When Dodoro woke up, he still felt a pain in his head and wished to cut off his head with a knife. This kind of pain after a hangover is obviously still unfamiliar to magicians. He groaned twice and rolled over, holding his head and pouting his butt to try to sleep, but then another foot kicked his ass hard.
wow.
A basin of cold water was sprinkled directly on Dodo Luo's head, and the stupefied magician suddenly jumped up with a scream.
"Wake up? It's early."
With an emptied pot in hand, Char Ya stood beside him and looked at Dodoro with a smile.
Duo Duo Luo was still full of anger, but when he saw Xi Ya, how could he be angry, the expression on his face suddenly became useless, and he sat on the ground with his head in his arms: "Morning, sir."
"Looks like you had a great time last night." Xiaya dropped the basin and sat beside Dotolo.
The magician's face flushed.
Because of last night's experience, it is indeed a very inappropriate move for a magician.
I participated in the bonfire of the Zaku people last night, and Dodoro was quickly defeated by the carnival enthusiasm of the Zaku people. As a magician, although Dodo Luo has many problems, at least he never drinks too much. Although he is lazy, he has always been very strict with his personal life. This is something that almost all magicians on the mainland are familiar with. It is so.
But last night, he couldn't remember when it started. When the first Zaku native laughed and put a bowl of fruit wine into his hand, while he was still hesitating, several other Zaku natives squeezed it. He poured the wine down his neck—with the first bowl, the rest was much easier.
The wine brewed by the natives of Zaku has a dry mouth, and even a little sweet and sour. Dodoro drinks it happily, but soon, his sanity begins to lose.
He vaguely remembers singing and dancing around the fire with a large group of Zakus, hugging every enthusiastic Zaku around him, and everyone laughing and shouting. Although he didn't understand what the other party was saying, the scene was unusual. The harmony, when it comes to the happy place, I grab the wine can and take a few sips.
That kind of fluttering taste, and the whole body is full of joyful power, as if all the pores in the whole body are going to be used for joy... Todoro has never tasted such a wonderful taste in his life.
He even remembered that he had the audacity to hug several Zaku girls, and even had the courage to kiss two of them on the cheeks, followed by more laughter, more dancing, and more more wine...
In the drunkenness, he felt as if he was no longer Dodoro, no longer the humble, incompetent and cowardly low-level magician. He felt as if he was an omnipotent great magician. He was carried by a few Zaku natives. He got up, kept throwing it up and down, he cried and laughed, and chanted a lot of incantations.
The most terrifying thing is... I seem to have stripped naked at the end and ran around the fire? !
uh... that seems to be the case? !
Thinking of this, the magician's face flushed red.
What a shame! What a shame! As a magician, how could he do such an indecent act!
"Uh... lord, last night I..."
Xiaya smiled: "You were drunk last night."
"I... I didn't do anything special, did I? I remember... "
There was a hint of cunning in Xia Ya's smile: "Uh, let me think about it, you seem to have said something and done a lot of things. Let me think about it... Oh, yes, it seems that someone took off their clothes and walked around the fire last night. Run, haha, but then again, Dotara, your ass is so white!!”
The magician's head was buried in his knees, but what Xi Ya said next made Dodolo's face even more pale.
"Well... Later, it seemed that someone jumped on the stage and said that he was a magician, announced that he was the world's number one magician, and said that he wanted to defeat all the great mages in the world... Ah, let me think about it, It seems that someone also announced that he wants to marry Merlin to be the eighteenth wife. Alas, if it falls into Merlin's ears, it will probably make the Witch King very unhappy."
"..." Dodoro's face was pale, and he couldn't speak.
Turtle sighed: "You said, if I tell Mr. Merlin about this..."
"Can't say it!" Dodoro screamed like a cat whose tail was trampled!
"Can't you say a word?"
"I can't say even a word!!" Duoduo was very anxious - if Merlin knew about it, he would be ready to be a frog for the rest of his life!
"Oh, and... Someone also said that one day, they will bring people into Odin, enter the city of Odin, capture the Emperor Odin, let the Emperor Odin be him as a groom, and let the magician guild The president apprenticed him and asked the Pope to clean his boots... uh... what else."
