gentle and affectionate

Chapter 6.

A group of people were sleepy and hungry.

In fact, no wonder.Starting from the city of Koryo State’s night-exploration art, it was dawn when I left the city. I thought that the matter had been resolved, and it was inconvenient to bother me any more, so I only went back to get a little medicine and changed clothes, and then set off again, thinking about the next one. The world will make arrangements again; but who would have thought that we would come to a deserted place after that, and Hei Gang and I wandered around for half an afternoon without seeing a single person, and then I heard the little wolf talk about the magical "country at the bottom of the lake", and The power that Mokona sensed at first came from it.

Hei Gang and I were helpless, no wonder there was no one on the ground; taking a step back and thinking about the size of this "country", we probably couldn't see even people, let alone food and lodging.

...Since there are no feathers, and we have girls with us, it is always inconvenient to sleep outdoors, so we have to cross the dimension again and come to this beautiful northern country.

However, we are not in the mood to appreciate the scenery of the Northland.Koryo fought fiercely all night, and the lake country traveled all day. After two days, I didn’t have a good meal and rest. Even Hei Gang and I couldn’t bear it, let alone the two children. Zhiguo has been diving into the lake for a long time to check the feathers, and it may be the limit to hold on until now.

Plus this cold weather.I gave the robe to Sakura to wear, and the skinny girl was wrapped in a fluffy cloak that was a few sizes too big, and it was almost impossible to find anyone, showing a cute pink face.

How can someone so cute make people hungry?

……

"Aha...we seem to be noticed by everyone." After eating, I felt refreshed.

The little wolf panicked: "It's really strange that we are dressed like this."

"Well, it's completely different from people in this country." I glanced at Heigan who was busy eating, "Especially Heitan!" You are the one who eats the most.

"what?"

Hei Gang squinted at me in his busy schedule, and the words "Why do you have an opinion" were written all over his face. I thought to myself that I don't have an opinion. Since he entered the door, he didn't even ask a question, just sat down and ate.It's fine if the two children don't ask, he is an adult anyway, but...

I smiled at him, and he raised his eyes to look at me.

——Do you eat if you have money?

——It’s good to bet you here if you don’t have money.

……

I'm really full to choose to make eye contact with this kind of person.

"This..." Little Wolf had something to say, "Is there no problem, this meal?"

"We have no money in this country..."

I smiled and said no problem to the little wolf, and at the same time gave Hei Gang a dark look. The latter was very angry because Mokona robbed him of a piece of meat, probably because he suddenly felt a murderous attack, and he was stunned. He looked left and right, and was successfully snatched by Mokona for the second piece of meat.

……

"Right, Sakura?"

"Uh...this..."

Sakura looked at me in a daze, and looked at me worriedly. I glanced at the cards in her hand, and gave her a reassuring smile, indicating that she could show the cards directly. Do.

"what?!"

"How could it be like this?"

"All the biggest ones?!"

"Win the lottery?"

……

Nonsense, if I don't win, why should I play with you?This inspiration comes from the country of Koryo, the day Heigang and I were repairing the roof at home, Sakura, Xiaolang and Chunxiang went out for a walk, and there happened to be a stall selling clothes on the way and the lottery was being held.At that time, Xiao Ying was still wearing the clothes of Jiulou Kingdom, so she was not a local at first glance. The stall owner probably wanted to take advantage of outsiders, so she asked Xiao Ying to try it, but she didn't realize that there were four people in the lottery machine. The golden beans were all shaken out by Sakura, the stall owner won't lose a lot of rice by stealing the chicken, and we won a few decent clothes because of it, so we don't have to bother Chunxiang anymore.

At that time, I thought that if I gambled with Xiaoying's luck, I would definitely make a lot of money, but I didn't expect it to be used.The restaurant we came to eats as much as gambling, and this gambling... I ordered a table of delicious food, filled my stomach first, and then dragged Sakura to the next card table.

The gambling method is simple and profitable, and it is really the best choice for collecting money. The gameplay is also somewhat similar to that of Thrace, my original country, and I got started after watching it for a while.Sakura's unbelievably lucky luck plus my little hint, naturally made a lot of money.

I smiled and took a large bag to put money in. The three people on the other side lost badly, and I was so angry that I suspected that we were cheating; Let go of the black ninja who was still eating after leaving.

"If you want to complain, go to that dark man!"

Heihei was depressed when he was robbed by Mokona, but now he was named by me, and asked "Why" very irritably, with four big characters "I'm very upset" written all over his face.In fact, nine times out of ten his anger was aimed at me. I was calm and composed, but it was the three people on the opposite side who frightened me.The loser was afraid of being beaten even worse, so he had no objection, so he had to suffer from this dumb loss.I turned around and looked at him innocently, the latter snorted and turned back, pretending he hadn't done anything.

