanage one day, I must rescue Adie!"

"Since you came out of the orphanage, can't you beg Commander Evan to take Adie out as well?"

Millet shook his head, "Uncle Evan disagrees, he said that I am already an exception, and that other orphans must absolutely follow the rules of the orphanage, and no one can be allowed to do whatever they want." ”

Avi tried to connect Ben Nicott's words, Archibald and Evan's words, Wolfgang's words, and the information Millet had just told him. He put the suspicious place in the string of connections, looking for possible breakthroughs.

"If the Artificial Life Weapon was really taken out of the White Orphanage, then those missing orphans must have something to do with the Artificial Life Weapon!" Avi said in his heart. This is a summary of all the known information linked together, and it is the closest sentence to the truth.

Avi touched the black blade in his arms, this is an artificial life weapon comparable to a life weapon, if he can dig out the truth in the orphanage, maybe he can have other artificial life weapons, or he will get the information about the gem necklace that Ben Nicott wants to find, and finally maybe help those poor children.

What if you don't bother with this? He may be a despised servant by Stitch's side for two years, and then return to Sky City to live as a knight's squire, avoiding the eyes and ears of the magistrate of the Oguna Empire, and maybe one day he can return to his mother Joni and Miranda and be an ordinary person.

"I'll work with you to find out the truth. Avi touched Xiaomi's head and said.