Queeg's steady and rhythmic snoring came from the other side of the tent.
"...Hmm..." Bailey was still turning around. He was tossing and turning but couldn't sleep. He couldn't sleep and rolled around on the bed, making it impossible for even Elaine to sleep.
"I told you not to drink tea or eat sweets before going to bed at night..." Elaine said depressedly: "Look, now, you are so excited that you can't sleep."
"But that's the best black tea! The landlord has served it out to entertain the guests. It's impossible not to drink it, and it's a waste of money, right?" The little fox said puzzledly: "Anyway, I can't sleep... I'm sorry, brother, I will try not to drink it."
I won't disturb your sleep by moving around. Do you want to continue sleeping?"
No, how could it not be disturbing? This little fox was already a big enough disturbance when he was lying next to Elaine and holding the white lion boy.
"Forget it, forget it," Elaine got up from the bed: "Want, do you want to go for a walk?"
He thought that as long as Bailey could consume some of the sugar in his body, he would be able to sleep peacefully.
"Oh." The little fox got up and said, "Okay. I want to have some midnight snack."
"Still, are you still eating? If you eat any more, you won't be able to sleep anymore..."
"I really can't sleep now... Where are we going by boat tomorrow? Greenland, right? I'll have a good sleep on the boat then. Anyway, we have to sail for a long time before we get to the shore." Bailey
shrugged.
However, Elaine had no intention of taking Bailey to Greenland. He originally planned to leave Bailey in Great Britain. The black cat (Charlotte) is currently still in Edinburgh, Great Britain, and is one of the few people Elaine can trust.
It was Elaine's plan to leave Bailey in the care of Black Cat and ask her to send the child to the Sphinx Consortium (or conversely ask the Sphinx Consortium to pick him up).
Of course, there was no way he could say such a thing to Bailey. Elaine then smiled apologetically and hurriedly walked away as if nothing happened.
However, it was still very cold in the spring evening in Great Britain. Even if Bailey put on that velvet shawl, it still made people feel uneasy. After a second thought, Elaine suddenly took out a small dagger and sprinkled it on the food like salt.
A very small amount of flame rosin was sprinkled on the dagger. With a slight tap, the small, edgeless metal dagger glowed slightly red and continued to emit a slightly hot heat.
Elaine was afraid that the tip of the dagger was still too sharp and would hurt Bailey. So he put the dagger into its metal sheath, and wrapped a splinter of the holy cloth between the dagger and the sheath to prevent the sheath from falling off the dagger.
Take it off. A small hand warmer that continuously emits warmth is ready. Elaine strings it up with a rope and hangs it around Bailey's neck like an amulet.
"Ah, it's so warm." The little fox smiled and said, "Thanks, big brother."
"This, this is your father's dagger." Elaine whispered: "Original, it was originally a small gift received by the orcs during their coming-of-age ceremony, like an amulet. Although, although you are not yet an adult, this is your dagger.
Dad’s relics, I’ll return them to you first.”
"Is it daddy's relic..." Bailey held the dagger in both hands, feeling its warmth while thinking thoughtfully: "Then I don't want it for now. When I become an adult, my elder brother can give it to me."
."
Elaine trembled in her heart. He might not be able to see the day when Bailey grew up. But how could he say such things to this child?
"No..." The white lion boy took out another small dagger with the same shape: "This, this is the gift I received at my coming-of-age ceremony. It was given by your grandfather. You, you can keep it as your father's relic. Wait.
, I will give this to you when you become an adult."
"Big brother's? Well..." Bailey thought again: "Okay! It's a deal!"
Elaine forced out a bitter smile. Anyway, he got over this matter first.
It's about ten o'clock in the evening, and the suburbs of Edinburgh are quite quiet. Except for the city center, the residents of Edinburgh have relatively little nightlife, and many people go to bed early (or at least hide under the covers at home to keep warm)
), so this place in the suburbs on the edge of the old city is naturally so quiet.
"Follow me." Elaine said, "But don't let the bad guys kidnap you or kidnap you."
"Ah, how scary!" the little fox said with a smile, grabbing Elaine's lion tail as a joke and using it as a kind of leash.
The tail is an important balance organ for orcs. If it is caught, it will be easy to fall when walking. If it is pulled hard, it will hurt. Therefore, few orcs will be willing to be caught by the tail. But only in this way can Bailey become honest.
Without running around, Elaine acquiesced to this behavior without any other choice.
Although it was said that she was out for a walk, Elaine’s main purpose was to buy some late-night snacks from a nearby convenience store. There was too little nightlife in the suburbs of the city, and there were naturally very few convenience stores that would stay open until this hour. Elaine’s choice was
There is only one - the "Railway" convenience store located within one block nearby, next to the street intersection. Why it is called "Railway" is said to be because this kind of convenience store was originally built near the railway station as a second-hand convenience store.
