Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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This lunch, the two ate very depressingly.

Xiu knew a lot about Seth's past, and vaguely understood that under his cynical skin, there was a heart that was also riddled with holes.

After lunch, Xiu asked Prin to take a good sleep, packed up the pots and pans, and went back to the car first.

"Does your neck still hurt?"

"It's okay," Seth moved his neck lightly, "Hiss, it's better than this morning."

Xiu condensed a small piece of ice in his hand, wrapped it in a rag and handed it to Seth: "Apply it with ice, it should get better sooner."

Seth readily accepted, and the ice covered his neck, making him shiver from the cold.

Xiu lowered his head, with an expression like a child who has done something bad: "Well, it happened in the morning, I'm sorry, I accidentally hurt your neck."

"Hehe, I'm quite surprised."

"what?"

Xiu raised his head, Seth looked at him with a very fresh expression, and chuckled twice: "So, you will say sorry too."

Xiumei twitched, feeling being laughed at again: "Is it strange?"

"Well," Seth looked at Xiu seriously, and moved a little closer to him with an ice bag in his hand, "I thought you were the kind of dead-headed person who walked all the way to the dark and didn't turn back until he hit the south wall. It seems that you Learn to trust other people too."

When Xiu heard this, he immediately regretted giving Seth a good face, and directly retorted: "I always will, it is someone who should reflect on why it is so hard to believe."

Seth suppressed a snigger, looked at Xiu's gasping expression, and couldn't help but want to tease him again: "Hey, baby, are you having nightmares again at the latest."

Speaking of the dream, Xiu remembered that he and Seth almost had a close relationship in the dream last night... Suddenly he felt his face burn, and hurriedly avoided Seth's sight.

"No, no, I slept very well last night, no, no dreams."

"Not yet," Seth leaned against the back of the seat, with the ice pack rolling on his neck, and sighed pretentiously, and said, "I don't know who it was, but it yelled a lot in the middle of the night last night, and I called daddy later. , calling mother for a while, or calling brother, what are you calling, run away, run away, while still scratching and kicking your feet uneasily, I was so scared that I thought you were a demon."

That was indeed the scene in Xiu's dream, and he vaguely remembered that he had said something similar.

Could it be that what Seth said is true?

But this also doesn't explain why the two of them are covered with the same blanket, and why Seth falls asleep in his arms.

Xiu looked at Seth suspiciously, Seth sensitively caught his half-belief, and continued: "Why, don't you believe it?"

"It's not that I don't believe it, but," Xiu was a little embarrassed, recalling the scene in the dream, his face was blushing circles, "you, me, why did I sleep in your arms."

Xiu's expression was ashamed, and Seth turned into an old fox, with an expression of refusal and welcome, as if I was passive and you came up on the initiative, and said, "I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I wanted to wake you up." , but as soon as I met you, you clung to me, and you tried your best to get into my arms, hugging me without holding your hands, and shouting desperately, 'Don't go, don't leave me, I'm so lonely , so lonely', I have no choice but to coax."

Seth squeezed his throat, and his panting and contrived voice made his scalp tingle, but except for the obvious exaggeration, the general situation can match the dream.

Xiu felt even more ashamed.

"What you said is true?"

"That's not it." Seth pretended to be haggard, and pointed to his dark circles, "Look, I coaxed you until the light of day, but you slept comfortably. One push, and I almost died in your hands."

Xiu felt guilty, and bowed to Seth: "That, that, yes, I was wrong, I apologize, I'm sorry, I shouldn't push you."

Seeing that he had occupied the moral high ground, Seth cleared his throat, put on a gentlemanly look, and squinted at Yanxiu: "Oh, an apology is enough."

Xiu was dumbfounded by the question, and looked at Seth with trepidation: "Then, what do you think?"

Seth was not in a hurry to make a request, and settled the accounts with his fingers: "Look, I traveled thousands of miles to accompany you home, and was robbed by bandits on the way, and I was injured, so please coax you with good intentions, and I was hurt by you again." You hurt your neck, and you still question me..."

"Okay, okay, you say, you say, as long as I can do it, I will definitely agree."

Seth nodded in satisfaction, and then pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I don't make it difficult for you, lest you say that I took advantage of the fire."

"All right, you are the most noble, you are the most selfless, can you give me a happy word?"

"Oh, this one~~~"

Seth admired Xiu's expression, and groaned for a long time, until Xiu couldn't help beating him, and then said slowly: "Then you can squeeze my shoulder and beat my leg, it's not too much."

Excessive is not too much, but Xiu has never done the work of serving others, so he can only bite the bullet and admit it: "Okay, I made a mistake first, and I should be punished."

Seth immediately threw the ice bag, turned his back triumphantly, and pointed to his shoulder.

