Chapter 386

Chapter Ten: Chasing on the Street

“Sarah, would you like deer meat pie?”

“It’s okay, just thinking about last time…”

It was Sarah and Daisy…

Following the sound, I turned my head slightly and saw two familiar figures in the crowd, huddled under an umbrella, walking past not far behind me, whispering and glancing this way.

“Do you want to go over and see them?”

“Mmm… Not really. Besides, no one will eat it when we buy it back, and it’s so expensive… The ones from last time went bad, and it’s been bothering me for days…”

What a coincidence…

Meeting them like this.

I instinctively wanted to greet them, but halfway through lifting my hand, I froze, hesitating.

How do people look at me now…

When I left the academy, I didn’t say anything to them, disappearing for so long, there must be many rumors about me spreading around the school, especially after the news from a few days ago…

Can we still be like before?

And Sophia… Did she tell them anything?

“Little girl?”

The man at the stall called out tentatively, and I snapped back to reality: “Ah, oh… Um, I’ll take a deer meat pie. And… black goose meat… more deer meat pies.”

“Sure, five deer meat pies?”

“Mm…”

I bit my nail, thought for a moment, then spread both hands in front of him: “Ten.”

“Ten?” The man looked surprised, then seemed to realize something, a smile spreading across his face, “Little girl, are you a student from the Royal Academy? How come you’re only back in the city today? Want to buy some extra to share with your roommates?”

“Mm-hm.”

I nodded, not wanting to explain further.

“Oh… Then we need to wrap them well. It gets cold easily in the rain, so they should be eaten quickly.”

“Okay~”

The man smiled at me again, then took down a piece of deer meat hanging on the hook, chopped off a chunk with a large knife, weighed it in his hand, and turned to instruct the woman to start preparing the oil. By the time he finished, Sarah and Daisy had already walked away.

But their voices were still faintly audible.

“…Daisy, do you think they’ll be back tonight…”

“I don’t know…”

“I checked, there’s theology class early tomorrow morning… And I ran into Professor Melville in the afternoon, confirming that His Holiness will definitely be there… But they might not know yet.”

“Audience with His Holiness… Missing it would be such a pity…”

“Yes, they might even cry…”

“Really? Them…”

“Of course Sophia will.”

“But I think Peiluo might…”

“No, she might…”

“Hey, Sarah, look! Those are little trinkets…”

The two girls held hands and approached a street vendor, leaned down to talk to the owner, then squatted to pick through the items. They seemed bored from being in the academy and took the chance to wander around while the gates were still open; they might return soon.

Forget it…

It’s inconvenient here. I’ll talk to them later when there aren’t many people around in the dormitory…

Thinking this, I felt a bit relieved.

The rain continued to drizzle, the streets lit up with lights, bustling with people, various noises mingling together. A rhinoceros cart came from the other end of the street, splashing water onto people’s feet. Someone grumbled and was teased by their companions. Suddenly, a commotion could be heard from the end of the street, drawing everyone’s attention.

In the next moment, a sudden scream pierced the air.

“Ugh—”

My heart jolted, and I immediately turned to look at the street.

The voice of the prostitute was clearly audible.

In such a situation, that scream did not initially attract much attention; those around me hardly lifted their heads. Sarah and Daisy were still squatting in front of the stall, holding a string of beads and haggling with the owner. However, in the next moment, from the direction of the scream,伴随着一阵“哗啦哗啦”的物件倒塌声，几名青衣仲裁的身影在人群中一闪而过，一把黑伞高高飞起。

从远处开始，人群就陷入了混乱。

嘈杂的声音中，更多人抬起头，不明所以地望向街道的尽头，那边开始有人惊慌后退。我隐约听到几声“别动！”“仲裁处抓人，都散开！”的呼喊，几秒后，人们像潮水般涌了过来。

铛！铛——

呐喊声夹杂着两下金属的撞击声，血光在雨中乍现，痛呼惨叫同时响起，半只胳膊自人堆里冲天而起。

“啊——”

“我的胳膊！”

“抓住他！妈的抓住他！”

“都他妈给我滚开——”

砰！

路边的小摊被失衡的人影砸翻，飞起的汤锅、开水，燃烧的木炭仿佛在雨中炸开了花，“嗤嗤嗤嗤”的声音一出，更多的惨叫随之响起。两名穿着黑色雨衣的身影在四处逃散的人群中快速穿梭，几名青衣仲裁紧随其后，不断推搡着挡在前面的人，手中的利剑“铿锵”出鞘，口中高声咒骂，距离越来越近。随后，只见那逃在后面的人突然转身，手中寒芒一闪，“唰”地劈向紧咬身后的一名仲裁。

噗——

鲜血再次飞溅。

“啊啊啊！艹你妈——”

那名仲裁被短刀劈中胸口，顿时受了重伤，脚下踉跄了一下，神色却越发凶恶，竟直接抓住了那个人的手臂，另一只手举剑对着脑袋砍去。

然而逃跑的人身手敏捷，稍微侧身便轻松避开。他没有再出刀，只是轻轻挥动手臂，忽然间“哗啦”一声，周围的雨点似乎瞬间静止，随后“嗖嗖嗖嗖”地向四周射开。

“啊——！”

“我的腿！”

“啊啊啊啊——”

立刻有几名逃窜的路人被雨点击中，倒了下去。那名青衣仲裁额头上被射穿一个血洞，身体猛然一僵，眼睛瞪得老大，片刻后软绵绵地跪倒在雨中。其他青衣仲裁见状，更加拼命地想要将其包围。逃跑的人没有丝毫留恋，掰开青衣仲裁的手，转身就走。

“追！继续追！拦下他们！死活不论——”

而跑在前面的那个人，已经快要到这边了。

这一切发生得如此之快。

原本热闹的街道顷刻变得无比混乱，人群逃散的速度开始加快，不断有人撞着我跑过去。不远处的莎拉和黛西终于意识到不对劲，刚站起身，黛西就被一名男子撞倒在地，摔得满身是泥。莎拉连忙跑过去扶她，却也被撞得一个踉跄，差点站不稳。

“小姑娘，快过来！躲到我这边！”

摊贩的男人惊慌失措，将还在忙活的女人护在怀中，焦急地对我喊着，但我置若罔闻。

“莎拉，黛西——！”

混乱中我喊着她们的名字，想过去帮忙，但周围的人实在太多。不仅街那边的人不断向这边逃，另一侧还有不怕危险想看热闹的人朝反方向挤，道路越来越拥堵。青衣仲裁仍在人群中大喊：“水之秩序！他的护卫有秩序之力！去找坎里之剑过来！”

那名掌握水之秩序的人，不断推开人群，向逃在前面的另一个人靠近。他们被夹在拥挤的人潮中艰难移动，逐渐向莎拉她们的位置靠拢。眼看着后面的青衣仲裁越来越近，逃在前面的那人显然非常惊慌。随后却听见后面那个似乎是他的护卫的人喊道：“大人！抓人质！不然我们走不了——！”