"It's almost dark, why are you wearing sunglasses?" Mira helped herself with her hand, but didn't take them off.

Rhodes also brought a pair with him: "It's better to be careful when you go out. Remember to remind me when you get back. Let's buy two pairs of plain glasses."

"It turns out it's for self-defense. I thought you liked seeing me wearing glasses."

"Then——you can like it."

The girl with glasses is great.

Just in case, Rhodes left two groups of stone beetles posing as rocks and squatting near the village.

Then he summoned the river crab and took Mira with him to quickly go to the crime scene mentioned by the village chief.

The village chief's description was not accurate. After arriving at the place, Rhodes released the shadow wolves and asked them to smell the blood carefully, and then uncovered some buried dried blood.

Nearly half a month has passed. Pedestrians are coming and going on this road, and it is no longer possible to see what it looked like when the crime occurred.

However, there were neatly cut shrubs and weeds on the roadside.

The fallen leaves and twigs have long since disappeared, but some deep slash marks can be found on the ground next to them.

Mira knelt down and studied for a while: "The person who committed the crime must have superb sword skills, or he may have mastered the highly lethal wind magic."

Other than that, nothing can be judged.

Rhodes walked around the area but couldn't find any more useful traces.

After all, so much time has passed, whether it is footprints, hoof prints, ruts, or the breath of magic, they have long since disappeared.

The smell in the air was also very confusing, and I couldn't tell anything.

Rhodes shook his head: "If we really want to investigate, we can only wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to go to the town and ask."

In desperation, the two had no choice but to return the way they came.

When they returned to the village, it was already dark and neither of them had taken off their sunglasses, but the village chief didn't ask any more questions because he heard that there were quite a few weirdos among the wizards.

"Thank you for your hard work, may I ask——""

Rhodes shook his head: "There are too few useful clues, so we can only take more precautions tomorrow."

Mira reassured: "Don't worry, we will protect the safety of the village."

"Yes, please." Jasper led the two of them to the last room, "My wife will be back soon to prepare dinner, please wait a moment."

"No need, we already had a meal when we came back, just take a rest."

Rhodes declined the village chief's kindness. He wanted to observe more and figure out what was wrong with the village chief before he could eat and drink with confidence.

At night, the two of them took turns to take a bath.

A lonely man and a widowed woman live in the same room, no, it's an unmarried couple living in the same room, or even sleeping in the same bed.

Looking at Mira in her pajamas, Rhodes didn't dare to do anything.

It's not that I'm worried about the gun misfiring, but I'm worried that if the gun is misfired, something will happen and it will be interrupted.

This may cause depression at the least, or psychological shadow affecting the happiness index at the worst.

The two of them agreed that someone should stay awake at all times, one person would watch the first half of the night, and the other person would watch the second half of the night.

Mira judged that Rod wouldn't mess around, so she happily used him as a pillow and found a comfortable position to sleep with her eyes closed.

In this way, Rhodes was sure that he would not be able to sleep tonight.

He stared helplessly at the dark ceiling, and could only switch his perspective to the patrolling river crab to divert his attention.

The waning moon hung in the night sky, and the bright moonlight fell down, so the view was pretty good.

A river crab ran around the wall twice outside the village and found nothing strange.

Another river crab walked quietly through the streets in the village. Most people had turned off their lights, but there were still lights coming out of a few windows.

If you are not on a mission and just come out to enjoy the scenery, I am afraid that there will be a different flavor in such a small village.

Rhodes felt someone rubbing his chest. It was Mira who put his face against it while she was asleep. It was too much. He must make her look good after the mission.

Early the next morning, Mira tightened the pillow in her arms, touched around with her little hands, and then opened her eyes when she felt something didn't feel right.

Oh, it turns out that I slept with Rod in my arms at night.

Oops, it seems I overslept!

Mira sat up suddenly and saw Rhode's copper bell-like eyes.

"Are you awake?" Rhodes also sat up and looked at her messy hair and smiled.

People who stay up all night will feel a little abnormal the next day.

