Chapter 253 23: Leaving the City
“Boss Inspector, you know, those crows are not very smart and cannot remember things for such a long time. I only know that this family once had a male .”
The window sill of Phaedra’s house.
Two crows are communicating.
There were fries from unknown sources beside the little soul crow. While eating, he told the big soul crow what he knew about the situation.
"Are you really not going to eat it? The local French fries are delicious! Although I have never eaten French fries from other places, the Inspector must have eaten French fries from many places. I am so envious. I hope I can become an Inspector in the future. ." The little soul crow let out an envious sigh with its beak covered in ketchup.
Speaking of this, the big soul crow became a little more energetic.
“The taste of French fries in different places is very different, but most of them are crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside. There are also some special French fries shops that have all crispy or all soft fries. Occasionally change the taste. Very good." Dahunya commented, "But the most delicious ones are Britannia's fries. They are not too long, thick, crispy on the outside, and soft and chewy with a hint of sweetness on the inside. It’s also delicious with ketchup.”
Little Soul Crow was stunned for a while, her vocabulary seemed to be a bit insufficient, but she didn’t expect that French fries also have so many particularities.
“But the wise crow seems to prefer eating bread stuffed with animal butter. It gave it to me, but it didn’t taste as good as French fries.”
"Oh! It turns out that the Inspector used to follow the Wise Crow!" Little Soul Crow was even more envious. He excitedly jumped left and right on the window sill and kicked down a few French fries without caring.
The wise crow is the smartest being among the soul crows. I heard that there is nothing that it does not understand. The inspector system was established by it, and every inspector needs to go through it. Appointed personally, it can be said that the wise crow is the leader of the soul crows.
"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." The big soul crow almost raised his head.
"But why does the wise crow like to eat butter bread? What kind of food is this? Where can I find it?" The little soul crow couldn't wait to ask again and again. Of course, what it was most concerned about was, "Should we eat more butter?" Can bread become as smart as the wise crow?”
The big soul crow tilted his head, searched in his mind, and found a memory.
One winter.
Big Soul Crow was called back from the field by Wise Crow because he was about to serve as the inspector.
It was snowing heavily in the sky and the wind was freezing. It was the coldest and longest winter in his memory. At this point in the past, winter was almost over.
When it found the wise crow, the wise crow was waiting for fresh bread to be baked in a bakery.
“When you come, you can go to the lair and wait for me, or you can follow me.”
"I want to follow you, Boss Wise Crow."
"That may take a while."
After saying that, Wise Crow grabbed a banknote and followed the tail of a customer who opened the door. Entered the bakery.
Seeing this, the big soul crow also chased in, and got in the moment before the door closed.
“Oh, little crow, and your friends?”
"Butter bread! Thank you!" The wise crow politely placed the banknotes on the table, and then flew them to the shelf on the side, ignoring the curious looks of some guests.
The Great Soul Crow also followed the Wise Crow, saying nothing but looking around curiously, smelling the fragrance of roasted wheat.
It turns out that the bread that the wise crow used to eat came from here.
After waiting for a while, the clerk packed up a few butter buns and handed them to the wise crow, while also opening the door to make it easier for him to go out.
“Thank you!”
The wise crow thanked him, grabbed the bread and left.
Then, the two soul crows flew in the heavy snow and arrived at a certain human cemetery.
The Great Soul Crow has never been able to understand this so-called remembrance behavior of humans. If a close companion dies, they will also be sad, but that's it. They will find an old place to bury them and will not find time to bury them. Go take a look.
The wise crow found a tombstone. After circling a few times, it slowly landed in front of it and put the butter bread aside.
Big Soul Crow found that the same bread was also placed on the other side.
"Boss Wise Crow, do you know this human being?"
"Yes, he is my friend."
"Friend. I understand the meaning of this word, but I don't feel it. "
"Many soul crows don't understand, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes it would be better to know less. If you can't feel friendship, you don't have to bear the cost of losing friends."
Big Soul Crow turned the words over in his mind several times before he could barely understand the meaning.
The wise crow took out a piece of bread that was already a little cold and gave half of it to the big soul crow: "Want to try it?"
"Okay!"
The big soul crow ate it After a few bites, I felt it was not as good as French fries, but the cream inside was very delicious: "It's delicious."
