This brave man is a scumbag

"Why don't you trust me? Elma!"

On the carriage, the young man in the silver battle armor looked puzzled and angry, and said angrily like a gladiatorial bull: "Why don't you let me come in this battle? Why?!"

"You are a brave man."

Facing the angry Zhou Li, Elma's eyes flickered with hesitation, but she still said to Zhou Li in a firm tone: "This battle is very dangerous, I can't let you risk yourself."

"you!"

Zhou Li was startled for a moment, then gritted his teeth, threw the long sword in his hand on the table without saying a word, turned around and left the combat center.

Futaba beside him sat on a chair without saying a word.She saw the hesitation and worry in Elma's eyes after Zhou Li slammed the door out.

Sure enough...
In the previous life, Futaba had vaguely noticed that Elma seemed to carry the memory of the previous life.Obviously everything is a new beginning, but Elma has just begun to prepare for the fight against the barren disaster.If it wasn't because Elma's strides were too big, and she underestimated the sinister human heart, Eluma and Zhou Li in the previous life would really have a chance to defeat the Demon Lord Torreya.

Thinking of this, Futaba couldn't help thinking about why Elma's attitude towards Zhou Li changed a lot in this life.You know, the degree of trust between Elma and Zhou Li in the previous life can be called absolute trust.But in this life, Futaba clearly noticed that Elma seems to be deliberately preventing Zhou Li from participating in some important battles, as if in...

marginalize him as well.

"Futaba, you will be my deputy in this battle."

After calming down, Elma breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Futaba on the side: "This battle is very important. If we fail, the entire northern border of Tarik will be paralyzed, and we will be completely helpless." It's safe to guard."

"I see."

Futaba nodded. Although she didn't know why Elma didn't trust Zhou Li, she believed that as long as she could defeat Torea on these world lines, she would succeed, and Zhou Li would return willingly. to reality.Therefore, she did not intend to mediate between Zhou Li and Erma, but just took on this difficult and important task.

fine···
Fortunately, Elma, who retained her memory and was reborn, still maintained trust in herself. In her previous life, her performance should have been absolutely perfect, so Elma found herself the day after her rebirth and invited herself to enter. her legion.

After leaving the command center, Futaba saw Zhou Li sitting on the roof not far away from the corner of his eyes.As a ghost, Futaba, who originally wanted to go back to her room to rest, stopped by the stairs, and after a while, she slowly walked upstairs.

The iron door of the roof opened slowly, and the creaking sound attracted Zhou Li's attention.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Futaba."

After seeing who came, Zhou Li smiled politely.Less than three years have passed in this life, and in the eyes of Zhou Li in this life, Futaba is just a professional picked up by Elma, taciturn and not talkative, but powerful.Therefore, Futaba, who was just a silver-level professional in this life, felt inferior to Futaba, and her words were full of politeness and distance.

"Just call me Futaba."

Facing Zhou Li's words full of distance, for some reason, Futaba felt a little uncomfortable.Ever since she witnessed the deaths of Zhou Li and Erma in her last life, she has sensed the existence of emotions.But now Futaba, like a baby who has just seen the world, treats emotions very at a loss.She didn't know what those emotions were or why they were there.

"Ok."

Zhou Li nodded, and after a soft sigh, he turned his head, looked at the setting sun, and asked desolately: "Futaba, did I do poorly?"

Futaba gently kneaded the corner of her clothes, she didn't know how to answer Zhou Li.For some reason, Elma in this life did not guide Zhou Li, so Zhou Li, who had been worrying about gains and losses after time travel, did not improve by leaps and bounds like the previous two lives, but was stuck on the silver.

However, Zhou Li's willpower and hard work are beyond doubt.Even if it was only at the silver level, he still participated in several dangerous assault battles, but even so, Elma still didn't fully trust him, and even alienated Zhou Li even more.

No one knows why.

"You worked hard."

Futaba's comfort was a bit clumsy, but her tone was very sincere.

"I don't know why, Lord Elma just doesn't recognize me."

Looking at his wrists and the calluses between his fingers, Zhou Li said bitterly: "No matter how hard I try, no matter how many enemies I defeat, Lord Elma will always refuse me to go to the northern border because I am not qualified enough to participate in the competition. Defense battle. I obviously want to protect everyone, but why..."

Zhou Li at this moment reveals an aura of fragility and powerlessness, Futaba has never seen him like this.In her impression, Zhou Li is always high-spirited, and the smile on his face always gives people a sense of peace of mind.

"Perhaps, I am not worthy of being this brave man."

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"Zhou Li cannot become this brave man."

Facing Futaba's inquiry, Elma put down the heavy battle reports and documents in her hands, rubbed her swollen temples, and then said to Futaba in front of her, "I know what you're thinking, that's right, Zhou Li worked very hard. , is also very talented. I can understand his desire to protect everyone, but I can't let him become this brave man."

"why?"

For the first time, Futaba understood that her emotions were doubts and incomprehensions.

Elma was silent, she stared at the thick casualty report in her hand, silently filled the crowded room, after a long time, Elma sighed softly, closed her eyes, and sighed helplessly:
"Zhou Li shouldn't be burdened with these."

After hearing this sentence, Futaba was stunned.

"Futaba, I won't hide it from you, I can tell you that Zhou Li is not from our world."

Staring into Futaba's eyes, Elma said in a low voice: "There is no war, no crazy monsters, and no endless turmoil and destruction in his hometown. Before coming to this world, he was just an ordinary and A happy boy, he likes literature very much, his hands should be holding a pen and moving on paper, instead of holding a heavy weapon in a world that has nothing to do with him, repeating the action of killing."

"He shouldn't have to bear all of this, brave man, it's a twelve quarter lie."

Yes.

Why should Zhou Li save this world that has nothing to do with him?Obviously living an ordinary and happy life, but suddenly everything was disrupted by the so-called gods, and then he was given a meaningless title and forced to save a world that had nothing to do with him.

Yes, why.