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? Cole went to the Horde to exchange goods for Bryce.

When passing by the grocery store, I ran into Lorraine, who was also exchanging things with several of his children.

Lorraine is Siegel's partner, and Cole only found out the day before yesterday.

"Cole." Seeing Cole coming, Lorraine nodded politely and greeted him generously, but his older children were very reserved, except for the youngest child, Fry, who had already met once.

As soon as Fry saw Cole, he clung to him excitedly and hugged Cole's thigh.

"Cole, Cole." With a childish voice, Frye tugged on Cole's trouser legs with his small hands, and opened his watery eyes, "Cole look at me, Cole look at me."

Cole squatted down, touched Frye's little head, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Kiss." Fry came over suddenly.

Cole was taken aback, and his face was kissed, while Lorraine smiled and said to Cole, "This kid has been talking about you since he went back that day."

"Eh?"

"He likes you very much," said Lorraine.

Cole heard it, lowered his eyes slowly, and said with a soft smile, "I like you too, Frye."

Then Frye clings to Cole for not letting go.So Lorraine let the other children go home first, while Cole walked around the tribe with Frye in his arms. After a while, Lorraine narrowed his eyes and said, "It's the first time for Cole to come to the tribe." let's go.

"

"No, I passed by here at night," Cole said, "while taking Palanch home."

"You mean... that kid." Lorraine's tone was slightly stiff. After a while, he stopped suddenly and said to Cole as if he was telling him, "Well, Cole...I advise you not to talk to him. If you get too close, he is the patriarch's slave and a tool for killing."

After thinking about it, Cole also stopped, shook his head and said, "Everyone is prejudiced against Palanch."

"Listen to what Bryce said."

Cole nodded without denying it.

"Although what happened in the past has something to do with it, he did kill a lot of people, and everyone is very afraid of him now." Lorraine smiled wryly.

Cole asked inexplicably, "Why, he didn't hurt anyone here."

"Maybe everyone is still thinking about the fact that they were invaded by foreigners before," Lorraine lowered his head and said quietly, "So at that time, he was very disgusted that his mother and father left with foreigners, and the family even threatened to sever ties with his mother and parents , but his mother and father still insisted on going their own way, and escaped from the tribe with that orc.”

"Did you leave voluntarily?"

Nodding his head, Lorraine fell into deep thought, and said, "Is there any way to fall in love with him? Fortunately, that orc loved him very much and was willing to take him away, but the people in the village couldn't forgive him, and even wiped everything about him You are not even allowed to mention his name." Speaking of this, his eyes dimmed, "I thought he could find happiness outside, but he never thought that the orc died... and the orc tribe actually took him with the young The child was kicked out, and in the end he went home all bruised and bruised, only to find that even his hometown couldn't accommodate him."

"In the end, thanks to the elders in the tribe who sympathized with him and pleaded with the tribe, they could have a place to live." Lowering his eyes silently, Lorraine was very sad, "But his body was broken and he was very sick, only the child I was by my side, and later died alone..." Speaking of this, Lorraine looked up, "You know, when he passed away, I was by my side, and I asked him, do you regret it? Guess how he answered. "

After finishing speaking, he gently turned his gaze to Cole.

"He said that when he first left the tribe, he regretted it very much. He was bullied and homesick, but the orc loved him to the bone. He was afraid that he would be sad, so he was willing to leave his tribe for him, and almost died in the mouth of the beast... He said that every time he was sad, as long as he thought of the gentle eyes of the orc protecting him, he could bear any hardship."

Inexplicably, some strange images flashed into his eyes.

Broken warm picture.

In the setting sun, the little shadow following behind him, with a stubborn flat mouth, kicked the stones on the ground with his feet, he seemed to be complaining about something, his ears trembled slightly, then he glanced at himself with his amber eyeballs, and suddenly felt awkward. I blushed.

It was the shadow of a little orc.

Strange... little orc.

