After a night's rest on camping, Alicia's group of five arrived at the village of Peramo at noon the next day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There is not even a symbolic plaque at the entrance to the village, and the fields on either side are next to the houses of the villagers. The houses are all stone gray, because each house is built on top of each other with stones.

The roof of the house is covered with thatch, and there is a simple bracket outside the window to support the bamboo window panels. Although this way of building may seem rudimentary, the whole village is in this style, and it will make people feel very distinctive.

However, the atmosphere in the village now looks very strange. Because it was broad daylight, there was no figure to be seen on the road. Almost half of the crops in the fields are deserted, and only the other half is still planted with a small number of crops. If it hadn't been for the smoke rising from the chimneys of those houses, Alicia would have wondered if there was anyone living there.

"Village of Tranquility...... When I heard the name, I thought it was a small village with a peaceful atmosphere, but I didn't expect it to be such a lifeless tranquility. Daron whistled.

"Maybe everyone is taking a nap at this point, anyway, let's go and have a look. After saying this, Alicia rode into the front and into the village. Daron and Zazacha followed at her side, while Meluva and Kyeloa followed.

Daron glanced around and saw the window panels of a house quietly rising. The man inside poked his head out, but as soon as his gaze met with Talon, he closed the window again.

"It seems that the people in this village like to stay at home. Daron teased.

Alicia nodded, then said:

"Since there is no one on the road, let's ask the people in the house directly. ”

After saying that, Alicia dismounted first, went straight to the door of the nearest house, and knocked on the hard wooden door.

The knocking continued for a long time before a crack opened in the door, and an old woman spied on the crowd from behind the dark door, her eyes filled with wariness and distrust. So Alicia put on a smile that was as bright and gentle as she could be, and greeted:

"Hello...... Have you ever seen a woman with blonde hair and a good body?"

"What are you looking for this woman for?"

"She stole our stuff. ”

“...... I'm sorry I didn't see it, so please leave, stranger. ”

Boom!

Alicia never expected that she didn't ask the answer she wanted to know, but instead ate a slap in the door for no reason. She turned to look at Daron, who shrugged helplessly at her.

"Let's try someone else's house again. ”

Alicia and the others then visited a number of homes, but most of them chose to ignore them, and only a few of the younger residents answered questions appropriately. However, judging from their attitude, they also seem to be very wary of Alicia and his party.

"What the hell is wrong with this village? How does it feel weird to everyone?" said Alicia in an unhappy tone, unable to stand the depression pressing on her chest.

"Do you want me to just grab someone and force me to ask?" Zha Cha asked with a very serious expression.

"Hmm......" Alicia thought as she touched her chin.

"Hey, don't be serious!" Seeing Alicia's expression, Daron couldn't help but worry about the safety of the innocent villagers.

"I'm so annoyed that I wanted to ask them if they had seen Valrhona, but I couldn't figure out why. Alicia grumbled, "Kyeloa, do you think you have to continue asking?"

Alicia said and looked away at Kyloa, only to find that the other party wasn't looking at her. At this moment, Kyllloa looked into the depths of the village with a thoughtful expression. Even Mei Lufa, who was beside him, looked very uncalm.

"What's wrong with you two?" asked Alicia, frowning.

"Alicia. Kyeloa turned his head and said, "Maybe it's not that the villagers who live here are weird, it's that this village is weird." ”

"What's so strange about the village?"

"I can't tell. ”

Seeing that Kyrloa also looked hesitant, Alicia couldn't help but sigh, and waved her whip just to move on, but Jennivae's leg seemed to have tripped over something, and the horse's body shook so that Alicia almost fell off the horse's back. After readjusting her posture and sitting firmly, Alicia looked down and saw a fallen humanoid statue.

Out of curiosity, Alicia dismounted to inspect it, and when she got closer, she realized that it was really a lifelike statue. The statue depicts the image of an adult man, with particularly clear facial features, and the whole person is lying on his side on the ground, with somewhat unnatural movements, making it difficult to tell whether he is standing and then falling, or whether he is lying on the ground. The man's face froze with pain and fear, as if he was dying. The expression was so real that Alicia couldn't help but shudder.

"This stone statue is really well carved, but it looks a little weird. ”

"The level of completion is so high, it feels like it was made by a master. ”

"Daron, don't talk nonsense as if you know a few masters. What are the master's works doing in this village?"

"Maybe it's a hermit in the world of carving. ”

Not bothering to pay attention to Daron, Alicia hurriedly mounted her horse and continued on her way, but as they went deeper into the village, they found more statues, carved with human figures, and each of them showed different movements and lifelike. Especially the expression on that face, it was too real.

For some reason, the statues that appear all over the village only add to the eerie atmosphere of the village. Alicia gradually couldn't bear the feeling of being pressed in her chest, and after knocking on the door of the next house, she pushed the door open and broke in. The woman who came to open the door was startled by Alicia's rude behavior, and asked in a panic:

"Who are you, and what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry, we're not bad guys. Daron hurried forward to clean up the aftermath.

