"Is there any room to spare?" the boy asked politely to the store manager named Cole.

"You're going to stay here?" Cole asked in surprise, after all, what happened at dinner would not be pleasant to anyone.

"I don't think there's a safer shop for the captain of the Garrison Corps that Conwall has set up on the national border. The boy patted his gray magic robe, took out twenty copper coins from his pocket and placed them on the counter, "I want a quiet room." ”

Cole didn't just pick up the silver coin that the magician had placed on the counter, but looked at the young boy and frowned, and after a while, he picked up the silver coin and asked, "Register your name." ”

The boy smiled with satisfaction when he saw the manager's decision, "Seawall-Abigail"

"Aya, take him to the corner room. ”

When Cole called out the waiter Aya's name, the corner of Seawall's eye twitched for a moment. (I'm going, female name?no, she's female?)

Aya also seemed to be used to such a surprised guest as Seatis, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly, "Mr. Abigail, please come here." ”

Following Anya up the wooden steps, the second floor seemed to be well lit, and the red daylight of the dusk shone through the screen window on the corridor. Anya's appearance could have been described as a beauty, but the boyish short hair and undeveloped voice made Seawall make a wrong judgment.

"This is the room for you, if you need anything to ring the bell and I will serve you. It can be said that it is impeccable service words, and Seatius only nodded and motioned for Aya to leave.

A bed covered with a duvet and some essential mahogany furniture, "Sure enough, this store doesn't make much money." "The cost of simple, but not cheap furniture, is not something that can be recovered for the price of twenty copper coins.

"Would you like to have one last comfortable night before going there?" said Seatis, standing on the balcony, looking at the forest on the horizon. The special zone that even in the current era of extremely advanced magic, the human hand can't reach into it-Tsukimi Linhai

As the sun sank below the horizon, Seatith walked back into the room and sighed again. "It's really kind, people who come out of that sea of forests sleep on this kind of bed, even the strongest person must have a moment in his mind that he doesn't want to go a second time, right? In a way, Cole is also a very cruel person......

Even at night, the town is still noisy, different mercenaries come here because of their team's missions, adventurers come here for fame and honor, nobles come here for experience, different goals, the same destination. Even though I knew it was very dangerous, I still had to break in, and I couldn't sleep with excitement. This high mood is contagious throughout the town.

On the second floor of a nondescript inn on the edge of town, Seatith looked at a book about magic alchemy under a lamp made of white amphibole. As he kept flipping through different books, he glanced at the knight's sword on the bed from time to time, and then frowned and flipped through the different magic books on the table.

Just as Seatis's brow furrowed more and more, there was a soft knock on the door. "Please come in"

With the sound of the door opening, Aya slowly entered the room, wearing a linen-colored dress that was shabby but very clean, as if it was probably the reason for her shyness, her fair face was dyed crimson, and her fingers kept fiddling with the corners of her clothes. After walking into the room, I didn't need to say a decent word for a long time.

Looking at Aya's embarrassment, Seawall couldn't help but laugh and raised his hand to point to the seat next to him and said, "It's okay, sit down." He tried to soothe the nervousness of the eleven or twelve-year-old girl in a calm tone.

"Don't you have to work at night?"

"I've done all the work I'm going to do, and I'm ready for tomorrow, so there's still some time before going to bed. ”

"Is there anything wrong with coming to me?" Although Aya still looked a little nervous, Seawall didn't have time to wait until she was completely calm to cut to the point.

"That..."The white fingers flicked the corners of the shabby clothes, Aya was obviously a little uncomfortable with Haitisi cutting directly into the subject like this, and finally took a deep breath and said: "Uncle said that you came back from the Special Zone, is this true?"

The unexpected opening made the corners of Jean's eyebrows raised, and then he smiled slightly: "In this way, should I say that I can be the one who can be stationed here?" ”

"That is, you've actually been there. Unlike the first inquiry, this time it was confirmed that Aya's gaze clearly flashed with anticipation, and in response, Seawall nodded slightly.

"Excuse me, have you ever seen an old man in his 160s in the SAR? He has short silver hair, a bit rosacea, brown leather armor, and is about 1.8 meters tall. A very sturdy old man. ”

I said a few obvious characteristics at once.,I guess I asked a lot of times.,No.,Maybe it's the figure of that person that I recall repeatedly in my mind.。

"I'm sorry, I hope my answer is yes, but..."Looking at Aya's immature face from anticipation to final disappointment, Haidi felt as if his throat was choked by something, and he couldn't continue, so he could only sigh and end his answer.

