[Hunter] False World

The beach is crowded with tourists and local residents.

July and Kuroro were each lying on beach chairs, with a huge parasol erected above their heads.

At hand are two glasses of ice water decorated with tender yellow lemon slices, and fine drops of water ooze from the walls of the glasses.

Mr. Trouble has been here for less than half a month.

In the past half a month, the two lived together peacefully, just like ordinary landlords and tenants, and never caused a fire again.

However, it is slightly different from the landlord tenant.

It seems to be a habit of taking care of her younger sister since she was a child. Kuroro's stay allowed Qiyue to gradually regain her sense of existence.

She will prepare three meals for Mr. Trouble and clean up his room.

Mr. Trouble goes around town every day.When there was no work in July, he would invite her to travel with him, telling her the history of the city and some interesting or mysterious anecdotes.From July's point of view, this robber is much more knowledgeable than she can imagine, like an encyclopedia.

The man seemed to like an old library in the western part of Caria, and met him a few times there in July when he went to the market to buy fresh ingredients.

Through the dark sunglasses, July looks sideways at the man on the right.

Mr. Trouble holds the book in his right hand, and rests his left hand behind his head.Soft black hair fell across his forehead, with tufts escaping from the pages of a book covering his face.

Fell asleep?

July sighs.She obviously claims to be a robber, but in her opinion, she is addicted to books. She said that she wanted to come to the beach with her to play, but the book never left her hand for a moment.He deserves to have panda eyes.

When there is no work, July will occasionally come to the beach like this. Although it is very different from the sea in her hometown, the roaring waves and the distant and vast birdsong make her feel very comfortable.It seemed that as long as she could cross this ocean current, she could return to the home she had longed for.

His eyes moved down from the man's face. He wore a light brown shirt with dark beach pants. The shirt was only buttoned a few times on the lower side at random. The neckline was open, revealing good-looking muscle lines.Qiyue couldn't figure out why he was obsessed with that leather jacket in the first place. Although the weird anti-cross religious style and his big backed head were very aggressive, but in the warm Caria, at least he couldn't wear it to the beach.

Now this outfit looks very attractive too, doesn't it?From a distance in July, you can see the girls pointing towards the two of them, as well as those who occasionally slid into their ears, "Did you see the person reading over there!" "So handsome!" the sound of calling.

How should I put it, July's eyes stopped on Kuroro.A pleasing man indeed.

"Does it look good?"

The right hand suddenly moved slightly, and the dark green book cover was slightly lifted. Behind the page, the robber turned his face and smiled at Qiyue.Eyes narrowed slightly, full of evil spirit.

Qiyue was startled by the sudden coldness, and the ice water he inhaled slightly choked the air duct.She coughed lightly to cover it up, "I thought you were asleep."

"Well. The sun is very good here, and I'm a little sleepy at this time of the afternoon." Noticing these small movements, the corners of Kuroro's mouth widened further, as if deliberately teasing July, and he stared straight into her eyes, "But with such ardent eyes... Heh, it seems difficult to fall asleep."

……

Where is it hot? !

Qiyue felt a slight heat flash across her face, this robber is really brazen!

However, for some reason, she wanted to refute but didn't answer for a while.Fortunately, the large sunglasses seem to be able to block some of the blush on the face.July took a sip of ice lemon water with a straw in her mouth, adjusted her eyes back to a lazy frequency behind the black lenses, and then stared at Mr. Trouble without saying a word.

boring.

This is her subtext.

After receiving this message, Kuroro closed the book with a smile in his eyes, and sat up facing July.

He picked up the iced lemonade in his hand, put his index finger against the straw, and raised his head to take a sip directly from the edge of the glass.The drops of water seeping from the glass wall dripped from between his fingers, dripped on the sand, and soon evaporated to nothing.

Qiyue's eyes were fixed on the man's Adam's apple that moved with swallowing water, and she swallowed her throat unconsciously.

Damn it, is it because of the hot weather?

From the very beginning, the male hormones of this bandit volatilized a little too much.

The man who was drinking water raised his eyes at this moment, and met Shang Qiyue's gaze.The slightly teasing smile on his lips has never disappeared.

……asshole.

July secretly cursed in her heart.

Taking off the sunglasses, July turned and sat up, standing in front of Kuroro.

"Bye-Bye."

She leaned close to the robber, her eyes narrowed in displeasure, "Have fun, Mr. Trouble, I'm leaving. Work."

"Aren't you going to swim?" Kuroro put down the water glass.The woman in front of him is really a born liar, lying so naturally, he knows she has no job at all today.

"No." It was natural to refuse.

"Heh, don't forget the banquet at Byron Manor tonight."

"Can I say no?" He waved back casually, and turned to leave in July.

Her high bunch of red hair is raised behind her back, even on this passionate beach, it is the most vivid touch of fiery red.

Kuroro raised his head and took another sip of ice water, without taking his eyes off July.

"Um... can you pass me the ball?"

A beach volleyball rolled and landed firmly at Kuroro's feet.He raised his head following the voice, and a tall bikini girl ran in front of him.Behind the bikini girl, a group of girls huddled together and cast fiery gazes in this direction.

Kuroro picked up the volleyball gracefully, and handed it to the woman in front of him, "Be careful next time." After he finished speaking, he showed an extremely gentle smile, and also nodded to the girls huddled in the distance. There was a lot of screaming.

