April 7, 559 in the Heruman calendar

Eastern part of the Kingdom of Dalgan

At the beginning of summer, the blue sky like a lake, only a few thin white clouds, dotted on it, the temperature has warmed up, but it has not really begun to heat up, the refreshing cool breeze in the afternoon is refreshing.

In addition to the peculiar rosin fragrance of the woods, the air is also mixed with the scent of unknown flowers, and the petals that have not fallen before they fall on the tender green weeds, baked by the heat of the sun, emitting bursts of incense.

In the woods, there is the sound of insects courting, birds chirping to attract their companions, and a small snoring.

A delicate and lovely girl is listening to the melodious birdsong and dreaming sweet dreams on a lavender bed. A withered petal falls on the bridge of the small and delicate nose, and the fragrance is exhaled and blown up and down.

"Hah

"Pure and lovely little girl, her red cheeks are comparable to the red roses of the mountains and forests, her skin is as smooth as the fresh snow of Everest, and her sleepy posture is so tired that even the elves of the forest will fly to admire, and the travelers passing by want to ask you, where is Stinker going?"

A soft and melodious voice, melodious, drove away the call of the goddess of sleep, and the girl opened her eyes and saw a traveler with a handsome face and elegant manners, holding a thin gray donkey in his hand, standing not far away with a smile, and taking off his hat to herself.

"Hello, big sister. ”

A trace of astonishment flashed on the traveler's elegant melon seed face, and then it turned into a helpless embarrassment. "I'm glad to be complimented by a beautiful woman, but I'm a man!"

"Is Big Brother a Bard?"

"Yes, I am a poet who travels far and wide and brings joy everywhere. At the mention of his profession, the traveler puffed up his chest proudly, but then hung his shoulders in frustration, "It's just that he is a down-and-out poet who has not even eaten three meals." ”

Seeing the traveler's varied amusement expression, the girl chuckled softly, took the bread from her pocket, and handed it to him.

"Haven't you eaten yet?"

"I haven't eaten for a day and a half. The traveler took the bread and opened his mouth unceremoniously to munch. The girl looked at the man in front of her, although she devoured it, her demeanor was still indescribably good-looking, obviously well-educated, and although the cloak on her body was dirty, the piano behind her was well maintained, as if to prove his identity.

The girl was very excited, the bard was a respected profession on the mainland, mostly held by down-and-out nobles and educated commoners, who traveled far and wide, singing beautiful epics and beautiful songs, going in and out of the rich and noble, but also passing on knowledge to the common people, and sometimes, using magic to help people heal.

Sometimes, in order to train their next generation, the royal family of some principalities will order them to travel as poets, among them, there are also many heroes who will be powerful and powerful all over the world, and the existence of these people casts a romantic veil on the profession of bards.

In the girl's village, poets only come to major festivals, and she remembers how the women of the village danced to the melodious sound of poetry during the harvest festival last year.

The gray donkey bowed his head to graze, as if dissatisfied with the shabby of his master, and kept shaking his head.

"Whew, thank you so much, I haven't eaten enough in a long time. This guy can still eat grass to solve the problem, but I can only gnaw on the bamboo on the side. "After a full meal, the traveler patted his stomach with satisfaction.

"Have you eaten enough?

"Enough is enough. Kind little girl, to thank you for your generosity, I decided to tell a story as a thank you. As he spoke, he skillfully played the piano, and in the clear sound of the piano, the traveler sang loudly.

"In the depths of that distant snow-capped mountain...""Hey, I've heard this story, it's the story of the great sage Kadar who broke the spell on the sleeping princess!"

"Ah, have you heard it? What about the disappearance of fifteen people in the Bronze City in the Western Desert?"

"I've heard it too. ”

"What about the Pirate King's treasure on the island of Junu overseas?"

"I've heard it. Why do you only tell the story of Kadar!"

"Because the Great Sage has the most stories!"

After changing four or five beginnings in a row, the girl smiled and shook her head, and the traveler couldn't help but scratch her head in confusion.

"Ahh I've run out of stories. ”

"You're really a second-rate poet! ”

"That's why I didn't even have three meals. ”

When his professional abilities were denied, the traveler was a little angry, and he thought about it sideways, and said happily: "There is a riddle, you must not know." Excuse me, how do you put an elephant in a cupboard?" and then added, "You can only use three movements!"

"Hard-plugged. ”

"Not true. ”

"With feet. ”

"Still not right. ”

"Sawing with a saw. ”

"Why are you so cruel?"

After answering several answers, all of which were incorrect, the traveler smiled and said, "None of them are right, do you want me to announce the answer?"

