Li Jia's mind was in a mess, not only because he was restrained by Kadis, but also because of the name he called out, "Selinda".
When he just arrived in this world and was feeling lost, a spring-like girl appeared before him, making him feel a kind of warmth and peace, something he had never gotten on Earth.
To Li Jia, she was a spring in the desert and a treasure in the secret vault. The longer he was with her, the more he could not help himself. Every day and every moment, he was like a drug addict, looking forward to her coming like crazy.
New and ambiguous relationships, secret and exciting dates, beautiful and passionate lovers, everything was getting more and more perfect. However, just when Li Jia felt that he had embraced the whole world, she disappeared without a sound. For the first time, Li Jia knew what the most bitter pain of being a man was. In the days that followed, he really understood the true meaning of "wasting away for her".
God always likes to play jokes on people, and Li Jia's life is always full of ups and downs.
When the school was threatened and the lives of more than 700 people depended on a thread, Li Jia was ordered to go to the territory of Viscount Ruiz. A female knight as cool as the autumn wind appeared in front of him. She was diligent, wise, fair and persistent. She gave him hope and confidence.
She helped Li Jia gain the favor of magic and took the first step on the road of magic. Li Jia admired her as a teacher and loved her as a close friend. He knew that something was sprouting in his heart. He was afraid and yearning, hesitant and impulsive. He always wanted to know more about her. Therefore, he asked the name of this female knight several times, but she never answered directly.
The two women who appeared in his life one after another had almost no similarities except for their red hair, but they shared an important position in Li Jia's heart. Li Jia imagined that these two people appeared in front of him at the same time and he had to choose one to accompany him for life. But he couldn't come up with a result. It was because they were too different that it was too difficult to choose.
At this moment, Li Jia discovered that they had something in common, her name was "Selinda".
Sometimes people don't lack the ability to discover, but the motivation to discover. When the name Serinda flashed through his mind like lightning, all kinds of subtle memories came to his mind, similar figures, similar movements. The images of the two people quickly overlapped in his mind...
Sir Arias panted. Magic knights do not win by strength. In close combat, Awan, who has the blood of giants, is too powerful for her to fight. She cast several buff magic on herself so that she could kill two horse thieves while dealing with him. Although her physical strength has been consumed a lot at this time, her voice is still clear when she speaks: "Kadis, I am only a knight of Count Carlos Arias. The fact that we can meet you here means that you have already lost on the battlefield. Now the rest of you are no match for us. Surrender, and I promise to give you a fair trial by Count Carlos."
Cadiz obviously did not expect the other party to be so indifferent. He looked around and saw that Orville was stabbed in the ribs by Fernando's sword, leaving a bloody wound as wide as a finger. Awan was already injured and now he looked a little listless.
Does she really have no feelings for me
His face was confused at first, then he said with some resentment, "Count? If the Count is fair, we will not be standing here."
He pointed at himself and said, "I am an unlucky guy who was abandoned by the Earl's Mansion. However, leaving the Earl's Mansion is the happiest thing in my life, except for one thing - leaving you, Miss Serinda! I am a free man now. I can pursue what I like and kill what I hate. I never want to go back to that person, no matter who he is. Let us go. After we leave, we will naturally let these two guys go. I know you are Serinda. I can recognize you even if you wear a mask. You don't have to avoid this point. Unless you take off your mask and prove to me that you are not her."
"I won't let them out of my sight. Do you want me to trust the character of a horse thief? Letting them go and then surrendering is your best way out." Sir Arias seemed indifferent to Kadis's long speech, and no one could see the expression under her mask.
The knight was silent and firm, the horse thief gnashed his teeth, and the two men confronted each other for a long time, neither of them giving in.
Li Jia was held down by Kadis, but he forgot to be afraid. He was only trying to identify the person in front of him. If they were the same person, then all the problems in his mind seemed to be solved.
He observed for a long time and seemed to have made his own judgment. He felt happy and shouted, "Sir! Are you really Serinda? Are you really her? Let me see your face!"
Cadiz looked at Li Jia in surprise, and was very confused about the hostage's sudden involvement in his past. He turned Li Jia's body over and was about to ask what was going on, but he saw a shell necklace on his collar.
He pulled off the necklace, and Li Jia waved his hands to try to get it back, but Kadis punched him in the abdomen, and he curled up on the ground like a shrimp. Kadis did not use his fighting spirit, but Li Jia felt like a bull had hit his stomach, and saliva mixed with blood spurted out.
All the strength in his body was gone. He covered his abdomen, knelt on the ground, and trembled slightly.
Cadiz looked at the shell necklace carefully, then held it in his hand and questioned, "This shell necklace is a relic left to Serinda by her mother. Every time I see her, she wears this necklace. She even used this necklace to talk to me about her loneliness and boredom after her mother's death several times! And now, this necklace is worn around the neck of this bastard. This bastard is with you again, do you still want to deny it? Take off your mask and tell me in person what's going on. Otherwise, I will strangle these two people to death right now."
Li Jia knelt on the ground and vomited, but when he heard what Kadis said, a kind of ecstasy surged in his heart. It's true! It must be her. She actually gave me such an important thing. He looked up at Jazz, as if he could see Serinda's face through the mask.
Jazz was silent for a while, then slowly took off his mask, revealing a pretty face like a girl next door.
"It's you!" Kadis and Li Jia said in unison.
After Serinda took off her mask, her voice changed. Her mature and slightly majestic voice became as clear as a nightingale. Her eyebrows were furrowed, and her eyes were filled with pity: "Kadis, perhaps it is best for us to not see each other through the mask... You have lost, so surrender."
