Chapter 69: Reading
In another world, there is also a person who does not close his eyes all night. The dark bags under his eyes were slightly puffy, the cigarette butts on the ground were dense, and Hano was drinking liquor and smoking cigarettes, playing with a few large denomination chips made of pure gold in his hands.
He had a hobby of gambling and did not quit just because he became an earl, but gambled more and more. If it weren't for the fact that Rosie had inadvertently saved enough fortune for him to squander, he would have become a destitute nobleman again.
He didn't sleep all night because of the torment in his heart.
Only when you really face thousands of cliffs can you realize how powerless you are in the face of nature.
He didn't follow Rosie for much, but in just two or three years, Rosie left an invincible impression on him. That kind of invincibility is not just words, but an invincibility that breaks a bloody path in one lore after another and tramples all the enemies under their feet.
As Rosie's most loyal dogleg, he betrayed his loyalty after Rosie's departure.
In fact, this betrayal seemed insignificant to him.
You're gone anyway, so I don't have the concept of loyalty and disloyalty. He fell directly to Emperor Fabio and became Fabio's most advantageous executioner to disgust and suppress the Church. Because he has watched the church grow from weak to strong with Rossi, he knows everything about the organization better than anyone else, and is more familiar with the operation of the church and the flow of people.
With his help, Fabio once again curbed the second leap forward of the Church and brought it back under imperial power at an early stage.
He could have continued to be his count, flirting with the little widow or the daughters of other nobles every day, or he could have spent a lot of money in the casino, just for that moment of heartbeat.
But the miracle that suddenly fell, like a basin of cold water, poured down on his head, and made him wake up from the beautiful world in an instant.
Rosie wasn't dead, just leaving.
When you die, there is no future, and when you die, you die like a lamp goes out, and there is no future. But leaving, there is hope of coming back, maybe one day, Rosie will suddenly return to this world.
Hano understood too well that the consequences of betraying Rossi would be too much for him to bear. With Rossi's character of being ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to his enemies, he may not die, but he will be tortured until he dies.
He has to make a choice, and that choice will affect his future path.
He poured another big sip of wine, and a figure was reflected in his misty eyes, and the little widow, dressed in black silk nightgowns, rubbed her sleepy eyes and pushed open the door of the study, and snuggled against the door, yawning. After a few years, the little widow could no longer find that kind of intimate atmosphere, she seemed to have become a noble noble lady, and only between some inadvertent small movements would she reveal the atmosphere of her birth.
"Haven't you slept yet, I've seen that you've been in a bad state these days, have you encountered any difficulties?", the little widow walked over, sat in Hano's arms, put her arms around his neck and took a sip on his face, "There is a solution to everything, you are the head of the family, and your body is more important than anything." ”
Hano's face stiffened slightly, the relationship between him and the little widow had changed from passion to affection, and everything had become dull after losing the hot feelings. He used to talk about everything and communicate with the little widow about everything, but now he always keeps things in his heart.
He bowed slightly, "I see, I'll pay attention." ”
The little widow smiled and untied Hano's belt, and like a snake, it seemed to have no bones and wrapped around his body.
Heavy wheezing soon came from the study.
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As the sun rose, Hano threw the chips in his hand onto the table and sighed, he had already made a decision.
He was already a man, the Count of Hanau, whom everyone envied and envied. How can he become another man's lackey again at some point in the future? Even if he is a marquis, even if he is a hereditary marquis, he cannot be made a dog again!
Even if it is a dog, there is the dignity of a dog, and there are ideals for dogs!
He stood up, moved his body, and walked into the secret room, opening the animal skin book that Rossi had sternly instructed him not to open without permission.
"You forced me!"
Hano thought.
Little did Rosie know that his most loyal subordinate, Hano, who had been following him since Grimmtown, would be the first to come forward and betray him, and open the Furry Book.
At the moment when he opened the book of animal skins, there were subtle changes between the two worlds.
Rosie could clearly feel that in this world, several attractions suddenly erupted. And the most recent one is not far away.
The missionaries from Lookout City took Rosie's place here, giving him time to get out of this special place and take a look. The bearded man and the other three were left to those missionaries, and their powerful combat power was the best talisman for the missionaries' lives.
Leaving the harvest city and continuing south, about two days later, he saw a sea.
In this world, the sea refers to a lake that is so huge that there is no end in sight, in fact, in a sense, the lake is so large that it does become the sea.
The sea was deserted, much to Rossi's surprise. Whether it is human beings or animals, they all lived near water sources at first, and water is the source of life, and where there are abundant water resources, there must be traces of human beings. But not only is there no sign of human activity here, but even animals are barely visible.
Everything is so barren, like a forbidden area of life.
Rosie slowly walked to the beach and picked up a handful of cold seawater, the water was very transparent, but it lacked an activity, a breath of life.
Underneath this water, there is a power calling to him.
He simply set up a camp by the water and lived there.
One day.
Two days.
Ten days.
On the last day of the month, when the moon was full and the moon was rising, the water suddenly boiled.
A band of light rose from the surface of the water and slowly pointed into the air. Countless moonlit rays fell, like mercury tilting, and concentrated on this band of light.
Through the glowing light, Rossi saw a strange creature.
The creature resembled something called a ribbon fish, but with a few differences, the body of the fish was fuller, with three eyes and a strange look in the eyes. This fish is tens of meters long, nearly one meter in diameter, and covered with silver scales.
It glanced away at Rosie, a cruel gaze.
Rosie suddenly thought of a legendary thing - Nian!
Nian is a particularly cruel creature, eating everything it can see, and when it is done eating, it will migrate in search of the next environment where it can hunt. In the process of migration, it is like a locust, eating everything that can fill its stomach, whether it is living or dead.
It has a very special ability, which is to absorb the light of the moon, store it in the body, and transform it into some kind of power to launch it when needed.
Nian is a catastrophic creature, and of course, in this world, it is not as terrifying as imagined, because there are many more terrifying monsters than it. But that doesn't mean it's harmless, it's still a natural disaster for all living beings who have no power.
Unexpectedly, in this world, I saw a living thought.
Rosie suddenly understood why it was emitting the power of summoning, summoning him here.
Ten Hallows!