Allen and his little bones [Western Fantasy]

When a person feels embarrassed, as long as there are other people around who feel the same as him and can make him realize that he is not alone, then his embarrassment may be relieved, and gradually he will be relieved from the embarrassment and bewilderment. out of the state.

On the contrary, if a person finds that he is the only one around who is embarrassed when he feels embarrassed, and other people either don't understand it, or understand it but are calm, and even watch him joke, then his fate is basically predictable, vigorous embarrassment The feelings will multiply rapidly... Especially if he happens to be not too nervous, and his mind is still delicate recently.

Eli is such an unfortunate "just in time".

Ellen's mother, Dorothy, was not only surprisingly young, but also surprisingly warm and talkative.

The fruit basket that was in Dorothy's arm when the three of them first met has changed hands, and now it is on Alan's arm. The older woman with the free arm did not walk next to her son whom she had not seen for a long time. Standing next to the "girl" with the same long golden hair as her, Xiao Yinyin and Alan sandwiched Eli in the middle, talking to Eli while walking.

More precisely, it is primarily Dorothy who is saying that Eli's "Eliza" is only the listening one.

"You seemed very wary and surprised when you first saw me," said Dorothy. "Didn't Ellen tell you he lived near here?"

"Eliza" was inconvenient to speak, so she could only give the inquiring elder an awkward smile, and turned to look at the other party in the other party's conversation.

Regarding the fact that Allen had already walked near the top of his own hill, but only said "I seem to be familiar with this neighborhood", and then didn't mention that topic again, Eli also wanted to sigh very much.

He regretted that he had devoted all his attention to his parents' old residence at that time, and he didn't ask a few more questions about "familiarity".

"I really didn't think of it before." Allen said frankly.

He received the help-seeking gaze from Eli, and he knew that it was his own fault that he didn't even recognize the vicinity of his own mountain, so he quickly took the responsibility, and by the way, he bowed his head to his mother, who was smiling more and more gently, and admitted his mistake: "I haven't been back for a while. , I didn't recognize that this was the one behind my house... Sorry, Mom."

Dorothy waved her hand: "After all, you have lived on campus since you were in school, and you only come back twice a year. After graduation, you can't guarantee that you will come back twice a year. Mom can't understand, it's okay, it doesn't matter."

The only real woman present said this with a smile, and stretched out her arms, passed Eli in the middle, and motioned to Allen to raise the fruit basket, and took a fruit from it.

From a distance before, Eli thought that Dorothy's fruit basket contained some fresh seasonal fruits, but after getting closer, he realized that there were many unnamed fruits in it.

The one being picked up by the other party is a "strange fruit" that not only has a hard shell, but is also full of spikes.

If Allen were to come up with a reference object similar to this fruit based on experience, he would probably only be able to think of durian, the "king of fruits" in the past world at the first time.

The fruit that is being held in the hands of his mother in this life is like a miniature durian.

Then his mother crushed the shell with bare hands, and peeled off the pulp perfectly, and let the small air mass formed by the wind element hold the pulp in front of Eli.

Allen: "..."

I don't know why, but there is a feeling that his mother actually wanted to pinch his head just now, but because there is still an "unmarried partner" present, so he can only temporarily pinch the fruit to vent his anger.

The sweetheart's mother had already peeled the fruit and handed it to her eyes, so Eli had no reason not to take it.

Maybe it was because he was somewhat flattered by the way he took it, because his hand was temporarily occupied by the fruit, and he couldn't sign or speak, so he made a fuss and bowed to Dorothy to express his thanks.

Dorothy was amused by the bow.

Before, this beauty who had actually entered the "middle-aged" stage in terms of age was smiling all the time, but as a son who knew his mother's temperament very well, Alan felt a little nervous when Dorothy laughed. , I always feel that this is some kind of calm before the storm - when I walked near my house, I didn't recognize it clearly. not too familiar...

The above-mentioned crimes are almost enough for Lady Dorothy to cook a devil's feast for her "foolish son" today.

But now, the smile on Dorothy's face has really softened, she looked at Eli for a few seconds with a very gentle look, and waved her hand: "You don't need to be so polite, give it a try?"

She gestured to the fruit that Eli had taken over: "Although the family just now is barely a neighbor to ours, there are not many people here, and there is still a long distance between each house, and we still have to walk. You won’t be home for a while, so you can eat some fruit first—it tastes like a half-frozen vanilla milkshake, and it’s one of the girls’ favorite snacks here.”

