Chapter 253 23: Leaving the City

"Boss Inspector, you know that crows don't have very good brains and can't remember things from such a long time ago. I only know that this family once had a male."

The windowsill of Phaedra's house.

Two crows are communicating.

There were some French fries next to the Little Soul Crow that came from nowhere. While eating, it told the Big Soul Crow what it knew.

"Really not wanting to eat? The local French fries are delicious! Although I haven't eaten those from other places, the Inspector must have eaten French fries from many places. I'm so envious. I hope I can become an Inspector in the future." The little soul crow sighed with envy with its beak covered in ketchup.

Speaking of this, Big Soul Crow perked up a bit.

"The texture of French fries varies greatly from place to place, but most of them are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. There are also some special French fry shops that have all-crispy or all-soft French fries. It's nice to change the taste occasionally." Big Soul Crow commented, "But the best ones are still Britannia's French fries. They are not too long, thick, crispy on the outside, and soft and sweet on the inside. They are delicious even without ketchup."

Little Soul Crow was stunned. It seemed that his vocabulary was not enough. He didn't expect that there were so many details to pay attention to when eating French fries.

"But the Wise Crow seems to prefer bread stuffed with animal cream. It gave me some, but I don't think it tastes as good as French fries."

"Oh! So the Inspector used to follow the Wise Crow!" The Little Soul Crow was even more envious, jumping left and right on the windowsill excitedly, not caring at all that he kicked down a few French fries.

The Wise Crow is the smartest among the Soul Crows. It is said that there is nothing that it does not understand. The Inspector System was established by it, and every inspector needs to be appointed by it personally. It can be said that the Wise Crow is the leader among the Soul Crows.

"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." The Big Soul Crow almost raised its 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 questions one after another. Of course, what it was most concerned about was, "Can I become as smart as the Wise Crow by eating more butter bread?"

The Great Soul Crow tilted its head, searched in its mind, and found a memory.

One winter.

The Big Soul Crow was called back from another place by the Wise Crow because he was about to serve as an inspector.

There was heavy snow falling and the wind was biting cold. It was the coldest and longest winter in its memory. At this time in the past, winter was almost over.

When it found the Wise Crow, the Wise Crow was waiting in a bakery for fresh bread to come out of the oven.

"When you come, you can go to the lair and wait for me, or you can just stay with me."

"I want to follow you, Wise Crow Boss."

"That might take a while."

After saying that, the Wise Crow grabbed a banknote and flew into the bakery following a customer who opened the door.

Seeing this, the Big Soul Crow also chased in and sneaked in at the moment before the door closed.

"Oh it's Little Crow, and your friends?"

"Butter bread! Thank you!" The Wise Crow politely placed the banknotes on the table, then flew to a shelf on the side, ignoring the curious gazes of some guests.

The Big Soul Crow also followed the Wise Crow, not saying anything. It just looked 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 a while, the clerk packed a few cream buns and handed them to the Wise Crow, and also opened the door to facilitate its exit.

"Thank you!"

The wise crow thanked him and left with the bread.

Then, the two soul crows flew in the heavy snow and came to a cemetery belonging to humans.

The Great Soul Crows have 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 all. They will find an old place to bury the body and will not make time to take a look.

The Wise Crow found a tombstone, circled a few times, and slowly landed in front of it, placing the cream bread aside.

The Great Soul Crow discovered that the same bread was placed on the other side.

"Master Wise Crow, do you know this human?"

"Yes, he is my friend."

"Friend. I understand the meaning of this word, but I don't feel it as I should."

"Many Soul Crows don't understand, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes knowing less is better. If you can't feel friendship, you don't have to bear the cost of losing friends."

The Great Soul Crow turned the words over in his mind for several times before he could barely comprehend the meaning.

The Wise Crow took out a piece of bread that was already a little cold and gave half to the Great Soul Crow: "Would you like to try it?"

"it is good!"

