A group of children headed by Ezio consider themselves to be the best group of people. Maybe their academic performance is not the best, but their ability to cause trouble is top-notch. They may not dare to provoke the two magicians, but with others
The battle of wits and courage is never tiring.
How could such a group of naughty children accept a little tail who was skinny, physically weak, and not flexible enough? But there was a little girl who had been following Ezio and the others since she arrived.
A child who saw the girl fall down, had no time to cry, got up and followed with all his might, asked Ezio who was in front. "The little girl is catching up again, what should I do?"
The word 'girl' does not exist in the world. It is an idiom brought by someone, and these children followed suit. Of course Ezio knew who his companion was referring to, but he did not look back and said in a stiff manner.
:"We ignored her."
The children's small group is very simple, there is not so much intrigue, as long as one person speaks, the others will follow suit. If you really don't want to, there is no need for everyone to play together.
However, the girl who followed him desperately was named Marlene. According to Fen, she was no more than six years old, but she looked smaller in appearance. She was picked up by Ezio from a dirty pit. She was sick and hungry, and was only one step away from death.
The poor man breathed his last.
There are also slums in the holy city of Estali. The worst thing in the slums is the filthy pits, which are filled with poor people who have no money to treat themselves. A large number of patients gather together, and if there are a few people infected with infectious diseases, they are poisonous.
Add poison and become a large poisonous cave where diseases are mixed. You can imagine how bad this environment is, and the living people who stay here are no different from the dead in the eyes of others.
I don't know if it's out of pity or what he has in mind, but Ezio sometimes sneaks out from places like this to pick up some children who have been abandoned here, including some babies. Some can be saved, while others cannot be saved, and most of the latter are
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Illness and hunger are certainly not big problems in the home headed by Lin, but not everyone can be saved. According to Fen's statement and Lin's understanding, some children have congenital defects. To rescue them is just to let them live.
They were tortured even more. So even though Fen, the original lich, had all kinds of methods, she only used basic medical skills and medicines to see who was tough enough to survive.
Marlene was one of the children with a tough fate and a tough temper. After she recovered her health and regained her mobility, she became Ezio's little tail. But she was thin and weak, so of course she didn't
He can be easily accepted by these naughty guys. On the contrary, he becomes the target of being disliked.
A group of naughty children went straight to their usual playing area. This was on a small platform in the middle of a cliff with a wide view. There were rock walls next to it for practice climbing, and various terrains suitable for training jumps and flying down.
Waiting for action. This can be said to be the private location that Ezio values the most.
It's just that now there is Marlene in this private room, a girl who does not belong to their small group. Although she will be a step behind Ezio and others, she will always keep up with them in the end, which makes Ezio a little angry.
"Ezio, can I play with you?" The girl would always ask after catching up with them, and she would only ask once a day. No matter what kind of answer she got after that - of course she would not be allowed to join.
The answer is——, Marlene will stand aside and watch everyone.
Just to keep up with these naughty kids, the girl couldn't maintain her cute appearance. Every time, she looked dusty and embarrassed, like a mud monkey. Standing aside, she could only giggle.
On this day, Ezio heard that question again. The timid voice made him feel disgusted for no reason. But today, for some reason, Ezio accidentally made him see a small yellow flower on the mountain wall. He pointed at the yellow flower.
, said:
"Marlene, you can play with us if you want. As long as you can pick that little yellow flower back, I will recognize your ability and let you act with us in the future. Do you accept such a test?"
In fact, Ezio just hoped that this little follower would retreat when the situation is difficult, because the location of the little yellow flower is on the hanging wall outside the small platform. Although the bottom is not an abyss, if it falls, it will be almost broken even if it is not shattered to pieces.
Far.
Marlene did not act immediately after hearing the request. She nodded and said, "Okay." Then she just came to the edge of the cliff and watched.
Seeing that the girl didn't move, Ezio thought he had frightened her. He stopped talking to Marlene. They had not finished their training session today. After just running and jumping wildly, other friends shouted
:"Ezio, look!"
Looking in the direction pointed by her companion, Marin had climbed out of the small platform. She was lying on the mountain wall, climbing with difficulty in the direction of the little yellow flower.
A group of Ezio people shouted that something was wrong, and came to the edge of the cliff one after another, shouting: "Marin, come back quickly! Don't pick any yellow flowers!"
The girl didn't look back, she just stared in the direction of the little yellow flower and moved her thin hands and feet. Ezio and the others had the intention to pull Marlene back, but she had already crawled out some distance, and everyone had small arms and legs.
Of course it can't be done.
As for climbing out to pull people back, let’s not talk about whether such an action is dangerous. Everyone didn’t dare to climb out of the small platform. So they could only stand by the cliff and scream loudly.
