Miko

The door of Shedu is very old, and the creaking sound when it is pushed open makes the scalp tingle, but inside is a real tavern.Slightly outdated square tables are placed in every corner, and the bar counter is directly facing the door. The back wall is full of horizontal barrels. The wooden pipe can lead the wine liquid to the wine glass on the bar top.

The light in the tavern was a little dim. It didn't use magic lights, but ancient oil lamps.

Perhaps it was because Shedu didn't put enough effort into attracting customers. There were only a few drinkers in the tavern. They drank the wine in their beakers and talked in a low voice from time to time. Timir helped Lu Xiu After Si came in, they didn't even raise their heads, as if they didn't care about things that had nothing to do with them.

On the bar counter was an old man who was half-bald and dozed off. It wasn't until Timir walked up to the counter and knocked on the counter a few times that he raised his head blankly.Due to lack of energy, the old man almost slipped from the high wooden stool, and he danced for a long time before he barely stood up straight.

"Boss, I want an empty room..." Timmir took a deep breath, trying to appear calmer.

The old man raised his dull eyes and stared at Timir, then looked at Lucius, who buried his face on Timir's shoulder, unable to see his face at all, with a commercial smile on his face: "No problem, no problem Question! Please follow me..."

Holding an oil lamp, the old man led Timir along the way, led him and Lucius up the long and narrow stairs, and finally stopped in a room near the stairs.

This tavern was indescribably weird. When we reached the corner of the stairs, we could no longer hear the voices of the drinkers on the first floor, and the only light left was the faint oil lamp in the old man's hand.The stairs looked like they were about to decay and break, they wobbled as soon as they stepped on them, and there was a sound of wood being overwhelmed, which made people feel inexplicably depressed.Timmel felt uneasy, but when he thought of the unconscious Lucius, he had to cheer himself up in his heart.

Fortunately, after entering the room arranged by the old man, there was a sense of warmth all around, which made Timir's nervous mood relax a lot.

There are not too many decorations in the room, and the bedding and quilt covers are all available. Although the simple wooden floor is rustic, it can give people a sense of security.When the oil lamp was placed by the old man on the lampstand on one side of the wall, the whole room suddenly became brighter.

"Young man, this room belongs to you tonight. As long as you stay here, I can guarantee both your personal safety and the safety of your property. However, if you want to live in Shedu, there is another rule: don't try to peek into other rooms ! If there is even the slightest violation, I will not be responsible for any accidents!" The old man was still dazed and confused, but the words he said contained a hint of warning.

"I understand." Although Timir was a little curious about the old man's warning, he was more worried about Lucius. As for peeking into other rooms - if the old man didn't say anything, Timir would never have thought of doing such a thing. "How much do you charge for a night here?"

The old man smiled meaningfully: "If you can see the sun tomorrow morning, it won't be too late to settle the matter!"

After watching the old man leave the room, Timir couldn't help but reached out and closed the door immediately.The knocking sound of the door panel and the door frame was very clear in the silent night, and Timmir himself felt startled.

Lucius was still unconscious, and his body temperature had reached the point where it was almost freezing.Timir carefully helped him to lie down on the bed, thinking anxiously about what he could do.

Timir was actually a little tired, and not long after sitting down, he felt that his eyelids began to lose control.But the hand that inadvertently touched Lucius' skin suddenly made him tremble... Lucius was injured, and it seemed that it was not serious. This realization made Timur panic.

Almost tremblingly, he unbuttoned and stripped Lucius' clothes, and there were two deep wounds on his pale back.The scars are very eye-catching on the beautifully lined back, which makes people feel sorry for them.The length of the wound was less than a quarter of a knuckle, but the bone was deeply visible, and the marks on the edge of the wound protruded in irregular shapes, like barbs being pulled out of the flesh.But strangely, not a single drop of blood flowed out.

Although Timir found it strange, he could only understand the reason after Lucius woke up.After thinking about it, he folded the clean clothes into long strips to wrap up the wound.Then he checked Lucius' breathing again, although it was a little weak, it was long...Timer gradually felt relieved.

