People in Mond, arrogant sun, not hated

Noelle was taken aback, and she clenched her fists with great emotion. That's right, just as the honorary knight said, helping others is her way of chivalry.

Beyond that, everything is impure.

She is now ready to [awaken herself].

"Knight of Honor, I'll do it! I'll go with you!!"

She is full of energy now.

Human nature cannot be easily changed. As the only Mond who would believe in the convict princess's foolishness, Elmes just made her change from a very good fool to a pretty good fool.

"Hey, this kid is really fooling around."

Ying showed a rather disdainful expression for a moment.

Paimon, who was flying aside, was terrified of his traveler's eloquence from the bottom of his heart.

After all, this is illegal trespassing!

"What? ●? ●Honorary Knight, what did you say just now?"

"It's nothing, you heard it wrong, let's go now ヾ(^▽^*)))."

One was on guard and the other was exploring. After confirming that there were no Zephyr Knights or Night Heroes passing by, the two came to Timmy's house.

Ying couldn't help asking curiously.

"Aren't orphans like Timmy entrusted to the church? But this house seems to be the only one living in it? It's a bit lonely for one child to live in one house."

In case the bad guys invade... Oh, Mond has the invincible ☆Justice☆.

"The child doesn't want to live outside his own home, and next door is a nun in the church, so honorary knights, we have to be careful."

Noelle raised an index finger to her lips, showing a rare nervous expression.

If they are found to report, then the two of them will be banned by the West Wind Knights 100%.

But they ran into problems right from the start.

"What about the door? There will be a lot of noise if you climb over the wall."

Ying took out a small wire from her skirt pocket, looked at these low-level locks contemptuously, bent down and fiddled with them for a few seconds, and with a small sound, the door was easily opened.

All kinds of martial arts, this is lockpicking.

"Oh, is it actually solved in this way? As expected of an honorary knight, it's amazing!"

Noelle looked at her adoringly.

Watch this honorary knight do criminal things.

"How did you learn to pick locks?"

Paimon stared at the dead fish eyes and asked curiously.

Ying stuck in her waist in a terrific way.

Grandpa has traveled so many worlds, and he knows a lot of things.

"Come on, let's go see what Timmy is doing now?"

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Chapter 30: An annoying child

Hiding the figures of the two through the power of the wind element, Ying and Noelle sneaked into the house cautiously.

It is two floors high, and there are six rooms excluding the living room. It is unexpectedly spacious at first glance, and it is completely dark in the middle of the night. It is unexpectedly scary. It is hard to imagine that a child of the age of a primary school student dares to live here alone. kind of place.

After all, in this era, not to mention mobile phones, there are no common entertainment devices, how can we survive.

"Mond's children are used to being alone, and they are not as vulnerable as you think as a knight of honor."

Noelle walked ahead in a low voice, leading the travelers to Timmy's room.

Looking at her figure, Ying subconsciously wanted to ask a few questions.

Noelle's parents...the reason why she stubbornly wanted to become a Zephyr knight...why did she develop a personality that doesn't love herself...how was she when she was a child... ...

It's better to shut up obediently.

I always feel like I'm going to hit a knife.

Finally, they came to the door of Timmy's room.

But to my surprise, at this time when children should be sleeping obediently, there was a warm light from a candle lit in the crack of the door.

Through the gap in the door, they could hear the rustling sound of writing, and through a larger gap, they saw a small figure sitting on a wooden stool that was relatively high for a child.

And Noelle noticed it on the door plate of the next room, which said Timmy's father's name.

In other words, this is his father's room.

And while they were thinking.

Suddenly, the sound of something being thrown to the ground sounded, scaring them so much that they almost cried out.

"Can't write..."

The deep child's voice echoed quietly in the empty house.

If you can open the door and see the room, you will find that the ground is covered with crumpled envelopes.

"Dad, I can't write—"

There was a muffled trembling voice.

In three years, he wrote dozens of letters, but he never got a reply from his father.

Sister Grace is reluctant to tell Timmy the truth because she wants Timmy to have a happy childhood without knowing his father passed away.

But she is an outsider after all, how can she understand.

How could she understand—

How can a child not know his father.

