Song of Time – Dusk Awakening Verse

Looking for Saiker (Part 1)

At sunset, after a brief dinner, Verut stayed alone in the small study, staring at the red clouds in the distance.

He finally settled his mind from the aftermath of the "Beast Attack" incident, but another thing that made him a headache resurfaced: Counting today, the boy Saiker has not seen anyone for three days, which is really abnormal. .

Perhaps he was too angry at his use of his mother to entangle him. When he saw him return home safely that day, the Shadow Assassin immediately got up and turned his head and left without giving him a chance to explain. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, and the two of them were often quarreling. Although the guy was not persuaded, he didn't have an overnight hatred. The next day he came over to eat and drink with a smile, not a bit bad.

But he didn't expect that this time he hadn't seen a person for three days, which made him whisper in his heart. Ordinarily, Isaiah’s ability, he didn’t need to worry about it, but now he is surrounded by powerful enemies, Crown Prince Takiguni is absolutely difficult to deal with, plus the "old enemy" as far as possible snooker... just in case that kid Going to the door again after committing a foolishness, I'm afraid...

Of course, it is not certain that he is in danger. After all, many friends have just arrived in the orphanage. Maybe, he is also having a headache for so many mouths to eat, and he is busy making a living. After all, in his eyes, even if the sky falls down, I am afraid that food, drink, and clothing are not as important as the family's food...

He thought of this, and remembered the agreement made on Saturday morning. He had agreed to go to the orphanage to see. Who knew that he happened to meet Mr. Ku Rong to invite him, and he went back and forth and delayed the matter. Otherwise, let's go there... he guessed that Cycordo was half in the orphanage and hadn't gone out. Just when he thought about going to visit as scheduled, he frowned again.

The enemy is in the dark, and I am clear. Since Prince Takukuni can find out about himself, he probably has set up spies around the manor... He doesn't have the ability to shadow Secor at any time. If he rushes to Baigang like this, he is afraid of the road. Being noticed by others revealed the hiding place of the companion...

He stood in front of the study window, watching the sunset that was gradually covered by tall buildings. He circulated several methods, but they were rejected one by one, still hesitating. At this moment, the visit of an unexpected visitor brought him a new feasible way.

"Why are you here?" He took a bottle of aged red wine from the small wooden cabinet next to the desk, waved his hand to let the servant who led the way back down, and personally poured half a glass for the red expression on his face with discomfort before sitting down. Xia asked in detail, "What happened to me in such a hurry?"

Lonnie stared at the glass of red wine without speaking for a long time, and his uncharacteristically serious expression could not hide the sadness that came out of him. Verutt had never seen this look on this rich family and young man, but when he saw him, he seemed reluctant to say and did not ask. He tapped his fingertips on the table a few times before listening. There was a long sigh: "Virut, it seems that this time, my buddy is really going to suffer a crime abroad..."

Go abroad to suffer? Let’s go abroad when you go abroad, and where do you start suffering... He looked at Lonnie’s sad and decadent look, and he couldn’t help feeling even more strange: "Where to go?"

"Where else to go... Yancheng!" Kuo Shao gritted his teeth when he said the name. What he was looking forward to most was the trading airship from Rock City, because there would be all kinds of rare and exotic beasts on it. But since the unexpected encounter at the last auction, and the subsequent collapse of the image of "Miss Wen", he can no longer think of collecting those monsters.

But unexpectedly, this time his father was disappointing because of his appearance in front of Prince Takiguni. After returning from the dinner scene, he not only lost his temper, but also demanded that he go to Rock City with him, preparing for the doomed shock. The mercenary convention of the world. This is killing him! How can he, a rich dude who has lived an easy life for decades, be willing to leave the colorful world of Star City and go to the wild place where monsters are rumored to be rampant and savages are everywhere! ?

He expressed a strong protest against this, and even once claimed that he would not go on a hunger strike, but his father remained unmoved. "Hmph, if you dare to commit suicide on a hunger strike, I will accompany you on a hunger strike! See if you die first or I die first!" The old marquis threw aside this cruel remark, angrily instructed people to watch him closely, and started busy again The various magical devices that were going to be transported to Rock City could no longer take care of him.

Lonnie couldn't bear this bad breath, and really went on a hunger strike. How did he think that after his father learned about it, he sneered and ordered people to bring all kinds of luxurious banquets, and he let the servants deliberately eat and drink in front of him, the smell of the nose made his sensitive and fragile nerves jump, and the saliva flowed unconsciously. After acting like this for a few times, he surrendered before midnight, and honestly agreed, but he was still uneasy in his heart, so he came to this cousin to vomit.

After listening to him, Virut could not laugh or cry. How can Yancheng be as unbearable as he thought, after all, it is also a gathering place for commerce and trade, and it is also the headquarters of the "Caro" workshop. All kinds of novelties must be endless. Of course it’s not wrong to go outside for a long time, but how could he just try to persuade him, just smiled and filled him with wine, and softly echoed: "Yancheng is indeed not a good place. I often hear that people there They are all rude and have no manners. It is said that there will always be some drunk female mercenaries molesting men in the street... It's really offensive!"

