The evolution of magicians

Meteor Street is not without children wandering outside. Yunxi saw the problem at a glance. Even though they looked yellow and thin in twos and threes, it was obvious from the skeleton that they were over 7 years old. There were really no children as young as them.Unable to resist pulling down the hat again, Yunxi held Xiu's little hand tightly and tried to hide behind the crowd as much as possible, not wanting to draw attention from others.

Every time the market is held, people from the 8th district are dedicated to maintaining order. Fighting and killing are not allowed here. It just so happens that the performance troupe is in a very conspicuous position, so Yunxi and Xiu quickly found it. out of place.Things with a festive atmosphere like this are very rare in Meteor Street, and ordinary people even rarely have the opportunity to watch them.The circular circle was crowded with people, and Xiu, taking advantage of his short stature, pushed Yunxi to a place closer to the front, and then he just stopped and didn't leave.

The people who came to see the performance were mostly impoverished civilians in District 4. Yunxi saw surprises and joys from their depleted eyes, yes... No matter how hard and difficult it is, people always yearn for the good, even here. No exception.

There are several clowns in colorful performance costumes in the center of the open space. I saw them holding various performance props and posing in funny poses, including bottles, balls, and even beautiful brand-new playing cards. The thick makeup seemed to be wearing a smile mask, and the corners of the mouth that kept rising were exaggerated, making it slightly ferocious, but all of this impacted Xiu's heart that yearned for freedom.Yunxi stared at Xiu's little face that followed the clown's movements without blinking. The child who could be satisfied in this way made him feel distressed, but looking around... the faces of those adults are also like this, the faces of Meteor Street People...survival is too difficult, this moment of relaxation seems to be short-lived, and behind the short-term will continue to return to the bloody storm.

"Haha...hehehe~" Before leaving, Xiu snatched the presents thrown by the clown performers, and opened his palm to find a piece of bubble gum in ordinary red wrapping paper. Although it had a particularly strange name, Xiu still seemed to have got some treasure Holding it tightly in the palm of his hand.

"Go home." Yunxi looked at a certain child who was still smirking, and pulled him helplessly to avoid the probing eyes from all around. After walking for 10 minutes, he finally saw the familiar alley, but at the door of the house, he saw Sheila. He still froze for a moment when the figure stood solemnly.

"Xi... Sheila." Xiu jumped up in fright when he saw Sheila standing at the door, and then hid behind Yunxi in fear. The naughty king also has a nemesis, that is his mother Sheila.

Sheila watched the two small men standing in front of her hand in hand, she stared at them for a while without saying a word, until the latter bowed her head guiltyly, and at the next moment she quickly slapped Yunxi with her hand, although the force was not strong. Heavy but still left a few fingerprints on Yunxi's delicate face.

"Sheila!" Now Xiu couldn't hide anymore, he clenched his fists and looked at his mother aggrieved and angrily, as if saying that everything was my attention, why did you hit Yunxi.

"I know it was your attention, that's why I punished Yunxi. You two are not allowed to eat tonight." Sheila, who knows her son's temper well, knows that he won't have a long memory if he beat this kid, but if It is punishing Yunxi, but it will be firmly remembered in my heart.

"... Woo... Yunxi, does it hurt?" Xiu, who had been beaten since childhood, was always alive and kicking after being beaten, but seeing Yunxi being beaten for some reason, he felt very uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than being beaten on himself.

"It doesn't hurt...Xiu, why don't you sneak out next time?" Yunxi felt a lot of malicious stares on the way back because of the reduced flow of people. He vaguely felt that going out today was a very wrong decision.

"...Well." Xiu pouted and nodded. The happiness of these days made him relax his vigilance. In fact, he already regretted a little when he saw Sheila.

The biggest gain for Sheila and the others this time was not to replenish supplies, but to exchange information from many other districts. What surprised others was that Sheila actually bought a slave.He is a tall young man with dark skin, his name is Mike, he has short and conspicuous gray hair, rare black eyes, strong and powerful arms and legs that show his impressive martial strength, I heard from Sheila that this man used to be Coming out of District 6, he offended people and was sold into slavery.Sheila didn't explain why he bought this person, but if he can really subdue this person, it should be a good fighting force. This is the conclusion that Raul and the others came to after reading his 'reading', but once they find out If he shows signs of betrayal, they will kill him without hesitation, after all, the slave ring around his neck is not a vegetarian.

Xiu glanced at the new slave, and walked past him with some disapproval. Yunxi knew that this little guy was a little arrogant. After all, Sheila was still lukewarm to him now, but she seemed to treat this new slave like very gentle.Because he was fined not to eat at night, Yunxi took Xiu into the room early and rolled on the bed.The quilt was just bought by Nana from the market, and Yunxi thought inconceivably that she would feel extremely happy just because of a quilt.

"Yunxi, this is for you." Feeling guilty for causing the other party to be dragged down by him, Xiu put the 'trophy' he got today, a small rectangular piece of bubblegum, into Yunxi's hand.

"...hehe~" Looking at the faint reluctance in the other party's eyes, Yunxi smiled. He opened the red wrapping paper with the words 'flexible love' written on it, and then broke the candy in half, put one half in his mouth and the other Half of it was stuffed into Xiu's pink lips.

