On a small island in the distance, it is still pouring rain.

Fear was like a silent ghost, following Ivan closely, and the dirty rain that ran down his hair made the shaky vision even more ethereal.

The only thing that felt real was probably the hand that was pulling at him. In the pouring rain, Xiulin grabbed a black umbrella that no longer worked with one hand, and held Ivan firmly with the other.

It was as if there was a cold black aura slowly lingering in the depths of my heart. The two of them stepped on a splash of sewage, and their steps seemed to be running away. But Ivan didn't know what he was trying to escape...... No, maybe it's just that he doesn't want to know, he doesn't want to know at all, the so-called answer......

"What's going on? I heard Aisha is gone, isn't it?"

The clatter of leather boots against the pavement was as rapid as a drumbeat, and John, who was still at the city gate and refused to rest, hurried up to meet him. He rushed to Xiulin in one breath, "I heard them say - you are looking for Aisha?"

"Ah, that's right. Xiulin steadied herself, gasped for breath, and shook off the rain on her face, "She's not in Lino Medical Center, I don't know where she went." ”

John furrowed his brow, his anxious gaze moving to Ivan. Ivan didn't speak, because he had no strength left, and he drooped his head and looked like a patient with a high fever.

John held his breath, stretched out his hands in a curt, and stopped in mid-air again.

"I can't leave him with me, you see, can I leave him alone in the infirmary?" Xiulin squeezed out a bitter and mournful smile, "Aisha, who else does she know here?" I went to your house to see her, she wasn't there, no one had seen her. ”

"I, I've given up the house to the wounded...... John said with a frown. He withdrew his hand and pinched his chin, "What about the people at the medical center? I don't know where she went?"

"The people in the infirmary said that she went out wearing the cloak that Ivan had brought. You know, Mr. John, there are a lot of people at Lino Medical Clinic, and no one pays attention to which direction she is going......" Xiulin shrugged her shoulders slightly and lowered her head. Looking at the sludge-splattered shoes, "Where will she go?"

John ruffled his hair hard.

"Okay, I see, I'll call someone to look for it right away, and I'll ask the people in the church if they have seen it!" After saying that, John turned and hurried away as if he had thought of a hundred thousand urgent matters. Ivan jerked his head up and looked at the half-open gate behind the cloak a few dozen meters away. A rush of panic instantly surged into his heart.

Will Aisha go outside the city?

At such times, she went out of the city...... Do what?

He took a sharp step forward, trying to catch up with John, but there was a bump in front of him, like a ripple of water. Xiulin jerked him to her side.

"There's no rush. We're here waiting for news. Xiulin straightened her face slightly, "Don't worry too much, she'll be back." Aisha she, she's just a road idiot, maybe she'll get lost again, and I'll find her in a while. ”

Ivan turned his head blankly.

Xiulin's expression was a little relaxed, but there was no smile in those eyes that were as dark as night, but a little ...... Watchfulness?

"She's lost?" Ivan felt the edges of Xiulin's face blur. It seemed that the heavens and the earth were about to be turned upside down, and he hadn't had a good rest when he came from Adrian City, plus he had consumed too much magic power, and he had been worried all night. Plus-

A hazy picture came to mind, like a puzzling nightmare.

......

The first thing he saw when he woke up in the storage room of the Lino Medical Clinic. It was Xiulin's pale face.

He lay on the only bunk in the storeroom, as if he had just woken up from his sleep. Xiulin crouched next to him, a bag of rusks scattered on the floor.

"Ivan?" Xiulin's brow furrowed, "how are you?"

Ivan stared at Xiulin for a long time, dazed, he couldn't figure out what was going on, and even, a little unsure whether he was dreaming at the time. After a few seconds, he sat up with a stagger, and suddenly a wave of dizziness hit him.

"Where's Aisha?"

By the way, wasn't Aisha in this storage room just now? right in front of him, right within reach of him!

But now, there are only two people in the storage room, him and Xiulin.

"I fainted?" Ivan only felt very incredible, as if it was only a moment later, and everything around him was different. Xiu Lin looked at him very calmly, her eyes flashing with a slightly strange worry.

"You're too tired, aren't you?" Xiulin's voice was tinged with vague doubt, "Tell me what happened." I didn't see Asha when I came back, don't you know where she went?"

"She'......" Ivan took a slow, slow breath, "she's out?"

"yes, looks like she's out. Xiulin moved her gaze to some of the miscellaneous objects placed next to the pillow. Aisha had a thin headband with a white bow, two magic magic pistols of red thorns and silver roses, and a few others—in short, she had taken nothing.

At the same time, Ivan also saw these things along Xiulin's line of sight, and couldn't help but gasp fiercely.

Didn't Aisha always carry these things with her? Although sometimes she didn't carry a pistol, she always had that headband with her impression!

These things are still there, as if Aisha's shadow is still there, but she, but she is gone.

"She, she didn't tell me she was going out......"

The words that came out of his trembling throat were like someone else's voice, without the slightest sense of reality. Etha she's out...... She's gone......

She seems to have said something like "goodbye". In dreams.

There was a dull pain in his chest, and something collapsed, but he couldn't grasp the clear sense. In the depths of memory, teardrops as clear as rubies silently appeared.

"You don't know what's going on with her?" Xiulin raised an eyebrow, "Okay, I'll go out and find out." ”

While Ivan was stunned, Xiulin had already gotten up and walked towards the door. Turning around, she smiled tiredly and waved her hand.

"Rest here, and I'll be back later." ”

Suddenly, there was a stirring in his chest.

Ivan swayed back and forth, then suddenly stood up and chased after Xiulin. Xiulin suddenly furrowed her eyebrows, and a surprised expression flashed on her face.

"Be careful, you. Xiulin stretched out her hand to hold Ivan, who seemed to be about to fall forward, and sighed slightly, "Do you want to go together?"

"Hmm......" Ivan nodded.

"Then follow me, no matter what...... Don't get lost. I thought- I don't think the little girl has gone far, let's go outside and ask......"

In fact, Ivan had completely remembered that it was not a dream, but a fact that happened not long ago.

Before he lost consciousness, Isha really said "goodbye".

But he didn't want to tell Sù Xiulin anything, as if it was a secret that could not be touched, and once he said something, he had to admit that some things could never be recovered.

Actually, you should want to understand something.

It's just that I instinctively resist and don't want to understand anything.