Although it has not yet reached dusk, the sky is already gloomy under the thin curtain of snow.
Although it can't be said that it has become completely dark, if you want to read a book, you absolutely can't do it without lighting a lamp——
An old man sitting at the table rubbed his eyes, put down the pen in his hand, spread the thick book on the table, and stood up slowly.
He was going to light the candle.
Although this level of darkness was nothing to him, in order not to attract other people's attention, he did not intend to show any difference between himself and ordinary people.
But just as he raised his head, he heard a light kicking sound coming from outside the door. The old man couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face.
"Grandpa Edward——"
A crisp voice came from the door, and then two children, a boy and a girl, pushed the door open and said in unison: "We are here to play with you!"
"Okay, okay..."
Edward smiled kindly and took out a box of candies packed in an iron box from under the table with trembling hands. After carefully picking out two different candies, he slowly opened the package and stuffed it into the mouths of the two children.
inside.
The two children were smiling, holding candies in their mouths, and moved two small stools to the left and right to sit next to Edward.
"Oh? You two little greedy dogs, why don't you leave after eating the candy?"
Edward lovingly touched the heads of the two children next to him and asked softly in an old and kind voice: "Where is the Lord of the City?"
"Dad went to find those fishermen," the relatively older girl replied in a voice as clear as an oriole's, "They said they wanted to adjust taxes or something..."
"The city lord is a good man."
The old man sighed.
"Of course!"
The little boy puffed up his chest proudly.
Edward chuckled and shook his head, stood up unsteadily, lit the candle unsteadily, and straightened it on the candlestick. Then he sat down unsteadily. It took more than a minute to light the candle.
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Then, Edward closed the book in front of him, then simply opened the lid of the candy box and placed it on the table.
The children cheered happily, and each of them grabbed a handful of candies and held them in his hands.
"Don't eat too much, or your teeth will get damaged."
The old man warned. But looking at the expressions of the two children, it was clear that they probably didn't hear him.
"This child..."
Edward shook his head helplessly, and asked with a smile: "You came to grandpa today, are you just here for the candy?"
"Of course not!"
The little boy stuffed his mouth with candy so much that his speech was slurred, so the little girl followed behind and said, "We are here to listen to your story!"
"Oh...story...grandpa's story..."
Edward cleared his throat and said nothing in a long drawl.
So, the little girl respectfully handed over a glass of water.
Edward took the water with satisfaction, took a sip and put it down. Then after thinking for a while, he spoke leisurely in the expectant eyes of the children:
"Today, grandpa will tell you a story about a little crow and a deer..."
At the same time, near the cemetery outside the city, Joseph was still silently leaning on a heavy stone tablet, half-squinting his eyes, staring at everything in front of him with a cold and lazy gaze, while the brown-haired young man
Wrapped in two pieces of linen with a thick leaf sandwiched between them, he slept soundly under a shed built with tombstones.
"Kaa."
Suddenly, he softly called to his companions.
But the young man who rolled himself into a ball didn't hear his call at all and still slept soundly.
"Kaa!"
Joseph shouted a second time.
But the young man still didn't respond. He just mumbled in a vague dialect and turned over.
At the same time, very light creaking footsteps faintly appeared nearby.
Joseph took a deep breath and shouted angrily for the third time——
"——Kaa!!"
His voice suddenly resounded through the sky like an explosion, and there was a real echo in the wild.
Joseph's roar even stirred up air waves, and a large ball of white hot air expanded and exploded directly in front of his mouth and nose.
His companion suddenly woke up with a look of palpitations on his face.
"about--"
But he had just finished speaking when Joseph interrupted him: "Kaa, you run away quickly, it's still too late."
"...Huh?" Kao's expression gradually relaxed. He stretched his waist and hummed in a groan-like voice, "Are you... having a nightmare? Look carefully, there is nothing there.
ah."
Then Kaa pinched his knuckles and gently slapped his face a few times to wake himself up: "Joseph, please take a nap. I'll help you keep an eye on it."
"……never mind."
Joseph sighed softly and stood up from the tombstone unsteadily.
This scene shocked Kaa deeply: "Can you stand up?"
"Ah, yes..."
Joseph replied calmly, then turned back calmly and grabbed a person from the empty shadow behind him.
Then Joseph very calmly reached out and crushed his throat, and then threw him to Kaa.
"...Wait, wait, kill Joseph..."
Kaa opened his mouth wide, pointed at Joseph and said tremblingly.
But before he could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Joseph: "The head of the 'Shadow Crocodile' is worth thirty-seven silver coins. This is about enough for you to get a good job."
As if he realized something, Kaa slowly closed his open mouth and nodded heavily.
Then without making a sound, he just carried the corpse with its throat crushed on his back and ran towards the city.
Seeing this, Joseph nodded with satisfaction.
Although his talent is mediocre, at least this young man has a good brain.
By ordinary people's standards, he is indeed a talent, but he is just unlucky. If he is allowed to grow up slowly, he will probably be old by the time he reaches a position where he can demonstrate his talents.
I have committed too many sins in the past, but now that I meet someone like this who can help me, I will help as much as I can. Anyway, it will not hurt the interests of Lord Roland and his mentor. Maybe it can be used in some way in the future.
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However, even though Joseph had clearly killed the killer lurking in the dark, he did not relax at all - although his bandaged face could not tell whether he was nervous or not.
"You can come out now."
Joseph half leaned against the tombstone behind him and murmured to himself: "The irrelevant ones have already left."
"nature……"
A clear, high-pitched voice came.
Then, a tall and thin figure gradually emerged from the snow.
Joseph looked at the man intently and remained silent for a long time, but his expression did not change at all.
"Long time no see, Joseph," the man stopped three or four meters in front of Joseph. After being silent for a while, he said softly, "You... seem to have become younger."
Joseph stared at the man in silence. After a long time, he slowly pulled off the bandage that covered his face. After another long time, he slowly nodded towards the man.
Then, Joseph opened his mouth and whispered -
"Long time no see, Kakarit." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net