Chapter 174: Departure

"Let Anne go?"

Hearing Rod call her name, Anne tilted her head curiously, then thought for a moment, and then nodded.

"No problem, Captain, Anne will go wherever you tell Anne to go."

With that, Anne refocused her attention on the food in front of her and resumed her struggle. It seems that for the girl, she really doesn't care what Rhodes tells her to do, anyway, let her do it, then she just does it. As for what they are doing for themselves, and what they are going to do, does it matter to Anne? If you have the time to think about this problem, you might as well solve a little more bread in front of you.

"Do you need me to come along? Mr. Rhodes? ”

Lijie and Marlene glanced at each other, and then the former whispered.

"No need."

Rhodes shook his head, the Black Pine Ruins are not too troublesome, and there are no undead creatures, and it is not necessary for Lijie to follow a spirit master and it is a waste. Originally, Rhodes didn't plan to bring Annie with him, but the Mystery Ball couldn't be held by one person with his strength. Although the name of the arcane ball doesn't sound very big, the table tennis ball is a ball, the blue ball is a ball, and the moon is also a ball......... Rod didn't think he could pick up the moon. Originally, when he went to get the Orb of Mysteries in the game, he needed a high-weight character, and Rhodes didn't have any barbarians under him, but Annie's strength as a half-beast was not bad...... At least much better than yourself.

"I want you to take good care of Christy these days, she has only just come here, and there must be a lot of places that she is not used to. You're both girls, and I think you'll know her better. ”

"It's good."

Hearing this, Lijie hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed. She didn't think there was anything wrong with Rod's arrangement, and in fact Lijie herself really wanted to stay by Christie's side. However, this little girl seems to be a little uncomfortable with the new environment, and she subconsciously keeps a certain distance from them. She would only let her guard down if she was around Rod, so Rod could speak now to make Lijie more justifiably closer to Christie.

"When are you leaving?"

Marlene glanced at Anne, who had probably paid no attention to anything but the food on her plate, and asked the question on her behalf.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and I'll let Lando take care of buying two tickets later. If there's any news from the magistrate, just say I'm not there, and I'll talk about it when I get back. ”

During this time, Rhodes had also reported to Krauser about Gaoya Village, as for what Krauser wanted to do and do, that was his business, and it had nothing to do with him. Anyway, the task is completed, even if the group of idiots in Gaoya Village want to cry and go home to find their mother, it is their business, but it is difficult to say whether they have the courage to do so.

"I see."

Hearing Rod's answer, Marlene nodded slightly and stopped talking. But at this moment, Rod saw Christy holding the water glass in his hand, looking at him uneasily. There was a hint of attachment and reluctance in his eyes.

“…… Rod...... Are you leaving? ”

"I'm just out there to do something."

In response to Christie's uneasy questioning, Rhodes gave her a reassuring smile before continuing.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days."

“……… Hmmm........."

Faced with Rod's answer, Christy nodded and didn't say anything more. In fact, the girl's own mood is also very complicated now, when she was in Gaoya Village, she had never encountered anything good, the girl was used to this kind of life, and she would not have any thoughts because of this. There is no harm if there is no expectation, and since Christy never expected the villagers to be kind to him one day, he would not feel sad that they would punch and beat him. Even the old chief, who had been able to get Christy through the most difficult time because of his upbringing, had since ignored her and treated her like air. And Christy has come to terms with her life, even if it seems to others to be miserable. But for Christi, getting used to it, it's nothing. It's like a person born in a very cold place with ice and snow, and if someone from a warm place comes here, he will definitely feel frozen to death. But for those who were born here in the first place, they are used to the cold and are not very disgusted except that they find it a little in the way. …,

But now, the girl feels that her life is a little painful.

It was true that everyone was kind to her, but the better they were to her, the more scared Christy became. Since birth, the girl has never tasted the warmth of the world, but when it comes to indifference and pain, she probably knows better than anyone in the Starlight Mercenary Regiment. Christy knew how cruel people could be, and what they would do if they really hated themselves. It made her worried, scared. Now Lijie, Anne, and Marlene were all very gentle with her, and even Christy had never enjoyed such warmth. But the more this happened, the more she feared that she would not be able to accept such a blow if they abandoned her in the future.