The scene changed, and at this moment, he was standing on the grass in the distance. When he saw himself, he jumped up excitedly and waved at himself, with a bright smile under the sun, two naughty and cute tiger teeth, and he turned into a beast in a short while. The type bumped into his arms, rubbing and rubbing.

Suddenly regaining consciousness, he realized that it was Frye rubbing against his arms. Cole shook his head slightly, feeling that he was hallucinating again, so he reached out to touch Frye's little head, and Frye whimpered comfortably, for some reason , Cole's nose was a little sour.

And Lorraine's words continued, he said: "For such a short-term happiness, in exchange for such pain, I don't know whether it is happiness or misfortune."

"He is very happy." Cole blurted out without thinking.

"Cole?" Lorraine was surprised.

Cole came back to his senses, and was a little surprised by his own words, but he quickly calmed down, stroked Frye's back, and said softly: "No matter how painful it is, he can never forget the happiness he once had, which means that the happiness he got is far more than the pain. Much more."

Shocked, Lorraine looked at Cole for a long time, and said, "So that's the case." Then he laughed, "So...he's very happy."

Lorraine laughed more and more, and finally burst into tears. He resisted it, raised his head, and was still smiling.

"Hugging from mother and father." Frye may have sensed Lorraine's sadness, so he stretched out his hands to Lorraine.

Lorraine hugged Frye, kissed him on the forehead, and then said with a teary smile, "It's really a word that wakes up the dreamer. I've been troubled for so many years. It turns out that I never understood him."

"Lorraine..."

"He's my brother." Lorraine said, looking at Cole.

"Brother?!" Cole was surprised, "Then Palanch..."

"That's right, it's my nephew." However, his complexion was very complicated, and Lorraine shrugged, "But that child may be very lonely because of the tribal people's attitude towards his mother and father, and he doesn't like to communicate with others. After my parents died, I wanted to take him to my house, but he almost killed the neighbor’s child, and then hid in the deep mountains and dense forests and almost died. The tribe didn’t allow him, so he became even more surly... Later, he became the slave of the patriarch, and I Although I strongly oppose it, it is no match for everyone's wishes..."

Cole heard all this from Bryce, but now that he heard it, he felt more pity for the snow-white orc in his heart.

No hurt, no resentment, no resentment, no loneliness, no loneliness, no cold heart.

"The last thing I want to see is that the child becomes a tool that can only kill people." Lorraine shook his head and said, "But even I don't know how to talk to him. He hates us very much."

Feeling the guilt and worry in Lorraine's tone, Cole stepped forward and patted Lorraine on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, time will dilute everything. Palanch is a good boy, and he will know that you care about him."

"I hope." Lorraine took a deep breath.

When he was about to walk out of the market and part ways, Lorraine suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, I heard from Siegel that you will form a partner with the patriarch tomorrow?"

When asked this question, Cole was a little taken aback, but still nodded.

"Congratulations." Lorraine blinked, approached suddenly, and whispered, "Sara will treat you very well after you become a partner, so when the time comes, I hope you can help me tell him... that ..."

Lorraine hesitated to speak.

"Say what?" Cole asked.

After thinking about it, Lorraine still spoke out: "Let Palanch stop being a slave and let him leave the tribe."

"Huh? Let him go?"

"Well, if he is not a slave, Palanch will be kicked out of the tribe, but I want him to live like himself and be free, instead of just being a murder tool like now, I think my brother will also be willing to do this What did you do?" Lorraine's voice was firm.

In fact, Cole also does not want Palanch to continue like this, whether it is out of sympathy or pity, he likes Palanch very much.

So he nodded and said seriously, "I promise you."

"and also……"

Cole looked over.

"Also," Lorraine pursed her lips and said lightly, "I hope you treat Sarah better, he..."

The words were choked up, but Cole roughly understood what Lorraine wanted to say, so he nodded slightly and said softly: "Don't worry, I will take care of him."

Although they are not united because of feelings, and although they each have their own uses, he is not a heartless person. As long as Sarah needs his place, he will definitely help.

