Chapter 14 Deposits
"Bang bang bang, bang."
The rapid knock on the door almost became a drumbeat, waking the sleeping Babu.
Although he was in an environment where friends and foes were unknown, and although everyone he came into contact with was not a normal person, Babu slept quite soundly, and was actually woken up by a knock on the door, and the sky was already bright outside the window, and birds chirped, which was a good weather at first glance.
On the big bed in the master room, Anna was lying in the middle and sleeping with her fingers, it didn't matter whose fingers she was, the important thing was that although she was still holding Babu's arm and getting into his arms, she didn't even feel like Monica's arm inadvertently touched her back in the middle of the night, and she didn't realize it after sleeping with her for half the night.
Monica was also woken up, rubbing her eyes blankly, her hair was unkempt, her face was flushed with a hangover, and there was a faint smell of alcohol on her body, and her dazed appearance was unexpectedly particularly feminine. When she finally came to her senses and saw her surroundings clearly, Monica stuck out her tongue childishly, patted her hair with both hands and tried to make it neat, and jumped out of bed in a panic, not even caring about putting on her shoes, and stumbling to the door barefoot.
Remembering this guy's drunkenness last night, Babu snickered behind her back as she fiddled with the sleeping Anna.
His Royal Highness, who had been frightened last night, soon woke up, and after less than ten minutes of secret talking, His Royal Highness secretly glanced at Anna who was playing with his fingers a few times, and dropped a sentence "Remember your promise, you have sworn in the witness of the goddess Ira, if you break your oath, you know what the consequences will be", and left the three of them at the door of the inn and turned to leave.
It was late at night, close to midnight, even in the bustling city, most people had finished their nightlife and returned home, although the road was still brightly lit, but it was noticeably quiet, and there was no one to see for a long, long time, and it was clear that the city had slept through.
But Monica and Babu didn't sleep.
Without calling for the waiter's service, the two quietly ran to the garden of the inn, which was already empty, and under the moonlight like water, only the beating torches and the persistent chirping of insects still showed the passage of time.
Babu doesn't remember much about what happened after that, but he remembers that the two of them simply held a large barrel of beer, sat on the soft lawn, and ate the sweet beaded fruit, while you divided a few bites, I divided a few bites, and it didn't take long for a large barrel of beer to be shared, and the two half-drunk people snuggled together, muttering something from time to time, and then erupted into a smirk, I am afraid that even they themselves will not remember what they said afterwards, and what they were laughing at.
But just remember to be happy.
Although nothing superfluous happened, as long as she was happy, in the end, Babu only remembered that Monica was comfortably resting on his lap, humming softly a nursery rhyme that she had learned from some other world, and she couldn't hear the tune, but the more she hummed, the more energetic she became, as if she had returned to her childhood.
In the end, how did he go back to the room to sleep, Babu didn't know anymore, and he didn't care, the one thing that really made him care and even heartbroken was why he woke up with a hangover, and the two of them were still neatly dressed, which made Babu's heart twist like a knife but there was nowhere to vent, so he could only tearfully knead the little face in his arms, well, it felt good, and then pinched.
So, when Monica led the Third Highness with two black circles on her face to come in, she happened to see a scene of domestic violence, and Anna, who was awakened, kicked him in Babu's face, kicked him over on the bed, and then jumped around his face as if she had discovered some interesting game.
"Poofhahahaha." The Third Highness pointed to Babu, who was pretending to be dead, and laughed for a long time before remembering the purpose of blocking the door early in the morning, and said loudly, "Get up quickly, get up quickly, it's almost eight o'clock and still sleep." Didn't you make an appointment to accompany me to see the mission goal today, and you don't have to go to sleep again. ”
"Get up."
Babu grabbed Anna's collar with a headache and dragged her into the bathroom to wash together, and then there were crackling fighting sounds in the bathroom from time to time, which made people wonder what terrible tragedy had happened inside, especially when the two of them walked out of the bathroom with half of their bodies wet, so that the eyes of the Third Highness were wrong when they looked at Babu.
"What the hell did you do last night?" His Royal Highness waited irritably for this group of people to take turns to wash, and waited for Monica to reassure Judy and tell her to recuperate in peace, and couldn't help asking, "With such a big smell of alcohol, I wouldn't run out to drink again in the middle of the night, I thought I would do this kind of thing." ”
"That's not true, we just went to your second sister in the middle of the night to talk very happily, and by the way, we made an agreement to sell you today."