It's really bad, he is obviously an accomplice, but he insists on pretending to be a good person, it's not frank.

——Eat, why don’t you make me sick?

Sakura only touched the cards from the beginning to the end, and a few of them were still directly on the grand slam, and she was in a highly confused state, just staring at the bag full of money in a daze; Xiaolang had been speechless for a long time, and now he looked at his house. The cute princess looks like she wants to laugh.

"Miss, you are amazing!"

A fat clerk suddenly ran over to praise us, Sakura was at a loss, but the clerk laughed to himself and asked about our clothes.Little Wolf explained that we were traveling, and as soon as we heard that we had no destination, the clerk immediately warned us not to go to the north of the city.

This is too abrupt, but it kind of means that there is no silver 300 taels here.I rested my chin on one hand and smiled playfully, and Hei Gang's eyes flashed too.

"why?"

"Because there are terrible legends circulating in the north."

Upon hearing the legend, the little wolf immediately became excited, and the clerk also became more excited about it.It is said that once upon a time, there lived a princess with blond hair in a castle outside the northern town. By chance, she got a feather containing power. It was a good thing, but the king and queen died soon after, and the princess became the owner of the castle; It was the children of the town who were affected, who were attracted by the feather to the castle and disappeared, never to return.

Well, it's pretty scary.

"But aren't those fairy tales?" I asked.

The clerk insisted,

"No, it's a true story."

"Is there really a castle in the north of the town?"

"Uh, that's already a story 300 years ago... The castle must have almost collapsed."

"Is that why you told us not to go north?"

"No..." There was a hint of fear on the clerk's face, "It's because it's just like the legend... the children started disappearing again."

……

"Feathers that contain power...sounds like Sakura's feathers."

After dinner, we found a clothing store to buy the clothes of this country, which is similar to the style of Thrace, but because it is slightly warmer here, the clothes don’t need to be so thick, and they are complicated and gorgeous, which looks different. pleasing to the eye.Sakura really made a lot of money playing cards, and after buying four sets of thick clothes, there was still some leftovers, so we rented three more horses, Xiaolang and Xiaoying rode together, and Hei Gang and I each had one and three horses. Drive in parallel, heading towards the ungoable north.

Although the legend is weird, it is still a clue, and there is no harm in looking it up.The three of us drove side by side, and in a blink of an eye we came to a forest.The trees bent into strange angles, deserted, and the atmosphere was somewhat abnormal.

"Wow, what a scary feeling! The shape of the tree is also..." I joked.

"Those are not important," Black Steel said, "The weather is getting colder."

"Well, it looks like it's going to snow."

Xiaolang asked Sakura with concern, and Sakura said that the clothes were thick enough and she didn't feel cold.Hei Gang said that his country has four seasons all year round, winter is very cold, summer is very hot, and spring and autumn are beautiful... His tone is very gentle, it is the look of nostalgia for a piece of land, gentle It's like seeing it with your own eyes.

It's so gentle that I even want to see it with my own eyes - the four seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter, flowers wither and bloom, instead of white snow all year round.

However, if he went back...he went back.

There is no need to go any further.

……

After walking for a while, we came to a town in the north.

Black Ninja was the first to discover and remind us of this oppressive and mysterious atmosphere.The doors of every house were tightly closed, and some people standing at the window looked at our unfamiliar faces in a panic, and quickly locked the windows and hid in the house.After walking for a long time, I saw a little girl playing in the snow at the door, but was interrupted by the child's mother when she was about to ask questions. The little girl ran back quickly and was warned again not to go out.

Unwelcome, it seems.

I didn't expect this to be the beginning.Just as we were about to continue walking, a group of people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, all of them holding guns and knives, blocking the road tightly.

"Who are you?"

This is a bit difficult to answer.Although we are simply collecting feathers, it is a troubled time, and the feathers are related to the missing children, which is not easy to handle: let’s tell the truth, it will inevitably lead to misunderstanding; if we don’t tell the truth...

"While traveling, we are investigating ancient legends and buildings." Xiaolang, who has an archaeological background, explained.

"Investigate what those things are for?"

The leader was fierce and fierce, asking questions every sentence.Just when I was thinking about whether to help the little wolf, I heard the little wolf say without changing his face:

"To write a book."

……

It turns out... good babies can also lie.

"Writing a book? With a child like you?"

"No, it's this one."

"It's right here," Little Wolf pointed at me, and I agreed, "This girl is my sister, the boy is my assistant, and this one..." I looked at his speechless expression, and suddenly After a pause, he said deliberately, "He is my servant."

"Who is your servant..."

Sure enough, he exploded, and was hit hard by Mokona's head, and the man and the beast started to quarrel again.The people surrounding us were taken aback by this lie, and were taken aback by the sudden appearance of Mokona, and some of them who reacted were also hesitant.In this awkward silence, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Everyone stop!"

