Kingdom’s Bloodline

A few seconds later, Thales reacted quickly and subconsciously tried to move Hilay behind him to protect him, but the latter was faster than him - Ms. Kevin Dill withdrew her left arm from Thales's hand. , and then tightly clamped his palm under his right armpit to prevent anyone from seeing it.

Like hiding your ugliest secret.

Or bury your most precious treasure.

And her movements were so fast and violent, as if Thales had a red-hot iron in his hand.

But it's not over yet.

"Do you think her right hand is the same? I heard the doctor said that they all grow in pairs!"

The chatter among the crowd became louder and louder, and became more and more unscrupulous:

"What about her feet? Does she also have six toes on her feet?"

"Maybe there's a tail..."

"Alas!"

"Hehe, she won't have three **, right? Just like the freak show circus we saw in Vine City..."

"The priest is indeed right, the thief has three hands and the juggler has six fingers!"

"My parents must have done something wrong and were punished by Sunset."

"The ancestors or the family made a big mistake!"

"I know, I know! It is said that people who have committed the crime of incest will give birth to such a deformed child!"

Listening to more and more comments in the crowd, Shilai looked at his left palm buried under his right armpit in fear, and then looked at everyone's scared and curious eyes. Listening to everyone's whispers, his whole body was filled with excitement. Started shaking uncontrollably.

"No, no, no..."

At that moment, Xi Lai seemed to suddenly have trouble breathing. She took in big breaths in panic, as if she was drowning.

As for the gloves—the pair of gray gloves that Heeley never left his hands with, one of them was lying on the ground at this moment.

Dry and dirty.

Powerless and alone.

There is also a fifth finger cot that is slightly larger than the other four.

"Bah, it turns out he is a deformed person..."

Ragnow said disdainfully:

"Six fingers, no wonder they are so flexible."

"Shut up!" Thales interrupted angrily. He took off his coat with his backhand, wrapped it around Shilai's waist, and covered her arms.

But he found out helplessly and painfully that he only had one coat.

There is only one piece.

"Is this the sinner?"

"I've seen people like this who were imprisoned and chanted sutras day and night to atone for their sins!"

"I heard from an old man in my hometown that only people who have been kissed by a devil in their mother's womb will have fingers like this, which is a bad sign..."

"How can such a person be born? He will be muffled to death as soon as he comes out of his mother's womb to avoid disaster!"

"I heard that in ten countries in the Far East, such deformed corpses can be used as medicine!"

"Damn it, are the people from the Far East so wild?"

"No wonder her brother turned out to be so poor..."

"That girl is so pitiful, she must have had a very hard life..."

"You have to help her, you have to let the priest of Sunset come to exorcise her!"

"Deserve it!"

"Stay away from her, she will be in trouble!"

In the midst of the discussion, the aunt who had just cooperated with Xi Lai's magic trick and couldn't help but speak for her was shocked. She turned pale, hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, and left quickly without looking back.

Raguenot couldn't help but be startled when he took off Hilley's gloves. He rubbed his hands in disgust, as if there was something dirty on them.

Thales had a premonition that he had to do something, and he turned around:

"Xi-Huiana? You, are you okay?"

Hilley slowly raised his head and glanced at him.

Those eyes were calm, dull and numb.

There is none of this girl's usual agility, dominance and vitality.

But this lifeless look was like a nail, driving a lot of what Thales wanted to say into his throat.

Nailed into flesh and blood.

"Go quickly, stay away from them..."

"But I still want to take a look..."

"What are you looking at? Don't you find it disgusting?"

"Just take a look. This is a rare thing, something you don't see often..."

"She won't show it to you..."

"She's a performer. At worst, give her some money..."

In the midst of a group of people who were disgusted and curious, and even pointed at them with rumors, Shilai lowered her head deeply. She slowly squatted down, her left hand tightly wrapped in Thales' coat, and her right hand - firmly wearing gloves. His right hand - slowly, hard, and bit by bit reached down.

Pick up the glove from the ground.

It's like picking up your last bit of dignity.

And Thales watched all this blankly

Say something, Tails.

