Volume I: Chapter 27 Hitchhiking
It is normal for some animals to pass by on the dark road, but the people who come out of thin air to block the road can really frighten the coachman into a cold sweat, but fortunately the reins were pulled in time so that no one turned over, and the coachman wiped the sweat on his forehead, angry and annoyed.
"You little girl is dying!? How can you have such a ride on a big night? I already have passengers in this car, if you want to take the car, go to the post station, don't get in the way here! ”
But no matter what the driver said, Anya still stood in place, first rubbing her hands expectantly, then raising her right arm and pointing to the sky, her little mouth just opened to say something.
Seeing this, Cesare in the carriage quickly interrupted and shouted unceremoniously to the driver in front of him. "Ignore her! Bypass her and keep walking! ”
The coachman was a little confused, but after all, it was the owner who gave the money, not to mention that the girl looked as if her brain was not normal, and she didn't want to pay attention to it.
So he pulled hard to deflect the direction of the front of the carriage slightly, and with the reins, he drove the carriage again, and drove straight past Anya's side. Cesare sat back in the carriage safely, and was in a big trouble.
As soon as the speed of the car was raised, the driver vaguely heard the sound of a bell coming from the car behind him, and he calculated it in his heart, probably just the branches of the dwarf tree pulled to the roof of the car, and he didn't pay much attention to it.
And after a while, something strange happened, and I just felt as if the sky was about to dawn, and the top of my head was inexplicably shining.
The coachman subconsciously looked up, and suddenly his hair was startled, and he was so frightened that he screamed directly, and the whole carriage shook from side to side a few times.
I only saw the red-haired girl just now standing on the roof of the car behind her at some point, the oil lamp on her waist was the source of the strange light, Anya's hands were slightly spread to the sides like a balance bar, and the girl swayed from side to side as the vehicle swayed, and a pair of leather boots stuck to the roof of the carriage to firmly stabilize the balance.
When he saw that he was found by the coachman, he was a little embarrassed and smirked a few times, like a child who had done something bad was discovered by an adult.
"You! What are you doing there! Come down! The coachman was so frightened that he forgot to look at the road, and hurriedly pulled the reins to stop the carriage, and was about to exert his hands The moment ago, Anya turned over and jumped out of the carport, sat in the passenger seat, and patted the coachman's shoulder as if to calm the driver's emotions.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, don't stop, just keep driving, if there's nothing else, I'll just sit in the back first?" Bye-bye. ”
As she spoke, Anya tossed a shiny silver coin into the air from her finger and landed impartially in the driver's arms, all for the passage plus mental damage.
Before the coachman could figure out something, Anya flipped over from the driver's seat in front of her on the galloping carriage to the outside of the carriage, her arm on the armrest outside, and her whole body hung outside the carriage door.
Knocking lightly on the door, Cesare's brow furrowed even tighter in the carriage, and he still couldn't shake it off? Even if Cesare didn't pay attention, the guest outside the door opened the door, and with a light turn, he slipped into the car and sat directly on the bench opposite Cesare.
"Sorry to interrupt." Anya swayed her legs back and forth and smiled happily, her cheeks bloomed with dimples, her pupils as blue as the sea were full of crystal clear joy, and she looked like a child about to go on an outing.
Anya blinked curiously and looked at every corner of the car, as if she hadn't noticed that Cesare was also in the car until the end, and said hello with a little silly.
"Good evening, Cesare-san, I didn't expect to meet again, do you want to stop by Hunyati?"
Cesare ignored it, his hand lightly resting on his cheek, his fingers pressed against his forehead, and his eyes looked at Anya with heavy eyes, as if thinking about the unexpected situation in front of him.
"Why do you have to pester me?" Cesare asked bluntly. "Is this a coincidence, or is it some ridiculous way you're following me?"
"Because you have a lot of secrets, and even though you are always reluctant to share, I have always lacked resistance to the unknown. As for whether this is a coincidence......"
Anya closed her eyes tightly and hung her head to make a look of exhausting her brains, and said with some confusion when she opened her eyes again. "You may not believe it, but it was a few pigeons that revealed your whereabouts."
As she spoke, Anya also made a quotation mark gesture with both hands. "They told me that a fierce-looking black-haired boy had found a carriage and gone in the direction of Hunyati, and that he wouldn't be able to catch up if he didn't chase him, Coo?"
