Something's wrong, they're not NPCs?

The pursuers are not far away. I can see clearly, about seven or eight of them.

Some wore tights, some wore robes... all kinds of weird clothes. Their weapons were also different.

"No matter who you are, if you dare to openly challenge the guild, the result will only be the same."

"..."

More and more people followed behind, coming out of the city gate holding torches.

Armor and sword gleamed in the moonlight.

Is it because I walked into a trap? It became like this.

"I'll walk over...you can run."

"what?"

"It was because of me. I walked into the trap. I was the one wanted in the first place."

"..."

He completely ignored me and held his weapon... a translucent knife. His weapon.

I don't have a specific understanding of his strength, I just know that he is very strong.

But I don’t know if I can face so many people at the same time.

But then again, he is still a human being, and he can make mistakes and get hurt.

But he seemed to feel no pain at all and fought back instantly. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and soon the strangely dressed people who led the group disappeared.

"I thought something was chasing me."

"That's it? Just a Radiant Explorer at best? It's not much better than gold."

"Are there any Glory Explorers? Come out and chat."

"..."

He stood alone in front of the soldiers who were scattered all over the place, raising his weapon.

"That's all I have to say. The alien species is with me, come and get it if you can."

"If you can find it, feel free to come to me. But there is one thing I want you to do. Don't use these ugly ones next time."

"..."

I kept squatting there and watched him come back step by step.

He stared at me with eyes that were calmer than ever before.

"See? How much effort did I put in to ensure that you could live normally?"

"wanna die?"

"I don't know how to survive?"

"It's simple. I saved you, so you have to live for me. To be my maid, to be my tool... to be my pillow, or any of the ideas you heard. Isn't that a lot of motivation?"

"Since I took you out of Roy Village, your life no longer belongs to you. I'm too lazy to tell you that your life includes your parents' life. It simply belongs to me, and you have to live to be my Fiji. Can't figure it out? Are you living too comfortably? Then I can also let you know how happy it is to live an ordinary life."

"Now, immediately, right now...get up."

"..."

None of the soldiers who were far away from him dared to move.

I got up.

"You are no longer the Noelle of Roy Village. You are now the Noelle who was saved by me. Everything belongs to me. The Noelle who was reborn to serve me."

And was carried on his back again.

He fled the scene. None of the people dared to chase him, probably because they were frightened by the corpses he left behind.

12 month 12 day.

early morning.

How far have we walked?

He put me down, opened my clothes and treated my wound.

"Damn... How can there be such a thing as a bird gun? Lao Liu is disgusting wherever he goes."

"If I had known earlier, I should have taken down the Explorer Guild first and become the sixth in command."

"..."

"Hey, don't just stand there. Hold down this piece of clothing for me for a while."

He had a lot of wounds. Some were long, some were deep. Would he die?

"Okay, it's up to you from now on."

"I don't have time to take care of you today. Don't die today, I'll do it tomorrow. I don't have time to care whether you live or die now."

"..."

I saw him light up a cigarette and looked at him for a long time before he spoke, "Are you going to die?"

"What?"

"..."

"Don't worry, I want to live."

He didn't seem to want to talk to me. He really didn't want to pay attention to me.

After throwing away the cigarette, he closed his eyes and rested against a tree. Was he asleep or not?

I heard it again.

Thinking about his so-called wife. Xueer, Yao, etc. And the children.

"..."

I peered at him. His coat was thrown aside, completely washed in blood.

It just occurred to me now.

Since he cares so much about being married and his wife, why did he come to Roy Village and why is he here?

“You’ve been there, too.”

"I don't have time to chat right now."

"..."

is it?

Wife, dead.

I am the same, my parents are both dead.

Was the story you wanted to tell me before about how to live after loss?

Before I took a step to enter the Explorers Guild and fall into their trap, it wasn't just because he grabbed my shoulder that I didn't go in. I could have taken a step earlier, but someone else held me back.

I can think of that too.

If my parents were here, they would definitely say... It's not your fault, Noelia. Please live.

I just don't know why I should live. I can't find motivation after losing everything. I feel empty. And I have lost my identity as a human being.

Live for him?

But I just knew his name, and knew that he might be a good person. Maybe he had the same experience as me... a strange good person.

He had suffered so many injuries, each more horrific than the last. What if he really died?

There is no herbal medicine here. Even if there is, I don't know how to make it and I can't cure the disease.

To put it another way, no matter if it was out of sympathy or some other strange reason, I would never die in front of him. I don't think... I want to do it anymore.

The look in my parents’ eyes when they sent me off…

Do I really want to die that much?

What I lack is the reason for me to live... Besides the loss, maybe I also feel that I can't live alone in this world.

"..."

He should be asleep.

So even though I put his head on my thighs, he didn't react at all and was still breathing.

I took the cloth and wiped the filth off his face.

Ok.

Let’s make a bet.

If he wakes up tomorrow, I will...try to live. Use him as a reason and a motivation.

If he dies, I will die too, as atonement for the trouble I have caused, for my ingratitude.

But... if he really died like this, this kind of atonement would not count at all. After all, I would definitely not be able to live if he died.

I took his hand again and placed it on my chest.

"My parents... told me."

"If you've received a favor, you must repay it. If you've done something wrong, you must be punished. I always hear people saying they want to touch me. I don't know if this counts as..."

"but."

"Thank you for helping me get revenge. Thank you for always carrying me."

"..."

I suddenly don’t want to be a flower or a plant so much anymore.

I wonder, if I become flowers and plants, who will visit my parents’ graves?

When they took me to visit the graves of our ancestors in the past, they always pointed to the graves where no one was worshipping and said that after a person dies, it would be very lonely without even the descendants to worship him or her.

12 month 12 day.

Su Ming woke up before dawn.

He didn't lose consciousness because of the serious injuries he suffered, but because of his old problem...overuse of his abilities.

When he was chased before, he really thought that the most powerful opponent had come, so he went all out to attack him. But he found out that there was no Glory Explorer at all, and at most it was only slightly stronger than the one he had encountered before. This caused Su Ming to be in a state of limbo, and he would definitely not be able to fight to the last moment. Time was not enough.

All he could do was to run away with Noelia after making such a threatening remark. He would sleep first.

so……

"you're awake."

What's the situation now?

When I opened my eyes, I could only see something soft blocking my vision. The back of my head was very soft. I leaned slightly to the side...it was her thigh.

"Can you grant me a request?"

"……what?"

"When the situation gets better and the time is right... I want to go back to Roy Village to visit my parents' graves and rebuild their tombs."

"..."

Why?

The hands will be inside her clothes and in direct contact with the baby's canteen.

"May I?"

"Yes, you can...but I want to ask, what is the current situation?"

"Thank you. Is your injury okay?"

"……no problem."

Even, her hands were pressed outside the clothes, helping Su Ming's hands to cover the baby's canteen.

"Then...please teach me."