Violet Orchestra

His memory is very good. Two days later, he can still clearly remember the dress of Miss Brienne at the birthday party. Although this ruby ​​is small, it is exquisitely carved. It is embedded in a necklace pendant with four other identical gemstones. , forming a small and delicate flower.Brienne wore the necklace around her neck. She was wearing a green dress that day, with her smooth shoulders and neck exposed. The necklace set off her fair and soft skin, so Violet was very impressed with it.

"This is the necklace she was torn off?" Hodge picked up the ruby ​​with the tip of the dagger, played with it for a while, and then threw it back to Violet, "It's not worth much, it seems that he took her People don't do it for money."

"If you want money, go directly to the mayor, there is no reason to bring her into the forest." Violet glanced at the depths of the dark forest, and sighed secretly, "To be honest, I hate this kind of tide Is there a large water source nearby? There is so much moss that it will make people slip."

Elaine quickly stretched out her arm in front of him: "You can support me."

Violet choked on him and declined, "...No, thank you."

Then they passed a spring as expected. The pool under the spring did not appear to be formed naturally, but seemed to be dug artificially.After confirming that the water source was okay, Violet asked everyone to replenish drinking water in the pool, carefully avoiding the water birds and small animals lingering on the other side, but she was a little puzzled.

Those human bones outside were obviously eaten by ferocious beasts, but they have traveled so far from the outside, but they have never encountered any large beasts, only various birds and small beasts... Is this normal?

While distracted, he subconsciously found a stone and sat down, stroking the rough lines on the stone with his fingers, and looked around in confusion.

If you ask him where is the most dangerous place in the jungle, he will definitely choose the water source.

The spring in front of me happens to be a very ideal ambush point. While the prey is drinking water, the beast can jump out from the forest and bite off the opponent's throat——

Violet raised her head abruptly: "Hodge, bow your head!"

A long knife swung out from the bushes behind Hodge, with such force that it cut down half of the nearby trees. Violet reminded him in time, and Hodge barely avoided the knife by rolling on the spot. Then, the second knife, the third knife and even the fourth knife fell one after another, without giving him any chance to breathe.

Birkins and Petra tacitly surrounded each other, while Elaine took a few steps back and stayed beside Violet.He drew a dagger from his waist, like a knight protecting a princess, and said to Violet solemnly, "Hide behind me... No, it's better within the range I can see."

At this time, the assailant had almost cut down the bushes around him, so he simply took his knife and stepped out, facing the attack of the three of Birkins without appearing embarrassed.It was a man over eight feet tall, perhaps over nine feet, with thick limbs, and he looked like he was of mixed orc-human blood. Under the cloak that covered his face, he could vaguely see a burn on his face that had spread to his upper body.

Violet suddenly remembered the "huge shoe print on the windowsill" that Hodge had said before entering the forest, looked down at the guy's feet, and realized that this was the suspect who kidnapped Brienne.He pushed Elaine and signaled the other party to turn around in the direction he instructed and surround the attacker from behind, but Elaine shook her head, stood beside him without moving, and even temporarily lowered her sword.

"look."

Violet followed his line of sight, and saw that Petra seemed to have heard something, and hesitantly raised a hand to signal Hodge and Birkins to stop.Then she stood up straight, carefully looked at the huge attacker for a while, and said in disbelief, "It's you...?"

The other party slowly pulled off the hood covering his face, revealing a rough face full of burn marks, but his voice was very polite: "I didn't expect to meet you here, Lord Petra."

His face looked terrifying, but he could speak Petra's name directly... Birkins and Hodge exchanged glances, and slowly lowered their weapons.

Petra was also wearing a cloak, and she pulled down the hood to reveal her face—her own face. Violet just helped her wash off the disguise this morning. She didn't expect such a coincidence to meet someone she knew before. people.

Her surprise quickly sank into her eyes, turned into a trace of nostalgia and regret, and finally completely disappeared in her amber eyes.

"Malediz," she smiled, and she looked normal, "just call me by my name, I'm not the same person I used to be."

Pushing aside the branches and walking on the unobtrusive path in the forest, Violet was still thinking, what's going on?

In the Black Forest lived a strong guy like a half-orc, and he was an old acquaintance of Petra. They were invited by this friendly brother to their "home" as guests. This development seems a bit different from what you imagined?

"Be careful, there is a hole here." Elaine, who was walking ahead to help clear the way, saw Violet's absent-minded face, and quickly turned to help him, "Don't lose your mind when you walk, Violet."

Violet was helped by him, but half of his foot had already stepped into the pit, and he almost fell forward. Fortunately, Elaine reacted quickly and hooked his waist to hug him. The poet never Struggled out of the fate of falling into the mud pit.

"There are wild beasts in the forest, the road is not easy to walk, be careful." Malediz's voice came from far ahead.

