Chapter 16: Vision
Happy Double Day to all***
Fayl felt a chill behind him, and when he realized that he could finally speak, he asked dryly, "So you actually want to knock out my brain in the morning?"
"Uh-huh......" Dearlando's voice muffled from his knees.
The mage stepped back as if nothing had happened, and then continued to ask, "Then do you still want to eat me now?" From one to ten, what do you estimate the intensity of this impulse to be?"
Diarlando's head moved, he lifted himself from his knees, glared at Fayer and said, "What? Now I know I'm scared? To be honest, I've never been five, and now it's about seven, if you have to have a comparison." ”
"You...... Are you kidding me?" asked the defender as he raised his hand tentatively, but seeing that Deirlando's tone was no longer as low as it had been, it had almost returned to its usual appearance.
Diarrando smiled self-deprecatingly in the dark, and then he said in his usual relaxed tone, "Of course, if you want to eat, Rises wants to eat, how can it be me." I'm just a little drunk......" said and put his head on his knee again.
Fayer waited for a long time, but there was no answer, and he cautiously approached and pushed, and found that Diarrando was asleep. The mage stood silently for a moment, and Diarrando's disguise was very stiff. If I guessed correctly, the catharsis of the emotions just now should be the third time I lost control today, but this time it was only emotional. If the runaway continues at such a frequency, it is only a matter of time before it is only a matter of time before it eats people or destroys shijie.
"Should I run away?"
Fayer asked the question silently into the air. Then he immediately shook his head and vetoed it, there is a contract, no matter how far he escapes to the ends of the earth, as long as the dragon moves a thought, he can make his life worse than death. There is only one way to survive now, and that is to help Diarrando pull the blind horse galloping on the cliff, the question is...... How to pull.
A figure suddenly shook to the side, and when the mage turned his head to look, he saw only half of his back, what appeared to be a light-haired child, from the sleeping Diarlandor to the back of the tree.
Fayle immediately turned to the back of the tree and looked around, but there was no sign of the child. I don't know if it's a resident of the village, and I don't know if I overheard the conversation between the two just now. But it didn't matter if the conversation just now was heard by ordinary people, and no one would believe what a child said, so Fayle simply gave up after looking around.
Dearrando fell into such a deep sleep that he probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon. Fayer ran to the square to say hello to Zoya, told her that everything was done, and then went back to his carriage to continue studying Reseth's super saliva. Anyway, such a close-range carnival entertainment doesn't need your own magic and tricks, and it is more secure to return to your own little world.
When the clock struck midnight, everyone took a handful of wheat from their bosoms and threw it into the sky, and then used the hem of their skirts to pick up the ones that others had scattered, and it was said that the one who picked up the most would have the most good luck in the following year. The next morning, families mix the wheat, which symbolizes sunshine, harvest and happiness, with other grains to cook breakfast and share it with the whole family, so that the festival is a complete end.
In the midst of the frolic, this year's winner is finally out and is a sweet little woman. Everyone congratulated each other, and then they were invited by the couple to have dinner at their house tomorrow. It's actually a consistent tradition, like a disguised extension of the holiday by a day, and everyone readily accepts it. Filled with wine and food, the people who were in high spirits reluctantly said goodbye to each other and returned home with their belongings.
The circus people also helped clean up the venue, although it was not a paid performance, but the hospitable villagers still gave a lot of tips, plus a variety of food and drink, this night can be regarded as a lot of gains. Achille was helping a family put tables and chairs in their carriage when he suddenly noticed a child about Luna's age eating apples and playing with his legs in a nearby tree, and he was still there when everyone around him was almost gone.
"Hey...... What about your family, why don't you go back?" Achille asked with concern, he was afraid that the child was too busy playing and separated from his family. The child, whose face was hidden in the leaves, smiled and said, "My family lives next to the square, and you see that the mill over there is my home, and it is rare that I can go to bed late one day a year, so I don't want to go home so early." ”
Achille looked east in the direction the child pointed, and sure enough, there was a faint tall black shadow on the riverside, which seemed to be the shape of a waterwheel. He wondered, as if he hadn't seen it during the day. But since it's not lost, I'm relieved.
It wasn't until he was done with everything and put Luna into bed that Achille remembered the kid again. The carriage on the way to Fayle was about to pass by the tree, so he stopped by to take a look, but he did not expect that the child was still there. Now Achille felt a little strange, it was already about one o'clock in the night, and the child's family hadn't come to him yet?
