Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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No! No, no, no, no! That's not true!

The tobacco roared within him.

She was carried onto the carriage by Lin Hai while he was fast asleep; she didn't really want to come! Who would want to do something so life-threatening for no reason!

"Are you out of your mind to use me as bait?! If you're not willing to die, don't drag me down with you! You don't want to go home, but I want to go home!!!"

"I won't die, I promise," Lin Hai said.

"No, you—!"

Where did this nun who entered the barrier with her get the confidence to save their lives?

She was clearly the most cowardly among this group of "time travelers," not even daring to leave the starting point. Where did she get the audacity to say such things?

My lungs are about to explode with anger from the tobacco.

Whoosh-!

An arrow struck the wooden plank behind the carriage, startling Tobacco so much that the hairs on its body stood on end.

"This is a real death sentence! What are you thinking?! Selfishness doesn't have to go this far!!"

"Shh, be quiet," Lin Hai said impatiently, glancing at the tobacco as he did so.

The tobacco plant shut its mouth.

As mentioned before, tobacco companies know Lin Hai.

They had no connection outside the game; they just happened to "travel" to this world together.

After the initial period of sticking together for warmth, Tobacco and the other companions thought Lin Hai was a coward, lacking energy, and looking even more like an old woman than the old nun. There were quite a few people who had traveled through time together, close to double digits, and they quickly formed their own small groups. Lin Hai, however, remained alone, neither actively approaching others nor accepting their invitations.

Naturally, when everyone went their separate ways, only Lin Hai remained at the starting point, accompanying the old nun who had cared for them for some time.

However, Tobacco felt as if he had never truly known Lin Hai.

The calmness she displayed now was completely different from the ordinary nun who was usually very good-tempered, even somewhat weak, and who would occasionally get angry.

She had just vaguely seen those eyes hidden behind glasses, eyes that were frighteningly calm. Even more frightening than the pursuers behind her was Lin Hai's fleeting glimpse.

"arrive."

Lin Hai drove away from the plain and slowly slowed down in a small grove of trees.

"We're here? Weren't we supposed to be running away?!" Tobacco shouted.

"Shh—" Lin Hai raised his index finger and pressed it against Yancao's lips, "It wouldn't be good if they found out you weren't His Majesty."

"Is it because the soil here is softer and digging will be faster that you want to stop here?" Tobacco asked Lin Hai in a low voice.

"So, this is a convenient place for digging graves?" Lin Hai smiled, his gaze behind his glasses fixed on the approaching assassins. "That's perfect..."

She took off her glasses, tossed them into Tobacco's arms, and jumped off the carriage.

Cluck cluck—

The nun stretched, her bones making a sickeningly loud sound.

She pulled an offering from her pocket, and Tobacco suddenly realized. Yes, because Lin Hai had never really shown her abilities, Tobacco had completely forgotten that she was a spellcaster.

The more price a spellcaster can pay, the more powerful the spell they can unleash.

Lin Hai turned his head to the side and looked at the tobacco behind him in the gradually dimming sunlight.

"...This is just the right place to bury their bodies."

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Cough—cough—

Under the pitch-black night, the carriage traveled along the increasingly rugged mountain road. The wheels bounced on the bumpy road surface. Even with shock absorbers made using imitation dwarven technology, the suspension made a sound of being overburdened under the driver's excessively rough use.

However, such rough use was not because the driver did not know how to take care of the vehicle, but because at this moment, as the suspension was groaning, the person holding the reins was a twelve or thirteen-year-old child who had never sat in the driver's seat of a carriage before.

Xiao Su Shi had no idea how to control the carriage. The implication of Aine handing her the reins was that she wanted the two horses in front to "Automobile".

As Ai Yin stood on the luggage platform behind the carriage, using her two-meter-long sword to sever the head of the horse ridden by the assassin who was trying to approach them, something seemed to go wrong in her mind, and a strange joke suddenly popped into her head.

Is this also considered a type of "car"?

Haha.

What a cold joke.

puff-

A fountain of black blood gushed from the severed head of the horse, landing more than ten meters away. The assassin sitting on it was thrown to the side of the road, his neck hitting a rock with a cracking sound, and then fell silent.

"Help! I can't see the road!"

Xiao Su Shi gripped the reins, her face as white as a sheet of paper.

"It's alright, the horse will know where it's going. Just don't pull on the reins!"

Just as Ai Yin turned around and shouted, two more assassins on horseback appeared beside her, flanking her from the left and right.

This is not the first batch, not even the second or third batch. They started escaping in the afternoon and have been running away ever since, without a moment's rest.

"Damn it, how come these guys just keep coming!"

But these imperial assassins continued to emerge one after another, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

“They all came from nearby. If we are discovered by one assassin, it means we are now exposed to assassins all over the country!” Xiao Su Shi explained. “As long as we pass through a village or city, nearby assassins will come to our aid!”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"What good would it have been if I'd said so earlier!"