"Yes! Just...what are you talking about?" Kuo Shao had a sudden pause, blinking and staring at him suspiciously.

"It's those female mercenaries with bare clothes! And I heard..." Verut pretended to be mysteriously leaning forward, lowering his voice. "When they see handsome men, they often ignore them. Snatch him home...this is just a beast! Are you right?"

He seemed to be aggrieved here, but Kuo Shao was sluggish for a long time because of this. He took a sip to cover up the ripples in his heart, and he agreed, "Yes, yes...too much..."

With this lie, Verut succeeded in arousing Lonnie’s interest. If he said more, he was afraid that it would not be good, so he broke the topic and chatted with him a few things, and then suddenly changed his mind to think that he was so coincidental. Going out in the name of... He calmly looked at this cousin's clothes and accessories, and when he rolled his eyes, he put down his wine glass and sighed.

"Oh? Well, what's the matter with you...what's the matter?" Lonnie was a little drunk at this moment, and his heart softened. Seeing that the conversation was happily interrupted, he suddenly became confused.

"It's nothing, just thinking of your Excellency the Marquis, I always feel that he is sometimes too harsh on you..."

"Isn't it!" As soon as Kuo Shao heard this, it was like adding fuel to the fire, and his temper spewed out again. "He thought I didn't want to help? If I can read the design drawings, who would dare to say that I am not? I didn’t care about me before, but now I have to learn everything! Does he treat me as a god!? If not, if it wasn’t for her mother... mother she..."

Lonnie suddenly stopped moving when he said that, he opened his mouth a few times without a word, and his eyes were red. He gritted his teeth and began to drink alcohol, as if he was going to use wine syrup to stop the words that shouldn't be said.

Virut silently watched the red-haired man drinking madly, feeling that he had done a bit too much, but he couldn't say anything to persuade him at the moment, and could only let the other party be wrapped in drunkenness until he fell into a hollow dream.

Hey... he sighed lightly and got up and held Lonnie to his shoulders, and he vomited the heavy smell of alcohol all over his body. He didn't dislike him, his thin shoulders supported all the other's weight, and walked steadily towards his room.

He usually likes quietness the most, so he chose the room at the southern end of the small study. The setting sun is going to end, and the neat and simple room is dim and dim, only the huge and complicated special wall clock on the stone wall is shining with fluorescence. He did not call any servants to help. After entering the door, he put his cousin on the bed carefully, turned on the bedside lamp and examined his face carefully before turning around and walking to the whole row of large bookcases by the innermost wall. .

He stood in front of the bookcase, stretched out his hand and pressed lightly on the blue hard-covered book in the middle of the third row, and quickly tapped a few times like a piano on the next book, and half of the bookcase was suddenly turned inward, revealing A bright opening. He immediately flashed into the secret room and looked up at the wigs, beards, leather masks, prostheses, scar patches and other disguise hanging on the luminous wall, and a nostalgic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: old friends, It's time for you to debut again...

The sunset had just gone down the mountain, and the drunk Master Lonnie wanted to leave impatiently.

He lowered his head and half leaned on the waiter in white, walking staggering, his whole body was stained with wine, drunk, and even his bangs were wet and covered his eyes.

"Ben... This young master is not drunk, don't... don't talk nonsense..." He mumbled nonsense, waving his hand in a flurry, refusing to subdue. How dare the waiter say more, answered casually, half-pushing him into the luxury car in front of the door, and then wiped the sweat on his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

"My master prepared a decoction medicine specially. You drive slowly on the road and be careful." He took out a wooden box from his pocket and handed it to the driver. After a polite sentence, he turned and left.

The two guards who came with the West's house did not hesitate, or they persuaded their young master to stop. After eating the pills in the box, the driver pressed the energy button and slowly drove towards his villa.

Kuo Shao was so drunk and unconscious. He hummed on the back seat like a dead pig for a long time. When the locomotive passed a small forest, he seemed to wake up and shouted: "Stop...Stop! Shao! ...Master, I want to go to...toilet!"

The driver was so startled by him that he almost slipped in his direction. He quickly grasped the control panel and whispered: "Master, there is no toilet nearby. If you hold on, you will be home soon."

"Fuck... bastard! Do you want Master... Master, I pee... on my pants!?" Kuo Shao was furious, clamoring that he wanted to get out of the car. Seeing that there was no way for a few people, they had to stop and let him get closer.

"Never... don't come to see it!" Lonnie pushed away the guard who wanted to support him, and staggered into the small and even bushes. Several entourages waited outside for a long time. Seeing that there was no movement inside, they called for a few more times and no one responded. They panicked, and hurried into the bushes to take a look. There was Kuo Shao’s wine-smelling robe inside. , There was also a note on it: "Lonnie is at Kronor House, please go back and pick it up."