Dodoro's teeth trembled: "I... all this is what I said?"
"It's more than that." Xia Ya grinned: "Someone also said that it's very uncomfortable to be a servant now, and when he becomes a magician in the future, he will let 'that turtle named Xia Ya flush the toilet for Lao Tzu every day'. ... Ah, yes, that's what I said."
Duo Duo Luo's face has completely collapsed, he quickly grabbed Xia Ya's hand, and cried with a sad face: "Master, Master, I don't have that kind of mind! I'm just drunk, and I'm confused for a while... "
"Don't worry, I won't punish you." Xia Ya shook her head with a grand look.
"Oh?" Dodoro raised his head and looked at Xia eagerly.
"Actually... don't you feel that your body is a little strange? Do you feel a special pain in your head? And the whole body seems to be aching? Well, and... "
Hearing what Xia Ya said, Duoduo suddenly felt that he was indeed in faint pain all over his body, and his bones seemed to be falling apart. He lifted his clothes and glanced at it. It was as if someone had beaten him in his sleep.
When he moved a little, he immediately screamed like a pig.
"Don't be so pitiful." Xia Ya sighed: "I've already given you the wound medicine... Oh, by the way, I didn't hit you, I didn't do it."
Dodoro's face twitched: "That, that is... "
"Well, that's because last night, a guy who was drunk and talking nonsense actually urinated in someone else's wine can, provoking public anger..."
Duo Duo Luo's face was pale, and after thinking about it for a while, he vaguely remembered that there was such a thing, but... it seems... it doesn't seem right.
He held his head and thought hard for a while, then suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! No! I remember peeing... But you handed me that pee jar!!"
Xia Ya spread her hands: "Look, I said it, I didn't hit you, I told the truth."
"Master, you are so shameless..."
"It's still the same as before, I take this sentence as a compliment."
After finishing speaking, Xiaya stood up, grabbed a clean leather robe and threw it on Dodo Luo's head: "Get up and get dressed, we are going to leave today to find the magic kiss taro."
After Char finished speaking, he walked out of the tent, leaving Dodoro to sit there alone.
The poor magician recalled what happened last night for a while, and felt extremely regretful, but suddenly his heart moved.
I remembered when I was dancing with a few Zaku girls in my arms last night, and I was so happy, it seemed that I kissed two of them... That kind of feeling, it seemed... It seemed... It seemed very good.
The magician had never experienced that feeling, but in retrospect, it seemed that it was a feeling he enjoyed... and, as if... not bad.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but stay for a while, and after he came back to his senses, he accidentally discovered that there were two thin pinch marks on his arm, as if they were pinched out with a fingernail.
Hmm... Seems like a woman did it
Female, the taste of a woman
There was an indescribable feeling in the magician's heart that he had never experienced before, but then he shook his head vigorously, trying to squeeze this feeling out of his head, but the more he wanted to forget it, he found that his heart was a mess mess.
※※※
When Dodoro opened the tent curtain and walked out, Xi Ya was already grabbing an axe and grinding it on the stone. Beside Xia Ya, a young Zaku young man was holding a bow in both hands, trying to tighten the bow angle, and then gently tried the tightness of the bowstring.
This young man was naturally A Cai. Seeing Dotolo come out, A Cai took out a piece of leaf wrapped around his waist, and threw it to the magician who was tormented by the hangover. He smiled, revealing that A mouthful of white teeth: "This is a hangover medicine. It will be more comfortable if you put it under your tongue."
The magician tore off the leaves above, asked for a scent of licorice, and threw it into his mouth, with a sour taste. However, he was suddenly refreshed, and a sweet and sour liquid melted in his mouth and flowed into his throat, and his whole body was relieved.
"It's getting late, we'd better set off before noon." A Cai put the adjusted bow behind her back, then bent over to fasten the leggings on her legs, and raised her head to look at Xia Ya: " What you're looking for shouldn't be too difficult, it's in the woods behind. If you're lucky, we'll be back by this time tomorrow."
The Great Chief was the one who spoke the words, and A Cai, as one of the few people in the tribe who could speak Byzantine, was sent to serve as a guide for the two of them. Xia Ya is very satisfied with this arrangement, because knowing that A Cai is A Zuo's nephew, he still has a good impression of this Zaku boy.