The Great Soul Crow took a few bites and felt that 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. He silently ate half of the bread and placed the rest 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 to be disturbed."

The Big Soul Crow didn't quite understand. The souls of the dead should have entered the highest heaven, so how could they disturb each other here?

But it didn't say anything nonsense, just nodded, and then followed the wise crow away.

Coming out of his memories, Big Soul Crow realized that he now seemed to have a different understanding of the words of the Wise Crow at that time.

It's just still a little fuzzy and vague, but I just can't catch it.

Seeing the expectant look of the little soul crow, the big soul crow decided to answer its doubts first: "I heard that the wisdom of the wise crow was born because he followed the Supreme for a period of time, and it has nothing to do with butter bread."

"Is that so?" The little soul crow was a little disappointed. The Supreme Being, that 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: "By the way, boss, there is a big eagle outside the city. I have a grudge against it. Sometimes it will come into the city to attack my brothers. You have to be careful!"

"Okay, even a horn eagle is no match for me, don't worry."

Little Soul Crow didn't know what a hornbill was, but thought that since the Inspector mentioned it, it must be a very powerful creature, so he calmed down and left.

After watching the little Soul Crow flap its wings and fly away, the big Soul Crow also stretched out its wings, but still felt a burst of pain, so it did not try to fly. After all, now that the Soul Lamp was not around, let alone encountering a harpy eagle, even a few of those small birds of prey would be troublesome enough.

He pushed open the window, slipped in through the gap, and then closed it again. The Soul Crow glided back to its own hut as if nothing had happened and took a few bites of the biscuits.

The little girl didn't seem to have much banknotes, so except for that day, she was never able to take it to eat French fries. However, it seemed to think that it was not impossible to live without French fries. These sandwich cookies were also very delicious, especially when Phaedra sat on the table with it, each eating one.

In addition to food, Phaedra has been decorating her house these days, making it look different every day. She also picked a purple dried flower with a pattern on it, making it smell like flowers.

But today, Phaedra seemed to have lost the desire to continue decorating the house, and she whispered something to Soul Crow in frustration.

"Mr. Crow, I may have to leave home for a few days, but don't worry about me. Although it will hurt, I wasn't afraid before, and I can't be afraid now. Mom will go home every few days to bring you food, so you must remember to think of me."

Soul Crow could only barely understand a few words, it seemed like he was saying he would be away for a few days?

It shouldn't be a problem, right?
It seemed to be a little worried subconsciously. "Be careful." said the Soul Crow.

"I'll be careful!" Phaedra was very happy to get the response.

He stretched out his hand and tried to touch the Soul Crow's wings carefully.

The Soul Crows subconsciously jumped aside. Their instincts were not adapted to being touched by humans.

Phaedra was a little disappointed, but she didn't care too much. Seeing that the biscuits were almost finished, she quickly replenished her food.

"Mom, are there no more sandwich cookies? Mr. Crow's favorite kind, the black one."

"Can you feed Mr. Crow some chips these days, Mom?"

"Bread is fine, too."

Phaedra kept talking about these things, as if she was afraid that her mother would forget.

"Okay, I'll remember that, but forget about the fries. They're not healthy for crows. Just sandwich cookies. They're your favorite."

"Okay, but that's not Mr. Crow's favorite, he prefers French fries"

Talia touched Phaedra's head, her mind not on these little things at all. She just hoped that her daughter's condition was not as bad as the doctor said.

I hope the god of death can show mercy and God can grant me a miracle.

If Phaedra didn't really like this crow, and if it wasn't for the fact that this crow was surprisingly smart and wouldn't hurt people, she would have wanted to drive this unlucky animal away as soon as possible to avoid bringing her bad thoughts.

The next day, Phaedra reluctantly left home and said goodbye to her only friend. She was admitted to the hospital again after two years, carrying her luggage and a timid yet brave look.

"Child, if it hurts, you can tell us. You don't have to endure it."

"Phaedra is not afraid of pain."

