With an itchy nose, Kevin turned his head and sneezed.

He briefly imagined the possible reaction from the palace, only to feel that the cold hairs on his arms were standing in line.

This is good, it's hard to ride a tiger.

The little bastard who was bound into a silkworm chrysalis wriggled twice on the ground, unable to break free from the cane on his body, anxious and angry, his face flushed red. He stretched his neck with difficulty, made a vicious "Bah", raised his face and was about to shout, but when he met Kevin's face as black as the bottom of a pot, he swallowed it immediately, so that he didn't choked to death.

Kevin crouched down in front of him, patted his head seemingly lovingly, and asked softly, "Which hand?"

The little bastard didn't react for a while: "What?"

At a young age, his voice should have been clear and crisp, but at this time it was hoarse, not much better than Kevin, and it was obvious that he had suffered less.

Kevin looked at him calmly, but he was still threatening: "I asked which hand you grabbed the cowhide bag?" He also deliberately touched the back of the dagger.

Little bastard: "..."

His face turned even redder, and he stubbornly said, "I, I just watched it, didn't I shoot a black bug to death? I'll pay you one!"

Kevin laughed when he heard the words, licked his chapped lips, and said, "Oh? How to pay?"

The boy wriggled twice again, sat up on his knees with difficulty, scratched his body like a chicken paw with one hand, grabbed one from his rag-like clothes, and spread it out to Kevin: "Well, give it back to you. Colored and can fly."

Kevin: "..." For a moment he couldn't tell whether the kid was provocative or stupid.

The thoughts of small children are often immeasurable, and Kevin's understanding of such young living creatures is based on past experience. It's a pity that the children he has met are more than bears. The most impressive one is especially good at irritating and provocative...

So five minutes later, Kevin was relaxing in the river, washing the muddy water off his body, while thinking about how to explain the so-called "resurrection".

The little bastard whose mouth was looking for a beating was hung on a tall tree by the river, like a large silkworm chrysalis hanging upside down, shaking and howling hoarsely.

He is worthy of being from a fighting race like the giant orcs. Although he is young, he is not polite at all. He shouted to Kevin: "You have to be ashamed to beat a child—"

Kevin said without looking back, "No."

The boy continued to howl: "I'm only eight and a half years old, and I can't kill a bug—"

Kevin laughed: "How about coaxing ghosts? You can bite off my neck by changing your form."

Boy: "I'm going to vomit ah ah ah ah-"

Kevin: "Spit, I don't look at you."

The boy let out a fake cry with a "wow".

Kevin: "..."

He howled for a while, but found that Kevin didn't even give him an extra look. Instead, he packed up and went ashore, walking away with a short knife like a water ghost.

The boy was silent.

It wasn't long before Kevin left, and there was no movement in the silent deep forest. But when he came back, he was carrying three plump Andorha gophers and a few fist-sized wild bird eggs.

He squatted by the river and skillfully peeled the skin and blood, picked out the internal organs, drained the water, returned to the support under the tree and roasted it, and buried the eggs under the soil of the fire.

Each Andoha hamster has the length of an adult forearm, and is just right fat and thin. Under the fire, it is sizzling with oil and shiny. Kevin smashed the fruit he had picked up before, smeared the juice on the crispy meat, and the aroma was even stronger when it was baked by the heat.

Kevin was turning the barbecue over, but out of the corner of his eye he saw something shiny dripping on the ground beside him.

He looked up subconsciously, and found that the little bastard who was hanging upside down no longer cared about howling, and was drooling with his mouth open.

"I've seasoned enough, you don't need to add more." Kevin said angrily, and moved the barbecue to the side.

The boy was hooked by the smell of the food, and his stomach, which had just subsided, began to make a thunderous sound again.

There is nothing more immoral than "feasting on someone who is dying of starvation". The boy finally couldn't help but say, "Why are you so cruel to me?"

