"Wow-wow-"

The gray sky, the crows flapped their wings and made ominous calls, although it was spring, but there was a dead air.

After last night's bloodshed, Horn is now the veritable boss of this team.

The captain of the guard, riding his tall horses, drove the way at the front, with Horn's carriage sandwiched in the middle, followed by the maid's carriage and the guard's horses.

The driver was still coughing, and he swung his whip from time to time.

"Stop!"

Horn lifted the curtains, and everyone stopped moving forward when they heard the sound.

- They had already reached the outside of Marlowe, which was only 100 kilometers away from the imperial capital.

Horn frowned and looked at the people lying on the ground under the city walls in the distance, and the city's gates were closed at the moment.

As a transportation hub city in the south, Marlowe should be a bustling scene near the imperial capital, but now it is closed.

Wrong.

Having come here from yesterday's town, he hadn't met anyone along the way, and Horn felt that something was wrong.

She called Robert and asked, "Was Marlowe like that when you set out to pick me up from the imperial capital?"

Robert came running up to him and replied, "My dear Highness! No, Marlowe was still crowded when we passed by." ”

Horn squinted his eyes and looked at the man lying at the foot of the city wall from afar - this princess, in addition to her weak body, was not very eyesighted, and was a little short-sighted.

She looked at it for a while, but couldn't see what was going on with the group, so she called to Robert: "Let Austin go and take a look, cover something on his mouth, and stay away." ”

Austin was the thief from last night, and Horn took him with him for some unknown reason.

Robert hesitated for a moment, and said, "But he's hurt." ”

Horn looked at him with a smile: "He has a hand injury, his eyes are not blind, his leg is not lame, right?

She found that the way Robert looked at Austin was almost the same as the old men she had met in her previous life, and when she saw beautiful boys, she would shine and wish she had turned into a wolf on the spot.

But Horn doesn't bother to care about that, maybe people want me to do it.

Robert smiled and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, Your Highness, I'll call him there!"

Austin is only 12 or 3 years old, with short dark brown hair and brown eyes, which look very warm. She is handsome in appearance and has a thin body.

He bandaged his right hand with an ugly bandage, took off the cloth covering his face, his face was pale, and he said in a hoarse voice peculiar to a young man: "Your Highness, I see that the group of people seems to be sick, and there are many people with their eyes closed and motionless. ”

Horn "chuckled" in his heart:

It can't be a plague, right......

The warmer weather in spring is a good time for the virus to spread and multiply in large numbers.

It's not a plague, it's some kind of infectious disease.

Marlowe should have confirmed some news, so he closed the city.

Now the question arises, how can she get through safely?

Not to mention that the city gate is closed, even if the city lord of Marlow sees her as a princess and lets her pass, she will not pass through so easily. There are so many sick people at the foot of the city wall, it is simply a natural poisonous wall.

Horn pondered and ordered: "Everyone, cover your mouth and nose with a cloth, sprinkle the cloth with spirits, and immediately retreat a kilometer!"

In the carriage, Horn pulled up the map and checked the terrain around Marlowe.

100 kilometers north of Marlowe is the imperial capital Wangcheng, to the east is the territory of the lord of Hera, and to the west is the territory of Prince Quest.

At the junction of Prince Quest's domain and Marlowe, there is a canal, the Mawang Canal, which leads directly to the imperial capital Wangcheng.

Maybe you can take the waterway?...... But where to get a boat?

Horn felt a little tricky, she had to get to the imperial capital as soon as possible and find out the situation in the imperial capital, otherwise Moore VIII's death would be too inopportune.

- It is very likely that before she arrived in the imperial capital, her two elder brothers had already ascended the throne.

With so many thoughts in mind, the team had already retreated a kilometer.

Horn looked around and made a quick decision: "Go to the Mawang Canal." ”

The group then rushed west, and by the time they reached the banks of the Mawang Canal, it was already dusk.

The river is sparkling in the sun, and the waves are splashing.

However, there are no boats at the moment, and there are no piers or ferries nearby.

Horn estimated that he was some distance away from Marlowe, and ordered to camp in a wooded area by the river.

