By the time the sky was dark, the sky was not yet fully lit but there was already a faint glimmer of light, and the soft wind woke up everything in the forest, and a few drops of dew fell with the breeze and fell on the sackcloth tent with a slight muffled sound.

It was hard to get enough rest in the damp and cold conditions, and Cesare had a bizarre nightmare last night, dreaming that he was back in the carriage again, and the doors of the carriage were locked inside.

In the dream, Cesare's sister Closia lay on the empty bed, the blonde girl with her eyes closed, her face pale, her forehead covered with sweat, and her body trembling in a high fever.

The girl's fragile arm was exposed to the wound infected with mycelium, and Closia groaned her brother's name, as if waiting for her only relative to come back to save her.

Trying to get close to his sister, the whole carriage seemed to be stretched a few meters wider, and he couldn't get to the side of the bed anyway, whether he was walking or running, climbing or jumping, Cesare could only watch as Clocia slowly died in agony.

The fear of powerlessness darkened the dream, and the portrait of the memory was replaced with his own image, and the back was empty, and a helpless Cesare tried to call for help, trying to call out the name of the man Polonis but not answered.

Eventually, he saw the white cloth, which had beneath the specimen's shriveled feet, but now it had become familiar boots......

Cesare uncontrollably lifted the white cloth and saw that the specimen inside was no longer the old woman she had been, but a more petite girl......

Cesare felt hopeless in his dream, his breathing became rapid, and his body seemed to be bound by shackles and became extremely heavy, unable to move.

Under the white cloth, Cesare saw Anya's long-dead face...... The girl had tears on her face, as if she were crying about why Cesare had not protected her.

She cried, her fair skin gradually lost its bloody color, her blue and clear eyes began to melt strangely, turning into cloudy tears flowing down her cheeks, and there seemed to be a mournful sound of wind in her empty dark eyes......

"Anja...... Anya! ”

The despair of suffocating and the sound of hurried footsteps in his ears sounded, and Cesare suddenly woke up at the moment when he called out his name, and at the same time he opened his eyes sharply, the reality of reality flooded into his mind, and all the shattered dreams were banished.

He tried to recall the nightmare he had just had, and gradually realized that the terrible images had become blurry and less and less clear, as if a fog made it impossible to capture any details.

By the faint light of the morning light, Cesare didn't have time to calm his breath, quickly turned over and looked for something, and when he confirmed that Anya's lovely face was still sleeping beside him, his mood slowly freed himself from the nightmare.

Anya fell asleep quietly, only a few inches apart, and she could feel the girl's soft breath blowing on her face, making it ticklish.

As if to confirm that it was no longer a dream, Cesare involuntarily reached out and touched a strand of bright red hair on the girl's cheek, feeling the soft touch and reassuring realism.

Anya's long, thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and her slightly closed eyes opened a slit, and her blue eyes shone with a gentle light, like two pools of clear lakes that had never been polluted by any filth in the world.

Anya and Cesare met their eyes and smiled slightly, their lips reddened.

"Morning, Cesare."

"Hmm... Morning, Anya. ”

Cesare withdrew his hand with some embarrassment, he obviously didn't want to bring it up again, and Anya didn't ask. The two of them tidied up their clothes, tied their hair, and got up early and walked out of the tent.

The people in the convoy woke up early, and the robbers they had encountered before might not honestly swallow the losses they had eaten, and maybe they were still looking for the circus convoy along the road at this time. It never hurts to rush early, just in case.

The child labourers began to show their dexterity again, and soon after Cesare and Anya stepped out of the tent, the four of them embraced each other, unable to utter anything, but made random gestures and cooperated in dismantling the tent.

It's definitely a good thing to see that everything around you is in harmony, as if no one has discovered Cesare and Anja's whereabouts last night.

Seeing that the children were still working with sleepy eyes, Cesare also got busy with the work in order to speed up the preparation, and after moving the tents and brushing the horses.

From a long distance, he suddenly saw a figure emerge from the woods, and although it was far away, Cesare could clearly see his diminutive silhouette.

It was a dwarf who had been beaten by the regimental commander Claudius last night, and he was afraid that he had not spent the night in the field and waited for the convoy to move again before daring to touch it back.

His steps swayed from side to side, his eyes wandered, the collar of his clothes was pulled high as if to cover the wounds on his body, and he began to run in pain again when he walked to a crowded place.

