At this time, the sky was full of stars and the moon was hiding behind the clouds, like a shy beauty covering her face with a cloth.
Silas and Lori set up a simple camp in the wild.
Because traveling overnight would increase the danger along the way, and there are several disadvantages to lighting torches in the wild.
First, torches will attract a lot of insects at night;
Second, visibility is poor at night, and the road conditions on mountain roads are poor;
Third, torches may ignite bushes or trees on the roadside. If it causes a forest fire, it will be difficult to escape.
So the two of them cleared the weeds on the ground in a relatively open space, made a fire with the collected firewood and set up camp.
Silas was processing a captured rabbit. He skinned and deboned it in a few seconds, removed the fur and internal organs, and then put it on a sharpened wooden stick to slow-roast it.
The fat slid off the meat and dripped onto the burning wood, causing a sizzling sound, and wisps of white smoke floated from the wood.
"What a nice smell." Lori poked her head out of the tent, closed her eyes and sniffed.
Silas was baking soft sandwiches on the side. When the rabbit was cooked, he would cut the delicious meat slices and eat them between the buns that could absorb the oil.
“It will be ready in a little while.” Silas took the rabbit from the fire and placed it on a flat stone.
Silas cut the roasted rabbit meat, which was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, into thin slices along the grain and sprinkled it with the spices that Lori brought from the village, making it fragrant.
This spice is made by the old lady who lives next door using her unique secret recipe. Different from the common barbecue ingredients available on the market, this spice does not use salt and pepper alone, but a compound formula.
This recipe uses cinnamon, tangerine peel, dried ginger, pepper, star anise, cumin, cloves, amomum and chili peppers, which are dried and ground into powder. ① Mix the various spices evenly after grinding and sprinkling them on the rabbit meat to remove the fishy smell and mutton smell, while increasing the taste and aroma.
Lori watched the slices of meat being sandwiched between the pancakes, her eyes shining with greed and her mouth watering.
"Here, eat slowly, it's very hot." Seeing this, Silas handed the pancake to Lori, and Lori came out of the tent, sat down next to Silas and took the pancake.
"Wow, it's so hot, so hot, so good," said Lori, with her mouth full of burgers.
The meat slices are roasted to a golden brown, and the spices make them slightly spicy but still fresh and fragrant. The soft sandwiches absorb the overflowing gravy, so that the precious gravy will not be wasted.
Silas looked at Lori with a satisfied look on her face and smiled. Life was peaceful at this time.
Lori saw the smile on Silas' face out of the corner of her eye and blushed, but it was not noticeable in the firelight.
The two of them quickly shared the sturdy hare and enjoyed it very much.
Lori rummaged through the bag in the tent and found a wild orange that she had picked on the road during the day.
She blew gently on the orange twice, then peeled the skin into pieces, and carefully peeled off the white veins on the orange.
"Open your mouth, you big idiot." Lori said softly.
Silas turned his head and Lori stuffed a peeled orange slice into Silas' mouth.
"Is it sweet?" Lori asked Silas with expectant eyes.
"Hmm, it's quite sweet and juicy." Silas said, touching the back of his head.
After Lori tasted a clove herself, she showed an expression as if it was so sour that it made her teeth hurt.
"It's so sour, and you still say it's sweet. Here, they're all yours." Lori stuffed all the peeled oranges to Silas with a look of disgust.
"Ah, you don't want to eat it? I think it's quite sweet." After saying that, Silas stuffed another petal into his mouth, then picked up a petal and handed it to Lori.
Lori was stunned for a moment, then she leaned over and took a bite of the orange in Silas' hand.
The soft touch quickly passed over her fingertips, and Lori ate the orange slice with a blushing face.
After eating, Lori leaned on Silas' shoulder. From this angle Silas could not see Lori's expression.
"Well, this petal is quite sweet." After saying that, Lori continued in a voice as light as a mosquito flying.
"Because you fed me."
Silas ate an orange silently, staring at the fire in front of him, not paying any attention to Lori leaning on his shoulder. She usually did the same when she taught him in the canyon of the werewolf altar.
The campfire in front of him was swaying in the mountain breeze, and Silas seemed to hear Adina's voice in the whistling wind.
"Silas, my knight, don't come. Cherish the people around you."
Silas vaguely heard Adina's voice. He felt a gentle breeze hugging him like a gentle hug, and then quietly left.
At this moment, Silas felt that something in his heart was broken in an instant, but he couldn't tell what it was.
Silas's uneasiness at this moment was caught by Lori beside him, and Lori touched Silas' head.
She said softly, "How about we get up earlier tomorrow and go there."
Silas nodded, and he said uneasily, "Yeah, but I always feel uneasy. It seems that I am already late."
Luo Li didn't know what happened at this time, so she comforted him, "It's okay, I'm with you."
"Well, thank you, Lori." Silas replied straightforwardly.
"Then I'll go to sleep first." Lori got up and walked into the tent.
Silas was still staring at the fire, not realizing how hurtful his thank you was.
Lori suppressed her emotions. She didn't cry out loud, but her tears flowed unconsciously.
"Silas is a wooden man!" Lori cursed in her heart. She wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand, and lay down on her side with her back against the entrance of the tent, sulking.
Silas sat by the campfire all night, and when it grew cooler he doused the fire with water.
Hearing the noise outside the tent, Lori walked out of the tent.
In fact, she also had a sleepless night. She wished that Silas, the wooden man, could sleep in with her at night, so that she could pretend to have a bad sleeping posture and lie on his chest.
"Good morning, Lori." Silas waved and said.
"Well, good morning. Let's pack up and go." Lori responded listlessly.
After a while, the two continued on their journey to Hohenburg Castle.
At this time, the ceremony in the castle has been triggered, and an ominous atmosphere shrouds the ancient castle.
Although it was daytime, the sky above the castle was covered with dark clouds, like a big mouth that was about to swallow up everything in the castle.
The will of the outer gods has arrived.