The young man who was shocked by this news froze in place, staring blankly at the elf sitting on the ladder.
"Ah? You, you don't have to be so shocked, right?"
Mayena originally wanted to make some sarcastic remarks, but when she saw the boy's shocked look, she couldn't say anything harsh.
The young man asked carefully: "Are you leaving because you were angry with me?"
"Uh, no, it's just that I have to go because I have something to do."
The young man's cautious attitude softened Mayena's tone.
"Okay, but what about the money I owe you?"
"That little money, if you have a chance to meet me in the future, please pay it back."
"What if we can't meet?"
"Then I'll give it to you."
Mayena raised her eyebrows nonchalantly. In the eyes of this high elf, money may really be just dirt.
"Then when are you leaving?"
"Do you want to see me off very early tomorrow?"
Mayena snorted coldly, she didn't think the boy would have such tenderness.
"Um."
However... the young man admitted it without hesitation.
"Ah? Okay, okay, but I will leave very early. If you come late, you won't be able to catch up."
This made Mayena a little bit at a loss. The teenager now seems to be really different from before.
"Ah...is that so? Then I'll come earlier."
"Then I'll leave before dawn."
"Then I'll wait before dawn."
"Then I'll leave today."
"Huh? Are you deliberately looking for trouble?"
After the boy finished speaking, Mayena couldn't help laughing.
"Hahaha... Why are you so funny!"
"Hey! It's rare for me to be serious. It's not good to tease me like this!"
The young man turned his face away in embarrassment. He had really had enough of this high elf.
"Okay, okay."
After laughing enough, Mayena wiped the tears from her eyes and said:
"You can leave as soon as you finish cleaning. You don't have to come to see me off tomorrow. Of course, if you really want to come, I won't say anything."
"Okay, I'll come."
The boy nodded and continued to clean the dilapidated shop, while Mayena returned to work.
Everything is business as usual.
"I'm leaving."
After the boy finished his work, he wanted to read the books here for a while, but found that he could not read any of them. In addition, it was getting late, and the boy who had not eaten anything felt a little hungry, so he said goodbye to Mayena.
"Go slowly, don't send me away."
Mayena didn't even raise her head. The boy turned around, glanced at the elf, and left the divination hall.
"Phew...finally left."
After Mayena was sure that the boy's breath had disappeared, she exhaled a sigh of relief. However, she walked down the stairs, closed the store door, and returned to her original position to continue studying the dwarf parts.
But I...is this really good?
Mayena asked herself this, knowing exactly what the outcome of what she was going to do next would be.
"Stupid! Do you really think this is the result he wanted?"
"You sound like you understand him very well? I've known him much longer than you. He still has a lot of things to do, and we need him too."
"I know his wish, but you actually think he wants to come back?"
...
"What do you know..."
Mayena gritted her teeth and talked to herself in the air, and her fingers that were too strong unknowingly tore the pages of the book.
"That bastard owes us too much, and he has to pay it back."
After sorting out her emotions, Mayena put the broken pages back together, and then feeling a little tired, she piled up all the useful books and put them back into the space bag.
I ate whatever I wanted to fill my stomach and went to bed to take a nap.
When she woke up, it was already the next day.
After knocking her dizzy head, Mayena started to get up, change clothes, wash up, and then sort out the items that needed to be taken away.
After making all preparations, Moena looked out the window and found that the sky outside was still bright.
Do you want to wait a little longer?
Mayena was a little hesitant. The boy was probably still sleeping at this time. And even if he wanted to come, he would be stopped by the guards standing guard at this time.
Forget it, what on earth was I thinking.
A cold wind was blowing outside, and Mayena shook her head. At this time, she didn't need to think about the boy.
After making sure there was nothing to carry, Mayena walked down the stairs.
"You're not waiting at the door, are you?"
She always felt that the stubborn young man might really be waiting for her at the door.
But when Mayena opened the store door, there was no figure of the boy in front of the door.
"I knew it."
"Just know what?"
The young man yawned tiredly and walked out of the corner of the shabby shop opposite.
"Huh? Did you stay there all night?"
Mayena looked at the black-haired boy and the dirty blanket on his body in shock.
"Well, I'll probably have to pay a fine if I go back."
The young man shook his head and continued: "I thought you would talk about getting up early, but in fact you didn't wake up until noon. I didn't expect you to really get up so early!"
Mayena forced herself to be calm and said: "Oh, I really plan to do this. What should you do if this happens?"