Everyone was covered with face cloths, the guards had gone to pitch their tents, and the maids had brought out dry food, bread, jerky, and the like, and prepared dinner.

Horn instructed them not to drink the water of the Mawang Canal, and after sitting in the carriage and thinking for a while, she got out of the carriage and went into the woods.

She observes and thinks as she walks.

Tomorrow, we will divide up and down to find out if there are any villages, and borrow their boats. If you can't do it anymore, you can only cut down trees to make bamboo rafts.

There is a lot of bamboo in the woods, so I really can't do it.

Horn thought back to how to set up the raft, and soon went a little deeper into the woods, when suddenly, she heard something unusual.

Horn slowed his steps, cautiously and slowly approached the source of the sound, dagger clenched tightly in his hand.

Soon the voice became more and more pronounced, and Horn's face changed as he listened.

The man's rugged gasps were mixed with the sound of a teenager crying.

"......," Horn immediately understood.

Between the sunset and the bamboo shadows, Austen's beautiful body is as beautiful as a painting, he is holding the bamboo weakly with one hand, his body is flushed abnormally, and the bruises on the crooks of his legs are obvious.

There were tears on the young man's green face, and he sobbed twice from time to time, making cat-like meows like "uh-huh" and "hmm".

Horn admired it for a while, knocked the bamboo with his dagger, and said with a big grin: "Hey, my dear Roberto Guard, I'll give you a minute, take a break, and get dressed." ”

When Robert heard this devilish voice, he was so excited that he almost went to see God.

He swore he would never have had a worse time in his life than last night and this moment!

Horn leaned against the bamboo, his hands folded around his chest and looked away—she wasn't interested in admiring the burly body of the Chief Roberto Robert.

“59、58、...... 6、5......”

"Hey, hey, Your Highness, there's not a minute you can count so fast!" Robert put on his clothes in a mess, and glanced at the young man with a slippery eye, and his heart was a little weak.

He thought to himself, this devil princess did not kill the thief, but ordered him to be healed, could it be that he had taken a fancy to Austin?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, Robert strode up to Horn and knelt down with a "poof".

He hesitated and said, "Your Highness, I ...... it."

Horn didn't even look at him, walked straight up to Austin, crouched down, and threw him a handkerchief.

Austin looked at her with red eyes, and didn't take the handkerchief, despite being naked.

"Why?!"

Horn raised an eyebrow and said, "Because you're weak." ”

Then he stood up, looked down at him, and continued to smile: "Ah, why do you look at me with hatred? ”

Horn tossed him the dagger in his hand and motioned to Robert, "Wow." ”

Austin stared at the dagger in a daze, unable to move.

Horn waited for a moment, let out a sneer, and turned to leave.

At this moment, the boy picked up the dagger and rushed towards Robert like crazy, letting out an angry yell: "Ah——!!!hhhh

Who is Robert?—— a burly adult male, with his thick arm raised, he stopped the stabbing dagger, and easily subdued the teenager with the other hand.

Horn commented: "Zero points. Are you deliberately reminding people that 'I'm going to kill you'?"

Robert couldn't figure out what the devil princess was thinking, and he didn't dare to do anything to Austin, so he threw Austin on the ground, knelt down in front of Horn, returned the dagger to her, and said in a dry voice, "Your Highness, Your Highness...... Your dagger. ”

He bet that Horn didn't want to kill him, and if he did, he would have done it a long time ago, and he didn't have to wait until now, and in this terrible situation, the devil princess would definitely need his help......

Horn glanced at Robert—the more he looked at it, the more unpleasant it became.

She took the dagger and reminded, "Dear Chief Robert, do you understand, I hate it when people guess what I think...... Don't put the smugness on your face next time, okay?"

Robert was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, his right index finger left him forever as the knife fell.

"Ah——!!!h

Now it was Robert's turn to scream.

Horn unhappily wiped the dagger on his clothes, then withdrew it, and said, "Get out, go and take care of the wound, before I regret it." ”

Robert clutched his bloody right hand in pain, nodded hurriedly, did not dare to resist at all, and fled the bamboo forest as fast as he saw a ghost.

