Chapter Seventy-Three: Night Talk
"Ah...... Hey...... Rex, I didn't expect to see you here", the corners of Tarrant's mouth rose dryly, pretending to be surprised, but unfortunately his facial muscles were very stiff, more ugly than crying.
Katrina covered her mouth, and the details of those brain fluids emerged, and the nausea that had finally calmed down came up again.
Rex looked at the two guys, "You don't trust me?" his brow furrowed, as if hurt.
"No...... No, Katrina and I were hanging out around the neighborhood......"
"You two ......" Rex put his hand on the mace, very vigilant in a very vigilant motion.
"Wait," Tarrant quickly got up, "not what you think. ā
Rex stared at Tarrant with a tense face, and suddenly, laughed, "Just kidding!"
"Joke?......" Tarrant laughed dryly, thinking that this joke was not ridiculous at all, Rex had always been very strict, making him think he was going to do it, but this guy was laughing happily now, he had never seen him laugh before.
Rex walked over to the chair, "I know you guys have good intentions and want to help me, but I said I can handle it. ā
"How's that going?" said Tarrant, asking about the ending in passing.
"It should have been just a misunderstanding, I got the situation wrong, it's okay now", Rex took a deep breath, as if unloading a burden, "It's all good, let's start our new journey tomorrow." ā
He took the whole plot through a few simple sentences, indicating that he didn't want to mention it, Tarrant had no choice but to give up, "That's good", he got up, "Tonight, everyone have a good rest, and tomorrow we will say goodbye to Siant." "Sleep in a pebble meadow, surrounded by the occasional howl of wolves, and a nest of black holes underground, and the good days are coming to an end, and you must cherish the comfort of tonight.
Rex smiled knowingly, "I'll have to prepare some dry food and potions, I'll go first." ā
"Goodbye," Tarrant waved, and when Rex left, he turned his head to look at Katrina, "Now, it's time to send you back, it's too late." ā
Katrina pouted, "Forgot what I said?"
Of course he remembers, but he just thinks it's too unreliable, "I'm leaving tomorrow......
"I've decided to go together," Catrina said sternly, puffing up her chest, "I'm your team, so of course we'll have to go along." ā
"Go to the lair of the Psiculents?" Tarrant took a deep breath, "You haven't mastered the spiritual realm yet, the shock of the Psicosuckers is a mortal threat to you, how can you go!"
"I'll take care of myself!
If the feather angel heard this, he would definitely laugh on the spot, and Tarrant took a deep breath, "Katrina, you haven't experienced a battle, you can't take care of yourself, and when you are shocked, you can't even remember where your home is!"
"So, you think I'm going to be a burden to you!?"
"This ...... Of course you are great, but for the mages of the Academy, the most suitable battlefield is in the real yĆ n room, and we cans should face the spirit sucking monsters, not a burden, but the wrong battlefield", Tarrant went around in a circle to cover up.
"I'm not going to change my mind", Katrina stretched out her index finger and swayed from side to side in front of Tarrant, "I'll go with me", she pushed the 'tin can', "Let's rest early!"
At her insistence, Tarrant could only obey again, and the two returned to the White Mist Zone, the lights in the house went out, and it was past midnight, and Stewart must have fallen asleep.
In order not to disturb his rest, Tarrant did not light the lamp again, he carefully held Katrina's hand and walked up the stairs, "Ma'am, watch your step, if the butler knew that you were staying here tonight, he would definitely want to be crooked." ā
"Shouldn't he be crooked?" said Katrina smirked in the darkness.
"Is it Maxine's test of the Paladin?" Tarrant walked up to the second floor, "I'm going to uphold my knightly virtues." ā
The girl in the back pushed him hard, "It's you who wants to be crooked! ā
After the two walked into the room, Taran picked up the candle on the desk, "Look, my room is just a bed...... I'll take you to the guest room. ā
"What if you wake up early tomorrow morning and you're no longer in this room?" Katrina pointed to Tarrant's nose, "You'll do whatever you can, won't you? ā
"Okay, then I'll go to the guest room", Tarrant held the candlestick, "you get to rest early." ā
"Wait!" Catrina grabbed him, "Don't play tricks, you sleep here!"
"Sleep here?" Tarrant rubbed his chin, "Is this necessary?"
Her eyes were the answer, and Tarrant put down the candlestick, "We'...... Sleep...... Bed ...... Together?" He hoped in his heart that there would be such a moment to be close to Katrina, but not in this way, a cohabitation relationship without marriage was contrary to the virtues of the Paladin, not only irresponsible to the beauty in front of him, but also to tarnish his faith.
Katrina walked over to the bed and pressed the mattress, "It's very comfortable, I'll sleep here, as for you", she looked around, "The floor is good, you should have the kind of ...... for the field" She gestured to something like a mattress.
"You're leaving tomorrow and sleeping on the floor tonight?" Tarrant begged pitifully for a change.