"Selinda, I have been with you for three whole years. I have been like your shadow. We have learned martial arts and talked about everything. Isn't it true that... all these cannot make you let us go?"
"I..." Serinda wanted to say something, but she held back. Finally, she said, "Okay, I can let you go, but you have to release the hostage first. This is the bottom line."
"This won't work, Boss." Orville whispered in Cadiz's ear, "Even if we take the horse, it will be useless. That woman can use acceleration magic. If they really want to chase us immediately, a sprint will be enough. We will definitely not be able to escape."
Kadis slowly fell into despair as he was surrounded by the knights. He looked at Serinda, then at the necklace in his hand, and then at Li Jia. He suddenly said, "This man made you do all this, right? He must have bewitched you into sending out the troops, right? He also wanted to kill us all, right?"
People who are obsessed with love can always find an explanation for the other person's behavior, no matter how absurd or ridiculous the explanation is.
"This has nothing to do with him!" Serinda said with a frown.
"You still say it's okay!" Kadis held up the necklace. "You... you fell in love with a magician's subordinate? He didn't even fight once in a battle and was caught by me like a chicken. I gave this shell as a token of love to such a fool?"
"That shell necklace is just a thank you gift."
"A thank-you gift? I know how much you value it. Once, you cried for two whole days because you couldn't find it. Even though you found it later, the maid who helped you clean the room had her hand broken and was kicked out of the Earl's Mansion."
"Li Jia, he opened a window to another world for me. He is qualified to own it." Said Serinda.
"Another world? I don't understand what you are talking about." Kadis said frantically, dragging Li Jia over like a dead dog, holding Li Jia's collar and lifting him up, "I only know those magicians who killed so many of my people, and now they are entangled with you! Now, since I can't leave, let's die together? I want to kill him and take out his heart in front of you!"
"I promise, if you hurt them, not only will you die, but all your living relatives will have to bear my father's wrath. My father needs to give an explanation to the magicians, and you know he never gives up." Serinda raised her sword and pointed it at Kadis.
"You are indeed a woman from the Arias family. The seeds of betrayal are engraved in your blood!" Cadiz pinched Li Jia's throat with his hands, and Li Jia's face quickly turned red due to congestion. Cadiz glared at Serinda and said, "You can only want these two people in exchange for yourself! Otherwise, I will kill him in the slowest and most painful way!"
"Okay." Serinda said without any hesitation.
"Ms. Arias, no!" Baron Fernando tried to hold Serinda back, but Serinda had already cast a swift spell on herself and was not far in front of Cadiz in an instant.
"Bring them here and let them go. I'll be your hostage." Serinda threw her sword on the ground and looked directly at Kadis.
Cadiz picked up Li Jia, and motioned Orville to take Shi Hao, and slowly walked towards Serinda. When they were two meters away from Serinda, Li Jia suddenly shouted, "Serinda! Don't be stupid, just let him take me away and let Shi Hao go!"
“Shut up,” Serinda yelled, her hands spread out, palms facing Kadis. “Let them go, I’m coming.”
Kadis gave Orville a look, and the latter let go of Shi Hao and let him go forward. Kadis himself put his hand on Li Jia's back. He never intended to let Li Jia go. This person who had an unclear connection with Serinda must die.
He concentrated on every move of Serinda, preparing to kill Li Jia while capturing Serinda. For a master like him, the fighting spirit from a finger could shatter Li Jia's heart.
Just as Serinda was getting closer and closer, gradually entering Kadis's control range, Shi Hao, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and faced Kadis. At this time, Kadis and Orville's attention was undoubtedly focused on Serinda, the magic knight, and no one paid attention to Shi Hao, an ordinary person with low combat power. When they saw Shi Hao's movements clearly, he had already taken out a pistol from his arms. Perhaps because of anger, perhaps because of hatred, Shi Hao had never been so fast in drawing the gun and aiming.
When Kadis realized that the black object with a round mouth seemed to be the same as a rifle, the gun had already fired. Five shots were fired at a distance of three meters, and each shot hit Kadis's head. Maybe when Kadis was prepared, ten Shi Haos with pistols could not hurt him, but now he had almost exhausted his fighting spirit, and the remaining strength was used to guard against Serinda, so he could only be shot.
Blood splattered and Kadis fell to the ground with a bang.
Everyone was stunned. Li Jia was a modern man after all. When he heard the gunshot, he threw himself to the ground desperately, and then rolled and crawled to Selina. Selina and Orville were also very smart. The two immediately understood the situation on the field, and they attacked each other at the same time. Selina opened her hand, and the ring on her middle finger was stimulated to emit three ice arrow magic. Orville also threw his hand, and two poisoned sleeve arrows shot at Selina's body. Then the two were hit by each other at the same time. Selina was shot in the thigh by a poison arrow, and Orville's shoulder was pierced by an ice arrow. Both fell to the ground.
Baron Fernando and Awan rushed towards them with their men...
The poison arrow made Serinda a little dizzy and dazed. She struggled to open her eyes and found herself in Li Jia's arms. However, a pair of familiar eyes were staring at her not far away. These eyes seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and they were full of desire.
She shook her head and blinked her eyes hard, trying to see the other person more clearly.
It was Kaddis, he was lying on the ground with his head tilted towards her, blood was flowing out of the five blood holes on his forehead. Serinda thought he should be dead, but she didn't know why his eyes were still talking to her.
She began to feel bored.
Are you unwilling? She wanted to ask him.
Actually, you have nothing to be unwilling about. The ice arrows in my ring were actually prepared by you.
The eyes seemed to become sad and angry.
But Serinda hated it more and more. Under the gaze of those eyes, she wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Finally, she chose to close her eyes. The darkness made her drowsy, but also calm.
She soon passed out, just as she had wished.