Chapter 155: Mirror Flowers and Water Moon (2-in-1 Chapter)

For a moment, Rod thought he had seen it wrong, until a deep tingling sensation came from the palm of his hand that he reawakened from his sluggishness and looked at the girl in front of him, Rod took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and after a while, he stabilized his mind and walked slowly towards the girl, then bent down and squatted in front of the girl, so that his eyes were parallel to the other party.

In the face of Rod, the girl was a little cowardly, she grabbed the teacup with both hands uneasily, but she did not escape, on the contrary, when Rod looked at herself, the girl was also curiously looking at the young and strange man in front of her, she was also very puzzled, why did the other party have a face exactly like herself.

"Hello, Miss. My name is Rhodes, Rhodes. Elant. Can you tell me what's your name? ”

After a moment, Rod asked, his tone incredibly gentle, and even the indifference on his face that had condensed like ice cubes had completely melted away at this moment.

And seeing Rod's expression, the three girls present couldn't help but be surprised and dumbfounded, they had been with Rhodes for so long, and they had never seen him show such an expression. In normal times, Rhodes gave them the feeling of a city wall, cold, strong and reliable.

But now, the atmosphere around Rhodes has changed, becoming warm and soft. It's like the bright sunshine opening your hands and unconditionally embracing everything into your arms, which makes people feel comfortable and warm. If the previous Rod gave people the impression of "cold as ice". Now whoever sees his expression will only think of him as one of those gentle, beautiful and kind princesses who can only appear in the story of the brave and the sword. There may even be a heavily armed knight who gets down on one knee and offers him his sword as a sign of passion and loyalty.

"No wonder he is always expressionless on weekdays........."

Seeing this scene, Marlene, Lijie and Anne immediately had similar thoughts in their minds, and Rhodes was already easily mistaken for a woman on weekdays. And his current appearance is even more feminine, although for a man, gentleness is not something they lack. However, a handsome man who shows a gentle appearance and a beautiful man who shows a gentle appearance will only give people a completely different feeling.

If the handsome man's gentle smile will completely fascinate those girls, then Rod's smile can make those who see his smile completely and unconditionally let down their guard and integrate into this warmth with peace of mind.

Of course, from the perspective of an onlooker, the current scene is more like a conversation between two sisters.

“………”

Perhaps attracted by Rod's tone and expression, the girl gradually relaxed her guard, she raised her head and opened her mouth to speak, but then she seemed to think of something and quickly closed her mouth again.

"Don't worry."

Sensing the girl's expression, Rod smiled and stroked her hair.

"You don't have to be afraid to curse me, it's not your fault, trust me, you won't curse anyone. Come on, talk to me, tell me your name, okay? ”

“……… Christi ........."

Hearing this, the girl lowered her shoulders with peace of mind, she raised her eyes, looked at Rod in front of her intently, and said in a low voice.

"Nice name."

Hearing the girl's answer, Rod nodded gently.

"Well, Christy, I want you to stay here for a while, eat something, drink some water, and get a good night's sleep, for when you wake up, I have something very important to say to you......... All right? ”…,“……… Hmmm........."

Christy nodded slightly, and after receiving the reply, Rod didn't say anything more, he just stroked the girl's head with a smile and stood up. However, Rod was not able to leave, because at that moment, the girl reached out a hand and grabbed the corner of Rode's clothes. She raised her head, and the depths of her clear eyes, which were of different colors, revealed a little anticipation and concern that I am afraid that even the girl herself was not aware of.

“……… Name........."

"Huh?"

“………… Can you say it again, your name......"

Hearing the girl's question, Rod was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled again.

"Of course, my name is Rod. Alant, just call me Rod. ”

“……… Rhodes ........."

The girl repeated the name in a low voice, as if she had received some precious revelation, and wanted to keep it in the depths of her memory. After a moment, a heartwarming smile appeared on the girl's face——— it was a smile of great happiness as if she had received the most precious treasure in the world.