"Really?" The wise crow didn't say much and silently finished half of the piece of bread, leaving the rest The one that was laid down was placed in front of the tombstone without moving.
After waiting quietly for a while, the wise crow planned to leave.
"Let's go, he doesn't like the interruption of others."
The big soul crow doesn't quite understand that the soul of the deceased should have entered the highest heaven, so how can they disturb each other here?
But it didn't talk nonsense, just nodded, and then followed the wise crow away.
Stepping out of the memories, the Great Soul Crow realized that he seemed to have a different understanding of what the Wise Crow said at that time.
It's just a little blurry and vague, but I just can't catch it.
Looking at the expectant eyes of the little soul crow, the big soul crow answered its doubts first: "I heard that the wisdom of the wise crow was born from following the Supreme Being for a period of time, and has nothing to do with the butter bread."
"That's it." The little soul crow was a little disappointed. The Supreme One was their creator. It probably didn't even have the qualifications to look up to him, let alone follow him. But it quickly cheered up, "It doesn't matter, I will definitely become smarter!"
Not long after, the little soul crow left, but before leaving, it seemed to remember something and reminded him: "Yes. Boss, there is a big eagle outside the city that has made enemies with me. Sometimes it will come into the city to attack my little brother. You have to be careful!"
"Okay, even the horned eagle is no match for me! , Don’t worry.”
Little Soul Crow didn’t know what the horned eagle was, but he thought that since he was mentioned by the inspector, he must be a very powerful guy, so he calmed down and left.
Watching the little soul crow flap its wings and leave, the big soul crow also stretched its wings, but there were still bursts of stinging pain. He didn't dare to fly. After all, when the soul lamp is not around now, let alone encounter the horned eagle. Even a few of those small raptors are troublesome enough.
Pushing open the window, slipping in through the gap, and closing it again, the soul crow pretended that nothing happened and glided back to his cabin, taking a few bites of the sandwich biscuits.
The little girl didn't seem to have many banknotes, so except for that day, I never took her to eat French fries. However, she seemed to think that it was not impossible to live without French fries, and this kind of sandwich biscuit was also possible. It was delicious, especially when Phaedra sat on the table with him/her.
In addition to food, Phaedra has also been dressing up her house these days, almost every day. She also picked a dried purple flower with a painted pattern to give it a floral smell.
Only today, Phaedra seemed to have no intention of continuing to dress up the house, and followed Soul Crow in a low voice with frustration.
"Mr. Crow, I may have to leave home for a few days, but don't worry about me. Although it will hurt a lot, I wasn't afraid before, and I can't be afraid now. Mom will go home and bring you food every few days. You You must remember to miss me.”
The soul crow could barely understand a few words. It seemed that he was going to be away for how many days?
It should be fine, right?
It seems to be a little worried subconsciously. "Be careful." Soul Crow said.
"I'll be careful!" Phaedra was happy to get the response.
Stretched out his hand and very carefully wanted to touch Soul Crow's wings.
The soul crows subconsciously jumped aside. Their instincts are not adapted to being touched by humans.
Phaedra was a little disappointed, but she didn’t pay too much attention. Seeing that she had almost eaten the biscuits, she quickly replenished the food.
"Mom, are there no sandwich cookies? Mr. Crow's favorite kind is the black one."
"Can you feed Mr. Crow chips these days, Mom?"
"Bread is fine too."
Phaedra kept saying these things, as if she was afraid that her mother would forget.
"Okay, I will remember it, but don't think about the fries. It's not healthy for crows to eat these. Just sandwich cookies, the ones you like best."
"Okay. Yeah, but that’s not Mr. Crow’s favorite, he prefers French fries”
Thalia touched Phaedra's head, her mind not focused on these trivial matters at all. She just hoped that her daughter's condition was not as bad as the doctor said.
I hope that the God of Death can be lenient and God can grant miracles.
If Phaedra didn't really like this crow, and this crow is surprisingly smart and won't hurt people, she would have wanted to drive this unlucky animal away quickly to avoid bringing it to her. Bad thoughts.
The next day, Phaedra reluctantly left home and said goodbye to her only friend. With her luggage and timid yet brave eyes, she was admitted to the hospital again after two years.
“Child, if it hurts, you can tell us, you don’t have to hold it in.”
