Huck's home is at the very edge of town, and it's a half-hour walk from the tavern.

Starting from the tavern of the hostess Michelle, Huck took Allen and the others around, and after passing a huge clock statue, Allen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the sky was still faintly raining, it still couldn't wash away the haze in front of Ailian's eyes.

From the giant clock statue, Elian felt like he had entered a different town.

Rows of low, tattered houses appeared in front of Allen, some without even roofs, and the ground was full of potholes of mud, on which were twisted and placed several stone slabs for people to walk on.

A giant clock statue divides the town into two extremes.

Although the small town on the other side of the clock is not particularly novel, and there are no high-rise buildings in big cities, the most on the road are horse-drawn carriages, which is simply a day and a place compared to the main cities of some huge empires in the Eastern Continent.

Of course, this is also a rural place, and this small town in the most remote part of the Western Continent is not a big town.

But the scene there was two worlds compared to what Eren saw now.

It's the most marginal residential area in town. According to Huck, most of the people who live here are old people, but of course, there are also young people or homeless people who live here.

However, the biggest common denominator of the inhabitants is also very obvious: poverty.

Eren and the others followed Huck left and right, and entered a small courtyard that was relatively clean.

Probably because of the rain, the houses here feel dirty and muddy no matter how you look at them. But this small courtyard is completely different, and it feels like an oasis in the desert to Elian.

There were four or five families in the courtyard, and Huck led Eren to one of them. Linda, on the other hand, dragged Ai Yue into the low house next to her.

"Whew—" Huck breathed a sigh of relief as he entered the room.

He immediately took off his already soaked clothes, picked up a towel on the sofa, and threw it to Eren.

"Elian, if you don't mind, you can sleep on the sofa, and I'll tidy it up for you. Huck said embarrassedly.

Ai Lian naturally has no opinion, the low room here is definitely not too big from the outside, but after entering the house, Ai Lian knows that this place is much smaller than he imagined.

The sofa alone filled most of the space, not that Huck wouldn't let Eren sleep in the bed, but that there was no bed in the house, and a slightly yellowed sofa was already the biggest object here.

In addition to this sofa, there was a low table in the corner of the house, but the dust on the low table showed that Huck should rarely eat at home.

An old couch, a low table with some mold, a small wardrobe, and a wall clock, that's all there is to this house.

Huck wiped his body and hair with a towel and said, "It's good that Aunt Michelle found me such a room, otherwise we would have slept on the street tonight." ”

"Eh, does the hostess Michelle live with her family?" asked Elian casually.

What makes Allen a little strange here is that Huck and Michelle are obviously relatives, but they don't live together. Forget it, Michelle actually only let Huck live in such a low room, which made Eren a little puzzled.

Hearing Eren's words, Huck smiled stupidly: "No, Aunt Michelle lives alone, and she is not married yet." ”

Elian didn't speak, just wiped her hair silently.

However, Huck obviously didn't let go of his thoughts, and for this rare friend who was willing to listen to him, Huck couldn't stop talking at all.

Because there was nothing to do, the two of them lay down early.

Eren was lying on the couch, and Huck was making a bunk on the floor.

But now the time is only half past nine, and the rare friends he met made Huck even more excited and couldn't sleep, as for Ellian, don't look at his lazy appearance, in fact, he usually sleeps late.

So the two began to chat.

Most of the time, of course, it was Huck who said it, and Eren was listening.

That night, Huck said a lot, a lot, as if he wanted to get all the words out of his heart. And Eren lay silently on the couch, listening to Huck babble his story.

When Huck said that he was tired, Allen would slowly tell some stories of his own, and these were just ordinary adventure stories for Allen, but Huck's eyes lit up when he listened.

How he wanted to get out of this town, how he wanted to be like Ellen.

As the minutes ticked by, I don't know when it began, and all the sounds in the hut disappeared, except for the clock hanging on the wall, which was ticking and ticking.

Huck had been asleep for a long time now. Eren spun around slightly, trying not to wake Huck up.

From Huck's story, Eren knows a lot.

Huck's story, Michelle's hostess story, Linda's story, and so many more stories from the town.

For example, Uncle Meyer, who often comes to the tavern to drink, he gets drunk every time he comes, and then his mother-in-law will come to the tavern to pick him up at half past seven every time. The woman was always holding Uncle Meyer's ears, and at this time, the tavern guests would laugh and watch the two leave.

I don't know how long it was, until one day, Uncle Meyer was still drunk, but his mother-in-law never showed up again.

There is no longer such a woman who shows up in the tavern on time every day, just to carry him home by the ear.

Because she's dead.

Died in an autumn.

and Uncle Vic, who has always only ordered side dishes and never ordered alcohol. He couldn't drink, not a single bit, but he was going to eat at Michael's hostess's tavern.

Yes, for him, this tavern is no different from a restaurant.

The townspeople say that Uncle Vic likes Lady Michelle, but Huck doesn't think so.

Because only he and Aunt Michelle knew that Uncle Vic would order a white rose rice to take away after every meal.

Huck knew it was Uncle Vic's favorite thing for the women he liked.

And the white rose rice, the whole town only the hostess Michelle will cook.

Then Uncle Vic never appeared again, and the hostess Michelle never cooked white rose rice again.

Later, Huck learns that Uncle Vic's house has been broken into by several thugs, and in the chaos he is knocked down by one of the thugs, and he dies.

Human life is so fragile.

Eren looked softly at Huck, looking at the side of his sleeping face.

He suddenly knew why Huck had so many words to say.

Whether it is a good memory or a bad memory, it is an important factor that constitutes "Hack".

Perhaps, even Huck himself is slowly starting to hate these memories. The chatter, but he was looking for a way to forget the memories.