Even for a healthy person, the age of 160 or older is indeed entering old age, and for people of this age, the SAR will become more like hell. It is cruel to say unrealistic words of comfort to make the girl in front of her have empty hopes.

Cole's idea is probably the same as himself, so he will let Anya work in the store, and if he cuts his short hair, it will reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble. Judging from the complexion of the fair-skinned person who does not look like a working person, he must have come to the town before.

"Sorry I couldn't help you. There was no reason to apologize, but looking at the girl who was about to cry, but desperately endured it, Seatius thought that saying this might soothe her.

"It's okay, I was here to trouble you, thank you. Aya rubbed her somewhat moist eyes and reluctantly smiled at Seawall. "I'm sorry to bother you so late. ”

Seatius just looked at Aya and shook his head, indicating that he didn't care, looking at the frustrated Aya slowly turning around and walking out, Seatisky felt an indescribable suffocation in his chest.

"Do you know the reason why your grandfather came here? An old man of that age brought you a little child to a top-level special zone like the neighboring Yuejian Linhai, there must be his reason, and that reason directly determines him...... When can I come back. When Aya was about to open the door and go out, Seawall couldn't help but speak, even if she didn't think that Aya's grandfather was still alive, she unconsciously wanted to find that possibility for her.

In order to prevent Aya from being wary, he also directly stated why he asked his grandfather for the purpose of coming here.

And Aya, who was going to leave, was also stunned for a moment, usually it was Ko Erjue's guests who were okay, so they would let themselves ask about their grandfather's situation, but there were still very few people who were willing to take the initiative to understand the situation, and those who would generally ask carefully like this showed that they were willing to help check it.

Even a little bit of comfort, a smile appeared on his face again, "I don't know why grandpa came here, usually grandpa follows wherever he goes, but before leaving, grandpa said that he had to stop time again." ”

"Stagnant time?" The corners of Haitis's mouth twitched slightly, although there are various rumors in the Tsukimi Forest, but this kind of thing is really not something that can be done by coming to a forest, even if it is the first of all the forests. (No, it's too preconceived, maybe there are time-related monsters, or maybe it's not time stagnant, it's just that she got it wrong.) ）

After thinking for a while, Haitisi took a sip of the slightly cold black tea and said, "Is there any other news about it?"

"No, I can't remember a lot of things, I was six years old five years ago. Just as Aya slowly shook her head and spoke, Haitisi squirted out the cold black tea in one gulp. He didn't apologize for his loss, and his eyes widened and he repeated Aya's words, "Five years ago?"

"Hmm. Facing the stunned seawall, Aya finally nodded her head like a rabbit in affirmation.

"Sizzle" Seatiz put down the teacup in his hand and rubbed his temples, and it took a long time to let go of the frowning brow, "Aya, there is one thing I have to tell you well, if your grandfather hasn't come back for five years, you'd better be prepared that he won't come back." ”

"No, grandpa is very powerful, he said that he will come back, he will definitely come back, and there must be a reason why he doesn't come back now. Aya shook her head before facing the persuasion of the seawall, and then firmly trusted her grandfather.

Seatith didn't say anything more, people who hadn't been to Limhai couldn't understand the fear inside, and if he had to choose, he might have died a little easier than to struggle in it for five years.

"My uncle has always taken care of me, but I started to help in the store last year, and I can save enough money next year. Seeing that Seapole didn't speak again, Aya stood at the door, looked down at her shoes, and slowly talked about her own business.

"If, if Grandpa hasn't come back next year...... If he hasn't come back, I'll ...... Take the money you have saved for the past three years...... Go to the best schools in the world to learn magic......... And then...... Then I went to the D.C. to pick up my grandfather. Tears dripped uncontrollably, and I asked the guests again and again for five years, but they all got the worst answers. Seawall looked at the tears that had fallen to the floor and suddenly realized that she wasn't unaware of Lin Hai's horror. Yes, how could she not know that she had lived on the edge of the forest for five years!

"When I was a child, my grandfather picked it up in Parmac, and he told me when I was a kid... He said he would take me to my dad... He said... If he doesn't come back... I took him to my dad and buried him where I met him again!"

Seatith didn't say another word, and Aya went from sobbing to crying at the end. His hands kept wiping away tears, but they kept overflowing. Like the cry of the bursting embankment, it could no longer be concealed.

Seawall took a deep breath and hugged the crying Aya, he didn't know and had no way to comfort her, so he could only listen to her cry with red eyes, and listen to her pour out all the accumulated sadness.

Cole tossed the last puff of his cigarette on the ground in front of the inn, and the white smoke slowly spread with his snort. "Old fellow, you're not really going to leave this kid behind. ”