Kevin turned the meat and sneered, and said casually: "It's not bad, I used to take a bear child about your age, and he was more cruel to him than to you."

boy:"……"

He made up his mind a little about the state of being "more cruel", and suddenly even the cold hair stood up, and said in his heart: "Aren't you afraid that he will put you in a sack when he grows up..."

When Kevin first tricked the corpse from the ground, his face was still covered with black mud. Apart from being thin, he couldn't see any more features. Now that the mud and dust have been washed clean, the original appearance of plain white is fully revealed. come out.

The firelight softened the lines of his browbones and the bridge of his nose, and accentuated the shadows cast by his eyelashes, finding an excellent balance between sharpness and beauty.

With a good conscience, the little bastard thinks Kevin is the most handsome adult he has ever seen...

It's the most not-so-thing adult he's ever seen!

"He really eats himself-" The boy splashed in his heart.

The more hungry you are, the less you can't gobble your food. Kevin is well versed in this truth. He was born with a gentleman, and he eats in a leisurely and slow manner.

In the end, before he took a few bites, he couldn't help but say, "If you stare at me again, the eyeballs should fall out..."

After speaking, Kevin glanced at the boy, only to see him pursing his lips and staring, his fierce and stubborn expression was inexplicably a little aggrieved.

Kevin: "..."

This little bastard's eyes still have the shadow of a cat, the color is light and translucent, and the pupils are big and round at night, which is very clear, and this expression makes Kevin think of the one at Pach's house many years ago. little master-

The bear boy he mentioned just now.

At that time, Kevin had just entered the reserve army, and it was rare to have a slightly longer spring break. He wanted to loosen his bones, but he was asked to go to Pach's house to help take care of the young master.

That kid is a real bear...

Stubborn, tough and unconvinced, his lifelong pursuit is to go against people, especially Kevin.

At that time, Kevin himself was not too old, and he had the blood and energy unique to young people, and he was more jerk than he is now. In order to stop the boy from going to the director, Kevin beat him several times.

Every time he was beaten, the young master's expression was exactly the same as that of the boy, some fierce, stubborn, unwilling, and a little aggrieved.

For many years after that, Kevin never got a chance to see the kid again. The last time he heard the relevant news, he was in the camp in the Bone Desert, and he heard gossip from the officer in the same tent that "the Pach family is about to end".

In that way, after so many years, the grass in that little young master's cemetery has changed a few times, and it is impossible to see him again in the future.

Thinking of this, Kevin, who had cultivated into a thousand-year-old bastard, actually felt a tinge of guilt.

So, he gave a ghostly cough, and just as he was about to stand up to loosen the boy's ties, he heard the cub cry, "Give me some meat, I'll call you Daddy!"

Kevin: "..."

Like a fart with the Pach cub...

In the end, the little bastard was put down, holding the roast gopher by the fire and eating his mouth full of oil.

When Kevin was hunting game, he actually counted the cub's share, but he didn't expect him to be so able to eat, a skinny guy who was a little big, actually ate two gophers and three bird eggs...

Seeing him, he couldn't help but remind: "You'd better keep a little on your body just in case, no one will share your food after tomorrow."

The boy said without hesitation, "Why?"

"Because I left at dawn." Kevin said casually.

"Can I come with you? It's like a labyrinth. I've been going around for a few days, and I'm still looking for someone..." The boy adhered to the principle that milk is a mother, while nibbling on the last bit of meat, murmured vaguely.

Too bad Kevin didn't care.

He was estimating that, according to his previous understanding, it would take almost two days from the letter sand to the priest, to the arrival of the people sent by the palace to this dense forest. And he didn't plan to meet those people until he figured out how to explain his situation. So one day is used to rest and adjust, and another day is enough for him to leave this dense forest and find another place to escape.

He thinks beautifully, but it is a pity that God likes to get along with him.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was just a little bright. A young man with short blond hair and a team of powerful cavalry descended from the sky in front of Kevin, completely stunned by his light sleepiness.

"Mio?" Kevin looked at the leading blond youth with a surprised expression, almost thinking he was dreaming.

