She hugged the basket tightly and asked boldly: "What do you want to do?" As she said this, she encouraged herself in her heart: They are not as scary as Warcraft, they are not as scary as Warcraft...
The scarred man still smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, uncle is a good person. I just came here and am unfamiliar with the place. I saw such a cute little sister like you and just wanted to chat with you."
The black-toothed man also echoed: "That's right, little sister, have you lived here for a long time? Are you familiar with this place? Can you show your uncles around?"
Minna looked at them warily, not believing a word they said. They didn't look like good people. They were trying to do something bad if they stopped her and refused to let her go! And the fall she had just now was so weird, it must have been caused by them!
She pursed her lips tightly and rolled her eyes, trying to escape while they were not paying attention. However, she was discovered and was dragged back by the scarred man by the collar: "Little sister, you ran away without even saying hello." Isn’t that impolite?”
"What do you want to do to the child?!" Lao Qiao appeared behind them. Upon seeing this, Ming Na quickly struggled to get rid of the scarred man's hand and ran behind Lao Qiao, not even caring about the apple basket falling.
The scarred man was stunned, thinking that this little girl moved very quickly. He and the black-toothed man looked at each other, and both smiled at Lao Qiao: "It's nothing, it's rare to see our compatriots, just to entertain the children, we don't have bad intentions." "That's right, boss, Even if this is your half-elf territory, you can't stop us from getting close to our fellow humans."
They smiled and winked at each other, and then went back to the store in a blink of an eye. They only talked quietly from time to time and glanced at Lao Qiao from the corner of their eyes.
Lao Qiao snorted coldly, ignored them, and helped Ming Na pick up the apples and the basket, and gave them back to her: "Next time they block you like this, just shout loudly, but it's not very safe in the forest now. You and the little prince don’t run too far.” He raised his hand to greet a passing half-elf and asked him to take Minna to Ludlow’s tree house.
Minna thanked Old Qiao and left with the half-elf. Along the way, the other half-elf was complaining about the new human mercenaries causing trouble, entangled the patrol team, and caused his good friend to suffer a few days ago. He was injured by the methamphetamine spit by the snow monster, and a large piece of flesh was cut off from his arm to save his life. Now those mercenaries are still wandering around the town, teasing young girls, and even boys. , I really don’t know what they want to do.
Ming Na half-understood the whole thing. She only knew that those people had done a lot of bad things, and she was secretly vigilant in her heart that she must avoid them. She looked up and saw the half-elf boy Leif walking towards her. He was smiling and was about to say hello, but she saw that his face suddenly turned red and he turned to another road in a panic and left. There is something strange about her.
The half-elf who was traveling with him laughed happily and solved the puzzle for Ming Na: "Old Qiao is not kind. He was quick to talk last night and said everything your uncle said to him. Only then did we know that Xiao once I suspected that Leif was his son. Not to mention how embarrassing Leif was last night, he was too embarrassed to see you."
"Huh?" Mingna was surprised, "Is the eldest brother the son of my father...uncle?"
"No. Although he looks young, he is actually over 20 years old. He grew up in human society and has only lived here for about ten years. Of course he cannot be your uncle's son."
Minna said "Oh" and asked again: "Then who is my uncle's son?" The half-elf blinked: "Well... you can guess for yourselves, I can't say." Minna pouted.
While he was talking, he had already arrived at the tree house on the edge of the town. The half-elf still had something to do, so he left first. Minna climbed up the wooden ladder and saw that the door of the house was unlocked. Knowing that Ludlow was at home, she happily opened the door.
There are simple furniture in the room, such as a low birch table and a low cabinet, cushions made of vines, a few scattered books, curtains made of burlap and kudzu hanging on the windows, and water cups and wood carved from tree roots on the table. Bowls and plates painted with bright and delicate patterns. There are several wicker fruit baskets placed in the house, which contain some colorful fruits and exude a faint sweet fruit fragrance.
There was no one in the room, and judging from the remains of juice on the plate, Ludlow must have left not long ago. Ming Na shouted "Xiao La" loudly, but when no one responded, she ran out the door again, stood at the entrance of the wooden ladder and shouted in the direction of the forest, wondering if this friend of the same age had gone to play in the forest again. .
Just as she was shouting, her vision went dark, and a figure fell from the sky and landed in front of her. When she looked closely, it was Ludlow. He rolled his eyes at her angrily: "What's your name?! Don't call me that idiotic title!"
