Hank did it, and he managed to get the slave boy to the bathroom.

A wooden door that seems to be temporarily embedded in the wall opens to reveal a fresh, white bathroom.

Hank: "Okay little one, now you need to take off your clothes, soak in the hot water, and after a good bath, a delicious dinner awaits you." ”

Saying that Hank wanted to help the other party take off his clothes, the shabby clothes were like dead branches and old vines wrapped around the boy's body, and Hank doubted that he could take them off alone. But just as Hank stretched out his hands, the boy jerked his back against the wall, acting very resistant, as if he was hiding some secret.

Hank's movements paused, and he looked at the boy seriously for a while before jokingly saying, "Okay, I know you're hiding your shyness by behaving like this, so I'll leave you here alone, can you clean up your body?"

Of course, there would be no answer, so Hank acquiesced, and when he turned to leave the bathroom, he suddenly turned back and smiled, "But I think you need a little convenience so that it will be easier to take a shower." ”

Hank pointed his finger, and the ring around the boy's neck fell, and he caught it before he actually left the bathroom.

The boy was stunned, he touched his empty neck, and was stunned for a long time.

......

...

Leaving the bathroom, Hank went outside, where he sat down across from the businessman who was working and threw the hoops and chains in his hands on the workbench.

The merchant looked up and said, "He told you to take this thing off?"

Hank: "No, I took it off for him, and I wonder why you didn't get this disgusting thing off him in the first place." ”

Merchant: "You didn't do that when you first met him, I thought you and I thought the same thing." ”

Hank: "It was because of the first meeting, after he had suffered so many sins, that it was better to start with verbal contact than physical contact, and don't tell me you don't know, from the time I saw him, I had already removed the weight of the iron ring and the chain, even if it was out of objective kindness, rashly touching what the other person resisted would be counterproductive, and, what do you mean that I think the same as you?"

Merchant: "He's a slave. ”

Hank asked, "So what?"

Merchant: "So this iron ring, which symbolizes slavery, has a different meaning to him, and I don't want to take it off so easily." ”

Hank opened his mouth, but finally didn't speak.

You can't force an emotionless person to understand the suffering of others.

Hank looked at the hoop on the table and felt so glaring that he raised his hand to remove the hoop itself, leaving it to cease to exist.

Hank suddenly said, "I think we need to get to know this kid seriously." ”

Merchant: "Well, that's my business, and I'll take care of it, after I'm done." ”

"Nope. Hank refused, "From now on, this is also my business, maybe it is because I haven't been in contact with human affairs for too long, and my feelings have become a little dull, this feeling is terrible, I don't like it very much." ”

Merchant: "Aren't you traveling every day?"

Hank sighed and said, "Yes, it is precisely because I travel 'outside' every day that I can't get in touch with human affairs. ”

......

...

The next day, at Hank's strong request, he successfully forced the merchant and he to take the boy to the upper town of Devonburg, the purpose of this trip was to buy the boy suitable clothes and some things for his personal daily life, the pace of the season is moving rapidly, autumn is going to winter, Hank does not want a thin child to wear thin clothes in winter.

As for the merchant, he felt that Hank's move was simply redundant, at least there was no need to be so anxious, the summer had just passed and the autumn was coming, and the climate had not completely changed, where was the winter?

The Upper Town of Devonburg was a whole new world for the slave boy, who had never seen so many people, nor such magnificent carriages, nor so tall houses.

The boy's eyes widened and he stood on tiptoe, as if he wanted to take in everything in front of him.

Hank: "Okay little guy, which store do you want to visit first?"

The boy's attention was not on himself, much less on the shops decorated with fancy clothes, but on the food shops on the other side of the street.

Hank noticed this, and the boy's eyes showed emotion for the first time, which was good, and he said, "Maybe we should fill our stomachs first, or we won't have the strength to go shopping." ”

It's a barbecue restaurant, and unlike other high-end restaurants, it's more like a small shop with a little bit of sophistication, which is a rarity in Uptown.

