Chapter 191: Rimling's Winter Cherry Blossoms (4)
The man slammed into Rhine's body all of a sudden, Rhine's sturdy body was a wall that could not be moved to him, he squatted on the ground, and the piece of meat in his hand accidentally flew out, Rhine silently stretched out his hand and cut off the flying piece of meat, as accurate as a falcon hunting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"Hey, give it back to me. The man froze at the sight of Rhine, who was wearing knight's armor and a thick coat, and there was no trace of emaciation on his face, for a man who had lived in a poor area for many years, Rhine's appearance was something he did not dare to imagine, but it was out of the underlying beastly instinct - the desire for food made him react quickly, and noticed Rhine's hand, and the man shouted at Rhine while trying to get the food back.
Rhine looked at the man's yellow and thin face, and his heart suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, but when he caught a glimpse of the child behind the man, and saw the man's younger brother who was also emaciated, the unsmoothness disappeared completely, leaving only a nameless anger, he had been forcibly closing all his emotional fluctuations, and gradually became numb, so he didn't know where this anger came from, and that anger suddenly flashed in his mind when his brother's face was even more vigorous.
"What do you pay back?" said Rhine coldly.
"When, of course, it's mine. The man was frightened by Rhine's cold eyes and said hesitantly.
"I don't think it's your stuff," Rhine said, tossing the piece of meat to the child, who also looked at Rhine blankly, looking a little flattered.
"If you want to eat, you can find it yourself, what is it to rob someone else," Rhine pointed behind him, "The rescue convoy is not far from there, and if you want to eat, you can ask for it yourself." β
The man glanced at Rhine, not knowing what he was thinking, the man got up from the ground and walked away in the direction that Rhine pointed, while the child bowed his head slightly to Rhine at a loss, turned his head and walked away.
"Why do I have to say so much to that kind of guy, it makes no sense. Rhine muttered to himself and continued aimlessly.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he stopped again, and this time, his eyes fell on the only person in the area who appeared in his field of vision, a girl.
The girl sat outside the door of a house, and the house behind her, although not as intact as the one left of the shop, could at least be used as shelter from the wind and rain.
The girl sat there silently, her eyes straight so straight that it was impossible to guess where her gaze was going, and she sat quietly, like an ice sculpture assimilated into nature, and Rhine would have almost ignored her, if it weren't for her conspicuous cherry red hair.
Rhine looked at her, but she didn't know if the girl also saw herself, the atmosphere was surprisingly quiet, giving people an uncomfortable feeling.
For a moment, Rhine had the illusion that the world was lonely and desolate, the world was filled with the white of snowflakes, only the girl's cherry red seemed to be untouched by anything, full of magic to attract his eyeballs, magnificent like the only cherry blossom blooming in this winter in Ramlin, lonely, fragrant and lonely.
Time passed, the snowflakes still showed no signs of stopping, and both of them seemed to be unspeakable, and there was a hint of depression in the air.
"Aren't you going to look for food?" Rhine spoke first, still in a simple, cold voice, though he didn't know why he had broken his rules with this girl - he wouldn't speak to anyone unless someone else spoke first.
Obviously an ordinary girl who is no different from others.
"Who?" said the girl, looking up.
"Supplies from the imperial capital. Rhine said.
"Supplies?" the girl's words had a childish aura, and if language had its own color, the girl would spit out the same cherry blossom characters as her hair every time she opened and closed her mouth.
"Well," Rhein began to think about how to explain to the girl in front of him, his hand suddenly touching something in his pocket, "for everyone here." He took out the bread that Skag had thrown at him.
"Ah, food found. The girl said.
No, that's not what you found. Rhine thought to himself.
"Eat?" Rhine shook the bag of bread in front of the girl's eyes.
"Give it to me?"
"That's what it takes to supply the troops. β
The girl carefully took the bread from Rhine's hand, took it to her eyes and looked at it, then looked up at Rhine again, as if to ask him if this was really for me?
"I'm just getting the job done. Rhine said that he didn't want the girl to think that he was giving alms, he never thought that he was a great good man, how could a person who had come alive from countless contemptuous glances and scolding words be willing to be a good old man?
The girl held the bread in her arms and was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking about something, and after a moment she suddenly said. "Thank you. β
Rhein was stunned, he didn't expect the girl to come to this show, from the time he first entered the town until now, all he saw were hungry people who had turned themselves into beasts and the like, and only knew how to pounce on food. Although there are a few exceptions, such as the child just now, and the boy who longs for the wine bottle in Skag's hand, it seems that they are all children, maybe only children, and they still have the etiquette of human beings.
