Neverland

The mental preparation Xu Muzhou had been making was obviously a little bit different from the reality, so that he was stunned for two seconds before he realized it.

Xu Muzhou gritted his teeth, and whispered: "... witches are too unreliable."

"That's what they call me." The young boy walked up to Xu Muzhou. He didn't get angry when he heard the words. All who come from hell are called witches."

Xu Muzhou frowned, his voice was a bit cold: "Did you hear that?"

The boy blinked his eyes in a daze. He might have been frightened by Xu Muzhou's tone, and subconsciously looked at Yan Cen's face first.It's a pity that Yan Cen didn't pay attention to him at all, the boy's eyes fell for nothing before he turned back and nodded hesitantly at Xu Muzhou.

Xu Muzhou was very sure that his muttering just now was very soft, the boy was standing a certain distance from him, and the waves outside were so loud, logically he shouldn't have heard what Xu Muzhou said.

His hearing seems to be a little too good, Xu Muzhou turned his head to look at Yan Cen, and exchanged a look with him.

Yan Cen nodded slightly, indicating that he understood Xu Muzhou's meaning, then looked away in front of Xu Muzhou, and then looked at the wall clock at the door.

"Yes, sir." The boy whispered, and he seemed to feel that the words were not strong enough, so he eagerly added another sentence: "I heard...but I don't care, you are unintentional, I know .”

The boy's voice sounded a little hoarse, probably because he hadn't communicated with anyone for a long time.His figure looks very thin, like long-term malnutrition, his height looks like he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, his shoulders are thin, and his head is covered by the white robe on his body, making him look even weaker .

But he doesn't look sluggish, he looks very delicate, even wearing a yellowed robe can't hide his good looks, but the green eyes are a bit obvious, even Xu Muzhou glanced too much Two eyes.

Presumably because he was exiled here since he was a child, the boy seemed to have a kind of innocence that didn't match his age. His eyes were clear and bright, and he seemed to have no city.

——Witch, Xu Muzhou smacked the word in his mind again, weighing the weight of Neverland's list of things.

"What's your name?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"My name is Toya," said the boy.

"Isn't this a girl's name?" Xu Muzhou said.

"Yes." Toya showed that embarrassing expression again, and said, "This is the name the bishop gave me. He hopes that I can use this name to seal the devil."

... What a problem, Xu Muzhou cursed.

Yan Cen, who had been serving as a lamp stand behind Xu Muzhou, suddenly moved for some reason. He silently handed the kerosene lamp in his hand to Xu Muzhou, then walked away from him, and walked towards the chained gate.

For some reason, Toya was a little afraid of him. Seeing him approaching, she hurriedly moved aside to make way for Yan Cen.

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Okay, his brother Yan also hates people and is afraid of people, so he is probably the only one who wants it.

But having said that, the fact that Yan Cen was able to leave him at this stall meant that at least the boy in front of him didn't make him feel in danger.

Xu Muzhou let go of half of his heart, and looked at Toya carefully.

Toya didn't seem to notice his probing eyes. Seeing Yan Cen walking over, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body relaxed visibly.

"I don't know why, but I'm a little afraid of him." Toya said shyly, "Maybe it's because I rarely see outsiders."

The sixth sense is quite keen - this is Xu Muzhou's second thought.

"There is very little communication with the outside world here, and it will be more than a month before the next time someone comes to deliver things. You can stay in the castle first, and wait for them to come, and then go out with their boat." Toya said: "Otherwise, the two of you can't leave. There are several hidden reefs on the sea not far away, which is very dangerous."

Xu Muzhou hummed, he still had a low fever and was a little dizzy after standing for a long time, so he took a step back and leaned against the wall.

With such a movement, he remembered the problem that had been ignored before.

"Is the gate of your castle locked?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Yes." Toya said.

"Then how did we get in?" Xu Muzhou asked again.

When Neverland sends missions, it will choose the most favorable time and place, but this "most favorable" must also follow the logic in the world line. It is impossible to parachute two large living people on the flat ground for no reason.What's more, Yan Cen is most likely to use the identity of a person in the world line, and he can't violate the laws of physics to appear here.

"He—" Toya pointed to Yan Cen behind him, and said, "He took you, and you came in through a window at the back."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"You mean, in this castle, only the door is locked, and you can still go out through the window?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Yes." Toya nodded.

Xu Muzhou asked speechlessly: "Then why have you stayed here for so many years and didn't think of a way to escape?"

"I can't leave here." Toya said very seriously: "I want to stay here and atone for my sins."

"Are you guilty?" Xu Muzhou asked back.

