"Then he felt that these things disturbed his research. He was also a boring gourd himself and was not good at dealing with these things. He didn't know many people, so he had no choice but to come to me." Andri was a little unhappy, but the reason was unknown. It seemed
It's not because of the trouble itself.
Aaron nodded slightly and had a general understanding of this matter.
"No. 033 Carlo Street, right over there." At this time, Aaron raised his finger and pointed in the next direction.
Andri immediately raised his eyes and followed his finger, and saw a lonely hut with two or three floors of rooms nearby. "033" could be seen vaguely on the rusty and even half-off door number on the door frame.
of numbers.
"Here we are! Thank you, thank you for your help." Andri was very happy.
"You're welcome, I also learned a lot of interesting things from you." Aaron showed a gentle smile.
As long as you don't mind the fact that I disturbed your sense of space and took you "lost" for a while.
There was no way, there were a lot of things Alon wanted to know, and Carlo Street was not far away, so he couldn't hear much in this short distance, so Alon could only use a small plan.
I hope he won't care about it after he wakes up.
"Huh? Why does time fly by so fast? I remember it was noon before." Andri picked up his pocket watch and took a look, frowning and realizing something was wrong.
"Because it was very foggy for a while, and since I just came here not long ago, I actually took you to get lost for a while." Aron "confessed" sincerely.
"Oh~, that's it! It's okay. If it weren't for you, I'd probably be lost until the night!" Andri suddenly realized.
Xing Liuli's mouth twitched as she watched.
This man actually believed it.
It's really big.
"Please go, we will wait for you here." In the previous conversation, Andre also asked Aaron to take him back to the hotel, so he did not leave immediately.
"Actually, it's okay to come together. Although he has a rather withdrawn personality, he is not someone who avoids strangers. And I may chat with him for a long time, so I can't leave you here waiting." Andri waved his hand and said generously.
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"That's presumptuous." Aaron did not refuse.
Anyway, using magic techniques to peek outside is almost the same as directly visiting the scene. Since you can go in directly, face-to-face contact will naturally be faster.
The person walking in front became Andre. He came to the old and leaky door, straightened his clothes again, and then knocked lightly.
The silence lasted for half a minute.
Andre frowned and opened his mouth as if to shout, but suddenly looked back at the attic of the house behind him.
"What's wrong?" Aaron turned around and followed his gaze.
Opposite the house where Andri's friend lives is a three-story building. Facing Andri's friend's house, there is a significant gap. The small wooden house in front of them is almost completely shrouded in the shadow of that house.
The attic window on the top floor of this house was open, but there was only darkness and nothing could be seen.
"It's nothing. I seemed to be stared at by something just now. Maybe it was a prank by the residents of the house behind me." Andri shook his head, as if he had found a suitable explanation.
There was indeed someone in the attic room. He was standing by the window, about two meters away from the window sill. There was no magic power fluctuation and his vital signs were all normal. He was really normal. He seemed to be an ordinary person with weird habits.
Aaron did not speak out what he sensed, but passed it to Xing Liuli and Yue Tomb through the operating circuit.
Andri knocked on the door again.
This time, ten seconds after the knocking on the door stopped, Aaron heard footsteps inside the house.
Crunch——
The wooden door opened, and a pale face appeared in the dark room, with bloodless lips, sunken eye sockets, a thin body, and severe malnutrition, but with good magic power and maintaining the body's health through special internal and external circulation rituals.
Operation.
"Ruto!?" Andri saw his friend's clearly happy expression at first, but his face suddenly fell down when he saw his friend's haggard appearance.
"...Andri?" Although his vital signs were a little weak, Ruto's eyes were very bright, revealing an active mental power that was inconsistent with his appearance.
"It's me! What did you do? Didn't you tell me that you would eat and drink well here?" Andri was a little at a loss about Ruto's appearance.
"They...are?" Ruto's voice was low and hoarse, and his eyes glanced at Alon and his party.
The magic scan flashed by, the movement was fast and concealed, and Aaron felt a hint of approval in his heart.
Some of Ruto's details show that he has become cautious. He scanned nothing about Alon's situation, but the situation of Xing Liuli and Yue Tomb should be clear at a glance.
"I met him when I came to this place..." Andri lowered his head and took something out of his luggage.
It's a piece of bread.
