rune hunter

Chapter 3 The Lonely Girl

It didn't take long for El to confirm that the girl in front of him was definitely not the delicate noble daughter he had imagined.

Even the bravest warriors in the city may not have the courage to walk the streets at this time.The girl not only turned a blind eye to the corpses everywhere, but also lived alone in an empty street hotel.

The owner of the hotel has long disappeared, but the room is very clean. Not only does it have no disgusting smell, but it also seems to have a vague and elegant fragrance. After taking off his mask, Er took a few deep breaths secretly.

The fireplace was lit, and the warm bonfire immediately dispelled the cold atmosphere brought in by the two from the outside.The girl took off her hood, and her long moon-white hair fell loose, making El's eyes shine.

In the story told by my adoptive father, the old bard, in the deepest part of the Emerald Sea in the Elven Forest, under the root of the Mother of Ten Thousand Trees, there grows a magical colorless lotus flower, which grows on the full moon every ten years. will bloom when.

The soft moonlight shines through the colorless petals, refracting gorgeous colors that cannot be described in words. The beauty is suffocating, and once you see it, you will never forget it in your life.

Silly looking at the girl combing her long hair in front of him, El subconsciously thought of that kind of lotus under the moon.He suddenly felt a little thirsty, and he regretted it in his heart.

I have never seen anything in the world, and I used to think that the eldest lady of the lord's family was considered a beauty. Although the girl was a bit stronger, she had a beautiful face.And Tika, who works as a bartender, is a lovely girl if you don't mind the freckles on her face.

El also had unrealistic fantasies about the beauties such as princesses and elves in the story, but at best, it was only an imagination of the level of "slenderer than the lady of the lord's family".No matter how many stories you hear, they are not worth seeing with your own eyes.

I have seen too many dirty, ugly, sad and hopeless scenes in the past ten days. The girl's face made El's numb heart healed in an instant.

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by the fiery eyes, the girl blushed slightly, and coughed lightly, bringing Al back to his senses.

"This place has been dealt with, and it is still safe for the time being." The girl sat across the table and said in a low voice.

"It seems that you must not be an ordinary person." El looked away and looked around the corner of the room. "I'm El, a hunter in the village outside the city. I don't know what your name is?"

"You can call me Tiana, I'm a magician." The girl stretched out her hand and patted it twice. Her white and slender fingers moved nimbly and nimbly, and a translucent shape appeared between her hands. phantom.

"Illusion? Optical trick?" El raised his eyebrows. He had never seen a street performer who claimed to be a magician, but what he saw was real light magic.Magicians who can perform optical tricks usually come from that fabled place.

"That's right, I'm from Sky City." The girl raised her eyebrows, a little surprised by El's knowledge, but then she thought that since this guy has the ability to gather medicine to resist the plague, he can't be regarded as an ordinary person, so she felt relieved.

The kettle hanging in the fireplace boiled, and the girl got up to make two cups of tea. El took it clumsily and thanked her repeatedly.The water vapor drifted away, and the room was immediately filled with the aroma of tea.This smell is exactly the same as what El smelled when he first came in. It seems that drinking tea is already an indispensable habit for girls.

El noticed that the girl wanted to reach for the plate to prepare tea, but after a moment of hesitation, she gave up the action as if nothing had happened.It seems that her food reserves are a little tight, and it may be difficult to find clean food in the city now.

After taking a sip of the boiling tea, the girl let out a mouthful of hot air, showing a relaxed expression, as if she had just recovered from the chill outside.She looked up at Al, her eyes clear and bright.

"Mr. El, I can help you make the Anshen grass into a disease-repelling potion. Although it is not specifically for the plague, the effect will be much stronger than that of unprocessed herbs. It should be no problem to treat ordinary infections, but I need to keep some of it. "

Even though she was a girl a few years younger than herself, she spoke with a mature tone like an adult.This made the machismo in El's heart very unhappy. He hadn't seen a smile on the girl's face yet. Maybe it was because of the plague or other reasons, but the girl's expression was always serious.

"Thank you very much, Miss Tiana." El said: "There are still some of these herbs in the village, and I will bring them back when I go back. I don't know what else you need? I am quite familiar with this area." Condition."

"Other than that, there's nothing else... Since you have the ability to gather Anshencao, can you help me pay attention to some other herbs?" Tiana thought for a while and said.

