Welcome to Nightmare Game III

"Touch it quickly, if you don't touch it, the penguin eggs will freeze to death." Qi Leren encouraged Ning Zhou with a smile.

The 13-year-old Ning Zhou has a handsome face full of indecision.

The tall penguins stared at him, more and more suspicious that this unexpected visitor was their penguin egg.

"Hey, poor little penguin, without daddy's body temperature, it will easily freeze to death... Its cruel new daddy doesn't want to care about its life and death, and is not even willing to ask about the temperature of the hatching eggs. What a cruel daddy." Qi Le People sighed on the side.

"I... just touch it." Ning Zhou was provoked by Qi Leren, and he grabbed a penguin ruthlessly.

The penguin screamed in panic, and saw that the Holy See boy suddenly put his cold hand into his pouch...

He really wanted to steal eggs!

The penguin father was furious, bowed his head and pecked.

"!" Ning Zhou withdrew his hand suddenly, and a bloody hole was pecked out on the back of his hand.

Qi Le was startled: "Penguins are so fierce?"

Ning Zhou glanced at him resentfully: "Penguins in the parenting period are of course fierce."

Qi Leren couldn't help feeling guilty, he stepped forward and touched Ning Zhou's hand.

Ning Zhou instinctively wanted to pull it back, but the mixed-race succubus cub held him tightly and blew it near his mouth: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, I'll give you a whirr."

Ning Zhou suddenly remembered that when he was young, he would occasionally be naughty. He was injured outside and went home with tears. His mother Maria also held his hand like this, coaxing him lovingly to comfort him.

Of course coaxing alone can’t heal the wound, the Holy See’s healing technique finally healed the wound, but Ning Zhou felt that before the healing technique landed on the wound, he had no pain.

The mixed-race succubus cub held his injured hand as if holding some precious treasure.

Silver-white light spots diffused from the palm of his hand, and a gentle yet tenacious force surrounded the wound, easily relieving the pain, and in the blink of an eye, his wound healed.

"Although I can't learn magic arts, I can still cure you." The mixed-race succubus cub blinked and boasted in a slightly smug tone.

The young Ning Zhou was silent, his ears were slightly red in the wind and snow, and after a long time he said softly, "Thank you."

He completely forgot who encouraged him to touch the penguin's pouch, which made the Qi Le people more ashamed, and he said nonchalantly: "I just thought that my origin of rebirth might help you hatch this penguin egg, so you There is no need to test the temperature anymore."

"It's okay, I can try again." Ning Zhou said.

This time he changed his approach and squatted down to look at the penguin. The father penguin still looked at him with vigilant eyes. Ning Zhou tentatively touched the penguin's beak. The penguin looked at him suspiciously, not understanding what this human being wanted to do.

Ning Zhou was bold enough to scratch the penguin's cheeks like scratching the chin of a big cat. The penguin shivered and raised its beak comfortably: touch, touch quickly, touch hard!

Seeing that the fierce penguin just now was tamed, Qi Leren was dumbfounded: "What kind of magic is this?"

Ning Zhou, who caresses penguins: "Penguins, like birds, use their beaks to clean their bodies, but because they don't have hands, they can't touch the face. If you touch it, it will feel very comfortable. "

Qi Leren looked at Ning Zhou with bright eyes: "How do you know?"

Ning Zhou pursed his lips: "I guess."

Qi Leren: "?"

Ning Zhou: "I haven't touched a penguin, but I have touched other animals, and they all like to be touched."

People in Qi Le deduced from their own experience: "Cat? Dog?"

Ning Zhou thought for a while: "Almost."

This answer was a bit strange, and Qi Leren asked suspiciously: "What do you mean almost?"

Ning Zhou: "The breed is similar, but the size is a bit bigger."

Qi Leren realized something, his face changed suddenly: "What you said, could it be..."

Ning Zhou looked calm: "I have read natural history books. Tigers belong to the cat family, and wolves belong to the canine family. Although there are differences in body size, their habits are similar."

Good guy, this is really a good guy, our childhood was different!

He played with cats and dogs when he was young, and Ning Zhou played with tigers and wolves when he was young, and accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with animals.

