rose nursery rhyme

Bryce took off his cloak.

First, a strand of silver-gray long hair broke free from the shackles of the hood, and gracefully hung on the side of Bryce's neck, sweeping past the black collar on his neck.

Brice's hair color is very strange, it is a light thin gray with a bit of clear silver, which catches people's attention.

The eyes are also gray, with gentle curvature, and there is a little tear mole under the left eye, which is not very obvious, but it adds a little...unusual temperament to him.

Like the wind under an abyss; like the fog in a swamp; like the embers that remain after a fire dies; like a sea that appears and disappears like an elusive form, a mirage.

He hardly showed any external aggression, and the whole person was indescribably good-looking.

Sidi stared at Bryce's face, motionless.

With a gentle smile on his face, Brice naturally let the young man's eyes scrutinize him from head to toe without any resistance.

A good boy needs to be honest, so Xi Di didn't hide her appreciation, and happily praised: "You're really good-looking."

No wonder he had to wear a cloak, otherwise he might be targeted and couldn't leave the rose garden so smoothly.

Brice smiled, and the question he asked was not concealed at all: "Do you like it?"

Sheedy: "Yes."

He is not a person who judges people by appearance. For Xidi, 'human being' is basically just a vague concept as a whole. As for the individual in the concept, what does it look like?It doesn't really matter.

But Brace is impeccably good-looking, even beyond gender boundaries.

Brace asked again: "Where are you going?"

Xidi blinked: "Don't you know, otherwise why would you be waiting for me here?"

Bryce: "I mean after you leave the castle."

Xidi understood, so she followed his words and thought about it carefully.

In fact, he didn't have any specific goals, because he just ran out of a rather closed place and had no money with him, so he randomly accepted a nearby task on the bounty list.

As for what to do after the task is completed...

Sheedy hadn't really thought about it.

"I don't know." He thought for a long time, and finally said, "Maybe go to the 'Abyss' to see something? I haven't decided yet."

'Abyss' is at the edge of the continent.

A crack, a bottomless moat.

A rose bloomed at the bottom of the abyss.

No one has ever seen it, but in countless legends and myths, the root of that rose connects the sea and the sky, becomes the pillar of the entire continent, the foundation of the world, and the starting point of everything.

Xidi had heard about this matter a long time ago, and had always been very curious. Now that she finally had time to go and see it for herself, it seemed to be a good feeling.

Anyway, since I have nothing to do, Xidi quickly decided on her future goal: "Just go to the abyss."

"abyss……"

The smile on Bruce's face deepened.

"Then we happen to be going the same way." He asked politely, "May I go with you?"

Xidi asked him back, "What's the reason?"

Bryce: "I think you are very interesting and want to be your companion, does that count?"

Xi Di: "..."

The young man narrowed his eyes, and took two steps forward, almost touching the bard's body, tilting his head, observing his expression from bottom to top, judging how credible his words were.

Bryce smiled gracefully. He was much taller than Xidi. He lowered his head just enough to look at the boy. His light gray eyes were like thick and clear frozen ice. Dazzling.

The voice is also nice: "What do you think?"

Sidi thought for a moment.

The distance between him and Brice is very close, there are almost only two layers of clothes between them, even if they are not attached, they can still feel the warmth of each other.

This person seems very harmless. Although the origin is unknown, so far he has not shown any malice towards him, and his attitude is very polite. Xi Di doesn't hate him.

It was originally a journey that was decided at will, Xidi is not such a stingy child, and she doesn't mind having an extra companion on the way.

"Then..." he asked in a low voice, "will you die?"

Bruce: "Huh?"

Sidi didn't speak any more, but raised her head and smiled at him.

The boy's smile was light and cute, as innocent as a newly hatched chick in the nest.

Because of the close distance, he raised his head again, and some of Bryce's long hair hung down on the side of his face. The circle of gold around the green eyes expanded rapidly under Bryce's gaze. In a moment, the entire pair of eyes almost All stained with rich gold.

Bryce seemed to be stunned, looking motionless into Sidi's golden eyes.

"You..." he said softly.

Sidi raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck.

Bryce lowered his head slightly and did not refuse.

Sidi moved her fingers slowly and lightly, and touched the black collar that Bryce wore around his neck.

Metal, a little cold, hard texture, I don't know if it will be uncomfortable for him to wear.

Sidi lifted the neck ring a little with her fingertips, and saw that there seemed to be a circle of black lines on the skin underneath, like a tattoo, but she couldn't see it clearly.

Xi Di smiled sweetly again and licked the tiger teeth, pinching the back of Bryce's neck, just about to pinch it hard——

Bryce sighed suddenly.

"I didn't mean anything malicious, and I didn't lie to you." He explained kindly and softly, "Even if you don't believe me, you shouldn't be so fierce."

He stretched out his arms around the boy's slender waist, and pressed Xidi into his arms. A small magic circle appeared on the neck ring behind his head. It was blocked from the outside.