"Hoo ........."

Walking out of the room, the smile on Rod's face quickly subsided, and he returned to his usual indifferent appearance. This made both Marlene and Anne, who had left the room with him, feel a little pity......... You must know that such a scene as Lu Dao has never seen it before. To read the latest chapters of this book, please search on Baidu:

After that, Rhodes handed over Christy to Lijie to take charge of, after all, the girl is still very reassuring in taking care of people as a spirit master. In order to avoid disturbing the patient, Marlene and Anne chose to leave, although they were a little reluctant, but they also knew that sometimes the more people there were, the more chaotic they became, so they had no choice but to leave.

But the doubts in their hearts did not disappear there.

"Leader, do you have anything to do with that girl?"

The outspoken Anne couldn't hide her words at all, and quickly asked.

"We shouldn't have much to do with each other."

In the face of Anne's curious inquiry, Rod raised his eyebrows and quickly gave an answer. But this answer is certainly not likely to satisfy the two.

"But......... You look like .........."

Marlene is a more euphemistic way of saying that in fact Rhodes and Christy have gone beyond the level of "similarity" and reached the realm of "sameness". Especially when the two people stood face to face and compared just now, no matter how you look at it, you will only think that Christy is Rhodes, who is more than ten years younger, and Rhodes is the grown up Kristie. To say that the two have nothing to do with each other, even Marlene doesn't believe it. Although she did think that there could theoretically be any connection between Rhodes, who was born in the Oriental Mountains, and a small trading village in the Pafield area, the scene before her clearly did not support this reasonable argument.

"As the saying goes, it's not surprising that there are always three people in the world who look exactly like you."

Unlike the two who were full of doubts and curiosity, Rod himself was very calm at the moment.

"Could it be your long-lost sister, Captain?"

Anne asked curiously, but she didn't notice the shadow that flashed in Rod's eyes when she heard the word.

“……… I do have a younger sister, and unfortunately, she hasn't been separated from me for years. ”

"The head of the regiment really has a sister?"

Hearing this, Anne screamed curiously, and even Marlene couldn't help but concentrate, after all, Rhodes had never talked about his own affairs in front of them, and this time he took the initiative to mention it, which naturally attracted their attention. ..., "That's right, if she's still alive, it should be ........."

"Ah......h

Saying this, Rod shrugged his shoulders, although he didn't continue, but the two of them still heard the meaning of his words, which made them both a little silent......... The atmosphere became awkward for a while, Rhodes looked out the window with his hands behind his back, while Anne and Marlene didn't know what to say. After a few moments, Anne clapped her hands hard.

"Tuan, the head of the regiment must love his sister very much."

"No, it's the opposite."

But to the surprise of the two, Rod shook his head very dryly and interrupted Anne's words.

"Frankly, I hated her at first."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, both of them were stunned.

"For, for, for what?"

Marlene finally couldn't help but speak, although her education has always restrained the girl from asking about other people's **, but hearing this, the girl still felt a little surprised, after all, Rod's answer was too much beyond their understanding and imagination.

But instead of answering her question immediately, Rhodes raised his head and looked out the window, and only spoke a moment later.

“………… Have you ever seen the twins? ”

"Huh? This one...... I've seen ......."

"Anne has also seen ...... a few times"

Because Rod's answer was so out-of-the-box, both Marlene and Anne couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and they hesitated to recall, and then gave the answer.

"Generally speaking, there are many twins who look the same between sisters or brothers, but if they are brothers and sisters or siblings, although the two are similar in appearance, they can't be exactly the same, right?"

"This ......... Hearing you say that, it's indeed ......"

Hearing this, Marlene seemed to remember something. Anne, on the other hand, looked left and right, clearly confused.

"This is a common situation, I won't talk about the specific principle, and you won't understand it. All in all, you just need to know that in general, twins who look the same are basically the same gender. But twins of different sexes can never be exactly the same in appearance——— which is according to the general theory. And she and I are the freaks who make the exception. ”

“…………”

Marlene and Anne glanced at each other, and although they didn't quite understand what Rod meant, they could feel the silence and boiling emotion in his tone.

