~： The first year story 034, the hidden cave

Sweat dripped onto the sand and made a squeaking sound. It won’t be long before the idiot won’t even sweat. But he was still holding the little baby girl and walking under the evening sun.

"Hey, is that enough?"

Annihilation has not spoken since these days, and now it finally spoke.

"Human kid, you have been walking for more than three months. I have never spoken because I admire your survival consciousness and want to know how long you can live. But now, your physical strength has far exceeded the critical point. , Who is this girl yours? Are you worth the risk for her? Across the desert?"

The idiot didn't speak, he just kept exhaling and walking. The sky in the distance gradually began to change, and a sandstorm seemed to be coming.

"Have you seen? This is your ending, being swallowed by this desert! I don't care, you will die here, and I will be buried here waiting for the next user to discover me. But I really feel very much It's a pity, because you are the most potential and qualified person I have ever seen. If you can be smarter, you won't be reduced to where it is now."

The sandstorm was already in sight, and the sky in front was completely covered by the black storm. The idiot stood on the spot, holding the sleeping baby girl, staring blankly at the rapidly coming storm.

"You paid so much for her. But what did this girl bring you? Does she bring you reputation? Does it bring you money? Or does it bring you strength, power, and the confession of others? No, She has brought you nothing. All she has brought you is countless troubles and countless crises! She is a burden. Everywhere is hindering you and hindering your burden!"

The sandstorm is here. The idiot took a step forward, and the whole person immediately fell into the sand. The place he was on was a sand slope. After sliding down, what appeared in front of him was a cave. The idiot hurriedly hid in the cave, waiting at the corner for the sandstorm to pass.

At this moment, his eyes are no longer the coldness of the original, and some are only tired and sleepy. The storm outside whimpered and beat the outside of the cave. Although this cave with seven turns and eight turns can withstand the terrible sandstorm more or less, how long can he support it without water and food?

Lowering her head, the baby girl was always sleeping in the idiot's arms. She has been more than four months old and has grown a lot more than before, and the baby from the past can no longer cover her well. One of her small arms emerged from the rags, swinging.

She... is really my burden?

No matter how strong people are, I'm afraid they can't bear such an unbearable burden. For a ten-year-old child, he can walk here and has endured the pain that ordinary people can't bear. His will was consumed by the desert storm, and the look in the little girl's eyes gradually became confused.

Now, he once again remembered the question he had thought about, but did not find the answer--

Why should I take care of her?

The sandstorm roared outside, and the sand that came in occasionally hit the idiot. It makes him look even more dirty, exhausted...

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Snapped.

Late at night, the dust storm outside was still raging. But in this small cave with no light, there was a footstep.

The idiot woke up suddenly from the drowsiness, he opened his eyes again and looked at the baby girl in his arms. The desert at night was very cold, and her arm was always hanging outside. The idiot thought for a while, and thought about that question again in a very short time. But he still couldn't think of the answer. Since he can't think of the answer, don't think about it anymore.

He took up the baby girl's little arm, carefully stuffed it into the warm swaddle, hugged it, and drew deeper into the cave.

Slap.

The voice sounded again. And this time, the idiot heard it really. It was not the sound of sandstorms beating against the rock wall, it was indeed the sound of footsteps!

But is it possible? The sandstorm outside is violent, what kind of person is capable of entering in such an environment? And from the sound of footsteps, the other party didn't seem to be anxious at all. It seems to the other party that the sandstorm outside is not a sandstorm, but just a drizzle in spring. And the other party entered this cave just to avoid the spring rain.

Pop, pop, pop...

Footsteps, more than one person. The idiot patted the little baby girl lightly, and after confirming that she was really asleep, he peeked at her right hand, the chain opened lightly, and Dimie was already in his hand.

Who is the other party?

No matter who it is, vigilance is always the best way to keep people alive.

With the sound of footsteps gradually coming in, the idiot's eyes, which had gradually dimmed due to torture, were once again covered with a layer of long-lost frost.

"Oh, what a big sandstorm. Let's sleep here tonight."

Woman's voice?

And it sounds like a very young female voice.

