Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 694 Open your heart

[When trials come, demons will whisper, evil spirits will whisper, in a language we cannot understand. 】

What, what happened?

White smoke filled the air, and Thales looked at Hillai in confusion. The girl held his face and opened and closed her lips anxiously, but could not make a sound.

How, how...

The next moment, the cold touch on his neck gave Thales goosebumps!

By the way, I, I just succeeded in shouting?

Maybe it also caused trouble.

Thales stared at the strange white smoke in front of him, feeling the presence behind him, and clarity and reason gradually returned to his brain.

"Who are you?" He touched the dagger and asked the person behind him warily.

In other words, what are you?

Seeing this, Xi Lai became more and more frightened and shook his head desperately.

The presence behind him gently stroked his neck, and his voice became sweeter and gentler: "That's not important."

Thales was excited.

strangeness.

This sound is...

No, this is not possible.

"What really matters is, who are you, Thales?"

Thales turned around subconsciously and grabbed the wrist of the person behind him!

He froze immediately.

It was a blond girl with glasses and beautiful features.

She stared blankly at the wrist held by Thales, slightly panicked.

is her?

Thales couldn't believe it.

Who is she? - Xi Lai looked at the girl in front of him with the same surprise. She couldn't make a sound, but her mouth shape was clear.

Thales ignored Hillai and subconsciously let go of the other party's wrist.

It's Selma.

Thelma Walton.

Little naughty guy?

Thales looked at Thelma in front of him in surprise.

Her expression, demeanor, movements, including the habit of curling her lips, are exactly the same as when she parted.

It's just that her figure is longer, her facial features are brighter, and the look in her eyes when she looks at Thales is even more...

"No, it's impossible, it must be...how, how did you do it..." Thales subconsciously stepped back and was supported by Sheila.

But Thelma sighed weakly:

"Tiles, do you remember everything you taught me?"

Her steps were frivolous and her eyes were blurry, just like she was in Longxiao City when she escaped with him.

"No," Thales frowned and shook his head, "Stop, you are not her, you are, I know what you are..."

"lie!"

Selma grabbed his wrist!

The Grand Duke of Longxiao City's eyes were blazing: "You have no idea what I am, what I should be, and what I am in your heart..."

No.

That's just the trick of it.

Just a trick.

This doesn't exist at all...

Thales was inexplicably flustered. He pulled his wrist back desperately, just wanting to stay away from Thelma in front of him.

Hilley wanted to rush forward to help, but in reality there seemed to be a transparent wall separating her from Thales and Selma.

Even though she fought desperately, she couldn't get even an inch closer to the two of them.

"You just lied, Thales, you lied to me, just like you did back then! You told me that everything would be fine, you told me that I would have my own choice, you told me that I would be able to leave if I wanted to. Go, but you're lying! You're lying! We all know it!"

Thelma gritted her teeth, tears flashing in her eyes.

Thales was flustered, his chest felt heavy, and he tried hard to break free from the other party's hand.

No!

This is all fake! Fake!

Even if the real Thelma comes, she won't be like this...

"And I believe you!"

Thelma dragged his wrist tightly. She softened and cried out in pain:

"Because you know, you know that I will believe it! So you feel guilty and happy, because you know that as long as it is you, as long as it is what Thales says, I will believe it no matter what! Even if I know it is a lie, I will I will believe it! Because I only want to believe what you say!”

At that moment, Thales felt something in his heart, and he was hit hard by a heavy hammer.

He bowed his head deeply.

Xi Lai was a foot away from them, beating the void wildly. She was anxious and yelling something desperately.

But Thales couldn't hear it.

In the distance, a torch flickered dimly in the white smoke, flickering brightly and dimly.

"Why, Thales, why? Why are you so nice to me?" Thelma was tired of crying, she spoke hoarsely, and sadly touched the dagger in Thales' hand, and pointed the tip of the blade at her heart, "Again Are you so mean to me? Why don’t you want to let me go but don’t want to hold on to me?”

The next second, Thales took a deep breath and raised his head suddenly!