Even if it's not as specific as an adult, it's just a vague and soft feeling like a cotton ball, but that feeling is much deeper than any words to describe and understand.

How could that person break the promise to celebrate his birthday with him?

How could that person have not been home once in three years?

How could that person be willing to leave him alone?

Who would choose to leave the only family they have left if it wasn't cold enough for [reality].

have no idea?child?Childish and naive?

In this country where 17 years old is considered an adult, in a world full of crises and monsters, Mond's children are not so ignorant.

He just didn't want to believe it.

Or just being tortured and waiting for the result.

Just like your important exam, you know that you don’t know anything, and you can only fill in the things you think are right based on your feeling. After the exam, you also know that you will definitely not pass it.

But [result] I don’t know yet, and I always feel that it’s just in case?

What if there are many multiple-choice questions, and what if one point is inexplicably written correctly, maybe there is still a chance...

This kind of fluke, which is as sad as a flower in a crack in a rock, is the most painful punishment.

Like some octopus that can never reach [the real].

The process of waiting to die and being tortured is always more painful than that simple [death].

He has no way out and can only entrust his actions to the fairy tale.

He learned to change. In the past, he often played pigeons with his hunter father, in order to entrust his hope to the pigeons, he chose to become friends with the prey.

Even if he is blamed by others, he feels stupid and is also in a bad mood, and he still has to repeat the same thing.

Why?Because it is too powerless.

What could he have done as a child?

The weak hands can't grasp anything, so they can only raise their hands and pray towards the nothingness and great things like the younger brother in the fairy tale.

All I can do is pray.

Ordinary people are not immortals, and it is difficult to read and understand.

"Dad, the house is so big and dark, I'm afraid, don't leave me alone."

"I will be a good boy, I will not make any mistakes again, and I will apologize to everyone, so please come back."

"Don't leave me alone. Until now, I haven't said thank you to you once."

I don't know when the diary that was filled in the past is no longer written.

The most annoying uncle smell on the pillow in the past has become the most missed thing now.

Those jokes that weren't funny at all melted into memory.

Mond ballads hummed by rude voices, leaving only a staccato melody.

The deep impression of the taste of the dishes made by my father gradually faded.

I gradually got used to the loneliness of being alone in an empty house.

that person......

He is gone.

In the past, on the stool in front of the dining table, on the wall waiting for him to come back from playing, and in front of the smiling wedding photo with his mother, there is no longer the figure that should have been seen.

"Raindrops" fell drop by drop, and the mist in front of the eyes made everything hazy.

"I will help you, I will work hard to earn money to support the family with you, parents, don't leave..."

But as time goes by, whether it is the quilt that has never been washed, or the room that has never changed, the smell has gradually faded away.

The touch of rough hands, the hearty magnetic voice, the warm feeling of stroking his hair, these things are slowly fading from memory with [wear and tear].

He doesn't want to forget, doesn't want to give up, but the past still fades with time.

This is his greatest sorrow.

The bad boy's tears wet the envelope where only the word "father" was written, and only the last ugly roar remained in the hearts of the three of them.

"Why are you all leaving me? Don't go...don't go...Dad..."

"You...are my family."

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Outside the door, the two girls were in equally complicated moods, with tears shining in Noelle's green pupils.

Although Ying didn't reach this level, she also felt the same way.

After this incident is over, I really want to apologize to Timmy.

because......

Ying looked out the window at the dark night sky like an abyss, and slowly clenched her hands tightly.

I only have one family.

"......Let's go."

"Ah."

Silent all night.

At 7 o'clock in the morning of the next day, unlike the modern Earth, in this world that lacks nighttime entertainment, most residents who go to bed early and wake up early have already started to do their own things.

Ying, who rushed to clear a section of the main plot with complicated feelings, and Noelle, who had made an appointment to meet, were waiting for Timmy by the bridge.

They decided that short-term pain is worse than long-term pain.

Rather than being stuck in a spiral of pain all the time, it is better to stand up again after taking the pain completely.

Even if you have to bear the [evil] of destroying a child's only hope, you will not hesitate.

People have to move forward, no one can stay in the past.