Mage's Secret

"Cloak and tent?" The innkeeper, who was still sleepy just now, woke up instantly after hearing Traphael's question, "What are you buying these for? Do you want to go through the Crane Desert at this time?"

"That's right." Trafael replied, the boss's surprised appearance made him a little concerned: "Is there any problem?"

"Of course there is a problem. Didn't you see the changes in the Forest of Tree Gods when you came?"

"The Forest of Tree Gods?" The mage asked in a low voice, and soon he realized that what the boss was talking about should be the forest of tree people.

"That's right, it's in the moving forest outside the city." The boss sighed and said, "You should have seen it after entering the city. The reason why Mocia has become so depressed now is because the forest of tree gods issued a warning. .”

"Oh? What's going on?" Trafael asked, the boss's words aroused his interest.

"The tree god gave the people here the hope of survival. When the forest of the tree god began to migrate, catastrophe was imminent. This is a legend that has been passed down from generation to generation among the aborigines of Mosia. You travelers may not know it "The boss smiled wryly and shook his head and said, "Everyone here knows this legend, but no one understands its meaning, so it's just a story, and no one cares about it. Until three weeks ago, the entire forest began to move , People here remembered this legend. The water source began to dry up, the crops withered, and now it is impossible to even go hunting in the forest. More and more young people choose to leave, and the travelers and businessmen who brought prosperity here They also disappeared. Those who are left in the city are old people who can’t leave, so they can only stay here with their homeland and wait for the disaster that will come at an unknown time, and die together.”

"Then why are you still here?" Trafael asked the middle-aged boss, "You don't seem to be old enough to walk long distances."

The boss's face became ugly for a moment, but he quickly returned to his original state. He shook his head again: "I'll be leaving in a while, so travelers, I advise you to turn back as soon as possible, or follow the tree god. Leave in the direction, the tree god will take you to a safe place."

Traphael noticed the unusual look on the boss's face, and asked, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"

What the mage said made the boss couldn't bear it any longer, and he made a bitter face: "To be honest, mage, my daughter is sick, if we take her on the road like this, she may not be able to survive to a place where we can resettle. .My wife and I are waiting for her to recover before starting, but now there is no medicine, and I don’t know if she can survive.”

Traphael walked towards the stairs with his long staff, and said as he walked, "Don't be so anxious, the disaster won't come too soon." The treant's migration just started three weeks ago, and It will be at least a month before they leave here, and that's just the time it takes them to leave from the foot of the mountain.It will take more time until they get to the distance where they can completely avoid disaster.Tree people are very keen to predict disasters, so they can often infer the time of disaster from the time it takes for them to migrate.

But the boss didn't understand this. In his opinion, it was just the sorcerer's words to comfort him, so he had to move his fat body and walked out from behind the counter, and took the sorcerer and his party upstairs to arrange for them respectively. Room.

Trafael gave the boss a lot of tips, but this did not make the latter show a happy expression.It wasn't until the mage took out some common medicinal materials that the boss's weather-beaten and particularly sad face improved a lot.Before going downstairs, the boss said to them: "If you want to buy equipment for crossing the desert, go out and go straight to the right to find Mora Supplies Store. Old York probably didn't leave either."

Traphael walked into his room, and Murphy followed suit.The mage turned to look at him, thinking that he might have something to say to him alone.But Murphy just said, "Go to sleep, I'll watch the door for you."

Murphy's words seemed somewhat inexplicable to others. After all, they were undoubtedly much safer when they entered the city. Even if there was any danger, Traphael, as a magician, could solve it by himself.But the mage immediately understood his intentions - because of the contract imprint, Traphael never dared to show his skin below the neck in front of other people outside the mage tower, and even guarded against other people when he was sleeping , so I can't sleep well.Murphy offered to watch the door for him at this time, no doubt hoping that he could rest in peace.

Trafael was a little moved by Murphy's thoughtfulness, but he didn't show it on the surface. Instead, he shook his head and said, "It's still early in the day, I'll just take a break and go to the store the boss said to buy what we need Things. Traveling through the Crane Desert is not an easy task, especially now that the interior of the desert does not know what it has become. I have to buy some supplies. Don’t worry about the water source. I have saved a lot in the forest, but the food We don’t have much left. Just now the boss said that the food source is almost cut off now, and I don’t know if there are any stores selling these.”

