In 1193, September 1, sunny.
The weather at night seemed very hearty.
Just stepping into September, the sweltering heat that had not faded in time was more or less dispelled by the cool night breeze.
On a quiet night, the lights in the wind-blown sand contrasted with the stars in the sky, and the pouring down Milky Way was more dazzling than the sunlight in the day.
The white castle, above the towering spire. Here is a forbidden area.
But even in the forbidden ground like a prison cell, there is still some small hope. Although small and weak, but stubborn, gentle and bright.
"I'm looking for you so late, will you... be annoying?"
In the prison, the seventeen-year-old girl had scattered red hair. Her face was bathed in the light of stars outside, and she was a little shy with the telephone in her hand, talking with anxiety.
"……………………………………meeting."
There was an answer on the other end of the phone.
It is the advantage of the person on the phone to force yourself to do what you don't want to do, not wanting to follow the girl.
But after hearing this word, the girl holding the microphone did not show any frustration. Instead, there was a relaxed smile on her face.
No matter who it is, it will be annoying to receive such a call every night. This is a matter of course.
However, although the person on the other end of the phone said it was annoying, he would answer the girl's call every night.
Very annoying, isn't it?
However, day after day, month after month, even though he may only have a few words in response to each call, he may not even say a word. But every time...
Every time, he picked up the handset of the phone and listened to the slightly happy voice of the girl here.
walnut……
The eldest princess of the stag empire, now, can only spend this long and peaceful night in this small observation room, relying on the occasional words from the opposite side of the receiver...
"Ah~~~oh~~~~"
There was a small yawn over the receiver. Walnut knew that it belonged to that little girl. Despite her reluctance, she still had to hang up the phone to end the communication tonight.
"Then, don't disturb you, good night~~~"
A faint loss, well into Walnut's heart. But she still forced her composure and said goodbye to the person on the other side of the receiver. But just when she was about to move the receiver away from her ear...
"It's cold at night, wear more clothes."
An icy voice, with such a very common word, came from over there.
After that, the receiver hung up.
Walnut held the receiver and was stunned on the spot for a while. After a while, a little excitement and shyness gradually appeared on her face, and with sweetness, she hung up the phone slowly and sat on the bed next to her.
"He told me to wear more clothes~~~"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he got, and Walnut couldn't help but roll over on the bed holding the pillow. It took him a long time before she calmed down from this excitement and looked at the night outside the window.
The night sky tonight is really beautiful.
Walnut continued to let those stars bathe her body. After taking a deep breath, she nodded, turned around, and opened the iron door...
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The guards of the imperial city are very strict. But it has not been strict enough to prohibit the princess from going out.
Four maids with waist knives followed Hu Tao, walking with her under the night sky ravaged by stars. Breathing the air that belongs to the night alone.
Walnut ignored the four armed maids behind him. She walked forward on her own, occasionally blaming the armor and footsteps behind her for breaking the peace of the night. If she could, she really wanted to get rid of these bodyguards, but when she wanted to return, she couldn't do it, nor could she do it. Apart from ignoring these followers, there is no other way to think of.
But at this moment, her walking pace stopped at this moment.
"………………………………”
The four maids stood far away, did not speak, let alone approached. Their princess likes to be quiet and doesn't want to be disturbed by too many people. As a soldier, you just need to silently perform your duties.
But Walnut's eyes changed direction at this time. She looked at a small alley next to her. This is a very dark alley. If it is the eyes of ordinary people, I am afraid that what you see is darkness in addition to darkness.
Ruby eyes penetrated the darkness and saw a small body hidden in the depths.
There, there was a man who was wrapped in blankets all over his body. Squatting alone at the end of the alley, trying to avoid the cool autumn breeze.
"Are you ok?"
Walnut walked in, stretched out his hand, and gently nudged the little body. At the place of the tentacles, I realized that the body under the blanket was so thin and thin.
The touch in an instant, what is still coming, is the contraction of the body under the blanket like lightning. The tightly bound person turned his head, and under the blanket, a pair of gray pupils seemed to be looking at something extremely dangerous, looking at the walnut.
That look... is so familiar.
child?
Although Walnut already felt this way when he saw this small body. But after this little body turned, the child in front of him made Walnut's heart tremble.
The face of the little melon seeds was covered with mud. Absolute vigilance filled the pale pupils. She wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, biting her little lip...