Don't be stunned.

Say something!

Just say anything to make her feel better!

talk!

Hold! Thales, why can’t you say a word!

What about your eloquence? You are so eloquent that you can stun the cunning vampire, tell the Exeters to stop fighting, and turn the angry king into an ally!

Are they all fucking liars?

Say it, say it!

Are you a fucking idiot?

At that moment, Thales was trembling, and he realized that he turned out to be so clumsy.

Everyone's eyes were still fixed on Xi Lai's body, as if it was the rarest and rarest exotic exhibition in the world.

Even in the distance, Slimani was sitting on the barbering chair in the shop.

Why.

Why are they all staring at her.

Why?

Is it really that pretty?

Really!

These bastards.

Hold!

At that moment, looking at Xi Lai struggling to stand up, Thales finally understood: he could not speak to her.

But there was at least one thing he could do.

The next second, Thales, who was determined, took a deep breath and forced himself to smile.

"That's right, everyone!"

Thales spun forward, blocking Xi Lai while opening his arms to attract everyone's attention.

"There is a mechanism in Wyana's glove!"

His lips maintained a wide arc, like a clown in a circus:

"That allows her to do wonderful tricks!"

After dispersing a lot, the sparse crowd now burst into boos and boos.

Hilley shuddered, and she raised her head with fear and doubt, looking at Thales' performance.

"But it does not matter!"

Thales laughed and said:

"I, the true successor of the magic family, the great magician Huaiya! I am much more powerful than my sisters!"

The young man in single clothes turned around and raised his hands for everyone to see:

"My hands are not wearing gloves! But they can still perform beautiful magic tricks!"

Ragnow, the guy who shaved his head, was stunned:

"Hey, you still fucking dare to be here -"

But Thales pointed his finger at him:

"This Mr. Raguenot!"

The young man was in high spirits, as if he was standing not on the street, but on the most luxurious theater stage in the world:

"Your money pocket is red, right? There's an R written on it? There's a bunch of copper coins, more than twenty silver coins, and even two gold coins and a bunch of large-value bills in it. Wow, you're really rich. ! Are you doing the accounting for the boss?"

"How do you know - Hey, don't do any tricks," Ragnow frowned and reached out to touch his arms, "I'm telling you -"

But then his expression changed drastically!

"Fuck! You stole my purse!"

Thales smiled and looked at him with a smile: "Nothing!"

Ragno gritted his teeth and asked his companions to roll up their sleeves and step forward:

"It's you! Damn it, I knew you were thieves when we just pulled you -"

But Thales raised his hand at the right time:

"No! I know the color of your purse because I saw it!"

"Look at your paralysis..."

Thales pointed to the top of Ragnor’s head:

"Here, there it is!"

At that moment, everyone turned their heads and froze.

"Stop talking nonsense! If you return my money bag, I won't beat you like your sisters -"

Ragnow threatened him, but was stunned when he turned back.

Across the street, I saw a red, heavy money bag hanging brightly on the clothes drying pole on the roof, floating in the wind.

What?

Ragnow rubbed his eyes hard and looked at the distance from here to the clothes drying pole. He couldn't believe it.

And he's not the only one.

"Wow!"

"Mama, he is so powerful!"

The crowd erupted with as much exclamation as when Heeley performed just now.

"Fuck, is it true? So far?"

"When did he hang it up?"

"You threw it over, right? While we weren't paying attention?"

"Can you throw it so accurately?"

"I know that masters in the extreme realm can do it!"

"So, this master of magic in Huaiya is in the extreme realm?"

Some even began to doubt Ragnow:

"Hey, buddy, you're not a shill, are you? How much does it cost for a job?"

"As expected of an elder brother, he has obtained the true inheritance, and his magic is just a little better than that of his younger sister..."

"Aren't you the one who shaves your head across from me? Do you work part-time as a babysitter?"

Xi Lai had just put on his gloves and couldn't help but frowned when he saw this scene.

"You, when did you...how did you do it?" Ragno was surprised.

"I told you!" Thales shrugged, "I'm not a thief, my sister and I are a family of magic! The magic skills are passed down from generation to generation!"

