The owner of the cake shop didn't tell a lie this time, and with the help of the little boy's guidance, Alan soon found Artemi, curled up in a pile of frozen dry bushes, covered with only a tattered coat, and already dying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Artemi!"

The little girl broke away from her teary eyes, and when she saw that it was Allen, there was suddenly a hint of brilliance in her dim eyes. Alan reached out to remove the weeds from Artemi's head, but when he touched it, he shrank back with lightning speed.

It was the intense burning sensation again.

When Artemi saw this scene, a burst of loss suddenly appeared in her eyes, seeing Allen's bright and neat armor, of course she knew why Allen retracted his hand, such a reaction, she had seen too much, this kind of reaction, there were a few very hurtful words to describe - hate, disgust, disgust, disgust, those bad boys countless times along with teasing and beating, put these words on her body, so that she always remembers it.

He still hates me, right?... Artemi thought disappointedly, and then whispered, "Don't, don't touch me, I'm very dirty." With that, she tried to curl up her body, but the sharp pain in her leg made her face turn pale.

Alan was suddenly shocked in his heart, gritted his teeth, and gently stroked Artemi's cold little face with his hand: "Artemi, come home with me"

"Go home?" Artemi's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Ah, go home. But before you go home, you need to heal your injuries. Alan gently lifted the dirty clothes covering Artemi's legs, and the thin calves were covered with blinding, bright red bruises.

"It might hurt a little, Artemi, hold on. Alan summoned the power of light and cast the healing technique he had just learned, the Song of Life, and pressed his palm, which shimmered with milky white light, to Artemi's calf.

Both of them were shocked.

Touching Artemi's body in such a large area and directly produced a burning sensation that was like putting a pair of hands in a raging fire.

On the other hand, although the healing effect of the Song of Life was good, it was accompanied by unbearable pain, and in just a few seconds, Artemi fainted.

"This can't be done, she's already very weak, I'm afraid she can't stand the pain," Eren quickly withdrew the Light Divine Power. With a heavy expression, he looked at Artemi, who was already unconscious.

"I had to look for him..." Ignoring the intense burning sensation of his palms and arms, Alan took Artemi in his arms, thought for a while, and then directly pulled the little boy to the Klein Mansion, Charlie looked at Alan with two children in surprise, and then quickly understood Alan's intentions, he didn't say much, and sent someone to immediately find a priest to heal Artemi's injuries. Although the injury on the girl's leg was serious, but fortunately, the bone was not broken, only a large bruise, and it seemed that the owner of the cake shop still had reservations despite his heavy hand.

After questioning, Alan learns that the boy's name is Gabe. At Alan's beh, Charlie took Gabe to take a shower and eat something. Gabe's face was swarthy, and it seemed that the perennial wandering life had brought him too much bitterness and hardship, and the kind priest had performed a healing spell on Gabe, which had eliminated the old diseases of his body caused by freezing and starvation for many years.

After the priest healed Atemi, Atemi fell into a deep sleep, and Charlie arranged for two maids to draw some hot water and wipe Atemi's body. Changed into clean pajamas and gently carried her into the guest room.

Alan leaned on the railing of the rotating flower branches of the stairs and said to Charlie, who had been standing aside, "Ah~ Thank you, Charlie, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what to do." Well, it would cost a lot of money to hire such a pastor."

"For the Klein Chamber of Commerce, this is nothing, Your Excellency Allen, before the young lady left, I also instructed that if you have any difficulties, the Klein Chamber of Commerce will be obligated to help you. ”

"Charlie, don't always use honorifics for me, I think we can be good friends, call me Allen"

"Yes, it is my pleasure to be friends with you," Charlie still smiled politely.

"Charlie..."

"Mr. Knight!" a maid suddenly hurried out of the guest room and shouted to Allen, "This young lady is awake and has been calling your name"

When Alan heard this, he hurriedly rushed into the guest room.

"Artemi, I'm here, eh" Allen, who had just walked to the door, was stunned when he saw the girl on the bed.

After being treated by the priest and carefully groomed by the servants, if it weren't for the impressive gray eyes and dark gray hair, Alan couldn't believe that the lovely little girl in front of him was the little beggar who poured milk on his head that day.

"Whew, Alan..."