"I don't know if something went wrong or something was wrong with our genes, but all in all, our birth is a special case. And this did us no good, perhaps because we violated the laws of nature, my sister was born weak, her constitution was twice as bad as that of ordinary people, she could not even leave her room, and once she contracted the disease, even the slightest symptom was likely to turn into a serious illness. ”

"It's still a lot of hard work......

Marlene muttered to herself, although she had never seen a similar description in a book, but listening to Rod's account, she could still imagine what a terrible scene it was.

"But isn't such a sister very pitiful? Why do you still hate her, Captain? ”

Anne frowned, pursed her little nose and asked dissatisfiedly. Hearing her inquiry, Rod sighed.

"Indeed, if it were all there was to it, then I wouldn't hate her either. But...... There is a connection between us that is difficult to describe. ”

"Contact?"

"That's right."

Rod nodded.

"To put it simply, we can feel each other's feelings——— if I'm hurt, then she's in pain too. And if she's sick, I'll feel uncomfortable too.........,

"So at that time, I really hated her. It's clear that she's sick in bed.,But my parents forbade me to go out to play with my friends.,Even if I occasionally break my parents' ban and sneak out of Lu to play.,hl will only be blamed by my parents.。 And obviously she accidentally got sick, but I had to lie in bed and live like a sick person. Plus this face ........."

Saying this, Rod sneered.

"For a woman, this face is probably not bad. Unfortunately, I'm a man, I'm not interested in this face, I'm fed up being seen as a cute girl, or being teased like a woman by my playmates......... Frankly, I used to think that if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be like this, and if she wasn't there, then I wouldn't be suffering this anymore. ”

Rod's voice was calm, without the slightest fluctuation, but hearing his story, Marlene and Anne both keenly felt the complex feelings in the depths of Rod's tone.

"After that......... I had a big fight with her, and in the face of my complaints and anger, she just cried and apologized to me......... We are brother and sister after all, and in the end, I try to try to accept it all, and I hope to work with her to come up with a way that we can all accept. After that, I began to learn to take care of her and be with her, but alas......... She was in poor health, after all, and after she was born, my parents knew that she was unlikely to live past the age of fourteen. And the fact is that her body is getting worse and worse, and her organs begin to fail irreversibly, but there is no way to stop this, and eventually ........."

Saying this, Rod closed his mouth, and he looked through the window at the leaves swaying in the wind.

A slight rustle sounded, with a reassuring softness.

Everything was so similar to that day.

The sun shone through the windows, and the green trees outside were so dazzling that it was impossible to look at them directly, but in the ward, which was only separated by a wall, there was only the shadow of death. I could only lie helplessly on the bed, looking at the busy doctors and crying parents around me, but I couldn't help much. I can't be with my sister at her bedside like they are, but I can understand her pain and helplessness more than anyone else.

It's an irony.

Eventually, she left.

And this is the end of the nightmare that haunted Rod.

But for Rod, it wasn't the end he had hoped for.

He got what he wanted, but lost the more important.

"Mr. Rod, that girl ........."

"I know it."

Rod interrupted Marlene without looking back.

"She's not my sister, even though we all look exactly the same, she's who she is, and will never replace that part of my heart. I wouldn't treat her as a substitute either, it's not good for that kid. I admit, though, that I was willing to do something for her........."

With that, Rhodes turned around and looked at the two of them.

"Aren't you the same?"

