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Abner couldn't help but backed away, and Herbert pressed against his back and pushed him forward.Abner's legs were sore, and he staggered forward. The assassin opened his mouth wide and swallowed Abner's injured arm in one gulp. Black thorns covered his arm, like a piece of armor covered with thorn scales. black snake.

Abner's hand trembled, and the thorns tightened even more. He felt the dense thorns touching his skin, which was numb and crisp, and it wasn't as painful as he imagined.But he still had lingering fears, turned around and asked Herbert, "Do you want to keep it like this?"

Herbert nodded, and stretched his hand above the thorn. After a while, he slowly lowered his hand, and the palm touched the spike. The spike seemed to be softened, and it changed according to the palm of Herbert's brushing slowly. Direction, as docile as a milk cat.

Not long after, Abner felt a cool liquid secreted from the spikes, spraying on his wound.

"Do you feel cool?" asked Herbert.

Abner nodded.

Herbert smiled triumphantly, "This is the fastest medicine to heal thorn wounds."

"How fast can it be?"

"If you're lucky, this time will be enough."

Abner breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I've never had bad luck," whispered Herbert.

Abner: "..."

"It's okay, just do it again tomorrow." Herbert's voice was full of excitement.

This is a tough guy, Abner thought.

The treatment process was boring and lengthy, and the two had maintained this movement for some time.

Abner tried to find something to talk about, "If it is possible for you to go back..."

"Really?" Herbert was so excited that his hands shook, and he clenched his hands tightly again. Abner let out a "hiss", and Herbert hurriedly apologized.

"I mean if..."

Herbert lowered his head in frustration, and said in a low voice: "Father said that if there is nothing, if there is, there is, and if there is no, there is nothing."

Abner quickly comforted him, "How tiring is life, if there is a if, there is hope."

But Herbert didn't seem to listen, and murmured: "Anyway, I've lived long enough..."

Abner stared wide-eyed, and looked at this young man who didn't look much older than him several times, "You're only so young to say such depressing words!"

Herbert stretched out his fingers and counted earnestly. After a while, he hesitated and said, "Using the words here, I should have lived for 200 years."

The corner of Abner's mouth twitched, and he was unable to speak, but fortunately, he already had a certain understanding of the world Herbert and Aureas lived in, so he didn't appear too surprised.

Herbert said: "Don't be surprised, people from our family live the longest among the four major families."

Abner stared wide-eyed, and quickly asked: "What about Oreas? Is he from the same clan as you? How long can he live?"

Herbert shook his head and replied: "We are not of the same clan, and I don't know how long he lived, nor how long he can live."

"Aren't you friends?"

Herbert waved his hand quickly, "No, no, I dare not offend."

Abner frowned, "Are you afraid of him?"

"It's not..." Herbert looked indecisive.

Abner raised his chin, patted Herbert on the shoulder, and said in a firm tone, "Poor Herbert, what are you afraid of him doing? Seeing how you are working so hard to heal my wounds, he doesn't know where to rest. I'm sorry." He is so good, let him be a knight, and you can turn your face if you say it..." Abner's voice became softer as he spoke, feeling that he had spoken too much.

Herbert looked at Abner with horror, as if Abner had kicked the king.He swallowed and wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be choked by someone. After a long time, he pointed to the almost healed burn on Abner's forehead and the wound on his arm, and said slowly: "If Without him helping you with the medicine, your wound would not heal so quickly, that medicine..."

Abner twitched the corner of his mouth, in fact, he knew that the purple herbal medicine looked very mysterious, as if it was called, but at this moment, there was still an unknown fire in his heart, and his mouth was very cheap: "Hmph, what's wrong with that medicine, I'll pay for it at worst." Money is enough." As the son of Wang Fu, the most indispensable thing is gold coins.

Herbert scratched his head, "Although I'm not sure if our understanding of money is the same as here, it's not a problem for a ziler to buy a horse here."

Abner: "..." He remembered that two zilers were used for the wound on his forehead, and suddenly he felt a pain on his forehead, as if there were two horses on his head.

But he still maintained his superficial calm, and wrote lightly: "A horse, I thought it was his body fluid that worked."

Herbert looked at Abner even more terrified, as if Abner had ridden on the king's head this time.

Abner blinked uncomfortably, "Why do you always look like this?"

Herbert swallowed, lowered his head silently, and murmured: "No..."

When the two came out of the womb, it was almost noon, and Abner's stomach was growling. He looked down and saw that the thorn wound on his arm had almost disappeared, "Oh..." I just wanted to call Aureas, but the room There was no sign of Aurelias.Abner's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he pulled Herbert out, "Come on, let's look for food in the dining room on the first floor."

