Chapter 161 North County
I returned home as the first rays of sunlight shone into the manor.
When I entered my room through the window, the bed was clean. Just when I thought Sawyers had not come back to sleep, I turned around and saw a person sitting on the sofa in the shadow. Then the light in the room was turned on. Sawyers seemed to have expected me to come directly, so he seemed to be waiting for me.
"You're a little later than I expected."
He raised an eyebrow.
"I was delayed on the road."
The conversation between the two of us happened naturally.
Then I took out a box and put it on the table.
He opened it, and inside was a small pistol, a flintlock, made of ivory and silver, simple to load, and compact.
Although it cannot be compared with modern firearms, it is sufficient for this era - and its lethality is amazing.
"This isn't very useful to me."
"There are always times when you can't reveal your identity, and if you run into that person again, this might at least hurt him a little."
I looked at the man who said it was useless but whose hand was unconsciously stroking the gun barrel, and decided not to expose his stubbornness.
"He's afraid of fire."
He continued, as if still trying to convince me.
"We are afraid too, so you can't set fire to it in front of him."
"But this is OK."
I made a "bang" gesture with my hands, as if Ansar was right in front of us.
"You seem more eager to kill him than I am."
He lowered the gun and looked at me.
The sun had risen by then, and the dawn light shone in through the window that was not yet closed and shone on me.
He stared at me for a moment, then smiled, the first smile he had given me since I came home.
"Sunshine suits you well."
He said to me, then put the gun in the box and put the box aside.
I looked at him, confused.
How should I put it? Sawyers is probably in puberty now, and he's acting so immature. I wonder what he's thinking about now - I always feel that adolescence is the most difficult age to understand.
Thinking back to the older brothers and sisters in the past, they all had some immature side to them during adolescence—except for Angel and Villar.
Haha, one of them died during his adolescence, and the other one had already passed adolescence when I met him.
[This sounds too hellish—]
So you are still alive, Tong. I thought you were gone.
[I just want to talk less with you...but I'm always here.]
I will always be watching you...
【Always……】
I:……
You know how you feel like a ghost or a stalker right now?!
Please don’t use such creepy jokes on me!
[Wow, you're my work slacking partner, do you know how sad I am that I can't talk to you?!]
Then talk to me!
The main system doesn’t know!
[…No, the main system knows. The main system can view my data.]
The main system is broken, can you try to usurp the throne?
【……】
[Please shut up, my host!]
Then there was no sound anymore.
I don’t know whether he didn’t speak on his own or was forced to shut up by the main system.
Then I say it again, the main system is broken!
…
When Sawyers and I came out of a room early in the morning, the servant didn't show any particular expression. When we went downstairs, breakfast for two was already on the table.
"Will you come with me to catch Ansar?"
He asked me while drinking milk.
"Let's go together. I'm also curious about why he suddenly showed up."
I thought about the intelligence I had seen and some strange rumors that had appeared recently.
"...I suspect the plague in North County has something to do with him."
Plagues are not uncommon in this era. War, high temperatures, animal deaths, etc. can all become causes of plagues.
There are certain means of prevention and control in the future, but there is no solution in this era.
——And the most effective thing for diseases is the holy water of the temple.
However, holy water is difficult to transport, and ordinary containers will slowly dissipate the divine power contained in the holy water.
"Remonsis has probably seen the letter I left. He will probably meet me there in a few days." I thought about my arrangements.
"With holy water?"
Sawyers looked at me.
I nodded.
It would be better for everyone if we could curb the plague before it spreads widely - even though this is not what I, a religious pope, should do.
But I always feel there is a pitfall here.
It's that kind of intuition that comes from multiple worlds.
We are fourteen now.
I already feel like time is running out.
——I am now becoming more and more like the person I was when I first woke up in this world.
That means that the time for me to die in this world may not be far away.
I will always help Sawyers solve these foreseeable troubles before I die... not as a mission, but as his brother.
As a thank you for his unwavering preference for me.
Of course, it’s also because of love... Love doesn’t require so many reasons.
"What are you thinking about? The milk is getting cold."
Sawyers waved his hand in front of me.
I looked at the milk next to me.
To be honest, I don’t want to drink it. As long as the protagonist grows taller, I will grow taller too. I don’t need milk to grow at all!
So I chose to change the subject -
"I'm wondering what identity we should use when we go."
"I cannot use the name of the Divine Court, and you cannot use the name of the Monster Alliance."
Then he calmly pushed the milk cup out.
"Of course we're still brothers." He thought for a moment, "We're a pair of brothers who went to Beijun to look for our relatives. We're from the East. My name is Ku, and yours is Sang."
Then he performed a face-changing performance for me on the spot. His hair turned black, and the long black curly hair made him look even less like a good person.
And I suddenly realized that Asu Yue was indeed our mother.
When the hair turns black, the resemblance to Asozuki is magnified.
