"Who?"

Nono's voice was very slight, and with the distance between the campfire and hers, her mother should not have heard anything, but at this moment her mother suddenly looked up and saw nothing but the railing.

The woman suddenly showed a puzzled look, but she didn't dig deeper, just thought she had heard it wrong.

There are no dangerous beasts that roam at night on this island, so you don't need to be wary of it.

And behind the huge tree trunk, although his whole body was already shrouded in darkness, Nono couldn't help but hide.

It wasn't until her mother's eyes were removed that her pounding heart gradually calmed down, and her mother, who was thinking about her at night, was in front of her, but she was a little timid for a while.

But she was a red-haired witch after all, not a coward, and after patting her cheek vigorously to make it rosy, she finally mustered up her courage, withdrew from the realm of darkness, and walked in the direction of her mother by the campfire.

Holding back the thought of jumping up, Nono deliberately trampled on the branches and leaves to make a sound.

Her mother also heard the sound and immediately looked up to see the red-haired girl who had visited late at night.

"Hello ——!"

Nono was about to say hello and decided to learn about his mother's life over the years before they met him.

But she saw that her mother, who was mending her clothes by the campfire, immediately showed a frightened expression when she saw her, and knelt on the ground on the spot.

"Meet your lordship. Do you need to come to us so late? ”

Looking at the other party's attitude, there is no doubt that she is nervous and defensive, and it seems that she is wearing outsider-style clothes as the so-called "adults" in the mouths of the two women just now.

For his mother not recognizing him at first sight, Nuno was a little disappointed in his heart.

But think about it, she soon woke up, after all, her mother was arrested in this place ten years ago, and her image in her mother's heart is estimated to be a child, and it is impossible to match her grown self.

The passage of time in Avalon is obviously very abnormal, so that my mother has not aged at all in ten years, she is still in her twenties and thirties, and the trees here can grow so tall probably for this reason, if there is no timekeeping tool, I am afraid that I will not feel the passage of time on this island.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not an adult, I'm just passing by, can you let me roast the fire?"

Nono showed off his soaked coat.

Only then did Alush notice that the young girl in front of her seemed to be wet with seawater, and seeing that Nono's attitude was sincere and not domineering, coupled with the fact that the other party's appearance looked inexplicably close, she didn't think much about it, and immediately nodded.

"Please use it! But the wet clothes can't be worn on the body to dry, I have clean clothes here and I don't wear them, do you need them? ”

Her innate kindness made her embarrassed to watch Nuno get cold, and immediately got up to go home to get a clean and warm dress.

They said they were clothes, but in fact, their clothes were made of heavy blankets, and when spread out, they were just a huge piece of cloth.

"No, I'm a quick-drying material."

Nono shook her head, just setting her coat aside to bake the fire. The combat suit on her body had actually dried out in the previous hours of tracking, but the coat needed to be dried.

Although Alush didn't understand what quick-drying material was, he also understood that the girl meant that she didn't need to change her clothes.

Looking at Nono's thin clothes, after thinking about it, she still brought a thin blanket over.

"The wind is very cold at night, so be careful to protect yourself from the cold."

“…… Thank you! ”

Faced with his mother's insistence, it was difficult for Nono to refuse, so he immediately took it and draped the red checkered blanket over his shoulders.

She didn't feel cold, but after putting on her mother's blanket, her whole body warmed up, and she was even a little dizzy.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that she heard her stomach growling that she remembered and pulled out emergency food such as compressed biscuits and canned beef from her backpack and handed it to her mother.

"Mom, cough! Sorry for your help, this is a reward for your help! ”

"It's too precious, adults don't have to!"

Alush naturally refused, but her hand strength was not as strong as that of Nono.

"If you don't accept it, you won't give me face, take it and eat it!"

Nono was very forceful and divided half of the food among his mother, and for the first time felt the effect of this drinking sentence that should have been classified as the dross of the question.

Although she followed the two women around for several hours, she was not very hungry, and her mother was screaming in her stomach just now, and it seemed that she had not eaten dinner.

Even though he didn't eat it himself, he lent the only two fruits to others, and this kind of gentle character is too good for the old man.

Thinking so in her heart, she felt a little distressed when she watched her mother carefully disassemble the compressed biscuits under her own force.

After a few minutes of silence, Nono finally started the conversation.

"Do you eat very little here?"

She stared at her mother's face in front of the campfire, and though she was asking, her eyes were all on Aloush.

"It was fine before, but after the adults came, it was a little insufficient...... I—I'm not saying that adults are bad, it's just that fruits are hard to find lately! ”

The woman explained the situation clumsily, although she felt that Nuno was kind, but she was also afraid of offending these so-called adults.

