The more Cesare thought about it, the more something strange had happened in the city. Is Closia okay? Sandino and they have not been affected......

Too many problems flooded Cesare's mind at once, and one worry after another, but it was impossible to solve them all at once.

Anya, who was still talking and laughing just now, gradually quieted down, as if something was not quite right in the city.

Anya held Cesare's waist and looked curiously around the city, at the familiar shops, churches, and the twenty-four-hour smoke from the factories in the distance.

Everything is no different from when leaving, but it is indescribably weird, the time is close to night, but few people in every household light up, according to the usual time in memory should be thousands of lights, not such a cold look. ‘

And looking at the direction Cesare chose, it was not towards the St. Carl Stream Academy.

"Cesare-san? Is your sister not in school now? ”

Anya asked, confused, and Cesare suddenly remembered why Anya had gone into the forest and returned to the family castle until now.

Anya didn't know that Closia was also infected by mycelium, and she was only with Cesare for the sake of the adventure itself.

Since Cesare didn't say why, Anya didn't ask questions, and stayed with her until the end of the adventure without knowing the ultimate goal.

Cesare hesitated, although he still didn't want Anya to get deeper and deeper into this matter, but there was nothing to hide from the matter.

"My sister was hurt by that monster before...... Now recuperating in a chapel. ”

Anya blinked in surprise when she heard this, sure enough, it was the first time she knew about it, but before she could ask a specific question, Cesare continued to speak.

"I'll tell you about this later, it's not the same as I planned......" I want to explain, but it's a long story, and the focus now is on making sure that everyone who stays in Karl Stream is still safe.

"Can you please do me a favor? Anya? ”

Cesare pulled the reins to keep the horse on his feet, and turned sideways to look into Anya's eyes, seeking help.

"Of course, I'm here to help." Anya shrugged her shoulders and smiled.

"Can you go back to school first? Help me make sure my friend Sandino is okay and I'll be back to school soon after I see my sister. ”

As he spoke, Cesare subconsciously slowly held Anya's hand, as if the subconscious of his body was unwilling to let her go.

"Sandino? Is it the penguin dancing at the ball? ”

Anya gestured in quotation marks as she spoke, recalling the name and the male creature she had seen on the night of the ball, which was funny in terms of dance steps and dress, but also cute in another way.

Cesare didn't know if it was appropriate to comment on his brother in this way, but he couldn't do much with the time constraints.

"Right...... It's that penguin, if you find him, tell him I'm back in Karl Stream, I'm safe and not in danger......"

Cesare anxiously instructed, and he was now desperate to get to his sister's side, for fear that something terrible had happened.

Before he could finish his sentence, Anya suddenly smiled at the corner of her mouth, and Cesare suddenly raised her arm as she approached the horse.

Gently caressing Cesare's anxious cheeks, the smooth and tender fingertips touched the boy's skin warm and soft, and also eased Cesare's increasingly anxious mood for a moment.

Hair flutters in the wind.

The girl's eyes were full of tenderness and love, and before Cesare could react, Anya's lips gently pressed against Cesare's cheek, leaving a faint mark.

In that moment, all the bleak ruins around him became irrelevant, only the impulse between the two was so real and beautiful.

Cesare's gaze drifted in all directions for a moment, this time he could no longer use the fever as an excuse not to respond, but he really didn't know how to respond.

Only the warm current surging in his heart made his heart beat faster, his cheeks were slightly red, and he felt like he had been tricked after thinking about it, and his heart was itchy and angry.

"Anyway, I'm sorry for you...... Please hurry. Cesare's tone trembled as he said this, and he turned his head away from Anya, who smiled and jumped off her horse, turned back to Cesare and waved her parting salute.

"Come back to me soon, Cesare."

Anya smiled, and then ran into the small alleys of the city, heading in the direction of the school and taking the fastest path. The sound of horses' hooves sounded again behind him, and Cesare left in diametrically opposite directions, and the two separated for a moment.

Anya was running, and the rest in the second half of the distance had restored her physical strength a lot, and she had basically regained her original vitality.

The alleys of Karl Stream are crooked and narrow, the old and new stone walls are carved with the traces of time, and the moonlight casts dappled light and shadow through the buildings of Takamatsu, illuminating the stone pavement.

The stone-paved road is not always smooth, and some of the older roads will make a slight echo when stepping on them.

Wooden windows stand along the street, and the windowsills are filled with all kinds of flowers and plants, but many of the plants in front of the windows have dried up and turned yellow, as if there has been no living people living in the house for a while.

Originally, there would always be homeless people or night shift workers passing by, but now the whole street is unusually deserted, and Anya passes through one street after another.

It was found that the situation in the four parts of the city was slightly different, but the overall prosperity was much less than it was supposed to be, as if half of the population of the city of Karl Stream had disappeared out of thin air.

Exactly what was going on here, Anya thought, Cesare's worries were definitely not unfounded.

Suddenly, in the corner of the corner, a scaly, maggot-covered rotten hand stretched out, and grabbed Anya's running boots, causing the girl to lose her balance in the process of running.

After a brief moment of surprise, he couldn't help but let out a small scream, and then fell forward with a "bang".

The petite palms were propped up in puddles on the road, but because the lack of fingers could not support the weight of the body, the girl fell completely into the water, and her knees hit the ground heavily.

Anya's clothes were soaked in an instant, and she turned her head to look at something in the darkness with a pained expression on her face.

It was a skinny, half-dead vagabond, his face in the moonlight as bad as a corpse, and he seemed to be terrified, and his facial muscles were twisted and distorted with the fear of something.