Chapter 36: Orphans
The sharp tip of the knife pierced Ciski's skin, but it was difficult to gain any further because a white hand held the bayonet in the middle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Renault looked up and saw a smiling face looking at him in the dimness.
When did she appear?
Before Renault could react, he felt his hand loosen, and the three-edged bayonet turned into powder and fell to the ground.
Her attack methods were so mysterious that Renault couldn't tell which kind of demon she was using for a moment.
Lily stretched out her hand to help Xiqi and said, "Lord Renault, for my sake, please let Xiqi go this time." β
"Lily, why are you here now?" Gasol, who was watching the battle, shouted dissatisfiedly, "I order you, ...... now"
Before he could finish his words, he saw a flash of golden light, his right arm fell to the ground with his shoulder together, and when Lily withdrew his sword, his blood had not had time to spurt out.
Ahh
Gasol let out a heart-rending scream, and his neck crooked before he fainted.
"Lord Renault, Steward Gasol has been punished, so let him go. β
The snow was now splattered with blood, and Lily stood there, smiling faintly as usual, as if unaffected.
Only at this time, there was a hint of bitterness in her smile.
Renault had a cold face, to this point, Gasol he must kill, but he didn't want to tear his face with Lily here.
He could feel Lily's sincerity, killing the people of the temple in front of her, and she couldn't ignore it no matter what.
She is far more powerful than he imagined, even if she doesn't remove one of Gasol's arms and come straight to the hard, Renault may not be able to beat her. As long as she spoke, Renault would still agree.
"Let's go. Renault looked at Gasol and Ciki coldly, "Never set foot in my territory again, there will be no next time!"
"Thank you......" Lily said with her head bowed.
She stopped Gasol's bleeding, put him on a simple sleigh made of a few branches, and before leaving, she suddenly remembered something:
"Lord Renault, we saw a group of children in the cave over there just now, I think they should have come here to hide from the demonic beasts. I wanted to take them back to the temple, but ...... You'd better hurry up and check it out. β
With that, she nodded to Renault and saluted, then she held Xiqi with one hand and disappeared into the darkness with the other hand pulling the sleigh.
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After Lily leaves, Renault begins to check on Ferre and Miley's injuries.
Felie's internal organs were injured and his calf was broken, and Miley didn't see anything wrong on the surface, but her breathing was weak and her body was cold.
He lifted Ferry onto his horse and let Miley lean into his arms, and the Black Whirlwind would send them back, and while Lauren and the carriage were on their way, they would surely meet soon.
Just now Lily said that he saw a group of children, which made him very concerned.
He easily found the place where Lily had said, which could not be called a cave at all, but was nothing more than a pit three or four meters deep in the rock wall. A fire was lit at the entrance of the cave, and a dozen children were curled up on the ground, snuggling up to each other.
Walking in, Renault realized why Lily hadn't taken them away. The children were dressed in thin clothes, and their whole bodies were already purple from the cold, and when Renault walked in, they only opened their eyes slightly and looked at him, and they didn't even have the strength to speak.
"Who are you?"
At this moment, a crisp voice came from behind, and Renault looked back to see a little girl with a few dry branches in her arms looking at him cautiously. It seems that on such a night, she braved the bitter cold to go out to find firewood.
In the faint light of the fire, the appearance of the little girl loomed. She was only twelve or thirteen years old, less than Renault's chest, and her gray linen clothes didn't look warm at all, and what surprised Renault even more was that she was barefoot, and her small toes were red from the cold.
Her clothes were large and tattered, probably old clothes that adults didn't want, and they wore on her thin body, like a big bird with folded wings, but with a black crestβher hair was black and somewhat messy, but it was clean.
Renault noticed her dark grey eyes, which stared at him motionless, full of anxiety and caution, but not a trace of fear. The high bridge of her nose, combined with her slightly accented chin and knife-like cheeks, makes her look very shrewd.
"What's your name?" he asked.
The girl looked at him for a long time, and seemed to feel that she was safe, so she squatted down and added firewood to the fire, and then leaned her slender little hand against the fire to keep warm.
"I don't have a name," said the girl, "we are orphans adopted by Grandpa Habert, and he calls me Little Leaf, and if that's the name, I'm going to be a dead man." β
After speaking, she politely invited Renault as a little master: "Sir, don't you sit down to keep warm?"
Renault smiled and sat down unceremoniously.
By this time, the girl had set up a large tin pot filled with snow on the fire, ready to boil some boiling water to "entertain" the unexpected guest.
"Are they all okay?" asked Renault, pointing to the little ones inside.
"Except for Robert, who had a bit of a fever, everything else was fine. After a pause, the girl continued, "We are probably all a little hungry, we haven't had anything to eat for two days." β
As the fire began to burn, the cave began to become warmer, and the children who were nestled together gradually stopped shivering, and two older ones sat boldly by the fire.
The water in the tin pot was quickly boiling, and the girl was about to pinch it off the fire with two branches, but the jar was knocked over by a child who was in a hurry to make a fire, and the water instantly extinguished the fire, and the cave fell into darkness.
The child trembled and didn't know what to do, and the girl patted him, "It's okay, just regenerate the fire." β
Renaud shook his head, and as his golden pupils lit up, a warm flame quickly rose in his hand, and the cave instantly returned to brightness.
"This ...... This is ......?!" The girl showed an exaggerated expression of shock, "No wonder you can be alone in the snow, it turns out that you can do magic!" and your eyes ......"
Renault lit the fire with a flame, this magical effect made all the children interested, and they all gathered around, and two little boys squeezed directly to Renault's side, holding his hand and looking at it.
The girl gently scolded the two mischievous little boys with her eyes, and then smiled apologetically at Renault.
Renault counted the time, and Lauren should be here, so he asked, "Did you live in Black Iron before?"
"Yes. Hearing Black Iron Town, the girl's face darkened significantly.
"And how did you escape?" he wondered, "I've heard that Roshi guy blocked the gate. β