The eyes of a few idle men crouching in the corner and munching tobacco widened as they thought they had seen the goddess, and they were wearing shoes with holes, and their thumbs were coming out of the holes, black and almost the same color as their clothes.

"Why, how can there be such a beautiful woman?"

"Idiot, it's from the city, from the city, you know? When I used to go to the city, the women there were like this, dressed in gray robes. ”

"Nonsense, the city is thousands of miles away from here, and you have to climb over a dozen mountains, how do you get by? Is it just a lazy meat? ”

"yes, yes, then what are the outfits under the gray robes?"

"I've been there! Beneath that gray robe is 'Visconti,' which is a kind of city garment anyway."

"Alas, that kind of, if you can do it once, it's worth it for the guy to rot!"

The prodigal men stared at Michelle like hungry wolves, as if they wanted to eat her, but the other party was too noble for people to dare to blaspheme, they and her were not in the same world at all, and reason told them that it was best not to provoke a beautiful woman of unknown origin.

The man behind Michelle had an ugly face, as if he had been burned by fire, and the potholes were like the surface of a bare planet, but his eyes were soft, with a spring-like warmth, and a little childlike excitement.

"The White Rose is gone, the crew is disbanded, are you still following me?" She lowered her head, her voice getting lower and lower.

"Well, I have nowhere to go, and besides, I always feel lonely when I'm not by your side, and besides, two people can have a care" Ugly Face's heart thumped, "Finally free!" If you let that shameless guy from Blas marry, you'll be in pain for the rest of your life. ”

"Thanks to the mysterious masked man, whose spirit blinded Blas and the rest of the world with illusions, thinking that I was dead so that there would be no Michelle in the world. How pleasant it is to have free air without shackles! In this way, it is completely separated from the family, and, thank you, I have always been by my side and now I am not the eldest lady of the big family, in fact, I don't care about that kind of identity, anyway, as long as I live happily, what I think in my heart is always like a dream, since I can regain freedom, then I must cherish it, when I was carefree in the past, I always couldn't feel the existence of freedom, just like I only felt the preciousness of the air when I was suffocated, you, you too, every day by my side, I'm used to you, and if you're not there one day, I'll panic. Michelle lowered her eyelashes, her eyes moistened, and a flush welled up from her good-looking neck.

"I, I'm all here, all of you, you're one of my few friends! Counting you and the masked man, I have two friends, by the way, that masked man is really mysterious, I don't know what the origin is, the wisdom is really superb, what a terrible character, fortunately not our enemy, but also in the hateful, charged double pay, if I can still see him, I will have a good drink with him. The ugly face turned his face away and looked at the clouds in the sky.

"Just friends?" Michelle sighed leisurely, as if she had smashed the most beautiful crystal in the world to the ground, which made people's hearts ache.

"We're still important companions, and we've weathered the storm together, I'm sorry, I forgot about that." The ugly face hurriedly added.

"Stupid, you are! No matter how you think about this, you don't have any other purpose by following me? For example, "Michelle's face turned red and her voice became as thin as a gnat."

"Isn't it nice that there really is no other purpose? What am I doing wrong? Ugly Face was a little puzzled.

"Forget it," Michelle stomped angrily, the flush on her face receding, "do you have someone to cherish?" The kind that is very cherished. ”

"That's you, the person I cherish, the person I cherish the most."

"How much do you cherish it?" A hint of joy rose in Michelle's heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and asked in a faint tone.

"There is a little bear to steal honey for the first time, was pricked by the bee full of bags, but only stole a small bottle, it treasured this bottle of honey, and then went to steal many times, because the means are becoming more and more familiar, was pricked less, it compared, found that the later honey is not as sweet as the first bottle, so cherish the first bottle of honey more, only during the festival will drink a little, miss the past life, how much the bear cherishes that bottle of honey, how much I cherish you." The ugly face stammered to tell this story, and when he heard it, he made it up, and he was very unskilled, it seems that he knows a lot about the methods of coaxing women, but he has not actually used it, so he came out of the foreign appearance.

Michelle noticed this, a little happy and a little melancholy, like a little girl stealing the milk next door, wanting to drink the sweetness but with a faint sense of guilt.