"This mage has decided, you can choose to sleep on the floor actively, or passively sleep on the floor. ā
Embarrassed choice, Tarrant rubbed his hair, "Then I'll choose...... Take the initiative to sleep on the floor and wait for me to get the mattress. ā
The mat was in the storage room, at the end of the corridor, Tarrant stood on tiptoe and walked into the storage room, rummaging for a long time to find a mattress, and when he returned to the room, Katrina had already changed into a dressing gown, his dressing gown, Tarrant never knew that this dressing gown was so thin, and the flesh color could be faintly seen, which made people's hearts beat faster, and he felt a burst of blood rush to his head.
"What are you looking at!" Catrina found the dumb guy and quickly covered her chest, "Do you want to die!"
"Hug ...... I'm sorry", Tarrant lowered his head, blushing, and spread the mattress on the floor, "get some rest early." ā
"Nonsense, of course rest early, what else do you want to do!" Katrina jumped on the bed, the soft mattress bounced a few times, she pulled the quilt tight, the smell of the bed made her like it, it belonged to the smell of Tarrant, although she never admitted it.
Tarrant also lay down, it was still very hard to fall asleep with a mattress, and his waist was very uncomfortable, he pinched his waist, turned around and lay on his side, and saw that the one on the bed was smirking, and asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"
Katrina turned her head, "Am I smiling?" she put away her expression and pursed her lips, "Don't look at me!"
"Okay, okay", Tarrant turned to the other side, sweet girl, God knows what she was thinking.
"Go to bed right now, don't think about anything!" added Katrina, still unwilling.
"Well......" Tarrant muttered.
Neither spoke anymore.
I don't know if it was because the floor was too hard or because of the rare space to be alone, Tarrant couldn't sleep, and the constant appearance of Katrina in his head made him can't help but turn around quietly.
The girl on the bed actually looked at him, blinked her eyes, and took the initiative to speak, "What are you thinking?"
"No", that was an unspeakable thought, Tarrant just wanted to look at her more.
"Tell me about your past", she couldn't sleep either, hoping for some bedtime stories.
"Which one?"
"The statue exhibition was good. The two didn't talk about it after that time, and Katrina never knew the details, how her hero saved herself......
"Oh...... The statue exhibition, Wensley, it's hard to recall the details of what happened, I just remember that when I saw your statue, it was beautiful and intoxicated, but the stones in the room were still there, which aroused my suspicions. ā
"And then?" she was intrigued.
"I thought about the other things that were out of the ordinary, the sound of the carving, the speed, and your smoothness, and then I discovered the secret of the Winsley's staff, the rapid-fire petrification. ā
Catrina covered half of her face with a quilt, and she felt a sense of joy in her heart, not wanting to be seen by Tarrant.
"Wensley is a mage, his physique is very poor, I thought that as long as I can hit him, I can easily kill him, as long as I can create a chance, you must still have an impression of that room, it is very dark, the surrounding is covered with a curtain, and there are three candles lit on the wall, I thought of extinguishing the candle, the dark environment will definitely make him have no time to react, and he will not dare to cast spells, it doesn't take time for the badge energy to start, I took advantage of this time difference to defeat him. ā
"Aren't you afraid of him?"
Tarrant looked at the ceiling, he was almost petrified at the time, and now he was afraid, "Of course I'm afraid, but if we don't do this, won't we all be exhibits for Wensley...... Hey, I can't even remember how to teach him now. "The man who got his chin crooked should be in jail by now.
"Well...... Let's talk about other stories. ā
"What else would you like to hear?"
Katrina thought for a moment, "The first time you faced a psionic monster. ā
It was a long time ago, and Tarrant had to sort out the process, "It was one night, near a small town far from Sant, my team searched the woods for a missing person, and finally found the body under a large tree, with white eyes, we examined the body and found overflowing brain plasma in the nostrils...... Actually, it was a brain-sucking technique, which is a typical method of sucking monsters, but I didn't have experience at the time, so I thought it was some kind of monster...... Then we followed the trails together for a while, Mara ......" At this point, Tarrant paused, "She found some traces, it seemed to be a hole in the ground, and we guessed that it was probably a monster's lair, so we lit torches and went into the hole, and it turned out to be just a natural cave, and there were animal marks on the ground, and beasts don't do such terrible things, and when we exited the cave, it was at that time that I saw the Spirit Sucker for the first time, the same as in the book, but it felt ...... It was terrifying, they walked with twisted walks, their faces were full of wriggling tentacles, I didn't know what to do with it at the time, it made my consciousness dizzy, I couldn't remember anything, and thankfully, I survived,......"
Tarrant pauses his recollection, takes a breath, and continues the story until he notices that Katrina has not interjected, and he looks at Katrina, who has closed her eyes and seems to be asleep.
"Katrina?" he cried softly, unanswered, and fell asleep, quiet and peaceful, far from the art that Wensley's petrification could accomplish.
"Katrina, I love you", he whispered.