With a clang, the JC dagger fell to the ground.

In Thales's hand, the distant torch replaced the dagger, and he pushed it forward hard!

"No, ahhhh!" Thelma screamed in pain from the sudden flames.

Revealed in fire.

Thales trembled, trying not to care about the hot tears flowing from the corners of his eyes.

"No, Thales! Why? Why ah!" The Grand Duchess's face was curled and deformed by the flames.

Disillusionment before God...

Thales bit his lower lip and couldn't bear to look at her.

The screams disappeared.

"You said, you said you would find a way, Thales." A new voice came.

Thales was startled and turned around.

At some point, Thelma disappeared.

Standing in front of him was a little girl of four or five years old. She was dirty and looked like a little beggar.

On the girl's face, a coin-shaped burn scar was clearly visible.

That's... Colia?

"We, we all look forward to your coming, Thales," the youngest beggar in the sixth room said innocently, his tone full of innocent and earnest hope, "We look forward to you coming to save us, I believe you will have There’s always a way!”

Thales's heart trembled and he subconsciously took half a step back.

No.

Why?

"But you didn't come," Colia's tone became lower, and her expression became dull, lost, and lifeless. "You didn't come to save us, you didn't show up, Thales."

"Not until death."

Not until death.

Thales' body swayed.

He stared blankly at Kolya, whose eyes were gray, and at the burn scars on her face:

"I...no, I just...I..."

I……

sorry.

White smoke rose, and the torch in his hand went out with a snap.

On the other side, Xi Lai, a foot away, was beating and tearing the air crazily, making "no" gestures and mouth movements with all his strength, trying to attract Thales' attention.

"It doesn't matter, I know, Thales, I know how it feels..."

Thales raised his head in confusion.

In front of her, Selma, whose eyes were red, sniffed and tried her best to show a comforting smile.

"But like you said, we have to remember, remember this fear of being at the mercy of others and not being able to make your own choices, right?"

Thelma took off her glasses and stretched her arms forward, but the latter did not respond and allowed the girl to wrap her arms around his neck.

Being at the mercy of others and unable to make your own choices...

"No." Thales said in a daze.

"You and I, we both hate this feeling," Thelma looked at him tenderly, her eyes watery. "This disgust is even greater than the fear we feel."

"To be free from this fear, to be free to choose one day, we will and must become strong."

Thales was shaking all over, and he couldn't help the tears flowing from his eyes.

“No matter who you become, there is no need to be afraid.”

He hugged Thelma tightly and rested his chin on her shoulder, as if this would relieve him of a lot of burdens.

"And you know what I'm talking about, Tails, you do."

Selma pressed her ear against his and whispered softly: "Whoever you want to be."

"No matter who you become."

"Become...the one who reverses all this misfortune."

Thales' eyes were distracted.

To reverse all this misfortune...

He subconsciously clenched his left fist, and his fingers touched the scar on his left palm.

if only……

Just a little stroke...

Reversal of misfortune.

"enough!"

The next second, Thales felt a lightness in his arms. He lost his balance and fell to his knees!

"You! Stay away from him!" Hilley's hysterical voice came from a distance.

The surrounding white smoke faded away instantly.

Thales put his hands on the ground and felt that his mind was empty, and the dazed feeling just now disappeared.

Um?

He was suddenly startled and raised his head suddenly!

Hilley stood five steps away from him, holding the sharp JC dagger against her own throat.

Blood flowed out from between the skin and fell along JC.

Tick.

She is...

"Oh, is he that important?"

Thales was excited and stood up quickly - the cold-faced Grand Duchess of Longxiao City stood beside him, looking disdainfully at Xi Lai who was holding the blade against her throat.

"I'm not kidding! Back off!" The eldest lady of Emerald City had an angry look on her face, her breathing was rapid and she was sweating.

Thales was startled, Selma's eyes turned cold, and they both took a step back.

"Hile?"

Thales stared nervously at the dagger on Hilley's neck: "Why...what is that..."

He remembered something and subconsciously picked up the torch on the ground, trying to light it again.