Artemi saw Eren at the door clearly, jumped out of bed as soon as he lifted the quilt, stretched out his arms and threw himself at Alan's legs, and hugged Eren tightly.

Alan slowly raised his hand, hesitated, and then gently placed it on top of Artemi's head, and the palm of his hand seemed to be placed on the raging fire in an instant.

However, Alan did not frown, and said in a low and gentle tone, "Ah Artemi, I'm here, you're really disobedient, okay, okay, don't cry." ”

Through the previous chat with Gabe, Alan knew the general situation of Artemi and why she was covered in bruises. Gabe said that Artemi only appeared in Delta Town for nearly a month, because she only remembered her name and didn't know anything else, so she was often bullied by some older children and thrown into the cold snow by them, Gabe really couldn't see it and fought with those children, although he always got injured and came back, but he enjoyed it, and then Artemi disappeared, and when she was found again, he found that she was beaten by the owner of the cake shop and thrown out of the city. Gabe followed stealthily, and when the boss was gone, he dragged Artemi out of the snow to a fairly dry bush and covered her with his own torn coat.

"I want to get Artemi something to eat, and besides, I'm going to keep it for Artemi, I don't think I can beat that villain, but if I break his things, I can get revenge on him!" Gabe's childish plan of revenge made Eren feel nothing but distress.

"Ah Artemi, don't cry, I'm here, don't run around in the future. ”

"I want to, I want to, I'd like to prepare breakfast for Alan, uh-huh," Artemi said as he sobbed

"Attmi," Alan felt warm in his heart, half-knelt down, and gently wiped the tears from Artemi's eyes with his fingers.

"Can I go home with Alan?" Artemi asked, sobbing.

"yes・・・・・ yes. Although Alan was very conflicted at the moment, he looked at Artemi's expectant eyes and agreed.

In the next second, Artemi threw himself into Ellen's arms・・・・・・

In the evening, the servant brought some delicious food into the guest room, and Alan fed Artemi one bite at a time. In fact, Artemi's injury has already been completely healed, and she can eat it by herself, but she wants Alan to be by her side all the time, because there has never been a person who is willing to accompany her so seriously, and she refuses to let go of such a time, even if it is a second.

Charlie took Gabe to dinner first, and it wasn't until late at night, after Artemi had fallen asleep, that Alan came out of the guest room and came to the table. Gabe was still holding a piece of roasted wings, sucking the bones unsatisfied, and when he saw Alan coming, he hurriedly brought his plate full of food to Alan.

"I'm not hungry, Gabe, you can eat," Alan smiled and brought the food back to Gabe.

"Mr. Knight, aren't you hungry?" said Gabe, blinking inexplicably.

"Well, Gabe, you eat, after eating, I have something to teach you. Alan looked at Gabe and said seriously.

"Teach me? what? I remember! Really! Mr. Knight is going to teach me martial arts! Really!" Gabe remembered what he had said to Allen before: "Mr. Knight, teach me martial arts! I'm going to defeat that villain! No, defeat all the villains!"

Gabe almost jumped to the table with joy.

Starry night, the back garden of the Klein House, the deep blue night sky is dotted with stars, quiet and mysterious. Alan and Gabe sat quietly on the steps, looking up at the stars.

"Gabe, tell me, did you learn martial arts to fight bad guys?" Alan asked in a low voice.

"Ahh

"Artemi?" Alan looked at the skinny little boy beside him in some surprise.

"Well, protect her from bullying, I know, with Mr. Knight to protect her, I don't need me anymore, but I still have this idea, protect her!

"No, it's nothing, I think of something..." Alan looked a little gloomy.

Gabe simply lay down, looked at the night sky and said with longing, "I've heard a lot of friends say that knights are the ones who can bring people a sense of security the most, so... So, I also want to be a knight, although this is impossible... By the way, Mr. Knight, you should have someone you want to protect." ”

"People you want to protect, yes," Alan mused, his mind full of Christine's appearance.

"Then she must be very happy, very secure, so good," said Gabe with envy.

"No, I can't protect her"

"Huh?"

"Forget it, Gabe, start tomorrow, come with me. ”

"Ah, are you going back to Mr. Knight's house?"

"Well, sort of. ”

"So, where is Mr. Knight's home?"

"In the Knights' Chamber. ”

"Eh?!!!"