Chapter Thirteen: The Strange Rest and the Enemy Approach(1/2)
From the time he set out at 4 a.m. that day, he has been on the road until now, two people except Natsume have looked tired.
“Have you arrived yet?”
This was already the border of France. Along the way, they had no information about the Orleans Knights, and the Buddha had disappeared.
It must be doing something.
By connecting the events that occurred before, the Orleans Knights may want to connect magic circles everywhere to reappear the ‘Plague of Justinian’.
Now that they are silent, they are probably going to take a big action.
Natsume, who was walking in the front, saw a medium-sized city not far away by strengthening her vision. The city was adjacent to the mountains on the right and a long river on the back. The terrain was very good.
"It's coming soon, right there, so you can have a rest."
After answering Yesha's question, Natsume speeded up and threw the two of them down.
It is not that they are competitive and want to arrive in the city first, but for the safety of the two people, Natsume will take the lead in investigating the situation first, and only after confirming that there is no danger, they will enter the city or village.
Although Ye Sha is often ridiculed as timid, Natsume has never given up on the investigation in advance. On several occasions, Natsume killed the local thugs in advance and let them in, but it was just not told them.
The small bridge built by hand should have just been repaired from the structure and surface. The wood and the wooden piles under the bridge are made of new wood, not old wood.
Unlike Xinqiao, weeds on the road were reborn. From a height, there was no repair for at least one week, and I felt a depressed atmosphere.
Natsume once attacked the last boss for an hour and forgot to save the file and was killed, but he was not so depressed. He just killed the game console later.
Without talking, Natsume walked into the city along the road.
The name tag above shows [Aionoa], which is a border city located south of the French capital.
When you enter, there are very few pedestrians on the road, so it can be said that all pedestrians are staring at the transvestites who appear in this city.
That's right, there may not be clothes like myself in this era, but in the eyes of others, I am just an outsider with a weird look.
With a hint of doubt, Natsume walked towards a hotel where the board was placed on the ground.
The decorations inside are extremely simple, this is not an exaggerated metaphor, but a reality.
A few old tables, a few benches missing, and a not-so-bright kerosene lamp hanging above my head, it felt like I had come to an antique house a long time ago.
"What do you need?"
At first, hesitated, but the store manager came to meet him in order to make money.
He took out a few gold coins and placed them on the table, which immediately made the other party smile attentively. This was a lot of money for him, but for Natsume, it was a "small money" from the hands of the robbers. By the way, those people actually gave themselves money to thank them.
Seeing the owner approaching, Natsume first asked about the status quo.
“Is something going on here?”
"Are you asking about this? Are you a traveler or someone else? If you are outsiders, please advise you to leave within this week, because the Knights seem to be passing by here."
"Don't worry, I'm not from the church, and you won't run away?"
"So, my previous generation, my previous generation, have lived here, how could I leave? Since you want to know the reason..."
First, he collected the money and the boss sighed helplessly.
"I heard that the Orleans Knights], which were originally scattered around, gathered, and the group of people who used violence as 'redemption' seemed to want to do something bad again. A group of tourists passed by, saying that from south to north, a large mobile team was moving towards the capital, probably the Orleans Knights."
"oh?"
Have you finally acted?
They wanted to start their own plans in France, for the 'holy war' in their hearts to be about to appear in that plague.
Natsume heard the footsteps and looked back. Yesha and Trian walked in with confusion.
After ordering a few ordinary dishes to the owner, the three of them sat down at a table that was considered the best.
"Have you found out something?"
"kindness."
Faced with a somewhat urgent Trian, Natsume told the two of them what had just happened.
"There must be actions before they reach their destination, but there is still a question of why they have to separate so much power and now there are gatherings."
"This is not clear, but your proposal is correct. Before their revenge atrocities begin, you must start."
Natsume was a little worried about the friend Trian said. If that person was valuable to them, then there were two possibilities.
One is the "physical body" that became "Joan of Arc" who obtained the "oracle", and the other is used to reproduce the plague that took away nearly 10,000 people in one day.
Taking this possibility in mind, Natsume did not propose it as his assumption, and now he cannot lose his footing.
After several days of travel, the three of them walked towards the same room after dinner.
Although Natsume said that Yesha would live alone, she was "too bored alone! She was unhappy with drinking!" for reasons, so she had to book a big room.
Therefore, Natsume was worried about taking a bath and resting.
Even in the big room, there are only two beds, and one person is destined to sleep on the hard bench.
Trian signaled him to sleep on the bench, but Natsume refused, that was unfair.
"Let's do this, what to decide by drawing lots?"
"May I?"
"I'm fine, but you're not allowed to cheat, you guy!"
Seeing that neither of them opposed, Natsume went down to prepare.
"OK! Let's start drawing lots! The long left bed and the short one sleep on the right bed. You know the last one."
In order to rest as soon as possible, the three of them instantly drew out all the wooden sticks in Natsume's hand.
I'm long!
Yesha happily raised the long sign in her hand.
I'm short.
Tickling his head with some embarrassment, Trian made a sign out.
Then both of them looked at Natsume, and Yesha was looking forward to Natsume going to sleep on the bench that was uncomfortable at all.
"Okay, I'm a long one, so let's sleep together, Miss Yesha."
"Why! You guy! You don't cheat after saying that!"
"Did I cheat? No, I just follow the rules. If Trian and I both got a long lottery, we would sleep together."
"But! No, no, this must not work. I won't sleep with you guy!"
"What are you saying? Isn't you blushing now because of shyness?"
"You, you!"
Realizing that he was being teased, Ye Sha pulled out the big knife from behind.
"Cut off your totally incompetent brother!"
"Who did you learn from? And my brother is not incompetent!"
Dodge the other party's slash, Natsume said with both hands pushing the air
"Okay, okay, I get it, I'll sleep on the bench."
"Hmph, actually sleeping together..."
"Did you say anything?"
"Nothing!"
Natsume actually heard it, but he was not very good at dealing with that situation, so it would be better to PASS. Even KISS wants MISS a little.
Alas? Did I say a lot of English words just now?! I am so super*!
When Natsume was excited about speaking English again, he was patted by Trian on his shoulder.
"If possible, Mr. William and I can change."
"Do you mean sleeping with Yesha? You can't tell."
"No, no, no."
Seeing Yesha who wanted to get angry, Trian quickly denied it.
"It means that I sleep on a bench, and you'll be fine if you sleep on a bed."
"No, no."
It’s okay to sleep once a few days now, and the reason why I sleep is to accompany them.
After all the work was done, the three of them had allocated their beds and decided on the rules (referring to the ones that were not allowed to get close to Yesha at night...), the three of them who had been tired for a day fell asleep.
Time passed, and the next day, Natsume, who was the first to get up, noticed the restlessness in the city.
When I went out, I saw that many people were packing their houses and fleeing outside the city.
Seeing the owner coming out of the kitchen, Natsume walked over to ask, and only then did he know that the Knights would arrive here at night. Those who were afraid of them decided to take refuge in Lincheng.
To be continued...