Chapter 14: The Shadow Resurfacing

So, a task was set. Bidding farewell to a group of orcs, the three of them returned to their original flower-viewing location. No different from when the three of them left, Freya straightened her legs and leaned against the trunk of a tree to watch over the children, as the three people who were being cared for, Anne and the twin sisters had forgotten about the running animals, and were chasing and playing around the trees, grabbing pink petals from the ground from time to time and sprinkling them on each other, this action made each child's hair stained with broken flowers. The maid sisters watched this warm scene with envy while arranging the tableware spread out on the white cloth, according to custom, after a few more hours of flower viewing in the afternoon, the early spring festival is over, and before the sun sets, everyone can set their way home. When she returned, Catherine sat down again by the white cloth and said to Freya, "The reward is a night bear skin. ”

"Nightbearskin? That's a good thing. Freya said enviously, "What are you going to do with it?"

"Speaking of Night Bearskin, Pannis, I haven't asked you yet. Catherine asked Pannis, "Why did you suddenly refuse his offer to help us with leather?"

"I know how to do it, so why bother with them. The reason why I insist on my own processing is, first, that I am not worried about their level. Pannis explained: "The quality of the night bear skin is directly related to the quality of the final product, and a little worse will make a big difference in the effect of the armor, and this kind of thing is still more solid in my hands." Second, and most crucially, that group of fools simply can't handle a piece of night bear skin, through their hands, the processed night bear skin can make at most one piece of armor, but in fact, adult Chinese New Year's Eve bears are very large, and their fur can make two pieces of armor after being processed correctly. It's not that they deliberately embezzled a piece, but because of the different processing technology, the processing results are different. ”

"You ......," asked Catherine, "can you make it?"

"Yes, I learned from the orc leather master back then, the top leather making technology and forging technology. Pannis grinned, "It's just a little trick." ”

This little trick gave Catherine a sense of familiarity and intimacy. couldn't help but purse his lips and smiled, nodded and said reassuringly: "Since you are so confident, then when the task is completed and you get the bear skin, you will leave the rest to you." ”

"Hey. Come and see, something is wrong with Vivien. When the three of them returned, Lina offered to wake Vivien up, when a panicked cry suddenly arose, causing a sense of foreboding to rise in everyone's hearts.

"What's going on?" Catherine was so anxious that she even started the charge. instantly rushed to Lina's side and flew the tent directly: "How is Vivian?"

As soon as she finished asking, Catherine saw Vivien's face. Vivien was sleeping on her back as usual, but Catherine was horrified to find that her face was pale, her lips were purple and black, and her breathing was weak, as if she might die at any moment.

"Calm down, Catherine. Pannis patted Catherine on the shoulder behind the back: "Let it go." I'll check. ”

Catherine looked at Lina who was testing Vivien's breathing, and then looked back at Pannis, who dodged away as if she had just come back to her senses, her lips trembling and unable to speak. Ignoring nothing, Pannis walked over to see Vivien's condition and ripped off the gloves she had worn all the time before. Sure enough, the skin tone of the shriveled hands also turned pale, and the nails of the index finger also turned purple-black like the lips.

Pannis's face also turned ugly, and he held out two fingers. I wanted to put it on the side of Vivian's neck to test my heartbeat, but as soon as my fingers were stretched out, I saw that Vivian's face was improving, and the skin tone on her lips and fingers quickly returned to normal. Except that the clothes were already soaked with sudden sweat, there was no longer any problem with it. Even so, Pannis put his fingers on it, and he could clearly feel Vivien's heart beating violently from the side of his neck, as if he had been running fast for a long time.

"What are you going to do here?" Vivien suddenly opened her eyes and said with a strange expression, "Suddenly gathered around my bed. Especially you, Pannis, are you finally impatient, and are ready to insult me while I sleep, so scared, scared to death. ”

The muscles at the corners of Pannis's mouth twitched, there were too many questions in this sentence, and I really didn't know where to start to refute it. Instead, Lina took the most direct rebuttal method, swinging her fist and slamming it on Vivien's head, solving everything with violence: "Are you an idiot? are you still in the mood to say this kind of nonsense, do you know what happened to you just now?"

"I was already awake when you screamed. Vivien said with an innocent look: "I was getting ready when the eldest sister lifted the tent. You know, I have a few minutes of transition time from waking up to waking up, and that's normal. ”

"Normal ghost. Lina grabbed Vivien's collar and said angrily, "Your face has become like a purple pomegranate fruit just now, you know?

