In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Ilea and others left the Lake City at dawn the next day and embarked on the journey to the Royal Capital again.
Albus had woken up last night, and then he seemed to be a different person. He no longer clamored about becoming a knight's squire. He became taciturn. He almost didn't give him food and water.
Not even touched.
Ilea sent Ruby to take care of him for two days, but no matter how much Ruby tried to persuade him, Albus remained indifferent.
For this reason, the team stayed in a small village for half a day. Thomas went to find a herbalist nearby, checked Albus's body, cooked several bowls of herbal medicine and drank it, but there was still no improvement.
Since she had to rush to the royal capital, the female lord could not spare more time to treat Albus, so she planned to leave him in the village.
He found a kind-hearted family to adopt him, and left seven gold coins with the family.
Afterwards, the female lord went to say goodbye to Albus, and saw the young man with sunken eyes and a dull face in the long house full of mud and chicken manure.
Miss Rabbit took two steps closer and said, "We are leaving. You are not in good health to travel long distances now, so just stay here and recuperate."
"No matter what you want to do in the future, revenge, or become a knight's squire... you must first live. Because only alive can there be hope."
After the female lord finished speaking, she saw that Albus was still silent on the straw mat. He didn't stop any longer and turned around to walk out of the house.
But at this moment, the space around her suddenly distorted.
If Albus hadn't been staring blankly ahead, he might not have been able to catch the fleeting fluctuation.
It was as if there was an invisible force that fixed all the flying dust in the air there.
Then a figure dressed in black clothes appeared beside Ilea out of thin air.
And where he was standing, there happened to be a hole in the roof.
A ray of sunlight shot in from the hole and fell on the side of the man's face, giving him a golden outline.
Albus was stunned for about half a second, and then suddenly fell to his knees and cried loudly.
Li Yu just arrived and couldn't figure out the situation, so he asked Ilea beside him, "Who is he?"
"We picked up a child in Lake City. His parents were dead, and the Malir family guards were chasing him, so I took him out of the city." The female lord said.
"Oh." Li Yu thought for a moment, took out a Snickers bar from the [Traveller's Exclusive Type III Backpack], tore open the outer packaging and handed it to Albus.
"You seem to be a little hypoglycemic. Let's eat a piece of chocolate to cushion your stomach."
It was obvious that the man spoke a foreign language that Albus had never heard of before, but the amazing thing was that Albus could clearly understand the meaning of the other person's words.
Although he doesn't know what hypoglycemia and chocolate are.
Albus subconsciously reached out, took the dark, suspicious-looking stick, and put it into his mouth.
It was a strange taste that the boy had never tasted before. It was a little bitter, a little astringent, but more of a sweet, mellow nutty flavor, and something soft and sticky that I couldn't tell what it was.
After giving away the Snickers bar, Li Yu and Ilea left the longhouse.
He didn't pay much attention to the little boy in the room just now. However, when the two of them walked some distance away, Li Yu found that Albus was still staggering behind them.
"Why, do you have anything else to do?" Li Yu asked.
"I, I want to follow you." The young man imitated the appearance of those knights in his memory, and knelt down on one knee.
This was the first time Albus spoke in two days. Although his body was still swaying, his tone was firm.
"Do you know who I am?" Li Yu raised his eyebrows.
"You are Merlin, Merlin, the prophet of Shuangxiu Cult! Saturday's spokesperson in the world."
"You must be a follower of Pisiya. Now that you know who I am, do you still want to follow me?"
"Yes." Albus said without hesitation.
"Why?"
"Because...light."
"Light?" The boy's answer surprised Li Yu.
"There is light in you. I can see it. Last year, my father took me on a trip to deliver a group of pigs to Gray Pine Castle next door. We missed the village where we could stay overnight and had to sleep in the wild."
"Seeing that night was about to fall, my father planned to go to the nearby forest to collect some firewood to make a fire and asked me to guard the pigs, but I was very scared. I was afraid that after he left me, I would get lost in the darkness.
"But my father told me not to be afraid. When you get lost, just remember to follow the light."
Albus paused, "That's why I want to follow you."
"Interesting answer."
Li Yu looked at the swaying boy and thought of the stray dog he saw in the green belt of the park not long ago.
Li Yu threw the uneaten half of the sausage to it, and then the little yellow dog followed him all the way to the outside of the office building, still reluctant to leave.
So Li Yu asked Zhang Yanlin to contact the property management company in the park and ask if anyone had lost a dog.
After receiving a negative answer, Li Yu asked Zhang Yanlin to take the little native dog to the hospital, where he did a full set of examinations, prescribed medicine, bought pet supplies, and finally kept it in an office building.
"How is your health now?" Li Yu asked Albus, "We still have to go to the royal capital, so we can't delay you too long."
"There is nothing wrong with my body. As long as I have food and water, I will recover soon." Albus said.
"Okay then, you clean up and have something to eat, and then we'll leave." Li Yu said.
Although believer +1 is no longer very impressive to the current Shuangxiu sect, Li Yu has no reason to refuse.
About half an hour later, everyone set off from the small village again. After that, the team sped up a bit and left the Western Region in about half a month.
After leaving the Western Territory, Ilea and the others heaved a sigh of relief. They were obviously much more relaxed, because this meant that they had left the influence of the Blood Moon Society.
Although there are some Pisiya believers outside the Western Territory, the number is not that large, and the risk of encountering assassinations and ambushes in the future is also much smaller.
Everyone walked forward for another half day and came to a place called Cornucopia. Ilea decided to rest here for two days to give everyone a holiday.
Even when going out, Saturday believers still need to abide by the church's precepts. Of course, if time is really tight, you can write it down first and make adjustments and make up for it later.
After finding a hotel in the town to stay, Albus pestered Thomas to teach him riding and swordsmanship, while Jude decided to find a tavern to have a drink and see if he could find some somewhere.
Fun.
This chapter has been completed!