In the bright room, the skylight was opened, and the sunlight came in, making this spacious room bright and warm.
The little girl is sitting in the room.
Beneath him is a large snow-white and soft bed, down and soft, and sinks into it as soon as you sit, like a white cloud. She hadn't slept in such a comfortable bed in such a bright place for months.
The experience of these few months has been like a nightmare for her, a nightmare that she can't wake up from. But she can only blame herself for getting to this stage. If she hadn't secretly gone to sea without telling everyone, she wouldn't have been caught by the pirates and brought here.
Although she is still young, she is very smart. After seeing those who desperately resist being beaten to death or thrown directly into the sea, she has always been very obedient and obedient.
No matter how much she felt disgusted, she couldn't show it.
She has to live, someone will come to her rescue, she has to live until everyone comes to her rescue.
Therefore, when she was treated as a gadget by those filthy and filthy men, she was abused, bullied, kicked on both feet when she was unhappy, or even dragged up like an object and exposed to countless disgusting eyes. Holding on to this belief.
In the days when she stayed in the dark cellar without seeing the light of day, it was the desire for life and the expectation of returning to her homeland that kept her going.
She must live!
Live, go back to everyone, go back to mom!
The little girl gritted her teeth and persisted until now.
She was sitting on the snow-white bed, her long wavy brown hair was scattered on her petite body, and a pair of large sapphire-like eyes were embedded in her delicate face the size of a palm.
Although she is young, she is already like a bud in bloom, showing attractive colors.
She sits quietly in this beautifully decorated room, and now she seems to be more than she has suffered from the sins she suffered in the past few months.
However, the smart little girl knows it well.
This is the real hell for her—
She looked around for a week.
Looking at the sunlight she hadn't seen for a long time, her blue eyes were full of reluctance.
The sun, which I haven't seen for a long time, will soon be invisible again.
… If it's just skin pain, physical pain, she can endure it.
However, she must not accept the terrible things that are about to happen next.
Even when she was young, she was a proud Elson female warrior.
Elson's female warrior, even if she died, could not become the sex slave of those dirty and ugly men.
However, in the same way, as an Elson female warrior, even if she dies, she will take the enemy to hell with her!
With determination written all over her small face, the little girl jumped out of bed, walked to a mirror she saw just now, and smashed it with a snap.
Picking up a small piece of mirror, she cut two tablecloths, one wrapped around her hand, and the other wrapped around the end of the diamond-shaped mirror shard, and then held the shard tightly in her hand.
Then, she clenched the fragment tightly and stood at the closed door of the bedroom.
Her eyes were fixed on the door, her face was gloomy, and her eyes were terrifyingly bright at this moment.
It didn't take long for footsteps to come from outside, the little girl's breath tightened, and her whole body tensed up.
She bowed her head slightly, bowed her body, and bent her knees slightly.
That poised posture is like a little leopard ready to attack.
The look in the eyes that stared at the door was extremely penetrating.
With a slight click, the door was pushed open, and a long leg in jet-black boots stepped in.
The little girl's eyes narrowed, and almost as soon as the foot stepped in, the small body rushed up.
Jumping, her innate jumping ability and uninterrupted training since she was a child made her leap high in the air at that moment.
Taking advantage of the moment when the man was caught off guard just after entering the door, she stabbed the mirror fragment in her hand into the man's throat.
If it is an ordinary person, when he first enters the door unprepared, he may really let the little girl succeed.
However, she was not facing ordinary people.
Almost at the same moment when the girl rushed over, the blond knight, whose foot had not yet touched the ground, reacted immediately.
The little girl thought that the sudden movement was already half a beat too slow in his eyes, and before the fragments approached him, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the little girl's hand.
Then, backhand twist.
There was a sharp pain in the wrist that was twisted behind him, and the fragments of the mirror fell to the ground with a snap.
The little girl's heart also fell into the abyss at this moment.
She closed her eyes in despair, no matter how strong she was, she was only a teenage child after all.
At this moment, her tears fell uncontrollably.
She waited in despair for hell to come.
"Cajus."
