The first time she heard "Naifei" was after Roddy failed to ambush the undead Magda.
At that time, Rody had severely injured Magda and almost lost his life. After he was rescued and brought back to the Duke's mansion in a pool of blood, he had been in a coma ever since. He was haunted by nightmares and before he woke up, he kept repeating that name.
And earlier … when Roddy helped her escape from Frances, he admitted that the "she" he liked had red hair.
Sally was very curious about the woman that Roddy couldn't forget. However, she didn't have time to ask this question until she left Eiffta.
However, at this moment, everything seemed to be revealed.
Sally's slightly warm body almost instantly turned cold. Her gaze was a little stiff as she looked forward. In the dim sight, Naifei mumbled a few words in her sleep and had already fallen asleep. But what flashed in front of her eyes were all the scenes of Roddy and Naifei together in the past few days …
"Brother Roddy is so nice …"
"He knows what snacks I like the most, and he even made my favorite grilled fish. It smells so good …"
Those scenes that she didn't care about before were now like thorns stabbing into her heart, causing Sally's face to turn paler and paler.
When she recalled the battle in Mogra village, she then remembered the expression on Roddy's face in front of the collapsed wooden house. It seemed that there were some indistinct emotions that she couldn't understand.
Sally didn't know the story of "suspecting one's neighbor and stealing the axe", but obviously, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Roddy had planned everything. And what made her most suspicious was that Roddy found Naifei's mother. Everything seemed to be too smooth. The thing that Naifei worried about for half a year was almost solved by Roddy. What was the truth?
And what made Sally most uncomfortable was the real purpose of Roddy when he appeared in front of her. Could it be that he only came to save Naifei and didn't care about her at all?
When certain emotions appeared, Sally's original expectations for Roddy quickly plummeted.
A woman's sensibility had no "rationality" to speak of, and in times of great joy and sorrow, she had lost most of her judgment.
Lying on the bed, her body was stiff and she didn't dare to move because of Naifei's hug. She even wanted to wake Naifei up and ask her carefully. However, it was just like the saying, "The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment." Her wishful thinking towards Roddy made her feel that she was hopelessly stupid …
Forget it, since he wants to lie to me, then let him be. I'll just not see him again in the future.
Such an extreme idea appeared in her mind. However, after thinking about it, she tossed and turned on the bed. In the end, she could not bring herself to quarrel with Rody.
She could chop her own brother to death, but when it came to Roddy, Sally would rather suffer in silence …
*****
It was a long night. Sally couldn't sleep because she knew some "truths". Roddy was also thinking about the problem in Camilla's letter for a long time.
Although Roddy had read "On the Self-Consciousness of the Defense System", Cadgar's notes were a bit complicated. Since Roddy didn't have a deep understanding of "arcana", it was easy for him to ignore the "basic knowledge" in the eyes of some senior-rank arcanists.
The energy of the basic defense circle of the city would gradually dissipate … Roddy had never thought about this. Even his own [City Management Interface] didn't remind him about this. But now, the problem was right in front of him, and Roddy had to face the problem of not having enough "Recharged Crystals".
In the letter, Camilla gave a time limit of "two months", which meant that Elsen City might lose all its original energy after two months, and Camilla would lose her life!
This problem made him frown. After thinking for half the night, Roddy could only think of two ways. The first was to use "Recharged Crystal Making Theory" to directly make enough crystals.
However, Rody, who had skimmed through the book, knew that it was impossible to meet the production standards within two months, even if it was easy to find the expensive materials.
The second way was to find ready-made "Recharged Crystals". Other than Wagra City and Elsen City, there were more than a few High Elf ruins. As long as he put in the effort, there should be some crystals left in the rest of the ruins.
But while this method was feasible, it was full of uncertainties … Where were the ruins? Was it possible that even if they searched all the ruins, they still wouldn't be able to gather 320 crystals? These were all uncertain things.
Two months sounded like a long time, but if the task in front of him was full of uncertainties and the consequences of failure were serious, Roddy had to consider the possibility of "leaving immediately".
He wrote and drew on the parchment, opened the Map Bar, and carefully looked at the terrain of the Forest of Quiet Words. He drew some marks in the places that might be ruins according to his memory, and then began to write letters to Sodelor, Village Chief Brody, Camilla, and the Dukes Of Angmar, carefully preparing for what might happen next …
By the time he was done, it was already early in the morning. He cleared his mind of all the messy information about the forest ruins, lay on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.
Six hours later, Roddy, who had slept comfortably, was woken up by the chirping of birds outside his window.
It had been some time since Roddy had left the harsh environment of war. This kind of restless rest was precious to him. After a simple wash, he put on a loose robe and stood at the top of the stairs. "Sally? Camilla? Are you up? "
After a while, a sleepy Naifei in loose pajamas appeared by the handrail of the stairs on the second floor. "Brother Roddy … Sister Sally seems to have gone out. I didn't see her, ha-yawn …"
Her long red hair was messy. At this time, Naifei did not seem to care about her image at all. Roddy smiled and did not take it seriously. He just said, "We have to go to Efta as soon as possible. We may leave tomorrow."
When Naifei heard this, she immediately became energetic. She hummed a children's song and went to wash up. Roddy turned to prepare breakfast. Not long after, Sally came back in a trance …
"Why did you go out so early?"
Roddy only heard her footsteps. Because he lowered his head to set the tableware, he did not see her absent-minded look. Sally opened her mouth and tried to adjust her emotions. She said in a low voice, "I went to ask Lord Rubens about something. The morning prayer will last for a long time, so I have to get up early."