"Are you okay? Not going home?"
Being stared at by these hostile eyes, Hu Tao was immediately filled with regret after asking this sentence.
Look at this little girl's face, look at the worn-out blanket she is now wrapped in, and the eyes that have long been so sophisticated... Seeing this, who would believe that she will have a home?
A warm...comfortable home?
"sorry Sorry"
The dignified princess stag, at this moment, is like a child who has done something wrong, bowing and apologizing to the little girl who was huddled in the back of the alley at night. If it is strange, I am afraid there is nothing stranger than the current situation.
"........................You are really a strange nobleman."
Finally, the little girl spoke. The cold voice contained a maturity that was completely disproportionate to her appearance. She pulled a thin hand from deep in the blanket, pulled her tattered blanket, looked at the walnut coldly, and continued--
"What's the matter with you? As a nobleman, he ran to beggars like me in the middle of the night."
Walnut touched the back of his head and smiled: "I...I'm just bored, so I ran out in the middle of the night to get some fresh air. It's..."
Walnut guessed, and began to squeeze in the little girl. The little girl was startled, and hurriedly moved aside. But Walnut didn't care and continued to move his **** over.
"Don't come near me, Miss. I am dirty."
"No, it is not you who is dirty, but the alley that makes you have to stay here."
Walnut smiled and continued--
"It must be very hard for a person to live this kind of life? I have a friend who has lived this kind of life before. So, I can generally understand a little bit."
The little girl glanced at the walnut from the corner of her eye, snorted coldly, and said--
"That's really thankful to Miss for her insight. But compared to your interest in hanging out, can you give me some money? This is more practical."
Walnut was taken aback, nodded quickly, and at the same time turned around and walked out of the alley, asking the maids for money bags. Soon, she returned to the alley with the purse and handed it to the little girl with gray pupils.
The little girl weighed in, not much. Open it and see, there are only about a dozen Sula. After seeing the money, the little girl couldn't help sighing and shook her head. His head rested on the wall again.
"what happened to you?"
"……………………not enough……"
Facing Walnut's question, the little girl just said lightly.
But this answer made Walnut a little puzzled. She is not the kind of princess who always stays in the imperial city and never runs outside. Therefore, she still knows a little bit about ordinary prices. Although ten Suras are not too much, if you just eat and save a little, it is definitely not a problem to last for five or six days.
"Not enough? How much do you... want?"
Walnut asked anxiously.
However, the little girl shook her head with a bit of shame, and seemed to say to herself: "The quantity I want...no one will give it so generously...no one will definitely..."
Hearing her say that, Walnut was even more strange. She simply stretched out her hand to put her hand on the little girl's shoulder and said, "How much do you want? And why do you want so much money?"
The little girl opened Walnut's hand casually, and snorted coldly: "Don't be pretentious, you won't give it if you say it, don't add to your psychological pressure. In addition...I'm completely connected. Hello, Miss, you. For aristocrats, can you introduce me to some jobs? I heard that many aristocrats like to "date" with underage girls like me. Since you refuse to give it, then I can use my body to exchange money. "
Things got serious. Walnut bit her lower lip lightly and stood up abruptly. She walked out of the alley and asked that all the money on the four maids had been collected, and perhaps more than 1,000 Sura had been collected. She returned to the alley with the money, but did not immediately open it in front of the little girl.
"Tell me what happened? No matter what happens, the dignified wind and sand cannot let a girl as small as you be hurt by an adult."
The little girl's gray pupils glanced at Walnut again, but this time, tears began to fill the corners of her eyes. However, she wiped away her tears very stubbornly, and said in a hoarse voice--
"Whatever the problem? It sounds good. My brother is dying... and the doctor said that the cost of the operation is at least 10,000 Sura. Can you help me solve this problem? How can you help me solve it? Like charity Like ten Suras, do people who can throw 10,000 Suras easily? Or are you that kind of fool?"
In the little girl's eyes, there is despair of the world. Compared to the idiot's lack of hope and naturally no desperate look, her eyes were filled with more complicated things.
Ten thousand souras... the life of a child.
Hearing this, Walnut finally understood what the desperate look in this little girl's eyes meant. At the moment, she did not hesitate to stuff the money bag in her hand in front of the little girl, and then immediately took off the necklace on her neck, tearing off the jewels from the clothes and the headdress on her head. Except for the bracelet on her wrist, she gave all the valuable things on her body into the hands of the little girl.