Hanging the sunglasses that had just been put down in July, Kuroro lay back on the sun lounger.

I often come to the beach, but never go into the water.

The man habitually reached out to stroke his lips while thinking.

Ah.Maybe try it next time...

Away from the beach, July doesn't have work to do.

After returning to the villa, she changed into a simple set of t-shirt and trousers, then rode a mountain bike back from a certain store to a dense forest not far from the beach road.

This dense forest has been walked dozens of times in July, and it is covered by tropical trees each nearly ten meters high.

Most of these trees have smooth, light gray bark.Older trees have slightly rougher cuticles with light brown cracks.The tree's twigs are hard, reddish or maroon.There are hairy buds on the leaves.The ends of the branches droop and emit a strong odor similar to rotting peanuts or cashews.

Born on Winter Island, July couldn't name the tropical trees, but she had studied the woods carefully and concluded that they were of no use to her.

Go east from the woods to a place near the coast.In July, I climbed up to the high ground familiarly, and when I reached the back of the hillside, a hidden cave appeared in front of me.

I broke off a few branches at random, lit them and stepped into the cave in July.

The footsteps are straight forward, but the memory is constantly retreating.

Back to the day it all started...

The sky was high and the sea was wide that day, and the sea was calm.

In July, I have a small shop with my sister on the small island in my hometown.That day she went out shopping with the boat, and the seabirds she adopted flapped their wings and caught up with her shortly after she went out to sea, landed on her shoulders and cried non-stop.

Not long after sailing out of the small island, the originally calm sea was suddenly covered by a huge rain cloud. Between lightning and thunder, July only remembered that she was hugging the plank of the ship that was broken by the huge waves, and was sucked into a sea by the roaring sea. A strange current.

She thought she was just drowning like this, but she didn't expect to find herself lying in a cave when she woke up.

At that time, July only thought that she was rescued by a passing ship, and did not observe the surrounding environment carefully.She only remembered that there was a puddle like a pond beside her, and a little thing like a snowball stood on her shoulder, pecking her with its hard blue beak.

Maybe it was due to excessive weakness after drowning. At that time, Qiyue only felt in a trance and her limbs were weak.She tried to call a few times, and after finding no one around, she followed the faint light and supported the rock wall to barely find the exit.

However, before her eyes, it seemed to be a completely different world.

A twig burns out.

Light another one in July and take a few steps forward.dead end.

He took out a dagger from his pocket, turned back to the fork in the road along the way, and carved a big fork on the stone wall.

It's just that I was too careless at the time.

Half a year ago, when July realized the facts and returned to the cave again, trying to find clues, she found that this cave was like a maze of overlapping.There are several forks in one place, and there are forks after forks. The more you go in, the more forks, twists and turns, and there is no end.

In the past six months, as long as there is a little time, July will come here to find clues about going home.

However, not all the time is used to find the way home, she gives herself a lot of work, she is very busy.

Very contradictory, but also very realistic.Like hope and disappointment.

Qiyue can't wait to live in the cave every moment, racing against time to sort out the weird underground branches.However, she is also most afraid of staying here. If conditions permit, she really doesn't want to step in here.

Every time the dagger carved a mark on the rock wall, there was more hope and more worry.

Finding clues here is the biggest motivation to support July's life in this world.

But the absurd thing of traveling through another world... If one day she really finds that cave, will there really be any clues there for her to go home?The only connection is a puddle of water that looms in memory.

The biggest weakness of July's ability is water.Although the fruits she ate when she was young are powerful, those who eat them will lose their wateriness and become landlubbers that are hated by the sea.If she wants to find clues, she will undoubtedly go into the water.So at that time, will she choose to take a gamble?What if the bet is lost?

The worst possible outcome is going back to where it all started—by drowning.

Yet the worse reality is that she is alive.

Most living people fear death.But at this time, July just didn't have the courage to put all their eggs in one basket.

The next fork is still a dead end.

The dagger was carved on the mountain rock, making a sharp piercing sound.

Returning along the way in July.

Still a day of no progress.

It was almost dusk when I stepped out of the cave, and July walked out of the dense forest and stepped on the mountain bike.

Very lost.But also somewhat relaxed.

Is it because there is still time to live?

July laughed at herself.

Ironic.

After stopping by the side of the road for a while, Qiyue suddenly remembered that it seemed that a little further north along the road was the relic mentioned by Mr. Trouble last time.

Put the pedal down and head against the wind in July.

In the evening, I will accompany Mr. Trouble to the banquet at Byron Manor. This robber must be going to get something that he didn't get last time...

July let out a long breath.Even if she is hired, she is already very tired today...

but……

I specially chose today to search because the future work can make me temporarily forget my troubles.

Back at the villa, July lay in the bathtub for a long time.

This is the same feeling as drowning.As long as the body is completely submerged in water, you can feel the limbs gradually lose their mobility.

Putting on a floor-length red dress, Qiyue straightened and pulled up her hair.

With a little makeup on, she stepped into a pair of silver high heels.

On the other side, Kuroro had already changed into a black suit.

The man's figure was slender and straight, his gestures were elegant, and he revealed an indescribable arrogance.

He smiled and reached out to July.

"Can we go, Miss July?"

Qiyue's lazy eyes fell on Kuroro, and she took two steps forward to hold the handsome robber.

"Come on, Mr. Trouble."

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