"It's so sweet..." Xiu, who had no idea what to eat bubble gum for the first time, smiled happily. He tried several times to blow out bubbles but failed.Finally, before they went to bed, he laid out the wrapping paper and neatly placed it under the pillow. From tomorrow onwards, this will also become one of his collections in the small iron box, representing the special memories between him and Yunxi.

The happy time always flies by quickly, and it is winter in the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.The winter on Meteor Street is extremely cold. At least 10 people freeze to death here every year. The solid and cold iron houses cannot bring warmth to people. People who can read can wrap them to keep warm. Being able to stand upright, the biting cold accompanied by cold wind can penetrate from every crevice and corner and take away their precious body temperature.

Yunxi hasn't left the room for several days. Xiu's body has been strong since he was a child. He can even run and jump in the snow with bare feet. After a while, Xiu would come in and cover him. The only good thing is that he didn't get sick and have a fever like last time.Next door lives Nana and Zeli, because the former is an ordinary person who can't read, so the time Zeli stays in the base has increased significantly recently, so the four idlers often gather in one room to find things to do.

"Well... a deck of cards is really too small." Nana rolled her eyes and threw down a pair of six clubs. With only one deck of cards, they could only exclude Fatty Zeli from playing the Landlords. He smiled very honestly to express his indifference.

"Ah~ I hate it! Xiu wins every time, stop playing~" Nana, who lost three hands in a row, threw away the cards, then ran behind Yunxi with a smile, holding a silver hairband in her hand and wanted to tie it for him braid.

"...Miss Nana! Don't..." Yunxi hid left and right in embarrassment, wearing a women's dress all day long, wouldn't she look more like a girl if she tied up her braids.

"Xiu! Go~" Nana gave the latter a look, and sure enough, Xiu cooperatively hugged Yunxi's waist to keep him from moving.So under the suppression of the two of them, Yunxi was braided into a black braid. The loose braid hung down her neck and matched with those beautiful blue peach blossom eyes, which made Nana with short pink hair see it for a while. Some stayed.

"Wow~ Yunxi will definitely be a beauty when she grows up!" Nana is a flat-chested loli, and her height is only about 1.5 meters, so when she hugged Yunxi, her breasts happened to be stuck on the back of his head...

"Yunxi is me!!" Someone who hurriedly emphasized his sovereignty rescued Yunxi from the chest of a certain witch, although the slightly puffed bun face looked unintimidating and a bit funny.

"Smelly brat, what do you know now~hehe." Nana covered her mouth and smiled evilly, but after a while she suddenly became serious, and then asked Xiu a strange question.

"Xiu, have you ever thought about... um... have one more father?" Xiu, who was asked, was stunned for a moment, and then his face darkened.He is not really childish like a three-year-old child, of course he understands love between men and women, just like his father and mother.

"Nai Nai, what do you mean?" Nana sometimes thinks that Xiu is lively and cute, but every time he doesn't smile it makes her feel a little inexplicably scary.

"...No...I don't mean anything, just asking." How is it possible? !She said a lie that she also felt clumsy, then turned around and hid behind Ze Li.

"…Humph."

Looking at Xiu's unhappy face, Yunxi knew that Nana accidentally poked his iron plate. In fact, he has also seen it these days. The new Mike... seems to like Sheila.Although there is a gap in age between the two, Mike's calmness makes people feel very reliable. Not long ago, he was officially recognized by the team and removed the collar representing slave status.

"Xiu, let's play darts." Do you still remember the secret gift that Yunxi entrusted Zeli to buy from the market? In fact, he was hoping for a set of children's toys at that time, but Zeli unexpectedly brought him back ten toys in surprise. A few darts.

A game of darts is played by using blackened charcoal to draw discs and throwing areas marked with varying numbers of lines on a board.

Duo, Duo, Duo, although Xiu played fairly well, he still lacked in hand strength and strength, so he never hit the most difficult area once.

"If it's Mike, he can shoot there with his eyes closed." It's not that Yunxi deliberately stimulated Xiu, but it's a fact that Mike's ability is stronger than that of Zeli, who is also an enhancement system. Not only that, he is also proficient in many In other martial arts, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a strong fighter.

"...I know I'm weak..." Putting down the dart in frustration, Xiu walked to the bed step by step with his short legs, twisting the corner of the worn-out T-shirt unhappily.

"No, Xiu, you're just too young. When you grow up, you can protect Sheila..." In fact, if Sheila herself is willing, Yunxi thinks that she and Mike are actually quite right, but it may just be them. The group of people were worrying about themselves, because Sheila hadn't shown anything at all, and even Mike himself hadn't expressed his will clearly.

"...I'm so sorry, if Dad didn't die..." Xiu never mentioned Dad's affairs, it was like an old scar in his heart, it would hurt if he approached it quietly... So Yunxi never asked, and in the future Xiu I will tell myself one day when I am relieved, so why let him recall the painful past now.

"Shu, I think Sheila will tell you herself if she wants to, so don't worry about it now... okay?"

"...Well." Xiu nodded and buried half of his body in Yunxi's arms. He thought that even if Sheila chose to be with someone else one day in the future, it would not change the fact that Hughes used to exist...

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A certain bubble gum appeared~