He quickly handed it to Ruto: "Don't talk about this now, you eat something first."
Ruto took the pancake, looked at Andri and then at Alon and his party, and finally nodded slowly, opened the door, turned around and walked into the house.
Andri stepped in immediately.
Xing Liuli turned to look at Aaron, asking what to do.
Aaron answered her with action and followed Andre directly in.
Xing Liuli followed her, reaching out to close the door.
Um?
sight...
Xing Liuli glanced vaguely at the dark compartment with an open window on the opposite side, and slowly closed the wooden door.
boom.
The gentle sound of collision blocked out all the coldness outside the door.
The streets of Carlo Street remained silent.
Click.
Ruto pressed the switch, and the dim lights lit up in the small room, bringing a warmth that was far different from the atmosphere of this small town.
"Is this all you have?" Andri frowned as he looked at the situation in the room.
The narrow room has a twisted folding bed, bedding with obvious signs of mold, floors and walls full of cracks and repair marks, and the faint sound of air leakage can be heard.
The largest area in the room is actually a broken wooden table, one of its legs is padded with bricks.
There are a large number of books and various white or yellowed papers stacked on this wooden table.
Andri wandered around all day long, and the situation of sleeping in the open air was probably worse than here, but that was the life of a wandering traveler, and Ruto spent three full years in this environment!
A strong anger arose in his heart, and he wished he could go and talk to the town leader here on the spot.
But his experience told him that in such relatively isolated towns and villages, the xenophobic people inside were not easy to talk to.
"It's not bad, at least not long ago I found a wooden board that can seal the window over there, otherwise rocks would always fly in from the outside at night." Ruto slowly took a bite of the dough and chewed it carefully.
Andre immediately took out the water bag and handed it over.
Ruto took it and swallowed the pancake little by little with water.
"Your physical condition is very poor. If this life cycle ritual stops, you will die on the spot." Aaron said, his dark eyes meeting Ruto's bright eyes.
"What?!" Andre was even more unbelievable.
"That's not what you said in your letter!" He raised his voice involuntarily, questioning what his friend had hidden from him.
"This is my subject, I don't want to disturb you." Ruto shook his head.
"I am you..." Andri wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back and said instead, "Then you can also go to your master! He will definitely not bear to see you humiliating yourself like this for the sake of the project.
!”
"I sent a letter, but the letter and the ghostwritten letter in the tower were sent back. Master has traveled far away and is also working hard on our project." Ruto shook his head and said.
"You!" Andri wanted to yell angrily, but he held back, "The Nuggets School is enough!"
"Haha, seeing that you are still so direct, I feel more at ease." The corners of Ruto's mouth raised, revealing a somewhat stiff smile.
No, your friend is not just a matter of temperament.
Aaron squinted his eyes and complained in his mind. He was curious about how Andri managed to live a wandering and traveling life alone for the past five years after leaving Ruto.
Are thieves these days too kind, or are the low-level orcs extinct?
"Stop talking about me, tell me about you." Andri sighed.
"Before this," Ruto turned to Aaron, "you haven't discussed these matters with me properly."
"They, don't say anything! This place is really confusing. There is such a big town in the deep mountains and old forests. There are no decent road signs. I am lost. If it weren't for the help of Mr. Alon, I would have lost my way.
I guess I won’t be able to find you until the evening or the next day.”
Andre cursed again.
"But, this gentleman seems to be..." Ruto narrowed his eyes, and the magic power fluctuations were condensing.
"They are also from out of town, but they arrived a few days before me and are a little familiar with the environment here. Oh! You must have discovered the most surprising thing! Mr. Alon is a puppet master! I confirmed it, it is
A puppet master who is independent of the Jiji Divine Court and truly masters the magic of Jiji! Miss Xing Liuli and Xiaoyue Tomb are both Mr. Alon's puppets." Andri introduced enthusiastically.
"Hello." Xing Liuli greeted coldly.
"Woo!" Yue Tomb raised his little short hand, feeling blistered after a long time. The oppressive air outside made the little clay figurine suffocate.
After looking at Aaron and his puppet again, Ruto's magic power fluctuations returned to calmness: "Although Andri is more straight-tempered, he is not stupid. I trust his judgment for the time being."
If you really believe it, don't add "tentative".
Aaron complained in his heart again.
This pair of friends is really interesting, and they can turn Aaron into a complainer.