"'Appearing in fire' is a rumor, Your Highness," Thelma said lazily, as if she knew what Thales was going to do, "Just like people have all kinds of strange things and thousands of forms... fire can only affect a small part of us. Partly useful, for many people, fire is a close friend.”

Thales frowned.

"As for 'disillusionment before God', well," the Grand Duchess smiled slightly, "at least that's what humans hope for?"

Thales' heart tightened upon hearing this.

"Shut up!"

Xi Lai roared angrily, and the blood from her neck flowed down the dagger to her wrist:

"You, come here—throw that thing away!"

Thales subconsciously threw away the extinguished torch, stood next to Hilley, and confronted "Thelma" in front of him.

"Who is that?" Thales, still frightened, asked in a low voice.

"Tell me! Who is she?" Xi Lai replied angrily, obviously in a bad mood.

Thales took a deep breath and did not dare to speak anymore.

"Thelma" sighed and said, "Cecilia, you know the cost of suicide, right? It's more than just death."

Xi Lai swallowed, and the pain in her throat made her expression tighten:

"Yes, that counts as my breach of contract."

Thales looked surprised.

Xi Lai did not dare to let go of the dagger in her hand. She gritted her teeth and said to "Thelma" in front of her:

"But you, you will lose the bridge and ferry to the world forever! It doesn't matter, right? You just need to wait for hundreds or thousands of years and get lucky and meet the next stupid girl who has no idea!"

"Selma" was silent.

"So, you are willing to pay the price of breach of contract, just in exchange for him, him?"

Xi Lai said in a low voice: "It's none of your business."

"Thelma" smiled slightly.

"Then, the contract is reached, and one day, Cecilia Regina Bella Kevindill, you will fulfill your contract..."

Thales' eyes changed.

"Thelma" looked sharply at Thales,

"Just for him."

What?

What contract?

"What?"

Thales was not the only one who was surprised. Hilley was also shocked:

"Me? Him? Hey! Monster! This is not a consensus! No, this is not a contract! You can't just..."

The next moment, "Selma" suddenly appeared in front of Shilai, taking advantage of the latter's unpreparedness, and snatched the dagger from her hand!

"careful!"

Both of them were startled. Thales was startled and instinctively pulled Shilai back, looking at "Selma" warily.

And "Selma" skillfully turned the JC dagger in her hand, showing a provocative smile.

Oops.

Thales and Heeley looked at each other.

"I...I still have many ways to commit suicide!"

Xi Lai spoke quickly. She lowered her head and rummaged in her pocket:

"Poison, yes, I have poison, the most terrifying kind... You have no time at all..."

"You didn't prepare poison today," Thelma said lazily, "for fear of poisoning His Highness by mistake."

Hilley's rummaging movements froze.

"Thelma"'s smile became more dazzling.

But the next second, Thales hugged Sheila!

"I, I can kill her!" Thales put the JC dagger on Shilai's neck again, with a vicious gesture.

"Thelma's" eyes changed. She frowned and looked at the missing dagger, thoughtfully.

Xi Lai was stunned for a moment and then reacted:

"Yes, yes! He can kill me! He is so powerful!"

Thales shook the dagger and nodded fiercely.

Shirley wiped away the nosebleed that dripped onto her body in disgust.

Thelma's eyes turned cold.

The three of them stared at each other for several seconds, until "Thelma" suddenly bent down and burst into shocking laughter:

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha!"

She smiled quite happily and was so happy that she even rolled on the ground happily.

Let Thales and Hilley look at each other.

"Oops, what a joke!"

"Thelma" finally had enough laughter. She held her belly and pointed at Thales while panting:

"Don't worry, dear Cecilia, I won't do anything to him... Look, this child has been marked: on the forehead is written a big 'This thing belongs to its owner, keep others away'!" "

Um?

Thales and Hille were both confused, and Thales even subconsciously touched his forehead.

"But it makes me wonder who ordered such a cargo."

"Thelma" stopped laughing. She sat on the ground and looked at Thales with interest.