"Just the two of us?" asked Herbert.

Abner snorted softly, "Whether he likes to come or not."

It was time for dinner, and the dining room was full of people, including lords and peasants, but the peasants were all dressed neatly and ate like a lord, and there was no noise of drunks or dirty songs.The dining room was filled with the smell of all kinds of dishes, and the guys were running around, busy satisfying the various requests of the guests.

Abner and Herbert finally found a vacant seat and sat down. Abner twirled the small bell next to the table and rang it twice, and a sweaty clerk rushed over. The clerk saw that it was Sir, he wiped the sweat from his brow embarrassingly, and smiled apologetically, "What would you two adults want to eat? Our specialty here is grilled pork ribs with broad beans."

Abner nodded, "That's it, two servings, and a big plate of onion barbecue. Is there any yak meat? No more? How about the mutton? Very good, don't add coriander, three boiled eggs, oatmeal bread A little more, a tin of peas stew, beets coleslaw, venison soup, less sticky."

The buddy looked suspiciously at Abner's small body, then at the strong Herbert, and continued to write down.

"Herbert, is there anything else you would like to eat?" Abner asked.

Herbert said shyly, "Is there any bacon?"

"Of course there is," the man quickly wrote down, "what do you want to drink, my lord?"

Abner snorted at Herbert, and Herbert thought for a while, "I've only ever drank wheat beer."

The guy raised his eyebrows, "Sir, we don't have wheat beer here." Then he glanced at Abner politely, and Abner waved his hand, "Here's a bottle of 'Vine Beer'."

The guy kept smiling when he heard this. "Vine raccoon" is the best wine in their store. It is made from the purple grapes produced in Pans. It is second only to the wine of Cargallos in quality and taste, but Cargallos Wine is only available to the royal family and nobles, and will not appear in ordinary shops.

Soon the guys brought up the "vine under the raccoon" and the bread first.After setting out two clean cups and pouring the fragrant "Fujishita Tanuki", the clerk bowed and was about to leave.Being stopped by Abner again, he turned around respectfully, but met Abner's gloomy face.

The man wiped his sweat again, "My lord, is there anything else I need?"

Abner said gloomyly: "Bring another cup, can't you see that we have three?"

The clerk glanced at the two of them. Fortunately, he is also a person who has seen a little bit of the world. He is used to the Sir's arrogance, so he quickly apologized: "Please forgive me, I will go get it."

After a while, the clerk brought new cups and presented a plate of strawberries with a smile.

Abner took a sip of the "raccoon under the vine", put his palm on his chin, picked up a strawberry, and looked out the window.

After a while, meat, stews and other foods were served one after another. Abner piled them all up in front of Herbert. He only took the bread, spread honey on it, dug out a large piece of sticky peas and put it on top, with a bite I ate without a bite.

But my mind was overwhelmed.

Damn Aureas, where the hell is it, oh damn, this pea is not fresh enough, it's terrible, I said the venison soup should not be so thick, kings, what the hell is this making me drink, it's a mess, I will definitely not eat at this hotel again in the future.Look at the ugly color of this damn boiled egg, it's still bluish, the ribs are almost burnt, and there's not much herbs in it, don't you get tired of eating it?Why can Herbert eat so deliciously.

Oh damn, what am I always looking out of the window, damn Aurelias, I shouldn't be so stupid to make him a knight, ride a horse with him, and I want to take a bath with him?Oh hell, is my brain on fire?He shouldn't have been taken in in the first place!

Why would I take him in, by the way, it was raining that night, he was wearing nothing, oh no, he was wearing stupid pants, I pity him he gets sick from the rain, what does he have to do with me Doesn't matter, he doesn't even eat and gets sick?

Oh no, shut up, you vicious person trying to make people sick.

I'm not trying to make anyone sick! Hell, don't act like it's all my fault.Am I nice to him?My lords, Wens, Sean... which one has been treated like that by him?I even helped him dress and bathe like a valet!But what about him?He just put me on the medicine, gave me a broken necklace, and dared to push me. My shoulders are still red now.

After all, you are still angry because he pushed you a bit?

Yes!

Are you a little fussy and vexatious?

hell!I don't!

don't you?You have endured so many things these years, how did you become such a rascal?Oreas is your friend and has helped you so much, why do you...

No!I'm not a scoundrel!He is not my friend either!

What is he to you?

Abner paused, stopped chewing the bread in his mouth, and looked out the window blankly.

What is he to you?

The voice came to mind again.

Herbert, who was engrossed in eating, hadn't heard Abner's movement for a long time. When he raised his head, he saw that his face was like a vegetable salad, green, white, and red.