Chapter 368 Deadlock (40 Words)

The first time I heard "Nafe" was after Roddy failed to ambush the undead Magda.

At that time, Rody severely injured Magda, but he almost lost his life because of it. He fell in a pool of blood and was in a coma after being rescued back to the Duke's mansion. Before he woke up from the nightmare, he kept repeating with the name...

And earlier... when Rody took her to escape Francis' pursuit, he personally admitted that the "she" he liked carefully had red hair.

Sally had been extremely curious about who this woman that Roddy could never forget was who, but she didn't have time to ask this question until she left Efta.

However, at this moment, everything seems to be the truth.

The body that was originally slightly warm turned cold almost instantly. Sally stared forward with some rigidity. In the dim eyesight, Nefei muttered a few words in sleep, and fell asleep, but what flashed before her eyes was these few words. All the pictures of Roddy and Naifei together in Tianlai——

"Brother Roddy is so nice..."

"He knows what snacks I like best, and he even made my favorite grilled fish, it's so delicious..."

Those scenes that I didn't pay attention to before were like thorns piercing into my heart at this time, making Sally's face even paler.

And when she recalled the battle in Mogra Village, she remembered Rody's expression in front of the collapsed wooden house, which seemed to contain some emotions that she couldn't understand.

Sally didn't know the allusion of "Suspicious Neighbor Stealing the Ax", but obviously the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Rody had premeditated everything, and what made her most suspicious was the fact that Rody found Nefer's mother—everything It seemed to go too smoothly: Naifei had been worrying about the matter for half a year, but it was almost solved at Roddy's place. What is the truth of the matter?

And what made Sally feel the most uncomfortable was the real purpose of Rody when he appeared in front of her—could he just come to save Nefei, and didn't care about herself at all?

When certain emotions appeared, Sally's original expectations for Roddy quickly turned sharply...

A woman's sensibility has no "reason" at all, and at this time of great joy and sorrow, she has lost most of her judgment.

Lying on the bed, her body was stiff and afraid to move because of Nai Fei's hug. She even thought about calling Nai Fei to ask her carefully, but she finally complied with the phrase "the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment". , making her feel even more hopelessly stupid...

That's all, since he wants to lie to himself, then let him go, and never see each other again.

Such an extreme idea appeared in her mind, but after much deliberation, she tossed and turned on the bed, and finally couldn't bear to have a big fight with Roddy.

She can hack her own brother to death with a single knife, but for Rody, Sally would rather endure those pains in silence...

It was a long night, and Sally couldn't sleep because she knew some "truths". Roddy also sat at the desk and pondered for a long time about the questions in Camilla's letter.

Although I have read "On the Self-Awareness of the Defense System", Khadgar's notes are always a bit high-spirited. Rody, who has not done in-depth research on "Arcane", can easily overlook some high-level arcanists in some aspects. The "basic knowledge" in the eyes.

The energy of the city's basic defense circle will gradually dissipate... Rody has never considered such a thing, even his own city management interface] has not reminded him, but now that the problem is in front of him, Rody has to face it Problems caused by insufficient "charged spar".

Camilla gave a time limit of "two months" in the letter, which means that Elson City may completely lose all of its original energy in two months, resulting in the loss of Camilla's life

This question made his brows wrinkle into knots. After thinking for a long time, Rody could only think of two ways: the first is to use the "Theory of Manufacturing Charged Crystals" to directly manufacture enough crystals.

But Luo Di, who has already read this book, knows very well that it is impossible to find another way to find so many expensive materials. It is simply impossible for the production pass rate to reach the standard within two months.

And the second way is to find ready-made "charged crystals": Except for Wagra City and Elsen City, there can't be only so few High Elf ruins, as long as you spend effort looking for them, there may be more or less ruins among the remaining ruins. Or at least there will be some remaining crystals.

However, although this method is feasible, it is full of uncertain factors... Where is the ruin? Is it possible to find all the ruins and not get enough 30 crystals? These are all uncertain things.

Two months is quite a long time, but if the task before him is full of uncertainties and the consequences of failure are serious, Roddy has to consider the possibility of "leaving immediately".

He wrote and drew on the parchment, opened the [Map Bar], and carefully checked the terrain of the Silent Whispering Forest. He drew some marks on places that might be ruins according to his memory, and then began to give information to Soderol and Brody Village. The chief, Camilla, and the Duke of Angmar each wrote letters, carefully planning and preparing for the things that may be done next...

After finishing all this work, it was already early in the morning. He cleared the messy information about the forest ruins in his mind, lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

Six hours later, Roddy, who had slept comfortably, was awakened by chirping birds outside the window.

It has been a while since he was out of the harsh war environment, and such a rest without vigilance is really precious for Rody. After waking up and washing up briefly, he put on a loose robe and stood at the stairs and asked, "Sally? Camilla? Are you up yet?"

After a while, the bleary-eyed Naifei appeared by the banister on the second floor in loose pajamas: "Brother Roddy...Sister Sally seems to be out, I didn't see her, ha-ow-"

The long red hair is messy, and it seems that Naifei doesn't care about her image at all. Roddy smiled, and didn't take it seriously, just asked: "We are going to Efta as soon as possible, and we may start within tomorrow."

When Naifei heard this, she immediately regained her spirits, hummed a nursery rhyme and went to wash up. Roddy turned to prepare breakfast, and not long after, Sally came back with a somewhat dazed pace...

"Why did you go out so early?"

Rody only heard her footsteps, but because he was lowering his head to set the tableware, he didn't see her distraught appearance. Sally opened her mouth, tried her best to adjust her emotions, and said in a low voice: "Go to Mrs. Rubens." Asking questions, the morning prayers go on for a long time, so I have to get up early."

