"Phew, thank you, uncle~" After being invited into the bakery, the people in the bakery very enthusiastically prepared a few pieces of freshly baked, steaming soft bread and stewed broth for Little Art.
After eating, Art made a sound of thanks comfortably.
Seeing that Art didn't want to eat, the middle-aged man standing on the second floor smiled and rubbed Art's head, and said kindly: "It's okay, kid, this is nothing. Compared with what your father has done for us.
Contribution, it’s really nothing.”
"Yes, your father is hard-working and capable. Compared to a doll like me, he won't give in." The person who spoke was the doll that shouted and rushed towards Ravens before. He said it was a doll.
It is also full of human touch, but there seems to be something wrong with the way he speaks.
"You all, go back to work first." The uncle waved his hand and motioned for everyone around him to disperse, and said: "I know you are all worried about this little guy, but it is almost getting dark, so try to collect your food first.
Complete a field."
This uncle should be the person in charge of the bakery. After his order, those people left without any objection.
"Okay Art, tell me, when you... saw your father for the last time, did he say anything to you?" After everyone left, only the owner of the bakery and
Art was staying together, and at this moment, the uncle seemed to be a little anxious.
Seeing this scene, Art knew there was something hidden inside without even thinking about it.
"No, dad suddenly disappeared with mom." Art looked depressed and said with a sheepish face: "That night, mom and dad didn't come back very late, so I went to bed first. But in the morning
When I woke up, my parents still hadn’t come back.”
"Really? Is that so?" After hearing these words, the uncle did not show a relaxed or happy expression as Art thought, but instead became more worried.
"Your parents, I'm afraid, won't be back for a while. Are you...are you willing to live with us for a while?"
"Uh-huh..." Art thought for a while, and considering his subsequent actions, he still planned to refuse.
"No." Art rejected the uncle's kindness and said, "I signed up for Fit College and got the admission notice. I will go to Fit City in a few days. I originally wanted to tell my parents
They belong to us, but since they can’t find them, forget it~ But uncle, if you find my parents then, remember to tell them!”
After hearing what Art said, the uncle in front of him took a cold breath.
"I thought it was a lie, but this child has indeed..."
In fact, Art also vaguely guessed some rumors about himself. Of course, those happened before he traveled through time.
After his parents disappeared, this child who was extremely dependent on his parents seemed to fall into a madness. Although he did it very covertly, someone still discovered that this child would often run home in the middle of the night holding the limbs of the doll.
I don’t know what to do. The other thing is that I signed up for Fit Doll Academy.
Although Feite College comes here every year to open enrollment, and although registration is free, even the local wealthy families have to think twice about the tuition fee. Although they usually compromise in the end, fifteen gold coins are almost half of their family property.
Although the two members of the Art family did not disappear with their family property after they disappeared, and little Art also found where the money was placed, as a family that had just settled down for about two years, even if they lived frugally, then
The money basically cannot afford the expensive tuition.
But Xiao Yate still signed up, and no one else knew, and no one will ever know, whether he did this because he knew the concept of money.
And since he now has to play such a mentally broken child, Art now knows what to do.
"But, it seems that the money is not enough." After saying this, Art looked disappointed again, but soon turned into an excited look, and said: "But, I received a commission from the tavern.
! It’s enough to include the entrusted money! That’s why I came here to ask uncle about this matter.”
"...Are you talking about the commission sent by Baron Clark..." The uncle looked quite awkward now, and his mood must be quite complicated.
Whether it was witnessing a child who had a mental breakdown, or...this child who had a mental breakdown actually accepted that commission.
"Oh, let's just call this my own fault..." The uncle thought he said something in a low voice that Art couldn't hear. Then he seemed to feel relieved and said, "That one from Baron Clark's family is named Wei Ma.
Doll, I do know where she went. But that place is very dangerous and there is no way you can find her."
"Really? Where is it?" Art seemed not to have heard the words 'very dangerous' and kept asking.
The uncle took a breath after hearing this. He wanted to say something loudly, but he quickly choked up.
In this way, the two looked at each other wordlessly for almost five seconds. Finally, the man finally let out the anger in his heart.
"She went to the other side of the river, to the sand island." As the uncle said, he leaned against the wall, looked at the ceiling and said, "The floor is full of sandworms. I don't know if the sandworms eat dolls."
Habits, but they do eat people."
"Sandworm?" Art asked curiously.
"Yes, a long, white worm with a carapace as hard as metal." After saying this, the uncle shifted his gaze to Art, as if the person in front of him was not a child, but his own big creditor.
"Little Art, I don't know what you are thinking, but...your father would never want you to do such a thing."
"But I can't find him." Art shook his head and said, quickly got down from the chair, nodded towards the half-collapsed uncle, and said: "Thank you, uncle, the bread is really delicious.
!”
After saying that, Art left here with small steps. From the outside, he didn't seem to have any psychological burden at all. If a completely unaware person saw such a child, he might just think that he had encountered something happy.
thing.
After leaving the scope of the bakery, Art glanced at the sky. It was almost completely dark now. Only the buildings in the Huangsha District not far away and the workshop behind him were still lit. Outside, the world
Basically there is no fire anymore.
On the other side of the river further away, on the island called Sand Island, if you calm down and calm down, you can hear the gentle sound of rock disintegration.
"Forget it, let's go back to the tavern and talk to Ravens first, and let's talk about the two homeless people." With that said, Art moved his eyes away from the sand island, and then walked quickly towards Huang.