The office of the patriarch.

"I think our Mira clan may have a big deal in the near future. Rod said solemnly.

"Brother means that the Mira clan is in danger?" Rose couldn't help but chill when she saw Rod's worried look.

"It doesn't have to be a robbery. When Rod heard Rose say this, he immediately smiled and said, "Isn't it a big deal for you to marry Brother Chen Fan?"

"Neither I, nor did we think about it. The corners of Rose's mouth curled slightly, and her sleek, fair face immediately turned red.

In fact, Rod changed the topic because he didn't want his sister to worry about these murders, and seeing that Rose's face changed, Rod was also relieved, so he said: "Rose, in fact, I have something I want to tell you." ”

"What?"

"You and I are brother and sister, we grew up together, do you remember when we were young, we often talked together?"

"Of course, I remember that when I was young, because no one wanted to play with me, I often hid in my room and cried, but my brother often came and not only chatted with me, but also accompanied me to bring me some delicious food. ”

"Hehe......" Rod smiled: "But I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, we have all grown so big." ”

"Hmph, my brother is the worst, as I get older, I come to see Rose less and less, and in recent years, I have only come to see me once or twice a month. ”

"Don't be angry!" Rod said helplessly, "That's because my father wants me to practice marksmanship all day long, and I don't have time to go to you." ”

"It's a joke. Rose smiled: "I also know that my brother is busy, especially after becoming the patriarch, my brother has no time, so I don't get angry with my brother because of this." ”

"Actually, there's another reason why I don't go to see you. ”

"What?"

"I said you, you often don't wear clothes. It wouldn't be a big deal if I was younger, but now that I'm older, I can't go to see my sister ** often, right? I'm not the kind of person who has a sister complex. ”

"That's because it's useless to wear clothes, so I don't wear them to avoid all these troubles, and besides, I'm often alone in the room. No one can see it anyway. ”

"So now that Chen Fan lives in the same room as you, you have been naked for others to see?"

"Of course not, do you think I'm such a casual girl?" Rose was a little angry.

"I think Brother Chen Fan told you to put on clothes, that's why you put on clothes, right?"

Rose was speechless, thinking: I was actually guessed by my brother most of them.

"Okay, okay, I've been telling you about this dress since I was a child, but you don't listen, and I don't want to say anything to you now. Rod looked at Rose and said, "Rose, I have a question for you. Maybe I can't use the word 'problem' to describe it, but I guess it's my concern. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's just the two of us here, so I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. Rod said solemnly: "Let me ask you, if Brother Chen Fan chooses to leave, what will you do?"

"I ......," Rose heard the question, and was momentarily unsure of how to answer.

Of course, he really wanted to be with Chen Fan, but if Chen Fan really chose to leave, then he should leave with him, although it was very dangerous outside. But with Chen Fan here, he will feel very safe, but then again. I was reluctant to leave Rhodes, and when I thought of separating from my brother, there was always a kind of soreness in my heart.

Seeing that Rose had been silent for a long time and didn't answer, Rhodes probably guessed Rose's thoughts in his heart, and knew the contradiction between her wanting to leave and not wanting to leave, so he said, "Rose." You know what? You're my only sister, and as an older brother, you should think of your sister. ”

"Brother, I'm ......" Rhodes nodded and made a stop gesture to interrupt Rose's words. Then he continued: "Although you are a Star Shine Witch and are tasked with the so-called mission of protecting the Mira clan, but as Brother Chen Fan said, those things are just imposed on people after all, if you will feel happy and happy with Brother Chen Fan, I will secretly assist you to leave Star City." ”

"But, brother, if I leave, won't it have an effect on the Mira family?" said Rose, with red eyes.

"Of course it will, but these effects are only temporary, and over time the people will gradually forget. Rhodes said, "At that time, everyone will elect a new Shine Maiden, so you don't have to worry about that at all. ”

"Won't my brother miss me?"

"I?haha......" Rod smiled: "The ghost misses you, I am now the patriarch, and the patriarch's affairs are very busy, if I don't have you, or I will be a lot easier!"