Hank looked around the meat in the store, and finally decided, "Boss, let's have a grilled lamb chop for each of us." ”

Merchant: "No, although the injury has recovered, the body has not recovered, the mutton has conflicted with the medicine I have used recently, and the greasy food of barbecue is not good for your current body at all." ”

The merchant stated in a flat tone, as if telling the boy and as if telling Hank.

It's just that he didn't look at anyone.

There is no emotion in the language, and there is no expression on the face, just like the sound of gears in the machine, stiff and cold, without any opinion or emotion. Every person, every action, every sentence has its own color, and the blank person is the first time I have seen it.

The boy looked up at the tall man beside him.

This kind of treatment made him feel comfortable.

Hank: "Don't be like this, once in a while doesn't have much effect, I think this kid really wants to eat, don't you want to eat?"

The intention was to dissuade the businessman, but when he saw the boy shaking his head and refusing, Hank was stunned.

The merchant looked around, pointed to a restaurant and said, "Here, fish porridge is suitable for health." ”

He was more direct, and walked away as soon as he was chosen, without asking for advice at all. The boy lowered his head and followed behind, looking at the pair of ankles in front of him, and he thought, these are a pair of big feet that are as reassuring as his father.

Hank touched his chin and smiled strangely, he looked at the big and the small on the spot alone, and began to have a hunch that the two of them would get along better than he imagined.

......

...

Blackwater City is quite a distance from Devonburg, especially as the whole team moves forward together.

After more than ten days, Doliwa led the convoy to the territory of Devonburg, and five kilometers away from Devonburg, Doliwa ordered the convoy to choose an open space to camp.

Gog: "Boss, what are we going to do next?"

Doliva: "What the hell are you going to do? Can't you think with your own brain? Just come and ask me all day long, you were born without a brain?"

Along the way, the slave trader was in a very bad mood, and his temper became worse and worse, and it should be said that he was not in a good mood since he learned that the cheap woman had secretly released the slaves, and then when he learned that the slaves had fled to Devonburg, his anger immediately broke through the critical point.

A damn child, a number eight, had the will to flee here, and even more outrageously that no one had found him along the way, which was not something that a child could do, and Doliva once suspected that Jasmine had arranged for someone to pick up the slaves.

"Gog, listen to me, this time the matter is not trivial, it must be solved secretly, very secretly, if the master of Devonburg knows about this matter, the devil knows what crazy things this loyal dog of the royal family will do. Doliva warned, and his hand trembling at the mention of the ring, "You must not leak the news, you know what I mean? Absolutely not! Tomorrow you will take a few useful men into Devonburg to find out the news, find this stinky boy for me, and it is best to bring him back, and I will teach him a lesson with my own hands, and if not, let him disappear from this world forever, and never be in trouble!"

Gog: "Boss, this ...... It's just a mute kid, what can he do, are we too nervous?"

Finally Doliva couldn't control himself, he slapped the other man in the face, and scolded: "Pig, stupid pig, I will no longer ask you to think about things with your pitiful little brain, I just need you to remember every word I say, do everything I tell me, hear it!"

The loud shouting and scolding made all the guards look this way, and they all saw their captain being slapped hard in front of them.

Gog gritted his teeth, nodded heavily, and walked away.

Damn Doliva how dare you humiliate me in front of everyone, fuck, if it weren't for me, would you have been able to get to this point with you, a soft-footed shrimp? Wait, one day I'll make you look good!

The captain of the guard turned his back and left in a rage, and the slave trader also fell in a rage, and he lay in the carriage, and he was angry. After thinking about it for a while, Doliva decided that he couldn't just press the treasure on one Gog, and if there was an accident later, just with Gog's clue, the fire would definitely burn down the line to himself, and Doliva had to be prepared to be able to completely sever his relationship with Gog when necessary.

Under the night sky, the two angry people, each with a ghost.