In every action, Rowan focused on one thing, which was to find the source of the dissonance he felt.
Soon, he realized something was wrong. Because there are so many children, they steal a lot of food. In this case, it is impossible for the owner to not notice it. This has always been what Rowan has been most worried about. When the magician finds out, what will he do to his group?
But with the daily thefts, not only did the owner show no reaction, but the food placed in the kitchen also changed from only bread, fruit and milk to the ones mentioned above, as well as some dried meat, dried fish and Pickled vegetables. Simply put, there are more foods that can be eaten directly without cooking.
There can only be one explanation for this, that is, what a group of people did has been discovered a long time ago! What they got was specially prepared by the other party. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so much dry food in the kitchen. At the beginning, there wasn't much bread or anything.
After realizing this fact, Rowan became a little restless, and even the delicious food no longer tasted good. Now he just hopes that he guessed wrong and that such inference is just overthinking.
But as long as people have doubts, it will be difficult to get rid of them. This is true for adults, and it is also true for children with relatively simple minds. Maybe the children's symptoms wouldn't be that severe, but Rowan's environment made him not think too much about it. Because those who are too simple will starve to death on the roadside long ago.
Maybe the matter was too big and Rowan couldn't make up his mind, so he found a time to gather all the children together and tell them what he found. Children may be limited by their breadth of knowledge and accumulation of experience, so they are not sensitive enough to many things. But that doesn't mean they are stupid. As long as someone comes up with a clue, they can naturally find more evidence.
The conclusion is that there is a high probability that they have been discovered.
"So, what are we going to do?" One kid asked nonsense.
At this time, the children were divided into two groups. Some looked at Rowan who raised doubts, and the other looked at Ezio who led him into the ditch. However, the two children didn't have any good methods. Ezio even thought of getting lucky and said, "Maybe it's just your illusion, boss. In fact, we haven't been discovered yet."
"That's your original home, Ezio." Rowan said another of his deductions.
As soon as the words came out, the child who couldn't hide his expression immediately fell down, and Rowan knew that his guess was right. He asked: "Why did you leave your home, young master from a rich family?"
Ezio gritted his teeth and decided to confess, saying, "That's not my home. It's different from what you all think. I'm just an orphan, living in that place with my grandfather."
"What's going on?" This is the question that most people ask.
Since Ezio decided to confess, he did not hide it, but explained what he knew about his life experience to all the children. Anyway, it's not complicated. It's just an orphan on the snowy mountain. He was first adopted by a black dragon, and then he was picked up by a magician and brought home with the black dragon.
None of the people in that family hid these things from him. It is precisely because he understands that he does not belong to that family that Ezio longs for love even more. Those who do outrageous behavior are all hoping to attract attention. Unfortunately, those actions only resulted in a beating, so he chose to leave that home.
Faced with this truth, the children all stood in Ezio's position and cursed with indignation. However, Rowan was quite rational. He didn't care about the grudge between Ezio and the magician. He was more concerned about what would happen to all the children here, so he asked: "Based on what you know about the magician, what do you think?" What will he do?"
"Well, continue to ignore us?" Ezio said hesitantly.
Regarding this uncertain answer, Rowan felt that he could no longer rely on Ezio on this matter. So he said: "Take me to see the magician. With you leading the way, I should be able to see the big man."
"Why?" Ezio asked with a sour tone. This is also the voice of most children.
Rowan explained: "Since the magician didn't stop us from stealing food, it means that he has good intentions or some purpose. No matter what his thoughts are, it would be more direct to ask him face to face than to guess." It would be better to know what he wants to do than to worry about what will happen now."
Rowan's words convinced most of the children. But Ezio still said stubbornly: "Maybe they really don't know. As a result, we came to them on our own initiative, just like we fell into a trap ourselves."
Pressing Ezio's cheeks, Rowan said domineeringly: "I don't care about that. Anyway, the matter with the magician must be resolved, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well. Since you started the matter, you can must go."
Letting go of Ezio, who had been severely ravaged, Rowan looked at the other children and said, "If you want to follow and watch, I have no objection. But I don't know what will happen after meeting the magician." It may be dangerous, and you may even die there. And I will definitely go. If I can come back alive, I will also tell others what happened. As for you, make your own decision and don't be influenced by others. , and don’t influence other people. According to Ezio, that magician is not easy to get along with. There is actually a certain danger in appearing in front of him."
After setting the tone of the matter, the children, who didn't have many opinions yet, agreed with Rowan's approach, except for Ezio, who was scolding him.
It's just that Rowan ignored the children's mobility, or that everyone didn't have the patience to wait. After making the decision to meet the magician, the children who had nothing to do swarmed with Rowan and Ezio and headed to the magician's home. Everyone goes, no one is left behind.
However, after taking a large group of children noisily onto the street, Rowan and Ezio felt regret at the same time. I usually do activities in Xiajie and nearby places, because they are bustling areas with people, or I walk under the shadows in the middle of the night, so I don’t feel much.
But the place where the magician lives is not only on the outskirts of the holy city of Estali, it is also a sparsely populated and relatively quiet high-end area. The people who live here are either rich or noble. This was the news that Rowan found out after he stole bread several times and became suspicious.
It felt strange to go to the mansion where the magician lived in broad daylight. Besides there being no place to hide during the day, there were no people around and it was pretty quiet. The most noisy thing is the army of children in his own group.
It would be fine if all the children who came with them knew what they were doing. Unfortunately, there were quite a few people inside to join in the fun, and they also came to see what the place that gave out free bread every day looked like. Of course they won't admit that they are just gluttons who want to get away with a few more pieces of bread. The number of children who really know what they are here for and what may happen to them is probably only one or two out of ten.
Being so conspicuous and ostentatious was not Rowan and Ezio’s original intention.