"Phaedra is not afraid of pain."
The soul crow stayed at home bored all day, restless and flustered, as if being chased by some raptor.
There was a lot of food left in the house, and Thalia wouldn't be back for the first three days, so the soul crow deliberately didn't take the soul lamp, just to make it easier to sense where they were.
Now it seems that it is not too far away, but it is definitely not in this city.
For the first time, it realized how powerless a soul crow is in human society.
It can only relieve this feeling of suffocation by chatting with the lazy little soul crow every day.
"That direction? Oh, it seems to be the capital of this human country. My parents are in charge of that area. There is a nest outside the city there. We gather there every six months!" The little soul crow explained to the big soul crow.
On the way, he also brought him various kinds of bread and asked him which taste was closest to the one eaten by the wise crow.
The Big Soul Crow ate each one once, but they all felt unpalatable and tasted like chewing wax.
“Sure enough, the food the Wise Crow eats is different.” The little soul crow sighed quietly, looking like he wanted to pay his respects to the Wise Crow right away.
"Perhaps the most important thing is that you find your favorite food." Big Soul Crow said thoughtfully.
“But, aren’t our favorite foods all French fries?” Little Soul Crow wondered, “My father is, and so is my mother, and French fries are the most delicious!”
The big soul crow shook his head: "It's not necessarily the taste, it may be other things that will affect your taste."
After that, it took a sandwich biscuit and gave it to the little soul crow: "You Try it.”
“It’s just so so, not bad to eat.” Little Soul Crow commented.
"But now I think this is the most delicious, better than French fries." The big soul crow said something that the little soul crow couldn't understand.
How can it be better than French fries?
It didn’t believe it and ate the rest. It still felt normal, but maybe it was a psychological effect, and it felt a little more delicious than before.
Strange, strange, the taste of the food has changed.
After three days of this.
The soul crows finally felt the movement of the soul lamp and they were back.
I waited so anxiously, and finally, the door opened.
The soul crow greeted him at the counter by the door, but he did not see Phaedra. Only Thalia was alone, carrying a handbag, no makeup, and looking horribly haggard.
She didn't seem to see Soul Crow. Like a lonely ghost, she took out all the sandwich biscuits in her handbag, opened them one by one, put them in Soul Crow's food plate, and then walked to the bathroom blankly. .
After a while, the intermittent wailing began to come out.
The soul crow sounds impatient. It cannot cry and has no such emotion, but it also knows that this is a way for humans to express grief. Did something happen to Phaedra?
Although its wings were still aching, it couldn't help but circle around the room to relieve the inexplicable emotions in its heart.
After a long time, Thalia finally came out, her eyes red but with makeup on, and she was still adjusting her breathing.
Walk up to Phaedra's room, pack some things, take a few photos of Soul Crow, and then go out and leave.
The soul crow hesitated for a while and finally decided to follow. It was eager to know what happened to Phaedra.
Even if its wings are still unable to maintain long-term flight, it should still be possible to use its skills and catch the car.
The prerequisite is not to encounter those annoying birds of prey.
"Inspector Boss! Boss! Are you leaving? Are you healed?" In the sky, the soul crow following the car met the little soul crow.
"Not yet. I have something to do and I have to go to the capital of this country."
"Then will you come back?"
"Go back, I should be back."
"This direction is the territory of those eagles. You are still injured. I will ask the boys to come over, otherwise they will attack you."
" Thank you!”
Following the cries of the little soul crows, slowly, a large number of crows gathered around the two soul crows, flying towards the outside of the city like a dark cloud.
Soon, the soul crow saw the big eagle in the little soul crow's mouth. It was generally dark brown with interlaced white stripes. It was not actually that big, but compared to crows, it was indeed a raptor. There were a few flying around the crows, but they seemed to be afraid of the number of crows and the little soul crows that kept shouting, and they never dared to charge forward.
"Okay, boss, it will be safe from here. Remember not to go here when you come back."
"I will be back."
"I'm waiting for you! I also want to know more wise men "It's about the crow!"
Farewell to this loyal fan of the wise crow, the soul crow didn't even look back, landed towards the car, and grabbed the bumper behind the car.
Before it could take a breath, it discovered that the soul of the soul lamp in the car seemed to want to communicate with it.
(End of this chapter)