The farther you go deeper into the forest, the fewer people you can see. The area of ​​the Gorante Forest is estimated to be larger than that of Huodu and Yoel combined. Aldridge and Johnny walked for more than an hour, and the surrounding area was Almost no one can see.

It is winter now, and the trees in the forest are not immune. The leaves are almost all on the ground, the trunks are bare, and the light is much brighter than in autumn.

Aldridge didn't keep walking along the old road with Johnny, but turned in a new direction halfway through.

On the one hand, he still remembered the hidden organization behind the Baztan, and on the other hand, the presence of the Vagans there also made him vigilant.

"I think it's almost here." Aldridge looked at Johnny and said.

"Yeah." Johnny looked around, nodded, put down the wooden box, and took Kiki out of it.

"Little guy, you have to be fine in the future, be careful not to get caught." Johnny raised the little thing in front of him, said softly, and then put him on the ground.

The black mouse ran a few steps forward, sniffed around nervously, and turned back to look at Johnny.

"Go," Johnny said.

The Bayerman rat twitched his nose a few times, and then ran away without looking back.

Johnny leaned on his waist and watched him walk away. There was no sadness deposited on his face, but he was somewhat relieved.

"Let's sit down for a while."

Johnny said to Aldridge, then walked to a big tree and leaned against the trunk and sat down, and Aldridge also came over and sat down.

The surroundings are very quiet, with a kind of winter depression and indifference.

"Aldrich," Johnny called suddenly.

"Um?"

Johnny turned to look at Aldridge, turned his face to the side again, and said, "I may have to go."

"Go? Where are you going?" Aldridge was a little unresponsive.

"I don't know, maybe go to the western prairie of the empire, go to the north of the empire to see the Changfeng Fortress that lies between the north and south continents, go to the tropical jungle of Geneva in the south, or go to the sea line of the empire in the southeast, and see if you have never seen it before. over the sea." Johnny whispered, leaning his head against the tree trunk.

"I don't know, Oder," Johnny pursed his lips, "I just want to go out, leave Hodu, see the world, see more 'mysteries'."

Aldridge looked at him with a complicated expression.

Johnny was never an idiot, never was.

He knew that Claude's death was strange, but he never told him that Johnny didn't want to drag him down, or knew that he was powerless to resist the Church of the Mother Earth.

Aldridge didn't know.

But he could understand Johnny, and he could also hear the firmness in Johnny's confusion.

"Go!" Aldridge said seriously.

Johnny turned to look at him.

Aldridge looked at the blue sky and said, "Go, Johnny."

"This world is very big, you should go and have a look. After you find the direction... come back."

Johnny smiled, very simple, very relaxed.

He leaned against the tree again, and once again felt that it was a good friend to have Aldridge.

"When are you going to leave?"

"I'll set off as soon as I get back to the town."

"It turns out that you already planned it."

"Um."

"Remember to write to me."

"I won't forget, I will write to you every time I go."

"That's good."

……

Outside the station, Aldridge and Johnny waved goodbye.

Looking at his back limping away, Aldridge's standing still for a long time was even more lonely.

Johnny only has Aldridge as a good friend, but he still has some concerns in the world. Claude is no longer there, and he still has his father and mother.

Aldridge has no relatives, and apart from Johnny, he has no close friends, not even Andrea.

"I don't know when the next meeting will be..."

When Johnny's back disappeared inside the gate of the station, Aldridge turned to leave, and his inner anguish came up one after another.

"I don't want to, let's go to a bar." Aldridge forced his spirits up, planning to find a place to live first, and then go to a bar in town for a drink.

He didn't plan to go back to Huodu today. Johnny's sudden departure made him have other plans.

Now that Aldrich is not short of money, and he is in a low mood, he does not intend to feel wronged, so he directly rents a carriage and asks the driver to take him to the most exclusive hotel in the town of Gorrant.

The town of Gorante is originally a gathering place for adventurers. Not many celebrities will come to the town. It is said that it is a top-level hotel, but in fact, Bihodu is also a medium-level hotel.

Aldrich asked for a suite and gave himself a good bath first.

Then he was going to go to a bar to drink.

I just came to the hotel lobby, and I actually met the Dylan brothers and sisters again!

This is also fate... Aldridge thought helplessly.

"Ah, it's another big brother!" Dylan hadn't seen him yet, but Tina had already seen him and clapped excitedly.

Another big brother...

Aldrich suddenly felt that this little girl was not cute at all!

"Mr. Aldridge, do you live here too?" Dylan turned around, his face was obviously a little ugly. It was probably related to his parents' affairs, but he was not rude, and he still greeted him politely.

"Yes." Aldridge replied with a smile.

"Where's brother Johnny?" Tina looked around, looking for Johnny.

Aldridge was helpless and could only lie: "He's in a hurry~lightnovelpub.net~ I'll go back to Huodu first."

Tina pursed her mouth a little unhappily and muttered, "Big brother doesn't mean anything, he said he came to play with Tina..."

Dylan patted Tina's head with a wry smile, but said nothing. Aldridge felt that he was very sad, but it was inconvenient to ask, so he said goodbye to the two of them.

After leaving the hotel, Aldridge rented a carriage again and asked the coachman to take him to the famous bar in Gorland.

When Aldridge pushed open the door of the "Cannon Fire Bar", he was almost driven out by the noisy atmosphere inside!

Although the forest bar he often goes to is not a noble bar, the drinks there are not cheap, which fundamentally restricts the crowd, so even if the liveliness there is limited.

And here, the bar is almost in a mess, and there are adventurers everywhere who take a sip. They gather together to laugh and talk loudly. The sound of the ceiling is shaking, and Aldrich feels out of place.

Now that he's here, Aldrich didn't plan to go back just like that, so he just sat down at the bar.

The bartender in charge of the bar was actually a beautiful woman with orange hair. She had a typical fox face, and her clothes were even more **** and revealing. The plump white rabbit on her chest fluttered in the air, and the ravine was bottomless.

"Little brother, what do you want?" She climbed up on Aldridge's body as if she could seduce people, and asked him in a whimpering tone.

Aldridge didn't react much. People who walked through the wind and waves didn't care about this little scene at all. He coughed and asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"

"Our shop's signboard, Cannonball Wine, would you like to try it?"

As soon as I heard the name, I knew it was spirits.

Aldridge smiled freely and said, "Recommend me a fruit bar."