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The buildings on North Street were also severely damaged, but unlike the street that Hill and the others walked on, the houses here had been basically cleaned up, and even if they hadn't been refurbished, most of them had been built with enough low houses for people to live in.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Hill clung to Kidge's ear and whispered to him: "Show off the momentum of a magician in a while, and you don't have to give anyone face."

Keech was startled slightly, and looked at Hill in puzzlement.

"The dance party is indispensable at the reception, and I don't want to waste time dancing with those ladies." Hill took advantage of the situation and kissed Kiki on the cheek, "Let's make a quick decision and go back as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Keech nodded half-understanding, and followed Hill out of the carriage.

It can be seen that the Governor's Mansion was originally supposed to be a three-story building, but now only the bottom floor remains, and the owner of the mansion seems to want the house to remain in such a dilapidated condition on purpose, so that the whole While the restoration of the first floor was complete, the damaged walls above the second floor were not repaired.

"The master wants to keep this place like this to commemorate the earthquake." The servant who led the way confirmed Hill's guess.

As soon as he entered the lobby of the Governor's Mansion, the obese Governor of Tampa greeted him immediately. After a few polite words, he greeted Hill's grandfather, Earl Balotelli, with a smile on his face.But Hill only responded with an attitude that was neither rude nor enthusiastic, so the Governor of Tampa quickly curled up the corners of his mouth meaningfully, letting the two of them take care of themselves, then turned around to greet other guests, and never appeared again. In front of the two of them.

Although there are countless disaster victims outside the city, and corpses are everywhere in the city, the hall of the Governor's Mansion is still full of feasting and feasting, with fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples.The women were wearing brand-new long skirts and whispering, while the men held up their wine glasses and talked loudly. From time to time, they would mention the disasters outside and even lament once or twice, but this did not affect their good appetite and good spirits.

Although he wanted to go back as soon as possible, Hill still took Kiki around the hall, remembering all the local nobles who participated in the reception.During this period, many aristocratic ladies took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Hill and asked him to dance, but he used Keech's cold face as a shield to decline them politely.

After checking the situation of the guests, Hill called the servant here and asked him to say goodbye to the Governor of Tampa on his behalf. Then he and Keech left the Governor's Mansion, boarded the carriage, and returned to Asia in the East District. Nigerian government affairs hall.

Sirius and the others were still asleep at this time, and they rested after seeing them returning safely.

Since there was nothing to talk about at the reception, Hill didn't waste Sirius' time anymore, and Kiki went back to their respective rooms.While they were gone, Sirius had arranged for the servants to rearrange the two empty rooms for them so that they would no longer have to "crowd" into one bed.

All night.

Early the next morning, Hill had just opened his eyes and was not fully awake when a loud knock on the door completely dispelled his drowsiness.

--What happened?

Hill hurriedly put on his coat, opened the door but found that Joey was standing outside the door with an excited expression on his face, and it didn't look like an accident.

"What's the matter?" Hill couldn't help frowning.

"Hurry up and pack up, I'll take you to meet someone!" Joey said excitedly, "Wake up your magician friend too, let's go there together!"

"Kiki won't get up at this time." Hill turned around, and while re-dressing, he asked Joey, "Who do you want to see? Do you have to bring Kiki?"

"You'll know when you meet with me." Joey said mysteriously, "Hurry up and wake up that magician of yours, it will be boring if he doesn't go."

Hill had no choice but to get dressed, and knocked on the door next door with Joey.

After a while, Kiki put on his magic robe, opened the door sleepily, and asked with a puzzled look, "Is it late?"

"No." Hill pushed Kiki back to the room, closed the door behind his back, left Joey outside, and then explained to Kiki, "Joy didn't know what he was doing, he said he would take us to Seeing someone, I suspect it's his Gaoling Flower."

"What does that have to do with us?" Keech said gloomily. He had a bumpy day in the carriage yesterday and didn't go to bed early at night, so he hasn't slept enough yet.

"I don't know, he insisted that I take you with me." Hill said as he helped Kiki get dressed and combed his black hair that had begun to grow too long.

After packing up, Hill and Keech, led by Joy, left the government affairs hall where they were temporarily staying, and walked towards the Yani Cathedral diagonally opposite.

Different from the scene when I came last night, there was already a long table in front of the church at this time, with several baskets of sliced ​​bread and a large pot on it, several women dressed in civilian clothes and two priests in priestly clothes. The man was standing behind the table, handing out slices of bread and the liquid in the pot to a row of civilians in front of the table who were also wearing old clothes.