The man suddenly appeared in gray long clothes, wearing a pair of round glasses, half-length hair tied behind his head, and a leather bag in his hand, looking quite frail.

"You actually pointed your gun at the traveler!"

"But now is a special period, outsiders..."

"Because they are people from other places, so don't be rude to them!"

……

It turned out that by such an accident, we actually followed this man to his house. He introduced himself as a doctor and his name was Carl Rondat, and the coyotes thanked him, and he explained that this was originally a hotel.We were sitting on the sofa in the living room. Before we could say a few words, the door was pushed open. A middle-aged man came in, dignified and dignified, followed by an old man. He was called Ke Luosha in words. Lord Tom.

Crosham looked annoyed, and said the same things as those we met in the street this afternoon, complaining that the doctor had brought us back.

"Obviously I haven't found even one!"

"You actually took in these guys of unknown origin just like that!"

If the anxiety was not real, this person's acting skills would be too terrible.Dr. Carl explained to him that since we traveled all over the world collecting legends, maybe we could get some clues from us, but Mr. Crosham didn't think so.We sat on the sidelines without talking, but the kind doctor spared no effort to defend us.

So kind.

Although we are the ones who are unwelcome, I think what they said is not unreasonable: the old legends, the missing children, but when there is no clue about the whole thing, we strangers appear, even if we can really ask What, there is no harm in being more cautious, not to mention that we came here to inquire about this matter; but this doctor could not help but explain it to us, and took us back home without questioning, which is really strange.

Hei Gang also looked at the doctor with a slight frown and cautious eyes.

I feel relieved.Now that he has noticed it, if both of them are prepared, they will not be caught off guard.

Of course, Crosham would not believe us in this way with just a few words, so he had to tell us not to go out at night, and left in anger.Dr. Carl said that he is the biggest landowner in the town, and the old man behind him is the mayor of the town. They are two people who are in charge, no wonder they are so impatient.

But then again, based on his status, if he really wanted to drive us out just now, if he really wanted to take coercive measures, I am afraid that Karl, a little doctor, would not be able to stop him; but he didn't, and instead told us not to go out at night.I looked at Sakura, who was getting smaller and smaller in the thick clothes, and the worry in that person's words was actually very strong.

From this point of view, Mr. Landlord is quite kind.

……

It snowed all night.

The little wolf once traveled around the world with his adoptive father, so he must have seen snow, but he probably never saw snow. He woke up early in the morning and lay down by the window to stare at it, looking very happy.Heigang, who has no romantic cells, only focuses on the very low temperature, and I am thinking about the desert country, this is probably the first time Sakura has seen snow in her life.

Moreover, this is more like Thrace, the place that is covered with snow all the year round.

The three of us packed up and went to find Sakura, but she wasn't as happy as she imagined, instead she seemed preoccupied.

"Last night... I saw it, in the snow..."

"My child!"

Before he could explain what was going on, he was interrupted by a sound from outside.We looked at each other in blank dismay, we didn't understand why, so we decided to go out and ask.

In the end, it turned out to be the mother from yesterday.

"I'm obviously locked!"

"The door is opened from the inside, but I told the child not to open the door, it must be..."

The child's mother covered her face and collapsed into the thick snow, crying choked up.

"Princess Goldilocks must have done it!"

"It must be so!"

People's speculation often does not need logic, and three people become tigers.Sakura's expression changed at this moment:

"So... what happened last night was not a dream..."

"What did you say?"

The leader who interrogated us yesterday rushed over to question Sakura, but Xiaolang was the first to protect her behind him.Sakura explained that she saw the blond princess in the snow last night, so everyone reconfirmed that the blond princess was the instigator, and the scene was chaotic.

At this moment, Crosham appeared again.

The momentary silence of the crowd can illustrate his prestige, and when he saw us, his first reaction was to ask if we had left the room last night.Although it is a bit sensitive to ask like this, it is understandable. As soon as I was about to speak, that doctor Carl rushed out from nowhere and stood in front of us.

"In order to allow emergency patients to come over at any time, my room is next to the entrance. Once someone leaves, I will know immediately!"

Well, it's very convenient.

Crosham and Karl confronted each other for a moment, and broke up unhappy, and everyone went back separately. Before leaving, the leader gave us a glare.

"Wow, he seems to be staring at us!"

"I think he is suspicious of us."

Heigan was speechless to me.A group of people were about to go back to eat, and I took the opportunity to tease Heigang's unique way of using knives and forks, and he mocked me for not being able to use chopsticks.Xiao Sakura was teased by us, and temporarily let go of her nervousness, and smiled sweetly.

but……

I looked at the gray sky after the snow, a few jackdaws whimpered, black and white were distinct.

So, which one is black and which one is white?