Act 252 Overnight

The night before winter always falls very early. Brando and others traveled south of Maltaha for three or four hours before the sky darkened.

The winter nights in Tauchik are extremely humid and cold. Although the Inner Sea area of ​​the Dead Moon does not freeze at night during this month, the ground will become cold and hard; the swamp is filled with heavy fog, there is almost no wind, and the sound of insects is very loud. It was so quiet that it was almost eerie, with the sound of water occasionally coming from the darkness.

The bonfire was burning, with one or two sparks occasionally popping out. The bright yellow light was extremely penetrating in the fog and could shine far away, but it would also cause unnecessary trouble. In addition to wild beasts and corpses in the swamp, there are also swarms of mosquitoes - even at this time of year, there are still a large number of mosquitoes in the Tochik area - mosquitoes follow the light, even if they have been prepared to drive away Insecticide, but not very useful.

While Brando was driving away mosquitoes with his hands, he would use the power of law from time to time. Delphine dried fish and mushrooms by the bonfire. These ingredients were all sourced locally. The Prime Minister's daughter's craftsmanship was beyond imagination. After more or less everyone present tasted a little, they all expressed their praise. As an imperial daughter, Huang Huo only took a symbolic bite. She had strict dietary standards and maintained the same self-discipline when going out.

However, she suggested preparing more for emergencies. After all, everyone thought of the weird recipes of the Goat-Headed Cultists in Martahar.

The red moon Maya has risen from the western horizon, but Fang Qi still hasn't appeared. It seems that he won't show up until the appointed time.

Delphine took a piece of smoked fish from the grill, handed it to Brando, and nodded his chin in one direction in the darkness. Brando understood what she meant, but was a little surprised and glanced at her.

"Why, do you think I, a vicious and scheming woman, am plotting against someone else?" The prime minister's daughter smiled slightly. asked in a joking tone.

"Is there anything about that little girl that is worthy of your calculations?" Brando was not polite at all to the prime minister's daughter. Although the two had had physical contact, what happened on the boat that day has always left Brando in his heart. There is a barrier.

To be precise, there was no romance between him and Delphine. There was only desire, and since then, because he deliberately kept a distance, even the connection between the two has become much weaker. Brando didn't know how Delphine viewed this matter. Maybe she didn't care at all, but he cared very much. He always felt very awkward when facing the prime minister's daughter.

His straightforwardness was also to cover up his embarrassment.

Delphine smiled. As if he didn't care, he handed over the wooden sign in his hand: "She hasn't eaten anything since she came here from the town."

"Delphine," Brando suddenly said: "The current situation of the Cruz Empire is unknown. We don't even know if your father and grandfather are still alive. Let me tell you the truth, I can't actually see clearly the war with the Twilight Dragon. What the future holds, all I can do is do everything possible to protect Eruin and the people around me. And fulfill the promise to Queen Madara, you should have seen it. I can't give you too much Guarantee, I can’t even become the king of Warnd and rebuild the empire.”

There was a bonfire between the two of them. Mr. Liu was on guard outside the camp, while Huang Huo had already entered his tent to rest. Magdal needed to practice meditation and communication magic, and for a while there were only two people talking in the camp.

"Then, what do you want to say?"

"I want to say that you don't have to be like this," Brando sighed: "You know who I am. If you want something, you can speak out as much as possible. Although you have caused me a lot of trouble, but Medisa and I have seen your efforts in the past two months. Let the grudges between us be in the past. If you are willing to put aside the past grudges, I can help you like a friend. I mean, I do the best I can within my ability.”

"What your lord means is,

I don't have to tie myself to you and force myself to smile at you every day. I should pursue the path I want, right? "

"That's not what I meant, Delphine."

"No, that's what you mean, sir. I know you are pitying me," Delphine replied with a smile: "Do you think, sir, that playing cat and mouse games with me is too tiring and you don't want to continue anymore?" Are you done playing?"

"Okay, I admit that you are right, but Delphine, the grudge between us originated from a misunderstanding - I said that I will not apologize to you for the death of your fiancé, because it has nothing to do with me in the first place. But I can apologize to you for the harm I caused to you physically and mentally after that. Maybe we would each take a step back in the fir collar, and the situation would not be what it is now."