Ragnow felt he had been fooled:

"Fuck! Tell me! What did you do? A supernatural power? Throw it over? Or did you collude with the gang?"

"Hey, the secret of magic," Thales raised a finger in front of his lips and said with a smile, "First, don't delve into it, second, don't reveal it, and third, don't tell anyone..."

"Four," Thales blinked, "Well, it's about to fall off."

ah?

Ragnow was stunned for a moment, but the next second, the money bag suddenly fell into pieces, the coins inside fell with a clatter, and the exchange tickets were scattered in the wind.

Ragnow reacted: "Fuck!"

The crowd suddenly exploded amid the coins rolling all over the floor, and many people couldn't help but spread out to pick up the money - especially the dozen gold and silver coins rolling around.

"Don't pick it up! Don't! Don't! Who dares to steal the money from Balta's Barber Shop! Are you going to die?"

Ragnow roared angrily, warning others and directing his companions to pick up the money: "Go pick it up! That belongs to...the boss!"

Thales stood aside, watching all this calmly and innocently.

"you!"

Ragnor turned around, gritted his teeth, pointed at Thales, and pressed his fist:

"Huaiya and Huaiana, right? Okay, you are done for today, wait until the boss comes back-"

"Okay, just wait until your boss comes back," Thales replied calmly, pointing to the sky, "Will he settle my account first, or that account?"

That account...

Ragno was startled. He hesitated, and then he snorted angrily at Thales. Finally, he pointed at the cashed ticket floating far away in the sky, and ran to join the team looking for money:

"Don't worry about the coins! You guys, go get the exchange tickets back first! That's the big deal!"

Seeing that the attention of the crowd and the shavers had been diverted, Thales breathed a sigh of relief and turned around.

alright.

Now comes the hardest part.

Facing Xi Lai, facing that hand... what should he say?

What should I say to make her...

But he thought too much, because he was not the one who spoke first.

"Are you okay?" Xi Lai frowned. Although his eyes were slightly red, the darkness just now had been swept away.

Thales breathed a sigh of relief.

"Me? Of course I'm fine!" He showed his front teeth and said with a silly smile.

Hillai stared at him steadily, as if he was meeting Thales for the first time.

After a while, Hilley sighed and handed back the coat and hat that came from the backstage of the theater to Thales:

"But you have a nosebleed."

Thales was shocked and covered his mouth and nose!

Oops.

A real nosebleed!

He just... just changed into a small - the "trick" that Asheida said!

Not so!

No, no, the most important thing now is not to arouse suspicion!

"Oh, this," Thales wiped away the nosebleeds randomly, but his face became more and more messy. At the same time, he tried hard to find an excuse, "Oh, I have taken some medicine that makes nosebleeds easy in the past few days..."

Hilley narrowed his eyes, disbelief written all over his face.

"Okay," Thales sighed, "You know, I just saw a beautiful girl, and I accidentally looked at her a few more times, and my heart became excited."

Hilley was silent for a while:

"The youngest girl in the crowd just now is a three-foot-tall little girl, and the second youngest is the aunt who is holding her."

Thales' eyelids twitched.

"I, what I said is true!"

Thales only felt that the nosebleeds on his face were getting worse as he wiped them away, just as the loopholes in his excuse were getting bigger and bigger: "You are also a girl, so you didn't pay attention, but I really saw it! Right in front of my eyes, Wow, that girl is really beautiful..."

But before he could finish his words, Hilley pulled out a handkerchief and slapped him hard on the face.

"ah!"

Thales hissed in pain and took off the handkerchief from his face. Not surprisingly, he saw a bloody mark in the shape of a human face.

"Next time you want to say love words, please find something less vulgar, otherwise it will sound like harassment."

Xi Lai turned around coldly:

"Especially knowing: I'm not that pretty yet."

This time it was Thales' turn to be stunned.

ah?

"I……"

What's the meaning? Isn't she that beautiful?

"Also, just say this in private, but don't let my brother hear it, he will go crazy."

The next second, Thales reacted instantly and waved his handkerchief in shock.

