The ecstatic boy ran to the window. Of course, the church could afford fashionable glass, but it was divided into levels. What the small monastery where the Hugo brother and sister lived was the poor quality of poor visibility, which made the mother's face look strange and a little distorted. Hugo didn't care about these things, so he pushed the glass window and just wanted to open it and crawl out quickly.

As a result, he tried his best to push the window open a small gap.

"Mom..." Before he could say anything, tears flowed down his eyes first. Hugo stretched his arm to the limit and could reveal a few fingers outside the window.

"Hugo, my child." Mom rushed to the window and grabbed his fingers, and the touch was particularly cold.

The strange feeling did not stop the boy from crying and crying. The mother and son communicated through the gaps in the window. The severe cold wandering outdoors failed to make Hugo retreat. The boy just wanted to wake up his sister to meet his mother later.

"Where is Dad?" Hugo, who finally stopped crying, realized that his mother seemed to be alone.

The mother shook her head and let go of him. Winter covered Hugo's outstretched fingers again, which seemed to be colder than the cold. The mother stayed a few steps away from the window, and no matter how Hugo shouted, she would not move forward.

"Where is Dad?" Hugo called again, and he began to wonder that no child in the room woke up so loudly.

"We are at home below the castle..." After my mother said this, she disappeared into the darkness, as abrupt as her appearance.

"Mother?!"

Hugo shouted out the empty window, and this time there was a response. His shoulders were shaken hard a few times, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the annoying little person in charge.

"It's time to wake up, lazy."

The boy left him and walked to the bed next to him to repeat the same movement. His sister Selena woke up before him and was trying to wear those dirty shoes.

It was a dream, Hugo slid off the bed and half-squatted to help her sister dress.

"elder brother?"

"Um?"

"Dad came last night."

Before the little boy could ask what happened, the orphans were kicked out of the dormitory to welcome the new day of life without fathers or mothers.

That night, my mother came to see Hugo again. Compared to the last time, my mother was less kind and more frightened. The relationship between the mother and the son did not last long. When Hugo woke up, he only remembered that his mother kept saying "Come to find us at the castle home." My sister also told the same thing, but in my sister's version, the father was asking the brother and sister to come.

Hugo didn't know what to believe, but he really didn't want to be an orphan. He was only 7 years old. His experience in less than two days in the monastery was enough to make him understand that Selena would sooner or later be forced to leave him and go to a monastery that was specially for girls. This was actually done. All the girls of the same age as Hugo were sent away. It was all up to him to beg for him that the nun promised Hugo to "give you a few more days."

How many days? Hugo didn't have a day. The boy secretly hid an onion and two buns, and of course he didn't forget the precious gold coins. Hugo touched it at least ten times a day before he could fall asleep peacefully. The monastery would close the door after supper, leaving the side door next to the kitchen to take out the garbage and toilet.

The door was locked only when the bell rang at the end of the prayer. Every child turned over the toilet. Hugo happened to work at night, which was one of his observations. Also, the good news was that all nuns needed to gather in the prayer room, and there would be no adult in the monastery. The brother told his sister the plan, what could the sister say? She just wanted to return to her parents' arms as soon as possible.

For those who are prepared, time always passes very slowly. Finally, it is easy to stay up until night, but the nun dares to move after checking the room. The room with more than a dozen high and low beds was only illuminated by a candle by the door, which invisibly helped the brother and sister escape. The questions caused by waking up other children did not exist. Everyone either slept too hard or talked in a sleep. Some people cried, and there were always too many sorrows in their orphan life.

Hugo only encountered the first problem when he led his sister to the door. This door was disrepaired for so long, and even if he pushed it lightly, it would make an unbearable creaking sound.

Fortunately, the people in the door couldn't wake up, and no one came to the corridor outside the door. The winter moon also imitated the winter sun, and the lighting provided was not enough to see clearly under your feet. Along the way, my sister always tripped, and it was all due to her longing for her parents, so the little girl didn't say a word.

The prayer room is north and the kitchen is south, which should not be a problem. Hugo successfully took his sister to the side door. He was about to push the door out when he was suddenly grabbed by one hand. The man was very strong, at least for the child. The chef's fat body blocked the moonlight and placed the two children completely in his own shadow.

"I said, it's midnight, where do you want to go?" The scent of the chef's mouth mixed with onions and mushrooms, as smelled bad as ever.

"..." Hugo was speechless. He didn't hold anything in his hand, and he couldn't even use the excuse of pouring the toilet. Hugo was the reaction that his brother could do. He hugged his sister and closed his eyes, trying to block the upcoming punishment for his sister - the nun would use a wooden stick to beat the child who made a mistake.

The boy's pitiful Xixi made the chef laugh. The fat man let go of Hugo and waved his hand to the yard, "Go quickly and go back to sleep." He said.

The chef's attitude gave Hugo the courage. The little boy stood there and did not leave. He looked at the side door eagerly and resisted the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to escape. Even if he could run away, Selena would never be able to do so.

"Can we let go? Please." After all, Hugo has been a beggar, so he can ask for help without blushing.

"Let you go? Let you go out and starve to death?" The unreasonable request made the chef's tone become stern again, "I think it's better to ask the nun to teach you two troublemakers a lesson." The hairy hand grabbed Hugo again, and it hurt through the thick cotton coat.

Selena pursed her lips and was almost scared to tears again. Hugo tried her best to find a way. He knew very well that the nuns could not know that he wanted to take his sister away. They would send Selena to another monastery and lock me up.

The nun warned what would happen if he secretly went out, and Hugo remembered it very clearly. The little boy also understood that it was impossible to break free. He reached into his underwear pocket with his hand that could still move, and took out a coin under the chef's high vigilance gaze. The baby that he wanted to hand to his mother for her to spend money on the whole family.

"I have money..." The little boy stretched out his hands pitifully.

The chef stared at the coins in the little boy's hand, and there was a torch hanging on the side door that was never extinguished for many years and could be replaced at any time. The man did not have any difficulties in seeing things. Under the orange flame, the gold coins flashed one after another, giving people the illusion of warmth.

The man and the boy looked at each other for a while, and the chef finally took the money and let Hugo and Selena go.

He pulled his sister and ran without looking back. The gold coin was his only property. He didn't know where to eat the next meal, and he didn't even remember the way he came.

But he is just a seven-year-old child. He just wants to see his parents. Is this wrong?

The brother and sister ran away, and before the chef had time to repent, they both got into the dark night in Barry.
Chapter completed!