"Hey, it's me, why are you still playing outside, aren't you worried about the people in your family? Do you want me to send you back? Or are you stuck in the tree and can't get down?" Achille estimated the height of the branch, which was about ten feet above the ground, and the trunk was relatively smooth, and it was not ruled out that the child climbed up and did not dare to come down.
"You're underestimating people. Before he could finish speaking, the boy jumped off a branch that was more than two people above the ground, startling Achille.
It was a very beautiful child with short blond hair, two large green eyes, a face covered with freckles peculiar to his age, and a particularly white skin and red lips. For a moment, Achille mistook it for a girl. However, the other party's costume and the way of acting with a big grin immediately dispelled Achille's suspicions.
"Hi, my name is Achille, the ...... of the circus," Achille bent down and held out his hand to introduce himself. Because he is used to getting along with his sister, he is very skilled in dealing with children.
"Hi, my name is Diarlando, and the ...... of the Buck family" The blonde child graciously reached out and shook his hand, then said, "Would you like to come to my house for a snack? ”
Achille was stunned when he heard the name, and then said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I also know a person named Diarlando, he is my eldest, and he is the super drinker tonight" The young man'......s voice stopped in the middle of speaking, and he carefully looked at the child in front of him with the help of the oil lamp in his hand, and found that in addition to the name, even the appearance also had a very familiar feeling.
It can't be that coincidental, right...... Achille began to drum in his heart, but curiosity led him to agree to the strange child's invitation: "Okay, I'll send you back." ”
The two of them chatted casually along the way, and soon walked in front of the big mill. It is a huge three-story brick and wood house, and there is a small garden full of flowers and plants in front of the house. The child, also named Diarlando, pushed open the door of the courtyard with the bell hanging, and the bell rang far away in the silent night.
The light in the room immediately moved, and someone quickly opened the door, and a slender female figure appeared in the doorway, and the warm golden light suddenly paved the road from the gate to the garden gate.
But Achille began to tremble because of the bright light that everything was translucent. It was only where the child walked that things began to gradually become solid.
Achille's gaze could have seen directly through the woman at the door, but when the boy threw himself into the woman's arms, she became no longer transparent.
It was a beautiful young woman in her twenties, with long golden cloud-like hair loosely tied to one side, and a thin nightgown draped over her body, apparently intending to sleep. At this moment she caressed the blonde child's head lovingly, and when she heard what the child said, she looked up at Achille and smiled.
"Achille, why are you still standing there? Come here, my mother's muffin cake is the best in the village. The mother and son standing in the candlelight looked happy, and the "Diarlando" beckoned to Achilli and warmly invited him. However, Achille had no courage to stay any longer, so he hurriedly excused himself, turned around and ran away.
He didn't dare to look back all the way, for fear of turning around and seeing the ghost standing behind him, running to the mage's carriage in one go, and jumping into Fayle's carriage without knocking on the door. As soon as the curtain of the carriage door was closed, Achille panicked against the wall of the carriage and shouted: "Master, master, no, this place is haunted!!
Fayle, of course, hadn't slept yet, and he was studying the solution that had been boiling in the cauldron for an afternoon to see if there was a small amount of saliva dissolved in the liquid. He turned his head to look at the pale Achilli and asked, "Oh, what the hell?"
"Uh...... A little ghost, and his mother, and then a haunted house, the point is that the ghost actually has the same name as the boss!!! "Achille is a little incoherent, you must know that when he first met Diarlandor, Diarlando was also in the state of a ghost. She also turned into a beautiful woman and tempted herself to pick up the dragon egg, but isn't Diarlando already alive here, and a new ghost will come out of Weishenme?
Fayl snapped and crushed the test tube in his hand, ignoring the hot liquid spilling everywhere, he grabbed Achille's shoulder and ordered, "Where? Take me there at once." ”
"Where's the boss? I'm going to ask him to come and see it! The kid looks like him. Achille turned and lifted the curtain of the door, jumped out of the carriage, and prepared to lead the way.
"He's drunk, and he's sleeping under a tree, and I don't think you'll wake him up. I'll just go over and see it with you. Fayl jumped out of the carriage after Achille, and then pointed in the direction of the tree.
Achille ran over to check it, and found that Diarlando, who smelled of alcohol, was indeed asleep under the tree, and when he pushed it, he found that he was sleeping deeply, so he had to pull a thin blanket and cover him, and then turned around and continued to show Fayle the way.
The stars shimmered, casting a faint silver glow over the surrounding landscape, and in the hazy night, the huge black mill stood like a monster in front of Fayl and Achille.