"What about Miss Roman? You don't resent me for what I did to Miss Roman?" Delphine asked softly.

"You don't have to anger me, because I wanted to kill you because of Roman, and I also wanted to teach you an equally unforgettable lesson, but after that so many things happened that I couldn't imagine," Brando shook his head: " To be honest, I don’t know how to face you. On the one hand, you are my enemy, Miss Delphine, but on the other hand, I have also hurt you."

"My lord, do you really think you have hurt me?"

Brando nodded without hesitation.

"You are really an upright but naive man," Delphine replied: "But you still don't understand, what kind of path do you want me to pursue? Leave you and return to the intrigues and intrigues of the past. Is that the life you think I should live?”

She shook her head: "Why do you think I am forcing a smile? In fact, these days are the most relaxed and real days I have lived. When we return to the empire, I don't know what choices I will make, but at least Here I feel authentic and happy.”

Brando was stunned.

The prime minister's daughter suddenly sighed quietly. She put the smoked fish back on the grill, then stood up, picked up her backpack by the campfire, took out a blanket from it, walked over, and handed it to Bran. Many hands.

Brando was stunned for a moment when he saw the blanket. He remembered that when he was in the north of Rosalin, he used this blanket to cover the prime minister's daughter. At that time, he thought she had fallen asleep, but he didn't expect the prime minister. Qianjin was just pretending to sleep.

He looked at the blanket in his hand. Delphine had taken good care of this blanket. Even in the swamp environment, the blanket was very dry and clean, and it was folded extremely neatly, with every edge carefully aligned.

"I'm sorry, it's time to wake up from my unrealistic dream. In that long dream in the elemental realm, the terrible things I saw made me weak." Delphine replied faintly: "These days, I have given up on myself, which is why such ridiculous things happened. I am sorry to my fiancé and to you adults. I thought the mistake would disappear with time, but I was wrong. I am still me. There is no way to escape. Change reality..."

"Miss Delphine."

Delphine shook his head: "My lord, there is no need to persuade me. You are right. When I return to Eruin, I will find my own path. You and Miss Medisa are both upright people, but there is no such thing here." It doesn't belong to me. I shouldn't impose my ideas on others. Although I use all kinds of despicable means to force you to agree, unfortunately if that is not your original intention, it will not make any sense after all... I, Del Finn, Nidwen's daughter, does not need charity from others to succeed."

Delphine put down his luggage, then picked up the smoked fish from the grill again, and at the same time replied: "Sir, thank you for not holding me responsible, I will do my best to help you get the natural orb, this is my last I will be by your side to help you once, because this is the apology in my heart, and I must make up for my mistakes-"

"But I know very well that this is not enough. If you still want my life, I will never mind," she pointed at her white neck and replied: "My head is right here, ready for you at any time. "

"Miss Delphine, you know that's not what I meant."

The prime minister's daughter smiled sadly: "Do you mean to say that your Excellency is trampling on my last bit of dignity as the eldest daughter of the Nidwen family?"

Brando had to shut up. He looked at the noble daughter and felt a little emotional in his heart. Maybe even if the other party showed his true feelings, he still couldn't believe it completely, because it might be another hard-to-get game.

However, even though he knew in his heart that this might be the other party's disguise, when Delphine said those words, he still felt a little disappointed.

However, Delphine stopped explaining and handed the grilled fish in his hand and said: "No matter how willful and cunning a woman is, she will have compassion. She has not had a drop of water since noon, and her pockets are bulging. It’s all stone.”

"Stone?"

Brando was taken aback.

"That's a little girl with backbone. You won't understand her, but I do, because I see my former self in her," Delphine replied softly, "But I'm much happier than her. I At least I still have family."

"You are wrong about one thing, Miss Delphine," Brando replied in a low voice: "She also has relatives. I think she has at least one older sister or younger sister. Their mother should still be alive - maybe still. .”

"Do you know her?" Delphine suddenly showed a clear look: "Is she related to Miss Medissa?"

Brando nodded. He had already seen the mind of the prime minister's daughter, so he was not surprised by her reaction. However, he did not continue to explain because he was not completely sure about the other party's identity.

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