The other party's hand lit a torch, and as the light moved, the other party finally reached the deepest part of the cave and appeared in front of the idiot.

Even an idiot who has always been able to remain calm about everything is now shocked and speechless. Because the first thing that caught his eyes was not a woman, but a giant white wolf almost two meters high! This wolf has snow-white hair and a golden flame emblem inlaid on its forehead. The blood-red eyes swept down the walls of the cave condescendingly. After seeing the idiot, he didn't make any response, and walked in as if he hadn't seen anything.

The idiot's heart was beating, and his first reaction was no response. He watched the giant wolf lying down on the edge of the cave, closing his eyes, but he didn't dare to move.

"Ah Lala? So there is already a master here?"

What came in behind the giant wolf was a petite body that was not in contrast to the huge beast body. The woman was wearing a white cloak, her whole body was shrouded in the cloak, she couldn't see her face clearly. Listen to the voice, look at the height, the age is probably not more than sixteen or seventeen.

The woman walked slowly in front of the idiot, not paying attention to his holding the dagger. She squatted decently in front of the idiot, with a gentle smile on her lips under the cloak.

"I'm sorry, little brother. The dust storm outside is really too big. May I ask, can my friend and I stay here for one night?"

The voice was crisp and full of discussion. It seems that as long as the idiot says a "no", the other party will really leave helplessly.

Living with strangers is definitely a very dangerous thing. Because you never know what reason or reason the other party will insert the knife into your chest. The idiot was very unwilling to live with a strange woman with a terrible wolf in such a sandstorm climate, but when he saw the wolf over there, he knew that he could not have a choice.

"…………………………Ok."

The lips under the cloak smiled empathetically, and the woman stood up, patted the sand on the cloak and walked back to the giant wolf. The woman didn't seem to be afraid of that big terrible monster. She leaned on the belly of the giant wolf and stretched out very comfortably. Then, the woman pulled away the travel bag carried on the giant wolf's back, took out some dry food from it, and started dinner.

There are many kinds of dry food, including beef, vegetables and compressed biscuits. But the strange thing is that women always give meat to giant wolves and only eat vegetables and biscuits. I don't know if this is one of the reasons why she can get along with such a giant wolf.

"Do you eat?"

Suddenly, the woman stretched out her hand and handed a compressed cookie.

The idiot's belly is already hungry and almost suffocated. But he was still vigilant and did not answer. No one will give you food for no reason, unless he wants to use you, kill you, or get some benefit from you.

The girl seemed a little surprised by the idiot's vigilance, and her mouth under the cloak moved. But instead of taking back the compressed biscuits, she took out more dehydrated vegetables, biscuits, beef slices, and a bottle of water from the bag on the back of the giant wolf and handed it to the idiot.

"You can bear it, but this child can't bear it. Are you worried that I will harm you, or do you want her to starve to death in the middle of this desert?"

The idiot's lips were already dry and cracked, and the pain in his mouth even made him lose the sense of pain. But the baby girl in her arms could not bear this kind of pain. The recent malnutrition has made her look visibly thinner and her crying is much lower than before.

The idiot looked at the sleeping baby girl, then at the food in front of him. Finally, he gritted his teeth, grabbed the bottle of water, and took a sip. Biscuits, vegetables, beef slices, all bitten off a little bit of dregs, mixed with water and ate them.

Then there was a wait of thirty minutes.

The girl did not interfere, she still lay back beside the giant wolf, hugged her knees and lowered her head. It wasn't until 30 minutes later that the idiot realized that he was not dead, and finally fed the water to the little baby girl with confidence, then broke the biscuits, melted in the water, and fed her. After the baby girl was really full, he chewed the food to fill his stomach.

A smile appeared from the corner of her mouth under the cloak, and the girl waited without saying a word, letting the idiot finish eating.

"Are you finished?"

After a while, the girl's soft voice said softly.

The idiot wiped the water stain on the corner of his mouth, and the wound on his lips regained pain under the water soaking, but it hurt very well. He held the baby girl vigilantly, and shrank into the corner of the cave, his cold eyes staying true to the girl and the wolf for a moment.