Because Dorothy threw out the key word "girl" nonchalantly, Eli realized that he was also included in this category. He choked on the pulp that he put into his mouth carefully, and almost slipped into the esophagus quickly The fruit is choked.

Alan noticed Eli's predicament, and raised his hand to pat him on the back in a very natural gesture.

After their little interaction, which is hardly worth mentioning on weekdays, Eli suddenly realized something, and suddenly turned his head to look to the other side of him, and bumped into Dorothy who was watching him and Alan s eyes.

After observing how her son took care of her "unmarried partner", the mother seemed to be quite satisfied with Alan's performance. Seeing Eli looking at her a little helplessly, she nodded slightly to tell the young people not to be too shy.

"That's right, Allen."

After the short fruit episode passed, the three of them—plus Hall, who once again hid himself and drifted in the rear—continued to walk towards Allen's house, and Dorothy called her child .

Allen turned to her: "Huh?"

Dorothy asked, "Would it be convenient for me to see the medicine you prescribed for Eliza?"

When I just greeted my mother and mentioned that the "unmarried partner" was temporarily inconvenient to speak and her throat was still recovering, Dorothy didn't ask any more questions, and in the ensuing conversation, she adjusted the sentence pattern very considerately, Let Eli communicate with her by using simple sign language or nodding and shaking his head.

Suddenly hearing that she wanted to see the medicine Alan had prescribed for her, Eli put his hand on his wrist before Alan could respond.

He was hardly wary of Dorothy, and just waiting for Alan to nod, he was about to remove the bag and hand it over to the other party.

But Allen took longer than he expected to answer.

Away from Eli, Alan and his mother looked at each other for a moment, and there was an unshakable smile on the face that was quite similar to him, and his eyes were peaceful.

Like saying, "I understand."

Apologizing for his hesitation, Allen didn't hesitate any longer, and asked Eli to hand the bag out.

Dorothy got the medicine bottle as she wished. She just lifted the small glass bottle, looked at it casually to the sun, and then handed the glass bottle back to Eli.

"It's a nice mix," she said, "and the maintenance ingredients are in just the right proportions."

Eli didn't see any problem with these words. He knew a little bit about Alan's parents, and knew that the woman in front of him was also a pharmacist who was proficient in pharmacology.

When he lowered his head to put the medicine bottle back into his wrist pocket, he didn't notice that Alan and Dorothy quickly exchanged glances across him.

Allen heard his mother's accent on "maintenance materials".

Eli's throat was not injured in the first place, and the burn was just for others to hear. Taking the healing medicine for the burn without being burned by the medicine would cause additional damage to the healthy throat.

All the medicine bottles in that bag only contain medicines for recuperation, which do not have the effect of burning.

Dorothy could tell at a glance that the potion in her hand was just a skin care product, but she didn't ask anything.

After expressing with his eyes that his son, who was a little nervous, can rest assured, when Eli raised his head again, his "Aunt Dorothy" was already looking as usual, and smiled and beckoned him to continue walking with Alan, saying that there was still a distance to go. It's time to get home.

During the final walk to Alan's house, only Eli was seriously nervous about meeting Alan's other blood relative.

You almost made a joke in front of the other party's mother, so you can't be in the same miserable situation when you see your father, and throw yourself into a troubled situation, right?

Eli thought carefully.

Alan seemed to be aware of his anxiety, and before Eli and his father met face to face, Alan held his hand.

Ulic Wolf, who heard the noise outside the house, had just walked out of the house when he saw the picture of his son generously holding the hand of a strange girl.

This appearance is as deceptive as his wife's. The tall man who looked like he was in his early thirties at most raised his eyebrows slightly - this small movement made him look at least eight points similar to Alan when he raised his eyebrows, and then he Continuing to walk forward with big strides, he greeted his returning wife first with a steady voice: "It's been hard going out."

The good husband said after consoling his wife: "It seems that today's trip not only reaped fruit, but also a surprise?"

"Surprise" of course refers to the two big living people standing beside Dorothy.

Dorothy pulled the fruit basket off Ellen's arm very skillfully, and hung it on her husband's arm again: "No." She blinked, "To be precise, this is the result of my amputation."

Ulik just let out a "huh", a little confused about the word "war results".

Dorothy threw her hands up at her husband.

Starting with "Do you believe it?", after being questioned by his mother about his ability to recognize the way and the degree of family care, Allen had to experience another questioning look from his parents at his door.

Fortunately, he still has Eli's "golden medal for avoiding death" by his side.