Although he said so, he felt extremely wronged in his heart. You slept so soundly. I'm afraid you're going to take your sweetheart and fly far away …
Roddy still did not look up. He said casually, "Oh yes, I just received a letter from Efta. There is an emergency. I may need to go back as soon as possible. I have to prepare today. Maybe I will leave tomorrow. You-"
He turned around and saw Sally's appearance. His expression changed slightly. He asked, "What happened? What happened? "
Sally had obviously cried. Her eyes were swollen. She did not sleep all night, so her eyeshadow was very heavy. Roddy almost thought that she was cursed by a shadow spell … But he soon realized that Sally's physical condition was very normal. It was just that her eyes seemed to be avoiding him.
"No … Nothing. It's just that Lord Rubens … doesn't want me to go back."
Sally found it hard to continue. Her heart was in a mess. Yesterday, Naifei had just decided to go back with him. This morning, she could not wait to discuss the departure … Roddy's words made her more and more convinced that it was all a scam.
"It's okay. It's not a problem if you can't go back." Roddy thought that she was sad because she could not go back with him. He comforted her, "Then I'll go first. I'll come back to you after I settle those things, okay?"
Roddy felt that he could not control the internal affairs of the church. The Cardinal must have his own reasons for not letting her go. So he did not try to persuade her. However, such words made Sally's tears roll in her eyes. This bastard, he is not even willing to be perfunctory anymore. Really …
She almost did not want to stay for a moment longer. She bowed her head and said, "I, I'll go back and change my clothes first."
As soon as she finished speaking, Sally hurriedly walked past Roddy. Roddy's mouth was slightly open. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. At this time, Naifei finished washing her face and came over. Roddy hurriedly said, "Go to eat first. I'll come down later."
Then he rushed to the second floor. When the door of Sally's bedroom was about to close, he stretched out his hand to block it. Then he stepped in.
"What happened?"
Roddy gently closed the door. With a click, Sally finally stopped in the middle of the bedroom.
"What's the decision of the church?" Or is there something wrong? "Rody took a few steps forward, feeling puzzled. However, he then saw Sally slowly turn around.
For the whole night, Sally told herself countless times to pretend that she knew nothing. But when she saw Roddy's "innocent" look, she almost went crazy. Finally, she 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 have been lying to me, haven't you?"
Roddy's pupils suddenly shrank. He thought of a lot of things in an instant. But when he tried to recall, he did not remember mentioning this name to anyone.
When Sally saw the change in his expression, she was even more certain that this was his reaction when his lie was exposed. She continued, "When you were unconscious in the Duke's Mansion, you kept calling out her name … You've been thinking about her in your heart, and now that you're here, it's actually just to save her, right? If it wasn't a coincidence, I'm afraid you wouldn't care where I die — "
"Sally!"
Roddy frowned and directly interrupted her.
"You have never talked to me in this tone. Now, for her, you are finally willing to tell me the truth, right?"
"Her mother, who has been missing for half a year, has been found. How could I believe such a thing … In fact, it's all fake, right?"
Sally looked to the side. There were two tear stains on her cheeks, which seemed to have become thinner overnight. Seeing this, Roddy felt suffocated.
He took a step forward and suppressed his voice, "She didn't know me before this. Don't you think you are arbitrary?"
"Arbitrary? The way you look at her is so doting … you probably don't even realize it yourself. "
"I … It's complicated. You won't understand even if I tell you, but it's definitely not what you think."
"Not what you think" basically meant "it's what you think" in most cases. Roddy felt a little powerless after saying it. After all, there were many things that he did lie and fabricate, but after Sally exposed it, there was no way to explain it!
Sally reached out to wipe her tears. It seemed that she could no longer control her emotions. She sobbed, "I know that it's my wishful thinking for so long, so in the future … in the future, I will never bother you again —"
"Don't make such a conclusion, okay?"
Although Roddy was not smart when it came to matters of the heart, it did not mean that he did not have a temper at all. Sally's angry words made him feel helpless and aggrieved. But after thinking about it, he found that he could only confess, "I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you would be worried …"
"In the battle at the border, I accidentally took control of the ruins of a High Elf city. Camilla's mother happened to be imprisoned there for some reason. She saved my life in that battle, so I promised to take her daughter back. As for what I said in my sleep … I don't deny that there was a person I loved called 'Naifei', but she has already …"
"… died."
Speaking of this, the focus of Roddy's eyes was also a little scattered. The entanglement and helplessness of the two spaces could not overlap after all. Some things were the same, but some things changed forever. This was something that he could not stop no matter how hard he tried.
He did not tell Sally because he did not know how to explain it himself.
Some emotions in his words touched Sally, but because of her stubborn judgment in her heart, she did not want 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. Roddy took a deep breath and felt that he had said enough. He sighed and turned to open the door. But because he could not control his strength, he twisted the doorknob directly.
"Crack!"
The ball-shaped brass doorknob was twisted. Roddy took a few deep breaths, but he could not calm the emotions in his heart.
The more you care about someone, the harder it is to get over a quarrel.
Roddy slowly walked out of the dining room and rubbed his face hard. Then he said to Naifei as calmly as possible, "Sally, let's not eat first. Let's go buy some things on the street later and prepare to go back at noon."
Naifei did not know what had happened. Hearing Roddy's suggestion, she happily raised her fork and said, "Okay! Brother Roddy is the best! "
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