Nock was confused by [The Ripper]'s message.

He couldn't understand why the other person would say something like that to him.

However, Nock didn't have the heart to think about an enemy who temporarily turned an enemy into a friend.

His most anxious thing now was to find a way out of this wood.

I don't know where the hell this is, that damn [Ripper] must have deliberately left him here just to see him laugh.

Nock thought so, otherwise why would [Ripper] go in such a hurry!

Nock closed his eyes, crossed his hands over his shoulders, and muttered a word.

"O spirit frolicking in the forest, do what I ask, do what I want. Detective! ”

Nock's spiritual power centered on himself spread out in all directions.

Soon, Nock opened his eyes and exclaimed with joy:

"There it is!"

Nock turned to his right-hand side and ran quickly.

In this direction, he captures the familiarity.

A few minutes later, Nock's eyes lit up, and he rushed out of the forest, seeing a large silver mirror.

It's a lake!

It's the lake in Archduke James's "back garden"!

It turned out that the [Ripper] actually brought him here.

It's only three blocks from the boulevard!

The boulevard is just northwest of the lake!

Nock can be back in the monastery soon!

Nock ran excitedly, and soon saw the bridge across the lake, and Nock ran up with joy.

Fifteen minutes later, a panting Nock finally stood in front of the monastery gates.

It's just that for some reason, he looked at the dark monastery and had a bad feeling in his heart.

His key was presumably lost when he fell into the river.

Nock had no choice but to lift the warning trap on the gate, and jumped over the iron gate into the front yard.

Nock went to the parlor first, but didn't see Lillian.

Nock guessed that they might have gone to Nock's small building in the backyard to rest.

So, Nock walked back to the backyard in addition to the front yard.

Two days have passed, but the backyard still smells of burning.

Nock walked to his small building.

At this time, the small building did not have a trace of light, standing alone in the night.

With the help of the bright moonlight, Nock walked into the corridor of the small building.

"Tread, tread, tread."

Nock walked down the wooden staircase, his steps a little hurried.

He pushed open the study on the second floor, and there was no one.

His heart tugged inexplicably.

He turned and ran briskly upstairs, the stairs making a "knock knock" protest sound.

"Gah-"

Nock pushed open the bedroom door as gently as he could, but the full moon was on the other side of the window, and the moonlight did not shine into the room, and the light in the room was dim.

Nock couldn't see the inside of the room, but vaguely saw a black shadow arching up on his bed.

"Illumination!"

Ignoring the disturbance, Nock lit up the room with illumination.

He didn't look anywhere else, but immediately locked on the three heads clustered together on the bed.

Among the three people covered with quilts is Lilian, who is asleep and frowning, with a sad face.

On each of her shoulders was a small head that had obviously cried, with red and swollen eyes.

That's the Haywell siblings.

Nock's breath became heavy when he saw this.

Sure enough, something happened!

Nock walked gently to the bed, looked at the sleeping three, and felt inexplicably irritable.

One less person!

Colwell is not here!

Something must have happened, otherwise Lillian wouldn't have fallen asleep with her arms around the Haywell siblings!

Where did Colwell go!

Nock was eager to wake the kids up and ask about Colwell's whereabouts.

But he looked at the Hywell siblings huddled in Lilian's arms, and at Lillian, who bit her lip unconsciously from time to time, and he gave up on this plan.

"Tranquilizer!"

Nock cast a first-level magic spell to calm the emotions of the three people in their sleep.

The three people who were soothing finally stretched their brows and dreamed with a smile.

Nock gently moved his chair and sat down in front of the bed.

Collow's whereabouts can only be asked at dawn.

I don't know what time it is now, and even if I want to find someone, it's not the right time for me.

In this way, guarding the three little ones, Nock himself dozed off.

He was so tired today.

So, Nock sat down in his chair and fell asleep in a daze.

The illumination was also ineffective due to Nock's slumber, and the room fell back into darkness.

Early the next morning.

When the first rays of sunlight fell on the roof, Lilian, who was asleep, instinctively opened her eyes.

"Hmm~ I feel a little refreshed today!"

Lillian wanted to stretch out her hands, but found that her hands were numb!

The shoulders are still a little heavy!

She quickly turned her head to look, and then suddenly remembered that she was sleeping with Hywell and Avril in her arms.

"Hywell, Avril, wake up, it's time to get up."

Lilian reluctantly patted the two children on the back with her sour hand, calling them softly, for fear of scaring them.

Enough of yesterday's frightening and uneventful events.

