Although it can't be seen clearly in the dark, I know her expression must be wonderful.
I took out a piece of flint from my pocket, sat on the ground, and murmured:
"Wait a minute, I'll start a fire. It's too dark."
Before the words fell, the sound of piercing the air suddenly sounded.
I raised my hand, clamped the short knife that was stabbing my head between two fingers, and said to the assassin:
"Didn't you tell me to wait?"
As soon as the knife lightened, it was obvious that the assassin let go of the knife and quickly retreated.
I casually tossed her knife aside.
I lit a fire, lit a torch, and held it up in my hand, finally there was some light in the dark night.
In the light of the fire, one can see that the assassin has an identical knife on his right hand, and the back of his left hand is attached to his lips, with five fingers spread out, covering half of his face. For the first time, those lifeless eyes have appeared. A little overwhelmed.
Now she is a bit like Heggie just now, tense, watching my every move with rapt attention.
As soon as I took half a step forward, she suddenly put the short knife in her hand in front of her body and looked at me vigilantly.
At this moment, someone in the distance suddenly ran towards us holding a torch.
Voices sounded:
"I can't find Lord Baihuang anywhere, so it must be..."
"Don't talk nonsense! Everyone search everywhere, and we must ensure the safety of Lord Baihuang!"
"If you meet an assassin, don't be impulsive! Go search over there, you guys, follow me!"
Not good.
What would happen if someone saw this scene
Baihuang, Heji, and Alaiya, the three major powers were unconscious on the ground, while the useless city lord confronted the legendary assassin.
—It turns out that our city lord is actually very strong.
It is foreseeable that this scene will be widely circulated among the people before long, and I will also become the target of the next god-making movement and become the super city lord that everyone is looking forward to. Heyue will treat me as an important combat force, and from then on, I will go from five to nine every day, get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, and dedicate all of myself to the rise of Yuxi City every moment strength…
don't want! I don't want that kind of life!
A future without eating and drinking for nothing is not the future I want!
I froze for a moment, the assassin girl flung out the knife in her hand, I instinctively turned my head to avoid it, but the torch in my hand was cut off instantly by the knife, and a small piece of it that was burning fell to the ground. Goes out quickly. The surroundings returned to darkness again.
In just a few seconds, her breath was gone.
Soldiers quickly found here.
"Look! Someone fell to the ground!"
"It's Master Baihuang! Master Baihuang has passed out!"
"Master Heji and Lord Alaya are also here! My God, what happened here? Everything around is full of holes..."
"It's too late to sigh, it's important to save people!"
Someone else was clearly trying to fish in troubled waters:
"My lord, the city lord, has popularized science. At this time, artificial respiration is the time! Get out of the way, I'll do it!"
"I come!"
"I come!"
"Let me do it!"
"Go and help Master Heji with artificial respiration!"
"Don't make trouble! What time is it? Don't you feel nervous at all? I announce... Let me do it."
Amidst the uproar, Bai Huang woke up in a daze.
Maybe the assassin didn't attack her very hard in the first place, Baihuang woke up the first, heard the messy sounds around her, and slapped directly on the head of the soldier closest to him. The soldier was startled, knelt down with a plop, and said in a low voice:
"You, you're awake. This is really great, we were discussing just now..."
Bai Huang covered her forehead, stood up unsteadily, and asked:
"Why are you here. Where's the assassin?"
A soldier replied:
"I don't know. We couldn't contact you, so we searched around. When we arrived here, you, Lord Heji, and Lord Alaya were all unconscious. We didn't see anything else."
Bai Huang hurriedly turned her head and asked loudly:
"What about the food? Is the food okay?"
A soldier held a torch, walked in and circled around, and came back to report:
"Report to Master Baihuang, the food and grass are still there."
Bai Huang breathed a sigh of relief.
Heji also woke up at this time, got up from the ground suddenly, and asked loudly:
"Where is Master Bai Huang? Is Master Bai Huang alright?"
The first thing Heji did when he woke up was to care about Bai Huang, and the first thing Bai Huang did when he woke up was to ask about the whereabouts of the assassin and the safety of food and grass... This is too miserable.
I carried the broken iron bucket, which contained the assassin's two short knives, the original mask, and the torch that was cut in two, and jumped down from the roof lightly. While the soldiers were flocking to the granary, they took a detour away from this land of right and wrong and returned to the City Lord's Mansion. The guard at the gate saw me and bowed to say hello, and I swaggered into the city lord's mansion like a normal person, buried the broken iron barrel containing the physical evidence in the garden, and then walked to Alayya's room while yawning.
As I passed the library, I noticed that there was still light in it.
The door was not closed tightly. I glanced inside and found that Felita was still sitting at the table, holding a book and reading it with difficulty. It is difficult because her expression is quite painful, just like the expression my sister showed when she first came into contact with quantum mechanics in the previous life. She felt very difficult, and she was unwilling to give up. To understand those difficult and obscure things.
The eyelids fought several times, and when she was drowsy, Felita bit her lips tightly, forcing herself to read with her eyes wide open.
She really wants to be strong.
I didn't bother her and went to Alaiya's room. Alaiya's house is very simple, basically there are no decorations. Except for hangers, sofas, beds, and cabinets, there are almost no other furniture, and there is even a feeling of emptiness. I took off my clothes, hung them on Alayah's hanger, and crawled under her quilt.
Still familiar texture, still familiar taste!
I was thinking about the assassin and fell asleep without knowing it.
When I woke up the next morning, I touched the side, and the familiar warmth was still within reach.
Aleya was bandaged in many places, but she slept soundly next to me, sleeping side by side under the quilt. But she didn't sleep deeply, just as I touched her, Alaiya opened her eyes, looked around quickly, and found that only me was there, and her expression softened again.
I pretended not to know and asked her:
"What's going on? How did you get hurt?"
Alaya shook her head and said softly:
"It's okay, young master. It's just a small injury, and it will be fine soon."
I seriously checked her injury and found that it was not too serious, so I said:
"You're all injured, and you still sleep with me, aren't you afraid that I'll turn over and press your wound at night?"
Alaya smiled lightly and said:
"I don't know where the assassin went... In my case, the only way to feel at ease is by the young master's side."
I know that she said "peace of mind" not because I can protect her, nor because she can protect me. It's just because if the assassin really attacked me, she would do her best to protect me, be loyal to me, die before me, and give me a chance to escape.
I rubbed her hair, got up and said while getting dressed:
"If you're injured, take a good rest. I'll help you make breakfast. I'll make lean meat porridge this morning. It just so happens that I haven't had it for a long time."
Alaya turned her head sideways, looked at me, and suddenly asked softly:
"Master, is there any way to become stronger quickly? No matter what the price is... it doesn't matter."