The eastern border of the Sky Eagle Empire, the capital of Duran Province,
The outer city of Selom, the "City of Plenty". There are still dozens of days until the Frost Moon approaches the winter day, but at this moment
The "City of Prosperity" is already covered in heavy snow. Although the flying snow makes this emerging city covered in gorgeous silver, it also brings unprecedented coldness to this city that has been in a comfortable zone all year round.
This biting cold may not be a serious crisis for those wealthy people who live in the inner city with warm fireplaces and fur coats, but it can have a serious impact on the lives of poor residents living in the outer cities and even downtown areas. and survival, posing a great threat.
Leni Watson breathed a sigh of relief toward her little hands, which were stiff from the cold, and then tightly curled her body into the tattered cloak on her body.
The cloak was very thin, but for this poor beggar, it was the only thing he could rely on in the cold winter.
"Recently, the weather in Duran is like a ghost. It has just passed the end of the hot moon, but it has ushered in such a weird heavy snow in the full moon when the climate is supposed to be warm. You must know that Duran Province, which is close to the interior, has The last time the imperial province experienced heavy snowflakes was five years ago..." Pedestrians on the street chatted wordlessly. They wrapped their bodies under heavy clothes and walked in a hurry. On the streets of the outer city.
Leni Watson squatted at the corner of Belek Street. There were only a few scattered Sethi on the begging bowl in front of her. The snowflakes that skirted the eaves from time to time were scattered on the girl's cloak; her light gray hair was almost It was dyed silvery white by the heavy snow; it could be seen from the girl's increasingly pale face that her condition at the moment was not optimistic.
"One...two...three." Lenis shivered and stretched out her fingers to count the copper coins in the bowl in front of her. She counted them several times before placing the coins again. The thin hands retracted into the cloak.
With only one seti left, she could go to the pharmacy on the corner and buy her brother a bowl of cold medicine.
You have to hold on for a while longer. Leni comforted herself inwardly, and then wrapped her cloak a little tighter.
"Hello, little girl, can I ask you for directions?" A crisp voice and a magnetic and gentle word reached Leni's ears.
The girl slowly raised her head, and he saw an extra silver coin in the bowl marked with the head of George I and a blond young man gradually approaching him.
The young man has a pair of bright light golden eyes and a pretty face that resembles that of a woman. There is a small black mole at the corner of his right eye, which is difficult to spot if you don't look closely; a white mask with only two eye holes exposed. With his dazzling mid-length hair tied back, he looked particularly weird.
"What are you...asking?" Leni quickly put an extra old Dowler bowl into her arms, with a bit of joy and worry in her light blue eyes.
"Little girl, don't worry, I don't mean any harm, I just want to ask for directions.
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"Sir...what do you want to ask?" Leni asked weakly.
"I would like to know where the manor of the former Governor of Duran Province, Marquis Lane Burlington, is located?"
"Is this the only thing?" Leni's voice still contained a bit of confusion. This question is too simple, whether it is for people living in the wealthy city or other cities in Duran Province. Everyone can easily answer, because what happened to Marquis Lane five years ago made the headlines of almost all newspapers in Duran Province, and adults continued to explain it verbally, even to a child who was not yet a minor. , will also understand this.
The blond young man in front of him was gorgeously dressed and handsome. He looked like an upper-class person living in the inner city. It was absolutely impossible for a person like him not to know the answer to such a simple question.
"I'm from another province. I just arrived in the city of abundance these days. I just want to find someone to ask for directions. I don't have any malice." The young man blinked his beautiful golden eyes at Lenis, his face The kind smile and gentle words hanging on her face made the girl's defense gradually weaken.
"Ryan...the Marquis's manor...is not in the inner and outer areas of the city of abundance. It is the largest manor...in the...suburbs of the right city...it is, this is... .Thromli...something everyone knows." Lenis replied weakly.
"Thank you, little girl." The young man thanked Lenis politely, then extended his hand to the girl in a friendly manner and handed her a glass bottle containing medicine.
"Little girl, your brother's illness is much more serious than a common cold. The cheap diluted decoctions sold in pharmacies cannot cure him."
"How...how did you know." Lenis was a little surprised at once. She had no parents and only herself and her younger brother at home. But how did the strange young man in front of her know about her family?
The young man did not speak. Seeing that Lenis did not take the medicine bottle, he directly put the medicine bottle into the bowl in front of the girl.
"Take it, this may be the only cure for the divine erosion of Ouroboros."
"I'm sorry, I have to go." The young man left his last words to Lenis. In Lenise's eyes, the young man's entire body began to twist after he finished speaking. His entire body, including his clothes, fell apart in this grand snow scene and turned into countless small white fragments, which were mixed with the heavy snow in the sky. Transformed into one body, as if escaping into the void, disappearing perfectly in place.
There is no trace of his presence left on the streets of Belek Avenue. Lenis, who had witnessed the whole process of the young man's disappearance, felt her head suddenly heat up, and then a strange warm current swept through his body, sweeping away all the hunger, fatigue and coldness in her body, an unprecedented feeling. Comfort enveloped the poor child.
"What's wrong with me?" Lenis felt her head was dizzy, as if she had just woken up from a beautiful dream, and her consciousness was still in a fuzzy state.
"Why is there an extra silver coin in the bowl, and... what is this?" Lenis looked at the extra silver coin in the bowl with the head of George I engraved on it in confusion. He had no idea how these two things appeared in his begging bowl.
"The medicine in this bottle seems to be able to cure colds..." Lenis grabbed the glass bottle containing the green medicine. She had never seen such a beautiful bottle, and she didn't know what was inside, but There seemed to be a voice in the dark telling him that the medicine in the bottle could cure his brother's cold, and he had to feed the contents of the bottle to his brother no matter what.
"I seem...to have forgotten something, something...very important." The girl rubbed her head, but no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't remember what happened to her just now.
At this moment, all Lenis could think about was the increasingly chaotic and hazy consciousness, and the increasingly clear and loud voices of people walking on the street.
"The snow has stopped. It has been snowing for five days and it has finally stopped."
"The roads are blocked by heavy snow and the cold is freezing. The factories built in the northern part of the outer city may not have been in operation for several days."
"Hey, stop talking. This snow has frozen to death many low-level workers living in the lower city..."
"It's not like those noble lords and the newly appointed governor are not good people. If it weren't for the trap they created in the Lower City, how could it be..."
"Shh, please keep your voice down. This place is not far from the inner city. The patrolling guards are nearby."
"Hmph, if you ask me, the former Governor-General, Marquis Lane, is better, but it's a pity... Alas!"
"That's a believer of Ouroboros. What do you have to complain about? Have you forgotten what happened five years ago? Even today, the plague and curse remain on some children in the outer city and lower city. These victims Those who actually exist still exist.”
"..."
"Is your impression of Ryan Burlington still the same as it was five years ago? Wake up, our former governor has become a withered skeleton in his own manor."
"...Forget it, let's go quickly, just pretend I didn't say this, just pretend I didn't say this." People in the outer city of Krom were still in a hurry, just like this heavy snow What they left behind and what they took away were not the same as what happened around them.
