The Story of the Traveler No. 2: The Man Like the Wind (Part II)
"What should I do?"
At sunset, Isabella sat on a hillside in a daze.
She had been sitting all afternoon, and Nabilin had been with him for an afternoon.
The village chief had already set off and rushed to the lord's castle, wanting to ask the lord to send troops to exterminate the bandits. But from here to the castle, a round trip, no matter how fast, will take at least two or three days - provided that the lord is willing to send troops.
According to an old man in the village, as long as food, money, and a woman, perhaps the lord would not be willing to send troops for this loss.
After all, it is not easy to go deep into the mountains to attack the cottage of the bandits. No matter how smooth it is, at least a few people will die, and in comparison, no matter how you look at it, it is not cost-effective.
The old man who said this naturally gained a bunch of white eyes, but no one could deny that he had a point.
Which side is more important, a village girl or a few soldiers?
Darker said that Nabiling was a strong martial artist, and as long as he was asked to protect the village, the bandits would not be willing to risk a few deaths to fight him for the sake of a small benefit.
However, this suggestion was also rejected by the villagers.
No matter how strong Nabiling is, it's just one person. In the face of the hordes of bandits, he can take care of this side but not the other, as long as seven or eight spears, he can do nothing. Not to mention that the bandit is likely to have bows and arrows, how could he dodge the cold arrows shot from the shadows during the battle?
Asking him to protect the village is just to send him to death in vain, and to provoke the bandits.
Nabilin is a good person, it's a pity to die, and to anger the bandits, it's not a pity but a bad one. The villagers didn't want to be sorry or bad, so they had only one choice.
Hand Isabella over.
Anyway...... Just a little girl.
Isabella's parents, of course, were unwilling, but there were only two of them, and there were almost two hundred of them in the village, how could two of them fight for more than two hundred? Even though most of them were not that thick-skinned, even if one out of ten or twenty people spoke together, they would be able to foam at the mouth and have nothing to say.
In the end, some people even think that there is nothing wrong with handing Isabella over to the bandits, and maybe they can take the opportunity to get in touch with the bandits.
Listening to their words, Isabella became more and more depressed, and simply ran out and ran to the hillside to take care of the sheep.
Nabilin silently followed her side, not saying anything.
As she spoke to herself at the setting sun, the handsome bard finally spoke.
"If it's your wish, I can fight the bandits for you. He said.
Isabella laughed at first, but immediately shook her head.
"No! they're right, you can't beat so many bandits alone!"
Nebiling shook his head and said nothing.
After a while, he said, "Well, I'll continue to teach you how to sing." ”
Isabella nodded and continued to study.
As the sun set, she didn't drive the sheep home as usual, but hugged Nabilin.
"Take me away, okay?" she whispered, "and we'll leave the village of Domremi and go somewhere no one can find us......
Nebiling was silent for a moment and asked, "So, what about your family?"
"I ...... I don't know......" Isabella thought for a moment, what would happen to her family if she wasn't there when the bandits came, what would happen to the villagers?
But her arms tightened even more as she held Nabilin.
"At least...... At least today...... Can you come and stay at my house?"
Her voice grew quieter, her face became hot, and her heart pounded as if she were beating a drum.
Nebiling thought for a moment and reached out to hug her.
"Well, if that's your wish......"
......
[Xu Xiansen next door to you:, I actually found a bandit's cottage in the east of the Thracian Kingdom, this cottage looks quite historical, I'm afraid there are good things. 】
[Horus: Where exactly? Coordinates!]
[Panda: I'm in Maxey Village, and if nothing else, we'll probably meet tomorrow.] 】
[Xu Xiansen next door to you: It's a bit of a coincidence! The cottage I found is nearby, from Pissel to the north, there is a small village called domremi, and I especially saw this cottage on the hill north of the village. 】
[Horus: it!So close?!I'll go!Wait for me!Panda go with you?]
【Panda:...... It just so happened, okay, I'll also go, give me the coordinates, and I'll be there soon. 】
Nabilin got up quietly, the thin blanket slipping down because of his movements, and the moonlight shining through the window could not hide Isabella's beautiful figure.
She's beautiful, and she's lovely.
Nabilin smiled, and the linen robe that had been taken off the floor beside the bed disappeared abruptly, and then appeared on top of him.
He looked out the window, and the moonlight was beautiful.
Such a beautiful scenery is used to kill people and set fires, which is really a bit of a bad scenery.
But...... Talent is the most beautiful scenery.
As he thought so, his figure flashed and vanished.
After a long time, Isabella woke up.
When she opened her eyes, she didn't see Nabilin's figure, and she was a little flustered.
After a few minutes, she got dressed and searched the house and outside, but she couldn't find Nabiling.
Her parents were sitting in a daze at the door, and when they saw her running out in a panic, they hurriedly asked what was going on. After learning the truth, the two elders did not panic, but just looked at each other silently and sighed secretly.
Obviously, Nabiling couldn't defeat the hordes of bandits, and he didn't want to see Isabella given to the bandits, so he had to leave quietly.
"Don't look for it. Mother advised Isabella, "He's gone." If you leave, do you want him to watch you being given to the bandits?"
Isabella, who was looking around, froze in place as if she had been struck by lightning, and it took a long time for her to come back to her senses.
"You're right......" she sat down on the ground slowly, "it's better to go......
As she spoke, her tears remained.
The family cried at each other's behalf, but there was really nothing they could do.
Towards dawn, the villagers came to her house.
The food and money for the bandits were ready, and they were ready to go up the mountain.
The bandits' cottage is in the mountains, and it will take a long time. If you leave late, you won't be able to catch noon.
They told Isabella to set off, and Isabella did not resist, her eyes were already a little red and swollen from crying, and she was a little stupid, as if she had lost her soul, and followed the team indifferently, taking advantage of the rising sun, and walked towards the mountain.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, and along the way, she almost fell down several times. The most dangerous one, I even almost fell off a cliff. If it hadn't been for the fact that there was a strong wind blowing at that time, she was afraid that she would have fallen directly into the mountain stream and turned into a puddle of blurred flesh and blood.
When the villagers saw this, they surrounded her in the middle and watched her closely.
In case something happens to her, she herself will be gone, but everyone is unlucky.
In the end, they finally arrived at the cottage, but they were not met by the bandits, but by two adventurers who had exterminated the bandits and were sitting in the courtyard of the cottage to barbecue meat.
The two adventurers were really vicious and imposing, they killed dozens of bandits, the corpses were piled up in a pile, hideous and terrifying, the villagers were so frightened when they saw it, some even peed their pants.
Isabella wasn't too scared, she was just glad.
Fortunately, she couldn't help but think of Nabiling again.
If he knew, he would be happy, right?
Just then, she heard the sound of the piano and singing.
"Don't ask me where I'm from, my hometown is far away......"
She turned her head in surprise, only to find that everyone seemed to have not heard the song.
Don't...... Only she heard?
At that moment, she noticed the bear-headed adventurer with the black and white face looking thoughtfully in the direction from which the song was coming from, and then at herself again, with a knowing smile.
At this moment, Isabella also understood.
These two adventurers clearly knew Naibiling.
Maybe...... They were simply his friends, invited by him to help the village solve its problems.
She remembered that when she was in the courtyard of the cottage before, among the blood-stained footprints, there were footprints that were not shoeed—Nebiling never wore shoes, but his feet were never dirty, and there was no dust at all.
She finally smiled, and her smile was as beautiful as a mountain flower blooming in the sun.