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"Knight, I just wanted to ask you and Madame to help with the investigation, nothing else. Duck muttered as he took the torch from his side, "If Madame is really frightened, please take this torch, it will at least make the night walk a little easier." ”

Just as Kenny hesitates to accept the stranger's offer, there is a muffled sound behind him, followed by the screams of a white dove, and the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

"Damn! I'm bad enough!" shouted a tattered teenager who got up from the ground and patted the dust off his trousers. But the next second, he froze there, because the scene in front of him was a little scary. Dozens of knights in shoulder armor held torches, their faces full of anger, and dozens of pairs of eyes made him hairy.

"Hug, sorry..... Everyone....." He nodded awkwardly at the group, not knowing for a moment whether to leave or say something else, but in the end he didn't do anything, just stood there helplessly.

"You're also a fire survivor?" Duck took a step forward, looking at the boy's face blackened by the gray smoke.

"Yes, yes, big, sir. The boy slurred.

"Eridus?"

"No, no..... No, Nippur. ”

"Why came to Elidu?"

"Hong Hong..... The torrent poured into Nippur, leading the ..... The lord and his people withdrew, evacuated, but they were ..... But the people in remote villages and towns have been left behind, and now they ..... In Nippur, there are already bandits, and I can only ..... Displaced..... So..... I, I'm here in Elidu. ”

"In the inn—"

"Commander. A young man who had passed by the guards came running from a distance and interrupted Duck's questioning. "The fire is too big!" said the guard, panting, "and the crowd has been evacuated, and the house may not be saved." In addition, the deputy commander said that the two soldiers in charge of the nearby outpost tonight left their posts without permission and are now in custody and are waiting for you to interrogate. ”

"Got it. Duck nodded, then shoved the torch into Kenny's hand, "Take it, Outlander, Eridu's night road is not so easy!"

Kenny nodded in acknowledgement, and let out a long sigh of relief as he watched the cavalry leave.

"We—"

"You're Nipur too?" a voice snuffed Kenny's words to his lips.

Through the fire in the inn behind him, Kenny saw that the owner of the voice was the boy who had just hit the white pigeon's back, the boy had red curly hair, and a pair of exaggerated ears, and his dark and deep pupils were as quiet as midnight, and his face was covered with gray stains, his clothes were tattered, and he couldn't tell his age or skin color, but it wasn't too big for the size of his chest.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, I just accidentally bumped into you. Seeing that Kenny didn't talk, the boy turned his face to the white dove.

"Oh, that's okay. The white dove smiled at the boy.

"Madam, you are the most beautiful person I have ever met!" the young man's speech suddenly became fluent, and he bowed slightly, and saluted the white dove respectfully like a knight, "Excuse me, are you also from Nipur?"

"No, Assyrians. ”

"Oh! Assyria....." the boy bent his dark eyes into two and a half moons, "I went there to represent Nipur in the Assyrian Alchemy Wizards' Alliance, I was only fourteen years old, your lord, oh no, the king was still a woman, but he stepped down less than a year after that!hahaha-"

The white dove's face changed from a smile to a blank face with the laughter of the boy.

"Are you an alchemist?" Kenny looked at the boy with some suspicion.

"It's like a fake!" the boy patted the canvas package behind him, and there was a crisp sound of bottles and cans coming from inside, "Maybe you don't know, in Fanna Town..... Oh, no, no, no!" he held out a finger and shook it, "I should say that in all of Nipur, whenever Steven Cook is mentioned, people will look up to them." I'm proud to tell you that I can come and go in Morwin Castle freely!" he said, pulling out a rough wolf's head coat of arms from his pocket, "Look, this was given to me by Lord Kenny, who often asks me to help him refine potions!"

"Steven?" Kenny muttered as he looked at the wolf's head crest in the boy's hand. It suddenly seemed to him that it was déjà vu, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember exactly where it was. He felt like his brain was a sticky paste that he couldn't stir up.

"Sir, where are you going next?" the boy interrupted Kenny's thoughts with a smile.

"Stay here for a while, we still have some things to deal with. Kenny replied in a low voice.

"Oh, that's right. The boy scratched his head, "Originally, I wanted to settle here, because Nipur can't go back, and now it's full of bandits, but the people of Elidu don't seem to be interested in alchemical potions, I've been here for three days, and I haven't sold a single bottle of medicine!" he lowered his head in disappointment, "I'm afraid I'll have to try my luck somewhere else, what do you say?"

"Perhaps. Kenny hastily responded.

"Honey, we have to go, this is not a place to stay. The white dove tugged at the corner of Lakenny's coat.

"That .....," the boy looked up cautiously, "can you..... Can you take me?"

"Take you?" Kenny looked at the boy with some confusion, "Why?"

"I mean, if it's convenient....." The boy dug out his empty trouser pocket, "I gave the last silver coin to the boss, but ....."

"I'm afraid not. Kenny immediately interrupted him.

"Oh, well, I think so, I'm just saying that. A hint of disappointment flashed across the young man's face, but he quickly stretched his eyebrows, "I wish you all a safe journey, and may God Namu bless you both." ”

"You too. Kenny smiled politely at the boy, looked back at the inn, which had been completely engulfed in flames, and then pulled the white dove out of the place.

At night, the town of Brugg is shrouded in moonlight, which is particularly poignant, and the two of them walk side by side on the narrow road paved with cobblestones, the long river that divides Brugg is like a carpet of the sea of stars, and the entire sky is reflected in the water, like two Milky Ways echoing each other.

They crossed an unnamed stone bridge, the Clock Tower Square in the center of the town, sturdy and dignified a hundred paces away, each brick seemed to sleep with the Namu god, and seemed more sacred and quiet at night. Next to it, the wooden sign on the street that ran parallel to the river was extremely illegible in the dim moonlight, but even if they could find another inn, the owner there might not have received them.

"We ....."

"I know what you're thinking. The white dove turned to him and smiled at him, and whistled softly.

Almost at the same time, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard behind him, and Kenny turned his head to see the surviving horse, even the pocket in the saddle, and nothing missing.

"Witchcraft?"

"No, it's not. The white dove took the reins into his hands, "Besides, witchcraft will not do me any harm unless it hurts the innocent." Fulai once said that this is the curse of the god Namu on the anti-god shaman, and if one day this curse fails, humanity will be in chaos, isn't it?"

"Perhaps. Kenny spun on his horse and held out a hand to the dove, "Where are we going next?"

"Listen to you, we'll return to dragon's blood!" said the white dove, taking Kenny's hand and flipping onto the horse.