The Secret Code of Monsters.

Chapter 868: Children
Bursts of flames.

Gravel rained down.

The guards of the Changgeng Division who had entered the county town at night heard the news and came, leaving only ruins mixed with blood and flesh in the streets.

A carriage lurched into the night.

"I told you not to go."

Shandel squatted in front of Roland and brushed the dust off the man. The debris from the explosion left scars of varying depths on his body: the shallower ones could no longer be seen, while the deeper ones were healing visibly.

The girl turned sideways and pulled the blanket over to block Christine's view.

"Who knew I would be tricked by a 'woman'..."

Rose knew she was not in the right and kept grumbling all the way.

It wasn't something like 'Roland wants to go' or 'I was planning to wait and talk'.

Shandel knew her too well.

"If you didn't kill someone in there, you wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble."

Rose was annoyed: "He's going to kidnap us."

Shandel only asked: where was Donkey Ears imprisoned and where did they go.

indeed.

Rose could have led Roland and Halida to sneak into the long dungeon and kidnap the people - these people had such dirty words and needed to be taught a lesson.

The result is.

She was scolded, but Halida and Roland were fine.

These two people clearly agreed and were accomplices, so how could they just blame her? Ever since she returned to the inn and left at night, these people always looked at her strangely.

What does it have to do with her?
If it weren't for Roland, she wouldn't be able to find the location of the gambling house.

“…Halida insisted on going.”

Rose didn't want Roland to be scolded, but she didn't want to bear the consequences herself.

and so.

"Yes...I...I did it..." Halida raised her hand timidly.

Christine, who was still not fully awake, rubbed her sleepy eyes, looked at Rose, then at the timid-looking maid, and curled her lips upwards - she did complain about these people's 'unreliability', but when she heard this 'blame-shifting' meeting with her own ears, she couldn't be serious at all.

He should just hang his head and use the most unpleasant and insulting words to shirk his responsibilities.

how come…

It looked like kids quarreling at school.

"You can't fool anyone, Vansittart. We're carrying Yolanda and Ms. Christine, two mortals. You should know that if you get into trouble, their lives will be in danger, right?"

Shandel wiped Roland's face with a wet handkerchief and turned around, looking unusually serious.

"I know."

Rose lowered her head and stole a glance at Roland.

This annoying guy was smiling and winking at her.

"Yolanda also said that we will talk about it the next day. The issue involving the amount of gold pounds is not a problem - you went to the gambling house without permission and caused such a big trouble... We shouldn't have gone around in circles."

Shandel was referring to the route they were now taking.

We should have gone straight to Nandu and sent Yolanda to her friend.

just now.

The local girl was staring at the waiter's father, who was sitting outside the tent watching people drive the cart.

We even took a detour and had to pass through a small village that we didn’t have to go through in order to avoid the enemies that might come after us…

For example, Bai Lian rebels.

Like Yolanda mentioned before.

She and her master had indeed dealt with the rebel leader, but it was only their leader. This group of ruthless and inhumane rebels would never show mercy to the foreigners - and the letter that never came back happened to hit the point that Yolanda was most worried about.

If she can't contact that person...

By the way.

Outside the hood.

The waiter himself was also there.

From five shillings to seven guineas, the man's attitude changes from 'I can't drive a cab, and besides, who knows what you're driving for in the middle of the night' to 'But I have a father'.

"Before you came out, didn't you tell Cinder that you and Rose were going to steal something?" Roland glanced at the flames and said nothing.
-
I don’t want to get yelled at…and it’s fun.

"You're such a bastard."

There was silence in the carriage for a while.

"…Don't you know we were out at night?"

suddenly.

Rose remembered something.

Roland once asked Halida to go back.

"We found out after Halida came back," Shandel answered perfectly, with a look of annoyance on his deceptive young face: "Ms. Christine was terrified. I wrapped myself in a blanket and knocked on the door. Fortunately, Yolanda hadn't gone to bed yet..."

"Do you know how much money it cost us to convince them?" Shandel winked outside the hood.

Rose was even more at fault.

"It was Roland who said that the donkey ears had found a rare item..."

Muttering.

"A rare item... But how much more money can a poor man like this spend?"

Shandel shook his head.

"We saved Ms. Christine, so we shouldn't put her in danger again."

The more Rose listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

It was not until Xiandel said this that she was completely certain that this woman was definitely up to something bad.

"Tell me what you want to do."

Rose folded her hands, with an expression that said "I'll admit my mistake but not my fault."

"I think someone needs to keep an eye on you, Vansittart." Cinder blinked.

Rose: ?
What kind of "doing bad things" is this?
She thought she would let Halida or Yolanda keep an eye on her, and then she would have Roland all to herself... or something like that...

She? Herself?
"You mean," Rose narrowed her eyes, "you want to live with me?"

Shandel smiled: "We should have done this a long time ago. You and I, Yolanda and Ms. Christine, Roland - the master and his servant, it is reasonable and can avoid another "trouble"... Vansittart, do you agree?"

Rose pouted.

Make sense.

Along the way, Shandel had "taken advantage" time and again. According to the rules, it should be her turn.

But this time tonight can be considered a "general".

She had no reason to disagree.

"…Halida can't take good care of Roland."

"The pampered lady is worried that the maid can't take good care of her master," Shandel said with a smile: "Vansitate, why don't you..."

"You can be quiet for a while, Kratov," Rose interrupted irritably: "Roland is injured."

Cinder made a gesture to shut up and silently winked at Halida.

The maid was not happy, and nervously clenched her fists on her legs.

Yolanda was increasingly unable to understand the relationship between these people.

An hour and a half later, the carriage entered the village.

They had to rest here for one night and set off at dawn the next day.

"They are so poor that they have to sell their children. Just throw in a few coins and you can live here for half a month."

Rose jumped down from the carriage and stretched herself.

“They didn’t have to be poor.”

Yolanda followed closely behind.

"Oh, what are you going to say about fairness again? There is nothing for us to discuss in this regard - this bastard! Roland! Let me go, Roland! Let me twist his head off!!"

Roland silently held Rose by the back of her collar and said, "That's the executive officer's catchphrase."

"Is this the time to discuss catchphrases?!"

Rose pointed to the hole in the paper window.

In the dim candlelight, in the gaps between the wine bowls: the feminine person in blue shirt was there.

(End of this chapter)