Ming Na said with a smile: "I think it sounds good. Where were you just now? Why didn't you answer when I called you so many times?" She handed the basket in her hand to him: "This is what Uncle Qiao gave us to eat. of."
"Idiot! I just finished eating, where can I eat?!" Ludlow rolled his eyes again and paused, "Is your injury okay? I heard that you were covered in blood that day."
"It's okay, it's okay." Ming Na followed him into the house nonchalantly and put the basket on the table. "Although it hurts, it will get better soon. It's just that the foot was injured and it will hurt when walking, but it's okay now." . What about you? You fainted that day, and you haven’t come to see me in the past few days. I don’t even know how you are doing.”
"I'm fine, I just lost my strength." Ludlow sat on the cushion and lowered his head and asked, "I want to ask you, why did you come with me that day? You were obviously far away from the Warcraft, and you could have fled back to the town. Why do you want to help me? Don’t you find it annoying that I’m so cruel to you?”
Ming Na tilted her head and said: "No, although you are a bit fierce, you know a lot of things, can climb trees, and treat me to delicious fruits. We are already friends, how can I leave you behind?" Are you running away?"
"friend?"
"Yes, I have made many friends in Qedon, but they don't understand anything. You are about the same age as me, but you know so many interesting things. I admire you very much."
Ludlow suddenly showed a strange smile: "I am indeed an idiot. Do you think I am about the same age as you? To tell you the truth, I am already seventeen years old. It's just that I inherited the elf's slow growth characteristics, so my appearance is... Like a little kid."
Ming Na's eyes widened: "Liar! I don't believe it!" He obviously looks like a child, how could he be so old
Ludlow raised his head high: "Don't believe it? Let me ask you, you saw my mother and my aunt that day. How old do you think they are? Let me tell you, my mother is over five hundred years old, and my aunt is three years old." They are over a hundred years old, but they look like they are only in their twenties. This is because elves live a long life, so they grow slower than humans."
Ming Na was a little dazed. The beauty in white and the woman in black that she saw that day did look like they were only in their twenties. If they were really hundreds of years old, then Xiaola would look like she was six or seven when she was seventeen. Not too strange. But are they that old
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Ludlow added: "If my mother is really only in her twenties, then wasn't she only a few years old when she and your grandfather got married more than twenty years ago? How is this possible? So , my mother only looks young, but is actually hundreds of years old."
Ming Na thought about it and felt that what he said did make sense, but...wait a minute, what did he just say? "How do you know he is my grandfather?!" she exclaimed.
Ludlow sneered: "You leaked it yourself, we already knew it."
is that so? Ming Na touched her head. When did she spill the beans? Before she could recall it, she suddenly froze, pointed at Ludlow and murmured: "You just said...my grandfather and your mother...got married..." She looked around the room: "Uncle Qiao said...grandpa's son Living in a tree house at the end of the town..." She opened her mouth wide: "You said you were seventeen years old..."
As she talked, Ludlow nodded and smiled generously: "I would like to introduce myself formally. I am your uncle Ludlow. In the future, please don't call me uncle Ludlow anymore. Please call me uncle."
Minna looked at him blankly, her mind in confusion. It was not easy for her to believe that the little boy in front of her who looked about the same age as her was actually her uncle, and he was eleven years older than her. She jumped up suddenly: "I want to tell grandpa to go!" As soon as she turned around, Ludlow grabbed her tightly: "Don't go! I don't want him to know!"
"Why?" Ming Na was puzzled, "Grandpa came here just to find you. He really wants to see you."
"I know, he still thinks Leif is me, right? However, I don't want to recognize him." Ludlow turned his head, "I can't leave the Elf Forest, and he won't stay with me. Mom lives together. Since he didn’t know my existence for the past seventeen years, why do we want to recognize each other now? You said you will leave soon, right? After you leave here, just pretend that you don’t know we are there. , we each live our own lives."
Ming Na looked at him: "Xiao La, I don't understand... You seem to be a little different from usual..."
Ludlow smiled: "I am seventeen years old. Of course I am different from the average seven-year-old child, and..." He looked at his hands, "I have the ability to control plants. These are many real elves. None of them have the ability. In the past, I only had the honor of being a prince, and any elf could look down on me. But it’s different now. My grandparents, as well as the elf elders, have all agreed that I can live with my mother for a few days every month. , the elves will also send people to teach me writing, magic and archery. Although I will never be able to become the king of the elves, I believe that one day they will fully accept me."
Ming Na looked at the bright look on his face and felt that this friend suddenly became a little strange: "Xiao La..."
