In the courtyard of Kadel's house, the moonlight illuminated four incomplete skeletons, most of which were slender and stained pale yellow.
The headmaster, who had a white bandage wrapped around his waist and abdomen, turned his sharp eyes around several times, his face slightly pale due to blood loss adding a hint of confusion.
"Even though that monster has been killed, why can't I remember it at all? Besides Tom, what are the names of these four children?"
"Although it was not mentioned in the notes..." Roy pursed his lips, "but I think this kind of forgetting is irreversible, even if the boy hunter has died. Only those who survived like Tom left traces in the real world. Only then can it be repaired." The five-pointed star on Roy's left sleeve was restored to its original state.
Cadell shook his head, seemingly dissatisfied with the result.
"At least we saved little Tom," Roy said. "And from now on, the kids in the school will never be threatened by monsters again."
It's amazing to say that an hour after the two took out the bones in the tree hole, the tree hole at the root of the hornbeam closed again. At this time, Roy tried to sprinkle salt on it, but he could no longer summon the tree hole, and the horn tree seemed to have completely lost its magic power.
Roy had a vague feeling that the underground space where the boy hunter lived before might not be inside the Horned Tree, but a different dimension. Shortly after the child hunter died, the magic power of maintaining the space gradually dissipated, and it was naturally difficult to find traces of tree holes. He originally wanted to go back and cut off the tongue of the charred corpse. Oaks has said that that thing is very valuable.
But now it seems that there is no chance.
"How is it? Do you have any new discoveries?" Vivien walked over from the house, her pretty face full of tiredness and sadness. The family member that he was searching for was turned into a skeleton without a sound, and even the memory of him could not be retrieved.
Two years of hard work seemed to be in vain.
"Can you identify these children?"
"I'm afraid not... Now it seems that forgetting is irreversible." Roy noticed the other's ugly face and said comfortingly, "Sister Vivien, 'he' has been freed from the magic cave in the tree hole and may have entered Lebio He reached the kingdom of the Prophet, we also avenged him and recovered, uh… the bones, we can finally find a cemetery for him to bury. Don’t be too sad.”
Vivien covered her face and took a deep breath, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Actually, when I saw the note, I guessed that he was no longer there, I just couldn't accept it for a while... But you are right. His soul must have been lost. Into the prophet's kingdom. I will find a good place for his bones to be buried."
After a brief silence,
"Have some fun... how's that kid Tom?"
"I just gave him a hot bath and applied some ointment. He fell asleep again." Speaking of the survivors, Vivien's beautiful eyes finally brightened, "He's lucky, he has only a few feet on his body. Bruises and bites on his neck, and he had no memory of the whole process of being taken away, only remembered that he slept and woke up to see you and that monster..."
"The boy hunter will make him have nightmares for a few days, and nothing else."
"That's good." Roy glanced at the sky again. "The rest will be discussed tomorrow. It's time for me to go back to the mill."
"Wait, Roy." Kadel asked suddenly, "Where did you get that bomb you used on the boy hunter?"
Roy noticed the expectation in the other's eyes, and he knew that this member of the revolutionary army should have come up with the idea of "Dancing Star".
"It's a special alchemy bomb made by the witcher..." Roy lied. "Only those who have been admitted by the witcher can activate it. It's a self-defense gift from my teacher. It's the only one, and it's gone when I run out. ."
"Really?" Kadel's face couldn't hide his disappointment.
…
Back at the mill, Roy found Toya by the pond. At that time, the girl was staring at the reflection on the water in a daze, her face was lonely, and her back exuded loneliness. Roy thought that if she was at Kadel's house, she would definitely not be able to escape being hunted.
"Sorry, I'm late today." Roy walked to her side and sat down, the girl's shoulders trembled, her round face showed an uncontrollable surprise, and her voice trembled slightly, "It's okay, I can Understand... You also have a job in the city, so busy today?"
In fact, she was very scared in her heart. She always had a strong worry that the happy time in the past two weeks was just an illusion. Today, when she found out that Roy didn't return to the mill on time, this worry reached its extreme, and she was full of despair.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm! He's back... this friend really exists.
Toya felt every cell in her body breathe a sigh of relief.
Roy shook his head, "It's not because of work. During this time, I encountered a strange incident at Kadel's house. It's related to the magic I said last time, and it's also about the group of neglected children. Do you want to? listen."
"it is good!"
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The next morning, Roy, who had finished his meditation, woke up at four o'clock on time and disposed of the body of the bald man in the space.
Then he rushed to the market in Edsberg City, right here, at the herbal medicine stall he had been serving for more than half a month, he still had an unresolved bill.
However, when he squeezed through a pile of bare-armed coolies and came to the herbal medicine stall, he found that "the building was empty".
Not to mention Tros, the stall owner who set up two booths for him in the lower city, and even the shelves were removed. turned into an empty space.
He was reluctant to find Emil who sold barbecue and asked... but the other party gave him an answer that surprised him.
"You asked Uncle Tros? I thought he told you that after setting up the stall yesterday morning, he left Edsberg with all his family and property."
"Moved out with the family?"
He has been operating in Edsberg for more than ten years, and he is willing to give up completely
Scared of me a teenage boy
Can't say anything.
"Who told you that he opened a herbal shop in Edsberg for more than ten years?" Emil was surprised, "He just came to the city and worked for two months, not much earlier than you. After all, the business is not bad. , why did you suddenly move away..."
Who is this guy? Professional liar
Roy pondered for a long time, but only remembered his wretched smile, and his heart felt a little empty for no reason.
Just go!
Now that the herbal shop's work fell through. He allocated more time in the morning to the poultry stall. After killing the monsters under the tree hole, the experience value came to LV2 (820/1000). If there is more business during this time, maybe it will be upgraded to LV3 in less than a week. .
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The Cadell House in the afternoon was still as peaceful as before, the children frolic happily under the horn tree, seemingly unaware that the boy staring alone at the door of the classroom went back and forth.
Those who are ignored, are still ignored, and nothing has changed.
"Tom, go join them." Roy touched the boy's blond hair and encouraged, "You have already escaped from the mouth of a ferocious monster and crawled back from the brink of death, what is there to be afraid of?"
"If you want to be noticed and make more friends, you have to take the initiative to fight for it. Looking around like a fool will have no effect. Whoever dares to bully you again will have a fight with him!"
Roy slammed the stunned boy into the crowd. Watching him blushing awkwardly greeted the surrounding students.
Cadell came to Roy quietly, her face was not very good, and she was injured enough to support her for a while last night.
The horned tree and the monsters living under the tree were all concealed by the principal.
The traces of the dead children have not been recovered and are still forgotten by the world. Even if it were made public, what else would it attract other than suspicion and trouble
"This morning, Vivien and I buried the remains in a nearby cemetery." Kadel said with a pause, "There is one more thing. Roy, anyway, because you helped the school solve this hidden danger, Vivien asked Returning the remains of their loved ones, the poor children see the light of day again. I thank you for them. I know the rules of witchers... I will pay you a reward. How about 100 crowns?"
In fact, one hundred crowns is not enough for Dancing Star's materials. But that's about all Cadell can give.
"This money is not enough." Roy glanced at the boys and girls running in the courtyard, and a soft spot in his heart was suddenly touched, "Give me a meal instead."
"Then please accept this gift, Roy."
Vivien quietly walked out from behind Cadell, took off the silver pendant on his chest, and hung it around his neck
With gratitude in her beautiful eyes, "Trust me, it will bring you good luck and blessings..."