The demons are actually watching them here. Could it be that they want to prevent them from killing the demon god who is about to be resurrected
Many thoughts were turning in Liang Lidong's mind, but because there were too few clues, and what happened recently was too strange, whether it was the people behind Brooke or the abnormal state of Emma's soul world, they all seemed to be aimed at them. , hazy malice, so he didn't have an accurate point of judgment to confirm what kind of roles the four of them were in and what roles they played.
But no matter what, Liang Lidong didn't want to follow the opponent's steps. At worst, he would flip the chessboard. He has done this a lot in the game, and now it is very easy to do it.
The body that died in the backyard was quickly carried to the front of the manor by the guards in the manor.
This corpse exudes a stench that is unique to demonic creatures. Generally speaking, demonic creatures have this smell. Except for succubus and shadow demon, other demonic creatures generally smell very bad.
The guards were far away, Liang Lidong stepped forward holding his nose, looked at it for a while, then shook his head: This is just an ordinary creature from the devil world, a little devil. Although the potential is very good, but before the transformation, the strength is mediocre. The average professional can easily knock down four or five, but if they transform, the strength will increase greatly.
The little devil has a certain stealth ability, it is very suitable as a scout, and there are so many of them, it will not be a pity to die.
However, if it can summon the little devil to the human world, its owner is most likely a demon warlock, and of course it is also possible that the apocalypse has opened a small magic plane portal, which can allow weak demon creatures to pass through.
After looking at it for a while, Liang Lidong asked the guards to lift the thing up and burn it. He then proceeded to enchant Kyle's armor in his room.
Around evening, Liang Lidong received a notification from the system that Kyle had completed the task of rescuing the little boy's mother. Not long after, the four of them returned to the manor.
Emma smiled slightly when she saw Liang Lidong, Joshua had a normal expression, but Kyle's expression was a little strange. Alice stood beside him, seemingly worried.
"The task is completed, why do you still have a bitter face?" Liang Lidong asked.
Emma is not very willing to participate in Kyle's affairs, as if to avoid suspicion. Alice also shook her head, she didn't understand why Kyle suddenly became like this. Joshua somewhat guessed the reason, but he felt that he should not talk too much.
In this way, the other three people dispersed, leaving Kyle and Liang Lidong behind.
It took a while. Kyle finally spoke: "Just now when we went to rescue people, the noble family entertained us very politely, and then we made friends with them according to what you wanted, teacher, and we found the little boy's mother in their female slave cell. .”
Liang Lidong was a little puzzled: "Isn't this very good? Why do you feel unhappy."
"At first I thought that the mother was taken away by them for no reason." Kyle said with a depressed face, "But after seeing her, I realized that the mother was very thin and average-looking, just like the teacher you said , it is impossible for nobles to covet her beauty."
Liang Lidong nodded: "It's normal. It's very difficult to find a beautiful woman among the poor. She worked every day since she was a child, didn't have enough to eat, didn't wear warm clothes, and no matter how beautiful she was, she had to become a woman with thick hands and feet and a face full of sun spots. "
"She was treated as a slave girl, and we redeemed her with a silver coin." Kyle said inexplicably, "Afterwards, we asked her why she was caught here as a slave girl. Do you know how she answered?"
"It's mostly because she doesn't want to be poor or troubled anymore. She doesn't want to raise children anymore, right?"
Kyle raised his head suddenly: "Teacher, how do you know?"
Liang Lidong chuckled. Some nostalgic said: "Didn't I tell you that I have also experienced several years of mercenary career. I have also accepted and completed many tasks. I have actually encountered similar things, many times. Things are not superficial. like that."
Kyle lowered her head and was shocked: "After we redeemed her, we wanted to take her back to the slums, but she didn't want to. She said that she had left money for her son, and said that her son could live independently. She didn't want to do it again. Being dragged down by her son. So she deliberately stole money, and if she didn’t pay it back after the time limit, she could become a slave girl. She would have food and a place to sleep every day.”
Liang Lidong was silent for a while, he knew why Kyle was hit so hard.
Kyle is ignorant that he lost his mother and father when he was young. In his heart, mother or father should be a very sacred word, just like grandpa, they are all close relatives. It is impossible for close relatives to abandon their loved ones, but now he sees a mother who wants to abandon her young son. The sacred word mother has stains in his heart, and it is natural to be hit.
"How did you finally get that woman back to her child?"
