Raising Octopus Juvenile

Arnold looked around, his eyes sad and solemn, mixed with a hint of happiness.

In just a few minutes, hundreds of people died silently. The monster appeared too suddenly, and the Knights didn't even have time to react. When they heard the news, a large number of people had already died at the feet of the monster.

Fortunately, there is no Cecil among them.

If it hadn't been for Bod to tell Arnold about this, he didn't know that the monster had appeared in the sky above Jie Lan Lane. So when he learned this, his hands and feet were instantly cold, like falling into an ice cellar.

Arnold had no time to regret why he had promised them to attend the appointment. He immediately left all his companions beside him and rushed to Jie Lan Lane like crazy.

He is not afraid of death, he is only afraid that Cecil will be in danger, even...

Arnold did not dare to think about it. He could only do his best, speeding up as if he was about to run out of life, beyond his own limit, just to reach that hellish place of death as soon as possible—

Finally, he arrived.

But he didn't see the giant monster that covered the sky and the sun, except for the dense blood fog that was so dense that he couldn't see his head, there were only blood stains and stumps all over the floor.

There isn't even a complete body here, the whole street is like soaked in scarlet flesh and blood, full of disgusting blood.

Arnold looked at this deadly and desperate scene, his heart seemed to freeze.

Cecil...where are you?

His eyes slowly widened, and his azure blue pupils were dull and waveless, as if they were dead. He carried the sword and walked step by step in a pool of blood, his face numb with no expression.

Suddenly, he heard soft conversations in the fog, which were vaguely unreal, but could vaguely discern that it was two girls talking.

...Is it Cecil? !

Arnold suddenly regained his hope. He rushed away in the direction of the voice, pushed away the blood fog, and saw a familiar boy standing with Lena and Theodore, and in the boy's arms, he was thinking of it. Girl—

"...Cecile."

He heard a trembling sigh in his heart.

I can't take care of it anymore. Everything became no longer important, and only the delicate white girl was left in his eyes.

Great, she is still alive.

…Very good.

Cecil put his arms around Arnold's neck and leaned on his back, subconsciously turning his head to look at Lenny.

I thought Lenny would be upset, but I didn't expect this little guy to be surprisingly quiet.

He didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face, he just stared at Cecil intently, and after meeting her gaze, he blinked his eyes slightly.

Those emerald green eyes looked extremely clear in this hazy blood mist. Cecil looked at him and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, raising a small smile.

Lena watched the silent interaction between the two of them intently, and couldn't help laughing with a satisfied aunt.

"Cecil." Arnold who silently carried Cecil on his back suddenly said, "Is that guy still following us?"

Cecil was taken aback: "Who?"

Arnold was silent for a moment: "...Lanny."

He actually remembered the name.

Cecil pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Brother...he saved me."

"It's true!" Lina saw that Arnold didn't like Lanny, and quickly helped out, "I saw it too, he saved my sister!"

Hearing the words, Theodore who followed him couldn't help but glanced at her: Didn't you see nothing?

Arnold didn't speak, his expression became more complicated. Finally, after a long silence, he sighed softly.

"…All right."

He did not go on, but closed his arms, tightened Cecil's legs, and walked forward slowly.

A group of people walked only a few steps, and suddenly a hideous crack appeared out of thin air in front of them—

"What's the matter with you, you ran away without saying anything. If Cecil knew about it, I wouldn't blame me..." A lazy and dissatisfied voice sounded from the crack, and the black-haired man with an impatient face walked out of the crack. About to continue complaining, after seeing the few people in front of him, his face suddenly changed, "What's the matter? Why is Cecil here?"

Cecil lifted his face and waved weakly at him: "Hi, old Bode."

"Hey what!" Bode gave her a fierce look, then cast a terrible look at Arnold, "Cecile is also here, why didn't you tell me just now?"

Arnold was calm in German: "Go back and talk about it."

Bode took a deep look at him, then turned to stand on the side of the crack, and said in a bad tone, "All in."

Theodore stood still on the spot, raising his voice and calling out: "Arnold."

Arnold turned to look at him.

"You go back, I still have something to solve." Theo Duo said while glancing at Lena, "Take care of her."

Arnold nodded: "I know."

Theodore didn't say anything more, bowed slightly and bowed, then turned and walked into the thick blood mist.

Lina silently looked at his back, without saying a word from beginning to end, her sullen eyes looked like a kind of speechless sadness.

Everyone slowly walked into the crack and left the place of death together.

After returning to the mansion, Cecil found that Stella was already waiting for them at the gate.

When she saw Cecil, she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but seeing everyone with serious expressions, she didn't say anything in the end.

She walked into the meeting room with everyone behind her, walking slowly and smoothly, looking not as difficult as before.

After entering the living room, Arnold carefully put Cecil on the sofa, and before he set Cecil's legs, Lenny sat down beside Cecil naturally.