"Don't say it yet, I'll definitely come up with an answer, it's just that my brain is a little messy right now, and I can't answer it. By the way, didn't you ask Sternke about the road? Go straight ahead, go through this woods, and turn left at the three-way junction. ”

"You really don't want me to give me the answer?"

"Not really. ”

Seeing the girl's stubborn expression, the traveler smiled dumbly and said with a smile: "Then, the next time we meet, you can tell me the answer." Pulling over the reluctant donkey, the traveler turned and departed.

"My name is Joppy Rocksley, what about the name of the poet's brother?"

"Wandering in all directions of the continent, accompanied by the breeze of freedom, the flying notes, bringing laughter and blessings to the people, some people asked for his name and surname, it was a whispered legend, there was a voice called Chino. ”

Chino is the famous god of play on the continent of wind, funny and playful, all celebrations are indispensable to his trace, travelers use this as a name, naturally do not leave the meaning of the real name.

After laughing and laughing for a long time, she suddenly quieted down, listening to the sound of hooves that gradually faded away, and the girl couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

"Wakaping..Wakaping.." "I'm here. ”

A swarthy boy ran over panting.

"Kexin. What are you looking for me?"

"Miss Leah is looking for you. ”

"I've just come out for a while, isn't my sister worried?"

Kexin didn't speak, just pointed to the sky, only to see that the sky was glowing with red glow, and it was already dusk.

"Oh no, I forgot the time. Ruoping exclaimed. "I'm going back, Kexin, you can go too!"

"Wait a minute. ”

Suddenly, a delicate little purse was stuffed into the palm of her hand, and before Ping could react, Kexin blushed and ran away in the opposite direction, turning around and grimacing as he ran.

"Joppy Rocksley, I hate you the most. "One accidentally fell, then immediately got up and ran into the woods, and disappeared.

Ruoping stayed on the spot, "What is this doing?"

Shaking the small purse, Ruoping hummed a small tune, strolling home, the small purse, the gold silk is entwined, the embroidery is quaint, it is a valuable boutique, by no means the general countryside can be bought, Kexin is the only son of the village chief, there is a chance to enter the city, there is money and opportunity to buy.

"I'm going to show this to my sister later, and she'll be happy. Ruoping played with this rare luxury and walked diligently.

Ruoping's family is only her and her sister Liya, and she has no impression of her sister's parents who died young, only the memory of constantly moving when she was a child. On weekdays, Liya takes on the livelihood by hand, plus teaches Ruoping to read and write, Liya, who is already twenty-five years old, refuses the pursuit of all admirers and concentrates on relying on Ruoping for her life.

"Sister, you should find a brother-in-law quickly!"

"My sister is so ugly, where would anyone want it. Whenever Ruoping asked, Liya always smiled faintly and refused, and there was a layer of indelible sadness on her beautiful and elegant face.

As I crept into the yard, smoke rose from the chimney, and I was about to scare my sister when there was a loud noise in the house.

"Don't think that if I'm injured, I won't dare to kill you, I don't care about the sesame mung bean-like troops guarding here. ”

"You killed me, and the news leaked, and under the net of the pursuers, you will not be able to live for a hundred days. ”

Ruoping was shocked on the spot, in her memory, no matter what the occasion was, her sister always spoke softly and nurturingly, and now, although her tone was still calm, but in her cold sentences, there was a-for-tat and unyielding tone, how could she not be frightened.

The other man's voice was even more strange, very low, with a strange coldness in his tone, which made people shudder.

"Dead little girl, her mouth is very hard, it seems that it is ten years of debauchery, so that you have forgotten all the training you received before. There was a crisp sound, as if some vessel had been smashed, followed by the sound of the cloth tearing.

"What do you want to do?" Ruoping peeked in through the crack in the window, and when she saw the scene inside, she was terrified.

In the room, Liya sat on a chair, her upper body was torn, and a fragment of ceramics was inserted into her snow-white left shoulder, and blood stained her skin red. Liya pursed her lips, her two moth eyebrows furrowed, as if she was enduring great pain, and did not dare to make a sound.

A black back, standing with his hands in his hands, dressed very strangely, his huge body is all wrapped in a cloak, and his black cloak is windless.

"The temper is as hard as it was back then, hmph, let me ask you, what about our child?"

At the mention of the child, Liarden's face changed drastically, but she still did not say anything.

"Hmph, see how long you can endure?" pushed his hand, and the splinter pierced even more, and the pain became more severe.

