The shy young man named Matthew was pushed out from the crowd by his companions. Alice saw him sniff pitifully, and then began to explain everything that had happened here intermittently.
"Last night, after we had dinner...ah, we went to rest early after dinner. No, it's in the tent over there."
At this time, little Matthew pointed to a small tent behind Ivan Bell, and then he maintained this posture and continued talking.
"A few of us were sleeping there, and then, halfway through our sleep, we heard a strange noise."
"Trish said it was the sound of a ghost that lived in the nearby fields, and we were all scared, so we asked Arthur to look outside the tent."
"Then, then...he came back and told us that the adults were walking outside the camp, No, just that way."
Little Matthew said and moved his finger to point east again.
"Arthur said he chased after him, but the adults ignored him. Then, he told us that the adults would be back tomorrow, but..."
"But they didn't come back, and I think we figured it out."
Wei Xi'an seemed to understand something and nodded towards Matthew. In fact, I don't know if he and the other three people were more or less confident.Needless to say, this is another unexpected incident caused by the "Queen Bee Effect".
If this matter is true, the parents of these children should be approaching the "Queen Bee" now, so going to Qiu Yadina will be an urgent task.
After that, Wei Xi'an asked Little Matthew to give them some time. After Little Matthew nodded, he called the others to step aside and began to discuss the matter.A group of four of them were gathered in a small corner, whispering with their backs to the children.
"How should we explain it? We can't tell them directly that their parents ran towards the battlefield because of a strange dream, right?"
"Isn't it okay to say this?"
Alice tilted her head in confusion, she seemed to really think that was a good choice.Faced with her question, Wei Xi'an first looked at her with a caring look for a few seconds, and then asked in reply: "Then if they ask you, 'What do our parents dream about at night?' How do you explain it?"
Alice looked at him strangely, and she replied in a very normal tone: "Just...just tell them that someone cast spiritual magic on their parents."
"'But what is spiritual magic?', I guess what you want to say next, Visian."
"You're smart, I like that about you."
Wei Xi'an and Ivan Bell suddenly understood each other, and they reached out to each other at the same time to make a "cool~!" gesture.
"Isn't this...a kind of magic that can distort people's consciousness? The person being cast will unconsciously act according to the wishes of the caster. The person being cast usually has no intention..."
"Alice, these children under ten years old are too difficult to understand. They are not students of the Magic Academy. And you two, please stop teasing her."
Caschia timely intervened in this increasingly crooked topic, and after successfully interrupting Alice's words, he gave Vician and Ivan Bell a slap in the face.Although he had to bend down when hitting Ivan Bell on the head.
"'Teasing'? You're talking about...ah! You two!"
On the other hand, Alice was a little confused at the beginning of the period because of Caschia's words, but when she thought about it carefully, she "keenly" discovered that she had indeed been tricked.
"Be careful I won't leave you again when I'm angry! Damn it."
"Ahem, it's all Wei Xi'an's attention."
"???, didn't you say it with great enthusiasm!?"
"That's enough, shut up. And aren't we here to discuss how to explain the current situation to the children?"
"Yes..."
"It's not 'right'..."
The serious discussion that had been interrupted for a time was finally brought back on track through Caschia's efforts. Once again, Alice and the four of them started a discussion.
"We try to explain it as simply as possible, and at the same time it is best not to tell the children everything. After all, some things are too early for them, and they will not be able to accept or understand them for a while."
"So we can change the story a little bit to make the whole thing more acceptable to them."
"He means we can tell lies."
Caschia, Vician and Ivan Bell were all paying attention, and Alice, who was listening to everything, gradually understood their intentions.
"Simple and easy to understand, but with a touch of fantasy. Got it!"
"Then let's sort it out from the beginning. First of all, at the very beginning, the kid named Arthur mentioned that his father was a knight, and he seemed to think that his father went to move rescue soldiers. Maybe we can Let’s continue with this.”
Caschia dragged his chin, bit by bit, planning the lines they were going to say later.
"From now on, we are the rescuers that their parents moved here. We met their parents on the road, so we accepted the commission and showed up here."
"And their parents stayed on the front line because they had to defend themselves against foreign enemies and could not come back."
"But in this case, we have to find a way to settle them."
Indeed, how to settle this group of little brats is a very serious issue. From a humanitarian perspective, Alice and her party do not intend to abandon them here to die, but from a rational perspective, It’s also not a good idea to take them on the road.
