A strange world

Chapter 257 Chapter 110. When the sadness subsides

In the dead of night, a figure silently entered Annan's bedroom and stopped in front of the sleeping boy's bed.

The dark clouds dispersed, and the silver moonlight spilled in from the window, revealing Leila in front of the bed - she looked at Annan complicatedly, holding a dagger.

While he was still hesitating, the bedroom door suddenly opened, and a long and narrow shadow spread into the room.

"Are you Annan's sister?" the figure outside the door said softly.

Leila turned around, guarding Annan behind her, and stared at the sharp-eared silhouette standing at the door: "Who are you?"

"I am Della, the warden of Xingyue Bay, Annan's... bodyguard."

"I heard you."

Leila changed her posture from protecting Annan to placing the dagger on Annan's neck.

"I know you won't kill him... You want to know the truth? Let's talk in another place."

The silent Leila nodded, put away the dagger, and walked out of the room with the elf whose name was somewhat similar to hers.

The closed door blocked the flickering light in the glass bottle and Annan's sleeping face.

…

"Mr. Asimov! Mr. Asimov!"

The girl who appeared in the forest could not see the tall tower or the majestic royal city. Knowing that the past was gone, she slumped down in the grass and cried sadly.

Her cry attracted uninvited guests, and there was a rustling sound in the bushes behind her - a pale beast's shadow suddenly jumped out to stop the girl's cry.

Just as the pale beast shadow was about to succeed, an arrow pierced the air and nailed it to the tree, revealing the true appearance of a white wolf.

The cry froze for a moment, and then sounded more violently: "Teacher Asimov ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"No need to shout anymore, there is no second direwolf for you to lure out." The hunter in fox fur picked up his bow and arrow, pushed aside the bushes and came to the clearing.

"Is this Xingyue Bay?" The girl stopped crying due to the appearance of outsiders and asked with red eyes.

"Are you also a girl who wants to 'chase your dream'?" The hunter glanced at the wooden box held tightly in the girl's arms and walked towards his prey, "No, how about I send you over and you pay me a reward?"

"Okay." She looked around, staring at the hunter who was skillfully peeling off the white wolf's skin, "Where am I?"

"If you ask how far it is from Xingyue Bay, I will answer that you have to walk more than 2,000 miles."

"what's your name?"

"Rick, people here call me the Hunter who never gives up."

"Because you never give up your prey?"

"Pretty much. You look pretty when you're not crying. Let's go back."

The hunter peeled off the white wolf skin and draped it over his shoulders. He ignored the skinless dead wolf and led the girl back to the town. Then he rented a carriage and sent her to the city. He found the businessman with ease and put the girl on the carriage. Getting paid - Rick gets things done as quickly as he peels off skin.

Watching the hunter go away without looking back and waving, the girl held the wooden box and retracted into the cart.

"You were deceived..." said an old man on the trolley who was about to go to Xingyue Bay to try his luck.

"Why do you say that?"

"It only costs 70 silver coins from Fenghuang City to Breeze City, and less than 50 silver coins from Breeze City to Xingyue Bay... I can see clearly that you gave him a bag of gold."

"How do you know it's a kinnaar when it's in a purse?" the person next to him joked.

"I will never forget the beautiful sound of the collision of kinnar in my life!" The old man stared at the wooden box in the girl's arms.

"I gave him so much money because he saved me and helped me. The teacher said that integrity is a beautiful virtue——"

The old man suddenly reached out to snatch it, and the young man talking next to him also grabbed the girl's arm in cooperation.

"Get away!"

The light blue protective shield suddenly opened, pushing out the two malicious people. The movement here attracted the attention of the caravan leader, who first asked the caravan guards to beat up the two guys. After learning that they had also robbed something, they broke their legs and threw them out.

Knowing that the girl was going to Xingyue Bay, the leader of the caravan invited her to the front carriage. The mage apprentice who can cast spells is not far away from becoming an uncrowned noble mage. He doesn't want anything to happen to the mage apprentice...

Of course, the most important thing is the "commission" - he can get half a jinnar for introducing a professional to Xingyue Bay!

A mage counts as two professionals, so how can a mage apprentice also be considered a professional?

"Are you from Xingyue Bay?" the girl asked the businessman who became much more attentive after knowing where she was going.

"It's just a small cooperation with Xingyue Bay..." The leader of the caravan shyly rubbed his hands.

"What does the King of the North look like?"

"I haven't seen it, but his men say the King in the North is Jack."

"Who is Jack?"

"The male protagonist in "The Fall of the Mage Tower"."

"The Mage Tower fell?"

Facing the girl who had new questions with every answer, the leader of the caravan guessed that she was a noble who had escaped from home: "The thing called magical image invented by the King of the North is like a stage play... The male protagonist The actor who plays is the King in the North."

The girl was not interested in stage plays, but was curious about the King of the North: "How can I see it?"

"Record the magic stone, but it costs 20 gold coins...

"I have no money, I'll give this to you." The girl took off her necklace and threw it to the businessman.

"No problem! We will also bear your expenses on the road!"

The businessman left excitedly holding the necklace, and soon delivered the magic stone. The girl only looked at it for a while and then forgot about Mr. Asimov. She only thought about the touching story of Jack and Rose and his handsomeness.

The caravan set off now and embarked on the long journey to Xingyue Bay.

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"...Your brother died by the rat-men. Annan was mistaken for your brother, attacked and slandered, imprisoned in a dungeon, and coveted by the rat-men. He had no choice but to pretend to be the King of the North to fight off the conspiracy and the rat-men. Man, you saved Breeze City and avenged your brother, this is the truth.”

Of course Layla knew. Annan said in her letter and many times after returning home that except for pretending to be a younger brother, she had no right to accuse Annan... But how should she explain to her sister?

"I...I want to have some peace and quiet." Leila, whose head had been in a mess since the beginning, said.

"Don't leave, Annan knows you are coming..."

Watching Leila go out quietly, Della first went to Annan and Abby's bedroom to confirm that they were still asleep, then got into the shadows and went to the basement.

There was a sound of undressing in the darkness, followed by a sharp sound breaking through the air.

In the pleasant pain, Della put down the whip and knelt down with her forehead on the ground, forming a perfect arc in the darkness.

"Mother." Della called out in a low voice.

Then she uttered a hoarse whisper that was not her own: "That girl...is the boy's sister?"

"Yes, Mistress."

"Arrange the ceremony...let them combine...the power of blasphemy will restore my power and become the first god to return...and you will also become my most devout priest."

"According to your holy word..."

Della maintained her posture for a long time. After confirming that the great being had left, she put on her clothes again and left the basement.