In some dim skylight, the boy fell to the side, his body stained with bamboo leaves. Austin covered her face and cried silently.

He hates it!

Hate that damn bastard!

Hate your own weakness! Even with a weapon, you can't kill your enemy!

Why did he bear all the suffering?

No...... Actually, it's always been like this, he thought blankly. From his father's unjust exile to his mother's beating to death by debtors, it has always been like this.

He was born lowly, weak, slept in the open, and committed theft in order to survive, and he was destined to suffer.

The dignitaries sang and danced, smiling happily, and did not know the suffering of the world.

The world has always been unfair.

Always.

If you are strong, then it is someone else who suffers. On the contrary, if you are weaker than others, you can only be bullied, your dignity trampled under your feet, and your life in your hands.

If the one standing on the high place is me......

If that person is me......

The boy stopped crying, his eyes glazed over, and he stood up, the bamboo leaves slipped from his body, the sky was already dark, and his body was white and reflective.

Horn looked at him patiently now, pointed to the clothes scattered on the ground and said, "Do you want to put them on first?"

Austin glanced at her, numbly walked to the place where the clothes were scattered, picked it up with his left hand, and slipped it on his body awkwardly and with difficulty. After trying hard for a while, the clothes never got on, and fell to the ground in his weak hands.

Horn looked at him and said, "Okay, I know you have limited mobility, but you don't want me to help you wear it if you stay here like this, do you?"

Austin hoarsely refused: "No. ”

Horn said, "Well, I don't have that plan either." ”

The two of them froze there.

Horn continued to think about her raft plans, and Austin stood still, presumably regaining a little strength, and picked up his clothes and put them on his body.

Horn recalled the complete steps of making the raft, and when he was sure that none of the steps were missing, he clapped his hands with satisfaction.

Great, so there's a way back!

Soon she noticed that Austin was still naked, clumsily putting clothes on her body, but she just couldn't put them on.

Horn was in a good mood and said, "Boy, what are you trying to do if you haven't put it on for a long time? You don't want to seduce me, right?" and then she said disgustedly: "You hairy boy is too small, just save this thought, I like adult men." ”

She casually squinted her faint green eyes, leaning against the bamboo like a fairy in the woods.

Austin blushed, not knowing whether to be ashamed or angry.

He haphazardly picked up all his clothes and wrapped them around his body—still in the prime of spring.

Horn thought for a moment and said, "Do you want revenge?"

Austin tilted his head to the side: "Nonsense. ”

"Hey, boy, don't talk so badly. "How long has it been since you entered the rebellious period?

Austin pursed her lips and said nothing.

Horn said generously: "Okay, okay, you can report if you want, and if you have the ability, you can report it." ”

"Of course—" Horn said as he leaned closer to him, staring into his eyes, "I won't stop you from killing Robert, and I'm not going to stop him from killing you." ”

Austin didn't know where he got the courage, looked back at the faint green eyes, and said word by word: "I, will, live, down, go!"

He wants to let the people who have despised him, trampled on him, and played with him all go to hell!

Horn suddenly smiled and said, "That's right." ”

Austin couldn't resist her changing face from time to time, and suddenly he didn't dare to look her in the eyes, and twisted his head awkwardly to the side.

Horn didn't bother to care about the little Jiujiu in his heart, waved his hand, and walked in front: "Go back, I'm hungry." ”

Austin sulked after her.

As soon as the two returned to the camp, the guards and maids immediately exploded.

But because of Horn's ferocity, he only dared to make eye contact.

"Oh my God! I'm not mistaken! Austin, he's—he's naked?"

"Lord Robert, too, is too unlucky!

"Oh my God, Your Highness is so fierce!

As if unaware of the warm eyes in the air, Horn beckoned to her chief lady, Nolan, "I'm hungry." ”

Nolan immediately brought the food up—consciously taking the first bite of everything.

Horn began to eat.

Since then, everyone has a common understanding - Austin has become the forbidden body of Her Royal Highness the Princess.