"That's fine!"

Malone nodded, but there was a little regret in his heart - for him, listening to a cute little girl like Maria crying "brother" can somewhat satisfy a psychology called "Lolo/Li/Control" - of course, Malone does not admit this.

"That'...... Malone, what happened to the ugly duckling? ”

Maria nodded in satisfaction—this time, she didn't have to worry about biting her tongue.

"The Ugly Duckling ...... Later"

Malone propped his hands on the mattress, leaned back, watched the sunlight project into the bedroom little by little from behind the thin window paper, and continued to tell the story of last night's unfinished day.

……

When Marlon walked down the stairs with a well-dressed Maria in his arms, a white shadow jumped to his side like lightning, causing Maria to exclaim, and then hugged Marlon's neck tightly.

"Alright, don't be afraid, it's Rubos."

While comforting the frightened Maria, Malone gently flicked Rubos's lower abdomen with the tip of his boot - didn't this guy say last night that he was not allowed to scare people?

"Ruboth!"

Maria suddenly forgot the culprit who had just scared her, and struggled to get off Marlon and play with Rubous.

Malone couldn't resist the little girl, so he had to put her on Rubos's back; As a result, by coincidence, Maria grabbed the hair on Rubous's neck at once, and actually rode on Rubous like a horse.

Rubeus felt the hair on his back tighten, and he shook his head, but could not shake off Maria; As if sensing that the little girl had no malice, Rubos didn't care, so he carried Maria around Marlon and slowly circled around.

Apparently such an experience was new to Maria, who clamped her legs and sat firmly on Rubos's back, her face full of excitement and the occasional shouting from her lips, as if she were imitating a horse.

"Marlon?"

At that moment, a figure rushed into the house recklessly, then stood abruptly and exclaimed.

"Althea? Why are you here? ”

Marlon asked the black-haired girl in surprise as he helped Maria to prevent her from falling off Rubos's back.

Althea didn't wear that leather armor - apparently for a young girl, her natural cleanliness would make her not hesitate to change into new clothes.

Light gray gown, brown linen trousers, Althea's clothes don't seem to be women's styles, but when worn on her body, there is a sense of heroism.

What's more, even men's clothing is difficult to hide Althea's concave/convex/bodied/chic figure, and compared to skirts, trousers can highlight her slender legs more.

"I ......"

Althea blushed—she had not long since she awoke, but she had not been knocking on the door; Later, when Vera came out, she hid from Vera.

When Vera left and walked to the "kitchen" where breakfast was being prepared for the refugees, Althea came out of the shadows of the eaves and tried to sneak into the room, but was bumped into Marlon and Maria.

"Sister Althea, morning! Are you here to call us for breakfast? ”

Maria greeted Althea politely as she rode Ruboth.

"Ah, yes, breakfast, I'm here to call you for breakfast."

Althea said quickly.

"Oh...... All right. ”

Marlon nodded, but instead of moving, he stared at Althea.

"You...... What are you looking at? ”

Althea was looked at by Marlon like this, her face turned red all of a sudden, her hands were twisted in front of her lower abdomen, and she lowered her head and said.

"Nothing...... It's just that you don't wear that leather armor anymore, Althea...... Actually, you should have changed your clothes a long time ago, how nice it is now! ”

Malone said heartily - long before he came to Nighttown, he felt that Althea was not suitable in that leather armor.

Anyway, although the leather armor covers almost all the places, including the arms and calves, it looks even more ...... than it is now because it is too tight Outbreak/Exposed.

"Yes...... Is it? I see, so ...... Hurry up and eat! After breakfast, Marlon, you still have to train us! ”

I don't know if it's Marlon's delusion, Althea's mood seems to have suddenly improved a lot, she subconsciously stroked the broken hair around her ears, adjusted the scabbard around her waist, and then stepped out of the room with her head held high.

"Huh? Is this the dagger from yesterday? ”

Marlon asked as he walked out of the house, and Rubes followed him with Maria on his back, and the little girl screamed and laughed excitedly.

"That's right!"

Althea looked back and said with a smile.

"But...... What about the dagger you used to have? ”

Malone asked suspiciously.

"Got it in the bedroom...... Marlon, do you want to use it? I'll get it for you! ”

Althea replied.

"No, no, I don't have to...... But don't you like that dagger very much? Why swap it out? ”

Marlon asked while waving his hand.

During the journey to Nighttown, Marlon and Althea are already familiar with each other; He knew that Althea liked her dagger very much, and although it was dangerous to pull it out and swing it from time to time, she never let it go away from her side, but now......

From the decoration on the hilt of the dagger, Malone noticed that Althea seemed to have replaced the dagger in the scabbard with the one used yesterday to tie the letter left by Anduin Lothar.

"Maybe...... I like this one more now, though. ”

Althea stood still, facing Marlon and said.

"Why?"

Malone glanced at Althea's waist and asked suspiciously—although the dagger was indeed slightly more ornately decorated, he didn't think Althea was a girl who liked the decoration more than the dagger itself.

"Because this dagger was given to me by Marlon!"

Althea said seriously with an intoxicating smile on her face.

"But...... This dagger is not mine, and probably not my uncle's......"

Marlon looked at Althea's radiant smile and said a little distractedly.

"I know! But no matter what, this is the first gift you gave me, Ma Long, and I will definitely cherish it forever and will never let it leave my side! ”

Althea touched the leather sheath containing the dagger and said to Marlon word by word.

"Althea ......"

Marlon froze in place - if before, Althea's feelings for him were faint and inadvertent, now ...... This lively girl with short black hair is almost confessing to Ma Long.

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