Chapter 557, Seven Days of the Little Thief
In the funeral village, the red boy led Xiaoyun slowly, but he carefully inspected the border city of the forbidden area and felt a unique exotic atmosphere. Named after "sin" and born because of "sin", the Funeral Village has long formed an independent small world, but in this unique social form, it is not disorderly, but orderly.
Because there are countless strong people in charge, the atmosphere of the Funeral Village is different from other forbidden cities, and it is not speaking with fists. A "safety committee" has long been set up in the village to maintain order in the village. Protect pedestrians and villagers from harm.
And because of the abundant production of Furi Village, from time to time there are all kinds of business travelers, bringing all kinds of rare things from all sides of the mainland, exchanging special products with adventurers or villagers in the village, and all parties are mixed. Therefore, there needs to be someone to maintain public order and protect the trade in the village from being unrestricted. From time to time, patrols come and go in the village to control the troublemakers.
The red boy walked all the way, but he had already come to the funeral village market, looking at the lively and flashy scene in front of him, and felt something. This entire Funeral Village is already a small kingdom, and although it is nominally a place of exile, it is no longer restricted except for the annual payment of a part of the income to various forces.
"Stop!"
At this moment, a commotion came from the other side of the market, and then a sound of footsteps was heard, and a small figure appeared in the sight of the red boy and his son. But I saw the somewhat small figure, emaciated, holding a bag of rotten fruit and two soggy fat perch in his hands.
He looked panicked, his face was yellow and thin, but he ran fast, his body was ragged, his hands and face were covered with dust, but his wrists and neck were clean. It's fast. Like a gust of wind, it shuttled through the crowd, and a few dodges disappeared into an alley.
"Seven days, you thief, stop me!"
An angry roar came, and a huge figure ran out of the alley on the side, separated the crowd, and sighed helplessly towards the alley where the young figure had disappeared. The shoulders are big and the waist is round. has a sideways face and a greasy body, but it doesn't look hideous, but a little innocent.
"Parson, your civet looks like it's running out of dinner again. ”
The vendor at the fruit stall on the side looked at the fat man who was chasing after him, and then turned his head to look at the alley opposite, and a slight strange look flashed in his eyes.
"Hey, seven days, boy. He refused to learn from me. ”
When the butcher named Parson heard this, he stopped, sighed, and then looked at the nearby vendor, and with a slight sigh in his eyes, he said, "Poor Jasmine, but this boy is getting better and better on the seventh day. ”
After that, the corner of his eye was looking at the corner of the fruit stand. There used to be a handful of bananas, but now it's long gone.
"Jasmine ......"
Smell the butcher's words. The peddler's expression changed slightly, and then he suddenly felt the strangeness of the butcher, but he looked towards his own fruit stall, his expression changed again, and he shouted: "Seven days, you little rabbit!"
But everyone in the market on the side saw this scene, but their faces remained unchanged. It seems that it has long been accustomed to it, and it is not strange. However, some outsiders on the side were curious, and asked the people in the village, and some whispers reached the ears of the red boy.
It turns out that Peter, the fruit vendor, the butcher Parson, and Jasmine, who they speak to, are all "natives" of the Funeral Village. That is, the offspring of sinners. The relationship between the three of them is good, very harmonious, and the qualifications of the three are good, although they are young, they have already reached the seventh order powerhouse, even if they are placed on the mainland, they are considered rare geniuses, and they have been valued by all the forces in the Burial Day Village.
Jasmine, in particular, has both light and dark attributes, and is an absolute magical genius, who has been taught by the elders of the village and focused on cultivating. Later, I heard that a god-level master had taken a fancy to Jasmine and wanted to take her out of the Funeral Village and lift the curse on her body.
And there are big forces to show goodwill to Jasmine's parents, saying that if Jasmine is handed over, they can pardon the identity of this family of "sinners", undo the curse for him, and let him fly away. And the most fundamental reason is said to be because there is a noble "adult" who has taken a fancy to Jasmine's beauty and qualifications.
This incident caused an uproar in Funeral Village, but there is no doubt that Jasmine is in the middle of the storm, on the cusp. Although the Funeral Village seems to outsiders to be like a paradise, with abundant products and merchants, there is nothing lacking, but in the eyes of those who live in the Funeral Village, they feel that they are not free.
After all, most of the people in the village are sinners who have been "banished" by the gods, and they are cursed to live forever and cannot leave this place. The Funeral Village is like a cage, this is all they have, isolated from the sun, and the world of flowers and flowers outside is forever.
Especially for young people born here, leaving the Funeral Village is an unattainable dream, and it is definitely worth everything. Although Jasmine's parents are also considered strong, they have also lived outside, and they have been exiled here due to some kind of implication, and in their hearts, they are eager for the outside world.
But for this purpose, they need to pay their daughter, which makes the two feel very confused and hesitant. After all, although the outside is good, but obviously his daughter is more important, and it is rumored that the adult has always liked the new and hated the old, and he abandoned the new woman after not playing a few times.