"Brother......" Of course Rose knew that Rod said this, but she just didn't want to worry about herself.

"Rose, I remember my father once said that there are many paths in life, if you want to live a happy life, you must choose the path you think is right, do you understand?"

Rose nodded, and two lines of hot tears finally overflowed her eyes and slowly flowed down her cheeks.

Rod walked over, touched Rose's head, then wiped the tears from Rose's face with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I used to wipe your tears like this, remember?"

Rose held back the tears in her eyes and nodded softly.

Rod smiled and said like a child: "Okay, don't cry anymore, it's not beautiful to cry again, we agreed that the next time we meet, I'll bring you some delicious candy, okay?"

Rose replied with a forced smile, "You think I'm still a child?"

"Haha......" Rod smiled, returned to his seat, and said to Rose: "Okay, it's too early to cry now, we don't know if Brother Chen Fan really chose to leave, if he chooses to stay, then these tears will be in vain." ”

Rose smiled and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve and nodded.

"Don't worry about the murder, I'll take care of it as the patriarch, so you can go back and rest now." ”

Rose understood Rod's intentions, so she retreated to the door and said, "Then don't worry too much about my brother." Rose went back first. ”

"Hmm!" Rhodes nodded, watched Rose walk out of the room, and muttered, "Father, is this what you want?"

Chen Fan sat alone by the window of Rose's room, looking at the night scene outside the window, and now his heart was very confused. I'm always worried about the question of "whether to stay or not to stay".

"Alas......" Chen Fan sighed deeply, and said to himself: "Since I have no reason to take risks, why should I take risks, it is better to give my right hand to Lin Luoran is not straightforward, or this is what I should choose." ”

The sound of "Yi ......" came from behind Chen Fan, the door was gently pushed open, Chen Fan immediately turned around, and now Rose had walked towards him.

"Brother Chen Fan, what are you doing? It's eleven o'clock now. Your injuries have just healed, why don't you rest early?" Rose said softly as she walked to Chen Fan's side.

"I'm thinking about something. Chen Fan looked at Rose, and then moved his gaze out the window, probably not daring to face Rose.

"I know what you're thinking, you must be bothered by 'whether to stay or not to stay,' right?"

"You know how to read minds, so of course you know what I'm thinking. ”

"Actually, even if you don't have mind reading. See the look on your face and you know. ”

"Is it so obvious?" Chen Fan was startled.

"Hee-hee. Rose said, "If you don't believe it." You can take a look in a mirror. ”

"No, I know you won't lie. Chen Fan sighed: "Actually, I don't want to mention this matter in front of you, I don't want you to feel embarrassed." ”

"I know that Brother Chen Fan thinks about me everywhere. Rose's head rested on Chen Fan's shoulder and said with a smile: "But there are some things, I also hope to help Brother Chen Fan share." ”

"Rose, you're so nice. Chen Fan hugged Rose's waist and said, "Actually, there are girls like you who like me." I should feel fortunate to have three lives. ”

"Brother Chen Fan, no matter what the decision is, Rose will be by your side, so you don't have to be moved and embarrassed by me, just choose according to your own heart. ”

"But. Wouldn't it be difficult for you to do it if I chose to leave, and besides, you're the only Shining Shrine Maiden in the Mira clan, so the rest of the clan won't let you go with me so easily, right?"

"Actually, my brother told me just now, he said that if I were to leave, he would help me escape from Star City secretly. Rose said, "You don't have to worry about the Shine Maiden, if I leave, they will choose someone else to take my place." ”

"Can anyone become a Shine Maiden?"

"Of course not. Rose shook her head: "There is a book in our clan, which has been handed down from our ancestors, called: Star Shine Textbook, which is an outline of Star Shine witchcraft, probably like a magic book, as long as you learn the witchcraft above, you can be qualified to become a Star Shine Witch." ”

"Isn't that why anyone can be a starry shrine maiden?" Chen Fan asked.