"certainly--"

Ai Yin leaped forward, kicking the assassin on her left off his horse and taking his place. She frantically grabbed the reins and regained her balance. With a novice rider on her back, the horse's speed suddenly decreased.

"—It works! At least I was mentally prepared!"

“If you’re mentally prepared, we can shake you off—” While busy arguing with Aine, Xiaosu glanced to her right out of the corner of her eye, “Wow, that pink-haired guy is on the bus!”

"Wait a minute, I'm coming right away!"

Aiyin spotted the figure jumping onto the carriage in the rushing darkness. She immediately tightened her grip on the saddle and tried to speed up the horse with her limited riding experience.

"drive!"

Fortunately, it was a well-trained horse, and upon hearing the "giggle," it immediately accelerated and soon caught up with the carriage again.

At this point, Xiao Su Shi had completely let go of the reins and was running around on the cart with her head in her hands.

The carriage was so bumpy, and with so much stuff on it, Xiao Su Shi's petite size actually became an advantage, allowing her to play hide-and-seek with the assassins among the luggage.

"Jump over here!" Ai-yin said, reaching out her hand towards Xiao Su-shi.

"No!" Xiao Su Shi cried out in despair, turning around and hiding behind the wooden box.

"I'll catch you!"

"Can't do it!"

"Jump!"

"I'll fall to my death!"

"No, believe me!"

"But—it's too dark, I can't see you!"

Xiao Su Shi couldn't even see Aine's location, let alone jump. Even if Aine told her a hundred times not to worry, she still didn't have the responsibility.

If you don't jump soon, you'll be caught.

Xiao Su Shi understood as well.

But she didn't have the courage to take that step.

Aine's silhouette was faintly visible in the darkness; the only thing that could be clearly seen was Aine's outstretched hand.

If she doesn't jump, she'll be caught and sent back to that cage of no freedom. If she jumps, Aine might not be able to catch her, and then... that's it.

What can we do... what else can we do?

Xiao Su Shi gritted her teeth, lifted her skirt, and stepped onto the edge of the carriage.

"Stinky Pink Hair, catch me!"

"it is good--"

Suddenly, just as Xiaosushi reached out her hand, about to jump towards Aine.

The moon peeked out from behind the mountain ridge, its light bathing everyone. In that instant, Xiao Su Shi saw Aine's grayish-green eyes.

She saw herself reflected in those eyes, flying into the air.

The moon peeking out from behind the mountain ridge signified that they had broken free of the mountain's shadow. The mountain road, built along the mountainside, ended as they emerged from the shadows. Ahead was an outward curve, and the carriage, in the instant it broke free of the ridge's shadow, also sped off the mountain road, soaring into the air.

Ai-yin seemed to be shouting something, but Xiao-su-shi couldn't hear her.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, everything was frozen in the colloidal air, below was the verdant forest of the world of life, the moon hung high in the night, casting down pure white moonlight, and the carriage, like Santa's reindeer sleigh, remained at the moment of takeoff.

"Su Shishi—!"

The next second, time resumed its flow.

The sound was no longer trapped by the jelly-like air and entered Xiaosushi's ears.

Ai Yin leaped off the horse she was riding and towards Xiao Su Shi, who was thrown into the air.

In Xiao Su Shi's eyes, after she took to the air, she was enveloped in a warm embrace filled with the strong smell of blood.

Two figures overlapped with the full moon in the sky.

Then, together with the carriage and the last assassin, they fell into the forest below.

The Lost Tale: The Lost Child - Chapter 380: Fireflies Will Guide the Way

The world spins, everything is upside down, and it's dazzling.

Then it was pitch black.

I vaguely heard a painful groan, and vaguely saw a figure stand up and touch its hair.

So warm.

So reassuring.

"...Wait for me here."

Xiao Su Shi faintly heard such a sound. She reached out her hand, trying to stop the departing figure, but even with all her strength, she couldn't lift her head, let alone catch up with it.

Then he fell into a coma.

The wind whistled through the trees, and the narrow passages formed between them became flutes, emitting mournful howls.

Leaves rustled down and landed on Xiao Su Shi's face.

My face is itchy.

"Achoo—貳印厁务棋久liu删尔峮"

She sneezed and was fully awake.

My view was blocked by a leaf, and I couldn't see anything.

Xiao Su Shi propped herself up, and the leaves fell down with her.

The moonlight couldn't penetrate the barrier formed by the sea of ​​trees; not even a sliver of moonlight escaped. However, it wasn't that nothing could be seen in the forest.

bright.

Before Xiaosushi's eyes were tiny specks of light.

"firefly?"

Countless fireflies swarmed among the trees, their scattered light illuminating the dark night.

What a beautiful scene! Unfortunately, Xiao Su Shi was not in the mood to appreciate it. She got up, patted her skirt, leaned against the tree trunk, and looked around in confusion.

Her mind raced, recalling what had happened. She had fallen off the cliff with the carriage, and then... Aine hugged herself.