Seeing the busy people around, Ye Ye never thought that one day he would be close to the secular town.
After entering the boundary of Border Town, the low-rise brick and earth bungalows appeared in front of her one after another, like memories that had been covered in dust for a long time. It was less than half a year after she escaped into the Desperate Mountain Range, but she felt that the scene in front of her was unfamiliar like another world.
The Devil's Moon has just passed, and the townspeople should look and feel very bad after the winter of lack of clothing and food. Ye Ye remembers that the Co-Aid Association once passed through the slums of Yinguang City in winter - there are starved and frozen corpses everywhere, still alive. The people are also like walking dead, their expressions are numb and their movements are slow.
But here, most of the people she saw were full of energy. Some were drying fish at the door of the house; some climbed the roof to repair broken tiles; more were middle-aged men with hoes and hammers, and they talked to each other. Smiling, he walked to the north of the town. In this case, the leaves will lower the brim of the hat and avoid it as much as possible.
The location of the castle is very striking, on a high hillside in the southwest corner of the town. There are no available plants around, and it is very difficult to sneak in silently. It's okay to hide in the trunk to avoid the enemy, but it's too much to let the tree climb up and send yourself in.
She is not a witch who is good at hiding her figure. After thinking about it again and again, Ye Ye felt that instead of hiding, it would be better to walk into the castle openly.
If Nightingale hadn't lied to her, there would be no problem even walking in through the main entrance.
If Nightingale deceived her and deceived the sisters of the mutual aid society, she would also be able to escape from the pursuit of the two guards in front of the door.
Of course, the worst-case scenario was that Nightingale completely betrayed everyone and depended on hunting witches to serve the prince, so she would die here in all likelihood. As the top fighting witch, very few people can escape the pursuit of Nightingale, and even if they are as strong as Hakkara, there is no certainty of victory.
Leaf had prepared for the worst. If she doesn't come back alive, Shu Scroll will take over the role of mentor and lead the sisters to continue onwards - as to where the destination is and where their final destination is, no one knows the answer.
She walked slowly up the hillside, approaching the castle gate. The guard quickly noticed her, put his hand on the hilt of the sword, and shouted loudly: "This is the prince's palace, not the place you should come, back!" He paused, and then added, "If there is an urgent matter Sign up, go straight to the left along this road and go to the city hall. There will be someone there to meet you."
Leaf took a deep breath and took off his hood. Unsurprisingly, she saw the surprised expressions on both of them at the same time, and without waiting for the other to recover, she said bluntly, "I am a witch."
The moment she said these words, she was almost ready for the guards to draw their swords. But the two guards just looked at each other, and there was absolutely no disgust that ordinary people couldn't hide when they heard the witch. One of them even asked with great interest, "Witch, what's the matter with you?"
This kind of reaction made Ye Ziye's heartbeat suddenly intensify. She suppressed the excitement that was about to burst out, and said as calmly as possible, "I want to see Nightingale. Or Anna and Nana."
In the story of Nightingale, witches are regular visitors in the castle, and His Royal Highness does not imprison them, but the guards guarding the castle turn a blind eye to their entry and exit under the direction of the fourth prince... If what Nightingale said is true, the guards There's no way we haven't heard their names.
The guard who asked out loud patted his partner's shoulder, "You watch her here, and I'll inform His Highness."
Ye Ziyan watched him walk through the gate and quickly disappeared into the garden.
What is waiting for you, is it a welcome from sisters, a roundup by guards, or a sharp blade from the shadows
She found herself caught in a strange contradiction, she clearly wanted to believe Nightingale, but the closer she got to the answer, the more she was afraid of disappointment. Could it be that Nightingale is here to make a new face and not call it that name at all? Could Anna and Nana be made up by her? or…
Time has never been so slow! Every heartbeat seemed to span a hundred years. In the long time, she quietly waited for her destiny.
After an unknown amount of time, or just for a brief moment, she heard Nightingale's voice—in a trance, she thought she had heard it wrong.
A familiar figure appeared from behind the door and lunged towards her, arriving almost at the same time as the voice. Then, she was embraced by a warm body.
"Leaves, welcome home!"
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"These are my spare clothes, you should wear them first," Nightingale rummaged through the closet. "There are also coats, shoes... um, a set of nightgowns and bath towels too."
"What are you in a hurry for?" Wendy smiled and shook her head, "When His Highness gets up, she will naturally be settled."
Looking at the busy Nightingale, Ye Zi's eyes became warm again, she sniffed, bit her lips, and wiped away the swirling tears. She was afraid that as soon as she opened her mouth, tears would flow out of her eyes uncontrollably.
It turned out that Nightingale really didn't lie to herself, that a prince who was willing to treat witches well actually existed.
"Would you like to take a hot bath first? You're exhausted from the camp," Nightingale put the towel and clothes next to Ye Ye, "His Royal Highness is taking a nap, and when he wakes up, he will be very happy to see you. By the way, have you found the holy mountain? How are the other sisters doing?"
As soon as she asked this sentence, Ye Ziye's vision suddenly became blurred. She couldn't bear it any longer. She hugged Nightingale and released the pain that had been suppressed in her heart these days.
She cried until Nightingale's chest was completely soaked, and Ye Ye gradually calmed down.
Then she recounted what happened to the sisters from beginning to end after the three left the mutual aid association. When talking about the many sisters buried in the wilderness, she felt that Nightingale squeezed her hand involuntarily.
When Ye Ye finished speaking, Wendy's expression became extremely heavy, "I didn't expect that Hakara would bring the co-assistance to a dead end. There are only seven of the forty-two sisters left... I also have an unshirkable responsibility. If I could Stand firm on the nightingale's side..."
"It's not your fault," Nightingale said sadly, "No one can predict the future, the key is what to do next." She looked at Ye Zi, "You said that six sisters survived, where are they? "
"They are all waiting for my news at the entrance of the canyon. We made an appointment. If I fail to go back, the book will lead them out of this place, or to the far south corner, or to the other side of the strait..."
"Then we have to bring them back quickly," Nightingale said immediately, "I'll set off now, Wendy, and I will leave the leaves to you to take care of."
"Wait, what if they don't believe you? Ye Zi has to go too, and then call on Lightning, she should be practicing flying at the west end of the town at the moment. You can bring a few more horses, so that the sisters can walk less. Way." Wendy warned carefully.
"But His Royal Highness...isn't he still sleeping?" Ye Ye was stunned, "Don't you have to ask him?"
"Don't worry," Nightingale comforted softly, "If Your Highness finds out about this, I'm afraid it's too late to be happy."