The young man put Violet down with a blushing face, and told him worriedly: "Why don't you walk while holding my arm."

Violet thought for a while, then declined, "Thank you, I'll just go by myself."

He took off his coat and put it on his arm, and walked forward behind Elaine, careful not to let himself step into the pit again, but he was thinking about something, and he didn't notice the young man staying on him. Concerned gaze.

He was wondering if it was a little thoughtless to admit Elaine into their team?

To be honest, this young man seems to care too much about him. It's not that he didn't feel it, but he just ignored it on purpose - he can tease a child who was rescued casually, but if it's a traveling partner, it doesn't matter. great.

He always felt that Elaine was too young, and in fact it was. He asked casually last night, and the child said that he would be 18 in a few months... It's a bit too old, and it's hard to recall how he fell in love at that time, but when he faced Elaine's enthusiastic and sincere eyes, he could imagine that falling in love with such an object must be something most young girls and guys are willing to do thing.

His wild thoughts stopped in the voice of Malediz, and the layers of treetops and leaves in front of his eyes were pushed aside, and after seeing the greenery, there was a sudden broad vision and moist breath.They traveled through the legendary and dangerous black forest and came to a cave deep in the forest.There is a slight sound of running water in the cave, and a breeze blows from it. The ground is soft soil, covered with simply woven but neat grass mats, and it seems that it has been carefully looked after.

"This is where I live." A smile appeared on Malediz's face full of scars, his voice was gentle, like a hospitable host, "You can go in and rest first, I'll go hunting, how about having a barbecue at night? "

Petra leaned her bag against the cave wall casually, and seemed to have something to say to him alone: ​​"I'll go with you."

The owner of the cave looked around, looked at the rest of the people one by one, and finally nodded: "Okay."

He didn't realize that Violet, the thinnest, was the leader of the team. He went straight to the mature and stable Birkins, took out a handful of sparkling stones from his pocket, and handed them over: "This is the fire crystal for lighting the fire." Shi, you can use this, but don't go too far into the hole."

After explaining this, he and Petra left in the other direction of the forest.Birkins lit a fire at the entrance of the cave according to the method he taught, and together with Elaine took some stream water flowing out of the cave, set it on the campfire and boiled it, and began to cook bacon and wild vegetable soup.There are bacon and dry bread in their bags, wild vegetables are everywhere, and Violet also picks some night glow flowers, which are delicious, even if they are too small, throwing a full bag into the pot can only cook A bowl of vegetables.Fortunately, they are only used for seasoning. After adding wild vegetables and sprinkling a little of the poet's special seasoning, the broth will soon emit an attractive aroma.

"It smells so good." Elaine squatted by the pot, looking at the soup pot with blue eyes without turning her eyes, "Violet, did you put in the magic powder of fairies just now? There is not even the broth in the palace." Such a scent."

His tone is sincere, even if it is a little exaggerated, it is not annoying.Violet touched his nose and explained, "It's just some spices and seasoning made from gorse beans, which I made myself."

"That's amazing too." Elaine praised him sincerely.

They brought out the hot bacon soup and put it in large clean bowls. The broth and bread were the staple food. When Malediz and Petra came back with their prey, there was another roast.

Malediz watched Hodge and Birkins skillfully clean up the prey, and then put it on the grill until it was sizzling, and then looked at Violet who was sitting on the side playing with his piano and helping to clean up the garbage Elaine asked Petra with some doubts: "What do you guys do?"

"We're a wandering band," Petra wiped her dagger, and pointed at Violet with the hilt. "That's our leader and his puppy."

Violet couldn't argue: "What's my puppy?"

Petra shrugged and said nothing more.But Elaine didn't seem to mind at all, and cleaned up the leftovers on the ground, and then gave Violet a good place by the campfire where he could enjoy the fire without being too hot. After laying cushions, let Violet Lett sit down.

Maleditz scooped a bowl of soup from the pot, carried it into the cave and came out empty-handed, and sat by the fire to eat with them.The prey he and Petra brought back were enough for a few people to have a full meal, but his tall horse also had a lot of food. In contrast, Violet seemed to be eating bird food, and he lost interest after eating half a leg of lamb. Stopped to drink soup, glanced into the cave intentionally or unintentionally, and asked: "Sir, since you and Petra are old acquaintances, I will ask directly. In fact, we entered the Black Forest to find someone Yes, have you ever met Miss Brienne of Yasuo City? About half a head shorter than me, with green eyes, she is a beauty—”

He had just heard Maleditz talking to someone in the cave, and he wasn't the only one living here.Violet wouldn't doubt Petra's trusted friends, but if Brienne did end up in the Dark Forest, it would be the only safe place for her to hide.

This was originally just a very common temptation, but Malediz looked a little surprised: "You know her? That's really great."

He got up and went into the cave, and when he came back there was someone behind him, the same Brienne who had kept them hiding for days.