Thales felt uncomfortable for a while when he was stared at by it, and whispered to Hilley:

"What do you mean? Mark? Also, can it stop talking like this? At least... at least change its image?"

Xi Lai raised his eyebrows:

"Who is this girl?"

Thales hesitated to speak.

But the next second, "Thelma" seemed to have heard what Thales said, and countless white smoke emitted from her body!

Both of them were shocked, but when the white smoke dissipated, what appeared in front of them was a dark human body.

Its body is smooth and shiny, its body is light and its limbs are complete.

Like a "person" covered in thick black oil.

Just no facial features.

Thales looked disgusted.

Well, it still looks better than before.

"Hmm, you must be valuable, Your Highness. Maybe you are delicious?"

It "looked at" Thales, scratched its arm, and ripples appeared on its smooth and dark body:

"Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me want to take you away even more, and I want to offend the big shot behind you even more..."

There are more and more ripples on it, like trembling water.

"Yes, take you away, possess you, torture you, destroy you, and dedicate all of this to the king I serve, to the great thousand-faced monarch who bestows favor on me..." And the speed of its speech was also high. Getting faster and faster, the whole "person" trembled, held his head and raised his head, and trembled:

"Imagine how happy it would be to be on top of it!"

Hearing that the other party was going to "take" him away and then "dedicate" him to some Thousand-faced Lord, Thales had a subtle expression on his face.

"Ignore it," whispered Hilley, "it's here for a limited time."

But the madness of the pitch-black body continues:

"...And once your Majesty becomes happy and complacent, I will have a chance..."

"If you have the chance, kill it, torture it, imprison it, destroy it, and become the new king hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Thales frowned:

"Your monarch, that Thousand Faces thing, does he know that you have been harboring evil intentions and want to kill him and replace him?"

It trembled when it heard the words and lowered its hands.

Ripples appeared on the dark face without facial features:

"Ah? This, it, it, it..."

It seemed to be in a dilemma, and its whole body slowly shrank into a ball, until it stretched out its limbs again and burst into laughter:

"Of course it knows, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Otherwise, why do you think it would give me favor? Instead of giving it to other losers who don't even have the guts to commit murder and self-destruction. ah!"

The pitch-black human body hugs the smooth head, looking up to the sky and trembling, like a mechanical doll with stagnant clockwork:

"Master it, it has been looking forward to, hoping and longing for a long time, longing for its subordinates to one day be strong enough to compete with it, resist it, destroy it, or even replace it, so that it can stand in a higher and greater world. In the more terrifying destruction and destruction, in the roar of pain and the bitterness of failure, can you get the most unparalleled and outstanding enjoyment? Hahahahahahaha..."

Thales had difficulty understanding the other party's logic, but Hilley just shook his head solemnly.

"Just like a long time ago, demons instigated humans to seek the unknown and touched taboos..."

It tremblingly reached out to Thales, its words filled with unparalleled joy and madness:

"To break away from faith, to rebel against gods, to defy order, to hate oneself, to pursue excellence, to pursue magic beyond all understanding, to become an indigestible disaster in this world, to cause headaches and pain for the devil himself. Unbearable, unprecedented disaster, chaos, terror, and joy, hahahahahahaha!”

What?

From its confusing and illogical words, Thales grasped something.

"And they succeeded!"

It danced and screamed wildly in the white smoke:

"When the first magician breaks through the boundary wall, awakens the gods, and shakes faith! When disasters and king disasters fall into hell, killing and destroying, we ask for the origin! When the hell river is stirred up and down into chaos, all the hell monarchs Rejoicing in pain and suffering, enjoying success between destruction and rebirth: they finally played the self-destructive poem they had been waiting for since their birth, the chaos and disorder that even the supreme gods could not remedy! Hell, destiny begins to turn towards a terrifying end, and this boring world finally becomes interesting!"

What?

Thales was stunned.

It was covered in white smoke, laughing wildly, and it was as dark as ever.

"This is..." Xi Lai frowned and spoke.

"Why," Thales said suddenly, "why are you telling me this?"

Its laughter stopped abruptly.

"Oh, my lord, you know why."