"Please get out. A man's voice sounded in the room, and everyone followed the sound to see a middle-aged man sitting on the back recliner in the kitchen, who should be the woman's husband. A long blanket was laid over his lap that covered his entire lower body.

"Don't worry, we just want to ask a few questions, and we'll leave when we're done. Alicia trespassed into the house, but still said confidently.

Mei Lufa was particularly worried that the man would get up and blast them out, although the man was sitting, his figure could be seen to be very burly, he stared fiercely at Alicia and the group at the moment, but for some reason he just didn't stand up. Could it be because he finds it troublesome to lift the blanket off his legs?

"Strangers are not welcome in this village, so you better hurry up. The man said coldly.

"We're not here to travel, so we're going to leave the village to get there. "We're here to find someone, but after asking around you people don't want to answer my questions properly, I'm a little angry." ”

"We haven't had any strangers in our village except you lately, can you leave now?"

When Alicia heard this, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then she turned around and asked:

"Surely you haven't had any strangers lately?"

"Yes. ”

"Has anyone in the village recently gone out or come back?"

"Aren't you looking for someone, can I not answer irrelevant questions?"

Seeing that the man looked unwilling to cooperate, Alicia decided to cut through the mess quickly, and then suddenly leaned her face closer, and while observing the man's expression, she asked:

"The name of the person we're looking for is Valrhona, do you have any impressions of that name?"

A look of surprise crossed the man's face for a moment, and this expression was firmly captured by Alicia.

"No impression, why are you looking for this person?"

"Because she stole our stuff. ”

The man was silent for a long time, then shook his head and said:

"We don't have this person here, please leave. ”

Alicia stared carefully into the man's eyes, only to see that the other party did not meet her gaze, but looked away, so Alicia nodded with satisfaction, put on a smile and said to the man and the panicked woman beside him, "Excuse me." And he took them with them and departed. Until it was time to leave, the man had no intention of getting up to see off the guest.

When she was about to reach the door, Alicia noticed that the door in the corner of the first floor was open, and she couldn't help but peek inside, but was surprised to see that there seemed to be a stone statue lying on the bed in that room. The stone statue is lying on the bed covered with a quilt just like a real person, and the face of the quilt is the appearance of a child......

Hearing the wooden door creak shut behind her, Alicia glanced at Kyeloa, only to see the other party smile meaningfully:

"What a clever move. ”

Mei Lufa, who couldn't figure out the situation, was suddenly stunned, and she asked puzzledly:

"Did you just do something?"

"We didn't do anything, it was the guy who recruited him. Alicia said with a wicked smile.

"What's going on?"

"Valrhona is in this village, sure, let's keep looking. Alicia's face swept away, "It seems that we are not looking in the wrong direction, but we may have asked questions in the wrong way along the way." ”

Of all the people, Kellloa was the only one who understood what Alicia meant, and smiled understandingly.

"We did ask if they had seen a blonde archer, and was that a mischaracteristic?" asked Daron suspiciously.

"No, our description is correct, and it's because it's so correct that we can't find her. ”

"Why?"

"Because if Valrhona is going to evade our tracking, she will definitely hide her most obvious features!"

“............ I see!" Daron suddenly realized.

She knew that if we were going to track her, she would ask that, so she hid her blonde hair and figure. I speculate that she must have found a loose cloak to drape over her body, with a large-brimmed hat to cover her hair and face, and the cloak also did a good job of hiding the bow and quiver behind her back. ”

"So, instead of asking passers-by if they've seen a blonde archer, we're going to ask if they've seen anyone suspicious, right?" But although he understood, Merus hadn't understood yet.

"That'...... How can you be sure that Valrhona is in this village?"

"If she lives in this village, then the characteristics we are talking about, the villagers know that we are referring to Valrhona, so they cover her. Just when the man said that there had been no strangers in the village lately, it occurred to me that if Valrhona was not strangers to them, their attitude towards us would be understandable. ”

Zhazcha deliberately touched his fist twice, and said with a fierce expression:

"I can finally find that ungrateful stinky bitch. ”

Daron looked around for a moment and said, "The problem now is that this village is not small, and we don't know which house Valrhona lives in. ”

"Now that we know she's here, let's go look for her one by one. ”

With that, Alicia was about to leave, when suddenly a voice came from the right and stopped them.

"Yo, isn't this 'green'?"

The voice was hoarse like that of an old man, but following the voice, he found a young woman in a dark green robe standing around the corner. Her black hair was shoulder-length and casually spread like a mess of algae. Her face was white and delicate, in stark contrast to the messy hair, with a hint of coldness.

When Kylloa saw this man, he showed a very surprised expression.

"I didn't expect you to be here. ”