"The forest in the back is our territory, and we won't encounter any unexpected dangers. Hunters from our tribe hunt in this forest every year, so there are no dangerous beasts here. Even if there were, they would have migrated to other places long ago. Now, this is the place where our grazing mounts are, I am very familiar with it, so don't be nervous. The only dangerous place is, after walking through this grazing forest, cross a small river, it is a wild forest, you may encounter What kind of monsters, but this season... Monsters are in the south and won't run to the north, so as long as we're careful, there won't be a big problem. It's just that the kind of things you want are rare in the woods, I I only heard that there is one place, I haven't been there, but it shouldn't be too hard to find."
While making gestures, A Cai finished saying this in blunt Byzantine language, and finally said very seriously: "Also, I want to warn you... You must listen to me when you enter the woods! You are outsiders, the woods here, It's a different world from yours! Do you understand?"
Xia inserted a dagger into his boot and stood up: "Okay, let's go!"
※※※
From the north of the Zaku tribe's stockade, there is a forest. However, according to A Cai's introduction, the woods here are "cooked forests".
The Zaku natives used to divide the forests in the mountains into "cooked forests" and "wild forests". Shulin is the territory of the Zaku natives. They hunt here and are familiar with everything here. At the same time, they will keep their mounts in this forest.
Of course, to outsiders, there is no difference between these woods.
But as soon as he walked into the woods, Xiaya clearly felt the difference.
The three of them were all on foot, and A Cai walked at the front. As soon as this young Zaku entered the woods, the honest look of Mu Na on his body disappeared. His eyes were full of confident rays of light, and he was very relaxed all the way. When walking or walking through some thick trees, they would go up and pat the tree trunks affectionately, and some would even go up to hug the tree trunks.
The big trees here are very, very thick! Some even looked like a big house, the tall tree crown was like a huge umbrella, countless branches were separated, and some were still hanging on the ground. The vines are densely covered and twisted. These trees are just trunks, I'm afraid even six or seven people can't hug each other.
While A Cai was walking, she seemed to be old friends with these trees, whistling all the way and greeting me cheerfully...
"Is he crazy? Talk to the tree?" Dodoro blinked behind him.
Xia Ya did not speak, after all, he was also born in the mountains, and he had a faint feeling of resonating with A Cai in his heart.
After walking for a while, A Cai turned around to look at Dotara and said, "Perhaps you outsiders find it strange, but for us Zaku people, we believe that these trees are also alive, they have feelings, Wisdom. Of course... Our legend says that only trees that are over a hundred years old can become real creatures. So, we believe that these old trees are our friends."
This is not the strangest thing. The strangest thing is that the Zaku people actually named the ancient trees over a hundred years old in this forest! !
"Asik, Mullin, Dorsey, how are you!"
Seeing A Cai walking all the way, hugging every big tree, Duoduo looked at this young Zaku boy with more and more strange eyes.
When he came to an ancient tree that at least ten people could hold up, A Cai stopped, he walked over, wrapped his arms around the trunk of the tree, stroked it lightly, and then laughed in a low voice : "This is my friend 'Doman', Doman, it's his name, he's my best friend in the woods, he saved my life!"
Xia Ya didn't seem to make fun of him, and looked at A Cai: "Oh? What kind of story is that?"
A Cai thought for a while: "We Zaku people walked in the woods when we were very young. I came here often when I was nine years old and liked to play under the trees of Doman. One day I met a leopard here. I thought that I was doomed. But Dorman rescued me and the leopard got caught in Dorman's vine and I was able to escape."
"Perhaps it was just a coincidence..." Duoduo was muttering, but Xia suddenly frowned and whispered, "Shut up, Dudo!"
But Turtle walked up seriously, looked at A Cai, and then looked at the old tree with mottled bark and thick knots on its trunk. He went up seriously and patted the trunk lightly.
This action suddenly softened A Cai's eyes towards Xia Ya, and the young Zaku smiled happily: "You are a good guy, Doman will like you."
Xia Ya smiled slightly, then turned to look at Dotara, his expression was serious: "You may not understand, but only those who grew up in the mountains can understand this kind of feeling. Also... Even if you don't believe it, at least you Learn to respect other people's culture, remember!"