Qi Leren was both shocked and curious about this, he kept asking.

"There is a large protected area on the green field south of Yongwu Township, and there are many animals in it. If you like it, I will take you to see it some other day." Ning Zhou said.

"Is it a wild animal?" Qi Leren asked.

"That's right. When the Holy See was still in the holy city, there was a big zoo. Later, when it was moved to Neverland, because of the shortage of supplies, it was no longer kept in captivity, but was changed to free-range. They reproduced in the mountainous area that could not be cultivated. Neverland The climate in the south is much warmer than here, and it is the production area of ​​grain and livestock products." Ning Zhou said.

Neverland is a domain, the central area is icy and snowy, but there are still plantation belts in the surrounding area, otherwise it would not be able to support such a large population.

But compared with the once warm and rich holy city, it is an indisputable fact that it is barren and miserable.

The two were chatting, and the penguins around had already "see through" Ning Zhou's identity—he was not an egg thief, but a free massage therapist, so a few penguins boldly approached and rubbed friendly His arm, also want to whoring massage services for nothing.

Ning Zhou was overwhelmed, and the people from Qi Le also helped, happily picking up the penguin.

Ning Zhou finally subdued the penguin that pecked his hand just now, and successfully found out the temperature in the pouch: "Its feathers are very thick, and the feathers between its legs cover the whole egg, and the temperature inside is about the same as human body temperature .”

"Great, that's easy. As long as we control the temperature, we will be able to hatch the eggs." Qi Leren said optimistically.

Ning Zhou nodded: "I remember this season, the little penguins are about to hatch..."

There was a slight clicking sound next to their ears, and the two caught the sound keenly, and they both looked at the father penguin who was enjoying the massage service.

The penguin father bent down in a daze, slightly lifted the white blanket-like pouch between his legs, revealing the penguin eggs.A small hole was pecked out in the egg shell, and the sound of a chick came out from inside. It turned out to be a little penguin with its eyes closed!

Qi Leren suddenly looked at Ning Zhou, Ning Zhou held his breath, and felt the penguin egg covered in his clothes move.

Qi Leren: "Is it about to hatch?"

Ning Zhou: "Yes!"

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, with the words "overwhelmed" written on both of their faces.

Qi Leren: "I have never been a father."

Ning Zhou: "Me neither."

The people of Qi Le became more and more flustered, and said silly things: "Shall I find some milk for it?"

Ning Zhou: "...Little penguins don't drink milk."

Qi Leren: "Then what does it eat?"

Ning Zhou pondered for a moment: "The fish is mushy."

Qi Leren's expression was tangled for a moment, then he suddenly grabbed Ning Zhou's arm and said solemnly: "You go home now, I'll go fishing."

"When you come back from fishing, the little penguin will have starved to death." Ning Zhou said coldly.

"What can we do then?"

Ning Zhou took out a few silver coins and handed them to Qi Leren. This was the pocket money he saved with great difficulty. He originally planned to buy some bootleg wine from the merchant, but now it seems that he can only use it to buy fish.

"Let's go back and split up. You go to buy fish, and I will continue to hatch eggs." Ning Zhou said.

Qi Leren didn't know that this unexpected egg emptied Ning Zhou's private money: "Okay!"

………………

This unexpected penguin egg made the two completely forget about the dispute not long ago.

Qi Leren returned to Ning Zhou's room with two strings of frozen big fish: "I thought the fish here was very cheap, but I didn't expect it to be quite expensive."

"There are not many catches in Neverland, and the nearest coast is hundreds of kilometers away, so fishing is not allowed in this season," Ning Zhou explained.

"Yeah, it's not the Twilight Land." Qi Leren said casually.

Ning Zhou, who was concentrating on building a nest for penguin eggs, was taken aback when he heard this: "Have you ever been to the Land of Twilight?"

Oops, I slipped my mouth!In this dungeon, he has lived in the Tranquility Desert since he was a child, and has never been to the Land of Twilight.

Qi Leren was quick to gain wisdom: "I heard that you came from the Land of Twilight. It is in the Dongji Parish near the sea. There must be a lot of sea fish."

