Chapter 348

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the roof of the building. Rin stood on the edge, tightened his coat and blew the cool breeze, feeling refreshed.

Compared to the dizziness and nausea when he first came into contact with teleportation, he has basically gotten used to it now, and there is no abnormality in his body.

This is an ordinary commercial building. Rin slid down the ladder at the back of the building, walked out of the alley and walked onto the street.

It was almost one o'clock. This place was not as lively as the food street and customs street. The nearby shops had closed long ago, and the students were resting in the reception hall. The street was empty. Occasionally, only two or three people passed by, most of them smelled of alcohol.

Rin walked aimlessly, and when he saw that he was about to turn into an empty alley again, he quickly retreated.

He still remembered that the last time he turned into an empty alley, he encountered a succubus, which triggered the curse, and all kinds of ridiculous things happened after he was sent back.

This kind of place is the easiest to get into trouble. Boys must protect themselves when they go out, especially when they are alone at night.

Thinking about it, Lin simply walked towards the bridge, thinking about seeing the lake view at night.

When he got to the bridge, the night wind was even colder. Lin leaned on the railing and looked far away, admiring the twinkling lights on both sides of the lake.

The place where the lights were on was the entertainment area of ​​the city, which was quite far away from here. At first glance, the reflection of the lights on the lake looked like a stagnant river lantern, revealing a sense of peace and tranquility.

This is a branch of the Nia River of the Holy Empire Mu Qinhe, the same one that the witch and demon used to harm Anlu last time. The locals call it Orange Light Lake.

The reason is that the underwater is affected by some mineral vein energy. Every time the tide comes, a large amount of algae and plankton will rush out of the lake, and the fish will scramble to eat.

And these algae are also orange, so under the reflection of light, the lake surface presents large patches of orange light, hence the name.

As a lake that carries the memories of the residents of Glowing City from childhood to adulthood, there are countless legends and stories left by Orange Light Lake.

When Lin read the Glowing Geography again, he also expanded his knowledge and learned many folk stories.

Among them, the most famous one, besides the lake elves of Orange Light, is the lake siren who cries in the middle of the night.

The elves here have nothing to do with the elves. They are other small elves similar to flower elves, just like the elves in fairy tales. They are different from elemental elves but of the same category. They are all creatures condensed and nurtured by a certain force.

However, few people have seen elves in the past hundred years. They all suspect that they have moved away. Many young people have only heard of them and are not interested in them.

The story of the lake siren is really well-known, because it is a real event adapted after exaggeration and modification.

The story originated from a girl who met a bad man and was abused in every way. Because she could not fight against her husband's family, who was a noble, she finally chose to sacrifice her life and turned into a curse.

The noble family was on the shore of Orange Light Lake. The whole family died because of the curse. In the end, the church and the sorcerer came together to try to resolve the curse.

The source of the curse was on the female corpse. The church and the empire tried their best but failed to salvage it, and the curse has never been completely resolved.

However, this curse mainly targeted the noble family and did not spread much. As time went by, the impact became smaller and smaller, so the matter was abandoned and no more manpower and material resources were spent on salvaging.

But it is said that when a girl comes to the river at night and cries about her tragic experience of being abandoned and meeting the wrong person, the banshee will appear and punish the unfaithful man.

The girl loved singing the most when she was alive. She had a good voice like an oriole. Her dream was to become a singer. Unfortunately, she was tortured and became mute, and this resentment was also implanted in the curse.

When the noble family was killed, someone heard a cry from that family in the middle of the night, and the sound was exactly the same as that of the girl.

After being exaggerated by the people, playwrights, and storytellers, this story was also exaggerated and finally became a real horror story.

"The lost corpse that has been wandering in the lake has transformed into a banshee, singing sad songs every night and coming to the lakeside at midnight. If you hear a low cry or a sad song, please cover your ears and leave quickly, otherwise the banshee will drag you into the lake and become her eternal audience."

Rin silently recalled the legend and suddenly felt that the surroundings were colder, and couldn't help shrinking his neck.

"In the end, it's just to scare people and tell them not to swim in the middle of the night to avoid accidents..."

Rin muttered softly, but as he was talking, he suddenly heard a low sob in his ear, which made him shudder all over and couldn't help but take a half step back.