Rose shook her head and continued to explain: "The content recorded on the Star Shine Sect is not something that everyone can see, and if it is not someone who has been chosen by fate, the Star Shine Sect that you see is just an empty book. Therefore, when the Mira clan chose the Star Yao Maiden for generations, the only basis was whether this person could read the Star Yao Sect. ”

"Is there an age limit for the Starlight Maiden, is there a gender limit, and if a man reads it, he will be chosen?"

"No matter how powerful you are, no matter how powerful you are, you can't open this starry textbook. Rose said, "And there is no age limit for the Shine Shrine Maiden, just like me, when I was born, I was already recognized as the next Shine Shrine Maiden." ”

"What! you were born to understand that."

"Actually, I don't have any impression, but I heard my father say that as soon as I was born, the first thing I said to the people around me with my thoughts was the words of the Star Shine Sect: Star Shine is the spirit that creates all things and destroys the root of all things, and the duty of the Star Witch is to protect all things from their responsibility. ”

"So the people of the Mira clan said that your mission is to protect the safety of the people, and it is also based on this sentence?"

"That's it, that's what fate determines the mission of the Shining Witch. Rose said with a sad look: "At the same time, it is also the fate that I was destined for a long time when I was born, because I am believed to have a strong magical possession and the special ability to 'read minds', so the other people think I am a monster." ”

"It's just your natural beauty. How can you say you're a monster?"

"Speaking of which, I should thank Brother Chen Fan, it was you who made the whole clan change their minds about me. ”

"What is there to be thankful for, I should protect you, but I didn't expect to impress the other people. Chen Fan blushed, a little embarrassed, and continued to ask: "So the previous Star Witches all died to protect the Mira clan?"

Rose shook her head: "Actually." Not all, after all, our race does not often have disasters. There aren't many times when the Witch of the Stars appears to be a savior, so with the exception of my mother. ”

"Your mother?"

Rose nodded, "She died while fighting a sea beast attack, and I was only a year old at the time. Rose said, "So most of the Shine Witches die of old age. Even if the weather is good every year, the so-called preparedness is not in trouble, so everyone will choose another Shining Witch after the death of one Starlight Witch. ”

"I don't think the Starlight Witch seems to be of much use. Chen Fan spoke very directly.

"That said, the Witch of the Stars can also use witchcraft to heal the wounded, which can already help many people. ”

"I've seen your witchcraft too. Compared to Zhao Ling's engraving technique, I like your witchcraft more!"

"Actually, my Xingyao Witchcraft belongs to a different category from Zhao Ling's sister's engraving technique, and my witchcraft is mainly to use the formation to turn the power that Xingyao sent to the earth into the power that the caster hopes to become, and Zhao Ling's sister's engraving technique is a complete use of the formation to conjure the power that the caster wants, if you want to compare, I think Zhao Ling's sister's engraving technique is even more unfathomable!"

Chen Fan has always been relatively slow to do these formations, and listening to Rose's explanation, his brain has been filled with a bunch of question marks.

Rose seemed to see the doubts in Chen Fan's heart. So he said with a smile: "Actually, it's normal that Brother Chen Fan doesn't understand, you don't have to force yourself." "Right now. Chen Fan suddenly thought of a question that had always been difficult to explain, so he asked

"Rose, have you ever heard of time stopping?"

"Time stops?" said Rose, puzzled, "Is it possible to give birth?"

"I don't know, but ......" Chen Fan told Rose and Pan about the time stop phenomenon that occurred during the battle with Sora.

"Was it because it was too chaotic at the time, so Brother Chen Fan hallucinated?"

"I don't know, but it was real. It was as if time had literally stopped for two seconds. ”

"In fact, hallucinations are the reality produced by the human brain unilaterally, so sometimes hallucinations can seem quite realistic. ”

"Really?" Chen Fan hesitated.

"Okay, Brother Chen Fan, it's not early for me. Let's go to sleep. Rose pulled Chen Fan to the bed.

"Rose, wait a minute, we're going to sleep together in bed again tonight?"

"Haven't we been like this every night lately?" asked Rose casually.

"That's because my injuries haven't healed, and I can't ask you to sleep on the ground, so we slept together, and now my injuries are healed, and it doesn't seem too good if I continue to sleep together, or I'll sleep on the ground." ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with this, isn't it that Brother Chen Fan can't help it when he sleeps with me?"