The Soul Crow stayed at home bored all day, feeling restless and anxious, as if he was being chased by some bird of prey.

There was a lot of food left in the house. Talia would not come back for the first three days, so the Soul Crow deliberately did not take the Soul Lamp, just to make it easier to sense where they were.

Now it seems that it is not far away, but it is definitely not in this city.

For the first time, it realized how powerless a soul crow was in human society.

It can only relieve this suffocating feeling 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 the area there. There is also a nest outside the city. We gather there once every six months!" The Little Soul Crow explained to the Big Soul Crow.

On the way, he was also brought various kinds of bread, and asked which tasted closest to the kind that the wise crow ate.

The big soul crow ate each one, but felt that they were not tasty and tasted like chewing wax.

"Sure enough, the wise crow eats different things." The little soul crow sighed softly, and it seemed that he couldn't wait to meet the wise crow immediately.

"Perhaps, the most important thing is that you find your favorite food." Big Soul Crow said thoughtfully.

"But aren't French fries our favorite food?" Little Soul Crow wondered, "My dad does, and so does my mom. French fries are the best!"

The Great Soul Crow shook his head: "It may not be the taste, it may be something else that affects your taste."

After saying that, it brought a sandwich cookie to the little crow: "Try it."

"Haha. It's just so-so, not bad." Little Soul Crow commented.

"But now I think this is the most delicious, even better than French fries." The Big Soul Crow said something that the Little Soul Crow could not understand.

How could it be better than French fries?

It didn't believe it and ate the rest. It still felt just average, but perhaps it was a psychological effect, it thought it tasted a little better 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 Lanterns, and they came back.

I waited anxiously like this, and finally, the door opened.

The soul crows who were greeting people at the counter by the door cried out a few times, but there was no sign of Phaedra. Only Talia was there alone, carrying a handbag, without any makeup, and looking terribly haggard.

She seemed not to have seen the Soul Crow. Like a lonely soul, she took out all the sandwiches from the handbag, opened them one by one, put them in the Soul Crow's food plate, and then walked to the bathroom in a daze.

After a while, intermittent howling sounds began to be heard.

The Soul Crow sounded impatient. It couldn't cry and didn't have that emotion, but it knew that this was 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, Talia finally came out, her eyes were red, but she had put on makeup and was still adjusting her breathing.

He went up to Phaedra's room, packed some things, took a few photos of the Soul Crow, and left.

The Soul Crow hesitated for a while, and finally decided to follow. It was eager to know what happened to Phaedra.

Even though its wings still make it difficult for it to maintain long-term flight, it should still be able to grab the car by using good techniques.

The premise is to avoid encountering those annoying birds of prey.

"Boss, Inspector! Boss! Are you leaving? Are you healed?" In the sky, the Soul Crow that was following the car met the Little Soul Crow.

"Not yet. I have some business to attend to in the country's capital."

"Then will you come back?"

"Yes, I should."

"This direction is the territory of those eagles. You are still injured. I will call my brothers over, otherwise they will attack you by surprise."

"Thank you!"

Following the calls of the little soul crow, slowly, a large number of crows gathered around the two soul crows, like a dark cloud, flying towards the outside of the city.

Soon, the Soul Crow saw the big eagle that the Little Soul Crow had mentioned. It was dark brown in color with white stripes. It was not actually that big, but compared to the crows, it was indeed a bird of prey. Several of them were flying beside the crow flock, but they seemed to be afraid of the number of crows and the constantly clamoring Little Soul Crows, and never dared to rush up.

"Okay, boss. We're safe from here. Remember not to go through here when you come back."

"I will return."

"I'll wait for you! I want to know more about the Wise Crow!"

Saying farewell to the loyal fans of this wise crow, the soul crow did not look back, landed towards the car and grabbed the rear bumper of the car.

Before it could catch its breath, it discovered that the soul of the soul lamp in the car seemed to want to communicate with it.

(End of this chapter)