"Obi," she said before Shirayuki noticed a dark shadow flashing in the trees. He was there, after all!
- Who else are you? - Apparently, the gang leader asked. Shirayuki turned around: Obi was sitting right on the tree behind her, slyly looking at the bandits.
- You don't need to know who I am. But be sure you can't sneak away from me - he was as brazen and brave as usual. Obi liked the admiring look Shirajuki gave him now. He was willing to do anything to make Shirayuki admire him.
- Yes?! You'll run away from here," the blonde laughed and said, "You have one last chance to leave us alone. Otherwise...
- Otherwise what? - again, that impudence in your voice. But that was what the girl in Ob liked - impudence, simultaneous loyalty and obedience.
- Of course, when you're sitting on a tree like a last coward, we can't do anything to you.
- Do you want me to come down? - Obi asked and, without waiting for an answer, jumped to the ground. - Well, now you can fight me.
The arrogant smile immediately fell off the leader's face. What kind of idiot would come down here without being sure of himself?
But he did rush at Shirayuki's bodyguard, waving his sword fiercely. The girl ahnullah - compared to Obi the blonde looked like a mountain of muscles. Her bodyguard never looked strong and inflated, but he still won, and not so strong.
Shirayuki exhaled admiringly: Obi knocked out the leader with one blow, and now he himself was on the henchmen of the blonde-haired man.
- The two others always run," said Obi, as if explaining. The truth is, the last couple of bandits could barely see their backs in front of them.
He landed on his squat as usual, but this time he didn't get up at once. He didn't even raise his head - closing his eyes, he breathed in as much air as he could and turned to Shirajuki:
- It was a familiar situation, wasn't it, miss?
Shirayuki was even more confused when Obi looked at her. He sat in the same position, putting his hands on the ground and lowering one knee to the ground. He let the girl think before explaining herself slowly:
- I know you don't remember. I heard about your loss of memory," he added sadly after a while.
Shirayuki kept her eyes on her bodyguard. Was there ever a similar set of circumstances? At seventeen, she lost her memory because of the wrong effect of one potion. Then she remembered some things and still remembered a lot. How does Obi know that?
But suddenly it stopped worrying the girl. Didn't she recognize these cat's eyes the first time she met them? Didn't they seem familiar to her?
***
Every move hurt a lot, but Obie was still walking through the woods. It seemed like the road was never over, and the rain never stopped... Everything seemed endless, but his life did not seem like it. Why does he go when it only brings him closer to his death? And the main thing is, where does he go? Because of the forest, he saw several houses. Tambarun. Yes, it is Tambarun. So, he was walking in the wrong direction from the border. Is it so bad that he can't even orientate himself?
Obi took his hand off the wound and looked at it. It was all in scarlet liquid. He was losing too much blood...
Legs buckled, and the guy fell on the grass.
Obi was lying still for a while. The absence of cold drops made it clear that the rain had stopped, and the eighteen-year-old guy decided to lie still. In silence and peace.
However, he did not stay in this position for long: the rustle of leaves, which told about his location, also reported someone else's approach. Obi skillfully calculated the steps of the girl and became even more wary - ladies rarely walk alone in the woods.
Obi pretended to be asleep and waited for the girl to sit down. She took off her shoulder bag and looked at her patient and started looking for something.
Obi picked up a dagger in his hand in case someone else came along. The girl was still sitting with her back to him, and Obi decided to look at his wound.
A bandage? But the sight of the bandaged side somehow didn't make him feel relieved.