Xidi knew that his attempt had been discovered, but he was able to tear apart the magic circle covering the entire castle with his bare hands, so he poked down hard again without giving up, and the small magic circle was indestructible.

He missed his chance.

"You can't kill me." Brace easily squeezed his wrist, like pinching an ordinary boy, and pressed him into his arms again, "Even if I don't resist, the result will be the same—but, as far as I am Personally, I hope you don't do that."

His long silver-gray hair fell down and brushed Sidi's cheek, itching a little.

Did not kill.

Xi Di struggled and failed, puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, with a regretful expression, and muttered unhappily: "Try..."

Realizing that he couldn't do anything to Brice, the young man was a little aggrieved and not excited anymore, the gold in his eyes faded and turned back to a cute olive green.

Xidi was still stuck in Bryce's arms, moving her shoulders: "Let go, I won't kill you."

Don't kill now.He added another sentence in his heart.

Bryce let go of his hand graciously, and took the initiative to take a step back: "Then you agree?"

Siddie: "Hmmm..."

His instinct like a small animal told him that Bryce was dangerous, and he was a little reluctant, but since there was no reason to refuse, and the happy assassination was forced to stop, he had no choice but to agree depressingly.

Brice's attitude has always been gentle, and his new companion is not angry when he tries to kill him, so he nodded: "Thank you."

It was as if Sheedy had helped him.

The juvenile's protruding collarbone was stained with a bit of blood at some point, who belonged to it, and it was about to solidify. Brice wiped it off gently with his knuckles, leaving a little red mark caused by friction.

...It's okay, after all, it is considered a companion now, at least this person is not annoying.

Xi Di tugged at her sleeves, didn't care too much, just asked: "Do you have any clothes? Give me one."

Bryce handed him the cloak he had taken off.

……

Sheedy was pretty clean.

Anyway, the clothes on his body were already dirty, so he didn't want to keep any of them, so he just took off all of them and threw them away, wrapping them naked in the cloak that Brice had lent him.

But he was a good and polite boy, and he knew that he should not show his body to others casually, so he put on the cloak first, and then threw out the clothes and pants one by one behind the cloak.

Fortunately, Bryce was much taller than Sheedy, and the cloak he wore was slightly larger than Sheedy's body, covering everything that should be covered.

The straitjacket itself is of good quality, but it is now tattered, covered with blood and mud, and there are holes cut by branches. look.

No wonder Sheedy didn't want to wear them anymore.

Brace leaned against the wall and watched the whole thing.

Sheedy threw out her pants, too.

Through the gaps in the cloak, it can be seen that the boy's arms are tied with strips of cloth, which were directly torn from the sleeves, but they were tied very casually.

The dark red blood color blurred out, dyeing layer after layer on the cloth strip.

Like a normal person, Xidi pulled a few times at random, and found that the few cloth strips were pulled looser by herself, so she simply pulled them off and threw them away together, leaving it alone.

The boy's slender arms were strewn with various wounds and bruises, deep and shallow, layered on top of each other, some were about to heal, and some were torn apart by his excessive movements. Blood oozes out little by little.

Treated scars will not leave scars, these are new and have not fully grown.

Bryce looked deep and didn't ask where they came from.

The cloak also had sleeves, although it wasn't short, but it was much better than the restraint uniform. Xidi easily rolled up the cuffs, and the neckline was a bit wide, revealing a small section of the boy's clean skin, and a golden pendant fell out.

The pendant is not big and has a simple structure. It is in the shape of an eye. The pupils bloom like flowers, not round.

Bryce recognized it: "God's eye?"

This is the mark of a 'sinner'.

There is a common religion among humans in the mainland. Because of different regions and customs, there are many variants, but the basic teachings remain the same, and they are all governed by the same Holy See.

They maintain that man is born pure and innocent, and that after being contaminated with the world, he is gradually infected with sin.If you want to avoid it, you must convert to the Holy See from birth, believe in the 'Abyss' at the end of the continent, and believe in the rose that blooms under the 'Abyss'.

The rose is the foundation of the whole world, a symbol of purity, and the favored object of the gods.

The thorns represent original sin.

For the believers who worship the 'Rose of Thorns', as long as a person lives in this world, it is a sin.

But only those who are particularly sinful will wear the eyes of God, which means 'be cautious in your words and deeds, God is always watching you'.

This child is a mixture of human and other races, a 'double sin' condemned in the teachings.

No wonder the eyes are that color.

Xidi didn't care about her identity being discovered, and slipped the pendant back into her collar: "So you know this one."

"I met it by chance." Brice was a little curious, "Are you a believer in roses?"

"Don't know," said Sheedy. "I haven't seen it yet."

Whether it was the god without a name, or the rose under the legendary abyss, Xi Di had never seen it with her own eyes, and had never felt the favor or punishment of the gods.

Through the cloak, the boy touched the pendant that he had been wearing since he was born.

"If that so-called god really exists, I hope he can come and meet me so that I can decide... what to do."

That's his motivation for standing here now.