Chapter 22: A Special Friendship
The smell of night and nature whipped across Wood's face, making him feel more comfortable and refreshed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Looking back at the aboriginal troops in the distance who were hurriedly chasing, the adventurer couldn't help but have a thought, should he make the adventurer's reputation more stinky?
Wood and Maika looked at each other and couldn't help but smile. Klaus looked at the holy sword in his hand and sighed with a smile.
"Commander, let's take the Holy Sword. "He knew very well what the regiment commander was thinking, so he took the initiative to be a bad guy.
"Yes, Captain, if you leave the Holy Sword, they will only kill each other, and selfish humans will do anything bad for the sake of power!" said the righteous Maika angrily.
Wood didn't answer immediately, he smiled and looked into the distance, and found that countless demonic beasts or invaders had moved, presumably they had been waiting for these three rays of light for a long time.
They also want to go home, but alas, Wood doesn't know if they have the keys in their hands. And......
Suddenly, there was a series of screams from behind. He looked back without surprise and saw that the humans who were chasing were attacked by the sudden horde of demonic beasts.
It seems that some of the invaders are not idiots, and they may still be nobles hidden among the human race, so it is not surprising to receive the news.
Look at that prince, he has become a demon.
"Commander, fight or run?" asked Sisot, who had already drawn his shield.
Wood touched his chin and thought about it for a while, estimated the speed, and then said slowly: "Let's run first, if there are guys who can catch up and don't take the initiative to attack, it's not impossible to take them away." ā
"Kind captain. Fay said this with a sudden smile.
Wood couldn't help but be a little stunned, and then slowly raised his head to look at the bright moon in the night.
"Hey, would you like to come and sit at my house?" he asked.
He still didn't hear a reply after a while, and when he turned around, he saw that Fay's face was a little hesitant, and he continued: "You don't like the heavenly realm anymore, do you, then come with me, I have a lot of stray cats similar to you." ā
"Stray cats?"
"Yes, it's all homeless stray cats. He nodded very seriously, "Didn't you just say that I am a kind-hearted regiment leader." ā
Looking at this extremely serious face, as if he really felt that he was a kind person, Fiy couldn't help but chuckle lightly, and then nodded heavily in the moonlight.
"Then excuse me, good captain. ā
"Nothing to bother about, I have a lot of empty rooms there, and I have an angel stray cat......" Wood licked his lips and thought for a moment, "I think this incident will definitely leave a strong mark on the history of adventurers." ā
"I think so. ā
Both smiled and nodded, and just like that, the door was already visible in the adventurer's field of vision.
Wood looked around a little and noticed all sorts of strange monsters coming, some of which he didn't even know what breed they were.
"Hello, is it Sir or Miss?" he asked, turning to a large floating octopus.
The big octopus glared at him, and then replied in a delicate tone, "It's the honorable eldest lady." ā
He couldn't help but tremble all over his body with the fright, and almost fell from the sky, and then he didn't dare to say hello to these monsters who were traveling with him.
Folded his wings, Wood descended on the mountain, and the thick beam of light that pierced the night was almost impossible to open his eyes.
"It's so gorgeous, as if I'm afraid that others won't know. Muttering, he put on his sunglasses and walked over.
The moment he took out the key, he seemed to hear the sound of countless moments of heavy breathing.
He also took a deep breath, not because of the key, but because the pressure from these monsters was too much.
"Gentlemen and ladies, wait until you come one by one, don't crowd or fight with each other, please keep a good order and enter. Maika said to the big guys very squeezedly.
Seeing that many of these monsters nodded seriously, the adventurers also breathed a sigh of relief, they didn't want to have a bloody battle at the last moment.
Wood stood in front of the door and saw that in the very center of the quaint door, instead of a crystal ball, there was a keyhole.
He adjusted his mind, and then inserted the key inside.
In an instant, the white light that pierced through the night disappeared, and the quaint gate began to emit a very warm subtle light. After a while, the light turned into a magic array.
Wood took off his sunglasses, and then reached out to stop the monsters who wanted to rush up, and there was a bloody murderous aura in his eyes that were not covered by sunglasses.
The monsters did not dare to move, because they knew that if they moved casually, it would probably cause the adventurers to fight them again.
Wood breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that their deterrent to killing the Fallen Angels would still work, and in order not to let the group lose their remaining patience, he immediately spoke.
"First of all, I'm going to tell you that this magic circle can only go to one place, so ......," he said, pointing to the octopus, "and this...... The eldest lady goes to the same place, you go first. ā
The monsters also understood what he meant, and they were so anxious that they were intimidated by this murderous aura and could only obey the adventurer's command.
"Little brother, if you come to me, I will treat you well. The delicate voice came again.
Wood hugged his body and nodded with a reluctant smile, muttering in his heart, "Auntie, hurry up."
The seafood clan just left, looking excited and grateful to the group of adventurers in their eyes.
After that, Wood inserted the key again, and another magic circle unfolded......