"So, can we be together forever? You don't want to lose me, do you? She hid her smile in a place where her ugly face could not be seen.

"Why not? I don't want to be separated from you! As long as you don't dislike me for being ugly and don't abandon me, I'll be very happy. Ugly Face plucked a young leaf from a bush by the side of the road, put it in his mouth, and played music.

"Now, if my wish can be fulfilled, then please give me wings, like a bird, please put pure white wings on this back, there is no sorrow, the air of freedom flies forward on the wings of the wind, whether it is wealth or fame, I don't need to give me wings, the dream of my childhood, I still look forward to it."

The melodious whistle echoed in the evening twilight, the sound was as clear as spring water, without any impurities, and the heart of the ugly face was like the cleanest water, and the sound of the water was the echo of his soul, and as long as he was a person, the soul would not be stained with dust and not be polluted by this era.

"Why should I abandon you? You're so good to me, and more importantly, in this world, even if it's just the two of us, because we have each other, we won't feel lonely, Captain, let's talk about your plans for the future, I don't know what will happen, so I'm looking forward to it! Uglyface replied.

"Well, at the end of spring, the dark rock city in the mountains near the city-state of Vansco in the northwest of the continent will open, I want to try my luck, this is one of the few miracles that has not been controlled by the big forces, and the danger is not high, it will be opened every year, only one percent of people can't get out, but the strange thing is that those who are unknown in the miracle are extremely powerful, very powerful characters, as if the miracle itself is resisting them, and what can be obtained in the miracle is a little too chicken for the red-level explorer, That's why advanced explorers wouldn't choose here, otherwise we'd have our share. Michelle took out a map with many place names densely marked.

"I've also heard of this miracle, it is said that there are some medicinal materials that can be very useful for the advancement of gold-level spirits, crystals, and the most eye-catching is a gem that can permanently increase the ability of the spirit to protect - resistance crystals, and this kind of crystals can be infinitely stacked, or the upper limit is very high, if it is a permanent increase in attack ability, it will probably be occupied by the big forces!" Ugly Face is interested.

The two of them walked through the lazy village in the evening, the barking of the Shiba Inu echoed loudly in the cool evening breeze, and in the distance someone waved a long whip and made a crackling sound, and it was getting late.

The sound of the Volga River was heard in the distance, and along the river all the way to the north, you could reach the city-state of Vansco, where the huge body of the Titan Water Spirit occupied nearly half of the river, rumbling in the water, and soon after the thaw, the river with a little ice floe floating on the water surface was pushed out like a mountain, and the red willows and birch trees on the bank were uprooted by the strong current.

"Captain, will you let the Titan Water Spirit carry us on our way like this, will the people of your family recognize you? If they see you, they'll be aware of you, and I think that's dangerous. Ugly Face asked worriedly.

"It's okay, those people in our family don't come inland, and the family's range of activities is on the island on the other side of the blue sea, near here is the North Sea, separated by several ocean current areas, the explorers on the sea are mainly water spirits, and their strength will be weakened on the mainland, they will not run to such a deep place on the mainland." Michelle reached out and pulled a lock of hair from her forehead behind her ear, and the wind on the river blew her skirt up like a blooming gardenia.

The ugly face was made by the fragrance of her body, this faint, clean smell of clothes mixed with the girl's body fragrance, as well as the smell of the evening breeze and river water, makes people feel clean and sweet, if a girl has both beautiful capital, but also simple dress, not dressed up flowers, such a girl must be a good girl.

Sometimes happiness is so simple, two people, one world, without superfluous words, feeling each other's taste, temperature, breath, hair blown by the wind, a casual wink, intoxicated by the feeling of being close to each other, everything does not need to be explained in words.

There was still a month before the miracle began, and Michelle, who had tasted the taste of freedom, ran like a little girl who had just been liberated from the room and ran madly into the wilderness, trying to use up all her energy until she collapsed to the ground.

She trekked through mountains and rivers with an ugly face, picked wild fruits from the mountains, fished from springs, hunted muntjac and roe deer, and shot black bears that had just awakened from hibernation with her own strong bow, like a happy queen of the jungle, the darling of the moon god Artemis. At this time, Uglyface silently followed her, helped her set up a tent for camping, set up elaborate traps, dug truffles from under the trees, and fried them in butter over a charcoal fire, just as he had done before.