Ludlow turned to look at her, and suddenly reached out and hit her on the head: "Don't call me by that name! How many times have I said it? Idiot!" He reached for an apple, took a big bite, and stood up. : "Bring the basket and come up with me to play."
Ming Na pouted and rubbed her head, muttering: "Why hit me..." But she was secretly happy in her heart, Xiao La became her original Xiao La again.
She followed Ludlow up the rope ladder to the second level of the tree house to play. This is actually Ludlow's bedroom. As soon as you enter the door, you will see layers of thick straw mats. The room is much smaller than the one below, but it is larger than the four-poster bed she slept on in the inn room. The room could be used as a bed. Apart from a few large burlap pillows, two or three pieces of clothing, there were some randomly thrown leaves of paper and pens cut from twigs. Ming Na recognized that this was the town's customary writing style. Tools, and a few books about basic wind magic. There was also a basket in the corner with half a basket of fruit in it.
Ludlow threw the apple basket aside, pulled the basket from the corner of the room and handed it to Minna: "Here, you have eaten some here, and you have not eaten some. Let's make an exchange."
Ming Na took it over with a smile: "Your fruits are so delicious, I can't eat them in the store."
"Of course." The corner of Ludlow's mouth curled up, "These are fruits that are very hard to pick, and they are very precious." He picked up a magic book: "You have studied magic, right? Tell me about it. Well, the new teacher didn’t quite understand what he said.”
Ming Na leaned over while eating the fruit and saw that there were just a few simple little magics, one of which was lighting, so she demonstrated it to him. Her magic power has improved now, and the ball of light she emits is much brighter.
However, when she taught Ludlow to use this technique, she suddenly became frustrated because the ball of light emitted by Ludlow was ten times brighter than hers! Seeing the other person snickering, she took a big bite of the fruit and vowed to go back and practice hard.
They stayed until dark before heading back to the inn for dinner. Although she ate a lot of fruit, Minna still preferred hot soup and bread. Of course, what she missed most was barbecue. Why can't she eat meat here
The two children (?) were fighting all the way and competing with each other to see who could emit brighter and longer-lasting light balls. Needless to say, Minna lost. She said unconvinced: "You are so much older than me, of course you are better than me." Ludlow glanced at her: "Idiot, I just learned it today."
Ming Na was discouraged and strode forward. Suddenly she saw three black figures appearing in front of her. With the light from the nearby house, she found that two of them were the scarred man and the black tooth who blocked her before. Man, he stopped in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" Ludlow almost bumped into him, glanced at the three people who were approaching with a smile, and asked Minna in a low voice, "Are they the new human mercenaries?"
Minna nodded and pulled Ludlow back step by step. The black-toothed man waved to her: "Little sister, we meet again. Is this your friend?" An unknown mercenary smacked his lips: "Is he an elf? He's so beautiful."
Ludlow's face turned red again. Minna quietly glanced around, and suddenly saw a faint silver light flashing around the corner in front of her. When she looked carefully, it was Leif. She was overjoyed and shouted "Big brother" loudly, then pulled Ludlow and ran towards the half-elf boy...actually a young man...
When Leif saw her, he blushed and wanted to run away, but when he saw the mercenaries, he also realized something was wrong. He hurriedly took a few steps, caught the two children, and quickly escorted them to the inn. .
The three mercenaries watched them go away, feeling disappointed. The scarred man glanced at his companion: "What should I do? People in this town don't take the bait."
"There will be a way." The black-toothed man's face was gloomy, "The elves' guard strength has become much weaker these days. Among the half-elves, except for that Joe, everyone else is average in strength and is not our opponent at all. All we need to do is inquire clear…"
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the third person licked his lips: "Boss, the two children just now are good-looking, and that boy is an elf."
The black-toothed man stared at him: "Don't make matters worse." After a pause, he smiled again: "Let's wait until we succeed."
The three of them laughed again.
Minna knew nothing about the conversation between the three of them and hurried back to the inn with Leif. As soon as she entered the door, she saw an elf carrying a long bow talking to Old Qiao. When he heard someone coming in, he turned around. Minna recognized him as one of the male elves who had sent them to the inn. He was a very kind man.
At the moment, this kind elf looked at her seriously, and there was also sadness in Old Qiao's eyes. Ming Na suddenly had a bad premonition: "What's wrong?"
"Ming Na." Lao Qiao spoke with a heavy tone, "Xiao is injured, seriously injured."