4. Corpse
The next morning.
Hevin added some firewood to the fireplace so that the whole room could keep warm.
Pick, snap.
The little girl fell down the stairs with barefoot sleepy eyes.
Yesterday, after Hewen took the girl home, she fell asleep deeply not long after, and Hewen carried her into the guest room on the second floor.
The moment he saw Hewen, the little girl opened her eyes wide in surprise. After confirming that she was not dreaming, she showed a light smile.
This is the first time the witch hunter smiles when she sees her.
Hewen turned around and took out two white plates. His own plate contained 4 chicken sausages and 2 fried eggs. In addition to reducing the number of the plates by half, the girl also added some broccoli to embellish them.
The girl twitched her nose and her eyes suddenly shone. She asked timidly:
"What's this?"
Hevin prepared a fork and a knife while placing the plate on the dining table:
"For breakfast, you have two chicken sausages and a fried egg. Of course, you have to eat some vegetables even for breakfast, otherwise it will be bad for the stomach."
Hewen planned to ask her what she had eaten before.
The girl climbed onto the chair with her hands and feet, and her two white and tender little feet kept swaying 20 cm on the ground.
Hewen also sat opposite her, picked up the knife and fork and cut a small piece of sausage into his mouth, and suddenly said:
"By the way, do you know how to use a knife or fork?"
The girl did not answer immediately, but looked at Hewen's hands, and then cut off the sausage in a not-quisite posture.
Hewen said with a smile:
"It seems that I'm worried too much."
The girl continued to stuff the egg into her mouth.
Hewen asked inadvertently:
"You can call me Hewen. By the way, I don't know what your name is yet."
The girl suddenly stopped holding the knife and fork hands and kept silent.
Hewen changed the topic:
"When I wait, the pair of slippers in the shoe cabinet are a bit big, but I'll just make do with it for the time being. Also, I'm going to go to the town to buy you something. Are you going to wait for me here or I'll take you with me?"
"I won't go." The girl shook her head, "The bad guys will see me."
Hewen nodded.
"Hervin." The girl paused for a few seconds, "My name is No. 8."
"That's not a name." Hewen didn't answer by cutting the egg, "Do you have any other names? Before they call you No. 8."
"I didn't..." the girl showed pain, "I don't know, I don't remember."
Hewen suggested:
"How about you, Hladgunnr, from Hladgunnr, meaning pure like a swan."
Hora nodded heavily:
"Yeah! I listened to Hewen."
Hewen said as usual:
"Hala, can you tell me more about the characteristics of those bad people? Is there any aspect that I can recognize them at a glance?"
After asking several questions and understanding some situations, Hewen was about to go out to buy things, but the moment before he opened the door, Hora suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Hewen squatted down, patted Hara's head and said:
"Are you afraid? You're afraid that I can't go out first, but..."
Hora shook her head and interrupted Hevan:
"Hervin, you have to be careful of bad people, they are bad and bad."
Hewen nodded and smiled:
"Don't worry, Hora, you remember my words, you must not leave this house before I come back, do you know?"
"Yeah! I'll write down what Hevin said."
After Hewen confirmed that Hora was in good spirits, he turned around and went out.
As soon as he stepped out of the room, Hewen looked at the house and said:
"Look at her."
The ash tree closest to the house seemed to be hit by some creature and shaking without wind.
Before Hewen could get to the place where he sold things, he saw Jimmy walking towards him.
The boy had two big black-eyed bags, who looked very tired and could still see blood in his eyes.
After seeing Hewen, Jimmy showed joy and hurriedly walked to him:
"Uncle Hewen! I've been looking for you for a long time."
"What's wrong Jimmy, you're not the kind of person who can stay up late."
Jimmy said with a wry smile:
"I didn't sleep all night last night, Uncle Hewen, do you think people can see hallucinations for no reason?"
Hewen answered seriously:
"If there is no family history, it is generally unlikely, what happened?"
Jimmy used both hands and feet to describe what she saw yesterday:
"I saw the monster yesterday, a tall and thin man, but his skin was weird white, with sharp claws, and he had no eyes, nose and ears, and only had a bloody mouth on his face.
"After I saw the monster, I turned around and ran home. I could feel it was behind me, but for some reason I didn't catch me, and when I entered the house, he disappeared completely."
Hewen recalled carefully. At least he did not look like this in his memory, and he liked to play with prey. You should know that there are not many types of monsters he doesn't know.
A monster that creates hallucinations? An ancient race of the old age? Or some kind of new monster that was not long ago?
Hewen was stunned, and suddenly he remembered that almost all monsters should be extinct, just like the witch hunter.
This is no longer an era where monsters can be hunted everywhere.
Hevan said to Jimmy:
"Don't leave town these days. In two days, I'll accompany you to the place where you encounter monsters. Maybe we can find something."
"Hewen!" A sound of rough ore came from afar.
The mayor came with the town sheriff.
Hevin said apologetically to the mayor:
"Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry for the fact that I rejected you before. Two weeks ago, my distant niece came to join me. I really couldn't leave."
"You have a niece? No, I didn't tell you this. We found something in the Black Meteoric Forest, something very bad."
"Is it on the south edge?" Jimmy asked with a white face.
"No, no, it's in the north." The mayor glanced at Jimmy, "Boy, you should go home, this is not the place you should stay."
Hevan nodded at Jimmy:
"You come to see me in two days."
Jimmy replied:
"Okay, by the way, the one I mentioned was seen on the south edge of the Black Eye Forest."
After saying that, Jimmy turned around and left.
The mayor nodded and said to Hewen:
"You have to come with us."
The three appeared in the Black Eye Forest.
Hewen finally understood why the mayor looked so serious.
The nearly complete body of an adult black bear is lying on the ground, looking like it has been rotting for several days, but this is the strange place. Because such a large piece of meat is difficult to wait for normal rot in such a place to be eaten up.
"I have never seen anything evil in my life?" the sheriff murmured.
And the black bear only lacked one part on its body.
Chapter completed!