Mira asked with some annoyance: "Why didn't you call me tonight?"

"Seeing how soundly you sleep, I don't want to wake you up."

Although it is hard work, it is not tiring.

Rhodes stretched out, was hugged by Mira, and gave her a kiss on the face.

The two of them stayed together for a while, then washed up and went out together.

Young people, it doesn't matter if you stay up all night. Just like staying up all night on New Year's Eve, it's also reasonable to stay up all night before the Harvest Festival.

The two river crabs had worked hard for nearly a day and night and had been sent back to Summoner's Rift to rest. The main ones on guard duty today were the Sharpbills.

It just so happened that there were so many of them that they could fly high and see far. Except that they couldn't share the field of vision with Rhodes, they could go anywhere.

Anyway, as long as you find something going on, just call the police.

Shadow wolves are too well-known, so Rhodes doesn't play with them.

The village seems more lively today, and every household has decorated their houses to be particularly festive.

However, unlike in the city, various colorful crops such as red peppers, yellow corn, and purple eggplants tied in bunches are hung in front of the door or under the eaves as decorations instead of colorful flags and balloons.

At first glance, Rhodes might even suspect that he had arrived in the northeastern countryside. The strings of big corn sticks looked very pleasing to the eye.

He wanted to pick some and stew them.

Mira held his arm and wandered around the village in the name of caution: "You seem to be very happy."

"Although there is no farming, I can feel the joy of harvest." Rhodes said with a smile, "Compared to the simple celebrations in the city, this is more like a real harvest festival."

While they were talking, three or five children ran past them noisily, holding corn stalks with clean leaves in their hands. The green ones had not had time to dry in the sun.

They chased and fought, imitating the story they heard from somewhere about knights and magicians fighting thieves.

Yesterday, the little girl named Taffy was also among them, but she had empty hands and was playing the role of a wizard. In fact, when children used to play wizards, they would also hold a stick in their hand as a staff.

But since Rod and Mira came last time, the child who plays the magician no longer has a staff.

Unintentionally destroying children's imagination.

Mira looked at the children's backs and smiled unconsciously. She was infected by their happiness and thought that their children would be so energetic in the future.

Rhodes looked at the children's backs and laughed too, but he wanted to grab a stick from the children to play with, and his hands were itchy.

Putting the idea of ​​"robbing children's toys" out of his mind, Rhodes looked at the beautiful vegetables hanging in other people's homes and suggested:

"When you go back, buy some eggplants, corns, potatoes, etc., and stew them for dinner?"

Mira blinked and asked, "Are you going to do it?"

Rhodes thought for a moment and asked, "If I dare to do it, do you dare to eat it?"

Mira smiled sweetly: "As long as you cook it for me, I can eat it."

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However, she added: "Toxins are not effective against demons anyway."

Not impressed anymore.

Rhodes said viciously: "Wait a minute, watch me put half a pot of poison on you, and then do this to you while you're asleep!"

"But have you ever thought about a question," Mira looked at him and said with a smile, "I am making the breakfast you eat every day."

Mira asked: "What do you mean by 'such and such'?"

Rhodes was silent for a while and said: "——·Maybe it's like tapping your legs and squeezing your shoulders, right?"

"Yeah?"

"Yes——there is a situation." Rhodes put away his playful smile, "I'll leave the stone beetle and shadow wolf behind. You take them to watch the village while I go outside to take a look."

"Okay, be careful."

"Receive the Sharp-Beaked Bird!" Red feathers sprouted from Rhode's arms and turned into wings. He waved a few times and flew into the sky, quickly flying toward the southeast.

The sharp-beaked bird from that direction took the initiative to return to the canyon, and he wanted to confirm the situation himself.

Mira watched Rhodes ascend into the sky and assigned tasks to the wild monsters.

The six shadow wolves and four stone beetles nodded obediently and dispersed around to hide according to the boss's wishes.

Mira herself ran towards the center of the village, which was the main venue and the place where the crowds gathered the most densely, so it had to be well protected.
To be continued...