The sobbing seemed to come from under the bridge, and the sobbing sound was a bit like the sound of the wind.

Rin guessed that the strange sound was caused by the night wind passing through the bridge hole below, and he kept comforting himself in his heart.

"It's fake, it's all fake, the banshee is just a story."

"But the curse is real and hasn't disappeared yet."

Another demon Lin in the brain reminded him at this time, and the angel Lin nodded repeatedly: "It's right, so run."

"If the sound of the wind can scare me away, wouldn't it be too embarrassing? But now it's late and cold, I'd better go back to sleep."

Rin thought to himself and was about to turn around and leave. The crying sound finally turned into intermittent singing.

Because the sound was too small and not very real, the only thing that could be judged was how sad the song was, and it was obviously not something that a normal human could sing.

This really frightened a certain evil boy. His palms were all sweaty and he strode away without thinking about anything else.

Just after taking two steps, the singing turned into complaining again, this time the sound was loud enough.

"Damn it, I don't believe that I can't escape from this broken city! Wuwu, this is too much. How can you treat me like a fugitive? Wuwu, I'm cold and hungry."

Familiar voice, familiar tone, Lin's footsteps paused, and there was a black line on one end.

After judging the position, he held up the railing and shouted in the direction of the bridge hole: "Hey! Wild boar, what are you hiding down there! Howling ghosts in the middle of the night, don't you know that scaring people will scare them to death?"

Chapter 118: Cheating for money and sex

The person under the bridge is indeed Raphael. This Thunder Sword user's life has fallen to an extremely low trough.

She wanted to run away, but she was too embarrassed to trouble her friends anymore. She had no money. In the past two days, people all over the world were arresting her. As a result, she could only hide in the bridge. Her life was worse than that of a homeless person, and she felt aggrieved. broken.

Hearing Rin's voice, Raphael's body trembled, he quickly closed his mouth, shrank back, and pretended that he was not there.

The joy in my heart was quickly overwhelmed by shame and embarrassment.

He's nice to everyone, but he just doesn't want to lose face in front of this venomous and arrogant guy.

She secretly wiped her face and wiped away a little bit of dust.

"Hey! Rafael, come up quickly!"

Rin's voice came from the bridge again, and Raphael tried hard not to make any sound.

After waiting for a while, but no sound was heard, Rafael was stunned, raised his ears, paused for a while, and closed his mouth.

I don’t know why, but Mingming Lin left as she wished, but she felt extremely wronged. The life-saving straw she had received flew away again, and her eyes were filled with darkness.

"Ugh, this bastard..."

"? I thought you were about to die, so I came down to pick you up out of kindness. How dare you scold me?"

At this time, Rin's voice was already close at hand. Rafael suddenly raised his head and looked at Rin, who was looking at him with an unhappy expression. His nose was sore and his eyes were red.

"Wait, don't cry, or you will cry to death if I punch you." Rin quickly took a half step back and looked at Raphael warily.

He thought to himself, could it be that the silly roe deer told Rafael about his weakness? So how could this guy with a tough mouth and a tough head use this kind of attack?

Okay, you stupid roe deer, I will drag you into the examination room a hundred times when you go back...

In the blink of an eye, Rafael sniffed, suddenly collapsed and hugged his knees, burying his face in them and sobbing.

Adults often collapse only in an instant, especially this young lady who has been pampered since childhood and has never experienced any beating from society.

I couldn't stop crying, as if I wanted to release all the grievances accumulated over the past few days.

Rin frowned, sometimes showing an impatient expression, and then throwing a look of disgust. Unfortunately, she was immersed in crying and didn't even watch his performance.

Lin's head was as big as a bucket, his shoulders slumped, and he sat down opposite Raphael.

"Cry, cry, finish crying quickly and then go up. I'll wait for you here."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu It's all soulless, it's too much, wu wu."

Rafael cried intermittently for a while, venting his emotions a lot, and then he felt a little relaxed. He wiped his face with his sleeves and raised his head.

At this time, Rin handed over a towel: "Hurry and wipe it off."

"Who...who wants your kindness?"

Raphael turned his head and ignored Rin.

"Don't look at you, you look like you crawled out of a mud puddle, and you have the nerve to wipe your face with only those dirty clothes."

Hearing Rin's mocking voice, Raphael raised his eyebrows, and without caring about anything else, he quickly grabbed the towel and wiped his face carelessly.