Opening for fourteen hours, the convenience store was set up to earn money from passengers passing by the railway. It made a lot of money. As a result, convenience stores were only set up near the railway at the beginning, and now they can be found all over the city of Great Britain.
A convenience store chain with branches has been established. And it is said that "Railway" also has branches in various European countries.
...That’s too much nonsense. Elaine took the child and walked towards the convenience store with the green luminous billboard. He originally planned to go in directly to buy some midnight snacks. But he didn’t expect to catch a glimpse of the convenience store before entering the store.
In the dim alley, there are two moving shadows.
Because he was very curious, Elaine took another look. Then he discovered that they were actually two children, and they were rummaging for something in the trash can. The next second, the shadow of one of the children actually found what seemed to be a child.
After a few bites of the hamburger, he divided the food found in the trash into two halves and gave it to his companions. They opened their mouths and were about to eat the junk food they found from the trash can (literally).
!), Elaine rushed over and interrupted: "Don't, don't eat!"
The two children were stunned for a moment.
"You, what are you doing?! Why do you want to eat that kind of thing? It's so dirty, it will give you a stomachache if you eat it!" Elaine said in shock.
"But, I'm hungry..." one of the children replied, the voice was a bit familiar.
Elaine felt strange, but he didn't bring a lighting tool with him, so he took out his weapon, applied some flame rosin on it, and used the Luna Steel Scimitar as a torch to illuminate the dark alley.
"Ah!" "It's you!"
"You, you..." Elaine looked at the human boy Pierre and the red wolf boy Io in front of him in surprise: "Why, why are you here? I, didn't I tell you to go to Captain Bedivere?
Io? And you, Pierre? Why don't you stay in France?"
"Ah, well..." the red wolf boy said nonchalantly: "I don't want to join any captain, and I don't know him. You saved me, and my life is yours. Just let me follow you."
Go to the end."
Elaine turned her eyes to Pierre again.
"I don't have anywhere to go anyway, so I'll just follow you, big brother." The kid grinned.
The white lion boy then covered his head in annoyance. He had indeed heard from Dr. Bordeaux that the two brats ran out of the clinic and wanted to catch up with Elaine and his group. However, Elaine did not go to Bordeaux (city) as planned.
Instead, they went to Rabuel, so these two boys should have been in vain. They should have given up and went to join Captain Bedivere. Unexpectedly, they found a way to Great Britain.
"How, how did you know you found this place?" Elaine asked depressedly.
"The Bordeaux doctor said you were going to Edinburgh, Great Britain. We couldn't find you in Bordeaux, so we just smuggled you directly to Edinburgh."
"Steal, sneak across?"
"Originally we wanted to pay the boat fare, but when the sailors saw that we were wearing tatters, they refused to let us board the boat even if they gave us money. We had no choice but to sneak across." The red wolf boy replied: "They didn't want to let us.
If you have to pay the shipping fee, then you might as well not pay it at all."
Of course. Elaine looked at the two children up and down. Pierre was originally a street boy, so it was natural that he wore tattered clothes. Io was a slave turned soldier, a deserter who escaped from the Blood Thorn Knights.
They said that the clothes they were wearing were in tatters, but in fact they were wearing almost nothing except a pair of shabby shorts (maybe still considered underpants, if nothing was worn underneath). Because they had just undergone surgery, the two of them were still wearing a pair of trousers.
The slightly bloody bandage looked really scary. As the saying goes, a man is judged by his clothes. It was to be expected that these two brats wanted to get on the ship when they were dressed like this, but were blocked by the sailors.
"Rifling through garbage to eat is because...?" Elaine asked depressedly.
"Ah, that damn clerk refused to let us in to buy something to eat, so he kicked us out." Pierre pouted and said, "You don't let us eat even though you have money, you bastards."
"Note, watch your words." Elaine said dissatisfied.
Gu——
Pierre and Io's stomachs were rumbling almost at the same time. It seemed that they were quite hungry.
"Anyway, let me buy you something to eat first to fill your stomach." Elaine said angrily: "Also, please wash your hands before eating."
"How do we wash it? The store clerk won't let us in."
Elaine pointed to the public restroom nearby.
"Oh--" The two people showed expressions of realization at the same time. It was obvious that they did not find the bathroom, or did not understand the word "restroom" written in English there.
(In fact, Elaine doubts whether these two boys can understand French. He may not even be able to understand French, let alone English.)
"Even if you can't read English, can you at least understand the sign on the bathroom wall? What an idiot, hehehe." Bailey laughed behind Elaine.
