I, with a long knife in my hand, can only do one move

"destroy."

—Finally reborn.

Until one day, when the unreasonable fate finally told him: "You can set off", the boy jumped up happily.

His hard work, blood, sweat, and tears have finally turned into a force capable of arming himself.

When he stepped into the legendary world, he met the protagonists in the stories he had longed for.

"So, a legend that only belongs to teenagers began..."

"Although he did a lot of stupid things due to various reasons that he didn't adapt to the long loneliness before that, he finally found his own bond."

A gentlemanly leader with a burly figure and a face like a beast, but gentler than anyone else.

He is powerful, but his character is extremely different. He has a tsundere character who doesn't care if he is called a scum. He plays a funny role, but when his companions need him, he can risk his life and leave his back to everyone.

A cowardly young man who is willing to be ordinary, yearns for being ordinary, and is destined not to be ordinary, he can change in order to save his sister, become the most courageous brother in the world, and choose to keep advancing as a knight.

There are a lot more......

He met many friends, met many opponents, experienced happy things, angry things, sad things, many, many.

Never be alone again.

"The reason for all this is because the boy finally chose hope."

That is his hymn, the soul that has gone through countless hardships and is unwilling to give up, climbed up after countless falls, and chooses to move forward to the light, is shining brightly.

And illuminate the long road ahead for him, and at the same time affect other people he comes into contact with.

It was a sentence from the protagonist in the adventure story that sent him on the journey——

Cheng Rang looked at Ai Xueer, who was listening intently, and said slowly: "As long as you still want to take even one step towards the light, your soul will not declare defeat."

"Light....?"

Ai Xueer stared at the deep and dark cave high above the sky, and said stupidly: "Ai Xueer, can you still see the light?"

"It's definitely possible." Cheng Rang nodded and said, "The story of a teenager is very long, but Ai Xueer, your story has just begun, isn't it?"

"Ashelle's...story?"

"Ah."

Until the end of the war and everything returned to the original point, she might be able to see the red-stained sky turn blue again, and the warm sun shines on the endless sea again, and enjoy swimming in the sparkling glass scenery.

Asher was looking forward to that day.

Rather, many people are looking forward to that day.

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In the days that followed, Cheng Rang would regularly visit Ai Xueer every week and bring him interesting things that happened in the settlement recently.

The sea-dwelling girl also learned the story of Rick and Shuby through her mouth.

However, she still doesn't know that Rick is human, Cheng Rang is human, and Shubi is Ex-Machina.

Don't even know, what a human being is.

In this way, the time for the fixed day to arrive is always very fast. Cheng Rang spent a very long time in Rick's settlement without having to worry about anyone dying.

.

.....

It was another morning, when Cheng Rang got up from the bed and wanted to carve marks on the rock wall with a knife, he suddenly discovered that the wall beside the bed had been completely carved by himself unconsciously. .

"1...2...3...4...."

"...71...72"

With his index finger resting on the last four vertical stripes, Cheng Rang chuckled and scratched his hair.

"Has it been a year?"

During this period of time, Crone no longer clings to himself and makes jokes like before, but returns the focus to Rick and Hubie.

The distance they keep when getting along is closer than friends, but it is different from relatives like Rick and others.

This caused Rick to become more and more used to communicating with Shubi in a certain way, and Cheng Rang ate most of the ten dog food in the backpack by himself.

Hubby no longer needs his own help to take a bath, but Rick is in charge alone. He learned cooking skills from himself, and cooks for Hubby alone from time to time.

Playing chess and the like, nothing has changed - anyway, I haven't won a single game until yesterday.....

[Main task - Witness: Witness the birth of "Heart" (in progress)] Task progress: 85%

And the progress of Cheng Rang's main task had completely stagnated at 80.00% five months ago, and there was no further movement.

After tidying up his clothes, he opened the door and walked out. He was already familiar with the life in the settlement. Cheng Rang greeted everyone who passed by.

"We may come back later today, but we won't go too far."

——The conversation between Rick and Crone came from the square not far away.

"Morning, Rick." Cheng Rang walked towards the three people in the square.

"Cheng, you came just in time. I was just about to call you." Rick smiled and waved to himself.

Yes, lately Rick has gotten used to smiling at others from the bottom of his heart.

Since the heart lock was picked by Shubi, this guy has become more and more humane except when he is working.

And most of these credits can be attributed to Rick's inseparable girl, Hubie.

"...Good morning, Cheng."

"Oh~ good morning, Shubi can also take the initiative to say hello!" Cheng Rang waved his hand with a smile and said, "So, what's the matter?"

After looking at the outfits of Rick and Shubi, Cheng Rang said, "Do you want to go out? Do you want me to go with you?"

Rick shook his head and said, "No, this time I will go out, I will leave it to you and Ke Long in the settlement, I can rest assured."

