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Ian has been kicked awake by Nicole for the fifth time tonight. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the first four bad experiences, Ian has obviously hidden in the far corner and curled up to sleep. Even though Nicole's sleeping position was impossible to deduce with common sense, even though she was half a car away, she kicked Ian in the head with precision.

Ian angrily gets up and finds that Nicole is sleeping diagonally, like a dividing line, dividing the carriage into two parts. Ian's head happened to be at one end of the dividing line, and on the other end of the dividing line, Nicole was putting her arms around Xiu's neck, sleeping soundly.

This was the fifth day they had spent in the carriage, and it would be five days before they could get to Alder. The first few days were fine, and every night you could find a town or village to rest for the night. But for the last two days, they have passed through any human settlement, so they can only sleep in the carriage.

Five days is a short time and not enough to change a lot of things. But it can also change some things, such as the relationship between the two and Xiu, Nicole originally didn't want to see this person who looked down on them before, but now she is as close as a sister. Xiu came out of the imperial capital, and she has much more knowledge than ordinary people, and she can always find topics that Nicole is interested in.

Slowly, the two of them changed their impression of Xiu. This is just a girl who was more favored when she was a child, and her temperament is more rude, in fact, Ian thinks Nicole is also a rough girl, so the two will get together.

Ian looked out the window, starry in the inky sky, and a bright moon hanging high in the sky. It is conceivable that tomorrow it will be another cloudless day, and they are resting in a small grove of trade roads, and the horses are sleeping, and the grooms are keeping vigil.

Ian felt like he couldn't sleep anymore and stepped out of the carriage.

First, a chill hit his face, and Ian shivered unconsciously, which also made him feel a little refreshed. He looked around and saw only the horse, sleeping on the ground, covered with an overcoat. Ian recognized it, it was the groom's coat, and the soft moonlight was shining on the horse's body, and the horse snorted in comfort.

Ian suddenly felt that Nicole's sleeping position was comparable to that of this horse. It was only strange to him that he did not see the shadow of the groom.

"Hey, are you looking for me?"

A voice came from above Ian's head, and Ian looked up to see the groom sitting on the roof of the car with a stick of grass in his mouth. Ian was a little surprised, he didn't know how Ema's thin body got up?

The groom's name is Harvey Stephen, and Ian knows almost nothing about him. For five days, whenever Xiu and Nicole were chatting together and Ian couldn't speak, he tried to talk to Harvey, who was driving. Harvey, however, paid little attention to him, curled up in his thick coat, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if he hadn't woken up, like a hibernating hedgehog.

Except for telling Ian that his name is Harvey Stephen, he basically copes with Ian's other questions like "um", "oh", "ah" and so on. But now, with his coat draped over his horse, he looked much more energetic, and when he had just spoken to Ian, his tone was very cheerful, not at all as dull as the previous days.

Ian also climbed on the roof of the car and sat next to Harvey. Harvey was also surprised to see Ian's agile movements: "Your skills are so good. ”

"That's, and it doesn't look at what I used to do. Ian said smugly.

"Yes, the boss told me. Harvey squinted his eyes and smiled, "You're a hunter, and you must be a good hunter." ”

"Well, you're right. "Ian almost said that I am so good because I used to climb over the walls of other people's houses, and I had to climb several houses in one night.

"Why don't you go to bed?" Ian asked.

"If you camp outside, you must have someone to keep vigil. Harvey looked at Ian with a strange expression, as if he had asked an idiotic question, "Hunters need to keep vigil when they hunt." ”

Ian also realized that he had asked a very idiotic question, so he hurriedly remedied: "I mean, you keep watch all night? ”

"It's just me, so I'm left to stay all night. Harvey said, "Actually, it doesn't matter, I'm used to it." Every night I am in good spirits, and during the day, I just seize the time to rest, half asleep. So my spirits aren't very good during the day, so don't talk to me all the time. ”

Ian scratched his head in embarrassment.

Harvey continued: "Actually, when camping, it is better to have two carriages, and the two grooms take turns to keep vigil, so that you can have energy during the day. But I don't need to do that, I just need to stay awake at night, and during the day, Xiao Hei actually knows the way, and I sleep on it and it will lead you to the right path. ”

Little Black was referring to the horse. Ian was even more surprised, and he now realized that it was not the groom who ran with them during the day, but the horse that ran with them. According to Harvey, the horse seems to be quite psychic.

Harvey seemed to see Ian's surprise and explained, "Blackie grew up with me. I ran with it when I was very young, and many years have passed, haven't you heard of the old horse knowing the way? In fact, Lao Hei is very old, and it is estimated that he will not run after this run. ”

As he spoke, Harvey's expression became a little lonely: "It's about to run away, and the veterinarian said last time that it can actually retire in peace." But I could tell it wanted to run one last time, so I asked my boss for the farthest mission, so that we could run together longer. Actually, I can tell that it wants to die on the road and not in the stable. ”

Listening to Harvey's words, Ian was also a little sad. He looked at the old horse in the moonlight, and honestly he couldn't have imagined that such a strong and spiritual horse would be an old horse if Harvey hadn't told him that it was an old horse.

Ian thought of Rudo again, and he thought that if it weren't for his face, his body and courage alone, Rudo probably wouldn't have lost to anyone younger than him. You know, on the last day of his life, he was still fighting the dragons to the death.

Ludo is actually Xiao Hei, and Lao Ma is actually Xiao Hei. As a hunter, Ludo died under the dragon's claws, and as an old horse, Little Black died on the way forward. They are not willing to grow old, they are not willing to die worthlessly, so they die on the journey.

"He's such a good horse. Ian said softly.

"That's right, it's always been a good horse. "Xavi is very happy that the old black is recognized.