So how to solve it?
In fact, there is still a solution. There are other towns between this camp and Qiu Yadina, and some of them have not been involved in the war for the time being.If the children are escorted there and entrusted to the church there to take care of them on a temporary basis, the problem will naturally be solved.
As for how to let the pastors in the church shoulder this important responsibility?
Then it's the turn of things like "money" to come into play. Don't think this is vulgar. Even noble pastors will worry about the maintenance costs and daily expenses of the church.
"That's all I want to say. If there's no problem, just do it like this?"
Caschia looked at Alice, asking for her opinion with his eyes.Alice looked back at him and nodded solemnly.
In this way, Alice shouldered the important task of convincing the children and began to move forward.
Chapter 286 Little Knights (3)
Why did things become like this?Obviously, everything will become easier...
"But what the hell is this scene like now!"
Alice was wailing in her heart. There was a little girl on her left pulling on her clothes, and behind her there were two other little girls pulling on her hair.
They were all chattering to her, and she could barely distinguish sentences that sounded like "I want to hear the story of the circus again!" and "Was the princess saved in the end?"
Alice was so annoyed by these children that her head almost exploded. She had just retold this story for the third time 10 minutes ago.But she couldn't blame others. It was herself and not others who caused all this.If God had given her a chance, she would have strangled her talkative self to death right there an hour ago.
More than an hour ago, Alice and her group, who had answered their lines well, returned to the children and told them everything they "know".Including where their parents are now and why they are here.
After saying a long list of words that even Alice found a bit long-winded, they were naturally questioned.The children didn't really believe that they were rescuers brought in by adults. This situation made people lament that children in this era are really hard to deceive, but having said that, Alice still made a lot of efforts to this end.
At this time, in order to make the children believe them, Alice told the various experiences they had since they met, although it was also artistically processed.After she talked about their latest adventure on an uninhabited island, the kids stopped questioning their identities, which was fine, but their attention seemed to be elsewhere.They began to pester Alice and others to listen to stories, and because of this, Alice was as busy as she was now.
"The little rabbit successfully returned to our home, and the princess was also rescued by us. Yes, that's it!"
Alice took the trouble to tell the ending of the story again. She looked at the other companions with her last hope, and then found that their situation was not optimistic either.There was a group in Ivan Bell, a group in Caschia, and the largest group in Vician.
Who allowed Alice to expose his "disguise" as a thief and directly reveal his status as the "former" king?Children, especially boys, yearn for heroic epics, knights, heroes, etc., including kings, of course.When they, who were born in poverty, finally see a real crown prince with their own eyes, one can imagine what kind of passion they will burst out with.
Wei Xi'an was surrounded almost within half a minute. The children gathered around him asking questions, which made his ears hurt.The most frightening thing was that he couldn't get angry on the spot, so he could only grit his teeth and patiently answer the questions one by one.
The questions he was asked were much more difficult to answer than Alice's, and there were also some strange and unheard of questions mixed in with them.To give a few examples, a boy named Harold asked him about "knight selection", while another red-haired boy named Lester asked "When knights pull their babies, do they pull them directly on their armor?" inside?".
When Vician heard this question, he had to admit that he had the urge to pry open the child's head to see what was inside.
After Wei Xi'an finally provided answers to all the questions, the sky turned completely dark.He reached into his coat pocket and took out his pocket watch and took a look at it. He found that it was already six o'clock in the evening.This meant that night would soon come and they would have to spend the night in this camp with noisy children.
Yes, they have to stay here for one night. After all, they plan to send the children to a nearby church. They can't force the children to walk at night, right?
Regardless of whether it is dangerous or not, it is not very realistic just considering the physical difference between adults and children.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling they are, Alice and her party are destined to endure it for a few more days.Fortunately, although the children are noisy, they will do whatever they are asked to do honestly, and their hands and feet are extremely agile.
"Boys, follow the brother and sister to clean up your gifts, and the girls will come here with us to prepare dinner. Okay?"
Alice whispered to the children in front of her, and then at her signal, the children divided into two groups and went to work separately.Just as she said, the boys followed Vician and Ivan Bell to pack their bags. They needed to bring everything they could use in order to make their "huge" stay in the next few days. The team survives in the ice and snow.On the other side, there were Alice and Caschia, who were in charge of tonight's dinner. They untied the magic scrolls that contained fresh vegetables and meat, and then handed these things over like magic. The little girls.