The thought of what had happened yesterday made Lillian's heart flutter and frown.

In the future, will the three of them really be left to depend on each other?

Can she, a girl who can only do housework, really be able to keep the convent and her two children?

Lilian was confused at the moment.

Even when she was burned at the stake by her uncle as an evil demon, she was never so confused.

Even when her adoptive father John died, she still believed that Nock would take care of them.

But now, she has to take on the family by herself and take care of the two children growing up, can she really do it?

Lillian fell into deep self-doubt, but she didn't notice that there was an extra chair and a sleeping person in front of the bed nearby.

At this time, Haywell and Avril, who were awakened by Lillian, both opened their confused eyes.

The difference is that while facing away from the bed, Hiwell yawned and rubbed his eyes to get up, he didn't forget to say hello to his sister and sister.

"Good morning, Lillian. Good morning, Avril. ”

It's just that Lillian, who was in a daze, didn't hear his greeting, and Avril, who heard his greeting, looked behind Hywell with surprise in her eyes, and seemed to rub her eyes with her hands several times as if she couldn't be sure.

"Avril, what are you doing, your eyes hurt?"

Hywell sat up nervously, reaching for Avril's hands as he rubbed his eyes.

"It's my brother! Brother Nock is back! He wasn't locked up by the Queen! Brother Nock is fine! ”

Avril screamed and jumped up from the bed, got up from the bed under Hywell's surprised gaze, rushed past him, and pounced on the figure sitting in a chair on the edge of the bed.

Fortunately, Nock had long been woken up by Avril's screams, and although he was a little confused, he still caught Avril's "death" behavior.

"Don't! Other! Other! ”

In a panic, Nock opened his hands to catch Avril, and then with a "bang", Nock and the chair were knocked to the ground by the impact.

Fortunately, Nock hugged Avril tightly so that he didn't fall her.

Lillian and Hywell, also awakened by Avril's screams, see Nock catch her and fall.

"Brother Nock! Avril! Are you all right? ”

Lillian and Hywell hurriedly jumped out of bed and helped the two on the ground to their feet.

"We're fine, just a little slam."

Nock, who got up, said that he was completely fine, and put Avril in his arms down.

"I'm back, sorry to worry you."

Nock's words suddenly detonated three small emotions.

"Wow!" The three smaller ones pounced on Nock and hugged him.

Lillian threw herself into Nock's arms, crying loudly.

"Boom, Nock, you're finally back! They said you're locked up, I'm so scared, I'm so scared that you'll never come back. ”

"Whoa, whoa, Brother Nock, you're finally back. Don't leave us behind! I'll be obedient! ”

"Brother Nock, you're back. If you don't come back, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect Lillian and Avril alone. Woooooooo ”

Nock wrapped his hands around the three little ones who pounced on him, his eyes were full of distress, but his heart was full of anger.

If the queen hadn't summoned herself, she wouldn't have been attacked at all, and the little ones wouldn't have to be afraid.

And, Nock wondered if the carriage that hit him was not arranged by the Queen.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that he was knocked out of the palace gate.

But now is not the time to think about this, to take revenge, Nock is powerless now.

"Alright, alright, I'm back, how could Brother Nock leave the lovely Avril alone?"

Nock wrapped his right hand around Lillian's waist, grabbed Avril's hand with his left hand and lifted her up, then lifted his left leg underneath and hugged Avril in the crook of his left arm.

As for Hywell, as a boy, Nock could only stretch out his left foot and reluctantly let him hug his thigh.

It took a while to coax the crying people, and then Nock let go of them and asked the question in his heart.

"What happened yesterday after I left? Why is Colwell not at home? ”

As soon as Nock's question came out, the faces of the other three changed suddenly.

Lillian's expression was tangled, biting her lip and not knowing how to speak.

Avril wrinkled her nose and her expression became lower.

Only Hywell shouted with indignation: "Brother Nock, don't mention that traitor again!" He is a traitor, we don't care about him! ”

Hywell's reaction made Nock startled, and it seemed that the facts were a little different from what he had guessed!

"Hywell, what's going on! You come and tell me! Don't lie! ”

Nock crouched down in front of Hywell, his hands on his shoulders.

Lilian hurriedly interjected, "Knock, forget it, don't ask. Colwell is fine. ”

However, Nock only stared at Haywell and stubbornly asked, "Tell my brother, what's wrong with Collower?" Did something happen to him? ”

Haywell looked up at Lilian, who gave him a fierce look, and hesitated in his heart, but decided to tell Nock the truth.