This kind of worry seems to ordinary people to be very unnecessary, but for Christie, it is a smooth thing, many people are born to be called by their parents, surrounded by friends, and grow up in a warm environment. Of course, they may have experienced all kinds of hardships in the future, but the warmth they have enjoyed since birth still makes them have some kindness. But Christy is different, she has been the object of disgust, curse, hatred, abuse and beatings since birth, and it is not surprising that she is full of hatred in her heart, not to mention despair of the world. And it is very rare that Christy can still have a pure heart......

So whenever Lijie and the others showed a gentle attitude to Christy, and the girl wanted to respond, she would instinctively start to worry about the problem——— human instinct of self-defense made the girl hesitate to the friendly hand of others, she was afraid that she would be hurt if she threw herself into it, in this case, she might have hurt herself a little less if she kept her distance in the first place......

Only in front of Rod, Christy will not have such thoughts, only when she sees him, Christy will let go of the problem that has been entangled in her heart, I don't know what it is, in the face of this person who looks almost exactly like herself, Kristy has no defense. She felt comfortable being around Rhodes, and she didn't think about it, which made her feel comfortable.

Because of this, Christy actually didn't want Rhodes to leave, but because of what happened to her, the girl was much more precocious than many of her peers, so Christy knew that she shouldn't be willful at this time, so she just nodded and didn't say anything, but her expression obviously became lower.

Taking Christie's expression into his eyes, Rhodes also felt a little embarrassed, but he still didn't say anything. Feelings and reason are two different things, she will be out of the house for a longer time in the future, Christy can't stay by her side forever, and her physical fitness also determines that Christy is unlikely to even go far away.........

But now Rhodes has no better way, and although he is sorry for Christie, he can only do that.

Early the next morning, Rhodes took Anne to the "port" located outside the upper part of Deepstone City.

Outwardly, the harbor here seems to be indistinguishable from the rest of the world, with ships moored in it, thick and long cables hanging from the ships and hanging from stone pillars to keep the hull balanced. Sampans connect the hull to the port, and workers carry goods or push wagons to bring ore and other specialties onto the ship, while the wagons stop on the other side, waiting for goods such as fruits and vegetables to be brought off the ship.

Everything looks no different from the bustling trading ports of other commercial cities——— if you ignore the fact that they are built halfway up the mountain.

In the game, Rhodes was amazed by this spectacular scene, but he didn't think it was so strange, the game, no matter how real it was, it was data, so what's so strange about flying in the sky and downstream? But now in reality, when he himself stood on this bustling harbor and looked at these ships suspended in the air, Rhodes thought it was incredible. Just looking at the ships suspended in mid-air, without any power system to keep them afloat, only a rope to tie them up, Rod felt that this thing was too unreliable, what if these ships fell? …,

He glanced at the float not far away, shook his head, and then pulled up his cloak to hide his face. He didn't want to get into trouble this time, so Rod planned to keep a low profile, and he also knew that his face always brought trouble to himself, since he was a child, his teachers always treated him as a girl, and his peers always regarded him as a girl. It wasn't until in the game that Rhodes was relieved, and he could choose to build a burly male character without worrying about being seen as a woman anymore. This is also one of the reasons why he is very keen on the Dragon Soul World, at least in this virtual world, no one will mistake their gender because of this.........

As a result, now coming back in a circle, Rhodes finds himself tragic again.........

He can't redesign his character like he did in the game, and he can only try to get into trouble as little as possible. But Rhodes didn't really have much time to think about his past and present, because there was a very lively guy around him......

"Ah, Captain, Anne has found our ship!"

Anne carried a long gold shield on her back, and ran around Rhodes excitedly, and then she stretched out her hand and pointed to a ship not far away, and following the direction of her finger, Rhodes soon saw a two-story passenger ship, which was quietly suspended in the harbor, and the flag was embroidered with a golden wing pattern, and after Rod glanced at the pattern, he lowered his head and looked at the same pattern on the ticket in his hand.

That's it.