"Can you cut it for us?" Alice said to the children in front of her, and the children happily took the knives and cut the ingredients into pieces of different sizes very quickly.After processing, these ingredients returned to Alice and the others again, and then they started to cook, stew, cook, and finally take out the pot.
A "table" of sumptuous food was brought out. The children's mouths were full of food and they praised the deliciousness of the food.Alice was amused and distressed at the same time, because she found that what these children said was true. It seemed that they had not had normal meals for a long time.
A few hours later, night fell, and Ivan Bell joined forces with the others to urge these little kids to go to sleep in the tent.She told the children about tomorrow's day's itinerary, which made the children quite excited. They crowded into the tent noisily, and after a long time, the noise in the tent finally stopped.
On the next day, Alice and the four of them got up early. They thought they were the only ones awake at this time, but they didn't expect that the children had already gotten up before them.When they walked out of the tent, they were greeted by dozens of neatly dressed children carrying small bags.
"Could it be that they were so excited that they didn't fall asleep last night?"
"I think it's possible. Should I say they are worthy of being children? They are in great spirits."
Alice and her companions looked at each other helplessly, feeling dumbfounded in their hearts.
—TBC—
Chapter 287 Little Knights (4)
November 11, Normoft Southwest
The brilliance of dawn once again shone on this large snowfield, and the long-lost sunshine strangely caused the temperature to rise to [-] or [-] degrees. For Nomovt, this was a temperature that could only be experienced in spring.Many creatures in hibernation quietly woke up at this time, including the group of people sleeping in the camp.
It's just that the first ones to wake up in the camp were the young children. Their average age was less than ten years old, and their wages were even higher than those of the adults (and those close to adulthood) like Alice and her party. morning.It's hard for you to imagine how funny the expression on Alice's face was when she walked out of the tent and first saw those little faces ready to go.
But our focus today is not the funnyness of Alice's expression, but that from today until they arrive at the church along the road, these little guys who seem to be chirping like sparrows will be following them for a long time. .
In order to ensure a pleasant journey and to avoid tragedy caused by some people on the road getting angry, Alice and her party made a three-part agreement with the children and set rules.
The three rules are this:
First, no one is allowed to run around.
This is easy to explain. No one wants to be suddenly told that someone has been left behind in the middle of the queue, or that someone has been naughty enough to leave the army without permission.Leaving aside the possibility of it taking a long time to get the man back, let's talk about the possibility of dying in the wild.This is a dangerous world of ice and snow. If you are not careful, even adults may be buried under the snow forever.
Second, do not attack any wild beasts or monsters you see on the road.
This article is similar to the first article, and the purpose is to prevent emergencies from happening.The last one sounds very strange, but in the eyes of Alice and others, it is the most important.
Third, if you feel unwell or hear strange sounds like the night before, be sure to speak up.
This was specifically proposed by Miss Alice Black, the "authority" in the magical world. After being reminded by Ivan Bell, she had a new understanding of the events that had occurred in recent days. Although she had insufficient knowledge in other aspects, , but in terms of magic, it is much more reliable than the summoner who became a monk halfway through Visian.There are many ways to break mental magic. The simplest method is to beat the person unconscious directly, and the other is to shout loudly.
Magicians believe that when a person shouts loudly, the brain will almost go blank. At this moment, the mental magic will be ineffective for a period of time because it cannot capture the consciousness of the person being cast.Although the interruption was not long, it was long enough to take emergency measures.
And this is why Alice specially added this one.
"Okay, do you all remember these three rules? Does anyone else have any questions? No more? Okay! Let's go!"
As soon as Alice gave the order, the children carrying their own luggage ran out of the camp one after another, leaving only scattered figures behind them for the "temporary guardians" behind them.
After walking out of the camp, the old lady Caschia finally reunited the little carrots who were running around. After he counted the number of people and made sure that no one left the group, he asked Alice to be the leader and led them towards Head east.Their current destination has changed from the central city of Tyuyadina to Zege, so they need to first pass through a forest, and then go south along a river called the "fish passage" by the locals. Finally, they can At the end of the road, we saw the wall of the small town of Zeger.
But when it comes to Zeger, there is a lot to discuss.
"Speaking of which, what kind of place is Zege? Have you ever been there, Ivan?" Alice suddenly turned her head and asked Ivan Bell behind her as she walked. She sounded familiar with the town called Zege. Very interested.
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