The short and thick calves swayed tightly from side to side for fear of being noticed by others, and trotted all the way to the driver's seat of the freight carriage.

Can you still set up a carriage like that? Cesare couldn't help but be a little worried. But after thinking about it carefully, it should not be the first time he has experienced this kind of thing.

As soon as he untied the horse's leash, he saw a clumsy figure emerge from the woods, the silhouette of the man's body was tall and strong, and his head was deflated like a spinning top, and at first glance it was "stupid" Lawson, but why did he come out of there?

Cesare was curious, only to see the stupid man walk towards Anya in three steps and one turn.

Anya was still chattering happily with the cardinal birds on the branches about something that normal people couldn't understand, and the stupid man's approach directly scared the birds away, leaving Anya standing in place for unknown reasons.

"Huh! Don't go, you haven't finished talking about what happened to your uncle! When she looked back, she saw that the big stupid man had just raised his arm to touch her shoulder.

"Huh? What's wrong? Anya looked up at the other party's sluggish drooling expression and asked easily.

"Uh... This, something, one. The stupid man stumbled and said something incomprehensible, and the other hand hidden behind him slowly stretched out and took out a small white flower. I'll send you ......."

The flower was not pretty, and even after being touched by the dirty hands of the silly Rosen, the stems were covered in black mud. But Anya looked very happy after being pleasantly surprised, took the flower and inserted it in her red hair without disgust, and thanked her with a smile.

"Thank you Rosen, you're so nice." The tone seemed to be communicating with an unenlightened child, but after hearing this, Lawson's face flushed with happiness, and he touched the back of his deflated head stupidly.

Cesare, who was watching from a distance, thought that the fool would make some dangerous moves, but now he was relieved and relieved, patted the horse's neck gently, raised his leg and was just about to leave, when the man's voice suddenly sounded in his ear, and the nerves in his whole body tensed instantly.

"Did you sleep well? Little master. ”

Turning his head sideways, he saw a pair of golden eyes peeking out of the red scarf, and Cesare just kept an eye on the others, not realizing that Claudius, the head of the circus, was already standing beside him unconsciously, and almost at his side.

Cesare could not imagine how this living man could approach him like a ghost, and he was not slow to react, even unaware.

Claudius, the head of the regiment, was nearly two meters tall, leaning over and leaning his mouth against Cesare's ear as he spoke, his golden eyes glowing with a cold light, which was incompatible with the kind and gentle tone of his mouth, as if his eyes and voice came from two very different souls, and he himself seemed to have an invisible force oppressing the air around him.

Cesare was stunned, he remembered the truth he had learned last night, the woman under the white cloth, and he didn't know how to react to such close contact with the other party.

Seeing that Cesare was silent, Claudius, the head of the regiment, raised his body and looked in the direction of Anya and the stupid Rosen.

"That's a nice girl, isn't it? Beautiful, funny, energetic, and kind-hearted, a girl like that is truly more precious than a gem in this world. ”

As he spoke, Claudius, the head of the regiment, lowered his head and looked into Cesare's eyes. "Forgive me for my curiosity and presumptuousness, you... Is it a lover? ”

"No, it's just classmates." Cesare ignored the pressure on his face and tried to keep himself calm.

"Oh... That's a shame. But you know what? I've learned a little bit of divination from people I know, and with my eyes that are very accurate, sometimes I can see through other people's souls and see some... Something deeper. ”

Claudius, the head of the regiment, snorted a few times. "That girl is really not something that ordinary people can get, her soul is like a fierce horse, she will never be satisfied with the current grassland, if you want to get her, you have to accompany her to a more distant place."

Cesare still didn't respond, thinking that the silence would make the other party understand that he was just boring himself, but he didn't expect that Claudius, the head of the regiment, had not finished speaking, and he continued.

"She reminded me of a cat I had in the first place, and that cat was very active and always clinging to me...... Seriously, during the hardest period of my life, I would have gone crazy without that cat. ”

Claudius, the head of the regiment, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes revealed a little sadness. "That cat is amazing, he always likes to climb high and jump down unscathed, first in a low tree and later on the roof."

"I even built a tower for him to perform a high jump during the circus, until finally, on the way we traveled, he found a towering tree, and I thought it would be okay and let it climb up, and it went up confidently and jumped down as usual...... The force of the impact instantly shattered its internal organs, and it didn't take long to ...... And it died. ”