Chapter 2 Slight Fever (I)
Jude strolls through the familiar streets, reliving the long-lost peace and relaxation.
When passing by the door of Leia's house, the boy whistled skillfully, but after waiting for a long time, the girl did not appear.
On second thought, Leia should be learning to knit from Aunt Lauren by now. So Jude hurried to the tailor's house, stood outside the window, stood on tiptoe and looked in, but saw no girl.
It's strange where Leia has gone. The boy was quite puzzled, and walked towards the center of the town, and happened to meet Rod and others coming towards him.
"Hey, Rod. Jude beckoned to his friends, "See Leia?"
However, the other party's response surprised him: "Leia...... Who is it?"
"You're kidding me, aren't you?" the boy was in disbelief, "Leia, Renicia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Plora. Okay, don't laugh, tell me quickly, have you seen her?"
"When did the Plora family have a daughter?, do we have any girls in our age?" Rhodes became more and more confused, "Jude, are you okay today, why did you start talking nonsense?"
"Yes, Jude, have you forgotten, isn't Aunt Flora unable to have children?" Seeing this scene, Jacob next to him also reminded.
What? What's going on? The young man was stunned for a moment, could it be that his friends joined forces to joke with him today?
Suddenly, Jude realizes that he might be dreaming.
At this moment, the surrounding scene disappeared in an instant.
In a trance, the boy felt unusually hot, and some kind of impenetrable heavy object was pressing on him, making him very uncomfortable.
He rolled over and vaguely saw someone standing beside him, but tried to concentrate but couldn't do anything, and soon fell asleep again.
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The flames were burning, the flames shining brightly in the dark night sky, and distant wails and screams rang from time to time.
Jude was lying on his back in a haystack, and just now he had witnessed the tragic deaths of his father, mother, and sister. Villagers fell under the butcher's knives of the robbers, and the boy took advantage of the chaos to hide in this hidden corner of the hay to escape.
However, the whole village was burning, and soon the fire was bound to spread here, and he had to find a way to escape, and in extreme panic, this was the only thought of the boy.
Hearing the screams fade away, Jude stumbled out of the haystack and tried to observe the situation outside, when he suddenly noticed a girl squatting in the opposite corner.
With long off-white hair, she didn't seem to have seen it in the village before, and the young man walked up to her: "That, why are you here?"
“...... Eh, are you asking 'why'?"
The usual question seemed to startle the other person, and Jude noticed that she was curled up and her young shoulders were shaking, and she was visibly terrified.
"Well, you fled here too, right? What about your family?"
“...... I came with them. The girl looked up at him, her eyes full of panic, "The leader of those people, is ...... It's my father. ”
The boy unconsciously took two steps back, not realizing that the seemingly weak and helpless girl in front of him was actually a member of the gang of robbers.
"I don't want my father to kill people......" her voice trembled, "but ......"
As soon as Jude was about to say something, his surroundings suddenly changed rapidly, and his consciousness gradually blurred.
Half-asleep and half-awake, the boy felt that someone was wiping his cheeks with a wet towel, but before he could think about it, he fell into a deep sleep again.
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A simple and tidy hut with bright sunlight streaming in through the windows and a pleasant fragrance in the air.
The familiar girl was standing in front of her, with long beige hair, a long white dress, and a peaceful and kind smile.
"Mr. Roy, you're back. ”
"I'm back. ”
Unlike anyone else in the bandit gang, this is the only place where you can see a gentle expression. Jude felt his tense body relax, letting the noise of killing sit behind him for a moment.
"Ah...... Mr. Roy...... Hurt ......"
The panic of the girl in front of him made Jude notice the injury to his right arm in the previous battle, and he smiled and shook his head: "It's okay with this little injury. ”
"It's related! Look, it's ...... on the arm."
"It's okay," Jude was used to this level of pain, looking at the sword wound that only scratched his skin, "this kind of small wound, just like nothing." ”
"There's no such thing, it looks like it hurts......"
"That's in Mexia's opinion. ”
"Yes, it seems to me that this is a very serious injury," the girl looked worried, "I can't bear to let Mr. Roy get hurt." ”
In all these years, only Mejia felt sorry for herself, and looking at the girl's worried expression, Jude couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"So, Mr. Roy, that, let me bandage you, shall you?"
"No need. ”
"Let's, let me bandage it for you...... Mr. Roy?"
Looking at the compound fear and persistence in the girl's eyes, Jude sighed: "Okay, then please." ”
"Okay, then, please be seated. Mexia helped Jude to sit on the edge of the bed, then took out the bandage and sat beside the boy.
"Please sit still, Mr. Roy. ”
"Hmm. ”
The girl ripped off the bandage and carefully bandaged the abrasions on Jude's arm.
"It doesn't have to be like this," the boy said with a smile as he looked at Mexia's trembling appearance, "There is no need to be so serious. ”
"But if it hurts Mr. Roy, ......"
"It hurts a little bit, it's out of the way. ”
“...... I, I don't want to see Mr. Roy in pain. ”
As she spoke, Mehia bandaged more carefully and slowly. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something: "Ah, but...... Shouldn't I have bandaged it quickly......"
"By the way, what was my father talking about? New rules or something?"
"Don't worry, I'm still free to move. After all, being favored by Hamilo, Jude smiled bitterly in his heart.
As long as you don't do anything to sabotage the bandit gang, your actions will basically not be restricted. He hadn't had a chance to escape all these years, but Jude decided to stay, and one day he would have to make these bastards pay for their blood debts.
The boy's status is indeed higher than that of the thugs, but mainly because he is Hamilo's pet.
"Is that so, then I'm relieved. Mehya smiled innocently, and Jude was fascinated for a moment.
"Ah...... It seems to be a little messy of bandaging," the girl suddenly panicked again, "Isn't it, shouldn't it be wrapped like this?"
"Mejia isn't really good at bandaging," the boy teased casually, "but it's not like that." ”
"Woo......" The girl stared at Jude, her cheeks puffing out slightly, "I apologize to Mr. Roy if the bandage is messy." ”
"Obviously, I offered to help with the bandaging...... It turned out like this......"