Blood of Mercury

An Ruosi was shocked, as if someone pinched her throat, and the words in her mouth stopped abruptly.

A nervous look quickly emerged from his face.

An Ruosi didn't realize until then that the person in front of him was "Herland" instead of "Roland".

Having been with Roland for too long, with An Ruosi's will, he has become accustomed to Roland's goblin-like natural charm. But he ignored one point, that is, those wizards who have not experienced the tempering ritual, their willpower seems to be not as strong as their own——

Even with An Ruosi's own willpower, the first time he saw Roland, he was almost charmed.

...damn, shouldn't have forgotten that.

An Ruosi's expression became obviously tense.

Although Natalia didn't make any outrageous expressions when she had brief exchanges with other witches before... but now it's different.

On the premise of not knowing Roland's true gender, the behavior between An Ruosi and Roland was too intimate by the standard of the opposite sex.

An Ruosi secretly complained in her heart.

According to the agreement at the beginning with Roland, he has not been able to tell Natalia that Miss "Herland" is actually a male.

He also had some thoughts in his heart.

Roland did not appear in his original identity, but entered the White Tower with the identity of "Herland" at the risk of his lies being discovered. There must be his reasons.

Or "Roland" is being hunted down by someone in the White Tower, or there is something Roland can do without being discovered.

In any case, An Ruosi believed that it was impossible for Roland to do anything bad.

Mr. Roland must have his own thoughts and plans. And as his friend, all he has to do is to believe in him and support him——

If he explained Roland's identity to Natalia at this time, it would be no different from betraying Roland.

This is very likely to lead to the failure of one of Roland's important plans - in a serious case, it may even kill Roland.

This is absolutely intolerable to An Ruosi.

In the Oak Labyrinth, in the Singia Tavern, in the outer layer of the White Tower... An Ruosi couldn't remember how many times Roland had saved him. And he couldn't reciprocate.

The only thing he could do was to silently support Roland behind his back.

Without Roland's words, he would have died many times.

Gratitude--

An Ruo thought about this sentence. A wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

...Although I would never betray Mr. Roland, but...

"...Mr. Roland, can you get up from me?"

An Ruosi said very quietly from Helland's ear.

"Herland" showed a look of fear.

She didn't reply to An Ruosi's words, she just crawled out of his arms. She shrank and grabbed the corner of An Ruosi's clothes. He used An Ruosi's body to hide himself.

When An Ruosi meant the meaning of this action, it was already a little late——

The back of his neck was grabbed, but it didn't feel much pain, but there was a feeling that the vital point was being held.

"You can, An Ruosi?"

Natalia pressed An Ruosi's neck very roughly. He pressed An Ruosi's head down a bit.

But what was even colder than her hands was her voice: "Did you start thinking about your lover just after getting engaged? You really deserve to be a great wizard in the future."

"Wait, wait...I can explain..."

An Ruosi shivered a bit, then turned around with a smirk.

What made him collapse was that Hurland was not too "brave" to come forward at this time, trembling in front of him.

"Please, please stop!"

Hurland raised his head and looked at Natalia, and made a timid, clear but firm voice: "Sister, please don't hit An Ruosi... Everyone, don't be rough, can't you just say it..."

The black hair and ice-colored eyes that only Su Zeren could have made Natalia have a natural affection for this girl. Her clean eyes, animal-like dress and weak temperament made Natalia a little more fond of her.

Even, her height is less than 170, which is relatively short among Su Ze's girls.

This made Natalia doubt whether the girl was an adult.

"Your name is Helland... How old are you this year?"

"I, I am sixteen..."

The girl who was as clean as snow was swept away by Natalia's gaze and shivered. He lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

Immediately, Natalia's gaze softened a bit when she looked at Helland, and obeyed her words and let go of the tightly grasped An Ruosi's neck.

An Ruosi was not at all relaxed.

After getting Hurland's answer, Natalia looked at him even more sharply.

If Natalia was only showing anger and dissatisfaction before, now she is looking at scumbags.

There is no doubt that An Ruosi's mood is broken at the moment.

... Mr. Roland, what are you doing at this time? If you can't deal with it, you can just run away. Here, Mr. An Ruosi could have dealt with it--

——But I don’t know what to do if I ask you to do it like this!

"I felt very strange at first," Natalia took a step back, folded her arms in front of her chest and stared at An Ruosi, "With what I know about you. You shouldn't have the courage to do this. Such an outrageous thing... No, don't say such a thing, even if you think about it, you can't think of it."

"It's none of my business," Robert interjected suddenly. "When I met them on the outskirts of Iron Curtain, they were already very acquainted."

"Don't argue, you can't get rid of it."

Natalia didn't hide the disgust in her eyes, and she turned her head and glared at Robert with the eyes staring at a large mass of incombustible garbage.

Then, she turned around and stared at An Ruosi, her eyes sharp as knives.

"I'll give you another chance. Where on earth did you deceive this child?"

"I found it in the oak lock..." An Ruosi spread her hands. replied with a wry smile.

As expected, An Ruosi's answer did not satisfy Natalia.

"An Ruosi, you have to remember, she is only sixteen years old! She is still a child!"

Natalia yelled at An Ruosi loudly like a knight, ignoring the girl's weak resistance, grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her to her side.

"Good good..."

Natalia perfunctory pulled Helland from behind her. The black-haired waist-length girl puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction: "I kissed An Ruosi, just yesterday—"

Wait, it's called artificial respiration!

An Ruosi was about to cry.

"Varied--"

Natalia was furious.

"That's it!"

Before she could react, Helland kissed her on the forehead.

This behavior cooled her down. An Ruosi breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared with kissing, kissing the forehead is not out of the ordinary. Even Titan has the etiquette of kissing a friend's forehead.

But letting her make such a fuss, Natalia really didn't feel in the mood to stay any longer.

"Herland, come with me. I'll try to put you in place first..."

"wait wait wait?"

Natalia directly grabbed Helland's right arm with her left hand and pulled her away.

An Ruosi couldn't help but panic a little when he saw Helan being dragged away by Natalia.

He was not worried about Roland, but about Natalia's safety.

He was not very worried about Roland's character.

But An Ruosi was afraid that Natalia would make Roland anxious, and Roland stabbed her to death with a sword...

The scene of Roland beheading the ghost girl at the Tomb of Thousand Heads still reverberated in An Ruosi's mind.

"Wait, Natalia..."

As soon as his words came out, Natalia frowned and turned her head back with a stern face.

"You don't need to say anything. I just want to talk to little Helland... As for whether you saved her or lied to her, I will make my own judgment."

"Can……"

"Don't worry about Hurland, you have to trust Natalia, she won't be rough with girls..."

Before he could say anything, Robert came over, grabbed An Ruosi's shoulder directly, and comforted him.

An Ruosi couldn't break free for a while, and then saw Natalia walk Hurlan across the street corner, and she couldn't catch up.

He could only show a wry smile.

How else can An Ruosi explain it? Said that he was not worried about the safety of Hurland, but worried about the safety of Natalia?

Robert and Natalia don't know that Hurland is actually Roland~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is a priest with silver-level strength...

"Ugh……"

In the end, An Ruosi could only turn the depression in his heart into a sigh.

But at this moment, an elegant and steady young voice came from behind them——

"Long time no see, An Ruosi."

……who is it?

For a while, An Ruosi was unable to find the owner of this voice in his mind.

So he put aside his worries about Natalia for the time being, and turned his head suspiciously.

What caught my eye was a tall and elegant young man with golden glasses, black hair and black eyes.

……It's him?

For different reasons, An Ruosi and Robert's pupils suddenly tightened. (To be continued.)