Although Shedu was full of weirdness, no pursuers came after all. After Timir confirmed that Lucius' life would not be in danger for the time being, he finally couldn't resist the exhaustion of his body, and fell down beside Lucius in all his clothes.

For the tavern, the night is like the day. Timir was a little puzzled by this sentence, but it didn't take long for him to have a real understanding.

It was clearly in the middle of the night that I checked in at Shedu, but not long after I lay down, a steady stream of guests started to go upstairs to open rooms.The sound of walking, full of drunken nonsense, interspersed with flirting words of strange women, rang in Timir's ears non-stop.Timir wanted to open the door to make them quieter, but he was too tired to open his eyes.Fortunately, this noise is only intermittent, and there are always quiet moments.

What made Timir unable to fall asleep again was a strange scream... Timir was half asleep and half awake in a daze, and the scream from nowhere made him jump up. stand up.Due to the shortness of the voice, Timir couldn't even remember which direction the voice came from.

I wanted to open the window to get some air, but unexpectedly found that the only window in the room was nailed shut and couldn't be opened at all.When the door was opened, the dark corridor was so peaceful and quiet that it made one's heart shudder. Not only was there no screams, but even a ray of light could not be seen through the cracks in the doors of the other rooms.

Dimil suddenly felt that all sleepiness disappeared, as if a bug was wriggling on his back, a tremor came from the bottom of the spine, reaching the back of his head.He closed the door subconsciously, then suppressed the fear in his heart and went back to lie down next to Lucius.Before opening the door, he still felt that the room was very warm. Now, although the door is closed, there is still an inexplicable chill coming from behind from time to time.

Shedu's boss had warned Timur not to have the idea of ​​spying on the other rooms, but Timir really wanted to find out at this moment.Who was it that screamed, and why did he scream so hastily?Did you get killed?Or saw something terrible?Did the drinkers who stayed hear the screams?Why is there no movement...

Timir forced himself not to think about it, but his mind was a little messed up.As soon as he turned his head, Lucius' pale face came into his pupils.The flustered thoughts immediately calmed down.

"Lucius, wake up quickly!" Timmel murmured, this sentence was like a spell, and the thoughts of fear disappeared immediately.

Of course, Lucius didn't open his eyes because of this sentence.Seeing this, Timir could only sigh and put his arms around Lucius' waist, resting his head on his shoulder.

This time, there was finally no more disturbance, and Timir quickly fell asleep in a drowsy state.He had a dream, in which a familiar figure appeared and disappeared in the thick fog.Suddenly, he remembered that the Silver Helmet once told him that if he wanted to gain more power, he should seek faith.Faith... How should I look for this?

As if it happened in the blink of an eye, Timir felt that he had just closed his eyes, but there was movement in Lucius beside him.Obviously feeling very tired, but excited for no reason, his eyes opened naturally, staring at Lucius.

Lucius just moved his hand at first, then his eyelashes began to flutter, and soon opened his eyes.

"Lucius... are you okay?" Timir rubbed his eyes vigorously, unaware that his eye sockets were red.

"Maggie's crossbow has been cursed by someone, which can make people weak for a period of time..." Lucius closed his eyes and recalled, and then slowly said: "I could have avoided it, but except Curse, there is also a secret technique to lock the target on the arrow, if it’s not me, it’s you..."

Timmel suddenly felt unable to face Lucius squarely: "I'm sorry, it's all because of me..."

"Timer..." Lucius' tone suddenly became a little warm.

"What?" Timmir blinked.

"You seem to have touched something you shouldn't." Lucius smiled at Timir very calmly.

Timir lowered his head in some doubts, and then found that his hand was actually pressed under Lucius' lower abdomen, which did have some special meaning. "I'm sorry..." He retracted his hand a little awkwardly, forgetting what he originally wanted to say for a long time.

"Dawn!" Lucius narrowed his eyes suddenly, and turned his gaze to the nailed window.

