Chapter 18 is such a story
Marlena came to her senses, and it took a little time. Although Ellie was very eager to ask about her grandmother's whereabouts from Marina's mouth, her current state was obviously not suitable for answering questions, so Su Wen had to pull her away.
Su Wen did not respond positively to Greenfield's question, and Greenfield was not in a hurry, silently taking care of Marina, who had not fully recovered yet.
Taking advantage of this time, Su Wen returned to the cave and looted the things left by this group of mountain bandits.
The remnants of the mountain bandits scattered and fled in all directions, long gone, and Su Wen believed that they must be more than this stronghold. Give them a little time, and they'll definitely make a comeback.
However, Su Wen is not interested in taking care of the idle affairs of this group of mountain bandits, and there is no benefit, so let him fend for himself, I believe that this gradually increasing number of adventurers will give them a vivid lesson in common sense.
The contents of the cave were pitifully few, except for some clothes and equipment that did not flow into the stream, and were worthless bulky clutter. Su Wen also broke the previous perception of the idea that "where there is a nest of bandits, there must be a treasure chest full of finances", in the case of having paper money, valuables are carried with you, which seems to have become the consensus reached by various civilizations.
The man in black who died in the cave had become pieces of minced meat, and Su Wen wanted to know if he really knew his current fate at the moment when he stabbed him in the heart with a knife.
Su Wen casually synthesized some things that could be seen, and sure enough, there was only a bunch of things that could be called "garbage", and what could really be used was only a one-time combination hidden weapon transformed from a silver flying knife, and it could also be seen from the complex structure of the hidden weapon that this silver flying knife was not a street product.
As for the short knife that the man in black used to kill himself, Su Wen was not interested in carrying such an unlucky thing with him.
By the time Su heard it, Marlena had almost eased up, and judging from the attitude she had talked to Greenfield, she should have believed in Greenfield's identity.
Ellie, on the other hand, ran over and repeated her question.
"Not long after I left Pading Town, I met these men in black. Marlena's face became a little solemn as she recalled what had happened in the past few days, and it was clear that this was not an interesting experience.
"My godfather and godmother were killed by the men in black to protect me, but I escaped. Marlena choked up, but she said the sentence in its entirety.
It was also the first time Ellie had seen Marina's sad expression.
"I fled into the mountains, stayed for a long time, and when I felt almost safe, I fled to the road, and ran back a little bit, when I met the evacuation party sent by Baron Schetun. ”
"It was there that I met everyone in the village, and your grandmother gave me a set of clean clothes. ”
"What about my grandma?" was about to get to the point, when Ellie unconsciously grabbed Su Wenyi's hand, oozing some sweat.
"That night, when I was resting at the post station in front, I didn't expect the man in black to find it too......"
"The soldiers couldn't resist the men in black, and by the time I looked out the window, two had already fallen. ”
So, I went out and let them catch me. ”
"I guess if they caught me, they wouldn't have killed people at will......
Su Wen immediately rated this girl a little higher, but Ellie didn't get the exact news from her grandmother, and she still looked nervous.
"The Black Rope Society generally doesn't interfere too much with anything outside of the mission. Greenfell explained.
That's what made Ellie relax.
When the two women turned around, Greenfield easily dealt with the unconscious man in black, and the knife fell, and the man in black probably didn't feel any pain.
Greenfell let Marlena get on her horse, took the reins herself, and opened the way in front. Su Wen and Ellie rode on the other horse, following behind. Because of the hidden road that the bandits usually used to enter and exit the stronghold, the way down the mountain was much smoother than when they went up.
After experiencing this kind of disaster, Marlena did not collapse because of this, and her psychological quality can be seen. On the way, you can also adjust your mood and ask for some information from Greenfield.
However, perhaps ashamed of putting Ellie's grandmother in danger, Marlena did not ask Ellie about the changes in her body or the dark-haired man who was with her.
Ellie, too, was caught up in her grandmother's worries, looking absentmindedly to the side, not turning her gaze for a long time.
After descending the mountain, they walked along the main road for a short time, and then they came to the post station that Marlena had mentioned, and the four men fed their horses, and after a short rest, they continued on the road. They need to reach the relative safety of Shelton City before the Black Rope Society reacts.
When he was at the post station, Su Wen also confirmed to the guy that a soldier was killed at this post station, and judging from various details, Ma Lina was not wrong. In addition, the good news was that there were no casualties among the refugees in the village, and the next day they set off for Shelton with the rest of the soldiers. If you were now, you should have already arrived.
Ellie then put down the stone that hung in her heart.
Marlena also asked the question in her heart.
"It was when I was traveling, I saw this girl fainting on the side of the road, and I woke her up, and by the way, I just taught her a little knowledge. Su Wen naturally took over the conversation and answered Marina's question.
Ellie, of course, didn't want to reveal the secrets of her body, and nodded weakly.
Marlena knew that there must be more to it than that, but out of politeness, she didn't mean to ask any further. I have to say that as the illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Snow Castle, even if she has only been in Snow Castle for less than eight years, she has inherited the wise side of the bloodline.
"But I didn't expect Sister Marlena to be a nobleman......" Ellie cast her envious eyes on Marlena again, as if she wanted to get to know this girl again, and sighed sincerely: "It's amazing!"
Marlena shook her head with a wry smile and said to Ellie, "Actually, it's not a good thing......
When he was a child, he lost his father's love, and his mother was killed when he was sensible, and he was taken away by a strange soldier who claimed to be his father's cronies, and escaped from the snow castle, all the way to this strange little countryside, and lived incognito for more than ten years.
I thought I could live in peace like this, but when I encountered the prophecy of the incident, those people who couldn't get used to him sent a killer to kill him. Because of this, I lost the "godfather and godmother" who had developed a deep relationship.
Even the future is blurred.
Such an "aristocracy" is indeed not a good thing.
"Well, can you stop?" said Marina suddenly.
Greenfell did not hesitate, and immediately reined in his horse and waited for Marlena's follow-up.
"I want to ...... Say goodbye to your godfather and godmother. With some difficulty, Marlena flipped off her horse, then turned and looked at the verdant hills.
The two warriors, who were called godfather and godmother by Marina, were somewhere in the mountains, and fell asleep.
They guarded their glory as soldiers until the last moment.
Marlena knelt down gently, folded her hands, bowed her head, prayed reverently, and silently recited the farewell eulogy.
Bean-sized tears fell to the ground with a "snap".
Seeing this, Greenfield sighed, then stood upright and gave a standard military salute.
Ellie bit her lower lip, not knowing how to comfort Marina.
"When we find your grandmother, we'll send her home, okay?"