"Don't think too much about it, just sleep for a while and talk about it when you wake up." Murphy walked to Traphael's side and reached out to rub the mage's frowning brows. The mage didn't refuse his little gesture of intimacy.During the time they were on the road, their relationship eased again, returning to the state before Elvis left.Murphy was a little thankful for this, but he was not very satisfied - if possible, in this case, he would like to hold the mage in his arms to comfort and kiss him.

This thought was so strong, so Murphy hesitated for a while, then lowered his head and kissed Traphael's forehead.

His move stunned the mage who wanted to say something, and then he was pushed away.Although Murphy felt sorry, fortunately, Traphael obediently untied his cloak and lay down on the bed.

"You can take off your robe too," Murphy said, "and sleep more comfortably that way."

"No need," replied the mage, "I just lie down for a while."

Although Traphael repeatedly claimed that he only took a short nap, he was so tired that he almost fell into a deep sleep like a coma as soon as he touched the long-lost pillow.Of course Murphy would not wake him up, so when he opened his eyes again, it was already dark outside the window.Murphy also went to bed, lying beside him, and he was being held in the arms of the demon at this time.

Murphy was looking at him tenderly, and when he saw the mage opened his eyes, he greeted lazily: "Are you awake? How are you sleeping?"

Trafael didn't know if he didn't sleep or woke up earlier, but he seemed to be in good spirits, so that wasn't the point.The mage quickly broke free from the demon's embrace, got out of bed, walked to the side of the bed, looked at the full moon hanging in the middle of the sky and asked, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"You are too tired, you must take a good rest, your body is not good, you will not be able to bear it if you continue to hold on." Murphy stretched his arms and said, "And you also said that the catastrophe will not come so soon , we don’t have to hurry.”

Although the mage was in a hurry, he had to admit that he was right. After a good night's sleep, the exhaustion on his body felt really good.

"Anyway, it's still early, do you want to sleep for a while?" Murphy also looked out the window and asked, patting the vacant seat next to him where the mage lay down just now.

"No need, I can't fall asleep after sleeping for so long in the afternoon." Although Traphael said so, he still walked to the bed, but pushed him away when Murphy was about to come to hug him again.

This inevitably made Murphy a little regretful. He moved his body and approached the mage until they were almost arms.This time the mage didn't avoid him, so Murphy stopped contentedly.

Seeing that the master didn't seem to be sleepy, Murphy also raised his arms and looked at him: "Tell me about Yadunis."

When Traphael heard this, he turned his head and looked at Murphy silently. It wasn't until Murphy thought he wouldn't say anything that the mage said: "When I was young, there was a very difficult time. You should Know."

Murphy nodded. The legendary life of mages was widely circulated on the mainland. Although these legends usually lacked details, he had heard about Traphael's miserable childhood.

"Once I almost died, Yadunis passed by me, he rescued me, and sent me to the mage tower he had studied as an apprentice. He is my benefactor. If I hadn't met him, even I was lucky enough to survive that time, and my life is different now."

Trafael spoke calmly, but Murphy's heart ached when he heard that he was on the verge of death.He held the mage's hand, and said after a while, "I will protect you in the future, and I won't let you encounter such danger again."

His promise made the mage feel a little funny, and Traphael patted him on the shoulder, as if he was the one who needed to be comforted: "I have such a status and achievement now, how could it be possible for me to meet someone like me back then?" What about that kind of thing?"

After hearing what he said, Murphy calmed down, and he relaxed a little while holding the mage's hand.The two were speechless for a while, but the atmosphere was quite harmonious. When Traphael almost fell asleep, Murphy suddenly asked: "So Yadunis is not your...your first love?"

If what Murphy just said just made Traphael feel funny, this time the mage really laughed: "How come, he is the person I respect the most, how could I have such thoughts about him."

This is even worse, Murphy thought a little depressingly, and Yadunis would have a higher status in the heart of the mage than his first love.

Traphael, who was lying beside him, naturally didn't know the little troubles in the young devil's heart, and fell asleep again in the quiet and peaceful night.