Xi Ning didn't know how Lin An took him away that day, but in the current situation, if they were discovered, would Lin An face the people outside alone, would he have a chance of winning
And they are still in the cave, and the terrain might be detrimental to Lin An.
The human voice gradually approached, and Xi Ning grabbed Lin An's arm nervously and said, "What should I do?"
It is estimated that the people outside came to him on Filo's order. If he told them that he took the initiative to go with Lin An, shouldn't he start fighting
Lin An didn't panic at all, he slowly returned to hold Xi Ning's hand: "What should I do?"
The outside voice stopped not far from the entrance of the cave. It seemed that the group leader would not let the dwarf in, telling him to hurry. Someone beside him also agreed, saying that there might be a monster or something else hidden in the cave.
Xi Ning listened carefully, the dwarf mumbled something, and the group walked away.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin An suddenly leaned over his ear and said, "They are leaving."
Xi Ning was about to nod, and heard Lin An say: "If your Royal Highness regrets and doesn't want to go back to the tower with me, you can stop them now."
The expression on his face was calm, his half-hanging eyes covered most of his emotions, and Xi Ning was really moved.
It's not that Xi Ning doesn't want to go with him, but if he can, he wants to see Filo and the others again, at least let them know that he is okay, and they don't need to look for him in the woods, just go back as soon as possible.
The system also said that Lin An wanted to lock him up, but after Lin An took him away, he didn't actually force him to do anything. Lin An didn't dare to kiss him, and only held him to sleep with his permission, Xi Ning felt Lin An may not be as serious as the system said.
Xi Ning was about to walk outside the cave, took a half step and took it back, confirming to Lin An: "Really?"
Lin An didn't speak anymore, and stood up silently.
Xi Ning suddenly understood, and curled his lips and said: "You lied to me."
Lin An picked up a strand of Xi Ning's hair and gently wrapped it around her fingertips: "His Royal Highness wants to follow them?"
"It's not..." Xi Ning glanced at him and explained: "You have to say hello to them, or else they can't find someone and don't leave, what should I do?"
Lin An had never thought about this problem, and was too lazy to care about others. He didn't believe what Xi Ning said, and even if it was true, how could those outsiders let him go.
That day, he took advantage of other people's unpreparedness to take Xi Ning so easily. If he had a head-to-head confrontation with the opponent when the mercenary group was prepared, he might not have a chance of winning.
As long as he returns to his magic tower, he doesn't need to worry about anyone anymore, so it is impossible for Xi Ning to see others now.
Lin An squeezed the tip of Xi Ning's chin and asked him to raise his face, and said gently, "Your Majesty behave, don't care about others, we will be able to go back soon."
Xi Ning slapped his hand vigorously, and said angrily: "If you don't want to, why don't you lie to me?"
Lin An's right hand froze in the air, and slowly dropped to his side: "Maybe I should ask this."
He still didn't believe that Xi Ning would willingly go with him, immersed in sweetness on the one hand, and always reminded himself to maintain absolute sanity and vigilance on the other.
"You..." Xi Ning reacted to what he meant. He didn't know what to say at the moment, so he kicked him with anger, but unfortunately it seemed to be tickling to Lin An, he didn't even move.
Seeing him like this, Lin An laughed instead. Xi Ning's attitude towards him should be normal. When Xi Ning took the initiative to befriend him, he couldn't believe it was true.
Lin An easily restrained Xi Ning and held him in his arms: "Well, your lord, you can't beat me, you have to follow me if you don't want to."
The hard mask rubbed against the strong nest made Xi Ning uncomfortable. He pushed away Lin An's face: "You've gotten me..."
Lin Anyi raised his head reluctantly. Without this mask, he still wants to kiss Xi Ning. He has kissed Xi Ning once in the woods before. Most of them will not refuse him. As for what Xi Ning said, he didn't have his permission. Forbidden to kiss, Lin An had forgotten it long ago.
