A bonfire lit up in the alchemist camp at night...
A group of people sat around.
Rorschach looked at the can of stewed food in front of him and was about to pick it up. It was quite hot and difficult to pick up.
He grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and a ceramic handle appeared on the alchemy array in his hand, which was just enough to pick up the can... and immediately handed it to Rachel behind him.
"It's ready, Rachel. Be careful! It's a little hot."
"Well, thank you!" Rachel nodded and took out a piece of compressed metal from the one she carried with her.
【silver】
A flash of lightning passed and two small spoons were refined.
"Here..." One of them handed it to Rorschach.
"By the way, have you asked someone to deliver food to the prisoners?" she asked suddenly remembering something.
Since the decision was made to send him to the imperial capital, the way the prisoner Occam was treated had changed a lot. The two no longer interrogated him, and they sent him food and medicine every day to help him recover his strength. In addition, the skylight in the dungeon would be opened every day to let him see the sun, which would help to restore his physiological habits.
But a few days before departure, he will be starved for a period of time and only given a little food every day. The purpose is to make him not full, so that during the transportation process he can only stay quietly in the carriage cell and will not escape.
"I've already had it delivered. Just a piece of bread and some vegetable leaves, just like usual. They won't give too much. Otherwise, I'll go and check it out in person after dinner." Rorschach said as he sat opposite Rachel.
Holding the hot canned meat, he watched Rachel eat.
It seemed that they had often sat opposite each other like this since they started learning alchemy. Rachel was born into the powerful Christian family in the imperial capital, a true eldest daughter, while she was just born into an ordinary craftsman's family... Although she was not among the poorest commoners in the small town, she was indeed far behind the aristocratic daughters of the imperial capital.
It was only through years of hard work that he was accepted as a disciple by the renowned alchemist, Mr. Codal. Rachel was already there at the time, so she was essentially his senior sister and semi-mentor...
Since Rorschach was a child, his friends have always told him how the nobles look down on people, how they are extravagant and exploit the common people. In short, the nobles are not well-liked by the common people. But the interesting thing is that these are only said behind their backs.
When a true noble appears, they still run over to flatter and support him...
But no matter what, there is a natural status gap between nobles and commoners.
But after meeting Rachel, Rorschach had a different view of them...
Compared to herself, Rachel is no less hardworking than anyone else, even harder than herself, who has been labeled a hardworking student for more than ten years.
This was something Rorschach had never imagined before. A noble... a noble who was said by many to be only good at eating, drinking and having fun, would actually study alchemy so seriously. This was something he had never dared to imagine before.
And precisely because Rachel is so hardworking and beautiful, Rorschach has always liked being with her...
I always feel that it’s good to just be with each other like this.
Look at her, at least just the people who see her the most!
Suddenly, the eyes opposite raised slightly... The night was cold, and after eating some stewed meat, the whole face became red.
Rachel looked up just in time to see Rorschach, motionless, holding the can.
"What's wrong with you, Rorschach? Eat quickly... otherwise it will get cold." She said with a smile.
That smile made people feel healed. Of course, maybe Rorschach was the only one who thought so... but it didn't matter!
"Oh, haha."
He laughed awkwardly, but suddenly stopped.
"how?"
"Well……"
"Just say what you want to say. Is there anything we can't say to each other?" Rachel stared at the other person. The two of them had been studying together under Professor Kodor for four or five years.
From the Imperial Capital to Lewis City, the two of them were almost always responsible for helping to manage the operations of the entire Alchemist Guild, and they talked about almost everything...
"that……"
"Hey, it's nothing. I just suddenly remembered...that day, you went shopping with Master Sean?" Rorschach didn't know why, and he didn't even know why he asked when he said it, but he really wanted to ask.
Even though I feel that the answer may not be what I want to hear...
If it weren't for the current atmosphere, I really couldn't say it.
"Nothing, just whatever you want, don't worry about it."
"I'm just taking little sister Lucille shopping."
"Um?"
"I heard that she used to be a child laborer on a cargo ship and rarely got off the ship. I saw many marks of beatings on her body...so I wanted to buy her something, nothing else." Rachel paused and murmured.
In fact, it’s not that Rachel can’t feel it, she just doesn’t want to say it.
The relationship between the two is the best now...
"So that's how it is."
The answer was so simple, but Rorschach felt as relieved as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart.
"Don't think too much. The most important thing for us is to send Occam to the imperial capital safely." Rachel looked at the other party and said unhappily.
"Yeah, yeah! That's right."
"By the way, have you looked up Occam's deeds?"
Suddenly at this moment Rachel asked curiously.
"What deeds? Did they make him a criminal of the state?"
"Yes, I later investigated some of Occam's deeds and found that he seemed to have lived in the imperial capital before. The description of the murder in the south was a bit far-fetched. Also, the things that the instructor kept asking us to explain seemed to be related to the alchemists in the state departments..."
"He stole it?"
Rorschach looked at the other man and shook his head.
"I don't know about that. Perhaps the Imperial Capital asked us to send him back for this very reason. Marshal Hogheim will definitely come to interrogate him personally."
"Anyway, what we need to do is finished, so just send it over safely!"
Now this is the only task left.
……………………
The two were talking to each other and didn't notice that there were eyes staring at them in the bushes in the distance.
Three people were waiting anxiously in the bushes...
"I didn't expect Rorschach and Rachel Christian to stay. I thought they would at least rest in the tavern. If they kept staring at us like this, we wouldn't have a chance to do anything."
"What should we do, Captain? It's not good for us to keep wasting time like this."
The two people behind him waited for Saroyan's answer.
"The man in the tavern is the nobleman, right? Do you think there is a chance to kidnap him to lure away Rorschach and the other two?" Saroyan thought of the only way.
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