That's what I said, but I felt so wronged in my heart: You sleep so soundly, I'm afraid it's because you want to take your sweetheart away...

Rody still didn't raise his head, and said casually: "By the way, I just received a letter from Efta. There are some emergencies. I may need to rush back as soon as possible. I need to prepare today, maybe I will leave tomorrow, you—"

He turned his head, but saw Sally's appearance, his face changed slightly, and he asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

Sally had obviously cried, her eyes were swollen, and she stayed up all night causing heavy eyeshadow, making Rody almost think she was cursed by a shadow spell... But soon he realized that Sally's physical condition was normal, but His eyes seemed to avoid himself.

"No...it's nothing, it's just that Mr. Rubens...don't let me go back."

Sally couldn't speak anymore, she was very upset. Yesterday, Nai Fei had just confirmed that she would go back with him, and she couldn't wait to discuss the departure this morning... What Luo Di said made her feel that all of this was a lie.

"It's okay, it's not a problem whether you can go back or not." Rody thought she was sad because she couldn't return on the same way, so he comforted him: "Then I'll go first, and I'll come back to you after I finish solving those things, okay?"

Luo Di felt that he couldn't control the affairs of the sect, and the cardinal must have his own reasons for not letting her go, so he didn't try to dissuade her. However, such words made Sally's tears roll in her eyes: This bastard, is he not even willing to be perfunctory? Really...

She didn't want to stay for a moment, she lowered her head and said, "...I, I'll go back and change my clothes first."

After the words fell, Sally hurried past Rody. Roddy opened his mouth slightly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong. At this time, Nefei walked over from the side after washing, and Rody hurriedly said: "Go first. Eat, I will come down later."

Then he rushed up to the second floor in a few steps, reached out his hand to block the door of Sally's bedroom when it was about to close, and then walked in.

"What happened?"

Roddy closed the door gently, and with a "click", Sally finally stopped in the middle of the bedroom.

"What decision has the sect made? Or is there something wrong?" Rody took a few steps forward, wondering in his heart, but then he saw Sally turning around slowly.

Throughout the night, Sally told herself countless times that it was enough for Yu Jian to pretend that she "knows nothing", but seeing Rody's "innocent" appearance, she was so depressed that she almost went crazy, In the end, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Camilla...Her name is Naifei."

"She has red hair..."

Sally's voice was a little choked, "You've been lying to me, haven't you?"

Luo Di's pupils shrank suddenly, and he thought of a lot in an instant, but when he recalled it, he didn't remember mentioning this name to anyone.

Sally watched his face change, and decided that this was the reaction when the lie was exposed. She continued: "You were seriously injured and you kept calling her name when you were unconscious in the Duke's mansion... You have been thinking about her all the time, but now you come to Here, it’s just to save her, right? If it’s not a coincidence, I’m afraid you won’t even care where I die—

"Sally"

Roddy frowned, and interrupted her directly.

"You have never spoken to me in this tone, now for her, are you finally willing to show your cards?"

"Her mother, who has been missing for half a year, said that she would find it if she found it. I actually believed such a thing... In fact, this is all false, right?"

Sally's eyes turned to the side, as if there were two tear stains on her cheeks that had been thinned overnight, and Rody felt blocked when she saw it.

He took a step forward and suppressed his voice: "She didn't know me before this, don't you think you're being arbitrary when you make such a judgment?"

"Arbitrariness? How spoiled are you looking at her...Maybe you didn't realize it yourself."

"I... this matter is more complicated, and you won't understand it, but it's definitely not what you think."

"It's not what you think" basically means "it's what you think" in most cases, and Rody felt a little pale after speaking—after all, there are many things that he is lying and fabricating the facts, and in Sally After debunking, there is no way to explain all this

Sally wiped her tears with her hand, and seemed unable to control her emotions anymore, sobbing: "I know that I have been wishful thinking for so long, so from now on... I will never bother you again—"

"Don't draw conclusions like that, okay?"

Although Rody is not smart in dealing with emotional issues, it does not mean that he has no temper at all. Sally's angry words made him feel helpless and aggrieved, but after much deliberation, he found that he had only one way to confess : "I haven't told you all this time, because I was afraid that you would worry..."

"In the battle at the border, I accidentally took control of a high elf relic city, and Camilla's mother happened to be imprisoned there for some reason. I was saved by her in that battle, so I agreed To fetch her daughter back—as for the stuff I was talking about...I don't deny that there was once a man I loved called 'Nife,' but she's already..."

"…already dead."

Having said that, the focus of Rody's eyes is also a little scattered. The entanglement and helplessness of the two time and space cannot overlap after all. Some things are the same, but some things have changed their trajectory forever. This is something he can't stop no matter how hard he tries. .

He didn't tell Sally because he didn't know how to explain it himself.

Sally was touched by some emotions in his words, but because of the stubborn judgment in her heart, she was unwilling to believe his confession... Turning around, Sally turned her back to Roddy and chose to remain silent.

The atmosphere between the two fell into an unprecedented stalemate. Rody took a deep breath and felt that he had said enough. He sighed, turned around and opened the door, but because of uncontrollable force, the doorknob was directly twisted off.

"crunch"

The spherical copper handle was pinched and deformed. Rody took several deep breaths in a row, but he couldn't calm down the emotions in his heart.

The more people care about, the harder it is to quarrel.

Rody walked slowly outside the restaurant, rubbed his face vigorously, and then said to Naifei as calmly as possible: "Sally, don't eat, let's go to the street to buy some things, and prepare to go back at noon today."

Naifei didn't know what happened at all, and when she heard Roddy's proposal, she happily raised her fork: "Okay, brother Roddy is the best."

Looking at her innocent appearance, Luo Di's eyes were full of indescribable bitterness, but he managed to force a smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "But... your sister Sally, maybe you won't Come with us."