Back in the room, Heidi looked at the furniture and furnishings in the room, feeling a little at a loss as she didn't know what to pack. She was also very confused in her heart. Originally, she was looking forward to Richard coming here to meet her, but now she left suddenly, and Richard couldn't find her even when he came.
what to do
Heidi bit her lip deeply with her teeth, almost drawing blood. Suddenly she blinked and had an idea.
The next moment, Heidi quickly found the envelope, paper, quill and ink, put them on the table, dipped the quill in the ink, and started writing on the paper.
Because of her nervousness, she wrote very quickly and sloppily, and she was shaking a little after finishing writing.
But he didn't have time to calm down, so he quickly dried the ink and put it into the envelope. Then he walked to a place on the wall, pulled out half of the stone with some difficulty, revealing a secret compartment, and put the envelope in.
This secret grid was made when she was bored, and she didn't know what to do with it, but now it comes in handy.
Although she felt that the chance of Richard coming and the chance of finding her letter was even smaller, there was at least a glimmer of hope.
Just a glimmer of hope was enough, she couldn't hope for more.
After doing this, Heidi heard footsteps approaching from outside. She could guess that it must be the old servant Eugene who was preparing to urge her.
In order to prevent the other party from discovering what she had done, she quickly put away the ink and quill.
At this time, the footsteps were very close.
Heidi quickly jumped on the bed, grabbed the black cat under the quilt, rushed to the door, and said to Eugene who appeared at the door: "Eugene, I've packed it up."
"Huh?" Eugene looked at Heidi up and down and questioned: "Miss Heidi, do you really need to pack it? You don't seem to have brought any luggage, right?"
"I'll just bring Mickey!" As she spoke, Heidi tried her best to pull out a tail of the black cat that had crawled into her arms and shook it. "Mickey is my most important luggage."
Eugene's eyes flashed and he said: "Okay, Miss Heidi, Mrs. Mary is waiting for you outside the castle, let's go."
yes. "Heidi quickly ran down the stairs with the black cat in her arms.
The old man Eugene looked into the room, looked at it carefully, and found that there was no problem. He extinguished all the candles in the room with a wave of his hand, turned around and walked down the stairs.
Outside the castle, a carriage was parked, and his wife, Mary, was sitting on it waiting. After a while, Heidi ran out and boarded the carriage. The carriage quickly started and drove off into the distance.
Behind the carriage, the lights of the entire castle were extinguished continuously, and the huge silhouette blended into the vast night.
…
Daytime.
Castle, ground floor, hall.
With the light coming in from outside, Richard read the contents on the letter.
The content is very simple, and the writing is a bit sloppy. It looks like it was written in a hurry, but it can be recognized: "Mr. Richard, if you can find this letter, then please don't worry about me. I am living a good life." . But Aunt Mary wants to take me away from here immediately, and I don’t know where to go, so if you come looking for me, you may not be able to see me.
Here, I want to first thank you for actually coming, even if we can't meet in person.
Also, if you want to find me, please remember this sign - I don't know what this sign is for, but Mary Poppins has used it many times. If you can find the source of this mark, maybe you can find me with Mary Poppins.
goodbye! "
At the end of the letter is a slightly weird symbol.
The symbol consists of two parts. First, there is a black triangle "△" outside, and inside the black circle, there is a swastika "*".
This is somewhat different from the three parts of the Black Spirit Empire's logo - △, ○, | -, but also somewhat similar.
After looking at it, Richard raised his eyebrows slightly. He was not sure whether there was some relationship between this symbol and the symbol of the Black Spirit Empire, but he still wrote it down.
"So, I have left, and I don't know where I went. Then... it's really difficult to search with just one sign. The best way is to find a place to settle down and take your time." Richard said He said to himself, put away the letter, and walked out of the castle, followed by Pandora.
Soon after walking out of the castle, Richard looked around and was thinking about where to go when his eyes suddenly flashed.
I saw a rickety old man standing in the field not far outside the castle, as if he was working. After the other party noticed that he walked out of the castle, he had a surprised expression on his face and his eyes widened, looking very... It's like he's scared. The next moment, the other party didn't say anything at all, turned around and ran away.
I saw an old man of seventy or eighty years old, bent over and running wildly in the field - it was really difficult for him.
"Huh?" Richard looked at it and shouted in confusion, "Old gentleman, why are you running away? I have a question to ask you, I don't know..."
While Richard was still talking, the old man had already ran for more than ten meters, and it seemed that he didn't want to stop at all.
Richard's eyes couldn't help but narrowed, and he felt that there was a reason for the incident. The next moment he stepped on his feet and rushed out, chasing the old man. Pandora beside Richard was stunned, shouting "Richard, wait for me", and quickly followed.
…
In the blink of an eye, ten minutes later.
A thatched house in Arupak Village.
Richard and Pandora were sitting in front of a three-legged table with several wooden cups on it.
On one side, a stove was burning, and the rickety old man who had just escaped was adding small pieces of wood to the stove. A dark copper kettle was placed on the stove. After a while, the water in the copper kettle began to boil, and large amounts of white steam came out.
The old man covered the handle with a damp rag, took the copper kettle to the table, smiled kindly at Richard and Pandora, and started filling the wooden cup with water.
There were a few wheat grains placed at the bottom of the wooden cup. After being washed by the hot water, they quickly floated up and swirled wildly in the water. After a long while, they slowly sank.
With a "boom" sound, the old man put the copper pot aside and made a polite gesture of invitation to Richard and Pandora: "Please drink tea, please drink tea!"
"Thank you." Richard said, picked up the teacup, passed it in front of his lips, made a gesture, and put it back on the table - without drinking at all. The reason is very simple. It has been scientifically proven that you cannot drink boiled water because it will burn your mouth.
Pandora on the other hand doesn't care about so much. There is free tea, so there is no reason not to drink it. He picked up the cup very obediently, poured the water into his mouth quickly, drank it in a few gulps, and finally chewed the few grains of wheat with a "kajikaji" and frowned in a low voice. Said: "Isn't it sweet? I thought it was sweet..."
Old man: "..." Stunned!