Hill's attention was immediately attracted by the liquid in the iron pot, but just when he wanted to see what was in the iron pot, Kiki who was following him opened his eyes wide in surprise.

—Licky?

Seeing a dark-haired woman behind the long table who was distributing slices of bread, Kitsch immediately recognized that it was his sister whom he hadn't seen in two years.

"Hey! Haven't you noticed yet?" Joey couldn't wait to remind him at this time.

Hill was taken aback, and looked carefully at the crowd in front of the church, only to find that there was a handsome face almost identical to Kich's, with the same black hair, the same facial features, and the same slender figure.

--how is this possible?

Hill turned his head subconsciously, wondering if Keech had secretly changed into women's clothes, but apparently, Keech was still staying by his side, and the young woman who looked exactly like Keech wasn't Keech at all.

"Did you see it? Did you see it? Is it exactly the same?" Joey said excitedly, "I was shocked when I saw it for the first time. I thought it was dressed up by your magician friend, but I found out after talking. That's a real lady!"

While Joey was explaining, Keech had stepped towards Likki.

Hill followed quickly, continuing to eye the young woman who looked so much like Keech.

It has to be said that this is not a stunningly beautiful woman.Kiki's facial features are very delicate, and the details are also perfect, but it lacks the softness and sweetness that women should have, and it does not conform to the world's consistent aesthetics of women—not ugly, but it is difficult to attract men. From a certain point of view, the woman's face is sadder than the real ugly woman.

——Wouldn't it be her that Joey was looking for?

Hill wondered suspiciously.

Keech had already walked to Li Qi's side at this time, but Li Qi was busy distributing food to the crowd in line, and didn't notice his arrival, but a lady-like woman next to him spoke first, "This magician , what do you have...huh?!"

Apparently, she also noticed Keech and Likki's overly similar looks.

Hearing the exclamation of the people around her, Li Qi turned her head and was startled, "Kiki?!"

"...Hmm." Keech responded indifferently.

"Why are you here?" Lizzy asked in surprise, "You...have you become a magician?"

"Yeah." Kiki replied blankly again.

The other people around Li Qi immediately asked curiously, "Are you relatives?"

"This is my younger brother Kiki, we haven't seen each other for a long time." Lizzie explained with a smile, and then begged the woman next to her, "Can you stand for me for a while?"

"Of course, go talk to your brother, it's not easy to meet relatives at a time like this." The woman and other people around laughed and pushed Li Qi out and took over her work.

Li Qi also smiled to express her gratitude, then pulled Kiki out of the crowd and came to the open space next to her. Just as she was about to say something, she found that Joey and Hill were also walking towards them.

"Miss Campbell!" Joey greeted Lizzie proactively.

But when they heard this name, Keech and Hill couldn't help being stunned, "Camberg?"

"Isn't this Miss Lizzie Kamberg? What's the matter, is there something wrong?" Joey asked puzzled.

"We changed our surnames." Without waiting for Kiki to ask, Lizzie confessed the reason, and smiled awkwardly at Joey, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to deceive you, Grant Knight."

"What's hidden in this...?" Joey suddenly became worried, but then he couldn't help asking, "You and Magician Kiki are..."

"Sister and brother, I am his older sister." Li Qi replied with a smile, "Although we are very similar, we are not twins. I am two years older than him!"

"Why are you here? Where's Xiu Qi? Where's the father, mother, and grandmother?" Keech asked interjectedly.

"Xiu Qi followed Priest Dominique to distribute food outside the city, and he will be back soon. The others..." Li Qi didn't continue talking, and his face became a little gloomy.

Hill hurriedly interrupted, "This is not a place to talk, and, Miss Kamberg—please allow me to call you that for the time being, maybe you would prefer to talk to Keech alone?"

"You are..." Li Qi was stunned for a moment, as if she had just noticed Hill's existence.

"I'm Keech's good friend, Hill Balotelli." Hill slightly bowed and introduced himself to Likki.

"Just call me Lizzy." Lizzy quickly curtseyed back, but her gaze involuntarily stopped on Hill's face.

"May I call you that too?" Joey interjected immediately.

"Of course, Grant Knight." Lizzie quickly turned her head and smiled at Joey, "I always want to thank you for everything you have done for us. Without your help, the church's good deeds would not have spread so smoothly. .”