The smooth face without facial features turned towards Thales, but the latter felt horrified that he was being watched:

"You know."

Thales was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to ask further questions, he saw it flip up into the air!

"Okay, Cecilia," it fell behind them in the mist of white smoke, "since you have given me such a big pleasure - I'll give you a discount today!"

Hilley was surprised:

"Discount? What do you mean? Wait--"

But before she could finish her words, she saw the white smoke dissipate, and a figure fell out of it with a cry of surprise!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

It’s Srimani.

Thales' eyes widened.

The great defender of the Emerald City looked like he had just woken up from a nightmare. He looked at the white smoke around him in confusion: "These are, where are they?"

The next moment, it - a strange pitch-black figure appeared behind Slimani and waved to Thales and Shilay.

The two of them were suddenly shocked:

"Manny!"

"Let him go!"

But as soon as the words came out, Thales realized: Slimani couldn't hear his voice.

Just like the situation that Xi Lai encountered just now.

The next second, Slimani turned his head and looked at "it", and then he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.

No.

Thales's heart trembled.

He knew that Slimani must have seen something or heard something, just like he had just done.

"No, no, no, you're not real, you're not real, you're not real..." Slimani didn't dare to look up, he held his head in both hands, trembling and muttering to himself.

"You really don't remember, Manny, we agreed, didn't we?"

This time, "it"'s voice sounded faintly, and even Thales and Shilai could hear it:

"When you were still living in a short-term rental with your mother-in-law, and you couldn't make enough money to pay the rent, and you couldn't even buy a decent formal suit. When you were poor and miserable, and had a hard time getting by? When you worked day and night, thinking about everything, just When you want to stand out?”

Srimani remembered something.

He looked at the thick white smoke in front of him and opened his eyes wide.

"No……"

"When you questioned me in countless tired afternoons after work, countless numb nights when you came home, holding back tears and pain, unwillingness and discomfort..."

Slimani blocked his ears and looked horrified.

It paused for a moment, seeming to enjoy the other's fear.

"Remember, Manny, we made an agreement: you are willing to pledge a tribute to me, something that comes naturally, goes silently, does not increase or decrease when it comes, and does not notice when it disappears..."

"No, no, I didn't!" Slimani shivered more and more.

"A thing that you have always owned but didn't value much..."

"No, it's impossible!" Slimani shook his head in pain.

But its words invaded unstoppably:

“Not everyone has a cursed thing, but when others have it and you don’t have it, you will be extra happy and joyful, but when you have it and others don’t, you will have to live a more painful and uncomfortable life... …”

"I don't! I don't have anything-" Slimani closed his eyes tightly.

The next second, it suddenly spoke loudly and startlingly:

"Look at it!"

Slimani was frightened and opened his eyes instinctively, feeling something in his hand.

The great defender lowered his head in horror.

At that moment, he discovered that what was lying in his hands was a twisted and shrunken body with black hair and wrinkles, and a particularly crooked head...

Dry infant corpse.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

He was so frightened that he threw away the baby's body and screamed in horror.

"Let him go!"

Thales was anxious. He subconsciously rushed forward, but the white smoke in front of him formed an insurmountable wall, preventing him from moving forward.

"What is this? Can you break them?" Thales smashed the smoke screen in front of him and asked Shilay anxiously.

"I, I don't know," Hilley said nervously, "When a strange drop occurs, a lot of common sense does not hold true. No, don't look directly over there, you will be tricked..."

At the other end of the smoke screen, the twisted infant corpse began to twist under the white smoke, making a horrifying cry.

"No! No no no, no no no! Don't! Ahhhhhhh-"

Srimani was extremely frightened and burst into tears. He crawled on the ground regardless of the image, just wanting to get further away from it.

Thales' eyes were filled with tears.

"Man-ni-"

At the other end of the white smoke, the withered baby corpse twisted and crawled, and the place where the mouth should be opened and closed strangely, making a scream like crying:

"Remember! You mortgaged it to me and your life in exchange for a better life - good clothing and food, and there will be surplus food in disaster years! Being on top of others, one word can determine life or death!"

