Hughes had never been so satisfied since he had left the city, and in order to comfort Carol, he was able to touch her so closely, patting her on the shoulder, holding her little hand, and Carol did not resist! At this moment there was nothing in his eyes but Carol, and his heart was all tied to the beauty.

Hodge sighed, seeing Hughes's nymphomaniac appearance, how could he not know that his persuasion plan had failed, and the most infuriating thing was that such an arrogant, willful, stupid, nymphomaniac knight was the key to the team's departure, as he said to the guard, it was too risky to leave alone, although he could recognize the way back to the village, but it was difficult to say whether he would encounter the attack of the giant earthworm, judging from the monster's move to avoid Hughes's attack on the weaker guard, it was very likely that it had the wisdom to attack the lonely.

At night, Hughes fell asleep with a smile on his face, and for him there was a smile like Carol, and even the cold of the snow forest seemed to fade a lot, and he slept very sweetly.

Hodge tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and the more he thought about things, the more excited he became, and over time he couldn't sleep even if he was tired.

He lay in the sheets of the tent and listened to the sounds outside the tent with his ears tilted.

He suddenly frowned, and noticed something abnormal.

It's too quiet outside the tent, except for the sound of the wind, there is only the rustle of falling snow, and the short silence can be explained, but it's hard to understand that it's been like this for so long, after all, there are people on duty outside the tent, and you have to get up and warm up after sitting for a while on a cold day, how can you maintain such a long silence?

He got up quietly, put on his robe, carefully opened the curtain of the tent, and went out, and there was a figure sitting by the campfire, with his head deeply buried.

He walked over and sat face to face with the guard on duty, watching his closed eyes and regular breathing heaving, laughing and crying, and shook him on the guard's shoulder.

"Uh-huh. The guard woke up from his sleep and looked flustered the moment he saw Hodge.

Hodge pressed his shoulder and signaled him not to be nervous: "If you're tired, go in and sleep, how cold it is to sleep outside on this snowy day." ”

"But now it's up to me to take the turn—"

"Come on. Hodge laughed and scolded, "As far as you can take your turn now, I don't know if the wolf takes it away, go ahead, I can't sleep, you can replace it when it's my turn." ”

"It's, okay. The guards were indeed sleepy and went into the tents.

Hodge rubbed his hands together and snorted into his palms, thinking about tomorrow's actions, since Hughes and Fink chose to stay after Carol made a statement, then the only way to return safely was to deal with the giant earthworm as soon as possible.

A few days ago, he had discussed with Fink whether the giant earthworm might still retain most of the earthworm's habit instincts, and the end result was very likely, so there was a clear idea of how to attract the giant earthworm to appear actively, and the trap used to catch ordinary earthworms was likely to be effective against earthworms.

The materials for this trap are not particularly difficult, and they can basically be found in this snow forest, which saves him a lot of trouble.

"I knew I shouldn't have been greedy for this in the first place. Hodge laughed to himself, although the priest's recommendation qualification is very tempting, but the premise is that Fink and himself can live smoothly, and if he dies, there is nothing, and he cherishes his life.

But he knew that even if he did it all over again, he couldn't refuse, because he cherished his life, so in such a world, he needed an identity of sufficient weight to protect himself, even if it was worth the risk.

He was alone outside on a snowy day, and it was quite boring, so he had to get up and walk around the campfire, and by the way he collected some materials to make traps, some auxiliary materials were the best at night.

Just as he was walking around, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a figure not far away, only a small corner of the shadow was revealed, and it was not easy to be found.

Snowwolves, giant earthworms, or other beasts, monsters?

He took a deep breath and tiptoed his way through, sheltered by the trees and bushes, and slowly approached the shadows in the corner.

The closer he got, the clearer the figure became, and he seemed to hear a rustling sound.

Come on, let me see what it is.

He held his breath, tilted his head slightly, and glanced at it quickly.

He was particularly shocked by the scene that appeared in front of him.

This figure was not a monster of Warcraft as he had guessed, but a person, a woman.

Carol, she sneaked out while the guards were dozing.

She squatted on the ground, and by the moonlight she could see that she had picked up a lot of snow from the ground, held it in her hand, and let Xue Ha melt it a little, and then rubbed her hands vigorously, as if she was cleaning her hands.

What was the reason for her to take the risk of leaving the campfire in the middle of the night and washing her hands with snow? At least the other day when Hodge was on duty, she had never behaved like that.

Wait—it didn't seem that long ago that her little hand had been being held by Hughes......

Is that the reason? If that's the case--

Hodge was a little afraid to imagine that the aristocratic lady who had always been kind and amiable to people could really be such a terrible person?

He was ready to leave, a smart man would never be exposed at such a moment, not even later, he would bury it in his heart and then be wary of Carol.

A broken branch at his feet cut off his thoughts, and he stepped on it, and made a sound, not too loud, but enough to be heard by someone not far away in the silent night.

"Who, come out!" Carol said coldly, looking in the direction of the woods.

Hodge resigned himself to his fate, and walked out of the shadows of the bushes generously, now that he has been exposed, excessive panic is easy to do bad things.

"It's you. Carroll's tone was even colder.

Hodge looked at her carefully, and found that her eyes were back to normal, and the tears and redness were gone, and it was hard to imagine that she had been so sad not so long ago, and that she could adjust her mind in such a short time.

Hodge was even more convinced of his own judgment.

"You see that, right?" Carol asked.

"See—what?" Hodge looked surprised, then looked apologetic, "I'm sorry, I just came here to pick up some herbs when I was bored, and if you hadn't spoken, I wouldn't have known you were here." ”

Pretend, pretend, no matter how fake, no matter how exaggerated, the attitude is always the most important, at this time, I don't know that nine out of ten people who act are purebred fools, and the rest - that one is mixed-race.

"You see it. Carol didn't let up in the slightest, not even in question, but in an affirmative tone.

Hodge faced her eyes and knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to sigh: "It's nothing, it's just a cleanliness fetish, it's not a big deal for a noble lady to have a cleanliness fetish." ”

"You think I'm a fool?"

"I think you're smart, smarter than most people. ”

"Then don't take me for a fool. “

Hodge was helpless: "And what do you want to do, Miss Carroll?"

"Everyone has their own secrets, and everyone doesn't want their secrets to be made public. Carroll leaned closer to him, speaking more and more slowly, "So, I've got to make sure you don't say it." ”

"I promise, in the name of the gods. ”

"Oaths? I never believed in that kind of thing. ”

Carol swooped up like lightning, and Hodge only felt a slight heat on his cheeks, and only reacted after a moment, and quickly took two steps back, looking at Carol who was wiping his lips.

She looked at him with a smirk: "If I wake up the others now, when they come over and see you and me, what will they, especially Hughes, think, and do?"

"I'm going to be miserable when I think about it. Hodge smiled wryly, this woman ......

"It's worse than you think, trust me. ”

Carol paused and looked at him very seriously: "So, don't say it, we have exchanged secrets with each other, secrets that only we can know. ”