"This world is actually much crueler than you think."
The old man smoked a cigarette and said softly: "Almost all those who participated in that incident are dead. I am the only one who is still alive. If you feel angry after reading this, you can come to the academy and kill me at any time. I won't let anyone stop you, kid."
Chapter 168 I Already Have Someone I Like
Li Xini had an expressionless face and walked like a zombie in the empty campus, holding a file bag in his hand. Behind him were countless cheering crowds.
He seemed to be isolated from the world, his back looked desolate and pitiful.
"Hell is empty, the devil is on earth..."
He looked at the group of revelry students and his eyes twitched.
Noren followed silently, pursing his lips to prevent himself from laughing.
"I declare that from today on, Xiao is my idol, second only to my boss in terms of worship! Oh my god, it's really hard to imagine that he could have wiped out all the orcs and undead legions of the Kingdom of Loen by himself. How did he do that? He is simply my god!"
Dimon's face flushed, and he said excitedly: "So what if he is a black magician? If anyone slanders him in the future, please ask the Desert Eagle and grenade in my hand first to see if they agree!"
Amber was about to nod in agreement. After all, who wouldn’t love a hero like that
For many people, all the evidence is unimportant.
When people saw the dark figure in the red clouds and black robe turning his back to all living beings and bringing down divine punishment.
Xiao is destined to become an immortal hero of the Brentanian Empire!
However, the next moment, the silver-haired boy turned around with a deep look in his eyes.
"Dimon, you have lost your salary this month." Li Xini said calmly.
Dimon seemed to be struck by lightning, and asked with a gloomy face: "Boss, why?"
"When you left the house just now, you took your left foot first. I don't think you are very respectful to me."
Licinius said calmly, "And I don't like the way you always breathe out of your left nostril."
Dimon: “…”
Amber was a woman, and she sensed the sadness in her boss's heart, so she asked softly, "Boss, are you feeling sorry for Xiao? Indeed, although the hero has been vindicated, he is gone after all."
What a good finishing move!
Licinius was hit again: "You guys..."
Noren covered his face, trying hard to hold back his laughter.
At this moment, the sound of high heels hitting the floor tiles sounded behind me.
There was someone standing behind him, and a refreshing body fragrance came from him.
"Why are you here? I've been looking for you for a long time."
Li Xini turned around numbly, his eyes expressionless.
The one who came was Novia.
She was dressed quite nicely today, wearing a black and white mini dress and high deerskin boots. Her silver hair was draped behind her, fluttering in the wind.
It is worth mentioning that she was carrying a shoulder bag in her hand.
The thing in the bag was actually a long windbreaker with red clouds and a black robe.
And an Iron Demon mask.
"What is this?" Licinius said with a straight face.
Novia was startled: "Don't you know? This is the same style of long windbreaker and mask as Xiao. Someone is selling it at the entrance of the academy. It's quite cheap. A set only costs three gold coins."
Licinius was shocked: "You would buy this kind of thing?"
Novia said seriously: "Yes, he is a national hero, and I have seen him in person at the border, and even fought alongside him. It is my honor."
Li Xini thought to himself, what the hell, there are actually people using his fame to make money!
This business acumen is amazing.
"Who the hell is selling this stuff at the entrance of the college?"
"It seems to be a man named Charles."
"Boil..."
Traitor! Beast! Bastard!
Licinius' heart was filled with turmoil. He suddenly felt that he had no relatives and was a complete orphan in the royal capital.
"Licinius, why do you look so gloomy?" Novia asked with a frown.
Licinius's eyes twitched. Do you want each of you to ask me this question again
Just whip the corpse once is enough!
"Okay, let's get down to business. I already have some clues about the matter you asked me to investigate."
Novia leaned close to his ear and lowered her voice and said, "The family has an abandoned basement hidden in the manor. I overheard the conversation between my father and mother outside. It seems that my mother made some kind of deal with the old nobles without telling my father, which made my father furious and even slapped my mother."
Li Xini squinted his eyes. From this angle he could see her fair and cold profile, her snow-white and slender neck, her delicate collarbone at the edge of her clothes, and a touch of dazzling snow.