The next moment, the infant corpse raised its head twitchingly and cried heartbreakingly:

"Isn't it! Skinny Srimani! Useless Srimani! Talkative Srimani! Bookworm Srimani! Srimani who can't do farm work! Country bumpkin Srimani! Poor guy Srimani! Despicable Srimani! Siremani the temporary worker! Srimani the fool! The cowardly Srimani! The smart Srimani! The pen-wielding Srimani! The eloquent Srimani! ! The great advocate Srimani! The impeccable Srimani! The wise Srimani! ! The noble and respected Mr. Srimani!"

Every time it called out a name, Slimani on the ground twitched in pain.

"Look at what I have given you over the years - no, it should be what you have exchanged for the world through your own hard work and struggle over the years, through my insignificant little intermediary."

Its voice became quieter, no longer so sharp, but more indifferent.

"No no no no!"

The crawling baby corpse was still some distance away from Slimani, but the latter was lying on the ground surrounded by white smoke. He was so frightened that he kept screaming and kicking desperately into the void: "I just, just..."

"But you broke the contract." Its voice suddenly became dry and monotonous, emotionless.

It seemed like business was business.

"You took it back not long ago without permission - according to the contract, it is my property." The baby corpse no longer twitched and crawled, but slowly dissipated and turned into white smoke, "So, I will fulfill it. Contract, take back the mortgaged thing.”

Slimani's struggle became smaller. He stared blankly at the white smoke in front of him, watching it turn into a smooth figure covered in pitch black.

"With capital and interest..."

It raised its finger and cleverly paused in front of Slimani's eyes: "Add a little liquidated damages?"

In just the next second, Slimani seemed to have seen the most terrifying thing in the world. He covered his head and screamed: "No, no, no, no, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,'

"Hey!" Thales frantically knocked on the curtain wall made of white smoke, gritting his teeth: "Let him go! Devil!"

"Don't look at it!" Heilai pulled his arm and said in a panic, "Don't!"

But the dark figure ignored them.

"Why, why! Why me!" Slimani screamed, sobbing repeatedly.

It laughed and responded:

"Don't complain, Manny! Because this is a deal, a contract, and fairness. Your example is one of the laws that many fools believe in: abandon human nature, get rich and have a good life. Believe in human nature, and die in a misfortune!"

"Because the gods, or in other words, those beings on the back side of the world, they want to see your struggle, your struggle, your pain, your grinding, and their endless suffering. In this life of twists and turns, I want to see your unexpected ending, and I want to see you do everything you can to prove your worth, just like watching a show or reading a novel - just like us!"

"And the price is that, including you, all mortals in this world will be trapped in torture for eternity and will not be able to escape! You have to act out that sad thing again and again as an admired actor every time they lower their eyes to appreciate, laugh and curse. What a pitiful, stupid and ridiculous life, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Its laughter is unbridled and cheerful.

Slimani's screams began to weaken.

"What's more, compared to your landlord and boss..." It chuckled and put down its finger, "You are much more fun."

Slimani's screams finally disappeared.

He rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.

The next moment, Thales felt nothing in front of him, and the wall of smoke suddenly disappeared.

"What did you do to him?" Thales rushed in front of Slimani and roared.

It turned around and spread its hands innocently:

"Don't worry, he's alive, and he didn't mortgage his life to me."

Thales felt Slimani's breath and felt relieved, but when he saw the monster in front of him, his nerves tightened again:

"What the hell are you!"

"Evil," Hilley muttered, coming up behind him, "it is evil."

"No way! I'm not evil at all!"

It chuckled when it heard the words, and ripples appeared on its smooth black face:

"Compared to the most terrifying, evil and terrifying existence in the world, compared to the great magic it has invented and perfected over thousands of years, compared to the ability to twist every ordinary person into killing each other. Compared with the operating mechanism of evil people, compared with its genius concept and grand idea of ​​transforming extreme evil into mediocre evil, compared with its ability to make everyone willingly and even proudly resist evil and even end up with it. The sound of evil turning into good...Tsk, tsk, tsk, my kindness, purity, magnanimity and justice are even worthy of Losofia waking up, writing a book, setting a biography, and carving a monument to commemorate her..."