Hearing this sentence, Kelong clapped his hands suddenly, showing a meaningful smile.

"Ah~ I understand, you two are going to do things under the blue sky, right?"

"Klon, you'd better change your brain." Rick gave Kelong a helpless look, patted Cheng Rang on the shoulder and said, "I'll leave it to you."

"I will handle it."

"Oh, but with the current sky, we should be doing things under the red sky, but no matter what, the weather is still very cold, be careful of catching a cold——"

"It's so noisy, shut up, let's go... Shuby."

Unhappily, Rick took Shubi's hand and turned away, leaving only Cheng Rang and Ke Long with surprised expressions.

He probably didn't realize it, but the other three people except Rick himself noticed it.

Especially Hubby.

Rick, called her name for the first time.

Except for the initial introduction when he brought Shuby into the settlement, Rick never called Shuby's name again.

This guy, you, her, that guy.

This is the only pronoun in everyday conversation.

Undefined errors overwhelmed her thinking. Although Shubi sensed the rise in body temperature—but Shuby labeled that memory as [most important], although she didn’t understand the reason—she cherished it. up.

Watching the two figures go away, Cheng Rang and Ke Long looked at each other at the same time.

"If I remember correctly, was Rick the first to call out the name 'Hubby'?"

Kelong's expression was more complicated than Qi Chengrang's, but she still nodded slowly and said:

"Yes."

Chapter 43 The Heirs

Standing on the ground again after half a day, Rick thought to himself, it's really easy to have Shubi here.

It takes five days to ride a horse with the awareness of death, and it takes several months to crawl forward cautiously, but Huby ran there in half a day with Rick in his arms.

"...Is this the ruins of the destroyed elves?"

That was the place where Rick and Cheng Rang went to investigate together a year ago.

The unique buildings woven of trees collapsed one by one, and the ugly scorched marks still remain on the surface of the buildings, but those ruins are covered by brightly colored flowers and plants, just like elegant courtyards.

The sky was dyed blood, and the earth was poisoned by black ash—in such a world of death, this ruin seemed to be protected by the gods and remained unstained.

As expected of the former capital of the elves created by Senshin, Rick had a mocking smile on his lips.

They have turned this planet into hell, but still want to make their abode a paradise.

"4!0:7";6.

The two walked together for a while, and finally stopped at the destination Rick wanted to investigate.

In front of the only building that still remained in its original form among the burnt ruins, Rick asked Hubby, "Is this the library?"

"...Probably...the equivalent of that type of facility, compared to the damage in the city, the damage here is slight..."

That is to say—when attacked by the Flügel, this is the priority building for defense.

What can be predicted is an evacuation facility, a research facility of some kind, or a storage facility.

"I see. This is probably a facility like a library."

Unable to find an entrance that looked like a door, the two sneaked inside along the gap between the trees.

Even after entering the inside, the wonderful architectural style remains unchanged, and the interior furnishings are all items that are difficult to judge.

One of them could barely be judged to be a bookshelf.

But the bookshelves are empty, and it looks like most of the books have been removed, but... that's enough.

"Because even the knowledge they don't want is meaningful to us."

After Rick finished speaking, he began to investigate the remaining scraps of paper and damaged books.

"...Rick can understand Elf language...?"

Seeing Rick flipping through the books clattering, Hubby tilted his head and asked.

"Goblin, elf, goblin, goblin, orc—which language would you like me to answer in?"

Hearing Rick's nonchalant reply, Hubie's eyes widened in surprise.

"Why... learn so much?"

With a stern expression on his face that was different from anger and hatred, Rick replied: "Otherwise, you won't be able to survive. The hard-earned information is worthless if you don't understand it."

Hubby knew that look on Rick's face, that look in his eyes.

That was the look in Rick's eyes when he really wanted to beat himself at chess.

"Human beings have not just been ravaged forever and continuously until now. Human beings rely on word of mouth, written records, and all conceivable methods to pass on the nature, language, and even habits of other races to this day."

The black eyes that do not reflect any emotion tell that human beings can only flee for their lives fragilely.

But hidden in the depths of those eyes is the opposite will.And that's what Hubie wanted to know.

Roaring: "Don't underestimate human beings!"

Rick's "heart".

"...Ah... Rick, Rick..."

Hearing Hubie's call, Rick looked up.

With the violent shaking and sound of the rock plate being lifted, the thick iron block was forcibly twisted, making a tooth-piercing piercing tone.

Shubi held up the iron gate ten times taller than himself, and tilted his head to express his doubts: "...a complex camouflage technique has been applied to the ground... There is a space below, there is a basement... oh?"

Rick, who fell to the ground passively, couldn't help twitching when he saw Shubi's calm expression and movements that humans could never understand.

After Hubby confirmed the life reactions around him, the two walked down the stairs.

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