The two children looked at the little fox with curiosity. In fact, they had noticed Bailey before, but the timing was wrong and they couldn't talk to the little fox.
"Where did this kid come from? The eldest brother's son?" Io asked.
"Nonsense, nonsense. It's my friend's child." Elaine hurriedly clarified.
"Ah, my eldest brother has the habit of abducting children everywhere." Pierre said jokingly.
"That's right." Bailey also said jokingly: "You still have to let someone sleep with him, hehehe."
"Oh -" "Oh my God!" the little devils cheered together.
"Stop, stop joking!" Elaine blushed and yelled angrily: "It's dirty, it's so dirty. Go wash your hands! Best of all, it's best to wash your body too!"
Of course, the ones over there are only public restrooms, not public bathrooms, so you can't even wash your body together.
The two dirty brats ran into the public restroom, and Elaine angrily led Bailey into the convenience store: "What do you want to eat?"
"If they want to eat, it's best if it's high in calories and can fill their stomachs." The little fox said, smiling as he spoke, not knowing what he was planning.
"Why, why are you smiling so weirdly?" Elaine asked with a frown.
"Because those two children were also rescued by the elder brother, right?" Bailey replied: "They came from such a far away place to follow you. It would be impossible for them not to like you very much."
Indeed, those two brats may have suffered a lot along the way. When Iao was operated on, he had obviously washed his body and disinfected his whole body. Iao's body should not be that dirty. It can be done in one day.
Being so dirty proves that they encountered a lot of things on their way.
"Really, what an idiot." Elaine picked up an extra-large piece of beef and pumpkin pie from the shelf, "Why do you want to follow me? It's easier to go and join others..."
"Because they all know that the eldest brother is someone worth relying on, probably." The little fox replied, and also picked up another large piece of lamb garlic pie. Maybe he planned to share it with everyone, and he knew that someone
Maybe I don’t like beef or pumpkin, so I deliberately changed the taste.
"Please, please help me heat these." Elaine took two pieces of pie to check out, put down a few copper coins, and said to the convenience store attendant.
"Okay, it will be done right away." After the waiter took the money, he took the pie and heated it in the microwave. Then he turned to look at the big lion and the little lion, "Would you like something to drink, guest? The promotion is bundled with the pie.
The package comes with four small-sized drinks for free. You can order any drink worth less than one copper coin."
"What do you want to drink?" Elaine asked Bailey.
"How about something hot to drink?" Bailey knew that the two children were hungry and cold, so he said. He himself was not very cold, and he was covered in equipment to prevent cold and heat.
"Well, then, two cups of milk tea and two cups of hot cocoa?" Elaine said.
"Okay, I'll prepare it for you right away." The clerk turned around and went to prepare drinks again.
Ten minutes later, because Io and Pierre were too dirty to enter the convenience store, they sat down on the street to eat. Elaine wanted to take the two brats back to the hotel before letting them eat, but Io
and Pierre were so hungry that they started to eat as soon as they got the food. Elaine had no choice but to stay where they were.
"Slow down, eat slowly, don't choke." Elaine couldn't help but said worriedly when she saw the red wolf boy and the human boy devouring their food.
"Okay -" the two brats replied in a long tone, still stuffing one piece of pie on the left and one on the right into their mouths.
"Huh huh." Bailey looked on with a smile and gracefully took a bite of the beef and pumpkin pie. Every bite of the pie was accompanied by a mouthful of hot cocoa.
"Go back to the hotel and take a shower first. Anyway, I'll let you settle down first. What else can we talk about tomorrow morning?"
"Okay!" "Of course." As long as the two brats have food to eat, they won't care about anything.
They were asking for trouble. They clearly stayed at the doctor's clinic in Bordeaux and it was not too late to leave after their injuries were recovered. Bordeaux even promised to arrange a ship to send the two children to Egypt to find Bediville. However, they refused.
He had to leave the clinic without permission and run over to find Elaine, not knowing what was going on in his mind.
However, Elaine seems to have no way of ridiculing these two children. After all, Elaine is also a similar fool. He always chooses the stupidest and most difficult road instead of taking the easy road.
Birds of a feather flock together...?
Although it was not her intention, Elaine walked towards the hotel with her three children and would make plans after tonight.
The three little guys (including Bailey) were very energetic after eating. They jumped behind Elaine and went back to the hotel in a lively way. Several pairs of eyes were also secretly observing Elaine and others' every move in the corner of the alley.
A move.
"The white saint leads the children away from the hustle and bustle of the town, away from the viciousness of the adults, all the way to the end of the wilderness. It is like the pied piper, like the character coming out of the fairy tale." Drew
Prophet Mutani of the Islamic religion laughed and said: "It's the same as Master Gaia's. Senezel's report is very accurate. It seems that he has been found."