"Don't worry! I'm not in the same league as those guys, so don't be afraid of me. ”

After noticing that his mother had a bad impression of those people, Nono immediately gave up the camouflage route and cut at the speed of light.

Hearing this, the woman smiled softly and did not doubt it.

"I don't think you're in the same group as those people, they don't want to come to our side and sit and talk with us."

Hearing this, Nuno was a little curious.

"Who are the adults you are talking about? Is it the Gattuso family or ...... I mean, do they have any distinguishing features? ”

Considering that her mother might not know anything about the Gattuso family, Nono changed the way she asked.

"The distinguishing feature? I don't know anything other than the clothes that are completely different from ours, but what are you talking about the Gattuso family, I'd love to hear about it...... Not long ago, a new lord said that this was the territory of the Gattuso family. ”

To Nono's surprise, Alush had heard of the Gattuso family, but had no idea what the name meant.

Could it be that the Gattuso family, which has been wiped out, still has a remnant of power here, and can dominate the Sacred Palace Medical Association?

And—

"New adults?"

Nono asked with interest.

"Well, some new adults came over some time ago, and they even met with us."

Alush nodded, recalling what she had seen, and it didn't seem like a friendly memory to her, so the expression on her face wasn't relaxed.

Nono asked a few questions, but he was not given a specific time, the concept of time on this island is very vague, and no one specifically remembers the so-called day and night.

However, according to the changes in the external situation, Nuno can still probably guess that some time ago should be the period when the Gattuso family was destroyed and the dragon king Odin appeared.

It seems that after the destruction of the main body of the Gattuso family, a small number of forces still survived, and they were arranged by the dragon king Odin in this Nibelungen.

"You just said that there wasn't enough food during this time, could it be that those guys stole your food?"

Nono continued to ask, his expression a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that with the influence of the Holy Palace Medical Association and the level of agricultural production in modern society, they should not be short of food!

There are dozens of tons of rice that you can bring over at any time, at least enough for a thousand people to eat for more than ten years, and the dragon king Odin can't send people in without preparing food for them, right?

"No, they didn't rob it, it's just that they collected a lot of fruit, and the rest is not enough for us."

Alush shook his head.

The tree fruit was originally an ownerless thing, so naturally it could not be said to be robbed, but they were indeed unable to find food because of the new arrivals who were collecting tree fruits on a large scale, and they were almost driven to a desperate situation.

Hearing this, Nuo Nuo was immediately angry, although it was not a robbery, but how much difference is there between this sweeping bandit style and robbery?

After continuing to inquire, Nono learned that although the island could not be said to be rich in products, they had never worried about the lack of fruit before, and it was only after some time ago that a large number of tree fruits were collected, and they began to gradually become hungry.

If they don't want to go hungry, they have to ask the adults to donate blood, and sell it in exchange for food that belongs to them, and even food from the outside world.

According to her mother, a few days ago, a woman named Samarra was in a coma because she sold too much blood at one time, and she didn't have time to eat the food she received.

After listening, Nuno instinctively realized the problem and frowned deeply.

"Deliberately swept away the tree fruit so that you had to donate blood to get food?"

From her point of view, this looks like a conspiracy no matter how you look at it.

It's just that what is the use of the blood of these ordinary people?

"Those grown-ups shouldn't be like that, right?"

Aloush smiled bitterly and bowed his head in prayer.

Obviously, she also realized that something was wrong, but she had no ability to change it, so she could only take chances.

Looking at such a helpless mother, Nuno hurriedly comforted a few words, and then searched his stomach, recalled the classic jokes he had heard before, and said it to please his mother.

As a person who has been ingratiating herself since she was a child, her methods of pleasing her mother are as clumsy as when she flattered Su Mo, and her feelings for her mother are as sincere as she was for Su Mo.

With her efforts, the atmosphere finally relaxed, and the distance between the two became closer and closer.

Looking at the face of his mother, who was patiently sewing a small blanket and smiling happily by her words in the light of the campfire, Nuno couldn't help but recall the scene yesterday when he held his mother's hand and talked to her unilaterally in front of the hospital bed.

At that time, she had been looking forward to when she would have the opportunity to have a fireside night chat with her conscious mother, but she didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly and so easily.

Without any effort, Su Mo's seniors helped him solve all the difficulties and sent himself to his mother.

By now, the kindness she owed Su Mo had long been repaid, so she didn't think about this matter, and her dark red eyes unconsciously stared at her mother's hand that was mending clothes.

Since she was a child, she has always longed for a time when it was not her, but her mother herself who held her hand, and then hugged her and chatted with her.