Toya was stopped by his question, she was stunned for a moment, then nodded hesitantly, then shook her head again.

"I should atone for my sins." Toya said again: "I have brought troubles to the bishop, and may also bring disasters to the kingdom. This is my fate and the original sin since I was born."

As Toya said, she put the dim crystal ball in her arms, closed her eyes reverently, made the sign of the cross, and made a gesture of prayer.

Xu Muzhou carefully observed his expression, and indeed did not see any flaws in it.

He is like a devout believer who looks the same on the outside, even if he is locked up in such an isolated place of exile, he doesn't seem to have the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.

——Can people have no negative emotions? Xu Muzhou doesn't believe it.This is what he and Yan Cen did. If there are people in the world who are selfless, then they should just be unemployed.

After finishing her prayer, Toya opened her eyes again, and said, "Don't worry, you can leave here, just wait for the next boat to dock."

Neverland's language translation system may be literal translation. Xu Muzhou listened to Toya's words, and always felt that the tone and intonation of the other party were full of a strict Virgin temperament, and he didn't know if it was a psychological effect.

While he was talking to Toya, Yan Cen had already come back from the gate, and Toya heard his footsteps, and carefully moved aside.

The big clock on the door made a dull chime, Toya glanced back at the clock, and smiled at Xu Muzhou apologetically.

"I'm going back to the house." Toya said. "In this castle, you can walk around as you like. The black bread and clean water are in the basement, and the flint and kerosene are in the lockers on the second floor."

As Toya said, she took out a bunch of jingling copper keys from under her robe, and handed them to Xu Muzhou.

There were seven or eight keys in that bunch, strung together with a big iron ring, and they all looked about the same at first glance.

"All places can be entered and exited at will." Toya said seriously: "But the smallest key is the attic key, you can't go in."

Xu Muzhou didn't do anything, Yan Cen who came back took the bunch of keys for him.

"Understood." Yan Cen said.

Toya quickly withdrew her hand, lowered her eyes in a hurry, turned around and walked into the depths of the castle like an NPC who retreated after completing the task.

Xu Muzhou leaned against the wall and looked up. This castle sounds like a castle, but it’s a nondescript clock tower. The building is tall and narrow. The floors are connected by old-fashioned spiral stairs, except for the attic floor. Except for being blocked, the rest of the third floor can be seen at a glance.

Toya walked up the stairs to the second floor, Xu Muzhou watched him walk through the half-circle of stairs on the second floor, opened the door and entered a room, then reached out and took the bunch of keys from Yan Cen's hand, and put them in the palm of his hand Li weighed it.

"Have you ever heard the story of Blue Beard?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Xu Muzhou didn't expect Yan Cen, who had no childhood, to have heard of this. Before he could answer, he shook the keys in his hand and said with a smile, "There is also such a bunch of keys in that story. Of the twelve rooms, only the last one cannot be entered."

"What will happen if you enter?" Yan Cen asked calmly.

"If you can't restrain your curiosity and open that room..." Xu Muzhou leaned forward, approached Yan Cen, and lowered his voice to threaten, "You will be killed."

Yan Cen chuckled.

"Stop looking down on people." Xu Muzhou didn't scare him, he felt rather bored, and threatened: "We two creatures, be careful that we will be taken into the crystal ball by the witch."

"The double prison is also very good." Yan Cen said indifferently: "Why, do you want to go to the attic to have a look?"

"It's only the first day, don't worry." Xu Muzhou said, "What did you find on that clock just now?"

"That clock runs very fast, fully twice as fast as the normal time." Yan Cen said: "But the clock is not broken."

"Is there a problem with the construction of this clock, or is there a problem with the flow of time here?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"I'm leaning toward the latter," Yan Cen said.

"Then it's up to you." Xu Muzhou said bluntly.

In this subtle "feeling", he has always believed in Yan Cen's judgment.

"It's quite new to encounter metaphysics in the real world." Xu Muzhou said.

"Isn't your internship task the same?" Yan Cen reminded him: "In that school."

Oh——Xu Muzhou remembered that at the time, he regarded that task as a game, but now that he thinks about it carefully, that scene was just manually framed by Neverland, and it was still real. The incomparable elementary school will also become another world at night.

Xu Muzhou was lost in thought when he suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and he fell backward as if weightless. Before he could stabilize his body, he was supported by a hand behind his back.

Xu Muzhou came back to his senses, only to find that he had been hugged by Yan Cen, and his body was still covered with the coat he put on just now.

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"Didn't you say no hugs!" Xu Muzhou suddenly became angry from embarrassment.