But the girl said thank you.
Rhine suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, should he call it curiosity, or care.
Am I tired, Rhine thought to himself, clutching his forehead.
"Headache?" the girl asked.
Shouldn't you be more careful about not starving than a stranger like me, Rhine thought to himself, and waved at the girl, indicating that his head was healthy.
The girl looked at Rhine again, then suddenly got up and entered the room behind her with the bread she had just gotten.
The sound of pushing the door made Rhine react, he watched the cherry red behind the girl enter the house with the girl's body, a little confused, do you have to choose a place to eat? Maybe it's because you're afraid of the cold, but why do people who are afraid of the cold keep sitting outside the house and getting cold.
The girl entered, but did not close the door, as if she did not mind that Rhine would follow her.
Rhein thought for a moment, knocked on the half-open door, replaced "disturb" with this action, and approached the girl's house.
Almost as expected, there was nothing in the empty house, the walls around it were empty, how could there be a decent home in such a war-torn town, at most it was just a shelter for people to shelter from the wind and rain.
But Rhine was still stunned in the next moment.
On the innermost wall of the house, there is a bed, but it is not a real bed, just a dilapidated straw mat, why it is called a bed, because there is a woman lying on it, and next to the woman, there is a pot of flowers, and the petals are the same color as the girl's cherry red, which is the only "furniture" in the room.
The woman looked several years older than the girl, even older than the Rhine, and the woman's face was pale and sickly, and the girl was lying on her side at the moment, handing the bread to the woman.
"I've found something to eat, I'll give it to you. The girl said.
She said this, saying something that Rhine really couldn't imagine, in this hell of hunger, a child who should have only cried and cried, but when he got the food he dreamed of, he endured his hunger and gave up the food.
The woman smiled at the girl, and slowly raised her hand to stroke the girl's head, showing sickly slender fingers running through the cherry hair, "This food doesn't look like a discarded thing, where did you find it?" β
The girl stood up, turned to look at Rhine, and then stretched out her finger, "It's this kind big brother, he said he was here to bring food to everyone." β
I'm really being taken care of, and I didn't say I was going to give food to everyone, so I gave you a loaf of bread. Rhine thought to himself.
Only then did the woman notice Rhine, her eyes were dim, perhaps her eyesight was very weak, "Yes, thank you, unknown sir." β
"I'm just doing a routine, the imperial capital has come to the rescue convoy, if you want to eat, go to the town's ......" Rhine said, suddenly noticing the girl's legs, the knee-length scar on the knee, which had become purple and red, which was the result of a long time of untreated injuries.
He couldn't go on.
Is that the reason for not looking for food is that I have limited mobility, Rhine thought to himself.
"Yes, I see, it seems that we are not outcasts yet. The woman smiled and said, Rhine didn't know why she could laugh, the harsh environment, the hellish life, day after day, I don't know when it will end, there are still many, many people who have become crazy, why she can still smile like ordinary people, Rhine can't think of a reason.
"But thank you again. The woman said again.
"I don't need you to thank me, it's okay. Rhine dropped such a sentence, immediately walked out of the house, re-exposed to the snowy outside world, Rhine felt that his breathing became smoother, he didn't want to stay in that room, because after he saw that unbelievable scene, his heart became mixed for some reason, he was already determined to close his inner feelings, so he didn't want to give up because of such a trivial matter.
However, it is understandable to calm down and think about it, that woman should be the girl's sister, so it is normal for the sister to share food with the sister. But Rhine thought about it again, didn't you see that scene just now, my brother left for his own food, and there are very few people who can be like a girl, so girl, why can she do this.
Rhine covered his forehead again, this time he really had a headache, this was the most boring day ever, he himself felt incredible for his behavior.
He quickened his pace, thinking to himself that we were just meeting and passing by, and that we would never see each other again if we left.
"Hey, nice big brotherβ" But he stopped, still unable to figure out the reason himself, just a cry from the girl.
Perhaps, it's because I once had a sister.
"My name is Attarani. The girl shouted.
What if you tell me your name, we will never meet again, and it is meaningless to report your name, Rhine thought to himself, and continued to walk away.
He took a few steps, turned his head slightly, and looked back, where the girl was still standing against the door, watching him move away.
"Rhine, Rhein Plath. Rhine walked, but suddenly raised his voice and said.
"Hmm!" the girl smiled behind him and nodded.