For Jasmine, the world of flowers outside is beautiful, but the thought of that person makes her feel bored and even disgusting. So he flatly refused the request of the "adult", saying that he was used to the morning and twilight of the funeral village and did not want to leave.
This move angered the "adult", and the unfathomable strong man showed his ugly face, forcing Jasmine's parents to make Jasmine submit, and even finally executed the two in front of Jasmine. Jasmine, on the other hand, did not give in, although she looked at her parents' relieved expressions when they were dying, and her heart was sad.
Finally the adult got bored and went away disappointed, and before leaving, he turned Jasmine's parents into stones, and cursed Jasmine so that she could never be united with the man, and if he did, the man would be killed by the curse. Because of this, Jasmine has since stayed away from two friends who grew up together.
Then the people of the village began to stay away from Jasmine, believing it to be ominous. Jasmine lives alone and begins to adopt a number of abandoned babies who have been abandoned because they have no magical talents, the first of which is Seven Days.
Legend has it that Jasmine was found in the forbidden place of the Valley of Burial for Seven Days, and was supposed to have been abandoned by travelers from outside. When he was found, the baby had passed out, so weak that he could not even cry. It was brought back to the village by Jasmine, repeatedly treated with light magic, and carefully cared for for seven days before he was revived and brought back to life.
So Jasmine named him "Seven Days". It can be regarded as remembering the origin of this child. Because he has no talent for magic, Xiao Qiri has been bullied by the children in the village, and he has gradually become unsociable. But it's strange to say, although Xiao Qiri has no talent for magic, but he is not small for alchemy and combat skills, and he will learn anything as soon as he learns.
It's a pity that because of talent, it is always difficult to achieve great achievements, but his skills are becoming more and more agile, like a bobcat. often teased the children who bullied him at the beginning, and even made some harmless jokes with the people in the village.
Of course, in the eyes of Parsons and Peter, in addition to being smart, Seven Days is also a "habitual thief", of course, this is also the result of their deliberate connivance, but Seven Days plays a role in communication between the two and Jasmine. Whoever let Jasmine not see outsiders since the death of her parents will go out in the dead of night. He even used magic to cover up his tracks.
"Seven days?"
The red boy turned his head to look at the alley opposite, looking at the deep alley. There was a thoughtful look in his eyes, but he vaguely felt a sense of familiarity that he had never felt before. The young back before had a strange and familiar atmosphere, which surprised the red boy. It turns out that the induction in the dark has been because of this person.
Sigh softly. The red boy shook his head, and slowly walked away with Xiaoyun in another direction, cause and effect are always flowing slowly, the cause of today, the effect of other days......
In a gloomy courtyard in the Funeral Village. A beautiful woman in black looked at the seven days not far away with a loving face, and a little complicated color flashed in her eyes. In his hand, he was holding food such as fruits and fish that had been "stolen" from the market seven days before.
"You naughty little fellow, you're going to provoke your Uncle Parsons and Uncle Peter again. ”
With a smile on her face, she looked at the fair-skinned young man with black hair and black eyes, but Jasmine smiled slightly, and her words were full of resentment, but there was no blame.
"Who let Uncle Peter always say that his fruit is fresh. ”
When the young man heard this, his expression remained unchanged, and he said in a slightly old voice: "Besides, the civet is a kitten, and it can't eat so many fish, I'll take some back to make up for my younger brothers and sisters, even if I don't take it, the civet will send it to me." ”
"You!"
Hearing this, the smile on Jasmine's face was even stronger, and she looked at the handsome young man with a satisfied look.
"Brother!"
A voice sounded, and a "creak" sound of opening the door was heard, and several pairs of small eyes appeared behind the door, and they were curiously poking their heads out of the door.
"Mom!"
Five or six thin little guys ran out dressed in tatters or even naked, their eyes staring at the food in Jasmine's hands, and the thieves couldn't stop shining, and two of them couldn't stop drooling.
"Giggles!"
Seeing this, Jasmine showed a loving look, looked at a few little ones and laughed, gave the bananas and other fruits in her hands to the little ones, and then carried two fish and a basket of other food, turned around and went indoors.
"Meow!"
A subtle cat meow came, and I saw a black shadow suddenly fall from the sky, like a wind, like a ghost appeared in the small courtyard out of thin air, and there was a big fish in its mouth, and a faint coercion came from its body. Obviously, this cat turned out to be a magical beast, and the rank is not low.
"Beaver!"
Seeing the kitten appear near with a perch more than three times its size, Shichiri had a slightly unnatural look on his face.
"Whew!"
There was a live fish in his mouth, but the civet couldn't help but look at Qiri, sniffed deeply twice, and his eyes showed a little fine light, staring at Qiri. Then, as if sensing something, he put down the fish and turned his head towards the open space on the side, and suddenly his hair stood on end...... (To be continued......)
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