"Hurry up without delay. I don't know how much these things on my body are worth, but we can go and ask the doctor to perform the operation quickly. Where is your home? We will send your brother to the hospital immediately."
Walnut's generosity seemed to completely shock the little girl. And the heartfelt worries on her face also made this little girl who has been in the bottom world for many years speechless. But Walnut did not let her hesitate, but took her directly out of the alley, looking anxiously at both sides of the street.
"What's your name? Where do you live? Let's go find your brother quickly"
"I... My name is Kokoro... Kokoro Kabrin... lives in... lives in..."
"Cocoro? Where is home?"
"Home is... No, we don't have a home... My brother and I have always lived under the bridge cave. But since my brother became seriously ill, he ran away in order not to infect me... I... don't know me very well. Where is my brother..."
"hateful"
Walnut immediately turned his head and reached out to beckon the four maids. At the same time, he turned his head and asked: "What is your brother's name? What are his appearance characteristics?"
"He... his name is Barty... is a short-haired boy... with silver hair and silver-gray pupils like mine..."
With that said, the little girl pulled her blanket away slightly, revealing a small amount of hair.
Walnut nodded. To tell the truth, it's really rare to see a little girl with silver hair and silver pupils in the sand, maybe it's really easy to find.
"Have you heard? Go find it immediately"
Walnut ordered, but the four maids looked at me, and I looked at you and said--
"But, long... Miss, your safety..."
"My safety is fine, but now there is a child who is hovering on the death line"
"but……"
"What else? Is it the life-threatening danger of a child who is seriously ill and can't delay for a second, or is it dangerous for me who can run and jump without any injuries?"
The four maids looked at each other once again. After that, they sighed and saluted the walnut slightly. In an instant, the four maids rushed in four directions and disappeared in an instant. Before the eyes of walnut and cocoa.
But Ke Luo was surprised. She turned her head to look at the walnut beside her, her eyes showing a little panic. But Walnut didn't notice this, but pulled her and ran forward quickly.
"Quickly, tell me where your brother might have gone? We must find him the first time."
Walnut's expression became more anxious, but Cocoro's expression became more frozen. She showed a slightly anxious look, but just dealt with it vaguely.
In the starry night, Walnut took the little girl and ran anxiously. They searched any alley and looked through every bridge hole that passed. No matter how tired or out of breath running, Walnut's footsteps still did not stop, just to find the dying child...
Although Walnut ordered the four maids to leave and look for them, as the princess's guards, how could these armed maids really leave?
After running a distance, the two maids turned back to track and protect again. Waiting for the search results of the other two. In this way, about an hour passed, until Walnut ran out of breath and the little girl was almost immobile...
Wow!
The four maids, once again, appeared in front of Walnut.
"Miss, we searched the personal situation of Miss Cocoro Kabrin. However, the specific situation is somewhat different from what this lady said."
The two maids in charge of the search took a step, one of them stared at the little silver-haired girl with a stern look, and slowly said——
"Do you really have a younger brother? But after asking some beggars and street sleepers, why do they only see you running around by yourself?"
Kokoro's complexion changed, and he gently bit his lower lip, his hands in the blanket hugged the coins in his arms.
"After inquiring, we know that this girl usually specializes in abducting and stealing things. There seems to be a record of the case in the security team. On the other hand, this little girl hides a very troublesome secret."
Having said that, another maid took a step and grabbed the blanket on Cocoro's head. When Coco Luo saw the other party's hand stretched out, her face immediately became horrified. She immediately threw away Walnut's hand, turned and ran. But how could her speed be as fast as a trained maid? The other party grabbed the cloak off her head.
"Silver hair and silver pupils, sharp ears, and white skin like snow. Since real elves are rarely outside, if you don't have a strong guiding force, you can destroy half a city at any time, such a monster, what is it?"
The short silver hair fluttered out under the stars.
As the only protection was torn away, the girl immediately seemed to be stripped and placed under the spotlight. She trembled and frightened. Looking at the eyes of the four maids in front of her, her silver-gray pupils radiated Trembling colors
"Miss, half-elves belong to a very dangerous race and must be taken under management. We will **** this monster to the imperial city immediately, so your night tour tonight must be over."
A maid grabbed the thin little girl, ignored her struggle, and said this in the coldest voice...V