"Thank you, you will be my only human friends, and you can come to us if you have any problems. ā
"Thank you very much, I will treat you when you come to hell in the future. ā
"Thank you, my home is on the continent of Panya, and my people will offer the most sincere friendship to every human who bears this tattoo. ā
...... And so on countless thanks to the monsters, the adventurers feel very strange, they have been fighting monsters for so many years, and for the first time they are regarded as friends.
More and more monsters were still coming from afar, and presumably hearing the wind, Wood and the others simply began to eat breakfast, tacitly ready to do good things to the end.
During this period, although there were also short-sighted fellows or idiots who didn't want to go home but came to disturb them, the adventurers didn't have time to do anything, and they were dealt with by the other invaders.
It's been thousands of years, and it's finally been possible to return home, and they won't show mercy to these fools.
Several days passed, and after seeing off the last of their "friends", Wood and the others also decided to leave.
"Finally, Commander, do you want to keep the Holy Sword?" asked Maika, who had a full burp, touching her stomach.
"No, we all helped them send away so many monsters, and that's how they were paid. Wood waved his hand, then inserted the key again.
"Isn't that friend of yours here?" he asked Fay suddenly.
Fei Yi was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, and returned with a wry smile: "It should be an addiction to teaching, I don't want to come." ā
Wood nodded, first throwing the key into the distance, and then leading the way towards the magic circle.
"Teleport!"
......
Even if there are still a group of monsters for hundreds of thousands of years, this group of humans can still defend their homeland. It's good that at least when there is a sense of crisis, humans don't become domestic animals.
You never know when disaster will strike.
Wood didn't get too high-profile when he returned, first resting for a few days, and then one sunny afternoon, he decided to have a big party at the Crown of Thorns!
"This street, I packed. He said so, and the people in Kiel were very cooperative.
The famous entertainment street has become the exclusive territory of the Crown of Thorns in these days.
"Next, we are preparing to build a base outside the city that belongs to our Crown of Thorns. Wood was talking to Alexander, who had come to talk about his plans.
A slightly drunk Alexander nodded first, then took a large sip of wine, his rough behavior did not match his babyface at all.
But it's a little inexplicably cute, at least those lonely ladies will definitely fall.
"Build next door to us, and we can take care of each other. He lay on the table and said with his eyes closed, not knowing if he was drunk.
"Yes, that's what I thought. After Wood finished speaking, he began to gobble up without a gentlemanly demeanor, and as for the wine, he was still hangover and uncomfortable, so forget about it today.
"Have you upgraded to the Premium Adventure Party?" asked Alexander, asking the little maid next to him to pour a drink.
"It went up last night. Wood began to look around the tavern, and the noisy members had contributed a lot in his absence, at least there was no ambiguity in the collection of people.
In the crowd, he seemed to see the little imp who forged the Order of Beryans, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, and he couldn't remember that face clearly.
Whatever, he thought, and then picked up the coat next to him and put it on Alexander who was sleeping, and walked out of the tavern.
"Hi. He greeted a few women wandering the streets.
Elizabeth looked a little unhappy, for some reason. Rebecca is still paralyzed, but fortunately there is still Cecilia as an activist.
"Master, we're going to buy underwear, do you want to come along?" said Cecilia, running over and leaning into his ear.
Wood shook his head righteously, he would never succumb to temptation!
Cecilia giggled, and was about to continue teasing when Elizabeth pulled her away, who nodded hello to Wood and followed the two living treasures.
Wood watched the three of them go away, and he also went in the other direction, preparing to step outside the city.
In fact, he was late, and a group of more anxious people had already completed the task of stepping on the point, and it happened to be next to the Seven-Colored Bone Flower Base.
Connie and Sissi, who already live in her house, as well as Joss and Klaus, who likes to get down to business. Maika and Sisot, the two of them are still on the woman's belly.
"How's it going?" Wood asked, picking up Sissi.
"We're ready to give you a construction proposal for the evening, and since we're here, you can take a look at the sketches first. Klaus handed over a hand-drawn piece of paper with many traces of alterations.
Wood looked at it for a while, and felt his scalp tingle, he really didn't know anything about architecture.
"I'll leave it to you, I guess it's fine. He said confidently.
Klaus, who knew him very well, didn't break it, smiled and took back the drawings, ready to go back and make the final changes.
After seeing this, Wood said hello to Klaus, saying that he was going on a long trip and hoped to see his new home when he returned home.
Then, on this night, he said hello to Betty again and "eloped" with Catherine overnight.
"Let's go to Reims City first. Wood on horseback asked Catherine in her arms.
Catherine nodded obediently, and then hummed comfortably.
Wood looked at this little face and couldn't help but feel an impulse......
"I'm sorry, but our Highness hasn't returned from the fourth stage. "In Reims, the maid who came to open the door replied politely.
Wood nodded, and didn't dare to hand the book directly to the maid, so he could only leave Little Black at Lance's house to enjoy it.
The maid invited them to spend the night at Reims' house, which was a good offer, but he politely declined, because there was still a Catherine.
After leaving Reims' house, he found an inn on the street and opened a large room.
"Master, do you want to take a bath together?" Catherine, draped in a bath towel, blushed and asked an extremely tempting question.