The girl flicked her fingers, and three-dimensional images of herbal plants were transformed between her hands, which slowly rotated with a faint light.

El recalled his memories in the forest, and nodded: "No problem, I have seen these kinds of herbs, but they mainly grow in the mountains, and it takes at least two days to go back and forth."

"Two days..." Tiana bit her lip, her brows were tightly frowned, obviously a little disappointed.

"I'll make a potion for you first, as for those herbs, hurry up."

The girl is very efficient in doing things. After drinking a cup of tea, she immediately washes the teapot and starts to cook medicine... That seemingly inconspicuous teapot has the function of purifying water, otherwise the well water in the city is no different from poison now. .

She stuffed some herbs into the teapot and boiled slowly. When the inside bubbled, she flipped her hands quickly, sprinkled various unknown powders, and kept stirring, so that the green soup gradually turned brown. .

The smell of the decoction is very bitter, and if it remains in the teapot, it may take a long time to wash it off.Now saving people is like putting out a fire, Tiana didn't say anything, but she still seemed to care about it from the way she frowned slightly.This made El very sorry, and he decided to find a clean and intact tea set for her in the future.

Taking advantage of the girl's opportunity to focus on cooking the medicine, El stood aside, watching her secretly with squinted eyes.The girl's earnest expression was also very cute, and he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Damn it, am I in spring?El couldn't help cursing himself secretly, he knew very well in his heart that the girl in front of him was definitely not something he could wish for extravagantly.She comes from the legendary Sky City, and is the favored darling of the gods. How could there be no good suitors around her.

And I am just a country turtle, with no money, no power, and no looks, just like a toad, what right do I have to fantasize about the favor of swans?
Thinking of girls still brewing potions for their own loved ones, Al found his blasphemous thoughts disgusting.

"Mr. Al? Mr. Al?"

The voice of the girl calling came from next to his ears, which woke El up from his wild thoughts, and he withdrew his scattered eyes. Seeing the shy expression of the girl in front of him, he couldn't help feeling flustered.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I thought of something else just now, and I was a little dazed." El scratched his head and tried to explain.

Tiana blushed, shoved the glass bottle full of potions into El's arms, and snorted angrily.

"This is a medicine for five people. If the symptoms are mild, two people can share one medicine."

"I'm very sorry, Miss Tiana." El decided to tell the truth with a cheeky face.

"It's the first time I saw a girl as beautiful as you, and she has a more beautiful heart than her appearance. I was fascinated by you just now. I'm very sorry."

"Mr. El! You are so rude." Tiana's face flushed all of a sudden, and she took a few steps back quickly, keeping a safe distance from El.

The girl took a deep breath, her face turned cold, she turned and walked to the window, opened the closed window, and looked out.

"No matter how beautiful it is, if it is dead, what will it be different from them? Mr. El, if I die on the street outside tomorrow, will you still recognize me?"

Just at the door of the hotel, a woman in a white silk dress is curled up in a corner. Maybe she was a high society lady beauté during her lifetime, but after her death, her body will rot and stink, and now she can tell the proof of her identity It's just that expensive dress.

El couldn't answer, death is fair to everyone, but he didn't want to imagine the possibility of the girl withering.

"Miss Tiana, why don't you leave here? The viscount doesn't dare to leave, I can't leave yet, why do you still stay here? This is already a dead city without any meaning!"

He couldn't help blurting out the biggest doubt in his heart, even if he didn't have to think about it, he knew how dangerous this plague-filled city was.Even the most pious priest dare not guarantee that he will not be infected. Tiana's identity and ability cannot change the fact that she is just a weak woman.

The girl shook her head, closed the window again, and bowed her head in silence for a while.

"I also have reasons why I have to stay here. There are things I have to do... things that only I can do."

"Is there any important reason for a girl to bear it alone?"

El clenched the glass bottle in his hand, and the scent left on the bottle made him a little impulsive.

"At least I am a big hunter recognized by the lord, if you need help, please don't hesitate."

"That's not necessary." Tiana looked at El and thought for a while, and finally waved her hand: "If Mr. El really wants to help, please find the few herbs I need as soon as possible."

It seems to be underestimated... El smiled wryly in his heart, a guy like himself without a handsome appearance, a tall horse, solid armor and a shining sword, of course would not bring any sense of security to the girl.

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)