In fact, Cole also plans to live here with him after rescuing Ley. Anyway, both of them are homeless. There is also an elderly Zum here, with his own people, and the environment is very good. He believes that Ley Gotta love this place too.After tomorrow's ceremony, Cole went to find Ley, as long as the beast blood in his body could be restrained, he would not hurt the person he liked, so there was no need to be jealous.

So... just wait for yourself, Ley.

He went back and told Bryce that he was going to find Ley, and Bryce nodded in agreement, but he said he hoped that Palanch would go with him.

"I don't worry about you going out alone, and I don't worry about having multiple people by your side."

"But Palanch followed Sara."

"Fool!" Bryce became angry instantly, "Sara will be yours by then, and his people will be yours too! It's normal for you to take Palanch out!"

Hearing what Bryce said was so reasonable, Cole felt ashamed.

But think about it, since I promised Lorraine to let Palanch go free, it would be better to let this matter become an opportunity.

"Okay."

On the way to the altar, Sarah agreed without blinking.

Unexpectedly, it went so smoothly. Cole was surprised, but Sarah raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you think I will object?"

I think so.

"There is no reason." The light in the cave seems to be gone, Sarah turned her head and smiled, the fire reflected on her face, emitting an indifferent light, "I am not related to him, if it weren't for the troubles back then, he would not Will follow me, now someone can take him in, I am too happy to be too late."

He said it without hesitation, like a cold hearted lover.

Sighing, Cole looked at Sarah and said helplessly, "Sarah, are you always like this?"

"how?"

"Make yourself the bad guy."

Raising her eyebrows, Sarah looked back at Cole, squinted her eyes and asked, "How did I turn myself into a bad guy?"

The pupils of the eyes radiated a cold light, as if they could kill someone.

"You always put on a villainous look, but I don't think that's in your nature." Cole approached, facing Sarah's dark eyes directly.

After looking at each other for a long time, Sara squinted and smiled: "Hmph, you know me very well." Then she wrapped her arms around Cole's waist, held his chin with the other hand, and curled the corners of her mouth coldly, " Do you know what kind of person I am?"

"I don't know." Shaking his head.

"Then don't say anything that offends me."

"Although I don't know what your nature is, I know that you are afraid that others will see your sincerity." Cole said more and more calmly, "I didn't understand you before, but actually think about it, you have been guiding me all the way." , and Palanch, the tribe wants to drive him away, you don't want to do this and you don't want to hurt the feelings of the tribe, so you keep him by your side, so as not to make him homeless, no matter your intention is good or bad , you once saved him."

His eyes flickered slightly, and the more he listened to Cole's words, Sarah's brows became tighter and her smile gradually disappeared. He stared at Cole coldly, and said angrily, "Are you trying to make me angry?"

"I never thought of it that way," Cole said, "but I know you're already mad."

"Enough." Frowning, Sarah's fingers tightly pinched Cole's arm, and her purple pupils showed a cold light.

The altar was not far away, in the darkness, they were the only ones looking at each other.

"When you face me, neither the smile nor the action is real, except for the anger in your eyes now." Cole tilted his head and said softly, "Sarah, are you angry with me?"

"..."

"Why don't you just get mad at me?"

"Cole." Sarah interrupted Cole, tightened her arms around him, and smiled coldly, "If you really want me to get angry with you... I will do what you want!"

Then he kissed hard, clutching the back of Cole's head tightly, Sarah gnawed her fragile lips like crazy, accompanied by tingling pain and madness, there was a strong smell of blood, so real and strong. mixed emotions.

Cole opened his eyes and kept looking at Sarah, such an angry Sarah.

His eyes suddenly slowed down.

At this time, Sarah, who had noticed it, let go of Cole suddenly, took a hard look, then turned around, and walked straight to the altar without looking back.

Cole touched his bleeding lip from the bite, and the bright red blood fell on his fingertips. It was warm and enthusiastic, but it was gradually getting colder. ?