Babu finally changed into a light battle outfit during Anna's mischief and slapped her on the ass a few times.
"That bitch...... Sooner or later, she will be tied up and thrown into the pigsty. His Royal Highness glared at Babu, his fists clenched.
"Isn't it a kennel? Changed places? Babu looked at the young girl who was probably the only one among His Highnesses who didn't know the news, and sighed, "Actually, you also understand that a lot of hatred should not be directed at her. ”
"Maybe it shouldn't be at first, but it's hard to say later." His Royal Highness's eyes suddenly turned red, and he kicked the chair next to him fiercely, and roared, "Don't let me think of these things, I don't want to grow brains......
While roaring, he grabbed the chair he was kicking and smashed it into the furniture next to him, his eyes bloodshot, his face twisted and hideous, and his expression almost crazy.
"Smack", the chair did not smash the furniture, because it smashed into the hand of Monica, who had just returned, Monica did not attack, but supported the chair with one hand, staring condescendingly at the eyes full of red silk of the Third Highness, and the low and hoarse voice was full of oppression, "Put it down, as long as you still want us to help, let it go for me, otherwise no one will care about your death." ”
The chair was frozen in the air for a long time, and in the process, the faces of the three highnesses were also cloudy, and several times Babu felt that the three highnesses were about to completely lose their minds, and smashed a punch in Monica's face, but he never did anything, just watched from the sidelines, and let Monica play on her own.
After a long while, the Third Highness's hand gradually loosened, and his distorted expression slowly calmed down, although it was still gloomy, but at least it was no longer crazy.
A smile appeared on the corner of Monica's mouth, and she casually put down the chair that left the whole body behind, and gently patted the little girl's head.
"There are always things to face, and the trade-offs that need to be made have to be made, Third Highness." It was Monica who moved, but it was Babu who spoke, and Babu's voice softened at the right time, "Is it really immortal, I want everyone to die together?" Or is there a slight possibility of coexistence? Think about it, you don't need to give us an answer, but you have to have the answer in your own heart. Rest assured, no matter what the answer is, we have promised to help you, and we will not go back. ”
"Hmph, who is called the Third Highness, my name is Aurora." The girl shook her head, got rid of Monica's hand, turned around to look out the window, and said sullenly, "I don't know if it coexists or something, anyway, people like me can't have a choice, but since you said it, then I'll think about it, and I'll tell you when I think it through." By the way, you guys are stalling again, whether you can go or not, you have already promised to help, don't try to fool me, I ......"
"Oh oh oh~"
On the street outside the window, a burst of earth-shattering shouts suddenly erupted, the sound became louder and louder, from far to near, it was the cheers of countless people who shouted together. Monica and Babu were both a little curious, but the Third Highness Aurora sneered disdainfully: "You don't need to look at it to know, it must be the boss's perverted hunt back, only he likes this feeling of being picked up by everyone." ”
"Let's go, then." Babu was still a little puzzled, but Monica obviously understood it as soon as she heard it, and she cleaned it up anyway, so she said to Aurora, "Just look at what Your Highness has gained this time." Maybe when you come back, you'll be even more sensational than him. ”
"Hmph." Aurora clenched her fists tightly and sneered, "Don't bring me up with him, I feel disgusting, I'm crazy but at least a person, he ...... Hmph, let's go. ”
No more nonsense, Aurora took the three out of the room, and soon after going out, he saw two waiters with red noses as if they had just been beaten, and when he saw Aurora come out, he immediately hid far away, and did not dare to come up to serve, so Aurora led the three to the door of the hotel.
As soon as you arrive at the gate, you can see that the streets are full of people, some well-dressed high-class people in the front row, and behind them a large group of urban civilians dressed in ordinary clothes, who are standing on both sides of the street, with banners above their heads, with slogans similar to those that celebrate the return of the baron's hunting.
Standing a little higher, you can see a white horse slowly passing by, a young man in a red dress sitting on a horse, his face sinking like water, is constantly raising his hand to greet those who greet him, and Carl and several others in full armor follow on foot, walking through the street under the gaze of all people, looking infinite for a while.
In the street behind them, a large black shadow pressed down in the distance, and if they got closer, they could see that it was the abandoned vehicles that they had seen in the edge that had been dragged over.
