"Pineapple, little pineapple..." the woman smiled silently, "an interesting name."
Pineapple quickly lifted off the red blanket and got out of bed, "What do you call your mother-in-law?"
"Name?" The woman smiled hoarsely again, "Name, I haven't called you a name in a long time. You reminded me of the name I lost for many years, little pineapple. Just call me Enuel..."
"Grandma Anuel," Pineapple repeated awkwardly, "Why am I in your house? How long have I been here?"
"I heard God's call," Ainuel raised his hands tremblingly, "God called me...in the attic...God's messenger is waiting for me...come and see my guide...guide
Can you guide me to leave the royal city and go to the divine realm..."
The pineapple stayed in place, feeling a bit creepy.
"Hey hey hey hey..." Ainul picked up his crutches again and laughed hoarsely, "I'm just kidding, God has given up on me... I'll leave the chance to become a god to you young people, Ainul only needs to be Ainu
That’s enough for you... Hehe, cough, cough, cough..."
Pineapple quickly helped Anuel to the bedside and patted her back gently.
"Grandma Ainuel, what is becoming a god and what is the divine realm? Can you tell me these things?"
Enuel sighed and put the crutches on the bed.
"Regarding the Royal City, if you ask anyone, it's better to ask me," Ainuel chuckled and said, "This is the Royal City, where the king rules. The residents here have the possibility of becoming gods...
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***
Beside the wall of the royal city.
"Be careful, be careful! Be careful!"
"Just keep your voice down. I'm afraid the guards won't be able to hear you with your voice..."
"Shut up, all of you! Be quiet and crawl!"
In the dark night, three vague figures appeared on the city wall one by one.
The three of them leaned on the edge of the city wall and looked furtively into the city.
"Brother, there seems to be no one."
"I didn't see it either. Did the third child see anyone?"
"There's no one there..." The man named Lao San looked into the city wall with his telescope, "Today is Christmas, the birthday of the King God, and everyone in the city must be gathering in the flower hall."
"Where are the guards? There are no guards, right?"
"Don't worry, there's no one alive!"
The third child said and handed the telescope to the elder brother and jumped down.
"The third child!"
"The third child!"
The sound of landing is extremely light.
"It's okay! There's no one!" Lao San squatted on the ground and looked around, "Didn't I tell you, below...ah!"
The scream was suppressed hard in Lao San's throat.
The crows perched on the tall trees beside the wall were frightened and flew away.
"What's wrong, third child? Third child?"
As soon as they heard that something had happened to their brother, the two of them jumped off the city wall in a hurry, not caring about being gentle, and rolled and crawled towards the squatting third child.
"Shh-" Lao San tried his best to signal the two of them to be quiet, and pointed his other hand tremblingly forward, "Look at that...is there a person lying there?"
Looking in the direction of the finger, there seemed to be a rough humanoid outline near the corner of the wall.
It was too dark to see clearly.
"Turn off the lights." The eldest brother ordered.
After that, he stopped the two of them with his left hand, but he quietly approached the black shadow.
It is indeed a person.
The man was lying face down on the wet soil, motionless.
"They are not from the Guards." The eldest brother looked at them carefully and said to the other two.
The three of them gathered together and looked down at the corpse-like person.
"Looking at his clothes, he seems to be an ordinary person like us." The third child quietly turned on the flashlight and used the light to shake the person on the ground.
"Did you sneak into the royal city secretly like us?"
The person who spoke was probably the second oldest brother, he said, looking at the elder brother for advice.
The elder brother frowned and hesitated for a few seconds.
"Forget it, let's turn him over first. It rained heavily a few days ago. I'd say this person might be dead..."
The moment he was turned over, a cry suddenly came from the man's throat.
"Pineapple, let's go!"
The third child who was holding him was so frightened that his hands slipped and he almost dropped him to the ground.
"Holy crap! What's wrong with this guy!"
"Oh, he's not dead. Third brother, please hold on tight. Brother, this person is still alive."
The eldest brother leaned over and stared at the man's face.
"Are you awake or not?..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man's eyelashes trembled, and after a while, his eyes opened slightly.
"Wake up!" the third child shouted excitedly, "Hey, who are you and what's your name?"
"Pineapple...Where's the pineapple..."
"What did he say his name was?" the eldest brother asked in confusion.
The second child wrinkled his face, "What is it called pineapple...or does he want to eat pineapple? Did I hear it wrong?"
"I hear it's also a pineapple."
"Where is the pineapple...I want...I want to save the pineapple..."
Maple Sugar struggled for a moment, reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the third child, said a few words intermittently, then rolled his eyes again and fell into coma again.
"Hey! Hey!"
The third child shook the extremely weak man in his arms. The man seemed to have fallen into a permanent sleep and no longer responded.
"I heard what he meant, it seems he wants to save someone?" said the second child.
"Save the pineapple, I heard you clearly this time." The third child said and looked at the elder brother.
"Brother, what should we do?"
Should we leave him here to die, or...
"What do you two mean?" The eldest brother glanced back and forth between the two of them with serious eyes.
"We are all untouchables anyway. Multiple people can have multiple powers." The second child stood up and said.
"He will definitely die if you leave him here." The third child said while still holding the heavy maple sugar.
"He can't even wake up. He's like a useless person. Help him!" The elder brother said "poof".
The second and third children stopped talking, and the third child was still half-kneeling on the ground, holding the unconscious Maple Sugar, with no intention of getting up.
"You two little turtles!"
The eldest brother hit the two people's buttocks, kicked each of them, and after kicking them, he picked up the half-lying Maple Sugar and carried it on his back.
"Hurry and leave! The festive season will be over soon. If we can't find Wang Shen's mansion, we have to pack up and go to the pariah camp!"
"Brother, let me carry it..."
"Go away, it's not time to use you yet, you should gain some weight first!"
Three suspicious figures turned into four suspicious figures, and the four of them walked toward the center of the royal city under the last moonlight of the night.
***
Under the same moonlight.
In a small warehouse sandwiched between two tall buildings.
The orderly footsteps of the guards came from the low green glass window of the small warehouse.
The three people in the warehouse quickly lowered their bodies.
The tallest one was pushed directly to the ground.
"Xiaoyin, you..."
"Shh-"
There was a pause for the footsteps, and the three of them held their breath. After a few seconds, the footsteps sounded again, and slowly went away.