quicksilver blood

Chapter 327 Cumulus
Although it is not yet dusk, the sky is already gloomy under the thin snow curtain.

Although it cannot be said that it has become completely dark, if you want to read a book, it is absolutely impossible not to turn on the lamp——

An old man sitting at the table rubbed his eyes, put down the pen in his hand, spread out the thick book on the table, and slowly got up.

He was going to light the candle.

Although this level of darkness is nothing to him, in order not to attract the attention of others, he does not intend to show the difference between himself and ordinary people.

But just as he raised his head, he heard a light kicking sound from outside the door.A wry smile appeared on the old man's face.

"Grandpa Edward—"

A crisp voice came from the door, and then two children, a man and a woman, pushed the door open and said in unison, "We're here to play with you!"

"Good good..."

Edward smiled kindly, and took out a box of candies wrapped in iron boxes from under the table with trembling hands. After carefully picking out two different candies, he slowly opened the package and stuffed them into the mouths of the two children. inside.

The two children smiled and took candies, and moved two small stools to sit beside Edward, one on the left and one on the right.

"Oh? You two greedy dogs, why don't you leave after eating candy?"

Edward affectionately touched the heads of the two children beside him, and asked softly in an old and kind voice: "Where is the city lord?"

"Father went to find those fishermen," the relatively older girl replied with a clear voice like an oriole, "They said they wanted to adjust taxes or something..."

"The city lord is a good man."

The old man sighed.

"of course!"

The little boy puffed out his chest proudly.

Edward chuckled and shook his head, stood up unsteadily, lit the candle unsteadily, straightened it on the candlestick, and then sat down unsteadily.It took more than a minute to light a candle.

Then, Edward directly closed the book in front of him, then simply opened the lid of the candy box and placed it on the table.

The children cheered happily, and each grabbed a handful of candies and held them in their palms.

"You can't eat too much, or your teeth will be broken."

The old man warned, but judging from the expressions of the two children, it was obvious that they probably didn't hear him.

"This child..."

Edward shook his head helplessly, and asked with a smile: "You came to find grandpa today, didn't you just come here for sugar?"

"of course not!"

The little boy stuffed his mouth full of candy, so that his speech was blurred, so the little girl followed up and said, "We are here to listen to your story!"

"Oh... stories... grandpa's stories..."

Edward cleared his throat, dragged his voice and refused to speak.

So, the little girl handed over a glass of water respectfully and wittily.

Edward took the water with satisfaction, took a sip and put it down.Then after thinking for a while, he spoke leisurely in the expectant eyes of the children:
"Today, grandpa will tell you a story about a little crow and a deer..."

At the same time, near the cemetery outside the city, Joseph was still silently leaning against a heavy stone tablet, half-closed his eyes, staring at everything in front of him with indifferent and lazy eyes, while the young man with brown hair Wrapped in two pieces of linen with a thick leaf sandwiched between them, he slept soundly under a shed built with tombstones.

"Kaor."

Suddenly, he softly called to his companions.

But the young man who rolled himself into a ball didn't hear his call at all, and still slept soundly.

"Khal!"

Joseph shouted a second time.

But the young man still didn't respond, just turned over in a muttered slurred dialect.

At the same time, the sound of extremely light creaking footsteps faintly appeared nearby.

Joseph took a deep breath, and shouted loudly for the third time——

"—Kayo!!"

His voice suddenly resounded through the sky like an explosion, and there was a real echo in the wild.

Joseph's roar even stirred up air waves, and a large cloud of white hot air swelled and exploded directly in front of his nose and mouth.

His companion woke up suddenly with palpitations.

"about--"

But he was only halfway through when Joseph interrupted him: "Kayo, hurry up and run away, there is still time."

"... Huh?" Kao's expression gradually eased, and he stretched his waist to groan.A groaning voice hummed, "Are you... having a nightmare? Look carefully, there is nothing there."

Then Kayo pinched his knuckles and patted his face lightly a few times to wake himself up: "Joseph, go to sleep, I'll help you watch."

"……never mind."

Joseph sighed softly, and stood up from the tombstone unsteadily.

This scene deeply shocked Kayo: "Can you stand up?"

"Ah, yes..."

Joseph replied flatly, then turned his head flatly, and grabbed a person from the empty shadow behind him.

Then Joseph reached out and crushed his throat very calmly, and threw him to Kaa.

"...Wait, wait, Joseph, you kill..."

Kao opened his mouth wide, pointed at Joseph and said tremblingly.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Joseph directly: "The head of 'Shadow Crocodile' is worth 37 silver coins. This is about enough for you to get a good job."

As if realizing something, Kayo slowly closed his open mouth, and then nodded heavily.

Then he didn't make a sound, just carried the corpse with the crushed throat on his back, and ran all the way into the city.

Seeing this, Joseph nodded in satisfaction.

Although his talents are mediocre, at least this young man has a good mind.

According to the standards of ordinary people, he is indeed a talent, but his luck is bad.If you let him grow up slowly, he will probably be old by the time he climbs to a position where he can show his talent.

I have done too many sins in the past, and now I meet such a person who can help me, I can help as much as I can, anyway, it will not hurt the interests of Lord Roland and the mentor, maybe it will be useful in the future .

However, Joseph had obviously killed the killer lurking in the dark, but he didn't relax at all—although his face wrapped in bandages couldn't tell whether he was tense or not.

"You can come out now."

Joseph leaned half on the tombstone behind him, and murmured as if talking to himself: "Irrelevant people have already left."

"nature……"

A clear and high voice came.

Then, a tall and thin figure gradually emerged from the snow.

Joseph stared at the man fixedly, and remained silent for a long time, but his expression did not fluctuate at all.

"Long time no see, Joseph," the man stopped three or four meters in front of Joseph, he said softly after a moment of silence, "You... seem to have become younger."

Joseph stared at the man in silence, and after a long time slowly tore off the bandage covering his face, and after a long time, he slowly nodded to the man.

Then, Joseph opened his mouth and said softly——

"Long time no see, Kakarit."

(End of this chapter)