Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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"Knock knock..."

Xiu was awakened by a knock on the door, and his consciousness was awakening in a daze, but the strong sleepiness grabbed his nerves, trying to drag him back into the darkness.

Xiu had no intention of resisting, his consciousness gradually dissipated, and he fell into sleep.

"Knock knock..."

The knocking sounded again.

"Who?"

Xiu thought to himself, trying to open his eyes,

His eyelids had never been so heavy, as if stuck with glue.After trying several times, I still couldn't open my eyes, and my consciousness drifted on the drowsy sea, and I might sink into the sea at any time.

One side wants to let oneself get up, but one side does not want to get up.

He struggled to move his body, and when he touched a warm body, without even thinking about it, his body subconsciously leaned over, that body also moved, and hugged himself.

"Wake up~" A lazy voice rang in my ear.

"En~"

Xiu responded feebly, and whoever was not talking in his head turned his head, but his body actively burrowed into that person's arms.

"Noisy~ What time is it~"

"I don't know~"

The voice hugged a little tighter, warm like a fire: "Watch him what time, sleep a little longer~"

"Someone is knocking on the door again~"

Xiu said so, but his body didn't seem to get up at all.

"Don't care about him~" said the voice, "he'll be gone later~"

As he spoke, he pulled the quilt over and covered his head, and the two bodies fell asleep rubbing each other and embracing each other.

"Bang!!!"

Suddenly, a loud noise shook the two of them out of bed.

Xiu sat up abruptly, opened his eyes, struggled for a long time to focus his sight, and then closed them in a daze.

"Morning, auntie..."

"It's late."

Carmelita leaned on her cane and looked at the two naked men on the bed with chicken nests on their heads: "Last night was intense enough, didn't you remove the bed board?"

"Remove the bed board?"

Seth's consciousness was also wandering. With his eyes closed, his hands wandered on Xiu's body, and then he hooked his waist and hugged him into his arms, resting his head on his shoulder: "This bed board is very strong, Why dismantle it?"

Seeing that the two of them could not communicate at all, Carmelita hooked the window with her cane and pulled it hard, and the cold wind rushed into the house with a 'swoosh' sound, directly chilling her heart.

The two woke up from the cold in an instant, and before they had time to scold their mothers, they saw Carmelita put back on her hooded robe, with a cane on her shoulder, and looked at them with an expression of being caught in bed.

"Small, auntie, why are you here?"

Seth immediately grabbed the quilt, wrapped him and Xiu tightly, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and whispered to Xiu's ear: "Doesn't your aunt even knock when she enters?"

"Excuse me, I will try harder next time I knock on the door."

Carmelita hooked the corner of her mouth, hooked the cane to the window frame, and closed it again.

"Get up quickly, I'll be waiting for you."

After speaking, she closed the door and left.

Seth and Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, it was impossible to sleep, and they didn't wake up completely.

Xiu rubbed his eyes and looked out the window.

It was pitch black outside the window, and even the shadow of the sun could not be seen.

"It's not even dawn yet, why did she call us so early?"

"God knows, maybe it's menopause."

Seth rubbed his face vigorously, trying to pull himself together, put on his clothes, and when he stepped on the ground, his legs were a little weak, and he almost lost his footing.

"Pfft...hehe..."

"Laugh, you still have the face to smile."

Seth looked at Xiu angrily, and kissed him on the lips: "Who was like a mad dog last night, my waist is almost crippled."

"I really don't know who the mad dog is." Xiu stretched his waist, he could still feel a faint pain in his shoulder: "Last night, I almost let you bite off a piece of meat."

"You still talk about me, why don't you always appreciate the masterpieces left on me."

"cut."

Xiu sneered, put on his clothes and got out of bed, but his legs were weak for a while and he couldn't stand still, so Seth supported him.

Xiu rolled his eyes at him: "Hiss, you dog did it on purpose."

"Hey, hey, each other."

The two looked at each other with a smile, got used to it a bit, and went out side by side.

Kafka, Ismail, and Israel also got up, their faces were also sleepy, obviously they had just been woken up by Carmelita from the bed.

Kafka yawned and greeted the two: "Morning, are you two up?"

"Morning, doctor." Xiu said.

"Morning," Seth couldn't help yawning under the influence of Kafka, "We got up earlier than the sun today."

Israel was infected by them and yawned: "Xiu, what's the matter with your aunt waking us up so early?"

"I do not know either."

Xiu also yawned: "She just kicked open our door, told us to get dressed and got up, and opened the window to freeze us."

"Wait a minute~~~"

Ismail interrupted Xiu, and stared at the two men slyly: "What did you two do last night, you slept without clothes, and you are not afraid of catching cold in winter~~~"

"Then, what, ha, ha, ah, I'm hungry, let's go wash up first, ha ha ha."