Mio was sitting on the back of the horse vulture with his back straight, and when he saw Kevin's face, he almost fell down.

He lowered his head and buried himself behind the raised neck of the horse vulture for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Wait, wait...let me slow down for a while, I feel like I'm hallucinating."

It's impossible to avoid it any longer. Kevin glanced at the boy who was about to be attacked, and said simply: "No, it's not a hallucination, it's me, I'm still alive."

"I found your body from the battlefield with my own hands! How could you..." How could you still be alive? ! How could it possibly appear in Andoha? !

Mio was both excited and dazed. Halfway through the words, he split his voice and broke his voice. He couldn't say the second half of the sentence.

Kevin patted the black horse vulture's head and said, "It's a long story."

Mio, who was holding his breath and waiting for the explanation, almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He turned over and got off the back of the horse vulture. The whole team of cavalrymen behind him also fell to the ground with a slap, which was terrifying.

"I don't know how it appeared in Andoha, but I was discovered near here. It is said that I was wearing the heavy armor of ordinary cavalry and was in a state of suspended animation." Kevin said solemnly: "In fact I was also in a coma after that, and only recently opened my eyes."

As he said that, he patted the boy on the shoulder, "Here—the family member of this child rescued him."

Boy: "..." What about a liar? !

Probably the reason for being overexcited, Mio didn't have the brain to think about it for a while, but he actually believed Kevin's nonsense and said, "What did you guys do to be so embarrassed?"

Kevin waved his hand: "Don't mention it, I originally planned to pass through this dense forest, follow the Dongti Road all the way north, go back to St. Antis first and then find you guys, I happened to take this little brat to the north to see, but I got lost. , I couldn't get out of it after going around for a few days, and I had to squeeze a letter sand last night."

The boy especially wanted to expose his nonsense and let him get shriveled again... However, cannibalism is soft, and he would be beaten, so he could only half-heartedly stay on the spot, looking at the blond young man with mixed feelings with a toothache on his face. Face.

Mio stared at Kevin for a while, finally confirming that everything in front of him was real. He couldn't help hugging Kevin hard, then let go, took a step back and gave a salute, saying: "Mio Scott, deputy commander of the Bronze Army and your most loyal friend, lead the way. The newly created first elite team, welcome your return!"

The boy was stunned: "..." What? !

Kevin smiled and patted Mio's shoulder, "Long time no see."

After confirming that his good friend was still alive, Mio was more excited than ever. While leading Kevin and the confused boy out of the jungle, he told Kevin about the major events that had happened in the past few years.

When it came to the change of position of the person in power, Kevin finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Wait, what did you just say the new emperor who just succeeded to the throne is called?"

Mio said, "Osved Kno, what's wrong?"

Kevin: "Hushsounds familiar."

"You forgot? Oh yes, you didn't react normally. Your Majesty changed his surname." Mio said, "He used to be Pach, the youngest son of the Pach family, do you remember?"

Kevin: "..." I remember, how could I not remember, last night I recalled how cruel I was to him...

"I know, you must want to ask him why he changed from Pach to Keno, right? This is a long story. I will explain it to you slowly when I go back. After all, it is not convenient now." Blinking his eyes, he said, "Speaking of which, I remember you knew him before. When he was seven or eight years old, didn't you beat him?"

Kevin wiped his face and said thank you so much for reminding me...

However, as soon as he thought about it, his heart grew again, and he didn't take it seriously: "It's a hundred-year-old account, I must have forgotten it, and those who ascend to the emperor will not be so preoccupied."

Mio agreed: "That's right, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't have followed him in person."

Kevin stopped abruptly, turned the direction without hesitation, walked in the other direction, and said, "You guys go first, I still have a few things to do, I'll just"

He paused before he could finish speaking.

Because he was so immortal, he just walked a few steps when he saw a tall man walking around behind a tall tree, holding his arms straight in front of him, looking at him condescendingly, and then Pi Xiaorou said without a smile: "Long time no see, Fassbender... Your Excellency?"

Kevin's right eyelid twitched: "..."