A voice came suddenly.
It wasn't like the low and unpleasant voice of a man she had often heard in the past few months, it was slightly higher, with a bit of clarity, making it very comfortable to listen to.
The hand behind her that was twisting her wrist sorely loosened.
She opened her eyes subconsciously, and the first thing that caught her sight was the golden hair hanging in front of her eyes.
Shining bright blond hair in the sunlight.
A hand reached out and held her wrist where the finger prints were pinched, as if afraid of her pain, and gently rubbed it with her fingertips.
Those fingers were white, like goat's milk she liked to drink.
She looked up and saw the face smiling at her.
She lost her mind for a moment.
So lovely.
she thinks.
She saw the pink lips move and make a sound.
"Emma."
That nice voice called out her name, which had not been called for a long time.
"Your name is Emma, right?"
sounds so good.
she thought blankly.
…
Hold out a silver earring with a carved pattern in front of the little girl.
Worrying about scaring the other party, Garlan spoke to her as softly as possible.
"Emma, don't be afraid, look at this."
He showed the little girl the earrings on his palm.
This is a token given to him by the Elson female warrior, in order to gain the trust of this little girl.
"This is what your sister asked me to bring to you. She asked me to save you."
The little girl stared at him blankly for a while, and then her eyes fell on the earring.
Suddenly, she stretched out her hand, and she snatched the earring as if she snatch it, and then covered her hands tightly, as if for fear of being snatched away.
While clutching the silver earring, she raised her head again, staring at Garlan like at the beginning, neither moving nor speaking.
Garlan looked at the little girl who was standing there motionless, just staring blankly at him.
She looked like she was so scared that she was dumbfounded, her eyes were red and tears were already hanging on her cheeks.
A small face is pale and pale, and it looks very pitiful.
He looked up and glanced at his knight.
Cayhors raised his hand in an apologetic gesture.
"It's an instinctive reaction that I can't control myself."
He shrugged helplessly.
Even if he was stared at with subtle and strange eyes for an afternoon and held his breath, he would not be stingy enough to vent his anger on a teenage boy.
Just now, it was purely because of the body's instinctive reaction to being suddenly attacked.
Looking at the little girl who looked at him with wide eyes and tears without blinking, Garlan subconsciously rubbed the fingerprints pinched by Kaijos on the small wrist with his hands, and he also had a headache.
He also has no experience in caring for children.
He thought with a headache.
And the maid cannot be called to take care of her, because no one else can know the existence of this Elson's little girl.
If the child suddenly burst into tears, he would not coax him.
Just when Garlan hesitated and didn't know what to do, the little girl who had been staring blankly finally reacted.
She didn't cry, just stared at Garlan with wide eyes.
She said, "Miss, you are so beautiful."
Garland: "..."
Kaihos: "Pfft."
Garland's mouth twitched.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a long strand of blond hair that fell to his shoulders and sighed.
He bent down slightly, leaned over and said to the little girl, "Emma, I'm wrong, I'm not a sister, I'm a brother."
"impossible."
Emma said categorically without blinking.
"Miss, you lied! You can't be a man!"
"… "
Garland choked.
"… why is it impossible?"
"My mom and my sisters have told me that men are the dirtiest and most despicable people in the world who can only lie! Besides, they are also very ugly. All the men I met during this time told them that. Exactly the same."
The little girl looked at Garlan seriously and said.
"Miss, how can you be a man if you look so good?"
Garland: "..."
Are you complimenting him or scolding him
Kaihos: "..."
I don't know why I can't laugh.
As little Emma said, she stared at Kaijos with hatred.
Looking at the look of disgust on the little girl's face that should not belong to a child, Garlan vaguely understood.
This child grew up in Elson, and under the influence of the environment where the pure female country collectively resisted men, she did not have a good impression of the legendary men.
At this moment, after being forced to go through such a thing, the child must have some trauma in her heart, and her attitude towards men is now close to disgust or even hatred.
Garland sighed.
He touched little Emma's head, and little Emma raised her head to look at him.