"I'm ......" Chen Fan was speechless, thinking: she actually guessed that she did have an urge to strip Rose's clothes naked these nights.

"Oh! I see! If Brother Chen Fan wants me to strip naked, I won't mind. Rose said as she unbuttoned her clothes: "I'll feel better naked than I would be naked." ”

"Wait, wait a minute!" Chen Fan immediately stopped: "I don't want to be a father so soon, I'll sleep on the ground tonight." ”

"How can I get a patient to sleep on the floor? If you really want to sleep on the floor, I'm going to strip naked and show you. ”

Chen Fan accepted Rose's threat in desperation, and finally slept in bed with Rose.

On an autumn night, the sky is high and the dew is thick, and a crescent moon hangs quietly in the southwest sky. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the earth, it was so dark, but the stars of the Milky Way became more and more brilliant.

At one o'clock in the morning, at this hour, all the tribesmen had already gone to sleep, and when the lights of the ten thousand homes were extinguished, the lights in the patriarch's office were still lonely on the Gangyang Tower, and Rhodes was sitting in his office looking for suspicious places in the autopsy report.

"Knock knock. There were three knocks on the door.

"Who is it?" Rhodes, lost in thought, was awakened by a knock on the door. Reflexively asked.

"Rod, it's me. ”

"Goode?" Rhodes looked a little surprised: "The door is not locked, you can come in." ”

Goode took his spear, pushed open the door and walked in, and sat down on the bench leaning against the wall, as if he didn't take Rhodes seriously at all. But Rod didn't blame Goode for this, he saw that Goode looked tired, so he asked

"Goode, why are you only back now?"

"Actually, I came back with my siblings at eight o'clock in the evening. Goode gasped and replied, "Then I went out of the city myself to patrol and see if anything strange." ”

"Then what are you doing tonight?" Rhodes ostensibly asked tonight, but in fact asked if there was any presence in Goode's investigation during the day, but when he heard Goode say, "Come back at eight o'clock and go out again", he knew that the search in the morning had yielded nothing.

Goode replied, "Except for the sight of a hunchbacked monster in the evening, there is nothing to show up." ”

"Hunchbacked weirdos, walking alone in the forest at night?"

"Not only that, that guy ran into the Mira Forest!"

"Tell me more about it. ”

"Here's the thing......" Goode told Rod everything he had seen today.

"You said the man tore the tiger's belly open with his hands. And then eat its entrails?" Rod asked.

Of course, Rhodes was not moved and surprised because this person actually did such a thing, but the method used by this person was completely consistent with the method of killing the deceased in Beicheng, so he couldn't help but be surprised, but Goode didn't know about Beicheng's corpse, so he just thought that Rhodes was just frightened by this terrible "way of eating", so he said: "You can sound unbelievable, right? But this is what I and Ryle have seen with their own eyes, there are such terrible people in the world." I also find it horrible. ”

"No, that's not what my surprise meant. Rod handed the autopsy report to Goode and said, "You will understand when you read this post-mortem report." The body was found in the North City. ”

Goode took the report, roughly flipped through it, and after reading it, the whole person couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said: "How come, this way of death." It's basically the same as that tiger. ”

"So I suspect that this murder should have been committed by one person. Rod said solemnly, "And this person may be the weird person you see." ”

"Damn!" Goode gritted his teeth, "If I could have caught him then, everything would have been settled." ”

"Forget it, don't blame yourself too much. Rod comforted, "Listen to you." This person can not only jump to a height of five meters at once, but also can enter and exit freely in the Mira Forest, which shows that this person must not be an ordinary person, and it is not a thing worth repenting for not being caught, at least now because of your appearance, the murder case has become clearer, and it is already worth congratulating. ”

"Then I'll tell the other siblings to be careful, I'm going to continue patrolling, that guy can kill a tiger by himself, it's not an idle person. Goode said, and immediately picked up the steel gun and prepared to walk out the door.