We did absorb her genes, and were born——
"How did it change?"
I didn't even feel any energy fluctuation from him just now.
Even if I wanted to imitate him, I wouldn't know where to start. We have the same body, so it doesn't make sense that he could do it and I couldn't.
He reached across his plate and placed the glass of milk that I had pushed away in front of me.
"I'll tell you after I finish drinking it."
I:……
Sawyers has grown into a dogmatic adult.
I took the milk and drank it all.
Licked the corner of his mouth.
Then she looked at him again.
He wiped my mouth, and then I felt a strand of hair fall from my shoulder.
"alright."
My hair has turned black.
…
Wow, is he trying to show that I drank the milk obediently so that my hair will turn black as a reward?
What kind of middle school boy is this?
His expression looked like he was waiting for me to exclaim!
Should I fulfill his wish?
This feeling of being restless.
"...Wow, that's amazing, brother."
I read it, trying not to sound too loud, and watched as Sawyers' expression softened, wanting to laugh but trying to maintain a cool demeanor.
My dear brother who can't suppress his smile is still a child indeed. He hasn't evolved into a boring adult just because he started working too early. I feel relieved.
By the time we finished breakfast, he had returned to his previous self, and the two of us sat on the sofa and began to discuss identity.
"It's just the two of us. When do we leave?"
"We don't have much time this afternoon." He took out a map and spread it out on the table. "Considering speed, my suggestion is that we take the water route. From here to Beijun, we can go from the outer sea to the inner sea and then follow the river directly."
I get it.
This waterway trip does not mean taking a boat, but actually swimming.
Strictly speaking, neither of us has ever been in this kind of water in our lives.
Although they are mermaids, they were born from humans and have always lived on land. There are actually many uncertainties when traveling by water.
No, Sawyers had been there.
I was the only one who hadn't been in the water.
After hearing what he said, I became a little curious.
"What do you need to bring? You can give it to me. I have the means to carry it."
I thought about it and realized that if we took the water route, we might not be able to bring anything - but I have a backpack with system space and overlapping space.
"No need, someone in Beijun is ready."
I:?
"I have a guest...a certain little lord over there."
He looked uncomfortable for a moment.
"Brother, toys are just toys. I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
After all, this kid has been looking for toys since he was three years old - the only people Sawyers can call toys are those under his control.
But in this day and age, I wouldn't advise Sawyers not to control these people.
He is already much better than Anshar. At least when he doesn't need them, these people can live normally and don't even realize that they are being controlled.
He coughed twice and pretended not to hear me.
…
In the afternoon, heavy rain fell in the whole area and there were basically no people on the road, which was convenient for the two of us.
I don’t know whether Sawyers had anticipated the rain in the afternoon or whether he had arranged it.
This is the age of mystery.
Without any hesitation, she followed him and jumped off the cliff behind the manor. Below was the surging sea water, and then she entered the water.
——Theoretically, the impact of entering the water should be huge, but non-human bodies are very resilient and they return to their original form almost the moment we enter the water.
Then I was surprised to find that my hair was still black.
So Sawyers' little trick is indeed magical.
Because of the rain, the sea water was a little turbid, but you could still see that we were exactly the same from head to toe, and his little trick of changing the color of our hair made our fish tails change color as well.
Now it is a fishtail that is almost black.
With pale skin, black fishtail and hair, and golden eyes, we now look more like the man-eating sirens in fairy tales.
But it feels good to be in the ocean.
This is a different feeling from the one I had in Arinea's world. In the ocean of this world, I seemed to have returned to the original womb, with a sense of satisfaction of being wrapped in amniotic fluid.
The gills on the neck open and close to filter the oxygen in the seawater, the body temperature drops to adapt to the temperature of the seawater, the turbid seawater gradually becomes clear, and spots of light surge.
The sea welcomes us.
"Follow me closely."
Sawyers' voice came from the front, and his tail swam and instantly distanced himself from me - he didn't think I really couldn't swim!
I exerted force with my tail and the water waves flowed around me. I had already swam next to him. He stared at me for a while and then sped up.
We seemed to be racing in the sea, and then I saw some strange creatures in the sea.
It was a coral reef on the continental shelf. As we approached, pairs of eyes opened, and hundreds of eyes on the entire coral reef were staring at us.
The scene was a bit too embarrassing, but Sawyers swam straight over as if he didn't notice it.
Then I saw thin red tentacles reaching out to him, and in just a moment, the tentacles were cut off.
Sawyers then turned his head to look over. His eyes were cold and ruthless, and a small, wriggling tentacle hung from his sharp nails.
Then the eyes on the coral reef closed and became like the coral reef in my impression.
Pretend nothing happened.
If it weren't for those broken tentacles floating in the water, I would really think I was dazzled.
Then, before I could say anything, it suddenly got dark above our heads.
I looked up.
…To be honest, this giant octopus looks delicious.
It's just a little too big for the two of us to finish.
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