On the small face the size of a slap, the big watery eyes like sapphire, looked at him eagerly, full of dependence.
Just like a little milk cat that has been abused, it makes people feel soft when they look at it.
"Emma, I'm sorry, I am indeed my brother."
To apologize for her gender is really...
Garland couldn't help but complained in his heart.
He looked at little Emma gently, and said, "But don't worry, even your brother will send you back safely."
Little Emma looked at him, her pink mouth pursed, she didn't say anything, she seemed a little aggrieved.
At this moment, Kaihos took a step towards this side.
He just wanted to walk over and talk to the prince. Unexpectedly, with his move, little Emma instantly jumped up like a frightened rabbit and shrank behind Garland.
She hid behind Garland, her two little hands clasped the corner of Garland's clothes tightly.
That small body is even more tensed up, as if all the hair on the whole body has exploded.
It could be seen that she now excludes anyone, especially men, from approaching except Gallan.
He has always been at a disadvantage in front of women - except for a certain female officer - this is the first time that the blond knight who has felt the feeling of being hated and rejected by women stopped in tears.
This is quite a novel experience.
He thought so in his heart, and glanced at the little girl who was hiding behind Prince Garlan and couldn't come out.
The little girl shrank tightly behind Garlan, and he couldn't see the look on her face.
He thought for a moment, then bowed slightly.
He said, "Then I'll leave first."
"Um."
Feeling the strength of the little girl's grip on her clothes, Garlan nodded helplessly.
…
After Kaihos left, only Garlan was left here, and Little Emma, who had been nervous all the time, seemed to relax a little.
When Garlan told her that she would be sent to meet her sister tomorrow, she showed a little bit of joy.
Garland touched her head, she was startled for a moment, and then smiled at Garland.
The fluffy wavy brown hair wraps the small and cute face, pink lips, big eyes, and when he smiles, he looks like a doll, which is really cute.
No wonder it was specially held up for auction.
When Garland went out temporarily to get food, she stood in the room and looked at Garland eagerly, like an abandoned kitten, her eyes full of dependence.
As soon as Garlan came back, her eyes lit up as she was slumped on the sofa, she jumped down and ran over, smiling happily at Garlan.
When Kaihos, who had been out for a while, came in again, what he saw was Garlan sitting by the window reading a book in the sun, while little Emma sat obediently beside him and ate.
"Cajus."
Garlan put down the parchment-bound book, stood up, and greeted Kaihos.
As soon as he moved, the little girl who was still eating showed a panicked look.
She immediately put down the plate and jumped down from the chair, clutching the corner of Garlan's clothes tightly with her small hands, and followed behind him.
That small appearance, looking at it, makes people feel very affectionate.
The one-eyed knight gave her a deep look and said nothing.
Then, he started talking to Gallan about attending the inauguration ceremony of the Shamash Temple the day after tomorrow.
Because it is a very solemn occasion, and it also involves the face of King Camos, so we must take every detail seriously.
They talked for a long time, and when Emma couldn't help yawning, she showed a tired look. Although she was still standing, her little head was dwindling little by little, and she was about to fall asleep standing up.
Garlan noticed it, and carried the sleepy little Emma to the bedroom just now, and let her lie on the bed.
The little girl lay on the bed and slept soundly, and the hand that was holding his clothes tightly finally loosened.
Garland, who was followed by little Emma all night, finally got out, got up and returned to the living room, and closed the bedroom door.
At this time, Kaihos took out the stack of materials that he had just brought back from outside.
"Your Highness, this is what that Elson female warrior gave us."
"Only a third, she said, and the rest will be handed over to us tomorrow when she gets her sister off the boat," he said.
Garlan weighed the stack of documents in his hand.
This is the information that the Elson female warrior has been tracking around and inquiring for the past few months in order to find her sister.
"Do you doubt that you exchanged these messages with her..."
The knight, who had already read through the documents in hand, asked tentatively.
Garland nodded.
His heart was a little heavy.
During the day he dispatched Cayhorth's personal guards to secretly find the beaten slave woman he had seen in the harbor last time, and asked something from her.