Timir got up from the bed and blew out the already extremely weak oil lamp on the wall, and sure enough, he saw a ray of light coming in through the crack of the window.

The uneasiness and tension of the night completely disappeared at this moment, and Timmel suddenly felt refreshed.

"Young man, are you awake?" Timir had just finished stretching when he heard Boss Shedu shouting angrily outside the door.

The aisle was still silent, except Timmir and Lucius, no guests in other rooms could be seen.The old man held an oil lamp in his hand, adding a little light to the still dark corridor.

"Boss, thank you for your room, how much do we have to pay?" Timur asked very politely.

But the old man smiled and said, "Young man, not only do I not want your money, but I also want to introduce you to a good job. I wonder if you are interested?"

Timir froze for a moment, and was about to refuse, but Lucius asked indifferently: "Please tell me."

"You kept your promise last night and didn't spy on other rooms, which shows that you are people of principle. In addition... According to my observation, you should be avoiding some dangers, so you came to Shedu, am I right? "The old man's words were extremely cryptic, as if he knew something, but he seemed to know nothing.

"What do you need us to do?" Lucius looked at the old man with a half-smile, as if he didn't care about what he said.

The old man's eyes suddenly showed shrewdness: "If you are willing to join our organization, not only can you clear up the predicament in front of you, but you can also get corresponding rewards for completing a task assigned by the organization..."

In fact, Shedu is not just a tavern, it is also a stronghold of an underground mercenary organization.In addition to being responsible for absorbing some available talents, it is also responsible for providing various useful information to members of the organization.Although the old man spoke conceitedly, he was not bragging.The underground mercenary organization has similar strongholds all over Spice, and has a very wide network of contacts. Although it can't be said that it can only cover the sky with one hand, people who know some inside information, even the powerful, are not willing to provoke them.

"We want to think about it." Lucius did not answer, but turned his inquiring gaze to Timir.Timir thought for a while, and quickly gave an answer that was not an answer.

The old man smiled slightly, and his back, which was always bent, seemed to straighten a lot: "To show my sincerity, I can provide some news first, which may be helpful to you... There was a riot in Tursing Square last night. To express our condemnation to the rioters, we specifically hung the rioters’ accomplices Mora and Maya on the flag post in the middle of the square, intending to thirst them to death as a warning.”

"What?" Although Timir had a premonition in his heart that Maya and the others might not have escaped, he never expected that they would fall into such a tragic situation.

The old man smiled mysteriously, and slowly went downstairs with the oil lamp in his hand.He didn't say that the news would be useful, nor did he say that Timmir and Lucius were the root cause of the riots in the square yesterday, but Timmel felt like he was being seen through.

"Timer, come with me!" Lucius broke the silence first: "Maggie's intention is obvious, she wants to motivate us to go back."

Timmir looked at Lucius' pale lips, and almost wanted to nod immediately.

"Timer, don't you want to find your father? Maggie is not easy. Don't tell me you want to be trapped in the Rhine City forever?" Lucius' expression was cold, but his eyes were clearly blazing.

Timir took a deep breath and shook his head slowly: "Lucius, I don't want you to get hurt again... But what about Maya and the others? Maybe Maggie will really kill them..."

"You don't want to leave with me?" Lucius' black eyes were gradually replaced by blood red, and the faint red light flashed an extremely dangerous signal.

Timir lowered his eyes, and although his voice was soft, he was very firm: "I never gave up looking for my father, but I also can't give up on them."

Lucius was silent for a long time, so long that Timur thought he had acquiesced in his decision.However, when he looked up, Lucius suddenly moved.His slender fingers clasped Timir's shoulders tightly, and pushed him hard on the bed. Immediately afterwards, Timmel felt Lucius' slightly heavy body pressing over him.

"Timer, my patience is limited..." Lucius's lips were tightly pressed together, and he tore off Timer's skirt angrily. "I should have let you understand the meaning of your existence!"

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==Finally completed, Waterfall Khan~Although I think my writing level has never been particularly good, but I still hope to bring you a little bit of joy, so I am happy~^-^haha