Because of the fires and cult incidents, the city of Dehumi began an emergency martial law, and every street was patrolled by bald mages in red robes with a team of Serre knights, and the doors and windows of the town were closed, and the air above the city seemed to be a little heavier, and it was said that this martial law would last for a long time.

There were not many customers in the reopened Dark Horse and Cangyue Bar, and Hiccol, who was newly dressed as a maid, came and went with a wine jug, occasionally leaning against the front desk, sighing silently.

"Yo! why are you still so sullen?" the glamorous big sister pinched Hiccol's face: "The tavern is gone, as long as the people are still there." ”

"I know, but look at his ......" the girl gestured to the boy next to the piano in a low mood, Penny Sean's expression was listless, the tone flowing from the piano was staccato and low and noisy, fortunately the atmosphere in the city was not much different from the sound of the speakers, and there were few customers in the tavern, otherwise such a performance would have greatly affected the tavern's business.

The big and small beauties looked at each other helplessly, and could only sigh.

Ten days had passed, and even Hickel had recovered from the grief of losing the tavern, but Penny Thean had always been half-dead, responding only with one-word onomatopoeia when asked, and lying on a table when he had nothing to do, occasionally with a confused look, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Whenever Hiccor saw the young man like this, he felt very uncomfortable.

She was accustomed to Penny's ever-calm expression, as if she always knew what she was going to do, always confident, and even if she was embarrassed, she was not flustered.

Hiccor remembered the quiet young man who had sat at the front desk of the tavern, and Shecole felt powerless.

It's just a tavern, although it carries countless memories, but it's already in the past, isn't it?The municipal axe is tracking down the murderer, and there must be a result soon, the girl sighed, she has let go of her grief, why is Penny like this?

"It can't go on like this. ”

With no business coming to the door, Vika closed the door early, yawned and went upstairs to sleep, and Hickel looked at Penny, straightened his chest, and decided to find a way to cheer him up.

This is what she has to do.

Who is trying to dispel the gloom for her when she is surrounded by pain?

Who recklessly rescued her when she was in danger?

Who is encouraging her and giving her the courage to face the shadow that has been suppressed in her heart for ten years.

Yes, it's time for her to do something.

Hiccor thought.

Moreover, there are deeper feelings in the bottom of my heart, this emotion is very strange to the girl, but it is not that I don't know, I don't know when, she looks at the figure of the teenager, and there is a desire to express it urgently.

The last of the travelers had gone upstairs to rest, and only the boy and the girl were left on the first floor of the inn, and Hiccor could hear his own pounding heartbeat.

"Take it easy, comfort her, encourage him, it's nothing ......" Approaching the boy lying on the piano, the girl kept encouraging herself, recalling how her mother comforted her when she cried because she was unhappy when she was a child.

Hiccor walked over lightly and kissed the boy lightly on the forehead.

"This is the way the female elder kisses the child. Penny looked up, his expression a little depressed.

"Are you awake?" said Hickel, his heart pounding with excitement, his flushed face tilted to one side.

"Go to bed early. Seeing the girl facing half of his face, the boy closed his eyes again.

"You...... You okay. When Hiccor saw the young man's smile, he felt a little relieved.

"I've been fine, I'm just thinking about something. Penny rested his chin in his hand and knocked his elbow into a jumble of notes on the piano keys: "I've figured it out now." ”

"Figured it out?"

Penny sighed and sat up straight:

"This is a world of swords and magic, powerful creatures from all upper and lower planes can easily reach the main material realm through the dimensional gate, gods and demons are not nothing, they are interfering in this world all the time, tangible or invisible, just talking about the creatures of Faeron itself, not to mention the legendary powerhouse, even a high-level spellcaster can kill hundreds of lives in one go, turning the bustling town into scorched earth in an instant, and terrifying species can be seen everywhere...... And I, too, have the luxury of living an 'ordinary life' in such a place?"

Penny said a long line of words and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Hiccol's face darkened, and although she did not deeply understand the meaning of Penny's words, she could hear the bitter irony in it, which was a deep dissatisfaction with herself.

Penny Theon is an emotionally introverted person both before and after the crossing, and it is rare to see him have special emotional ups and downs, and he usually looks calm, and rarely shows obvious strong feelings unless there are special circumstances.

But witnessing the tavern being burned to the ground, he did feel extreme pain, having spent eight years in the Red Robe Mage Academy, and had endured countless tribulations, but he had never suffered as much as that day.

How would a person feel if he had endured hardships and lived the good life of his dreams, but reality quickly told him that it was a delusion?

That's why Penny is feeling down these days.

Anyone's dream bursts out of thin air, and the mood is not too good.

"Mr. James is right, I am indeed a fool. Penny muttered to himself, his eyes becoming more and more hollow.

"You ......" Hiccol's eyes changed, as if he had a premonition.

"If you want to defend your own life, you must have the strength to match it, and if you don't have the strength, what qualifications do you have to live according to your own ideas? I should have understood this truth a long time ago, but I have been deceiving myself, this is no longer the rule of law society in the past. Penny Sean said in a frustrated tone, not noticing that he had casually leaked information that should not have been leaked, but fortunately Sheckel obviously didn't understand and didn't pay attention to this small passage, but heard another key sentence that Penny quickly said: "Hickel, I may have to go." ”

"So, are you going to pursue 'strength'?" the girl asked tentatively.

"We've provoked a high-ranking demon, and things like the tavern will continue to come to us in the future, and if I don't have enough strength to deal with it, I'll pay a heavy price sooner or later. ”

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know, maybe it's the west...... Maybe I can try my luck at Candlecastle or Luskan, after all, my basic skills are pretty good. Penny glanced up at Sicole, thought for a moment, and said.

"Those places are too far away, Penny, go find Father. There was a pause, and then Hickor said suddenly.

"Uh......" Penny was stunned and looked at the girl with the same face in disbelief.

"I ...... I also figured it out, I'm Serre's woman, my father is a red robe, and my children may also become red robes, so you ...... There's no reason why it's impossible to be a red robe...... This may be my fate. Hiccor smiled, a little sour, but also a little sweet: "I appreciate that you can take my mind into account, but you don't need to venture a thousand miles away because of this. ”

Go back and be a red robe again?

Not paying attention to the strangeness of the girl's expression, Penny's eyes were slightly dazed, and he began to think about this option, which did not seem unacceptable.

The world is full of dangers at your fingertips, everywhere you go.

This is the answer that Penny got after a few days of thinking, and with the red-robed basic education he received, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept the cultivation of the orthodox magic union, and the magician union may also be difficult to accept him.

A mage apprentice from Serre - this status is not very popular in Feren.

There are really not many places where he can continue his education.

Thinking about it this way, he has at least seen the dangers in the Red Robe Society, and the price he has paid...... That's the case, after turning into a formal red robe, you will be much less constrained by the society, at most you will just shave your head, and you will not be a monk.

"I am sure that you will not change, and, at least I have the opportunity to see you often in Serge......" Sitting beside the boy, Hiccol took out a coin from his bosom: "This is a relic left to me by my mother, a copper coin blessed by a lady, and it will give you good luck if you carry it with you." ”

"Then ......" Penny took the coin, and a surge of courage suddenly welled up in his heart, and he felt that it would not be unacceptable to return to the red-robed mage, "Thank you, Sicole. ”

"I should thank you, Penny, and ......" Hiccol leaned into Penny's ear, "I haven't said I like you. ”

"Oh. Penny was stunned for a moment, his attitude towards Hickor has always been just that the elders treat children, like it or maybe there is, love can't be talked about. But he thought about it for a moment, and finally smiled at Sicole: "Me too." ”

Since they are leaving, why spoil each other's moods?

Penny thought so, but soon a warm lip was pressed to his mouth, and the kiss lasted for dozens of seconds, until they both felt suffocated, and then slowly parted.

"Be careful. ”

Perhaps, from now on, in this world, it is no longer alone, Penny walked out of the hotel with a tattered package on his back, looked back at the figure in the window, and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

He knew that whether this confession would eventually bear fruit or become a farce, at least there would be more content in the future when he was bored and cranky, and someone was waiting for him in an inn in a small town.

This chaotic thought had been surrounding him to the bedroom of Dean James Huashi of Lakeside College, the waiter who ushered him in closed the door and left, and the middle-aged red robe who got up from the bed opened his sleepy eyes and nodded a little tiredly:

"It seems that you have already made a decision, but you need to know what the price will be. ”

"I'm ready. Penny said with a serious expression.

He didn't know whether this step would be a blessing or a curse after that. However, already, there is no room for retreat.

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