The woman was also snatched by pirates. According to her, there were not many people who came to Tozes like this.
…
Women and children snatched by pirates... Why are they auctioned off as slaves in Tozes
"For a long time, on the coastline near Tozes, pirates have been rampant, and the number is not small, and they have often invaded coastal cities. However, these pirates have invaded the prosperous Tozes only a few times. Even if there are, It was quickly repelled."
The boy said in a heavy tone.
"In the beginning, I also thought that the Tozes navy was strong enough to deter the pirates in this area, so that they would not dare to attack."
"However, if it is true that, as Seth said, the naval power of Tozes is actually extremely empty and not much higher than that of other coastal cities, then why are pirates not attacking here, and why are pirates easily attacked by such a weak Toze The navy repelled?"
He stared at the void in front of him, and slowly spit out two words.
"unless… "
Having said that, Garlan pursed his lips and did not continue.
Cayhoes was silent.
He knew what the prince wanted to say.
He could feel the heavy heart of the prince at the moment, and his anger at the hideous truth.
But now they can't do anything.
He had already discussed it with the prince, and he was temporarily inactive during his time in Tozes.
Most of the navy is under the control of Taka, and it is hard to say whether the city guards under the ruling government are trustworthy.
The only people who can be trusted are his less than 100 personal guards, so even if he is a prince, he is likely to put himself in danger if he rashly launches an attack in Tozes.
Therefore, the best way is to return to the king's city first, wait for King Camos to return from the expedition, and then let the king arrange an army that is enough to suppress Tozes to solve Tozes's affairs.
Garlan took a deep breath and suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart.
He said: "After the ceremony the day after tomorrow, we will set off to return to the royal city."
"Yes."
Kaihos said that he got up, but did not leave immediately, but looked at Garlan.
He said, "Prince, that little Elson girl, you'd better pay attention."
"Um?"
"Although she is young, she is not as innocent as she looks."
The knight glanced at the closed bedroom door.
"Actually, she's very smart."
"She immediately judged that you have a higher status than me and the ability to protect her, so she immediately approached you by pretending to be attracted to and trusting you, impressing you with the appearance of a child, seeking your protection."
He says,
"I think her dependence on you and her fear of me in front of you are all deliberately faked."
A child who lives in a den of thieves for months cannot be a fuel-efficient lamp.
How could a child who can stab fragments into each other's throat without hesitation be foolish enough to trust and rely on a stranger he just met.
Garlan, who was flipping through the documents, raised his head and looked at his knight with golden eyes.
Then, he smiled.
"Kaihus, do you know what it means to see and not speak?"
Kaihos was startled.
"After experiencing this kind of thing, it is natural to be cautious."
The boy shrugged.
"I know very well that I am not Aaron's gold coin, and I can be loved by everyone."
The knight was a little dumbfounded.
"Kaijos, I just think that during this period of time, the child has been worried about not sleeping well. So, if the child can be convinced that her disguise is working... so that she can sleep peacefully. feel."
The young man lay sideways on the soft reclining chair, continued to flip through the documents in his hand, and casually tucked a strand of blond hair behind his ears with an indifferent look on his face.
He put it lightly.
"Then I'll pretend I've been tricked by her, and it's no big deal, is it?"
The blond knight was taken aback for a moment.
Then, he smiled dumbly and shook his head.
"Pretending to be deceived is indeed something only you can do."
He couldn't help feeling emotional.
"No matter how long it is, you are still the same as when you were a child."
"...Are you saying that I'm not growing up like a child?"
"Well, are you going to bring Tarr to the ceremony the day after tomorrow?"
"Don't change the subject for me."
"Hahaha."
"Cure for your offense—"
…
…
The bedroom door was tightly closed, but the big bed in the bedroom was empty.
The little brown-haired girl stood quietly at the door, listening to the conversation in the hall coming from outside the door.
She lowered her head, and her fluffy forehead fell down, blocking her eyes, making it difficult to see the little girl's expression at the moment.
She could only see the pink mouth pursed tightly, revealing that she was not in a calm mood at the moment.