Chapter 38: Telling Stories
"Don't linger in the territory and make trouble, otherwise the lord won't be soft." Hu Cong glanced at the figure rushing in the distance and said, "After tomorrow, there will be a bounty hunter here, and you better hurry overnight." ”
"Thank you." Cook said gratefully.
The carriage passed through the territory in the dark night, and Little Red Riding Hood looked at the guards patrolling the streets, and couldn't help but say, "I can't imagine that the lord here has sympathy for witches, and other places wish to catch more witches for fun, and they can also confiscate a sum of property." ”
"The previous lord connived at his subordinates to do this, and the other knights followed suit, and the scoundrels and idlers also followed suit, making a mess of the territory, and they didn't seem to know about the ghost castle in the kingdom of Cold." Cook said.
"It's a pleasure for a while." Little Red Riding Hood sighed, "We're in hell."
"Where did you get off?" When it was time to leave the barony, Cook asked, "Further on there is the Great Wasteland." ”
"That Hu never let us stay in the territory, so I had to follow you first." Little Red Riding Hood rolled her eyes and said, "I saved you during the day, you won't abandon me, will you?" ”
"That directive is against heretics, you're a bounty hunter." Cook said.
"You've seen what the witchers look like during the day, they're extreme lunatics, and we rarely deal with them." "We're just in it for the money, and they're in it for the ultimate faith." ”
Cook was silent for a moment when he heard this, is there a difference?
"Is it inconvenient for me to go to the place you are going?" Little Red Riding Hood asked out loud when she saw that Cook was silent.
"They may not be where we went, especially you." "I'm looking for a place to recuperate," Cook said. ”
"Yes, hunters can become prey when they enter the beast's lair." Little Red Riding Hood proposed, "Let's find a family, and this time I'll play your wife." ”
"You're only good at playing kids." Cook looked away and gave the girl an embarrassed look.
"My name is Ellie, and they're both my sisters, the kind of orphans before." Ellie smiled at Cook, "Eddie Irry and Elsa. ”
"I'll go look for you when I'm healed." Cook promised.
"Hmm." Ellie agreed.
After descending the canyon and coming to the woods at the slope, the carriage stopped.
"Walk along the woods until the Dark Jungle is the realm of the forest witch, and I haven't been there any further." Cook showed them the way, "It's not easy to walk inside, why don't you go back at dawn?" ”
"No need, thank you friend, let us do the rest!"
While the Cooks were talking, they saw a green fire rise from the woods, an owl cooed, and a woman in a wizard's robe came out.
"I'm Lucy, the witch of the forest, and welcome a new sister." Lucy walked to the carriage under the light of the green fire, she looked at the four girls with satisfaction, and finally looked at Little Red Riding Hood sitting in the carriage, slightly stunned, "What a heavy bloody breath, are you from the hell genre?"
Bloody breath? Why didn't I smell it? Cook, who was lying there, was stunned, and his nose moved involuntarily.
"I'm a bounty hunter, and I'm going to hunt wizards for this event." Little Red Riding Hood said with a smile.
"Really? It's been traced here. Lucy's eyes narrowed, and she shook her arm, and Little Red Riding Hood similarly lifted the lid of the basket, revealing the weapons inside.
"Can you not be impulsive? Hurt me by mistake again. Cook turned his head to Little Red Riding Hood with difficulty, "Do you want me to be buried with you?" I've said it all, you're too young. ”
"Who are you talking about? Giggles. Little Red Riding Hood didn't take her eyes off Lucy, but a hand reached into Cook's mouth, tugging at the corner of his mouth.
"Sister Lucy, let's go, she saved us at the hands of the witchers before." Seeing Little Red Riding Hood's defiant gaze, Ellie gritted her teeth and pushed Lucy towards the forest, followed by the other three girls.
"Get out of here before the moon rises tomorrow night, or you'll never leave!" Lucy screamed.
"Oh, what's the hell called, it scares my cats."
After Lucy and the others left, a large group of cats instantly took over the area, and the huge figure muttered something quietly, and then saw Cook's carriage.
"Cook?" The wild man's head poked into the carriage just in time to see Little Red Riding Hood, who had his mouth split, "Is this your daughter?" It's so good-looking. ”
"Is this your family? Long really rude. Little Red Riding Hood glanced at the wild man and snorted.
"Friends, all friends." Cook spoke in a leaky air.
"Huh? You're hurt. The wild man stretched out his hand to slap him in the chest.
"It's okay, I've been treated by a witch." Cook hurriedly reached out to stop the finger that was about to inflict a deepening damage on him.
"No wonder they screamed so loudly, you must not have given them money." When the wild man heard this, he suddenly realized, and was about to say something, when he heard the cats barking.
"I've got to go, Mul caught a wild boar today, you can go and taste it." The wild man said, waving to Cook and Little Red Riding Hood, and then disappeared into the darkness with the cats.
"You shouldn't have said that, there are witches behind the forest, isn't your main task to find out the news?" Cook said, rubbing his mouth.
"But that witch gives me the feeling that it is worth much!" Little Red Riding Hood said with her eyes starling, then she became dejected and pouted, "Let's go eat wild boar." ”
"You used to be—" Cook said halfway through when he saw a red light flash in Little Red Riding Hood's eyes, and he quickly stretched out his hand, "Over there." ”
In front of the castle in the Starfall Lands, Mul is roasting boar legs on the fire, while Tusese is boiling mushroom soup.
Originally, they could eat, but the freshly roasted wild boar leg was directly swallowed by the savage alone.
"No one should be robbing us this time." Muer said as he looked at the fragrant, greasy boar legs.
"No, Mul, your mouth has been opened." Looking into the darkness in the distance, he listened to the faint sound of horses' hooves, "Cut it into the plate with a knife, and a guest is coming." ”
The mortally wounded Cook lies in a wagon, fed by Mul, while Little Red Riding Hood sits by the campfire, eating roasted wild boar meat and telling the story of how she rescued the ignorant maiden and the wounded uncle.
"The witcher who can defeat the church is worthy of being a bounty hunter from the royal capital, and I thank you on behalf of Cook." He scooped a bowl of mushroom soup for Little Red Riding Hood, and said to Mul, "Roast that pork rib too." ”
"Thank you for it, I've told you so much, you can tell me interesting stories too." Little Red Riding Hood said, "Like some dark sect here, powerful wizards and so on. ”