Unable to sleep all night, Fern wondered if he had slept too long during the day to be sleepy now, but the metal box he had pressed against his chest made him realize that he was only unable to settle down because he was not worried about the Hallows.

Fern rolled over, and Jarena slept on his other side, and the archmage's uneven breathing meant that she wasn't asleep either. Jasmine lay on her side with her back to Fern, her long, tawny hair scattered across the blanket, revealing one ear. Fern didn't know why he cared so much about whether she was asleep or not, subconsciously he wished he would be the one who fell asleep later, so that no one could steal the artifact from his arms, but he couldn't be sure that he would wake up before Molina. Anxiety burned in the mercenary's heart, and for a moment, Fern even thought of sneaking away while the archmage was asleep, but was then shocked by his own stupid thoughts. When did I become such a person, Morena is my companion, she has helped me so much, and even saved me, even the holy weapon was found by her, how can I ...... That's going to happen.

Jasmine seemed to sense the turmoil in Fern's heart, and she subconsciously turned around and met Fern's gaze, and both of them screamed softly in surprise. "Not asleep yet?" Fern greeted innocentially.

"I can't sleep, and so can you?" Morena's amber eyes glowed orange in the light of the burning fire.

"Yes, I must have slept too much. Fern nervously made excuses.

Morena looked at Ferne's panicked appearance faintly. "Are you afraid that I will steal the Hallows while you are asleep?"

"How...... How could it be ......" Fern knew that he had been seen through, but he still struggled.

"Have you forgotten, Fern? I can feel your thoughts. Jasmine sighed. "Actually, you're just resisting feeling me, and if you try it, you'll find that you can feel my thoughts, and you'll understand that I didn't even think about stealing the Hallows. ”

Fern looked at Jarena with a blank look in his eyes, he realized that he was completely inferior in front of this girl, Jasmine was unlike any girl he had ever met, she was beautiful, wise, intelligent, calm, and more importantly, she could accurately perceive what was in her heart and give the most suitable support. This support is different from Kuiai's gentle words that go straight to the heart, but just silently assisting himself on the sidelines, unassumingly but just right. Fern looked at the box in his arms, the pale yellow shell glistening in the firelight. "I'm sorry, Molena, I shouldn't have been wary of you, you may not understand, but I used to trust someone when she left me. ”

There was no change in Jasmine's expression, and her control over her emotions was beyond that of most girls of her age. "I'm sure she doesn't want to do this either, otherwise she wouldn't have saved you, I don't blame you, Fern, I just thought that after going through life and death together, you would trust me, but the truth surprised me. ”

Fern exhaled and sat up from the ground, his head bowed, as if in repentance, as if he was struggling with his heart. "Jarena, no matter what danger you encounter, I will fight with my life to save you, if I need to exchange my life for your life, I will not have any hesitation, but, please let me rescue Niss first, I only have this one request, as long as I can save Niss, until then, please continue to help me, I know that I can't save Niss without you. ”

Jasmine also propped herself up from the ground, her long hair pouring down like silk threads and hanging down to her side. "Fern, you don't know, the blue dragon hinted to me, and according to my inference, even if you give the Hallows to Horatio, they won't give Ness to you, and I'm afraid that the Twilight Cult's purpose is to keep both Niss and the Hallows in their hands. ”

"But I don't have a choice, Orena. Fern looked at the archmage with a look of helplessness and pleading in his eyes. "The thought of Ness in the hands of the Twilight Cult makes my brain go haywire, I can't think, Morena, the Hallows is my only hope, no matter what the outcome will be, I'm going to give it a try, or I won't even have a chance to try it. ”

"Even if the Hallows and Ness are taken away by the Twilight Cult, and Wallis falls into an irretrievable situation, do you want to do this?"

Fern nodded firmly, his face full of determination. "Yes, I have to, no one can stop me!"

Jamina pursed her lips and pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. "Have you ever thought about how unfair it is for you to do this to the people of Wallis, just to save one person, but to gamble with the whole of Wallis, so many people died in the war against the Dark Tide, the civilians and soldiers of Sarah, the soldiers of Doyle, the soldiers of Altoona, Ogden and Dayton, they left their lives forever on the front lines of the battle against the Dark Tide, what did they do it for? Is their sacrifice so worthless in your eyes?"

"I deplore their deaths, there will inevitably be sacrifices in war, they are like meteors in the sky, they disappear into the sky, they are heroes, I will always remember them, but ...... For me, that's all. Fern looked at Jarena solemnly, speaking more and more slowly. "But Ness is different, we met in Deville, we went through a lot of danger, I can't watch her in danger and not save her, it's different from everyone else, I hope you understand, Morena......"

"And what do you do if two people have lived and died with you, and they are in danger at the same time?" said Morena, reclining with her legs curled up at one side.

Fern didn't dare to look into the archmage's eyes, just stared at the box on the ground. "I don't know, Morena, please don't ask me, I really don't know. ”

Morena didn't speak, her eyes were full of complicated expressions, and finally, she glanced at Fern sympathetically and lay down. "Sleep, you have to go tomorrow, you don't have to hold on until dawn, as I said, you just try to feel my heart, and you will know what I think. ”

Before Fern could say something, Morena rolled over and left her back to him. The mercenary also slowly lay down, he carefully closed his eyes, trying to focus on the direction of his companion, suddenly, he noticed a strange feeling rushing into his heart, it was a feeling of serenity, without any hostility and antagonism, calm and peaceful filled the mercenary's body, and soon he lost consciousness.

When Fern awoke again, it was already dark, and he bounced up from the ground like a frightened bird, only to see that the box containing the holy vessel was still sleeping peacefully in his arms, and in front of him was Jalena, who was drinking tea.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to fall asleep. Fern scratched the back of his head and apologized for his overly drastic reaction.

Morena looked up from behind her teacup. "You've tried to get into my heart?"

"I don't know anything!" Fern waved his hand nervously. "I just knew where you were, and just paid a little attention to that direction. ”

"At least you're asleep. Jasmina left the sentence and continued to focus on the teacup.

After breakfast, Fern stuffed the dried supplies back into the pannier, leaving some of the food and items that had been soaked and could no longer be used, and the pannier was much lighter. "We'll have to add a few more, and it's best to avoid the Westwood Forest. Fern wrapped the metal box tightly in a change of clothes, placed it in the pannier, and then tied it around the box several times with another piece of rope, and pulled the ends of the rope out of the opening of the pannier bag and tied it to his belt.

Jamina adjusted her position on the back of her mount. "Do you have any suggestions? I don't have any idea of direction. ”

Fern nodded. "From Dayton we bypassed the Westwood Forest, from where we could pass the village of Icahn and then into Cumberland and head south to Serendra. ”

"Sounds good, as long as I can spend the night in the village along the way, I won't have a problem. Jalena tied her long, loose hair into a high ponytail that hung down to her waist.

Fern pulled the reins, clamped his legs, and the clouds slowly ran up, and Jalena glanced in the direction of the lake, then flicked the reins and followed the mercenary. The sun shone into the woods, the dappled shadows of the trees flickered on the two of them, the early morning birdsong filled their ears, and between the light and shadow, the two galloped towards the uncertain future.