"Then just keep waiting, what else can we do?"
The boy yawned again, and he still looked like he hadn't woken up.
This guy...
Mayena didn't know what to say, so she waved her hand to the boy and said
"Well now you have seen me too, goodbye."
After that, he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute, you forgot to take this thing back."
The young man took out a crystal plate from his pocket.
"Oh? Tongyu crystal plate? I forgot about it. I almost got an advantage, you kid."
Mayena recognized her prop at a glance, but she almost forgot about lending it to the boy. When she took the crystal plate handed over by the boy, the boy said again:
"One more thing."
"Huh? What?"
"I heard Lanji say that you like to listen to the music played on the Sada."
The young man took off the blanket on his body, revealing the Sada Qin that he had always carried in his arms.
"I want to play you a practice song. This is my own idea. It may not sound very good, so don't mind."
"Okay, I still have a lot of time anyway."
Seeing that the young man was so attentive, Mayena was a little touched and said nothing. She took a few steps back and sat on the broken stone pier, ready to listen to the young man's performance.
The young man took a deep breath and began to pluck the strings with his fingers, and the performance began.
Originally, he learned the music specifically to express his gratitude to Mayena, and the boy did not want to leave any regrets.
Although Mayena and he had known each other for a short time, the boy also admitted that this female elf had given him a lot of help.
And he doesn't hate Mayena. Although Mayena is arrogant and venomous, and likes to criticize herself, he doesn't feel disgusted by it.
On the contrary, the boy found it quite interesting to stay in Mayena's divination shop and bicker with her, which at least allowed him to temporarily forget the pain hidden in his heart.
Mayena is about to leave, and this world is so vast that it may be difficult to see her again next time.
They had a quarrel not long ago, and they had a mutual agreement in their hearts, and he didn't want the last, slightly more profound memories between him and Mayena to be unpleasant.
With such a feeling of regret and regret, the young man played a melodious and soothing melody.
Since I don't have time to learn a suitable piece of music, the young man created this piece entirely based on his inspiration. By the way, he mixed some of the music in the memory of the dead, and then he practiced it intensively all night, and finally he had a decent one.
results.
"Uh, how's it going?"
At the end of the song, the boy put down the Sada in his arms and found that Mayena was looking at him in a daze.
"Ah...oh, that's good."
Mayena came back to her senses, and being picky, she rarely acknowledged the boy's song.
"Did you learn it from Lanji?"
"Um."
"That girl actually taught you so well?"
Mayena was a little unbelievable.
"Anyway, thank you for the music, I'm leaving."
After saying that, Mayena left the stone pier and turned away.
The boy shouted to Mayena, who was about to walk out of sight: "I am! This time! Thank you!"
"..."
Mayena did not reply, but instead quickened her pace and left the young man's sight as if running away.
"Hey, I really left..."
Seeing Mayena really leave, the young man felt a little disappointed, but at least he had no regrets now.
Even though Mayena left, Lanji's course boy didn't intend to be left behind.
Lanji was already in the brothel that day, and the boy who had gotten some sleep continued to take music lessons with other prostitutes, and then learned etiquette from Lanji in the afternoon.
While helping the boy adjust his posture, Lan Ji asked, "What's wrong? I always feel like you're a little depressed."
"Uh, is it that obvious?"
"Your eyes are more confused than before."
What is the definition of confusion? The boy couldn't figure it out, but he really couldn't hide his thoughts in front of Lan Ji.
"Moena is gone."
The young man expressed his concerns.
"Yeah?"
After hearing the news, Lan Ji shook her head helplessly, but she didn't say anything more.
The two of them obviously had a good relationship, so why was Lanji not surprised at all when Mayena left without saying goodbye?
The strange boy asked: "You don't seem surprised at all?"
"Well, sister usually only stays in this city for a few weeks. It's common for her to leave suddenly."
After Lan Ji finished explaining, she said with some regret: "But it seems that you have no reason to continue taking classes with me."
"Yeah, but I plan to continue studying with you."
The young man expressed his plan.
"After all, I don't seem to have anything else to do lately."
"That's fine."
Lan Ji nodded in agreement to this, and she really appreciated this young man's ambition.
"Then do you want to join us at the Spring God Festival?"
After hesitating for a moment, the young man replied: "Well... then join in. I should be free that day anyway."
"Very good, then I don't have to worry about the performers for the Spring God Festival."
Lan Ji showed a familiar smile of a young man, but the young man felt something was wrong.