Listening to Anya's absurd words, Cesarey shook his head. "Sometimes I can't really tell if you're pretending to be or if you're really ...... brain" Cesare didn't say it all, and he was in a terrible mood, not wanting to delve into the crazy words that people didn't understand.
"You don't want to tell the truth, but is it because of that mechanical heart?"
"Basically, yes." Anya smiled and showed off the leather backpack behind her, and the girl gently patted the bag, which was bulging with something.
"I've brought that tin heart, and a bunch of adventure gear and food that you might use, and speaking of which, do you think we'll be in that forest for a few days?"
"No... We're just on the way for the time being, I'm not in the mood to play adventure games with you right now, and it doesn't matter to me where you're going, what you're going to do, or how long you're going to be there when you get to Hunyati, as long as you don't delay my business. ”
Cesare spoke coldly, he was in no mood to be polite to Anya, and he didn't have the energy to think about the mechanical heart anymore.
"Don't be so upset, classmate, do you want to see what good things I have prepared." Anya was about to unwrap the package, when she noticed that Cesare was no longer looking at her, but silently looking at the window, looking preoccupied.
Accustomed to Cesare's often aloof expression, today felt a little different. "What's wrong? Is there something sad about a cold genius like you? Even if you don't like me, you don't have that kind of expression. ”
Anya wanted to continue to joke, but Cesare just lowered his head in silence, lowered his eyes, the young forehead wrinkled uneasy, his eyes were a little loose, he looked so heavy and lost, even though Cesare had tried his best to hide his emotions, but all kinds of uneasiness still appeared on his face.
Seeing Cesare's expression, Anya swallowed her saliva and instantly fell silent while realizing the other party's emotions. She placed the package in the chair next to her, her lips strained a little, and her voice became hoarse.
"Is something wrong? Are you angry with me? Anya smiled to ease the awkwardness, and asked cautiously, but looking at Cesare's side face for a long time still didn't hear a response, the girl shrank back in frustration, and the smile disappeared while leaning her face slightly towards her shoulder.
There was silence in the carriage for a moment, and all that remained was the sound of insects and horses' hooves pulling on the wheels. Cesare stared silently at the night outside the carriage, remembering that it had been so long since he had lived in the Count's house.
All he remembered was that the direction of the castle should have been to the west, through a forest and fields, and the exact distance would probably take more than a week at the earliest, and it was not clear if Klosia would be able to make it until he met the Count and found the herbs for the infection......
At one point, the horrific wound on Closia's arm came to Cesare's mind, striking at his fragile nerves.
"The place we are going to may be far more dangerous than I thought it would be...... You really shouldn't have come along, this has nothing to do with you, and I don't want to involve irrelevant people......"
After saying that, Cesare felt a little regretful, he was worried that Anya would ask what happened, and the helpless Cesare could only hold back the grief and anger in his heart and hide the terrible memories in his heart.
When Cesare glanced at Anya again, the girl's body leaned forward and pressed against it, and Anya's outstretched palm bent slightly, gently resting on the back of Cesare's hand.
Anya tilted her head and smiled sweetly, just a simple finger contact that seemed so soft and intimate in the cold night, although Cesare was very uncomfortable, but it did not stop it.
"Don't worry about me." Anya left her seat almost entirely, half-crouching in front of Cesare in a very cute look, her gentle palms conveying reassuring comfort.
"I didn't plan to go back alive when I came out this time." Anya smiled and said as crazy as ever, Cesare was already surprised and didn't pay much attention to it, just sighed softly and muttered helplessly.
"What a madman...... Let's talk about it first, if something happens, if something really happens, I can't care too much about you......"
"Understood, I will definitely not drag Cesare's classmates back." Anya laughed happily again, withdrew her hand, and jumped back into her chair.
Emerald, Papal Room.
The door of the council hall was slammed open by a man, Winnie, who was sitting in the secretary's seat, was startled, no one dared to break into the council hall so rudely, Winnie looked up and found that the person who entered the door was the Pope himself.
Winnie was stunned for a moment, this was the first time she had seen the Pope so out of shape, and she didn't know what had just happened in the convent.
"Winnie, prepare the car, right away." Winnie quickly packed up and went to prepare the limousine, she knew that now was not the best time to ask.
"Also, let all the cardinals return to Filene." Winnie was about to say something, "This is an order, not a request. "Yes, Holy See."