The towel is wet. Stains can still be seen on it.

As a Thunder Sword user, she doesn't need to go to the toilet or take a shower, but this talent is only for herself and cannot affect others or clothing.

"I...I was just avoiding the dust when I ran away."

"I don't care what happened to you. Come up with me as soon as you feel more comfortable."

Raphael looked up at Rin and saw his frowning and concerned look. He felt a little flustered for some reason and nodded uncontrollably.

Rin breathed a sigh of relief, sat up and dusted himself off. Seeing Rafael's dirty clothes, he really didn't know how this guy got like this.

However...the face, hair, and exposed skin are still clean, which is in sharp contrast with the clothes. If this was placed on Aquamarine Star, it might be regarded as cheating for food, drink, and money.

Rafael also stood up, looking down at his clothes helplessly, trying his best to hide it, his face was ashamed, annoyed and very embarrassed.

"Would you like to find a hotel and take a shower first?"

Rin asked subconsciously. It was really inconvenient for the knight to see him when he brought someone back to the hotel so late.

Rafael shook his head quickly: "No, they are arresting me everywhere now."

Rin raised his eyebrows: "I remember last time, didn't you say that only a team of people came to arrest you, and His Majesty Augustine was not prepared to intervene in this matter."

"It was originally like this, but I didn't know until I left the guest house last time that they offered a huge bounty to the Adventurer's Guild, so now people are searching for me everywhere in the city."

"Absolutely."

Rin scratched his hair, looking a little troubled.

Raphael calmed down, hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't plan to trouble you...but I can...can I trouble you with something?"

Rin was quite surprised. This was the first time Rafael had begged him.

"Can you... lend me some money? I... I will pay it back. The interest will be 20% or 30% as you wish!"

Raphael blushed and said bravely. This was the limit that a stubborn arrogant could say. When he said it, his heart was trembling, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to turn around and run away.

She was really afraid that she would be ridiculed in return.

"It's not impossible."

Hearing this, Raphael looked at Rin in shock, as if he didn't recognize him.

Rin was furious when he saw this look: "What's that expression on your face? Silly roe deer, I didn't tell you that I want to come here to do charity. Even if I see cats and dogs on the street, I will give food to them. I can't just feed pigeons in the square." ?”

"Why are you yelling so loudly?"

"You deserve it! I tell you, this is not for free. You will know when you see the IOU."

Rin sneered and looked at Rafael. The two tsunderes stared at each other for a long time, but they felt that they didn't like each other anymore.

The "weakness (considerate)" I saw before was all fucking fake.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Rin stuffed his hands into his coat pockets, with a look of French disgust on his face: "Hurry up, don't let me suffer the cold with you, the wild boar has thick skin and fat and is not afraid of the cold, but I am."

"If you talk bad about me again, I'll beat you up!"

"Just beat me and don't ask for money."

"After beating him, just grab it!"

"Then I guarantee you will never step out of here."

"Who is afraid of whom? Even if you are caught and taken home, I will beat you."

While bickering, the two climbed from the bridge hole to the bridge, stood on the bridge and closed their mouths at the same time.

Rin touched her chin and thought for a while, then snapped her fingers: "Okay, come with me."

"Where to go?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you'll find out when you come."

Rin turned to glance at her, took out a coat and threw it to Rafael.

"I feel embarrassed that you are following me like this. Change your clothes and wear them outside. I don't know what you did. You don't even have clean clothes."

Raphael opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but finally snorted angrily, took off his coat, put Rin's clothes on fiercely, and put on the hood of the coat.

I'm still thinking that when I get back, I'll cut your clothes into pieces and not give them back to you.

Rin was walking in front, muttering to herself that she seemed to be short of clothes recently. She just gave one to Christo a few days ago, but that guy hasn't returned it yet, and now there's another guy who is rubbing off on my clothes. I need to keep all these accounts in mind. .

Rafael followed silently, looking left and right in fear for fear of being caught.

Her captors were unable to kill the less powerful ones, but were unable to beat them if they were more powerful ones. They responded to a hundred calls and were outnumbered, so they could only run away when they saw her.

Fortunately, there was no wind or waves on the road. I don't know if they all regarded them as a young couple having a private meeting at night, so they didn't attract many people's attention.