For this reason, Wood had to go downstairs and open another room. Under the disdainful eyes of the waiter who doubted his ability in that regard, he could only silently light a cigarette for himself.
It seems that his obsession with not opening the harem won't last long.
......
More than half a month later, Yusai Castle.
Having just returned from outside the city, Cinna and Lily receive a letter asking them to go somewhere in the city.
Cisna always felt that this place was somewhat familiar, but she was carried away by the news of Wood's coming, and she didn't think much about it, and hurried out of the house like an underage girl.
No, she looked at her uniform, then stopped Lily, "Wait a minute!" and ran home.
She rushed into the room, opened the closet and didn't know what to wear to the appointment.
Mature and sexy? Or is it as pure and elegant as before? She suddenly realizes that she no longer knows what kind of girl Wood likes.
A little lost, but she still chose the dress with a smile, and finally, her eyes stopped on a long white classical dress.
She looked at her figure and felt that it didn't seem to have changed much in the past few years...... That's it!
After changing her clothes, she rarely tied up her hair, put on pink lipstick and light makeup, and narcissized herself in front of the mirror for a long time before slowly walking downstairs.
Put on your heels and open the door elegantly.
Lily looked up at the sound of the door opening, and was suddenly stunned. She is not a man, but she is still shocked by this beauty!
Since she was a child, the eldest lady has never dressed herself so carefully as she does now, and she knows this better than anyone else.
It's not shallow, little ghost. She thought with a smile, and then took the eldest lady's hand like a gentleman and helped her down the steps......
Old Wright's tavern, in the second-floor room that has been cleaned up.
Catherine looked around the empty room, and a thousand threads rushed to her heart.
The quilt and bed had been disposed of, but she could still imagine what they looked like and how warm it was in there.
She seemed to see herself lying on the bed, sickly propped up, just to look out the window.
People who are very busy at the beginning of spring, those shirtless men who are still working and sweating under the scorching summer sun, and the leaves of the trees fall in late autumn, and the place is very beautiful.
In the last cold winter, she could see the slowly falling snowflakes through the window.
If you don't open the window, you can still feel the cold even if there is a heater in the room, which is the winter in the north. But it is undeniable that she felt very beautiful at that time, and it was also in this season that she met her master.
Yes, those memories were slowly coming back after passing Stage 4, but she never said anything.
Cisna followed Lily to the place where she was going, and the more she walked, the more familiar it felt, and finally she remembered where she was going.
"Old Wright's tavern. She laughed and muttered to herself.
Lily, who had her back to her, nodded. Although she didn't see the expression of the cat-eared maid, she always felt a little sad,
I guess I think I'm an old friend.
She stepped forward and suddenly hugged Lily from behind.
"Don't do that, I'm fine. And your good-looking long dress will wrinkle. Lily still didn't look back, and said in as relaxed a tone as she could.
"It's wrinkled, anyway, our dear Wood doesn't care about it, maybe...... He doesn't like how well I groom myself. Cisna pouted, in a somewhat coquettish tone.
Lily's slightly reddened eyes suddenly smiled, and she didn't care about the gaze of passers-by, so she patted Hisna's hand.
"If that kid really dares to think so, I'll beat him until he doesn't dare to look at you again. And I'm telling you, as long as a man sees you, he won't be able to walk. ā
"Really?"
"Really. ā
"Even Teacher Lily thinks so, and I'm relieved. Cisna let go of her embrace, and then took Lily's hand.
"I'll lead the way, I know where I'm going anyway. ā
Lily didn't refuse, and let Essna pull her forward.
Old Wright's tavern was located in the middle of nowhere, and the splendid princess walked into a somewhat dirty, gloomy place, as dazzling as the sun.
Under the gaze of countless people, the princess walked into the tavern that had just reopened today.
The drunks would like to add that this tavern does not accept guests today, except for beautiful girls.
"Welcome. As soon as she entered, Catherine, who was in uniform in the dim light, squeezed out a smile and said hello.
It's uglier than crying, that's Lily's assessment. But how to put it, for Catherine, it was hard to smile at anyone other than Wood.
Essna was prettier than herself today, and Catherine felt that her master would not be able to bear it.
Sure enough, Wood, who had just changed his clothes and walked over, was completely unresponsive the moment he saw Sisna.
How can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?
Hisna was a little familiar with this long-lost direct hook in her eyes, and she couldn't help but turn her head and didn't dare to look directly into those fiery eyes again.
"Enough have you seen ......" was as small as a mosquito, but thankfully, Wood heard it.
He hurriedly reacted, quickly adjusted his posture, smiled a little embarrassedly, and then turned on the gorgeous lights that had been temporarily set up in the room.
In an instant, the hall changed from dim to incomparably brighter, and Cisna became even more beautiful in the light.
Everyone saw a table of hot meals, all private dishes.
They looked at each other for a moment, and then without saying a word, everyone sat silently in their seats.
It's exactly the same location as when I ate at the Nelito estate a few years ago.
The atmosphere became a little unusual, and Catherine took out a bottle of wine, uncorked it, and poured a little for everyone.
Wood looked at her, then raised his glass......
"I'm sorry I'm late!"