The magician nodded on the surface, but still muttered a few words in a low voice: "It's just a broken tree... what's there... ah!"
He suddenly screamed and fell to the ground with a slap, his face buried in the mud on the ground. When poor Dodo Luo struggled to get up, he realized that there was a vine under his feet. It was the big tree called "Doman" that the vine extended down and tripped him.
This vine may have been here a long time ago, but Xiaya looked at Dodo Luo: "Look, I reminded you, be polite!"
Duoduo was about to curse, but he looked at the vine under his feet, and he couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his heart. The curse words came to his mouth and he swallowed them back.
The three of them were not walking fast in the woods, but as A Cai introduced, it was very safe here. The Zaku people were familiar with everything in this woods, and the journey went smoothly until the sun went down and they stopped.
"Tomorrow we will walk out of this mature forest." A Cai introduced: "Unfortunately, there is nothing you want here... But maybe we will find it tomorrow."
In the woods, A Cai didn't start a fire, but walked around a few big trees next to him. He hugged a big tree and muttered something for a while. Come down with two vines.
He dragged the long vine to the ground, then pulled it in front of Xi Ya, took out the dagger and gently cut a hole in the vine, and a milky white liquid suddenly came out.
He grabbed one by himself, put his mouth up and sucked two mouthfuls, and then gestured to Xi Ya, who did the same. The milky white liquid in the vine is a bit astringent, but as long as you get used to the astringency After the taste, it will naturally have a fragrance and sweetness, and the taste seems to be a little like milk, but there is no fishy smell of milk.
After A Cai left a small bowl of the liquid in the opening of the vine, he carefully put the vine back, and pulled out a few grasses on the ground, smashed them, and smeared them with grass juice. on the mouth.
"These trees are our friends, we can borrow a little of their things, but we can't be greedy." When A Cai said this, his expression was very pious.
Although Dodoro still doesn't quite believe in the words "trees also have life", it is undeniable that the sap from this vine is really delicious. So the magician simply closed his mouth.
After resting for a while, suddenly there was a rustling sound in the woods, A Cai's ears perked up immediately, he jumped up the tree trunk with a short spear, and looked around vigilantly.
Soon, in the bushes behind, a shadow slowly came out of it.
This is a sika deer that looks tall and straight. The deer has a majestic neck, slender limbs, and beautiful patterns all over its body. And on the back of this deer, there was a Zaku girl riding on it!
The flaxen hair is tied into a few small braids, dark brown eyes, a beautiful face, a leather robe that is cut extremely slenderly, and a pair of slender long legs under the short leather skirt. A healthy and vibrant complexion, dark eyes, flickering eyelashes, and a small hunting bow hanging behind him.
The girl rode a deer from the bushes. Her slender neck was full of slender beauty, and her long legs were full of youthful vitality. She looked like an elf walking out of the woods.
But seeing the girl on the deer's back, A Cai suddenly froze.
"Su, Su, Su Ling?"
Su Ling jumped off the deer, looked at A Cai, snorted, and didn't say anything, then turned to look at Xia, who was stunned in the distance. The swallow who cut the water quickly ran to Xia Ya, standing in front of him, Su Ling put one hand on her hips and pointed at Xia Ya's nose: "Hey! Do you think I will give up? You are my Su Ling's fancy. Man, I've settled with you!"
Xia Ya stayed for a while, opened her mouth, but before she could speak, A Cai had already run over, frowned and said loudly: "Su Ling, how can you come here! The Great Chief will not allow you to walk out of the forest! You shouldn't appeared here, and…”
"Hmph, I got my father's permission." Su Ling raised her hand happily and raised her wrist proudly. On her wrist, there was a small golden bell, which shook gently and jingled.
When A Cai saw the bell, she was immediately discouraged, and looked at the beautiful Zaku girl with a complicated look, and then at Xi Ya, before she stopped talking.
"This..." Xia licked the corner of his mouth: "I, I remember I made it very clear last night, that..."
"What is that? Don't forget, this is the forest of our Zaku people. You can come in, but I can't? Also... The Great Chief has agreed, and I am also one of the guides for your trip this time."