Slender let out a sigh of relief, and resigned himself to helping him squeeze his shoulders.

"Put more effort, um, yes, lower down, yes, it's here, oh, it's comfortable~~~"

Seth had a look of enjoyment, and his mouth was plausible.Xiu always felt that something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, so he tried to increase his strength, and squeezed Seth's shoulder hard.

"Ouch! Take it easy, this is my neck, made of meat, not..."

Seth was halfway through speaking, suddenly looked at Xiu awkwardly, and smiled foolishly.

Xiu could see clearly that Seth's neck was very flexible when he ran away, and there was no sprain at all!

Oh shit!What a fucking thing!If I believe him again, I will be a dog!

kindness?What seems wrong?

"Uh, huh, huh, huh..."

With a dark face, Xiu picked up Seth's empty bowl, Seth covered his face and begged for mercy, whoever turned around and left, ignoring him at all.

"Baby, baby, Xiu, hey!"

Seth looked at Xiu's back, smiled, and lay back on the back seat again, the scene of last night appeared in front of his eyes.

"Xiu, Xiu? What's wrong with you, are you having a nightmare?"

"Run, run away, run away..."

"Xiu, it's okay, it's okay, I'm here, with me here, no one can hurt you."

"No, don't go, don't go..."

"Okay, I won't go, I will accompany you."

Hey, what a naughty little goblin.

Seth chuckled twice, covered his face with a hat, hummed a little tune in a good mood, and closed his eyes.

The three of them headed north all the way, the terrain became more and more open and gentle, the dense mountains and hills receded, and the north was an endless wilderness.

The air is cold, the mountains in the distance are covered with snow, the green grass is flourishing, dotted with unknown yellow or purple flowers, the flowing water reflects the blue sky, there is less tactful flexibility, and more stretching tranquility,

After driving for another two days, the car came to a bay along the wide water surface.The blue water hits the shore, and there is a faint smell of the sea in the wind. The white cliff stands alone by the sea, and there are faintly visible green mid-white buildings hidden under the cliff, as well as a dilapidated and lonely lighthouse above the cliff.

"arrive."

Xiu looked out of the window, breathed heavily, and clenched his fists secretly: "Go ahead to the left and drive along the direction of the flowing water."

"it is good."

Seth slowed down the car, the wind blew through the windows and whirled, as if whimpering, the wheels left ruts on the lush lawn and stopped in an open space.

From the seaside to the cliffs, on the gentle plateau, there are jagged white rocks and scorched black marks everywhere. The ruins of buildings like houses stand in a row against the north wind, and weeds grow among them. Looking around, there is a silent desolation.

"This is the city of Albion?"

Pullin looked at Xiu, and asked cautiously, "Is the city wall gone?"

"Albion... has no walls."

Xiu searched for the memories of the past, and slowly stepped on the broken stone steps covered by green grass.

"No, what is no..."

Prin continued to ask, but Seth covered his mouth, glared at him to stop talking nonsense, and then silently followed behind Xiu.

Stepping up the stone steps little by little, Xiu occasionally stopped to look around, then took another step and stepped on the stone steps again.

Finally, he stopped in front of a small white two-story building on a high place, clenched his fists, and walked in slowly.

"This is......"

"Here, it should be Xiu's original home."

Seth and Prince entered the room. The room was dark, dusty and messy, with moss adhering to the walls, vines intertwined, tiny cobwebs knotted in the corners, and the wooden furniture fell on the ground, pressing a oozing Black markings.

"That is......"

Pullin quickly covered his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth.

Seth stepped forward, squatted beside Xiu, and put his hand lightly on his shoulder.

"That night, my brother and I slept upstairs."

Xiu said: "Suddenly, there was a loud noise, followed by a big fire and thick smoke. I was woken up by my brother, and when I fled downstairs, here, my father fell down in this place, being pressed by this bookcase, with a puddle under him. Blood, my mother tried desperately to move the bookcase, but, but..."

"build."

Seth called out his name softly, and held his slightly trembling cold hand: "It's all over, it's not your fault."

"I, I can't even collect their bodies."

Seth sighed distressedly, pulled Xiu up and said, "Come with me."

Setra dragged Xiu out of the house involuntarily, walked through the white ruins, and came to the back of the cliff.

The sea breeze blows, rippling on the blue grassland, a piece of gray-white stone monument stands quietly by the sea, white flowers bloom, swaying with the wind, the snow-capped mountains in the distance are accompanied by white clouds, and the blue sky guards the disappearing souls. Long buried here.

"This, this is..."

"This is the grave of all the victims of Albion, a total of 2013 people."

Looking at the gray and white stone monuments, Xiu shed tears, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Dad, Mom, brother, I'm sorry, I'm back."