rose legend

Chapter 9 Chapter 9

Sure enough, the young man's intuition was right. The fire in the distance was very bright. When he walked in, he saw another wooden house where a hunter lived. Now even the young man was not calm anymore. He jumped off Li Rui's back and confronted the man. Looking at each other, they both saw surprise and uncertainty in each other's eyes.

The story is back to the original point.

This time Li Rui didn't knock on the door directly, but hid in the window and observed.

What is unbelievable is that the man in the room is the bearded man just now, and even the furnishings in the room are exactly the same...

The door opened with a creak, and the bearded Orion came out. Seeing the two of them, he was stunned for a moment, and then said enthusiastically: "You are lost. This happens often in the forest. Come on, it's so cold, come in and have a drink. Soup."

The man stood up straight and looked at him. The expression of the bearded man showed no trace of camouflage, and he was very natural and generous.

The young man was also very puzzled. He intuitively thought that this hunter was normal and invited them sincerely, but what happened before?

"What's the matter?" The bearded man looked at them in confusion, "Don't be restrained, come on, guests from afar, you are very welcome here. Of course there is also this cute little mouse." He pointed to the little mouse on the ground, His eyes lit up, and he showed a bold smile.

"Thank you for your kindness." Li Rui did not refuse, and took the lead to enter the wooden house. This matter must be clarified, otherwise it will be a hidden danger.

The boy also smiled shyly at the bearded man, while the little mouse unceremoniously jumped on Orion's head and stood swaggeringly.

"Dada, come down." The boy said, his tone was very soft, but the little mouse seemed to know that he was angry, and immediately jumped down, fawning over the boy, his tail drooping, looking very aggrieved.

Orion laughed again, "Children, you are a cute mouse. By the way, I'll bring you some porridge."

After speaking, he walked into the kitchen. Li Rui took this opportunity to observe everything in the house carefully. He even went to the place where he fell asleep just now. Even the quilt on the bed was exactly the same as Max's. Everything is not a dream of the two.

Orion held the porridge and watched them touch the quilt, and said carelessly: "Although this quilt is a bit worn out, it is still very warm. You can sleep here tonight. Don't be disgusted." He also scratched his head, very simple and honest look.

"Thank you so much for your generosity." The man took the porridge in his hand, took a few sips, and then distributed some to the little mouse. He did not give the porridge to Max.

The young man didn't care, but Orion said, "Why do you only care about eating for yourself? You really don't know how to take care of your brother!"

"What did you say?" Li Rui suddenly changed color, and asked coldly, "How do you know he is my younger brother!"

The man laughed, "He is not your brother, is he your lover?"

Li Ruidao: "Tell me, who are you?"

The bearded hunter still looked blank, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about.

He muttered in a low voice, "Why is this person so strange?"

"Li Rui, he's not him." The boy walked up to the man and said in a low voice.

Li Rui was at a loss as to what it meant.The young man thanked him, and the bearded man walked out. He even gave Li Rui a look.

This time Li Rui was on guard all night, without closing his eyes, but the night was normal, there was no fire, no owls, not even those strange winds, the poor man's eyes were red from the heat, but Max slept soundly, The eyebrows are closed and the eyelashes are super long.

Max woke up and asked, "Is Mimi back?"

Li Rui shook his head, he looked a little tired.

The boy changed his color, got up quickly, and rushed out without getting dressed, "No, Mimi is in danger!"

Li Rui grabbed him and put on his clothes. When the two came out, Orion was no longer there.

"What's going on?" He was extremely confused. What happened to all of this?

"Last night, we were caught in the illusion of an owl. He used the fog, the night and the strong wind to confuse us."

"You mean, what happened to us last night was an illusion, those fires, strong winds, and ruins behind ashes..."

Max nodded, "I didn't expect that owl to lie to us," he said sadly, he always thought that animals were the most honest, but. "I hope Mimi will be okay," said the presbyopic cat probably sensed that something was wrong, so he chased after the owl.

"Then what is his purpose?" Li Rui asked calmly.

Max shook his head blankly, at this moment the little mouse tugged on the little red riding hood, "Oh, I know where to find Mimi." The boy jumped up and clapped his hands happily.

"Let's go, let's go." Max started to run forward.

On the way, Max explained to Li Rui out of breath that Little Red Riding Hood was left to him by his mother. In fact, this hat is a tracker. As long as you leave breath on it, as long as you are within this range, you can be searched by him , At that time, only Max knew the search method.

At this time, they had reached the place where the fire ignited last night. There was still ashes here, but there was a tall and lush tree in the place of ashes. The owl stood on the top of the tree last night, staring at them condescendingly.

He opened his mouth and yelled a few times.

The little mouse chirped and went back without hesitation as if arguing with him.

After hearing their conversation, Max frowned helplessly.

"Dada, be obedient." Seeing Max's expression, Li Rui scolded the little mouse. Dada closed his mouth a little aggrieved, and pointed his butt at Max unhappily.

"Want to know where that crippled bastard is? Come with me," said the owl.

Li Rui was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that even animals could talk now, and he looked at this owl with excitement.

Max didn't speak, but just walked forward, and the owl didn't talk nonsense after finishing speaking, and flew forward directly, his unhurriedness, just enough for this group of people to follow.

Li Rui followed behind and asked casually, "Are you really an owl? How can you still talk? Why did you lie to us last night? Did you have any grudge against Mimi? Did you set the fire last night? "

The owl flew steadily and ignored him.

Li Rui was not angry either, and continued to ask with a smile: "Have you always lived in the forest? Do you have any other bird brothers? What kind of species are you? Are you a puppet? Pretending to be a ghost is disgusting. do you know?"

The author has something to say:

Owls were not all evil incarnations in ancient times.The goddess of wisdom in ancient Greek mythology is called Athena, and it is said that her favorite bird is an owl.Therefore, the ancient Greeks worshiped the owl very much, thinking that it was a symbol of wisdom.