Ruoping couldn't take it anymore, so she picked up a stick that was used as firewood and rushed into the room.

"Don't hit my sister. Before he could finish speaking, the stick seemed to land on some extremely resilient invisible net, and before Apple could react, it was knocked back by the force of the shock and fell heavily against the wall.

"Sadaka, don't hurt her. Liya exclaimed.

Ruoping barely stood up, only to see that the man in black, Sadaka, had turned around, and his two blood-red eyes seemed to exude bursts of evil power, enveloping him.

"Oh, is this the child?" said Sadaka coldly, his tone cold, but the discerning person could feel the deliberately suppressed excitement.

"Someone! Someone!" Ruoping shouted, although she was panicked, she also knew that the enemy in front of her was not something she could deal with, so she hurriedly called for help and led the villagers to come. Sure enough, Sadaka's hands trembled, obviously he couldn't help but be afraid.

Liya on the side didn't think so, Sadaka's ferocity was not something that little Ruoping could understand, at this moment his eyes were full of fierceness, and his hands trembled, obviously he was condensing mana and wanted to kill everyone who came in one fell swoop. Holding back the pain, Liya gritted her teeth and said, "What you want, you have already seen it, and I will agree to your conditions, please leave first." As a last resort, I had to hope that he would weigh the importance and avoid it first.

Seeing that Sadaka hesitated for a long time, he snorted coldly: "Remember what you said." I didn't see how he moved, but in a flash, the black shadow was gone.

Outside the window, a black mark quickly disappeared into the west.

"What's going on?"

"Miss Liya, are you all right?" came the noise, and the villagers had heard the sound and came to check.

Liya put on a long gown to cover her exposed skin, stepped to the window, and said softly: "It's okay, it's just that I burned a shirt and bothered the villagers." ”

And when they saw that nothing had happened, they dispersed.

Ignoring her own injuries, Liya helped Ruoping up first, and asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?" ”

Ruoping bit her lip and said, "I'm fine, sister, your wound.." Liya laughed miserably, shook her head, and lifted her shirt, only to see that the fragments were about half an inch deep, and the blood was still flowing from her left shoulder.

Enduring the pain, Liya jerked out the shards, and blood shot out. "Sister!" Ruoping said hurriedly.

Liya covered the wound with gauze and said tiredly: "Don't worry, my sister is fine!" followed by a low voice, and said: "Today's matter, no matter what, you can't mention it to others, no one, you know?"

Ruoping nodded, but the doubts in her heart deepened.

That night, Ruoping was sick at home because of excessive fright, with chills and fever, and she couldn't get out of bed for several days.

At this time, the village has always been peaceful, but also something shocking and inexplicable, from the time when Ruoping was sick, every morning, before the rooster crows, there is a young girl, who has disappeared for no reason, no matter how the villagers search, they cannot find their whereabouts.

The missing women, all sixteen or seventeen years old, were flawless in appearance, which caused the villagers to have a certain association, and they were greatly panicked.

One, two, three, four, five, five days in a row, there were already five pure and beautiful girls, who were poisoned, anxious villagers, formed a self-defense force, searched around at night, but it was still in vain, when the rooster crow on the sixth day, sounded high, the sixth girl also joined the ranks of the missing.

"Devil, this must be the devil!" muttered the village chief, who was excited. Although they guarded every way out of the village, they did not even touch the shadow of the enemy, so they had to lean their thoughts towards the ghosts.

"Then what should I do? There are no monks here, and there are no magicians..."

Ruoping also felt anxious, not only because there were her friends among the missing people, but in fact, since that day, Liya, who had been staying at home, began to go out at noon every day, carrying a bunch of food and medicine until evening.

In the face of Ruoping's inquiry, Liya only smiled bitterly and did not answer. Sometimes, Ruoping was sure that behind the thin earthen wall, the sobbing of her sister came quietly, quietly. This made Ruoping doubly uneasy, and she vaguely felt that the matter had something to do with Sadaka that day.

However, not everything is so bad, in the midst of a series of fears, there is one thing that makes Ruoping excited, since the second day of her illness, every morning, there will be a string of delicately woven garlands, placed in front of her courtyard window, so that Ruoping is always bathed in the elegant fragrance of flowers every day, and does not want to get up.

This became Ruoping's deepest expectation every day, and she was full of gratitude to this unknown carer, and always wanted to find an opportunity to thank him.

In the early morning of the sixth day, Ruoping, who had not slept all night, closed her eyes and quietly waited for the trace of the flower giver, and before her patience was about to reach the critical point, a small footsteps, from far and near, filled the whole room.