He rubbed Xi Ning's lips with his fingertips. Xi Ning saw his intention and licked his lips deliberately: "You want to kiss me?"
Lin An stared at the looming tip of his tongue and began to think about yesterday's scene: "Yes."
"Then you take off the mask," Xi Ning wanted to do it by himself, but Lin An stretched out his hand to stop him, "Let me look at your face, otherwise you are not allowed to kiss."
He knew that Lin An was very concerned about appearance, and Xi Ning's previous guesses about him were correct. This face made him feel inferior.
Lin An remained motionless, Xi Ning hated that iron could not become steel: "What are you afraid of? I don't dislike you."
Lin An seemed to be shaken. He stretched out his hand to hold the mask on both sides as if he was about to take it off. Xi Ning waited for a moment, and Lin An put down his hand again.
He stepped back, packed up the unfinished tables and chairs in the cave, bowed his head and said, "They have gone far, let's go too."
Xi Ning had no choice but to answer: "Oh..."
When they got out of the cave, Lin An guessed from the footprints the head of the group in which direction they were heading, and took another shorter road.
The two sides have different directions for the time being, and the purpose is indeed the same, not only for them, but also for another group of people.
The head of the group led his subordinates and a group of guards hurriedly, and did not stop to rest until noon. The monsters they encountered on the road during the day were all low-level and it was not difficult to deal with.
When they were about to leave after a break, they once again ran into the group of magicians and warriors, those people Xi Ning and Lin An saw last night.
The leading magician is called Qiu Nian. Before entering the woods, he came to negotiate with Filo and others. He also recognized the group leader and said in surprise: "Did you not find something and leave? Why did you come here?"
The commander secretly guarded himself, judging from the number of people on his side, there were more people on his side, but he couldn't relax his vigilance either. He half-truth and half-truth said: "There is a temporary change, we are here to find someone."
"Looking for someone?" Qiu Nian asked suspiciously, "It's not that I don't believe you. If you are also interested in the treasure in the center, you can do it by your own ability. There is no need to hide it."
When he said that, the head of the group was somewhat relaxed, and said with a wry smile: "What are you doing to lie to you, I can't say much, anyway, I won't snatch things with you."
The dwarf probed out and greeted Qiu Nian, "You also want to go to the center? But are you a little less manpowered? There are dangers everywhere here."
Qiu Nian remembered the dwarf. He folded his arms and replied, "Yes, why don't we go together?"
Their manpower is indeed not enough. Anyway, everyone is the same destination, and it is safer to have more people. As for the following matters, it is not too late to wait for the tower in the center to be found.
The head hesitated, Qiu Nian directly picked up a group of purple lightning and threw it at a tree not far away. The place where the thick trunk was hit was charred and cracked, and fell down in response.
Qiu Nian retracted his hand and bowed briefly to everyone on the opposite side: "I will introduce myself again. My name is Qiu Nian, from Fire City, a Tier 5 thunder magician."
Lightning magicians are very rare, the head of the group looked at Qiu Nian with a constrained expression, and said readily, "Okay."
The road that Lin An picked was denser with denser trees, and the canopy grew crowded. No one was outdone. The trunks below were twisted and crooked, and the ground that was not exposed to sunlight was wet.
Lin An simply put Xi Ning on his back, let him wear a hood, and walk through here carefully.
Xi Ning leaned against his shoulder in every possible way, and saw a little exposed skin from the edge of his mask, and suddenly found a black mark on Lin An's right ear.
He reached out and touched, Lin An stopped and turned his head: "Don't move."
Hearing what he said, Xi Ning was about to move, pinching his earlobe to play, and along the neck and placket, he saw a thicker black line on Lin An's right neck extending down, not knowing where the end would be.
Xi Ning was about to pull the buttons of Lin An's clothes loose. Lin An took a few steps and stopped again, pulling Xi Ning forward with his backhand.