Now, the opportunity to make that dream come true is just around the corner, and she won't run away from it no matter what.

"Well, Lady Alush, I have something to tell you."

Speaking in an unprecedentedly serious tone, Nono's eyes as he looked at his mother were also unprecedentedly hot.

"What's the matter?"

Alush also instinctively sensed that the young girl seemed to have something important to say, and his hands were slowing down to weave clothes.

"Goo-dong!"

Nono swallowed nervously, clenched his fists, and the emotions that had been brewing in his chest for half the night almost erupted in one breath.

"Do you remember—"

Do you remember the daughter in the Chen family's villa?

Nuno opened his mouth, intending to confess his identity in one breath, recognize his mother on the spot, and not give the other party any chance to misunderstand.

However, at this moment, a light footstep approached rapidly, and before Nono could say this, a slender and thin figure rushed directly and fell into the arms of the woman in front of him.

"Mom, I'm back!"

Compared with this familiar, slender and thin girl's figure, what shocked Nuno even more, and even forgot for a moment what he wanted to say was the words from this girl's mouth.

"Mom, Mommy?"

Nuno's whole person was in a trance, and his eyes were a little dazed.

Why, why did this little girl call her mother?

The same question was directly said by the girl.

"Who are you and why do you call my mom 'mom'?"

The girl had long black hair, a deep red color visible on the inside of the hair if you looked closely, she looked to be less than ten years old, and she carried a bulging pouch on her waist, and the expression on her face was very dissatisfied.

"Naina, don't be rude to adults! This adult just doesn't know you. ”

Seeing that the girl's attitude was not polite, Alush immediately educated her, and then turned back to apologize to Nono.

"I'm sorry, but this kid is too wild to control. However, she is indeed my daughter. ”

Although she didn't know why Nono was so shocked by her daughter's name, she still introduced it again.

I thought this was clear enough, but I didn't expect that after hearing this, the red-haired girl showed an expression like she had been struck by lightning, and directly took a step back stiffly, and the whole person was completely silent.

Mother's daughter...... Not yourself?

On the other side, although she was surprised by the guest's behavior, seeing that she was not aggressive, the little girl let down her guard and retorted to her mother dissatisfied.

"What's so strange about adults, I also know an adult, and Patcy is still the manager here!"

"Lord Passy? You're looking for him again today? Didn't I say to keep you away from him! ”

Hearing this, Aloush rarely showed an angry expression, and his eyes changed from gentle to stern.

Seeing her mother like this, the girl shook slightly, and then held the bulging pocket on her waist like a treasure.

"It's okay, that guy is a good old man, I knocked a lot of food from him for free this time, with this food, we won't be hungry for a few days!"

Hearing her daughter say this, Alush's expression was a little guilty, after all, her daughter was also planning for them, but seeing the luxury foods such as jelly, toffee, and instant noodles in her daughter's small bag, she couldn't help but feel a layer of deep worry between her eyebrows.

In her mind, that Patsy was no different from the others, they were all characters they couldn't afford to mess with.

Samarra almost lost her life last time she donated blood, and the food she received in exchange was less than one-tenth of what her daughter got this time, so why did her daughter get so much food without doing anything?

If those people coveted blood in Samarra, then what did they covet in their daughters? Fate?

She didn't know what those people wanted, but she knew it was a price she didn't want to bear.

So, she buckled her daughter's bag again, and said in an extremely gentle and firm tone.

"Don't eat a bite of what is inside, give it back to Lord Patsy tomorrow, and don't go to those people to ask for anything even if you starve to death!"

“…… Oh! ”

The girl wanted to refute, but she couldn't bear her mother's firm eyes, so she could only nod her head.

After the conversation between mother and daughter was over, the girl named Naina turned her curiosity to Nono, wondering why this "adult" was chatting with her mother here.

Alush remembered the half-asked question Nono had just asked, and spoke.

"What did you want to ask, young lady?"

At this time, Nono finally recovered from the shock.

She was extremely sure that the woman in front of her was her mother, but she couldn't deny that she now had another daughter, and after forcibly suppressing the ominous premonition in her heart, she asked with a smile and a begging tone.

"Lady Alush, I would like to ask, do you only have this one daughter?"

If this girl is her own sister, then it is acceptable.

And yet—

"Yes! I only have this one daughter, and although I am disobedient, I love her very much! ”

A gentle maternal smile appeared on Aloush's face.

"Her Indian name is Naina, by the way, there used to be a Chinese name 'Chen Mo Pupil', but it was useless a long time ago."

Rumble!

Hearing this, a thunderstorm suddenly exploded in Nono's mind.

(End of chapter)