Mystery: Who has seen my brother?

Chapter 2 Ouroboros
"Fuck, I'm so tired!"

Eve sat down in the shade of a tree, took out half a piece of bread from her cloth bag and took a big bite.

She had been traveling non-stop for a whole day and night, and if she didn't rest she would not be able to hold on any longer.

Biting the bread in her mouth hard, Eve silently calculated the distance in her mind. It would take about five or six hours to arrive. The result of the calculation made Eve feel instantly happier, and even the unhappiness of the journey was dispelled a little.

It was worth it for me to run day and night without sleeping.

Half a piece of bread was eaten in a short time. Eve licked her lips with satisfaction. To be honest, it was not very delicious. I don't know how long the bread had been there. It was dry and hard, but it was Eve's only food at the moment.

Eve touched the last half piece of bread in the cloth bag and prayed hopefully, "I hope there will be lots of delicious food in the Sun God's place." She also held her face with her hands and imagined the wonderful life she might have in the Sun God's place with a rosy look on her face.

"Ah," Eve couldn't laugh anymore. She sighed and thought dejectedly, "As long as I can eat my fill, that's good enough."

"In this place, as long as you can have enough to eat, it's like heaven on earth." Eve sniffed and said with a pout, a wave of loneliness and grievance suddenly flooding her heart.

"Snapped!"

Eve raised her hand and slapped herself, "Really, stop daydreaming. I don't have the time to be sad with you now! Just rest well and continue on our way!" Before she finished speaking, she fell back and lay flat on the grass.

"Should I take a nap? No, no, no, if I oversleep, I'll be the first and most useless time traveler to die."

Not daring to sleep, Eve could only lie on the ground and try her best to relax her body and mind to get some rest.

But it's impossible.

Every minute and every second she stayed there, Eve was worried that she would be discovered by Fraegra, and that she would appear in front of her in the next second.

There is no rest at all this way!

Eve scratched her hair irritably and stood up quickly.

At worst, once he reached the Sun God's territory, he could just lie down on the ground and sleep for three days and three nights before going back to find the Sun God. Anyway, once he reached the ancient Sun God's territory, the Sun God would definitely not allow Fregola to break into his territory and capture the people under his rule.

That’s right, for the people under the rule of the Sun God, there is no household registration system in this world. People belong to wherever they are.

After weighing the pros and cons, Eve felt that it was indeed feasible. She raised her foot to leave, but was stopped by a tender child's voice.

"Hello." A small silver head popped out from behind a tree not far from the girl.

The little boy was very polite and cute. In the past, Eve would have teased him, but now, she only felt danger. She didn't know how long the little boy had been standing behind the tree, and she didn't even notice him!
Although her abilities have been greatly reduced due to overwork, Eve has always been very vigilant. This child is definitely not an ordinary boy.

The silver-haired little boy walked out slowly from behind the tree. He was wearing a linen robe and holding a fish in his arms, which soaked the boy's clothes on his chest. The fish struggled in the boy's arms, swinging its tail. The little boy tightened his arms, holding the fish and took a step forward. Eve's body immediately tensed up.

The boy paused, stared at Eve blankly for a while, then retracted his foot.

"I'm lucky," the boy said.

What the hell?

Eve thought for a while, "I'm lucky, so... lucky that I didn't find out?" The girl felt that she might have misunderstood. Does this make sense?

The little boy had no idea what Eve was thinking. He held up the fish and handed it to her, saying, "Switch."

Eve looked at the fish in the little boy's hand and was stunned for a moment.

"It's edible." Seeing Eve didn't react, the boy kindly explained. "Of course I know it's edible, so what do you want to exchange it for? Can't you tell me clearly? I don't have anything on me..."

Wait! Pancakes?
All she had on her was bread.

Eve touched the half-piece of bread in the cloth bag, reached into the bag with both hands, broke the bread in half, took out a piece and pointed at it and asked, "Change to this one?"

Seeing the boy nod, Eve threw the pancake in her hand over. The pancake drew an arc in the air and then fell steadily into the boy's arms.

Damn, he’s such a lucky guy!
Eve sighed in her heart, and the little boy lowered his head, picked up the pancake with his mouth, and then threw the fish to her like Eve did.

"Hey?" Eve caught the fish and threw it back. "If you trade fish for bread, you'll get beaten if your parents find out." She said as she turned and was about to leave.

This time the fish didn't land in his arms but at the boy's feet. He looked down at the fish, then at the bread in his hand. "Bread?" The little boy looked up at Eve and said, "I don't have parents." He paused and said, "I used to have one, but they were eaten."