"It's normal. Vivien waved her hand absently: "You're too nervous, don't you think I'm fine? There's nothing going on, every time I wake up from a deep sleep, don't worry." This time it may be a little serious, but I guess it's because the fragrance of the flowers here is so strong that I can't breathe a little bit. But it's okay, it'll be fine when you leave here at night, don't you worry about taking a look at it tonight?"

"Is that so?" Lina was also a little unsure, and looked at Vivien's face suspiciously, "If you have a problem, don't hold on." ”

"No problem, no problem. Vivien stood up and walked a few steps, then turned around and said, "Look, I'm not very good, don't worry, my own body knows by itself, even if I want to die, I won't be so fast." ”

"Still not right. Lina shook her head violently: "If something happens to you, you will definitely be nervous, and you have never cared about it at all like this time." ”

"You're so annoying, look at my flame blasting technique. Vivien threw a huge fireball at Lina without warning, Lina was not prepared at all, the fireball smashed squarely on her face, and her white face was blackened: "Hahaha, stupid Lina, it's because I don't care at all, that's why I said that nothing happened." ”

"You ...... Big...... White...... Silly. Lina's dark face lit up with two shining stars, which were her murderous eyes: "I haven't educated you for a few days, it seems that you have forgotten the fear of being ravaged by me, idiot, you stop me, I will pinch your face swollen." ”

"You think I'm afraid of you. Vivien raised her head and said that she was not afraid, but turned around and ran around the tree: "I'm not as stupid as Pannis, who will stand and wait for you to pinch it." ”

"Hey. Pannis was thinking about something with his head down, and suddenly found that he had become a model of stupidity innocently, and looked up with a look of grievance and said, "I didn't do anything, why was I being used by you to play again." ”

"Hahaha. The two girls smiled crisply, ignored his grievances, and began their daily routine chasing and frolicking around the tree.

Pannis didn't say anything more, looked thoughtfully at Vivien, who was moving normally not far away, and sighed softly. As soon as he looked up, he happened to meet Catherine's somewhat reddened eyes, and he could only smile bitterly.

"It's not starting to deteriorate, is it?" Catherine asked, with a hint of pleading, to Pannis, "Is it really like she said, just because the aroma is so strong that it makes her breathless?"

"Although there is a reason for the aroma, unfortunately, it does deteriorate a little. Pannis patted Catherine on the back and whispered, "The symptoms she just showed were almost certainly a sudden cardiac stop. ”

Catherine's body stiffened, and she closed her eyes in despair and asked, "There is no hope?"

"No, not as fast as you think. Pannis shook his head and comforted: "If nothing else, it can last at least two to three years, although the more you get to the future, the more frequent such situations will be, but at least don't worry about it for more than a year." ”

"In other words, it's time to worry about it after more than a year, right? Catherine noticed that the others were looking over, showed a seemingly normal smile, pretended to yawn, wiped her eyes, and whispered, "Is there only more than a year left?"

"I remember saying that. Pannis said, "I said I would try my best to heal her, why, don't you believe me?"

"I'd love to believe you, but it's too short. Catherine smiled bitterly and said, "Even if you really come up with a solution, you may not be in time." And so many people have diagnosed Vivien, and there is no good way, can you really do it?"

"Don't ask a man if he can do it. Pannis laughed with his hands on his hips, but before he could laugh, Catherine kicked him, and could only say sullenly: "Actually, I have already figured it out." ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Catherine's eyes widened, trying to control her volume, "What way?"

"Can't say now. Pannis shook his head and said, "But I can assure you that things are going for the better and everything is going well." The rest is a matter of luck, and if you're lucky, you won't have any problem getting ahead of time. ”

"Bad luck?" asked Catherine.

"Then it can only be said that this is her fate. Pannis replied, "No one can reverse their fate." ”

"So, how are we going to cooperate?" asked Catherine.

"Keep everything normal, and continue to work and live as before. Pannis said, "Work hard, girl, it's all about Vivien's fate. ”

"Really?" Catherine asked, skeptically, "Are you really not comforting me?"

"Of course, when did I lie to you?"

Catherine had a smirk on her face.

"Well, when did I lie to you in any serious?"

Catherine still had a smile on her face. ”

"Well, I promise, I don't lie to you. ”

"Trust you. Catherine suddenly raised her voice: "Have you two had enough, come back to me when you've had enough, pack up your things and prepare to leave." Especially you, Vivien, who are still running around under the trees knowing that the fragrance of flowers will affect you, sit down honestly for me. (To be continued.) )

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