"I've prepared dinner for everyone. It's on the table. I have to go out for something and I'll be back tomorrow morning." "Eh? Sister, are you going out?" A child holding a tattered doll raised his head.
He tilted his head and looked at the pink-haired doll in front of him, affectionately calling him sister.
There are naturally many small villages around such a large city as Fit City. These villages are usually divided into two types. One is established by some travelers who are not wealthy and are tired of wandering. They usually occupy
With the resources of a small oasis, apart from having a fixed place to live, life is not much better than that of a wanderer.
The other type is a community built around the mines and centered around the miners' lives. Of course, without good safety guarantees, the miners' lives can easily be buried in the mountains.
Because of this, there are also many lonely children here who have to make ends meet by stealing and doing some not-so-good things.
Therefore, Miriam came here. She also visited this community three times, but unfortunately, every time she came to this small town, most of the children she saw last time were gone.
Most of their endings are not very happy.
"Well, Aina needs to listen to Karaka. He knows what to do." Miriam also rubbed the child's head and comforted her.
Aina is the child she has to take care of this time. She was rejected by those children's groups because she was too young and because her father was a supervisor. And Karaka is the child she took care of ten years ago.
One of the children, and one of the only children alive today, but his life is still not very good, and his health is very bad, which is why he was not favored by the mine. After seeing Miriam come back, he
So he followed her.
Karaka didn't speak. His dim eyes just glanced at Miriam suspiciously, and then nodded silently.
Miriam also knew what he was thinking in his heart. He must be doubting himself, whether he was going to leave without looking back after saying a simple goodbye like he did ten years ago.
Without lingering too much, Miriam took the old backpack he had carried with him since the beginning of his wandering and walked toward the oasis in the west.
Walking towards Feit City, which she didn't want to get close to.
...Of course, with her staggering steps, when she reached the gate of Fit City, the sky had completely darkened.
…
"Phew, the wind is blowing a bit cold..." Art, who was still in Kelandu's room, shivered, rubbed his hands, and shrank a little more into Dee Yi's arms. But Dee Yi was already very
Being sensible, his body began to heat up continuously to keep Art warm.
"Tauriel, didn't you say it was fast? It's getting dark now, and the sand on the ground is almost over your calves. Why haven't your reinforcements arrived yet?" Ravens cursed with some dissatisfaction.
People started waiting from noon until the evening!
"The situation cannot be confirmed. Maybe she encountered some obstacles on the way, and there was no response to subsequent contacts." Tarell herself did not look anxious at all. She lay on the ground like a salted fish, only shaking from time to time.
one time.
"Then we are just waiting in vain! The magic stone is also wasted..." An afternoon has passed, and Kelando is still obsessed with her high-level magic stone. As long as she has a chance, she will take it.
Come out and talk about something.
"If possible, can we move this thing out? It would be too much of an eyesore at home." Alice, who was standing next to Corando, also kicked Tariel in dissatisfaction, but she was completely dissatisfied.
The heavy Tauriel was not moved even half an inch.
When he was bored at noon, Art also went upstairs to repair the paralyzed Alice. Compared with high-end products like Tariel, Alice looked much more ordinary, and the reason for the paralysis was only the transmission in the body.
If the wire comes off, you only need to disassemble it and reconnect it. There is no difficulty at all.
"Eh? If we move outside, it will be covered by the sand falling from the sky..." Till asked confused.
"It's better to bury her, so you don't need to see her again." Alice said angrily, and kicked Tariel's arm hard again, but still did not push Tariel at all.
At this moment, there seemed to be a sound of footsteps coming from the front hall... At the same time, a slightly hoarse, but as ethereal voice as a silver bell sounded:
"Sorry, I didn't close the door, so I just came in."
"What's this sound?!" Art raised his head with some vigilance and looked in the direction of the front hall.
As expected, it was a broken girl with light pink hair. Her left eye was covered with a layer of shabby cloth. The skin color of her left hand and left leg was also different from the others, with obvious signs of replacement.
"Miriam?" Ravens also tilted his head and muttered softly.
"Sister Miriam!" Art shouted in surprise. Of course, Tiyi and Tier behind him both showed quite vigilant expressions.
"Huh? Is this voice Art?" After hearing Art's call, Miriam quickly came out and then slowly walked towards the back hall.
"Wow... this doll is so shabby." Corando on the side also sighed with emotion, but because Alice was right next to her, she didn't say much and consciously squatted in the corner with her.
inside.
"I didn't expect to meet you here." Miriam, who came to the back hall, saw Art at a glance, and fixed her eyes firmly on him, and then on to Tariel in the center of the room.
.
"Miriam...the codename is...No. 1?" Tariel's eyes glowed a little, seeming to detect Miriam to a certain extent.
"Really? So I am number one." Miriam also smiled and sighed, looking at Tauriel, silent for a moment, then kneeling on the ground with great difficulty, and asked: "You
What? What’s your code name?”
"I, I am number 12." Facing Miriam, Tarell seemed to be in quite a nervous mood, his originally coherent speech became a little laggy, and his body began to shake uncontrollably.
"Number 12? In other words, at least eleven more appeared after me..." Miriam looked a little uncomfortable and shook his head.
"Correction, the maximum number of modern ships is fifteen." Tariel said again.