It is estimated that even ordinary people have gone into battle, and the large crowd has been busy for a morning, and nearly a hundred abandoned carts have been pushed from the edge into the present world, and now each one is pulled by two mules, and they pass through the city center in cheers, and then fade away.
As the team passed, His Royal Highness on the white horse seemed to have found his sister in the crowd, and turned his gaze to the direction of Aurora, who looked at him with a fierce expression, and did not forget to spit heavily on the ground, until the two sides staggered, she withdrew her gaze, kicked the flower bed on the side of the road, and kicked the rubble.
"That's hunting." Taking advantage of the opportunity of brother and sister interaction, Monica knew that Babu didn't understand, and said in his ear, "It's just that we used to call it scavenging, and for some of the resource-scarce worlds, the edge is the biggest treasure house. It is an environment with many resources, and there are often powerful mutants entrenched, and whether you can eat it or not depends on your ability. What they reaped this time...... You said this is called a car, no, you said, anyway, the scrap car they harvested this time, I estimate that it is enough for them to use the whole city normally for a year. ”
"Re-smelted into metal? It's quite in line with his authority, hiss~~~"
Babu watched the last scrap car go away, and the civilians who lined up to welcome him also left happily with an identical cloth bag, and just wanted to continue the departure, when suddenly gasped and froze in place, at the same time, Anna also held his arm tightly, so hard that her nails were almost digging into his flesh without realizing it.
Because he was looking at the street, his eyes inevitably saw the stone sculpture standing in the center of the city, and at this time, I don't know what others saw, in his eyes, the stone sculpture suddenly moved, and he was raising his head and beckoning to him. Although this action only lasted for a moment, and by the time I looked at it again, the statue had returned to its original position, but the pain in my arm and Anna's stiff body were enough to prove that what I had just seen was not an illusion.
Looking around, there was nothing unusual about the statue, apparently not seeing the statue moving or taking it for granted, and Monica was standing in front of Babu with half of her body, protecting him and Anna without leaving a trace.
Babu's heart warmed, and he silently held Monica's hand, Monica relaxed, looked back at Babu, who had returned to normal, and asked in a low voice, "What happened just now, I see that your situation is not right." ”
"Huh?" Although the voice was small, the Third Highness Aurora also heard it, and asked strangely, "Isn't the situation right?" Who, what's going on? ”
"It's nothing, I guess someone is just inviting us to go." The corners of Babu's mouth twitched, and a wry smile was squeezed out, "It's just that this invitation is a bit scary, and I'm afraid ordinary people can't accept it." Aurora, how about taking us to the temple? ”
"Temple? Did Abby invite you? Aurora looked around, but didn't find the figure of the Temple Apostle, so she could only scratch her head in confusion, "Okay, anyway, you have to pass by when you go out of the city, let's go, get in the car." ”
The carriage was already waiting at the door of the inn, but it had been blocked by the crowd that greeted it and could not move, compared to the luxurious car of the Second Highness, the carriage of the Third Highness Aurora was mediocre and could even be said to be shabby, but Aurora didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, but kept urging the coachman to speed up.
Soon, Monica and Babu realized that something was wrong, it was obviously in the most prosperous city center, but there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and near the last square, there were no pedestrians anymore, only two statues, one large and one small.
The huge statue is in the middle of the square, and the statue is looking down on the square with its head down, while the other statue is located in front of the main entrance of the temple at the end of the square, and the statue with no face looks even more strange than the giant one because it is the same height as a normal person, as if there is really a faceless person standing in front of it.
There was indeed a man standing, but with a face, and the Apostle Abby was standing beside the statue with a smile on his face, about the size of the statue, almost like a sister. It seemed that she had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw several people getting out of the carriage, Abby didn't speak, and directly reached out and touched the small statue. An amazing scene appeared, her hand directly submerged into the statue's body, and when she stretched it out again, the statue had lost its original strange feeling, and in her hand, there was a staff with the same shape as the statue's hand.
The staff pointed at several people, and then a strange energy that made people palpitate swept through the bodies of several people, and with the appearance of energy, Babu only smelled a choking fishy sweet smell, and his eyes were also occupied by the color of blood red.
"This is a blessing from 'her' to you, and I wish you a safe return." Abby smiled coquettishly, waved her hand at a few people, and said specifically to Babu, "Thank you, I'm very satisfied, she is also very satisfied with what she saw, and in addition, she said that this is a deposit, and whether she can receive it or not is your business." ”