Chapter 229: On the Eve of Homecoming

On the third day, outside the east gate of the capital. (［

Nightingale hid in the mist, quietly watching the group of ragged refugees. They were summoned wave by wave under the voice transmission technique of the echo, and followed the knight Bryan to move slowly towards the pier.

Now they don't have to walk through the edge of the refugee camp as they did two days ago, breaking up the crowd and leading them away. The transfer of a large number of fugitives has made the rest of the people notice this. As long as a wave of people is pulled away from the edge, people will continue to follow. Even the guards on the city wall noticed what happened at the foot of the wall, but for them, they wished that these fugitives who were emitting a stinky smell would get out of here quickly.

The whole plan is currently progressing very smoothly. There are very few refugees left in the Dongcheng District, and the people at the North Gate are actively approaching this side. Before the sun sets, everyone can leave by boat smoothly.

When everyone was busy, only she seemed more relaxed. Echo was surrounded by layers of "mercenaries" who were in charge of escorting her. Lily even made purified water under the protection of the heavy soldiers of the First Army, so her guard work seemed redundant.

The only time she needs to be on guard is when the "mercenaries" break out to carry immobile, seriously ill patients. At this moment, Nightingale sighed softly when she saw Hui Yin looking up at the majestic East City Gate.

"What's wrong?" She walked up and asked.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little emotional," Hui Yin's expression looked a little sad, "Before I was sold into the capital, I suffered a lot along the way. I thought that the people of Graycastle treated me like this because of my status as a foreign sandman. Ruthless, now it seems that they are also ruthless to their own people, not much different from those in Iron Sand City."

Thinking of Echo being traded as a slave, Nightingale didn't know how to comfort her for a moment, and finally had to pat her on the shoulder, "But not everyone is like this, and there are many well-meaning people, such as sisters from the Mutual Aid Society, such as... Your Highness Roland."

"You said... can His Highness really stop disputes?" Echo whispered, "Whether it is the mainland kingdom, sand people, fjords, or ordinary people and witches, they can all live together freely and peacefully without having to interact with each other." fight?"

"If it's His Highness, I think he can do it," Nightingale replied in an affirmative tone, "It's not those strange machines and powerful artillery that give me such a feeling, but him himself... I always feel that His Highness and us Not the same kind of people."

"Of course he is different from us, he is the prince of Graycastle."

"No, it has nothing to do with identity," she shook her head, "I can't say where this sense of difference comes from, it's just intuition. Probably only someone like His Highness can make up so many weird theories... just Even the ability of witches, he wants to study it over and over again, so he is different from others in terms of thinking. Anyway, no matter what amazing things he creates again, I won't be surprised."

"You really have confidence in him," Echo laughed out loud, and the sadness on his face suddenly faded a lot, "I hope that when that day comes, I can also go back to the extreme south to have a look."

confidence? In a certain way, but in a certain way... She was not sure at all. Nightingale couldn't help looking towards the west, wondering what he was doing when he wasn't there? Is it busy with those blueprints and strange machines, or with Anna... She shook her head vigorously to drive away these distracting thoughts.

Anyway, after the end of the day, I can set off to return to Border Town, Nightingale thought, just ask him directly at that time, anyway, he can't lie in front of her.

...

When I returned to the camp to rest at noon, the lightning also slowly descended.

These days, she is patrolling the sky under the sun, and she is indeed the hardest one in the team. Especially in order to conceal his figure, Lightning had to put on a special "sky camouflage" jacket made by Soraya, wrapping his body tightly, even covering his head. This piece of clothing that was given a strange name by His Royal Highness Roland was obviously not designed for aesthetics. It was painted with a pattern of light blue and gray and white, and it almost blended with the background when flying in the air. discover her existence.

The first thing the little girl did after landing was to take off her jacket, grab a water bag and fill her stomach with water. Nightingale saw that her clothes were drenched in sweat, her forehead and the tip of her nose were covered with beads of sweat, and there was a ring of marks from windproof glasses on her white cheeks.

"Thank you." Nightingale knelt down and helped her wipe off her sweat.

"It's a good thing that these people didn't come from the Eastern Realm endlessly," Lightning stuck out his tongue, "otherwise I would really faint from the sun."

"Can I go home tomorrow?" Lily walked to Lightning listlessly, "I haven't showered for several days, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

Nightingale couldn't help laughing out loud. Obviously, when we were in the Mutual Aid Association, everyone didn't have time to take a bath for more than half a month, and no one complained. It's only been more than a week now. It suddenly occurred to her that the bathroom and the soap might all be His Highness Roland's "conspiracy." Since he invented those strange and useful things, it might be difficult for the witches to make up their minds to leave Border Town.

However, the calm did not last until the end of the delivery. After lunch, Tasa, who went to the capital to inquire about information, brought bad news.

"You mean...Dreamland Water is gathering its men and planning to surround the dock?" Iron Ax frowned.

"It's "maybe" planning to surround the docks. Tasa corrected, "The first part is a fact that can be ascertained, but the second half is too bizarre, so my informant is not sure." Now other underworld organizations in Wangdu have taken action to prevent Dreamland Water from suddenly attacking their territory. However, compared to the saying that "surrounding the pier" is the smoke deliberately released by the other party, I believe that they leaked the news halfway, which is very common for mice. After all, most of the members of the black street organization are gangsters or scum, which is not a strict organization at all. If the information is correct, Dreamland Water must have been instigated by a certain force, otherwise it would be very difficult for them to leave their territory. "

"It's just a bunch of rats," Iron Ax said nonchalantly, "Will these people running around affect your drug sales plan?"

"Probably not," Tasa said, "they won't be able to insert their hands into the patrol, so it's unlikely to hinder me from entering and exiting the side door. As for entering the city, the skeleton finger will provide protection for the convoy delivering the potion. I'm just worried about you, Because I have to stay in the city tonight to supervise the sale of purified water, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you off tomorrow morning."

"It's okay," Iron Ax patted his arm, "His Highness will come to the capital in person later, see you later."

As Nightingale predicted, at dusk, the last batch of sailboats carrying refugees slowly left the pier and headed for Silver City. As for the remaining 300 people who were unwilling to leave the capital, Iron Ax ordered them to be dismissed.

Then everyone evacuated to the other side of the canal, waiting for night to fall. (To be continued.) 8