Chapter 250 Welcome to Taoyuan Township
The cart was moving forward with difficulty on the bumpy road.
The person pulling the cart was out of breath, while the people sitting in the cart were relaxed.
"Don't be in a hurry." Bai Wei said to Vic leisurely, "Take your time, and don't fall."
"No."
"I mean, don't let me fall."
Vic gritted his teeth and said "No way!" while silently saying in his heart "I will throw you to death sooner or later!"
Bai Wei naturally heard the dual speech of voice and heart, but he didn't care. He just smiled, playing with the music box in his hand while quietly examining Vic.
Everything Bai Wei is doing right now has meaning.
Because Vic's condition at this time is very special.
"There's a lion in his eyes." This phrase is usually used to describe a middle school boy, but Vic is different. There is really a beast hidden in his body.
And it is an extremely dangerous beast.
It is so dangerous that when it fully wakes up, it will be very difficult for Bai Wei to deal with it now, and he may overturn if he is not careful.
But he can be said to be the most critical person in this land.
It is more important than Uru to Rhine, Gerald to Lyra, and Nia to Holy Sound. So if Bai Wei wants to get what he wants in this land, he must hold Vic in his own hands.
As for how to deal with such a beast...
Bai Wei gently turned the spring, causing the music to sound again.
"By the way, how have you and your puppy been living all this time?" he asked casually.
Vic replied while panting: "Ade is...a wolf."
"Oh, yes, yes, it's a wolf, it's a wolf." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Then how do you and the little wolf live?"
"I don't understand...what you mean." Vic said, "What do you mean, how do you live?"
"Can humans and wolves really communicate?" Bai Wei said, "I'm not questioning you. I'm just a little curious because I've never kept a pet."
"…Ade is not a pet," Vic said, "He is my family."
"I know it's your family. You don't need to emphasize it anymore. What I want to know more is how it changed from a beast that knew nothing to your family that depended on each other for survival." Bai Wei chose a comfortable position and leaned on the cart. "I'm free anyway, so why don't you tell me your story?"
Vic wanted to say, "I'm not idle, I'm still pulling a cart!"
But maybe no one had ever asked about him and Ade, or maybe he hadn't seen Ade for too long, Vic couldn't help but say: "That was... many years ago."
In fact, the story itself is nothing new.
It is nothing more than an orphan meeting a young lone wolf, and the process from the initial mutual hostility to the subsequent dependence on each other, there are almost no twists and turns, it is more like a calm lake, only the occasional breeze can stir up a ripple.
While Vic was telling his story, Bai Wei would occasionally ask one or two seemingly random questions.
for example.
"When did you first see it?"
"Is it winter? Is it snowing?"
"No, it's raining?"
Vic answered one by one, and as Bai Wei asked one question after another, the dusty memories seemed to be awakened.
He seemed to have returned to that rainy winter. The thin man looked at the dying animal and then hesitantly stretched out his hand.
Such memories brought a great burden to Vic as he was pulling the cart.
So gradually, Vic's thoughts became blurred again, as if only instinct was left to respond to Bai Wei.
"You never thought of hurting it?"
"……Yes."
"Why?"
"No reason."
"There must be some." Bai Wei's voice echoed in Vic's ears, "and it's very obvious."
"……I do not understand."
"You understand." Bai Wei's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing something. "Don't you remember... He saved you."
"…He saved me?"
"Yes, he saved you." Bai Wei said, "On that rainy day, have you forgotten?"
Instantly, Vic opened his eyes in memory.
In the heavy rain, Vic saw the young man who extended his hand to him, and a smile broke out on his pale face.
"Tell me, Ade." Bai Wei said softly, "Tell me where Vic is."
Vic's pupils narrowed slightly.
In an instant, the scene in the memory exploded with a thunder, and the violent light tore everything apart in an instant, rushing towards Vic with unstoppable force, swallowing him up in the blink of an eye.
“Ahhh…”
He felt extremely painful and subconsciously wanted to scream out.
But the next second, all these things disappeared.
Vic stood in a daze in front of a dilapidated little village, his palms full of sweat as he gripped the handrail of the cart, the monotonous mechanical sound of the music box still echoing in his ears.
“We’ve arrived.”
The cart behind him suddenly lightened. Vic subconsciously turned his head and saw Bai Wei stretching while walking to his side and patting his shoulder.
"You have good physical strength." Bai Wei said with a smile, "We in Rhine like energetic guys like you the most."
After saying this, he walked leisurely towards the dilapidated village.
"...Wait." Vic put down the cart and quickly chased after him. "What happened just now?"
"Hmm?" Bai Wei tilted his head and looked at Vic, "What happened?"
Vic couldn't remember anything and his mind felt very confused.
"Did you ask me a question just now?" This was all he remembered.
"Yes." Bai Wei said, "I asked you about the puppy."
"Ade is... forget it." Vic shook his head and asked, "Then what?"
"Then we got here." Bai Wei stopped and asked, "Do you think the little girl's parents are in here?"
...the little girl's parents?
Vic didn't react at first, until he saw Bai Wei shaking the music box in his hand, then he remembered something.
"Yes." Vic's attention was immediately diverted, and he also looked at the village in front of him, "It is indeed possible here. This is the best place to stay among the two towns. Most merchants and hunters will stay here for one night. After all, it is too dangerous to be in the wild at night."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows, "Don't you want this music box anymore?"
"…I didn't agree to help just for this music box."
Although Vic said this, his body was still honest and he entered the village first.
But what he didn't know was that Bai Wei was standing behind him, looking at his back thoughtfully.