The city-state of Van Cisco is also the same as Dachman, every year in a special period will attract a large number of explorers to go, once the time passes, people will go to the empty building, because of such a special environment, there is no fixed management personnel or these managers are ordinary people, order will be chaotic after the explorers gather, and explorers with strong power are more likely to cause uncontrollable disputes.

Michelle has one gold-level mid-level water spirit and two gold-level first-level water spirits, and the ugly face is three gold-level first-level spirits, and their strength is average, and they are not perverts like Li Yi who haven't seen each other for half a month and have doubled their strength, which can be regarded as an extremely ordinary combination among the high-level explorers in the mainland.

"Judging from the map, we are still a few hours away from the city-state of Vansco, and we have to pass through a basin of black stones, probably affected by a miracle, the city-state of Vanscoe is surrounded by black, cold stones, not a single grass, these stones are extremely hard, reaching the hardness of green metal." Michel took out a map, and the Volga River passed through the edge of the area, and they walked towards their destination.

The surrounding is black rock, the ground is also uneven, the strange stones protruding everywhere are like fangs, the sky is getting late, the black stone basin is dark, it is terrifying, they naturally do not believe in any gods and ghosts, by the meager moonlight, want to pass through the basin, arrive at the city-state of Fanscoe at dawn, find a hotel to stay, sleep for a day.

"You think there will be bandits hiding in the cracks and shadows of those rocks, that's bad, there are a lot of robbers here every year who rob explorers!" Michelle looked around with some fear.

"Are there fewer robbers we have encountered on the sea? You're just afraid of the dark, it doesn't matter. Ugly face comforted her.

After a while they regretted it, the terrain of the Black Rock Basin was uneven, following the mountain, avoiding the rocks blocking the way, they had long since deviated from the direction they had started, if it was fine during the day, and the road was completely unrecognizable at night, they were not ethereal, and they could cross from above.

The expected time had long since passed, and they had given up on the idea of arriving at the city-state of Vanscoe before dawn, and the food they had brought with them was running out, and Uglyface and Michelle were leaning against the rock, a small candle lit beside them, and the faint light of the fire cast their shadows on the rock wall like two black ghosts.

"I'm so hungry, but there's no food, and there's not much water left," Michelle became unenergetic, his stomach seemed to be emptied, and he felt uncomfortable for a while, and his limbs were weak, "It's all my fault for my miscalculation, alas! I didn't expect it to be like a labyrinth. ”

"Don't say that, I didn't expect the terrain here to be so complicated, who knew that this place is not a straight road. I've got a little cake here, you can eat it! Uglyface took out a palm-sized, oil-paper-wrapped cake from his bosom, and through the translucent packaging, a decorative cherry and pale yellow cream could be faintly seen.

"Ahh Michelle had a small surprise in her heart, but then she was disappointed again, "One person eats half, so little!" ”

"I'm not hungry, you eat, you know, I've always eaten little." Ugly Face puts the cake in the palm of Michelle's hand, usually as their explorers, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and whatever they want to eat is a very simple thing, high-quality cuisine, and top dishes are at your fingertips. Now in the midst of the poor mountains and bad waters, not even a single animal can be seen, and an ordinary cake has become the biggest temptation.

"I'll be embarrassed if I eat it all, let's eat it together!" Michelle swallowed, broke the cake, and ate her share as quickly as possible.

The ugly face smiled bitterly and put the rest away, "I really don't eat it, I've always been a vegetarian, and I don't eat kombu soup and rice on the boat, plus a little candied fruit." ”

After resting for a while, watching the candle struggle for a while before it went out, they got up and moved on.

Luckily, with the North Star in the sky to guide them, they didn't make a big turn and go back to where they were.

In the dark, the two of them were silent, and when they encountered the oppressive environment around them, it was not easy for people to speak, probably because they were disgusted with such a solemn atmosphere, Michelle broke the silence, she asked in a low voice: "I have always wanted to ask, why is your face like that, and why do you not go to treatment, in fact, a healing spirit technique can be repaired as before, I really want to see what you look like." (To be continued.) )