"no……"

I'm not talking about you!

I'm really just making excuses, not words of love!

But just as Thales was racking his brains to explain, Hilley suddenly took a deep breath.

"Hey," the girl from Kevin Deere's family said, with a hint of loneliness in her tone, "Thank you just now."

Thales, who was trying to wipe away his nosebleed, was startled when he heard this.

The two were silent for a while.

"You're welcome."

A few seconds later, Thales exhaled and smiled:

"Waiana, good sister, it's all about magic, right?"

Xi Lai glanced at him sideways, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Thales wiped away the nosebleed and hesitated whether to return the dirty handkerchief to her. Finally, facing Shilai's disgusted look, he had to change the subject to avoid embarrassment:

"Very good. Although the movement is a bit louder, it at least dispels the target's suspicion of us——"

Um?

At that moment, Thales felt something was wrong.

He turned his head sharply!

In the barber shop, Slimani was still sitting in his original position.

Thales breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the goal is still there...

"wrong."

Hilley frowned:

"The smell is wrong, that's not him."

Thales paused.

The smell is wrong?

What's the meaning?

But the next second, he knew why: "Slimani" in the shop turned around from his chair, took off his scarf, and shrugged at Thales.

That's not him.

It's another guy from the barber shop.

Thales felt cold in his heart.

Oops!

He turned his head left and right, searching the streets for traces of his target.

Where are people?

What about Srimani?

Where has he gone?

"Ahhh! Damn it, he ran away!"

All his previous efforts were in vain, and Thales couldn't help but curse.

"Yes, and he didn't just run away," Heeley said with a sullen face, "As suspicious as he is, he probably ran away when he had the slightest doubt about us."

Damn it, Srimani, this defense attorney, why is he so alert?

And when did he run away?

"Wait a minute," Thales thought about something and suddenly came to his senses, "Those guys who had their heads shaved were not here to cause trouble, nor were they kidnapping people, nor were they doing it for some 'rules of the road'."

"That Ragnot, his money bag," Hilley looked at the shop opposite, with the same serious expression, "there should be his own copper coins in it, and the boss's vote..."

"But there shouldn't be so many gold and silver coins - trading is inconvenient and they can't be used on the street." Thales thought through the facts in disbelief. "Slimani gave it to him as a price for helping him escape."

Thinking of this, the prince turned his head:

At the far end of the street, the man who had just retrieved a blood bottle to help him shave his head for redeeming a ticket, Ragueno turned around and smiled triumphantly at him from a distance.

That expression seemed to say: "Boy, you are still too young to lie to me."

Hold!

"They are just coming for us. They are attacking in the east and in the west with misguidance," Hilley sighed and concluded, "in order to create an opportunity for Slimani to escape secretly and get rid of our tracking."

"Ahhh! Damn it!"

After recognizing the reality, Thales shook his fist angrily.

Slimani, the hard-won clue, the clue they are currently closest to the death of the wool merchant, the clue closest to Zhan's weakness, just like that, just like this...

lost.

Thales sighed in frustration:

"There is nothing we can do. We can only go back first and then slowly think of a solution..."

"He can't run far!"

Hilley suddenly spoke:

"Follow me, let's keep chasing."

"How to chase? We only have-"

"Find a way to chase him!" Xilai interrupted him angrily.

After saying that, the eldest daughter of the Iris family grabbed Thales and walked to another street without stopping.

I saw Cecilia Kevin Deere resolute and firm in her eyes at this moment, which actually made Thales, who accepted the reality, startled.

"You mean, seriously?"

"Of course! No matter where that defender runs, even if he runs into Fuxing Palace, out of the Sea of ​​Terminal, up to the Kingdom of God and down to the Prison River, I have to catch up with him!"

Xi Lai gritted her teeth, touched her pair of gray gloves, her eyes were cold and sharp:

"Otherwise, I will suffer a damn loss today!"

Thales stared at her in surprise. This was the first time he saw Shilai like this.

"These disgusting bastards."

Hilley stared at the barber shop opposite and the guys inside:

"I curse them all, not a single one of them, to damn hell!"