The ground here is too wet, and the soles of the shoes are covered with mud. Lin An didn't put Xi Ning down completely, but tightened his waist, letting him step on his vamp.
Lin An put out a hand to adjust the collar, while raising his eyes to look at Xi Ning: "Don't move, wait until you get out of here before letting you down."
Xi Ning recalled that when he was alone with Lin An for the past two days, he really never let himself see his face again. He obviously took it down after listening to his words when he was in the caravan before.
He wanted Lin An to take off the mask to talk to him, and hook his neck close: "I want to kiss you, you take off the mask."
Lin An looked at him in silence, as if discerning the truth of his words, Xi Ning also added: "You can't cast spells on me."
Xi Ning touched Lin An's Adam's apple, as if he was smoothing his hair, and whispered, "Okay? You let me kiss him."
Yesterday he still said that he wanted to kiss Xi Ning, but today they changed their identities. Lin An found that he couldn't see through Xi Ning more and more, and couldn't always guess what he would do.
When Xi Ning paid attention to him at first and asked him to take special care of him by his side, he felt that Xi Ning was sympathetic to him. What about now? In order to let him dispel suspicion and relax his vigilance, is he even willing to do this
Lin An pushed the mask up a bit, just below the tip of his nose, even if his eyes were covered, it didn't matter. He held the back of Xi Ning's head and kissed it accurately, and pried open his teeth firmly.
Xi Ning couldn't push him away, his face was uncomfortably pressed by the mask, and he bit Lin An several times but he didn't react at all.
The intensity of his struggle gradually diminished, and finally condensed a cloud of aura and patted Lin An. Lin An snorted before letting him go.
Lin An put on a good mask. Seeing the traces and grievances on Xi Ning's face, he felt distressed again. He stretched out a hand and touched his profile: "Are you still kissing?"
Xi Ning was angry and annoyed, while struggling: "You let me go, I won't go back with you!"
"It's up to you."
Lin An tidied Xi Ning's cloak and hood, and just hugged him in his arms and walked forward. Xi Ning couldn't get rid of it, and gradually calmed down, leaning obediently in front of Lin An.
After a long time, Lin An thought that Xi Ning was probably asleep, and suddenly heard him say: "I like you, can't you tell?"
Lin An paused and continued walking as if he had heard nothing.
Xi Ning raised her head: "I'm talking to you."
Lin An didn't answer, walked out of the forest and put him down, leaning against a tree trunk: "I heard it."
This was what he most looked forward to, and felt that it was the least likely to happen. He suddenly heard Xi Ning say it himself, but Lin An was not agitated at all, his brain was extremely calm, and he quickly analyzed the truthfulness of Xi Ning's words.
Lin An even thought of the possibility that when he entered the solitary forest before, he was hit by the poisonous gas of the surrounding trees, and he was now drowning in the illusion he had woven.
Calm too much, Lin An frowned and raised his head: "Let's go, go back to the tower first."
He turned and left, Xi Ning followed him closely, keenly aware that he was walking stiffly, the hand hanging on his side was clenched tightly, and the protruding veins could be vaguely seen.
Xi Ning thought it was funny, and stretched out his hand to hold him: "What are you doing so fast?"
Lin An's arm trembled and stopped, and her body became more rigid: "...It's nothing, I want to go back as soon as possible."
"Why don't you answer me?" Xi Ning walked around in front of him and carefully looked at his eyes under the mask. "Since you have heard everything, there is no reaction at all?"
It's not that Lin An didn't respond, but just thought it was impossible. His brain seemed to find different excuses for Xi Ning's words automatically, and he was totally unwilling to think that what he said was true.
Xi Ning stood in front of him, the afternoon sun shining on his loose hair, as if shining, his eyes were serious and persistent, Lin An felt for a moment that this elf was really showing his love to him.
Lin An stood there for a long time, stretched out his hand and slowly took off the mask, completely exposed his face to the sun, and whispered: "Do you think anyone likes this face?"