Arnold: "..."

He wanted to drive Lanney aside, but as soon as he saw Cecil's happy expression, he endured it after all.

"What the **** is going on, why is Cecil there?" Bode looked at the brothers and sisters with a serious expression, his eyes were invisible, "Also...Is Cecil injured?"

Cecil shook his head: "No, just almost injured."

She didn't want to tell the truth, this would only increase the self-blame of her brother and Bode.

"No injury, no shoes?" Bode looked straight at her with sharp eyes. "The sleeve is also broken."

Cecil was speechless.

Arnold looked solemn, and was about to speak, but Lena spoke before him.

"Everything is my fault."

She explained the cause and effect as well as the whole process of the change.

After listening to Lena's account, Bode looked at Cecil more sharply: "You mean... Cecil was swallowed by that monster?"

Lina trembling and nodded, seeming to recall the terrible scene again. Her nose was sore, and her voice choked again: "Blame me for being so useless, I didn't protect my sister in the first time..."

Bode ignored her.

He stared at Cecil with a scrutiny gaze, and said softly: "Swallowed by a monster... but not injured?"

Cecil knew that Bode had begun to wonder if she had lied. In order to dispel Bode’s doubts, she proactively stretched out her limbs and said to him: "If you don't believe it, you can come and check it."

Bode tightened his thin bloodless lips, stretched out his slender index finger, and paused briefly on Cecil's forehead.

Immediately, he sighed relaxedly, and withdrew his hand wearily: "There is nothing wrong with it for the time being."

Hearing this, Arnold breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are a lot of doubts about this matter, and I haven't figured out many things." He looked up at Bode.

Bode leaned back lazily, folded his hands and said, "I didn't want to understand that you are not the only one."

"Do you know what this monster is?"

Bode shook his head: "I don't know. I have never seen or heard of this monster. It does not belong to any kind of monsters recorded in history. I am more inclined to be new and strange than natural species. Changer."

Arnold: "Such a huge mutant?"

"You also heard what those monitors said." Bode raised his eyes and said in a tired tone, "This monster is made up of thousands of skeletons. So is it possible, it was originally just How about an ordinary mutant who has eaten too many humans and evolved into this form?"

This assumption of Bode is not unreasonable.

Arnold thought for a while and continued to ask: "Then why does this monster suddenly appear in the sky above Jie Lan Lane?"

"Perhaps it was accidental, maybe it was attracted by something." Bode gave Cecil a pointed glance, "Of course, it is also possible... it was manipulated."

Cecil's expression changed, and his blue eyes became deeper and deeper.

Arnold's face is also very solemn. If it is true that the monsters are artificially manipulated as Bod's speculation, then this is a devastating threat to the entire empire, and even the entire world.

"I will report this to Your Majesty tomorrow and ask him to investigate."

After Arnold said this, he looked at Bode earnestly: "Your Excellency, thank you very much for your help today. It's getting late, do you need me to send you back?"

"No need." Bode leaned on the back of the sofa, motionless, his scrutiny gaze rolled back and forth between Cecil and Lanney, "I just stayed here during the recent period."

Arnold: "What?"

Bode sat up, looked straight at Cecil, with a serious tone: "I don't worry about this guy. In case something else happens, I want to stay and pay close attention to Cecil's physical condition."

Arnold was a little embarrassed, but soon his expression relaxed.

"Well, then I will trouble you."

After saying this, Arnold stood up and looked at Lanny sitting next to Cecil from top to bottom, with an indifferent voice, "What about you? Do you need me to send you out?"

Lanni raised his eyelashes slightly to look at him, there was no wave in his green eyes.

His hostility towards Arnold is much less-because of the tear that Arnold shed for Cecil.

"Brother, Lannie is not going anywhere." Cecil hugged Lannie and protected him nervously. "It's so dangerous outside, let him live in, can't you?"

"Cecile, have you been secretly dealing with him?" Arnold said helplessly. "He is of unknown origin. How can I rest assured that he will stay with you."

"He has no unknown origins, he just... Anyway, Lenny will never do bad things to me, I promise!" Cecil stared at Arnold pleadingly, his eyes wet, like a poor puppy, "and He also saved my life, brother, how can we drive the savior out?"

Arnold looked at her deeply and said softly: "Do you want to keep him, really just because he saved you?"

"..."

The air fell silent for a while.

Bod rested his chin lazily, Stella was absent, and Lena stared at the siblings nervously.

Under Arnold's gaze, Cecil bit his lower lip and answered softly and firmly:

"Because I like him."

Lanny, who had always been quiet, finally blinked his eyes when he heard these words.

The young boy's long eyelashes drooped down, and a clear light floated from the bottom of his eyes. Through the hazy shadows, Lena could see vaguely, his eyes were moist and soft—

It looks gentle and moving.