Hearing Rod's answer, both of them couldn't help but nod. Indeed, even if they don't have the intricate relationship of Rhodes, the girl's background and what happened to her alone are enough for them to lend a helping hand. And at this moment, Marlene couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time her face was slightly red. In fact, she was really worried that Rhodes would treat Christy as a substitute for his sister, although Rhodes said before that he hated his sister very much, but from the change in Rhodes' attitude after that, Marlene noticed that Rhodes actually attached great importance to his sister in his heart. This made her feel a little uneasy, and if Rhodes treated Christy as his sister, it was not a good thing for Marlene. Being in an aristocratic family, Marlene has seen many things that are unimaginable to ordinary people, so even if this is the other party's personal **, Marlene also thinks it is better to remind her in advance. ..., but now it seems that Rhodes is obviously more open than he thought, and since he doesn't care about it himself, then Marlene won't say anything more.

Of course, to say that there is no impact at all would be self-defeating. Rod himself knows this very well, after all, the two look the same, and Christy is also as frail as his sister, coupled with the age gap between them, the relationship between the two will inevitably tilt in the direction of brother and sister. However, Rhodes does not intend to deliberately fight against this way of getting along, because Christy is Christi, and there are no two leaves in the world that are the same, even if they look exactly the same on the surface, they are completely different on the inside.

If Rod's heart is a hotel, then his choice now is not to open his sister's room and let Christy live in it. Instead, the room was still closed, and another door was reopened for Christy.........

Everyone is unique.

"Alright."

Thinking of this, Rod retracted his thoughts, and at this time he had completely changed back to his original appearance.

"You can go and rest, we will prepare for battle from tonight, I hope you can recuperate your spirits, as for Christy's side, leave it to Lijie for the time being."

Hearing Rod's command, Marlene and Anne didn't say anything more, but nodded and went back to their rooms to rest. Rhodes stood in the hallway, silent for a moment, and then he walked down the stairs.

"Ah, my lord, you're here at last."

As Rhodes walked down the stairs, an anxious voice rang out. Rod looked up and saw Lando standing in the middle of the hall, looking anxious and uneasy.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? Or are the villagers trying to get into trouble without knowing whether they are alive or dead? ”

Rhodes asked, his right hand holding down the hilt of the sword at his waist, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Ah, no, no, my lord, the villagers didn't do anything to us."

Seeing Rod's actions, Lando hurriedly raised his hand and shook his head to deny it.

"That's right, Miss Celia has found something, and I hope you will be able to go over and take a look."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Rod raised his eyebrows, he had asked Celia to look around to see if he could find the reason for the sudden appearance of the undead. After all, it is daytime, and the angelic power is at its fullest, and it will be very sensitive to the evil around them. Whether it's because of the cracks in hell, dark rituals, or something else, there should be some traces left behind in such a rampant and reckless behavior. And now, it seems, Celia seems to have found it?

"Take me to see it."

Rod did not hesitate and quickly gave the order.

Led by Lando, Rhodes came to a large pit located halfway up the mountain not far from the village. It seems to have once existed as a quarry, but according to the captain of the garrison who arrived with him, it was abandoned many years ago.

"Master."

Seeing Rod's arrival, Celia, who was standing quietly in the middle of the quarry, spread her wings, and soon flew in front of Rod, saluting him slightly.

"Did you find anything?"

Rhodes glanced at the overgrown barren stone pit in front of him, and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, please come with me."

Hearing Rod's answer, Celia quickly turned around, and then led Rhodes to where she had just stood, and then the girl stretched out her right hand and pointed it downward.

"Please."

"Huh?"

Looking in the direction of Celia's finger, Rod couldn't help but be stunned, and then, his face instantly became gloomy.

Deep at the bottom of the pit, there are white bones and stains of blood, all of which come in a variety of shapes, from humans to animals. On the surface, it looks like an underground slaughterhouse without a qualified sanitation license, pitch black, and dried blood smears the ground like a shadow. The scattered corpses were littered with buzzing flies, and the air was filled with a disgusting stench.

But what Rhodes was paying attention to was not these, but a circle that looked dark and evil in the center of the pile of bones.

"Soul Summoning Circle."

Celia whispered, her tone mixed with a strong sense of mission and anger.

"My lord, this is the devil's trick."

Then, the angel girl said categorically.

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