Xiu pulled Seth and slipped away, leaving the three of them smacking their lips behind their backs.

After a simple breakfast, Carmelita entered the kitchen through the back door, casually grabbed a few pieces of bread and meat on the table, stuffed them into her mouth, and urged everyone to follow her out.

A carriage was parked outside the back door, and several people got into the carriage. Arthur appeared from nowhere and got into the carriage.

"Sit down, let's go."

Carmelita waved the whip in her hand, and the horse neighed, pulling everyone through the dark forest.

"Ah~~~"

In the car, after Kafka was holding on to his crutches, there was a small cry, and Ismail also yawned frequently and burst into tears.

Israel supported Kafka and let him lean on his lap, covered him with a padded jacket, and flattened his crutches. Then he said to Ismail, "Go to sleep, Mel."

"Well, let me wait a while."

Ismail closed his eyes and leaned against Israel. Israel wrapped the padded jacket tightly for her, held her hand, and couldn't help but also closed his eyes.

"You can sleep for a while too."

Seth hugged Xiu and leaned his head on his shoulder: "At this speed, I don't know how long it will take to reach the destination."

"What about you?"

"I'm watching."

Seth smiled, Arthur's eyelids at his feet were also fighting, and it probably wouldn't last long.

"Your aunt is driving the car alone, and it's not safe for everyone to fall asleep."

"Then I'll sleep for a while and replace you later."

"it is good."

Xiu leaned against Seth's arms and soon fell asleep.

Seth hummed a little tune in his ear, and Arthur also fell asleep, shrinking into a round ball of fur in the carriage.

Seth smiled, feeling drowsy in a trance, and his vision gradually became blurred...

When he opened his eyes again, it was dawn, Kafka and the others were awake, and he was lying on Xiu's lap, being stared curiously by a snowy owl.

"woke up?"

Seth sat up and stretched in a daze: "Why did I fall asleep?"

"Everyone wakes up early, and it's normal to be sleepy."

As Kafka spoke, his expression suddenly turned pale.

"Doctor, what's wrong with you?" Xiu asked with concern.

"It's okay, my leg has an old problem."

"I told you to drink less alcohol." Ismail gently raised Kafka's leg and rubbed it carefully for him, "You really need to get rid of your old habit of drinking, you don't want to be like me Take a wheelchair."

"Hehe, pay attention next time, pay attention next time."

Seth raised the curtain a little and looked out.

The sun was just right and there was no cloud in the sky. They had already left the woods and walked in a valley surrounded by harsh mountains covered with perennial snow, which was colder than the village.

"We left for at least five hours, haven't we arrived yet?"

"I asked just now," Xiu said, "Auntie ignored me. When she said it was time, she would arrive naturally."

"...It's the same as not saying it."

"Don't worry, anyway, we have plenty of time now."

Kafka said: "There's an old saying that you can't eat hot tofu if you're impatient, so wait a little longer. Okay, okay, I'm sorry to trouble you again, Mel."

"fine."

"By the way, doctor," Xiu asked, "I wanted to ask before, why did you appear here."

"This, hiss..."

"The doctor's leg hurts, let me tell the story."

Israel covered Kafka with a blanket and said, "The doctor has found clues about Fallows."

"Faros?" Seth thought for a while, "Is it the research institute you have been looking for?"

"Yes," Israel said, "Doctor and the others accidentally learned the location of Fallows from the little white ball. We planned to wait until the city of Tinis was rebuilt before we set off, but the masked man—your aunt suddenly appeared and took him away." I miss you, and before leaving, I gave us a coordinate, let us rush to this village at the northwestern tip of the mainland as soon as possible, and wait for you to come over."

Ismail continued his words: "Rael and I were skeptical, and the city of Tinis was short of manpower. We wanted to stay for two more days before sending out, but the doctor found that the coordinates left by Carmelita were very close to the coordinates of Fallows. , so we rushed here non-stop."

"In other words, the place we are going to is Fallows?"

"Appreciate~~~"

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

"Here, get out of the car."

Everyone got out of the carriage one after another, Arthur flew down from the carriage, fluttered his wings and landed on a tree beside the valley.

Carmelita tied the carriage and led the crowd to the depths of the valley.But at the end of the valley is a steep cliff, with no entrance and exit, and no buildings in sight.

Seth joked softly: "Your aunt won't plan to kill us here, will she?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

While the two were whispering to each other, Carmelita walked straight to the cliff, and tapped the cane on the cliff with different frequencies.

There was only a muffled "boom".

The cliff slowly opened, and a dark entrance appeared in front of their eyes.

Carmelita carried her cane and looked back at the astonished crowd.

"Come on, welcome to Fallows."