Ning Zhou had no doubts about him: "Yes, but I don't like food."

"why?"

"Hate fishbone."

Qi Leren burst out laughing: "You won't be stuck by a fishbone before, will you?"

"..."

Ning Zhou's suspicious silence and embarrassing expression have already explained everything, Qi Le people are even more happy, he asked Ning Zhou's experience of living in Twilight Town when he was a child.Ning Zhou talked intermittently, how he learned swordsmanship from Mr. Arnold, how he was selected into the church choir, and the never-falling golden setting sun was the background color of the world in his childhood.

"However, on the eve of the establishment day every year, the sunset will set on the horizon, the night will fall, and the fireworks will rise. That is the most beautiful time in Twilight Township. If you have a chance, you must go and see it." Ning Zhou said to Qi Leren.

People from Qi Le lay on the bed and took care of the penguin eggs, holding their cheeks with their hands, looking forward to it: "Okay, let's go back to the land of dusk together, you will be my guide, and we will watch the fireworks on the founding day together."

Ning Zhou lowered his eyes, the establishment day is his birthday, but this year, he is destined to spend alone in being forgotten by everyone.

Do people from Qi Le remember his birthday?Probably don't remember, although they mentioned each other's birthdays before, but he probably didn't take it to heart.

It doesn't matter, Ning Zhou thought, it's just a birthday, he has to get used to it.

Qi Leren didn't know Ning Zhou's complicated mood at this time, he was worrying about the penguin eggs.They pushed the bed next to the fireplace, made a nest for hatching eggs with scarves, and hid the nest under the quilt, worried that the temperature of the hatching eggs would be too high, and the two would reach into the quilt to test the temperature from time to time.

In order to prevent the little penguin from being suffocated in the egg, the Qi Le people also secretly "cheat" with their own rebirth source and "charge" it intermittently to ensure that the little guy in the eggshell is full of vitality.

"The little penguin should be quite edible, right?" Qi Le muttered, "I don't know if the fish I bought can last for a few days."

This topic is too worrying, Ning Zhou frowned, carefully calculating whether his private money is enough to feed a little penguin.

Seeing his serious face, people from Qi Le asked in a low voice, "Isn't there enough money? I still have..."

Ning Zhou rejected his offer: "I picked up the egg, and I will feed it."

Qi Le was dissatisfied and said: "Whoever said you picked it up, I also have a share! Each person pays half."

On the way to Neverland to stand trial, his cheap father in the dungeon stuffed him with a lot of money, fearing that his son would have no money to spend here, the money was more than enough to raise a penguin.

On the other hand, Ning Zhou, at this age, Ning Zhou probably, maybe, maybe... lives in a tight budget. Although there is no shortage of daily necessities, the Pope should not give him too much pocket money, otherwise how could he sell himself? Paintings for wine money?

Ning Zhou brought his money box and counted the scattered copper and silver coins in it three times: "There are [-] silver coins in total, and there are seven copper coins."

Qi Leren looked at Ning Zhou lovingly: "Is this all your private money?"

Ning Zhou nodded solemnly.This was the money he had saved to buy wine.

He didn't intend to sell any of the things left to him by his mother Maria, so he only had some scattered coins on hand.

"Then I'll pay for it." Qi Leren said.

"I will get the money." Ning Zhou said solemnly.

Qi Leren tilted his head: "How to do it? You can't do illegal things."

For a 13-year-old child, the means of earning money are too limited, Qi Le people don't think Ning Zhou has any good ways, otherwise he would have done it long ago.

"The champion of the fencing competition has a bonus. Last year it was [-] gold coins. This year should be the same. The money should be enough to buy fish." Ning Zhou said.

Qi Leren's eyes lit up: "Have you decided to participate in the fencing competition?"

Ning Zhou was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head: "I want to try."

Qi Leren smiled: "That's great, I've long wanted to see you invincible in the arena."

"But for Teacher Teresa, I haven't figured out a solution." Ning Zhou thought of the strict teacher, and became uneasy again.

"I'll help you." Qi Leren blinked, "I'm quite good at persuading others."