The few people looked at each other, not knowing what was causing the trouble. But the young master’s safety is the most important thing. At the moment, one person was left to watch the scene, and the other person hurried back to the earl’s mansion with the driver. After a while, he finally found Lonnie, who was asleep in Virut’s room. , Just feel at ease.

As for how the Earl's Mansion would react to the disappearance of its young master, that was all for the rest. It is said that Velut managed to avoid the attention of possible monitors under the cover of Lonnie's identity, and changed his dress in the small bushes, put on his beard and fake pupils, pretending to be a middle-aged businessman, and mixed in the crowd. In the middle of the rail car, we arrived at Baigang successfully.

He has never been to the orphanage himself, but he often hears it from his companions, but he has a general impression. Although I didn't tell me when I came here this time, I still count as visiting friends anyway. He ordered some daily groceries and pastry fruits and vegetables at the port night market, all of which were placed in the rented cargo locomotive. Because it was getting late, he deliberately asked the driver to drive slowly and go around until he saw the northern suburbs of the port. It’s almost past 8 o’clock on the hillside.

In fact, this orphanage will not be short in the coming year. It is only after the death of the obscure old dean in the past few years that she was succeeded by Ms. Ming Qi, who was called "the head of the big sister" by Saiker, and it gradually expanded its influence and became A home for all the homeless children in this area.

Velut has never seen the compassionate lady, but I heard that she is quite skilled, not only has rebuilt the originally dilapidated orphanage, but also did not lose the slightest in the process of competing for benefits with all forces. Of course, the more important reason is that she is also a member of the organization...

The freight locomotive stopped in front of the iron fence gate on the mountainside. The driver is also very enthusiastic. When he saw that he was delivering things to the orphans, he helped to remove the large and small bags of groceries out of the car without saying more, and stacked them one by one in front of the door. Then he took the fare and left. .

Verut took a look at the fence that seemed to be a sharpened iron fork by the light of the lamp. The dark woods almost obscured all sight, only the red and white square building on the top of the mountain was still bright. Inside the fence gate is a gravel path, which looks clean and tidy with no debris, obviously it is often cleaned. He was quite satisfied with this first impression, touched the eight-character Hu used as a disguise, glanced at the "presents" piled higher than himself in front of the door, and stepped forward to ring the doorbell.

A skinny child quickly ran up on the trail. He looked about ten years old, his skin was as dark as the woods on both sides, blue clothes and black pants with wooden slippers, but he ran fast and steady. He stopped about three or four meters away from Virut, looked at him up and down first, and then at the pile of goods in front of the door. His eyes were back on guard, bowed and asked softly: "This gentleman, you Okay, what can I do?"

The weak hostility at that moment did not escape Virut’s eyes. He also knew that coming to visit so late would inevitably make people feel strange. He could only take off his top hat pretending to be unknown, and asked softly: "This little Brother, I'm here to visit Mr. Lupu who lives here."

"Loop? We don't have this person here." The young boy was taken aback for a while, then glanced at him suspiciously.

"...It's Mr. Saiker Lup."

"I haven't heard..." The guard in the boy's eyes gradually rose again, and he quietly stretched his hand to his back, pinching the short dagger hidden at his waist.

"...I'm here to find Saiqi." Velut took a glance at his small gestures, and could only try to name his companion's nickname, and the boy understood his intention.

"So you are looking for Big Brother Saiqi..." He sighed slightly, as if embarrassed because of the misunderstanding just now, he raised his hand and scratched his head, "He is not at home, he went out yesterday, and he hasn't come back yet. "

out? Velut raised his eyebrows and continued to ask, "Do you know where he went?"

"He didn't tell us."

"That's it..." He had no clues to guess about the whereabouts of his companion, and then asked again, "Is Ms. Mingqi there?"

"Mother Mingqi went to the city, but she hasn't returned yet."

"Then... if it's convenient, can I go in there and wait for a while?" Velut compared the pile of gifts beside him with a wry smile. The boy hesitated for a few seconds, and finally nodded and whistled behind him. . A dozen pairs of shiny small eyes appeared among the dark bushes, hands and feet quickly squeezed to the door. Among them, there were men and women, big and small, standing crookedly in a row, looking curiously at the well-dressed middle-aged man outside the door.

"The gentleman brought these...you take them in first, be careful, don't break them." The boy opened the door neatly, gestured to the friends, and exhorted him like a small adult. The group of children responded with a grin, all rushing out like little monkeys. There was only one parcel in each hand, and the two of them carried the big ones together. They worked together in a division of labor. They were really familiar.

Virut watched them carefully sending things in, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. But he didn't say anything. After a gentle smile, he put on a top hat to cover his eyes, followed behind the young boy, and walked towards the dimly lit building on the top of the mountain.