Hearing these words, Hill couldn't help but squinted at Joey, and then connected it with the orderliness in front of the church and the knights scattered around.

Obviously, the knight in estrus took advantage of his position to open the door for the church's "good deeds". Not only did he send people to maintain order for them, but even part of the food was written by him.

——Wouldn't that be one of the reasons why Sirius called him here?

Hill thought helplessly.

At this time, Keech only had doubts, wondering where the other people were going, wondering why Li Qi and Xiu Qi would work for the Holy See, and wondering Li Qi's weird attitude that hesitated to speak.

However, Li Qi did not shed tears, which seems to be enough to show that her parents and grandmother did not die in the earthquake, otherwise Li Qi would have been crying with rain and tears with Li Qi's usual temperament.However, her refusal to reveal the whereabouts of her parents in front of Hill and Joy seems to imply that there is something dark about their whereabouts—or that speaking out would embarrass her.

Kitsch bit his lip, ignored Hill's proposal, and asked Lizzy directly, "Where did Xiuqi go? When will he be back?"

"It will take at least an hour to return to the refugee area outside the city." Li Qi replied hesitantly.

"Hill, can you accompany me to find him?" Keech turned to Hill and asked.

Hill was stunned for a moment, and then comforted, "There's no need to rush for a while, right? You haven't had breakfast yet!"

"Let's eat here, the bread we make is still delicious!" Li Qi suggested immediately.

"Can you?" Hill asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course, but the portion can only be the same as others, you can't take more!" Li Qi said with a smile.

"Then we'll take the liberty to accept it." Hill agreed with a smile.

"Please follow me." Lizzy turned and walked towards the long table in front of the church.

Joey followed immediately, while Hill raised his hand and patted Kidge on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I can tell from the appearance of your sister that your family should be safe."

Keech lowered his eyes and didn't answer, but thought in his heart, if you knew my family, you wouldn't think so.

In his family, the grandmother has the highest status, and Xiu Qi has the final decision on everything. His father seems to be the head of the family, but in fact he is more like a long-term worker.On the other hand, the mother and Li Qi happily enjoy everything the whole family has contributed to them, especially Li Qi, who is not much worse than those young ladies in noble families who don't know the sufferings of the world.Because of the pampering of her family, Lizzie would cry endlessly whenever she encountered something beyond her control, so other people never told her about the difficulties at home, lest she would be sad and unable to help.

——Even if something happened at home, Xiu Qi would hide it as much as he could, trying his best not to let her know.

Keech thought sure.

Seeing that Kiki no longer insisted on going out of the city, Hill took his arm, took two quick steps, and followed behind Lizzy and Joey.

When Hill and Keech returned to the long table, Lizzie greeted them with a plate containing four slices of bread, and held it up for them to take by themselves.

Hill picked up a piece of bread, but turned his eyes to the iron pan next to him again, only to find that there was only steaming water in it.

"Is that...ordinary clear water?" Hill asked suspiciously.

"Well." Lizzie nodded, "Many wells were damaged in the earthquake, and some of the remaining ones are not clean, so the priests use magic to purify the water every day, and then distribute it to everyone for drinking."

—Is drinking water a problem?

Hill frowned secretly, stuffed a piece of bread into his mouth casually, but almost spat it out on the spot.

It was too hard and a little sour, and it didn't taste like the bread he usually eats at all.

Hill reluctantly swallowed the slice of bread, and was about to ask Lizzy about the other situation of the civilians, when suddenly there was another piece of bread in front of him.

Hill was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was Keech who handed it over.

——You don’t want me to eat it for you, do you?

Hill's mouth twitched.

Keech also saw his reluctance, moved the corner of his mouth, and sent the sound directly into Hill's ear with the wind element, "Help me deal with it, or I'll just throw it away."

Hill reluctantly took the slice of bread, and immediately had an idea, took it to a little girl who had been staring at them, squatted down, put the slice of bread in her hand, and smiled at the other people around her. Asked: "You don't mind letting the children share more food?"

"Of course, of course." The others hurriedly shook their heads, and thanked Hill together with the girl.

Joey on the side knew the taste of this slice of bread earlier than Hill did, and immediately imitated his piece of bread and gave it to another old man, and immediately received a lot of admiring looks like Hill.

--big liar!

Keech, who was behind, tried hard to control the expression on his face so as not to show an inappropriate sneer.