Arknights is too real, right?

Their last night with Matomaru seemed like a long time.

After dinner, several people gathered around the fire and chatted for a long time, but they just didn't want to fall asleep.

As the night got darker, Xia Feng himself was the first person who couldn't stand it any longer.

He fell asleep first.

early morning.

The sound of the waves surrounds my ears, and there is always a slight saltiness in the air.

Last night, Xia Feng was the first to fall asleep on the mat. Naturally, he was also the first to wake up the next morning.

However, the moment he opened his eyes in a daze, what he saw was an unfamiliar face.

"Holy shit!"

The sleepiness dissipated instantly, and he instinctively exclaimed. He stood up from the mat and subconsciously touched the Shenyue Sword with his left hand.

His movements were large, but the person squatting next to him didn't react at all.

After calming down his emotions, Xia Feng finally saw clearly what this stranger looked like.

This is indeed a stranger, a boy to be precise.

This is a young man with dark skin and a thin build. He has the signature ghost horns of the ghost clan on his head. He is about twelve or thirteen years old, and he looks about the same age as Ergou.

At this moment, he was barefoot, wearing rough linen clothes, and had a blue towel tied on his head. At the same time, he was carrying a large basket behind his back.

This boy had a pair of dead fish eyes that seemed to look down on everything. Even when Xia Feng bounced up from the ground, he just muttered to himself expressionlessly.

"Oh, he's still alive."

Seeing clearly that it was a child, Xia Feng's nervousness eased slightly. Shenyue Dao did not disappear, but lay quietly beside him.

If this kid was a "bad guy" who was up to something evil, the first thing to do would be to hide his weapons, but he also noticed something else.

The child's steps were so light that even the bagpipe didn't notice it. However, Feng Bao, who didn't like to sleep in, woke up early and was chasing butterflies by the forest.

If there is a bad guy approaching, the loyal Feng Bao will definitely remind him or protect him instead of just leaving them to play around.

Obviously, this child won Feng Bao's trust, and Feng Bao judged that he was not a bad person.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Xia Feng slowly stood up with the Shenyue Sword and hung the sheath on his waist.

"You scared me, tell me, who are you?"

The boy carried the basket on his back and sat down on the ground from a squatting position.

"I'm Sorata."

"Sata? Is that your name?"

"That's my name. What about you? Who are you? Why are you sleeping here?"

Hearing someone talking next to them, Bagpipe and Matomaru, who were sleeping, also opened their eyes and woke up from the mat.

When Bagpipe saw Xia Feng talking to a strange boy, he immediately rubbed his eyes and asked curiously.

"Xia Feng, who is this child?"

Xia Feng shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know, it seems to be wild."

Later, through communication, Xia Feng learned about the child's situation. His name was Minano Sorata, and he was not a wild child.

The reason why Bagpipe, who was extremely perceptive, did not notice anyone approaching during his sleep was because Sorata often caught crabs in a nearby reef area.

This is a unique skill that has been practiced since childhood. According to Sorata himself, only if the steps are light enough can the crab not run away before taking action.

With more in-depth communication, Xia Feng gained more understanding.

Sorata is not wild, nor is he a savage, but a villager from a nearby village. Yes, there is a village nearby.

Xia Feng remembered that the village where Sorata lived was probably the original village on the south coast that the old man had said before.

This is exactly the case. Sorata's full name is Nanno Sorata. Sorata is the first name and Nanno is the surname. All the villages where he lives have the surname Nanno, so the village is called Nanno Village.

It was a primitive village of more than 40 households, isolated from the world, and almost relied on the sea for its livelihood.

Of course, it is almost impossible to be completely isolated from the world in this era, and that would be too autistic. According to Sorata, there are a total of 11 villages of varying sizes on the entire south coast of Nishikawa, distributed in various tricky corners.

Some are along the coast, some are in the mountains, some guard lakes, and some are relatively conspicuous and larger in scale, and even have some trade with the inland.

Kong Tai's explanation was beyond Xia Feng's expectation, but if you think about it carefully, this is also the inevitable result of the development of the times.

But no matter what, the South Coast is still a great place to live.

"Sata, how far is your village from here?"

Sorata turned around calmly and pointed.

"Walk along the coastline towards the place where the sun rises, pass by a reef area, and then walk through a forest with your back to the sea."

The place where the sun rises is in the east. The outline of the reef area mentioned by Kongtai can be roughly seen from this position. Based on his description, Xia Feng felt that the village was no more than 2 kilometers away.

"Do you come here for a walk every day?"

"I'm not taking a walk."

"Then you are?"

Sorata pointed to the basket behind him.

"I catch some small crabs and shells along the coastline every morning, but I rarely come to this area."

"Then why are you here today?"

"Because I saw the fire when I came out to pee last night, and I wanted to come and take a look this morning."

"I see."

Sorata didn't say it too bluntly, but Xia Feng could probably guess that this kid was worried about outsiders coming here to cause damage.

But a half-year-old child is brave enough to come to the door alone with a broken basket on his back. What if they are really bad people?

Sorata always shows a calmness beyond his years, and coupled with his dead fish eyes, he looks very mature.

"Who are you and why are you sleeping here? Are you lost?"

"us."

"If you get lost, I can take you out, but I have to go back and talk to grandpa first."

"No, we're not leaving."

Xia Feng scratched his head in embarrassment.

"How should I put it? We are from Dongzhou. When we saw this place, we wanted to live here and live in seclusion. Do you understand what seclusion means?"

"don't know."

"Okay, then I just want to live here, understand."

"Understand."

Although Bagpipe seems "amiable", Xia Feng doesn't look like a good person in any way. He has an eye patch covering one eye and a knife on his waist, just like the legendary one-eyed pirate.

Moreover, Matimaru's big sword is even more frightening. Coupled with the "ferocious" Feng Bao, in the eyes of children, he is a terrorist organization.

However, Sorata had no reaction to Xia Feng's strange statement of "wanting to live here".

There was no resistance or aboriginal enthusiasm, just a very plain "Oh".

It was precisely because of this reaction that Xia Feng firmly believed.

This guy is not simple.

Even though he was about the same age as Ergou, he gave people a very reliable feeling. This made him, a new foreigner here, feel like he really wanted to make friends with Sorata.

Seeing that Sorata had stood up with the broken basket on his back, Xia Feng took out a bright red candy apple from his bag at the speed of light.

"Sorata, please have some sweets."

Seeing the apple candy shoved in front of his face, Sorata silently took it.

"Thank you, this is my first time seeing this kind of candy."

Xia Feng grabbed the boy's shoulders and laughed exaggeratedly.

"Why are you so polite? Since I have decided to live near here in the future, we will be friends. By the way, my name is Xia Feng. Please give me your advice in the future, hahahaha."