But in the end, Bai Wei said nothing and followed Vic leisurely.
The village they were in was very small, so small that it was not quite accurate to call it a village. There were less than ten houses in total, and most of them had been abandoned. The walls and doors had collapsed, and the bodies in the inner rooms could be seen directly from the outside.
Judging from the condition of the body, it was obvious that he had been dead for some time.
Vic was obviously very familiar with this place. He skipped the collapsed houses and walked towards the innermost, which was the only intact house with its door locked.
Vic walked straight up and knocked on the door which was locked from the inside.
But there was no response.
"What does this mean?" Bai Wei walked up to Vic and asked, "Do you think there is someone else inside?"
"As long as it's locked, there's someone inside," Vic explained. "Because this door can only be locked from the inside, so as long as it's locked, it means someone is hiding inside. When the hiding person leaves, they will open the door to show that it's safe inside."
"Sounds like an unspoken rule?"
"Yes, it was hunters who did it at first," said Vic. "But word gradually spread. Whenever you come across an ownerless house in the wild, everyone will do this to avoid the night, because the ghouls can't just break through the house."
"I see." Bai Wei nodded. "Then...what's the situation with the door being locked in broad daylight?"
Vic pursed his lips and rarely answered Bai Wei. Instead, he knocked harder on the door. The dust on the door fell down, and it was obvious that it had been accumulating for several days.
He didn't know the situation in the inner room, but Bai Wei was very clear that such a wall obviously could not block Bai Wei's vision.
Bai Wei could clearly see that there were two bodies in the inner room, one male and one female, who had been dead for many days. Flies were flying and gnawing on their bodies.
Just like in the game.
The little girl was destined not to wait for her parents.
So Bai Wei turned the spring of the music box again, and when the music started, he handed the music box to Vic.
"Don't lie to yourself." Bai Wei said calmly, "With your sense of smell, you should have been able to smell the same smell inside as this thing."
Vic stared at Bai Wei in a daze.
After a while, he kicked open the door in silence.
…
Vic drags the already decomposed body out of the house.
If there was any hope before, it was gone after seeing the corpse.
All the characteristics of this man and woman match the little girl's description. Obviously, they are the little girl's parents.
"This..." Vic looked at Bai Wei helplessly, "What should I do?"
"What should we do?" Bai Wei said with a smile, "Didn't you anticipate this situation from the beginning?"
Vic opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Yes, he had always believed that the little girl's parents would not survive, but when he actually saw their bodies, he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart.
"I'm asking, what should we do next?" Vic said, "Should we take the body back?"
"How are you going to carry them?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows. "Let these two corpses ride in the same car with me?"
"Well……"
"Haha, just kidding." Bai Wei shrugged and said, "In fact, you have completed the commission, right? The little girl just asked you to find her parents, and now, you have found them."
“…Is that so?”
"That's it."
"……All right."
Vic responded muffledly, then took off the scarf that belonged to his mother from the corpse, intending to take it back to the little girl later.
Then, with Bai Wei's permission, he dug a hole and buried the little girl's parents.
After doing all this, he returned to Bai Wei, and then thought of something. He took out the music box that Bai Wei had given him from his pocket and wanted to return it to Bai Wei.
But Bai Wei didn't take it. Instead, he looked at Weike with a smile: "It's already yours."
"……What?"
"Have you forgotten? This is the reward that kid gave you." Bai Wei pointed at the music box. "Now that you have completed it, it naturally belongs to you. Congratulations, you have completed the first commission in your hunter career and received your first reward."
Vic stared at the music box in his hand in a daze.
Is this the first reward?
Vic felt it was a little unreal. After hesitating for a while, he nodded and took it.
"Let's not leave today and spend the night here." Bai Wei looked at the sky and walked into the previous room first. "Take advantage of the time to rest. We have already taken a detour. We need to work harder tomorrow."
Let me work harder to get on the road...or rather, let me pull the cart harder.
Vic complained lightly in his heart, but he also knew that Bai Wei was right, so he followed in obediently.
Although someone had died in this house and there was still an indescribable stench, the two did not care. Bai Wei even lay down directly on the place where the two people had died. He said to Weike in a leisurely manner: "I am too tired from traveling today. I will sleep first. You stay at the door and wake me up if there is any problem."
Vic said "oh" subconsciously, then walked to the door and sat down. After a while, he felt something was wrong.
Let’s not talk about the fact that he was clearly the one pulling the cart.
Why did Bai Wei actually come when he asked him to guard the door?
Vic subconsciously wanted to get up and argue with Bai Wei, but found that Bai Wei had fallen into a deep sleep. After hesitating for a moment, he sat back down.
Forget it. After all, this guy is a good fighter. If something really happens at night, he will have to solve it.
As for myself... I'll just guard it for a while.
Anyway, this isn’t the first time this has happened… huh?
Vic was a little confused.
Has he ever kept watch over anyone at night before?
Vic couldn't quite remember.
never mind.
Out of boredom, Vic took out the music box and then, imitating Bai Wei, slowly turned the spring.
As for Bai Wei, he was not pretending to sleep, but had entered Taoyuan Township.
His situation had been very bad during this period, so he didn't dare to abandon his body and enter Taoyuan Township rashly, for fear of encountering an emergency and being unable to react.
But it’s different with Vic around, at least there’s a certain level of security guaranteed.
So Bai Wei no longer hesitated and quickly activated the stone bench after entering Taoyuan Township.
In an instant, three phantoms slowly appeared beside the stone table.
Bai Wei looked at them with a smile.
"Welcome to Taoyuan Township."
(End of this chapter)
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