"Click, click" shiny boots trampled on the wet mud surface, and on this forest road, gorgeously dressed adult men twisted their shoulders and feet paced alone to the pace of a small dance.

The man was draped in a black and purple fluffy robe, and the part that dragged on the ground was covered with mud. He wears a top hat in a color that matches the robe, with a few feathers and sparkling gemstones.

In front of him was an empty dirt road, and the three horse-drawn carriages parked beside him were his life's treasures.

The first carriage is magnificent, with a rectangular carriage made of metal, and the naked eye can feel that the spacious space inside can accommodate a lot of people and goods.

Most of the painted patterns on the car board have long been unable to see the first appearance under the wind and sun, and only a few characters of the circus show engraved are faintly recognizable.

In the middle, a chariot was a sloppy horse, with a thin old horse pulling a cart, a huge tarpaulin covering it with a mountain of goods, and the whole carriage looked like a moving ugly tent, with some bunting hanging on it as a comical embellishment.

The last carriage had no carriage, and behind the front of the carriage was an iron cage with wheels, which was large and large enough for dozens of people to stand in.

However, the door of the iron cage was now open, and the beast that should have been locked inside had disappeared, leaving only half of the rabbit's head spit out from indigestion, and the disappearance of this beast was obviously the reason for the stagnation of the convoy.

The man suddenly stopped, looked affectionately at the woods beside him, bent down, and bowed exaggeratedly to the air.

"Dear gentlemen and ladies! Congratulations on witnessing the most amazing show of the century! In this ......" The man paused abruptly and tugged at his collar with his hand, as if dissatisfied with the performance he had just performed.

"It's not good, it's not good, the opening sentence should be shorter......"

While talking to himself, his golden eyes slowly narrowed together, and he saw a figure swaying in the woods, and it seemed that someone was coming.

The man slowly touched the leather whip wrapped around his waist, and only when he saw a strange man in a women's dress with a shrunken head emerging from behind a big tree with a male lion, the man pretended to smile casually.

"Ah, look whose little idiot is back, it's Rosen! My most loyal child! You brought that big cat back intact, and I knew that although you looked a little stupid, you could still do this kind of trivial thing. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two delicate little faces coming out of the forest behind the freak named Lawson.

The girl in it looked like a little adventurer, lively and cute, and the boy in the back was wearing a black cloak, and his expression was as cold as a frozen piece of wood.

Cesare and Anya walked long in the woods after the freak, who would be silly when he dragged the lion and whatever was asked, and if he walked slowly, the fool would stay where he was and wait for Cesare to follow.

After walking around for a morning, I finally got out of the woods and found the dirt road, and learned that the freak's name turned out to be Rosen.

Rosen, who led the way, excitedly dragged the lion's mane and trotted to the top hat man, and the lion was pulled and screamed, but he never dared to bite him.

Rosen shook his free hand in front of the man in the top hat, and then pointed at Cesare and Anya, a few steps as if to say something.

"They... In the forest, there is a fire, help me find cats, are friends. Rosen's mouth made a dull sound, and he stumbled over a sentence, making people anxious to hear it. The man in the top hat glanced at him briefly, then turned his attention to the two children.

"This is rare, the villain has the courage to guess, the two young masters... Could it be that he came from the city of Karlius? The man in the top hat spoke in a flat tone, but the words of the first meeting surprised both Cesare and Anya at the same time.

"How do you know?" Cesare was immediately alert, and the man in front of him was dressed in a pompous and funny manner, a red face towel covering half of his face below his nose, so that only his eyes could be seen.

As Cesare looked at him, the man's eyes, hidden in the shadow of his hat, looked at Cesare and Anya with a smirk.

His pupils were small, revealing a large part of the white part of his eye, and there was a tear-stained tattoo under his left eye, and the long confrontation made people feel hairy.

"Don't panic, the villain has been traveling north and south for many years, and he has not learned other skills, but he has honed a pair of good eyes to see people. The two of them have an extraordinary temperament and excellent appearance at a young age, and they are definitely not the children of farmers in this forest, and the nearest rich place is only that Karliu City, but... I still don't understand, how did you two end up here? ”

"What a powerful analytical ......" Listening to the other party's explanation, Anya's face was flushed with excitement, and she secretly praised the other party's reasoning. However, Cesare did not think it was anything unusual, and the two of them did not look like children of a real poor family.

