My Magic Age

The girl was wearing a loose cotton shirt and was squatting behind the stone door in shock. Her fair little face was a little blue and her lips were dry without a trace of blood. She was squatting in the shadow behind the stone door, holding a green gold Apple, I ate it very quickly, as if I had been hungry for a long time. Those round and slender white legs were exposed outside the skirt of her clothes, making this innocent and lovely girl even more embarrassed. There was a wound on her collarbone on her chest, which was left when she stabbed herself with a dagger. Fortunately, I stopped her in time.

I dug out this gray shirt from my waist bag. In addition to the apple, I gave her a piece of white bread and a glass of water. I sat on a damp rock and wiped away the blood stains on my palms with a handkerchief. Quietly watching the wound on the palm of his hand heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. I'm a student at the Magic Academy. I have a friend who works as a priest apprentice in the temple. I got some news that she was imprisoned in this manor, so I came here to find her. Maybe you still know her, her name is Su, if you need my help..." I tried to keep my tone calm, but her eyes were still full of alertness.

After hearing me say Su's name, the girl obviously trembled violently all over, but she bit her lips tightly, swallowed back the words that came to her lips, glanced at me secretly with the corner of her eye, and immediately Lower your head.

"Do you know her?" I asked tentatively.

The girl's face changed and she didn't answer. Instead, she looked at me warily, and then said to me, "Su Ke never mentioned you to me."

"Did she really tell you that there is a boy who steals lemons from the lemon tree in her backyard every summer?" I asked her.

After recalling it for a long time, she seemed to have no memory of me at all, and then she asked suspiciously: "Who are you and why are you looking for Su? She told me that she has two sisters and a brother, but she said she The eldest sister has not been heard from for five or six years, and her brother died a long time ago. She has no relatives in El City! Are you here to save her? She only told me that her sister would definitely do it. Come and save her!"

I touched my nose and said, "Annie is here too, but they chose to climb the wall from the Golden Apple Orchard. I walked here alone. With all due respect, can you take me inside to find her?" "

I mentioned that Su's sister was Anne, which slightly relieved the girl's worries. However, my presumptuous plea obviously gave her some hesitation. She seemed a little pitiful and whispered something to me. I didn't hear it clearly at first. She spoke a dialect from the outer suburbs of El City, with some pronunciation. It's very unique, but her voice is nice, but it's a little soft: "I just want to... go home."

I think it's right. No matter who manages to escape from this strange-looking manor, it will be difficult for him to be willing to go back. The girl must have had a very dark experience. Since it is extremely normal to want to go home, she cannot Force.

"Well, it would be nice if you could tell me about some of the conditions in the manor. I just want to know how my friends are doing now!" So I continued, holding back my urgency and keeping my tone calm. Be as peaceful as possible.

Unexpectedly, after she heard what I said, she actually raised her head and looked at me seriously and asked, "Are you really here to save her?"

Seeing her eyes full of hope, those smart eyes seemed to be filled with color all of a sudden. I nodded and said to him: "I swear in the name of the goddess, all these words I said are true."

She looked at me in surprise, and I didn't care if she knew that I didn't believe in the Statue of Liberty! Compared to the Statue of Liberty, I am more willing to believe in the ancestral power of the orc tribe.

Then I quickly walked up to her, knelt down and looked at her face. Her eyes were a little red and swollen from crying, and I asked her urgently in a semi-pleading tone: "Since you know Su, you must know where she is now? "

"I don't know, I really don't know. Originally, the two of us were planning to escape together. Except for some changes, she was called away by Lord Ignaz." When she said this, she almost felt aggrieved. She cried loudly, and the tip of her little nose was red. She always looked behind the stone door nervously, worried that someone would come to catch her, and her expression always looked very... He was very restless, his eyes were panicked and desperate, and he murmured to himself with a cry: "I know, but I can't escape by myself, but I don't have the courage to stay there anymore, it's hell," Lord Ignaz said If we die, our souls will always be enslaved by him, and we will never be able to ascend to heaven, so even if we die, I want to die outside!"

The girl looked a little desperate. Half of the apple in her hand rolled to the ground. Tears fell down her dirty face like broken beads, falling dots on the skirt of her cotton shirt. Seeing that she shed some tears, I stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Didn't you escape already? If you hadn't met me, I might have run out of this dark cave."

I felt a little strange about what she said. Why was she still saying that she couldn't escape even though she had already escaped?

I guess she must have become frightened at this time, and would be very scared at the slightest disturbance.

If it were me, I would never have the guts to sit outside Shimen and eat apples. I would run as far as I can.

Seeing that she seemed very hungry, I took out another piece of white bread from my backpack and handed it to her. I asked her curiously: "Are you not from El City or have you signed a slave contract? Why do you think you can't escape? Haven't you escaped now?"

She took the white bread carefully, held it tightly in her hand, and then shook her head and said to me: "My home is in the town of Mas. It is not very famous. You may not have heard of the name of this town. It is a satellite town around El City. I should be considered an El person."

I recalled the battle in late spring and early summer. In that battle, I met Morayaer and Sophie, oh, and Lina, the personal maid of the mysterious woman Mansa. I scratched my head and said frankly: "In fact, I know it. I have friends living there. I heard that the golden apple wine there is very famous."

The girl covered her lips and praised me in surprise: "You are really a knowledgeable person. Thank you, Mr. Magician!"

"Ahem, in fact, I am just a magic apprentice!" I said to her a little embarrassedly.

I wanted to know more about the manor from her, so I asked her, "Who is the owner of the manor!"

She told me that the owner here is a magician named Ignaz, but I clearly heard the two priests say that the manor here should be the territory of the chairman of the House of Representatives of El City. Isn't the chairman of the House of Representatives Oya. Joe? Who is Ignaz? So the owner of this manor is actually someone else?