"Ms. Lanji, the makeup you wore today...is thicker than usual?"
"Huh? I just got dark circles under my eyes after staying up late."
Lan Ji's smile didn't change at all.
"Doesn't the painting look good? Then I'll touch up my makeup first, and you wait for a while."
After saying that, Lanji left the boy behind and turned to the dressing table.
"..."
But the young man felt that Lan Ji was hiding something.
Lan Ji deliberately put heavy foundation on her face, but her superb makeup skills could make the change as small as possible, so the boy didn't notice the problem before.
However, when Lanji showed her usual smile at close range, her cheeks became unnaturally swollen, and this was when the boy noticed.
Moreover, the young man also saw that what Lan Ji was covering up with makeup was not the dark circles under her eyes, but the swelling caused by the blow to her face.
"Who exactly is...?"
The young man clenched his fists, suddenly thinking clearly about the identity of the perpetrator.
A courageous woman like Lan Ji is by no means a timid person. She even dares to stop the domineering Wu Gang. It is impossible for an ordinary little character to dare to humiliate her like this without being punished.
And after injuring her, there was only one person in this city who could only hide the injury and even dare not mention it.
That person is the lord of Iron Feather City—Baron Feng Ze.
"Miss Lanji, I remember that you returned to the 'Spring of Huansha' this morning, right?"
"Yes, what's the matter?"
Lan Ji, who had retouched her makeup, walked towards the boy with a friendly smile. She seemed to be confused as to why the boy mentioned this.
"It's nothing! I'm just thinking about how hard it is for you to be so busy every day. If I had so many things to do every day, I would have tried to escape long ago."
The young man scratched the back of his head and smiled mindlessly.
However, he was thinking in his heart: Lan Ji was called to the Iron Helmet Castle, which was equivalent to Feng Ze's private residence, and stayed for a day. I'm afraid it was not just as simple as discussing the normal affairs of Iron Feather City.
From the memory of the undead Uluka, the young man realized more clearly that Feng Ze was actually an unscrupulous person with no bottom line. In order to better control capable people like Lan Ji, he maximized the use of the chess pieces in his hands.
, the young man will not be surprised by what kind of beastly things he will do.
Although this is just a result based on some clues, the young man also hopes that this is just his random imagination, but he knows very well... that Iron Feather City, which is originally a puddle of mud, will not grow a truly pure flower.
flower.
"Huh? That's not okay! If it's a duty, no matter how busy you are, you still have to fulfill it to the end."
Lanji was still so intellectually perfect, with that heart-warming smile still hanging on her carefully decorated face.
However, under this established beauty mask, how many secrets does she hide that she will not tell?
"Uh, I understand."
The young man hid his thoughts deep in his heart and continued to play his role.
"I'm a little hungry!"
Lan Ji, who was amused, narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Then let's continue practicing? Let's go to dinner together early."
"Okay."
The young man looked at Lan Ji, who was almost unchanged from usual, and felt a little uncomfortable.
It's not that the young man didn't want to help Lan Ji do something, but Lan Ji never made a request to him regarding her personal issues.
She clearly had a lot to bear, but she never tried to take any of the burden off her shoulders. She just wanted to move forward alone.
Such people will sooner or later be crushed by what they carry.
The young man knew this very well, because he himself... was also such a person.
Since Mayena had already left, the boy went directly to the "Spring of Huansha" every day, where he not only learned music and etiquette from Lan Ji and others, but also learned cooking skills by the way. During this period, he also met some reckless people.
The young man naturally started to work as a cleaner and porter for customers who caused trouble to the normal operation of the store. The main task was to find a way to tie these restless customers into rice dumplings and then carry them to the square outside the brothel.
Go up.
When the boy comes back, he is often treated as a hero and surrounded by the women in the brothel, making the boy who has improved his concentration become red-faced and at a loss again.
As a result, the young man unknowingly completely integrated into the "Spring of Huansha" within a few days. Using the words and demeanor taught by Lan Ji, he became mingled with these "Huansha Girls" and even some regular customers.
The figure of this black-haired boy has gradually become a part of daily life in the eyes of people in the brothel. If they don't see him one day, someone will ask the prostitutes: "Where did your boy go?".
However, after a week of this, when the boy returned to his residence in the evening, he found a note wrapped with stones on his bed.
Whoever threw this thing in through the small hole in his old wooden door.
Under the oil lamp, the young man opened the crumpled note and found that there were three words written on it in Husu language: