Hitzfeld said calmly, narrowing his right eye.
"But there's no need for those kids to lie about things like this."
"It seems that she is hiding a secret..."
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Good news, it doesn't hurt at all.
The pain suddenly went away.
I hope it won't hurt anymore.
Chapter 19: Arrival at Ice Lake Town (Two in One)
The cold wind was howling as the train gradually left the platform and plunged into the dark night, completely disappearing in the mist.
After Trierred, Line 3 rarely stops at large platforms in winter. Occasionally, passengers are put down at small platforms to stretch their legs, and it is almost impossible to see anyone buying tickets to get on the train.
We drove like this for three whole days, and one afternoon, there was a knock on the door of Room 5-3.
It was Xia Yibing who opened the door - it should be said that it has always been like this, because Hitzfeld has "inconvenient legs and feet", and she has to bear the responsibility for this inconvenience.
"Oh! Miss Murphy!" Seeing that the person coming was Esther, Xia Yibing slightly raised her right eyebrow, "What's the matter?... This seems to be your first time knocking on the door here."
"I...uh, I'm here to convey the professor's wishes."
After the door opened, Esther wanted to peek inside. Through the gap beside the woman, she saw Hitzfeld leaning on the bed covered with a quilt, with a coat on, reading a book in the afternoon light.
The Earl is really studious...
Esther sighed.
She herself was considered to be one of the students who liked reading more among the students in Vera Girls' High School, but even she began to feel restless after being tortured by the boring journey for five days.
Of course, she brought a lot of books, but she wanted to throw them away after reading only a few lines. Nette and the others had already gathered together to play a card game that had recently become popular among students. Esther was really afraid that she would be poisoned one day.
I just don’t know why the Earl’s face is so red…?
Esther was slightly curious.
Not only the face, but also the skin on the neck seems to be a little red... His breathing is also a little rapid, and it seems that he has just calmed down. Did he accidentally get sick?
"What is Luo Bo's wish?" Xia Yibing blocked her sight, narrowed her eyes and frowned to show her doubt, "What wish can that guy have? Just tell him what he wants to do."
"Someone!"
The security chief's aura, even if only a little bit of it was revealed, was very impressive to a middle school student. Esther immediately stuttered: "It's just... some merchants who came up from Trierred, they also went to Ice Lake Town, they heard about the count... and then they-"
"No." Xia Yibing interrupted her and said to her seriously, "Maybe you think this is very rude, but I think they are looking for death."
"Gah?"
"Go back and ask Rob for details. Isn't he your stepfather? How come he didn't even teach you this?"
The door closed with a bang, and Xia Yibing turned around and heard the blood crystal crow cawing loudly.
"You scared the little girl! How shameless!"
"It doesn't matter." Xia Yibing clapped her hands contentedly, "She won't be surprised when she grows up."
"Although it is somewhat presumptuous for a group of profiteers who monopolize trade routes and dumping grounds to try to get close to the king's favorites and nobles, it is not the case that they would shut them out and not even allow them to drink a sip of water, right?"
The Blood Crystal Crow showed a very humane look of contempt on its bird face: "To put it bluntly, it's because you did something bad that you dare not let anyone in to observe you."
"Okay, stop talking." Hitzfeld put down the book and had to speak up to interrupt their argument.
Once the cover was removed, her exposed neck and collarbone could be clearly seen. It was obvious that she was wearing nothing under the quilt, and the responsibility for this should indeed be attributed to a certain sheriff.
"Oh~ I just hope you don't regret your decision today..."
The Blood Crystal Crow looked at her sideways.
"Even for Harwin, that was not the official child we had until everything was over. Although it was only a short-lived peace, how old are you? When we were your age, we were even participating in academy competitions, and you're going to be a mother! Really... Tsk!"
It was hard to tell whether she was concerned or sarcastic. Perhaps Hitzfeld would consider it the former, but Xia Yibing was not so good-tempered and immediately started arguing with her.
"That's because you're incompetent, otherwise you should have gotten her pregnant at school!"
"What do you mean I'm incompetent?" Crow exploded, "I did have a chance at the beginning! I had a chance, understand? I only considered the overall situation! The overall situation!"
"But you didn't do it, and I did." Xia Yibing held on to this point, "It means I am better than you in this regard, so you are not qualified to instruct me!"
This doesn't seem to be 100% certain, right?
Hitzfeld first held his forehead and sighed, then picked up the book to cover the lower half of his face, revealing his eyes with rippling eyes.
To say that she had no regrets at all would be a lie to herself. After all, she didn't dare to say how mature she was. It was obvious that no matter how you looked at her, she had not completely gotten rid of the category of "child" and was actually about to transform into another identity.
But it would be wrong to say that she really regretted it. In this regard, she still retained the nature and habits of her previous life - she could hesitate and have difficulty making choices on some things, but once she made up her mind, no matter what anyone said, she would never change.
This was a choice she made after careful consideration. Rather than regret, it was more about fear of the future and the unknown.
Can I handle this responsibility?
When my mother decided to be with Lengdis, what was she thinking when she was pregnant with me?
Touching his lower abdomen through the quilt, Hitzfeld's expression changed and his inner emotions were extremely complicated.
That’s right, she and Xia have tried it these days: it’s inherited from the Imar family, strictly speaking it’s the blood source secret technique of the Blood Source King - that is, the Blood Crystal Crow.
The principle is that mutation is induced on the basis of female chromosomes, and changes and fertilization are completed directly in the body.
There is no need to grow any additional organs, and the whole process is quite normal.
But there are also flaws, because this method goes against the laws of nature. Under normal circumstances, the probability of giving birth to an offspring through the union of secret techniques is lower than that of the union of a man and a woman.
How did Yalian give birth to so many children?
Hitzfeld was just having wild thoughts...so that was probably why she cooperated with the woman and tasted the forbidden fruit of life on the way to the North Pole.
Anyway, the probability was low, and since she was a God Eater, there was an alien resident in her body that was robbing her of nutrients, so the probability was even lower than before. The two of them didn't take it seriously, and just treated it as a practice run for the official conception.
When Hitzfeld came to his senses, Xia Yibing and the crow had finished arguing, and the man and the bird were sitting around the stove, warming themselves and roasting sweet potatoes.
There was also a Sheldon dog hanging around, trying to lick the sweet potato skin from time to time.
"The weather is getting colder!"
The crow's wings were spread wide, with a modern beauty similar to the Deutsche Welle logo. "I really don't understand why you went to the North Pole. What did you see through that fake?"
coming.
Xia Yibing's expression tensed.
After talking for so long, this is actually the first time someone has formally asked Hitzfeld this question after spending so much time together.
How would she answer?
“I see a lot of messy lines.”
Hitzfeld propped up his chin as if recalling something. “A lot of winding lines… they all converge at the North Pole, as if there’s something there.”
"And I did see a lot of glimpses, including of the thing's sixth eye."
Sure enough, it’s because you want to find the evil eye, right?
Xia Yibing was cheered up, thinking that she had guessed correctly.
"Because what I saw was a bit messy and unclear, and all the clips were very short, I can't say what secrets are there."
Hitzfeld bowed his head slightly.
"I just wanted to go and see..."
"I'm not the only one who wants to find the sixth evil eye."
"Also because I have a feeling that there is something very important to me there, waiting for me to discover..."
"I'll stay with you." Xia Yibing came to the bed, took her hand, and tilted her head to look at her.
Hitzfeld forced a smile: "Thank you, Xia..."
"We are still polite to each other? Want to eat sweet potatoes?"
"Okay, I'm hungry."
"Wang Woo!"
Lily's eyes were fixed on the sweet potato in Xia Yibing's hand from the beginning - she had never moved her eyes away since it was still raw. When she saw this scene, she was struck by lightning, and her triangular ears, which had been erected high, drooped down.
“Hahaha!” This made Blood Crystal Crow laugh. This was indeed the fate of being a single guy. When hanging out with young couples, you can’t even count on your stuttering!
Fortunately, I had foresight and grilled it on a skewer at the beginning, otherwise I would have... What was this stupid dog trying to do by suddenly looking at me?
With a whoosh, the skewer in front of the Blood Crystal Crow turned into a shadow and began to shake, while the small sweet potatoes that were originally skewered on it disappeared.
Damn it!
The crow was furious.
I am the great Eussilian Vincent Zacharias, the last king of all Latadians and the only queen of all Mimics!
King of Blood!
The leader of the strange army!
...a drop of blood!
I was actually bullied by a dog who didn’t know his place today?
"Stupid little dog... Today I will let you know what "The Thing" is...!"
"Ouch!"
"Ahhh woof woof woof!"
The carriage seemed to be divided into two worlds, one side was full of love and affection, and the other side was full of chaos.
"Yes, if I'm not mistaken."
While playing with the girl's fingers, Xia Yibing seemed to remember something.
"That Esther just now...she seemed to be wearing something..."
"Little." Hitzfeld nodded, "You read it right."
Although she was pretending to read a book, she did observe that Esther Murphy was only wearing a long dress and a plush coat.
The dress was a winter style, made of thick material. The fur coat was either fox fur or mink fur, with a fur edge at the collar, also a standard winter outfit.
They wouldn't feel cold wearing these things, but neither of them was the type to just look at appearances, and they both noticed at the same time - the stockings under Esther's skirt were very thin.
When it comes to a girl’s clothing, does it count just because you wear a thick fabric skirt?
That's not true, because the cold starts from the feet. No matter how thick your skirt is or how thick your top is, the thin clothes underneath the skirt won't keep you warm.
"She doesn't mind the cold."
Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes and analyzed.
"Those are definitely socks you only wear in the summer... a normal person's butt would freeze and crack if they wore them, but she looked pretty normal."
"But she didn't dare to expose this fact."
Hitzfeld followed up.
"Even though she is not afraid of the cold and can just wear summer clothes underneath to keep warm, she still has to put on thicker clothes to show others."
"She was afraid that others would discover her unique abilities."
Xia Yibing sneered, "Ah... That's true, so she was pretending to be sick in Trierred."
"I'm not pretending to be sick."
"……What did you say?"
"It's very likely that she's not pretending." Hitzfeld pursed his lips and smiled, stretched out a finger and spun it in the air, "Do you remember? I told you her reply at that time."
"remember."
"She said she left the carriage after five o'clock, and we returned after six o'clock. Is that right?"
"Yes."
"If she wasn't sick, why would she wait until five to go shopping?"