It was very quiet outside the manor, and the bugs were chirping, bringing a bit of desolation to the gradually dimming night sky.
Kyle sighed: "It was Joshua who came up with the idea. He gave the woman ten silver coins and let her return to his son temporarily."
"But you are worried that the mother will leave in the end, and if the young child is not protected and nurtured by an adult, it will probably not live long, so you are very worried about that child now, right?"
Kyle nodded.
Liang Lidong asked again: "Then why aren't Emma and Alice worried?"
Kyle was taken aback for a moment, and then he suddenly thought, these two girls are supposed to be relatively kind people, why do they really look like they are not worried at all? It doesn't fit their character!
Liang Lidong patted Kyle on the shoulder: "Because they are women, my intuition tells them that that mother will never abandon her child again."
"Why?" Kyle frowned.
"Because that woman is the mother." Liang Lidong explained: "The reason why she abandoned her son was because she didn't want to see him starve to death in front of her. You said that the little boy had six copper coins, so the woman must have sold herself. The last estate left to my son."
"Since she doesn't want her son to die, why doesn't she want to return to her son after we redeemed her?"
"Six copper coins don't buy much food. If it's just a child, it can be eaten for a long time, but what if an adult is added?"
Kyle's whole body trembled, and then he took a deep breath: "I see... After Joshua gave her ten silver coins, she was willing to go back because she saw the hope of living, right, ten silver coins, There are indeed many things that can be done, enough for them to buy a field outside the city and build a small brick house."
"It turns out that I am the stupidest of all people. Even Joshua can understand things, but I don't understand them."
"No, you made a mistake. The only person who can understand this is Emma." Liang Lidong smiled and said, "Joshua gave the money purely because he wanted to help you complete the task. Alice is not worried, yes Because she is an elf, her intuition is amazing, and she knows that the mother will not leave. Only Emma, she has lived many people's lives in the illusion of prophecy, and has a certain understanding of human nature, so she can probably understand what is going on. Human nature is actually very complicated.”
After Kyle heard that the woman would not leave his son, his expression finally relaxed a lot. Liang Lidong patted his shoulder, and went to the room to enchant equipment again.
Liang Lidong knows very well that Kyle is a very kind boy. He has all the good qualities that a brave man should have, but he has serious flaws in his understanding of human nature. This may be because the old village chief Reed protected him. Too much relationship.
People with such a personality are easily led by the nose.
That's why that unknown force thought of using Emma as a medium to indirectly manipulate Kyle's behavior.
At night, the night breeze is slightly cool.
Kyle sat by the window, sighing occasionally. He has always dreamed of becoming a mercenary and wandering around, but during this period of time, he discovered that the days of adventure are not as beautiful as he imagined.
The intrigue between people is much more serious than he imagined, and it is not as straightforward as the knight said, and it is full of fighting romance.
He was very happy when he knew that he really had the blood of a brave man, especially when Emma told him that there was a demon god waiting for him to kill, it was fate, he was shocked on the surface, but in fact Full of ecstasy and pride.
He expects to become a legendary brave man like his ancestor Kate.
But the fact is very cruel. The omnipotent teacher discovered that the so-called "fate" was just a manipulated script. The powerful force hidden in the dark just played with him, the descendant of the brave, as a puppet and wanted to use it. He achieves some ulterior purpose.
Although the things about the brave were a little different from what he had imagined, Kyle was still not discouraged at the time. He felt that he could not do great things, but it was no problem to protect some ordinary people.
In today's task of saving the little boy's mother, he was confidently preparing to make a big fuss, rescue the mother, and punish that unreasonable and despicable nobleman.
But he didn't expect that the nobleman was not evil, and the mother didn't really want to abandon her son. And he didn't understand anything, he only knew how to immerse himself in his imagination.
If it wasn't for the teacher's patient explanation, he still misunderstood the mother now.
If I am stupid, am I really a descendant of the brave? Are you really qualified to be a hero
Kyle suddenly lost confidence in himself. At this time, he remembered that some time ago, Emma revealed to them the prophecy of fate.
She said he was not a good husband and would only wallow in regret. At that time, there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart. Is it wrong to remember the old man? But now that I think about it, I might really be a hopeless man.
If this depressed mood continued, Kyle felt that he might really not be able to help going crazy, and he had to find someone to confide in. With this in mind, he knocked on the door of Alice's bedroom. (.)