Ruoping carefully opened her eyes and saw a familiar back, about to leave, with a swarthy body and agile gait, it was..."Hey! ”

The young man heard the sweet call behind him, knew that the incident in his east window had happened, his slightly dark skin was flushed with blood, he screamed, and hurriedly rushed out of the door as fast as he could, and fled in the wilderness. Seeing Kexin's reaction, Ruoping also stayed on the spot, unable to make a sound.

Sensing the childish behavior of the two children early in the morning, Liya, who was silently watching from the sidelines, laughed and said, "This is the trouble of the young fifteen!"

Suddenly, a tearing sharp pain came from the depths of the lower abdomen, quickly rushing straight to the brain, Liya almost fell to her knees in pain, holding the door frame with one hand, and grasping her lower abdomen with the other, beads of sweat the size of beans on her forehead trickled down, and her face was distorted by the pain.

Shocked by her sister's strange condition, Ruoping's heart was clouded with an unknown and strong shadow, as if a huge black hand was holding her tightly, and she couldn't let go for a long time.

In the early morning of the seventh day, Kexin made a wreath and walked carefully into the courtyard of Liya's house. I don't know why, he fell in love with that blonde girl from the bottom of his heart, full of beautiful mountains and forests. Three years ago, when their sisters moved into this village, he was immediately attracted by the young Ruoping, whose clear stream-like laughter, crystal-like blue eyes, and pretty and lovely appearance were deeply imprinted into Kexin's heart.

Whenever she ran into the back mountain to play, Kexin often tiptoed behind, and Ruoping at that time, with her innocent and flawless look, was really like an elf in the forest. When I walked to the window, I was about to put down the garland, only to see Ruoping half-lying on the bed, with a pair of lovely blue eyes, blinking at him, smiling and smiling, but she had been waiting for him for a long time. Kexin's face immediately turned red, and he didn't know what to do.

"Morning!

A sentence relieved his doubts, Kexin stepped into the room, and next to Ruoping's bed, a coffee table was placed, on which a rough but delicious snack was already prepared.

"Please sit down! these snacks are made by Sister Liya for teenagers with unknown troubles, you must try them!" Ruoping chuckled slyly.

"Ahh A little at a loss, Kexin said with a red face.

"The person who said thank you should be me, thank you for sending me flowers for so many days, by the way, that day's purse, I haven't thanked you yet!"

"Do you like it?"

"Loved it. Ruoping nodded happily. "This is the first time I have received a gift from someone else, and Sister Liya is still complaining, saying that she has never met such a cute little boy when she was young. As he spoke, he looked at Kexin and laughed as he ate.

found that his intentions had been seen through, and the other party did not refuse, Kexin calmed down and began to talk to Ruoping, and the two slowly talked and laughed. Finally, there was talk of family.

"I envy that those who have brothers and sisters will not be lonely. Ruoping thought for a moment and then added, "However, I also have a good sister who no one can compare. ”

"Can't you remember what your parents looked like?"

"I can't remember, my sister said, they died before I can remember. Ruoping's eyes began to turn red, "Every time I see someone else taking their parents home, I desperately think about what my parents look like, but I can't think of it, I can't remember!"

Seeing Ruoping's appearance, Kexin's heart ached, and he gently held Yiren Rouyi, and said, "From now on, let me accompany you, okay?"

Receiving Kexin's expression, Ruoping nodded happily and said, "Thank you." Suddenly, I suddenly remembered that when I was young, my sister always took herself and moved around, and there was no place to live for a long time, as if she was hiding from someone, could it be...A poignant alarm bell sounded, breaking the original peaceful and warm atmosphere, Kexin woke up, and now it is still very vigilant, the garrison has lost a trace of a woman this morning, and now it is urgent to ring the alarm bell, there must be something to recruit.

"I'm leaving. Kexin got up and was about to leave.

"Ahh Ruoping approached her new lover and kissed him gently, "Thank you for giving me such a wonderful memory." ”

Through his clothes, Kexin felt the warm and slippery touching flesh beside him, the soft hair, brushing his neck, and the bursts of virgin fragrance stimulated his nose and made him have an inexplicable impulse. He was fifteen years old, and in the village, he was already an adult, and he knew what this impulse was.

Turned around suddenly, hugged Ruoping tightly, blushed, and said in a trembling voice: "Ruoping..I.I.I.." Seeing the little lover in his arms, he still didn't know what was going on, looking at him innocently, Kexin's desire was completely gone, but he was reluctant to let go. The two hugged each other tightly, feeling the beautiful atmosphere of this moment.