Eve immediately regretted her decision and looked at the boy with some guilt and pity.

"Um...where do you live?" Eve asked cautiously.

"Right here," the boy replied.

Here? There's no one here at all.

Although the child should have some ability, he is still a child after all. Eve cannot bear to watch a three or four-year-old child making a living alone with her sense of morality.

Eve threw the remaining half of her bread to the child and said to him, "If you are willing, wait for me for a few days. I will come back to find you."

"I want to go with you," the boy said to her, holding up the bread. "Bread is delicious."

"It's dangerous to follow me, and the fish is delicious." "It's dangerous here too, and the fish is not delicious, but the bread is delicious."

Eve didn't want to get entangled with the child anymore. Every minute and every second wasted now wasted her life. She turned around and was about to run, but she fell to the ground after just two steps.

A flat fall? That doesn't make sense.

Eve looked up at the boy, "Is that you?"

"You'll be lucky if you take me with you."

This child's ability should be related to luck. If we bring him with us, we can avoid taking a detour due to encountering powerful extraordinary creatures, which can greatly save travel time.

"I'm out of bread. Do you still want to come with me?" Eve said, and then she saw the child lower his head and began to think seriously. "I'm in a hurry. Give me an answer within three seconds. Three, two..."

"Walk."

"It's really dangerous to go with me. I'm being hunted by a god, you know, a god!" Eve's voice became much louder and her tone became more fierce, so that the child could understand how dangerous it was.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the boy fell silent.

Seeing this, although Eve felt a little sorry that she had lost her luck, she still felt relieved.

She waved to the boy and said, "Goodbye, kid."

"Walk."

"Hey?" Eve had just raised her foot to leave, but before she could put it down, she heard the tender voice of a child saying "go".

Eve looked at the little boy in surprise. "Are you a fool? It's a god! It's a god! If you follow me, you might die in the next second!"

"Here..." The boy lowered his head, looking very confused. He raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Eve, and saw a pair of beautiful blue eyes looking at him seriously. He looked to the side and said, "There is a demon that wants to eat me. My parents were eaten by it."

"Then why don't you run?" Eve regretted saying this. If she could run, she would have run long ago.

"I can't escape," the little boy continued, "He wanted to eat me but didn't, so I'm still alive."

Eve instantly understood what he meant. The wolves would do the same thing, enjoying the fear and panic of their prey, and then eating them when they were tired of it. It was just as despicable. The boy was also in danger here, and he might be eaten at any moment.

Wait, if that’s the case, then she’s entered the demon’s hunting ground!

No, calm down, calm down. Generally speaking, those extraordinary creatures will leave their own breath near their hunting grounds to show their ownership, but Eve did not feel the breath of the devil when she came in, so this is not necessarily a hunting ground.

"How many creatures are there in this place?" Eve squatted down and asked the boy while looking at him levelly.

"There is me, and there are also many fish, insects, and birds." The little boy answered obediently.

"The only one who would be hunted is this child. It doesn't seem to be a hunting ground. That's good." Eve thought to herself, "The demon must have passed by and spotted the child and his family and considered them his prey. He didn't drive them to his hunting grounds. It seems that the demon's residence is far away and he probably doesn't visit the child often. So how did he prevent the child from escaping?"

"Why can't you run away?"

"Every time I leave this place, I feel so much pain that I pass out. When I wake up, I run out again, then pass out again until I'm caught by that devil." The little boy said obediently, "I can bear it. Please save me."

This is very much like a curse, and she happens to be good at it!

This kid is really lucky!

"Kid, give me some of your hair and flesh." Eve waved to the boy and then saw the boy tear off a large piece of flesh from his arm without blinking.

Eve was startled and hurriedly tore a piece of clean cloth from her clothes to bandage the child's wound.

"Just a little bit is enough." Eve said distressedly, and began to remove the curse with her hands.

After failing two or three times, she finally managed to untie it. Eve breathed a sigh of relief, thank goodness she managed to untie it.

"Okay, now let's go our separate ways." Eve stood up and was about to leave, but the boy grabbed her sleeve.

"Walk."

"you sure?"

"Walk."

"Okay," Eve said helplessly, "Don't blame me when you die."

Eve turned around, hugged the little boy, and began to rush towards the territory of the ancient sun god with all her strength.

"My name is Eve, what's yours?"

The little boy lay obediently in Eve's arms. After hearing Eve's question, he tilted his head and thought for a while.

"Ourolius."

(End of this chapter)