"And I wish you to defeat it, Your Highness," it tilted its head and said in a playful tone, "become—the evil among evils, the best evil among evils."

Thales frowned.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

But it just smiled, and the entire human body began to disintegrate and dissipate...

"Get out of here," Xi Lai woke up from a dream. She grabbed a stone and threw it hard:

"Leave far away!"

"Don't mention it, little Liuzhi, you are my high-quality customer! As for His Highness who has an uncertain future, hey, please remember my name so that it will be easier to do business in the future..."

Thales frowned.

"Hospitality is on the side of the Prison River," its laughter penetrated the smoke, "What you borrow is what you return, soul bone Jacques!"

Soul bones, Jacques?

Thales was startled and looked back at Hilley.

But the latter just shook his head.

"Okay, before I go home, I have to go to the outskirts of the city to find a client," its voice came from the white smoke. "A daughter who has been missing for many years has lost the case in court. It is difficult to redress her grievances. I can only pray all day long for my enemies to be saved." The retributive blind old widow is still waiting for me to fulfill my contract and report - maybe charge a little more agency fee? "

Thales thought of something and looked at Slimani in his arms.

“And she may believe again: Justice may be late, but it is never absent hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha with.

Amidst the seemingly endless crazy laughter, the surrounding white smoke gradually dissipated.

The last laugh echoed in the thin white smoke:

"The sun and the moon are as dark as the darkness, and a cup of blood from the Hell River. I am a cannibal, and I will open my heart for you!"

Finally, the white smoke covering his vision completely dissipated.

Only Thales was left kneeling on the ground, supporting the unconscious Slimani together with Xi Lai.

"Your Highness, why did you stop?"

Thales turned around with a shudder and found Glover standing in front of him, with Rolf behind him who was equally confused.

They were in a cold alley.

Occasionally, passers-by would pass by and cast curious glances at the group.

Glover looked at him in confusion, as if nothing happened just now.

It seemed like a second ago, they were walking on the road calmly.

But just now, just now it was clear...

"With all due respect, we are still in danger. We can't... What happened to the defense attorney? He fainted due to lack of strength?" Grover realized something was wrong and picked up the collapsed Slimani.

Srimani groaned and woke up.

Thales breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile:

"Manny, are you okay?"

Slimani opened his eyes and looked ahead confusedly: "Oh, it's okay, it's okay..."

Snapped!

There was the sound of fireworks exploding in the distance, as if a large number of cluster fireworks were lit somewhere.

Hearing the fireworks, Slimani sat up suddenly, startling everyone.

I saw him raise his head and smile.

"By the way, wife," he said with a simple giggle on his face, looking at the moon in the sky, "I copied fifty warrants today and helped a secretary correct two wrong sentences. They gave me extra Five coppers!"

Thales' smile disappeared.

Shilai next to him sighed.

Glover looked at the defender in surprise and cast a confused look at the prince.

No one spoke and Slimani realized something.

His eyes changed, he retracted his head, avoided the moonlight, and said timidly:

"It's just that I gave the money to the old woman on the street, but she and her granddaughter... can't even open the pot!"

He covered his head and cried:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Honey, I know I was wrong! I won't dare to do it next time!"

Thales looked at the trembling Slimani blankly.

"Manny..." he said with difficulty.

"I know!"

Slimani suddenly raised his head, looked at the moon again, and put on a simple silly smile.

"I heard that the Police Department is recruiting temporary staff. I am literate, I know arithmetic, I can memorize scriptures, and I can also copy documents, and those official documents and reports are not that difficult, no," he said like a child, one by one. Counting on his fingers, "Believe me, wife, believe me, next week, just next week..."

The former great defender took a deep breath, timidly with a little hope and full of confidence:

"We, we will definitely be able to pay the rent!"

"must be able to!"

At that moment, looking at Slimani with a silly smile on his face, Thales was stunned.

I don’t know what to say.