The girl said while eating, "Lord Ignaz has released a vicious dog here. Usually it goes to the pine forest to hunt, but as long as it is full, it will come back. I have seen the vicious dog bite people to death with my own eyes. It is burning with flames all over its body. I heard from people in the manor that the dog is a demon dog that crawled out of hell and likes to eat people. Even if I run into that forest, I will be eaten by it..."

Get it just for freedom? She knew she couldn't escape, but she still fought for the right to freedom.

She was even ready to die at any time, because the moment she saw me, she thought I was the one who caught her in the manor. At that moment, she didn't even hesitate for a moment and stabbed herself in the heart with a dagger. If I hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed her dagger with my hand, her body might have been cold at this time.

The girl said to me very anxiously: "So listen to me, Mr. Magician, if you just want to save Su, then please leave quickly! This is hell, and those people inside are a group of devils. Leave here quickly and walk far away before they find you. While the dog is still hunting, you may be able to return from the original route. If you are discovered by Lord Ignaz, don't think that you are a magician noble and he will let you go!"

"In fact, you don't have to save Su at all. Even if you see her, she won't go with you. Her soul has been devoured by the devil. She no longer belongs to herself. She is already a servant of the devil. I could have escaped with her just now. , but in the end she gave up! No one would restrict the freedom of a priest apprentice, but I don't know why. Her personality has changed a lot in recent times. She was originally a smart and gentle girl, but recently her personality has changed a lot, and I don't know her anymore. Compared with before, she is like two different people..." The girl talked about Su's changes in recent days.

The girl saw that I had turned around the stone door and walked into the depths of the cave, and chased after me: "Mr. Magic Apprentice, where are you going?"

"Save Su from here!" I wanted to give her a smile and send her a wish for good luck, but I couldn't say it when I got to my lips, and my smile must be very stiff. I wanted to ease this embarrassment, and then said to her: "I'm sorry, I don't know your name until now. You can call me Jijia. Maybe there will be a chance in the future. I will go to Mas Town and we will have a chance to meet again. Of course, please don't pretend not to know me at that time!"

"My... My name is Cindy, thank you for your help!" The girl named Cindy didn't dare to look at me, and she looked towards the cave entrance with some shame.

"Then goodbye, Cindy. Good luck!" I waved goodbye to Cindy. I had to hurry to save Sue. Since I knew she was inside, I had to act quickly.

The girl Cindy bit her lip, her face pale, and said to me: "You have to be more careful. This cave is full of hell plants and full of dangers. I'm sorry..."

I said to her, "Oh, Cindy, you don't need to apologize, really! If you don't have to worry about the hellhound outside the cave, because it was a little noisy just now, we have sent it back to the hell world, and it should be safe in the pine forest..."

Cindy opened her mouth in surprise, but immediately realized that she was a little out of control, and quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

At this time, I waved to her for the last time and quickly got into the stone door. What came into view was the whole cave full of those strange plants in the hell world.

Inside the stone door, a whole row of night charm vines grew on both sides of the corridor. I finally realized that the whole cave was a breeding base for hell creatures. Just like that crazy alchemist, everything here is also for the pursuit of the power of those dark magics. Most of the creatures in the Hell Realm are not suitable for growing on Roland Road, but only low-level creatures in the Hell Realm such as Night Charming Rose have the most tenacious vitality, and they can survive with difficulty no matter where they go.

After walking a few hundred steps further inside, I began to discover that a kind of magic flower from the hell world was also blooming beautifully in the cave. After the colorful pink flowers withered, peach-like round fruits would grow on the flower path. I felt that the magic flowers in sight seemed to have been seen somewhere. In the precious plant appreciation that old Kuru once gave me, there must be a plant called magic flower. I was deeply impressed by this. Moreover, the orcs did not call it magic flower, but a more appropriate name, calling them: poppy.

This is a hell clan magic flower with chronic neurotoxins. That Ignaz really seemed to regard this place as a base for raising demon creatures. Not only did he raise some hell hounds, but the entire cave was planted with plants from the hell world. I saw that on the flower stems of some mature hell magic flowers, the round green fruits had been collected.

I continued to walk inside, and only then did I realize that the girl was actually catching up from behind. I originally thought that she wanted to run all the way home. Since she had already run out of the stone gate, there was really no need to run back.

I turned my head and looked at her in surprise. The girl ran all the way over, a little out of breath.

"Why are you back?" I asked her in surprise.

Cindy blushed, but her clear eyes finally looked at me. Although she looked like a little girl of twelve or thirteen, she seemed to have the mind of an adult. She looked at me with wide eyes and said timidly: "I don't want to lose a friend like Su. Maybe I'm not too late!"

"Of course, you are welcome to join the Jijia team!" I stretched out my hand to her. She didn't react for a while, so I shook hands with her quickly and then retracted my hand.

This time, her face was red to her ears.

I didn't expect that the stone cliff under the manor was completely empty. The higher I walked along the stone cave, the wider I found that the cave became. On the wall of the dark cave, there were some plants emitting faint blue light, like some moss, but also like some fungi.

"Ghost Mushroom!" I almost cried out in surprise. This magical herb is considered extremely rare in Green Continent because its growth environment is extremely special. It needs to grow with some strange evil plants of the Hell system. In Green Continent, these Hell plants are almost extinct, so the rare magical herb of Ghost Mushroom is almost impossible to find in Roland Continent. Growing together with the Ghost Mushroom are colorful fluorescent mushrooms. These mushrooms grow very tall and look like a bunch of small umbrellas covering the entire cave.