After all his experience in an abandoned town, Cesare found it difficult to trust strangers, let alone look suspicious at the moment.

"Can I start with you? Why are you here? Cesare coldly threw the question back.

The man looked at Cesare and shrugged his shoulders again, an incomprehensible laugh coming from under his face toil, then bowed and put his hand on his chest.

"Don't be so nervous, we're just a poor and poor wandering circus, the villain is the head and magician here, you can just call me Claudius."

Claudius took half a step back, raising her arm to point around. "As you can see, the three carriages behind me are my personal property, and if there is anything that can help you, please do not hesitate to give me orders."

Looking in the direction of Claudius's finger, in addition to seeing the three carriages, Cesare also noticed a line of characters on the carriage about the deformed show, looking at Rosen's deformed back with atrophied brains, no wonder there were such strange people in the forest.

I've heard for a long time that some circuses use the physical impairment of people with disabilities as a selling point for their performances, but it's better to see them than to see them.

As Cesare observed the three carriages, several strange little heads suddenly appeared from the back of the carriages, all of them looking much younger than Cesare's, about ten years old, with swarthy faces and mud all over their bodies, probably circus performers or odd boy laborers.

Neither of them spoke, but hid behind the carriage and stared at Cesare and Anya with curious eyes, and made faces at each other when Anya spotted them.

"Circus...... Why in the forest? Or are you just passing through? Cesare was still a little uneasy.

"Well... Yes and no. Young master, you may not know, for our kind of performance, the main thing is to watch a novelty, and if you perform once in one place, you can't sell tickets for the second time, alas, ......" Claudius hugged his shoulders and sighed with emotion.

"We know that this Hunyati is not a place for people to come, but life is not good, and we have to eat this fly meat! If you think there is anything useful in this car, just take it, and then leave some coins so that we can earn it. ”

Claudius spoke eloquently, using too much force as if he was acting in a play, but considering the identity of the other party, he was also used to this way of speaking.

In addition, what the other party said is not reasonable, although the scale is smaller, but the lion, the freak, the regiment commander, the carriage and the workers are all complete, at least the identity of the other party should not be deceiving. Feeling that the temptation was almost over, Cesare stopped asking.

"We're in some trouble... But we don't need your stuff, we need to take your carriage a little bit west, can we? ”

Cesare patted Anya, who was busy grimacing the child laborers, and Anya quickly came back to her senses, her big eyes flashing with innocence, her hands clenched in a pleading gesture, and her expression was pitiful and uncomfortable.

"Please... Mr. ”

"Hmm... To the west? Claudius put her hand to her chin and looked up in thought. Ah, I think we're on our way, but there's no more space in the carriage...... I can only grieve you to sit on the roof of the car. ”

"It's not a problem." As soon as Cesare finished speaking, Claudius was eager to add his terms. "And... If you can, you will need about two gold coins for the journey, plus the sword on the lady's waist, can you give it to the villain? ”

"Sword?" Anya blinked at her waist, the long sword with a rose motif engraved on the scabbard was indeed charming, its blade was cast from stainless steel, the hilt was wrapped in leather for comfort and stability, the scabbard was engraved with delicate ornaments and ornaments, with small sapphires as embellishments, and the white design throughout was elegant and majestic.

The sword is not only a weapon, but also a work of art, and a gift from his father on his birthday.

But at this moment, Anya's mind was just thinking - oh, no wonder he could see that I wasn't a civilian.

And this can be called rude conditions made Cesareton feel annoyed, the other party asked for something in return is a good thing, it is always better to simply seek money than to hide some conspiracy, but the other party's conditions are really too high.

"Are you kidding? What's the difference between this price and a roadblock? ”

"Don't say that, how can I have the guts to rob? It's just that I love money all my life, and it's rare to have the opportunity to do some business, if I really don't think it's appropriate...... Young Master, it doesn't mean that you have to follow my small convoy. ”

Claudius's flattering pleasure makes people angry when they look at it.

Cesare's face sank, thinking that if he really couldn't talk, it would be better to grab a carriage to save time, as long as he used the power of the bone staff, the other party was just a beast, a fool, a child laborer or something, it should be more than enough to deal with it, only to be measured, and no one would even be too seriously injured, but this was also a last resort......