Marlene was very insistent. No one knew where that stubbornness came from. The little yellow flower was not very far from the platform, but it was not an easily accessible location either. The girl carefully pressed herself against the rock wall.
Up, moving inch by inch. Even if the skin was scratched and scratched, he did not flinch.
After climbing, Ezio and the others did not dare to shout, which distracted Marlene. Instead, their hearts were beating and they watched the girl crawling forward in fear.
Sometimes the place where the girl stepped on or climbed with her hands was not so solid, and the rocks fell to the ground, so she had to reposition her hands and feet. But maybe the route was chosen well, and there were no dangers in the process.
When Marlene moved her legs for the last time, she finally reached a position where she could hold the small yellow flower. She struggled to stretch out her right arm. The thin arm stretched to the end, and her index and middle fingers barely touched the stem of the small yellow flower.
Fortunately, this is not a special flower species, just an ordinary wild flower. The stems are very thin and will break if you hook them.
After getting the little yellow flower, Marin turned around. Her thin face, which had many scratches on it, smiled happily and held up the yellow flower in one hand, indicating that she had fulfilled Ezio's request. But
At this time, she no longer had the strength to speak.
Her feet were trembling as she stepped on the edge stone, and her fingers clinging to the cracks in the stone were trembling. Even so, Marin was unwilling to put down the yellow flowers in her hands, and of course she couldn't go back...
Then, under the exclamations of Ezio and others, the slender girl could no longer support her heavy body, and finally let go of her hands and feet clinging to the rock wall and fell down.
But there was no panic on her expression, she was still smiling. She did not forget to extend her hand holding the yellow flower forward to indicate that she had indeed picked the little yellow flower, but she just couldn't go back.
This was not the first time for Ezio and the other children to see a dead person, but it was the first time that they felt heartbroken. They ran in other directions in panic, looking for a gentler hillside to go down the mountain, and searched under the cliff, hoping to save Marlene.
Fight for the last bit of life.
Unfortunately, they couldn't find anything. In addition, it was almost dusk. If the sky was completely dark, it would be impossible to see anything in the forest, and it would be even more impossible to find what they wanted. So they could only rush back, crying.
Ask a magician for help.
Hearing this, Lin didn't ask in detail. He directly summoned Haqikiri Khan and put it on Ezio's forehead to read what happened. Otherwise, just by asking, someone would not expect to sniff.
A child who speaks confusingly in a milky voice can tell something coherent. So he can read his mind.
The exact location was sent from Khan, and without any hesitation, he caught Ezio and activated the Flash Technique!
Fen, who came to the hall with his meal in hand, saw someone running away without eating. Out of curiosity, he also used the Flash Technique to follow him. It just took a little time to check the location of the One Ring with the help of the ring in his hand.
time.
When Fen followed Lin, they came to the small platform on the edge of the cliff where Marlene's accident occurred. The sky had already been completely dark, but it happened to be a full moon in the sky today. The rain clouds that had showered in the afternoon seemed to not exist now.
The moonlight spreads all over the mountains and forests. Unfortunately, the cliff and the small platform face west, with the moonlight behind them, and there are large shadows.
Although Lin had seen it from the memory image passed down by Khan, when he actually saw the scene, even if it was just a scene under dark vision, he was still surprised that a thin girl could climb this mountain wall.
Fen, who was a step slower, appeared from behind Lin and Ezio. He asked: "What happened?"
"Remember the child you saved? Marlene. She fell off this cliff." Lin explained simply.
Mentioning the girl again, a wave of emotion surged into his heart, and Ezio couldn't help but shed tears again. But he didn't dare to cry when he was around the two magicians, so he could only bite his lips and force himself to cry.
Hold back the sound.
With a raised eyebrow, Fen asked again: "What's going on?"
Lin summoned Haggiri Khan again, but instead of holding it in his hand, it fell in front of Fen. The moment Haggiri took it into his hand, his consciousness exchanged thousands of times. Regarding Ezio and Marin,
It had already been conveyed to Fen's mind in detail.
In fact, Fen doesn't like to use Haggiri's communication method, but after understanding the cause and effect, she doesn't care about her personal mood. If she had to explain the long reasons orally, it would take a lot of saliva.
Not to mention that Fen also learned from Khan that Lin was concentrating on using magic to detect the forest under the cliff. He had no time to tell stories. Not even Ezio, who only knew how to sniff, was full of self-blame.
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"Did you find anything?" Fen asked.
Lin frowned and said, "The distance is too far. Moreover, my reconnaissance settings did not perform very well when encountering such a dense forest terrain for the first time. I have to readjust it."
"Is it too late?"
Faced with Fen's question, Lin said bluntly: "Of course it's too late. Let's leave the re-adjustment to later. Let's go straight down to find clues."