readx;? Eve looked at Ian cautiously, feeling a little guilty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It was late at night, and they found a small abandoned house, and Ian picked up dry wood and lit a bonfire in the house. The flames danced excitedly on the dry wood, making a crackling sound, and at the same time reflected their faces as red as the morning glow.

During this time, Ian never spoke, and Eve just followed him like a well-behaved cat. But now she really couldn't help it, so she cleared her throat and asked, "How did you find me?"

Ian poked the firewood to make the candle a little stronger. He replied casually, "Tracking is a hunter's instinct. ”

"Am I your prey?"

"No, you're the one I'm going to protect. ”

Eve couldn't answer, she looked at Ian's side face blankly, only to feel as if she was staring at another person through time and space, life and death. Her eyes were a little sour, and she lowered her head so that Ian wouldn't see it.

"Why do you want to protect me?" Eve asked softly, "I'm not you. ”

"I also asked another person this question. Ian recalled the old beggar who couldn't speak, "but he didn't answer me." ”

"Why?"

"Because he can't speak. Ian paused, then continued, "And there is no need to answer, there is no reason to want to protect anyone. ”

Ten years ago, the old beggar did the same, dragging Ian out of the wild dog pack again and again, and keeping him out again and again, but Ian didn't know why he did it until he died. But now Ian might be able to understand, he looked at Eve like the old beggar looked at him ten years ago. I can't put it into words, I can only experience it myself.

Ian touched Eve's head, and although Eve was not used to it, he did not resist. So Ian smiled and said, "That's it, I'll protect you, you don't run anymore." ”

Eve looked into Ian's eyes, their dark pupils reflecting the color of the candle. She wanted to say something, but she didn't say it, just hummed softly. Ian smiled and took out the ruby knife from his bosom and handed it to Eve.

"Oh, for you. ”

Eve had never seen such a precious gem before, and she was stunned and shook her head repeatedly. Ian shoved it into Eve's hand.

"It's just self-defense. Ian said, "When girls are outside, they always have to get something to defend themselves, and you can't always expect me to scare those thugs away next to you." ”

"You're not scaring them away. Eve bowed her head and said, "You beat them a little badly. ”

Ian scratched his head in embarrassment. The three thugs are still children, the eldest is only sixteen years old, although Ian's body is not as good as before, but he has been fighting with wild dogs since he was a child, how can he not be able to clean up the three children. However, he was also glad that it was three children, and if it was an adult, there was nothing he could do with his current physical condition.

Eve's fingers rubbed lightly against the smooth ruby, feeling the chill coming from her fingertips.

"Oh, yes, and this. Ian took the belt tag from his waist again and threw it to Eve. Eve was stunned, she had witnessed everything that was happening outside when she was hiding in the bun shop before, and she also knew the importance of this waist card, she didn't understand why Ian gave it to her.

"I'm going to be on that Sophia in two days. Ian said, "You go to Joseph and wait for me for a month." If I don't come back in a month, you can ask Joseph to send you to the imperial capital, and he will do it, and then take this sign and go to a guy named Nicole Catherine, who should be at the Hunter Academy, and Dennis Granger will do it. ”

Eve ignored Ian's words, she just caught Ian's first words: "You want to get on the Sophia?

"Because of the sea monster. Ian said calmly, "I promised you that I would avenge you." I've found some clues, and there's a good chance that the sea monster is on Epilon Island. ”

In fact, Ian said this sentence with a bit of a weak heart, he didn't have any evidence at all, he just saw a note in the book that he didn't know who left it. But he also planned to check it out, after all, this was the only clue.

When Eve learns that Ian is going to land on the legendary island in order to avenge herself, she suddenly feels conflicted. On the one hand, she really wants to find out what happened six years ago and wants her family's revenge to be avenged, but on the other hand, she doesn't want Ian to go to the island of legends.

In the hearts of the inhabitants of Port Sophia, the legendary island of Epilon is the equivalent of a sea monster, something mysterious and distant.

After hesitating for a long time, Eve threw the waist card back to Ian.

"I'll wait for you to come back. Eve said.

"I won't necessarily be able to come back. ”

"Then I'm not leaving. Eve looked at Ian with a stubborn expression, "You just said that you would protect me." ”

Ian opened his mouth, but said he didn't know what to say. He was silent, for he didn't know if he would be able to come back, especially after seeing the destructive power of the sea monsters. An entire town was slaughtered, just like the clouds ten years ago. It was precisely because he ran away ten years ago, so this time he didn't want to run, he felt something called fate.

Fate guided him to the seaside, and fate guided him to the first contact with the Malen family and a series of things later, like a chain that had already been linked, and he was grasping this chain and moving forward step by step. Now he seemed to see that the end of the chain was on the legendary island of Epilon.

You can see it, but you can't touch it. This is a review of the legendary island of Epilon, which easily reminds Ian of the Great Snow Mountain where the World Tree is hidden, and it is the same. He gained the power of the Iliad in the snowy mountains, killed the Sharptail Black Feather Dragon and the Naga of Fire, and then lost that power again.

Fate seemed to have everything already arranged, so he didn't want Eve to fall into his own fate.

Ian believes Eve should know exactly what the belt card represents. With this waist card, Eve can start a new life in the imperial capital, or in the alchemical city of Alder. But she refused, and she gave it all back to Ian, saying simply, "You just said that you would protect me." ”

Ian was silent, and after a long moment, he sighed at Eve's stubborn gaze and withdrew his card.

"Sleep. Ian whispered, "Wait for me in a month, and I'll be back." ”

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