"Goode, wait a minute. ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's night, you've had a hard day, why don't you go home and rest. ”

"That's not going to work, I get a sense of frustration when I can't catch it for a day. Goode said, "Besides, if I don't work harder, how can I be worthy of the title of 'general' that you gave me?"

Rhodes smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, General Good." ”

Goode smiled slightly, and was about to walk out the door.

"Ah......h

Rod mentioned the silver dragon and rushed out with Goode without saying a word.

Under the Star Tower, on the street in the warehouse area.

"Arise, people who do not want to be slaves......" Rag walked down the deserted street with a flask in his mouth and a song in his mouth.

"Brother Rager, stop singing, you'll wake up the others. ”

"That's it, I think you're drunk, don't drink anymore, let's hurry up and throw the flask away. Said the two soldiers who were holding Rag.

"How can I be drunk, I don't know how sober I am, hehehe, it's you two guys, you're already drunk, I'm helping you go home!"

"Well......" said Green, with a sigh, "who is helping whom home now?"

"Eventful! Eventful...... Don't you see that Lao Tzu is leaving? Since I'm walking, of course I'm helping you home. ”

Another soldier named Add, who also sighed and said, "What kind of truth is it at this time?"

"Anyway, you two are more honest, stay and wait for me after work, Tiles and Hader have escaped, and they must be punished tomorrow. Rag said, "Hey, hey, hey, as for your good work in class, I'll reward you, say, what do you want?"

"Well......" said Add, "every time you say that, in the end it will be nothing after you wake up, and we don't want any reward, so let's focus on getting you home." ”

"Add...... Hey, hey, hey, are you saying I don't keep my word?"

Green accosted, "Brother Rag, Eddie is complimenting you." ”

"Yes...... Rag looked at Add with drunken eyes, "Why do I think this guy is belittling me?"

"It's just your misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Eddie said.

"Really?" Rag smiled and continued, "Okay, Eddie, if you praise me for my merits, I will grant you a wish, say, what do you want?"

"Ah......h

"What's the matter?" Grimm and Eddie immediately realized.

"Scream?" Rag shook his head as well, trying to sober himself up.

"Over there!" Green and Eddie immediately put down Ragh, drew their swords, and ran in the direction of the screams.

Rag lost his support and immediately sat down on the ground, and then shouted to Green and Add, "Hey, you two wait for me!" and moved his limp feet with all his strength, limping after him like a disabled person.

Lin Luoran's room.

"Ah......" A terrible scream came into Lin Luoran's ears, and Lin Luoran immediately turned over and sat up, walked to the window and looked at the movement outside.

"Hmm...... Sister Lin Luoran, what are you doing when you get up?" Zhao Ling also sat up sleepily when she heard Lin Luoran's sound.

"I could faintly hear someone screaming. Although Lin Luoran answered Zhao Ling's words, his eyes were still looking out the window.

"Scream?" Zhao Ling pricked up her ears and listened: "How can there be screams? Is it that you often fight and kill, and it has a psychological effect?"

Lin Luoran didn't answer Zhao Ling's question, but just paid attention to the movement outside the window.

Halfway through, Lin Luoran returned to the bed and said, "There doesn't seem to be anything unusual outside, maybe I heard it wrong." ”

"I think Sister Lin Luoran is a little weird today, although I know that you usually don't like to talk, but today you seem to have a special dislike of talking. Zhao Ling complained: "At least a few days ago, you would have gone if I asked you to go with me to find medicinal materials, but today I said that I was not in the mood, Sister Lin Luoran, is there anything uncomfortable? I have also studied medicine, do you want me to give you a prescription for treatment?"

"I'm not feeling well. Lin Luoran said: "Even if there really is, it can't be cured with your prescription." ”

"Sister Lin Luoran, are you underestimating me? Let me tell you, I'm ......"

"Okay, Zhao Ling, don't say any more, I want to sleep. Lin Luoran covered the quilt, turned around, and faced Zhao Ling with his back.

"Really, you just underestimate me! Hmph! Ignore you!" Zhao Ling also covered the quilt, turned around, and also turned her back to Lin Luoran, and continued to sleep. (To be continued......)