"basement?"
He couldn't help but ask, "What's there?"
Novia shook her head and replied, "I don't know. After that day, my father burned everything inside and cast an alchemical barrier inside. I always feel that there is something important inside, but the barrier seems to be very powerful and I can't enter it at all."
Li Xini pondered for a moment, glanced at the file in his hand, and nodded slightly: "I understand, you just stay with them and monitor him. As for the thing in the basement, leave it to me."
Novia's face changed slightly: "You want to go find that thing? Are you crazy?"
Li Xini smiled silently: "If nothing unexpected happens, we will get the answer tonight."
"You'd better be careful. I heard that His Majesty has started to target my father today. The Bureau of Control and the Night Watch submitted a series of evidences about Uncle Mond's corruption to the Procuratorate, depriving the family of nearly one-fifth of their assets at one time. He was furious in the manor."
Novia deliberately reminded him: "The most important thing is that you are now the Audit Minister of the Administration Bureau. He has no effective way to deal with you. He can only continue to promote your marriage with the Xavier family."
Licinius raised an eyebrow.
"That family is very mysterious. I won't talk about what you will encounter after you marry into the family."
Novia paused and said, "The most important thing is that my father wants to use this incident to complete his monopoly plan. In this way, his position in the capital will be unshakable and no one can touch him."
After she finished speaking, she took a few steps back and said, "It's not convenient for me to get too close to you in the academy. You have to take it upon yourself to find out the truth. Be careful. If something happens, I won't bother to save you."
Li Xini waved his hand and said, "Let's go, it's really unlucky. By the way, where are you going?"
Novia glanced at him and said, "I went back to the academy to complete the internship procedures and attend the social gathering hosted by Irena and the others. However, because of Xiao, it seems to have turned into a hero celebration."
Licinius: "..."
Damn it, none of you are good!
"Noren, go home!"
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The house at 57 Zebra Street.
Licinius had missed another whole day of school and returned home.
Before I even entered the house, I found another letter at the door, pressed by a stone.
"Master, no one is around."
Noren looked around vigilantly, but there were no suspicious people except the pedestrians and vendors on the street.
Licinius bent down to pick up the letter, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, they don't dare to do it openly in the capital, and they won't give you any chance to catch them."
He opened the letter, which was still signed Valerius.
The real Valerius, of course.
"My brother, I'm sorry you didn't choose to believe us."
"Of course, I can understand you, because this is the environment you have been in since you were a child. Those hypocritical liars will use all kinds of lies to deceive you and mislead you. They will create a mental cocoon for you to confuse facts and truth and turn you into a tool for them to use."
"Including the file they gave you, is it necessarily true? I believe that with your wisdom, you should have your own judgment. Are the people around you really good to you?"
"That woman, Viltia, is willing to challenge the Church openly in order to clear your name. Are you touched? But what if I tell you that there was always a war between her and the Church? Her hypocritical behavior is just to use you to continue to work for her and become her sword."
“Including the first generation, what if I told you that he was the enemy who slaughtered our clan? Letting the enemy’s child become your successor, what a wonderful thing it is.”
"And Dean Hodel, he killed our grandfather with his own hands. Why don't you go and ask him how he became a useless person? Oh, I don't think he will be able to answer this question."
"Licinius, my brother, you have to believe us. The blood flowing in your body is exactly the same as ours. You are our family, and you should stand on our side!"
"Maybe you have some concerns about what happened last night, but if we don't do that, we will never be able to confirm whether you are the same child as you were back then.
Our clan has the ability to be immortal, so even a high-level relic like the Spear of God cannot really hurt you, right?"
"We even helped you protect Norn! My God, the first generation is Norn's grandfather, and what did he do? Do you want to take revenge on those jackals who usurped the throne? Do you want to help Miss Norn get revenge?"
"Then you should go home. The power of your family is so great that you can't even imagine it!"
"Stop trusting your enemies and stop helping them against the family."
"This is my advice as a brother."
—Valerius Alessandro.
After Licinius finished reading the letter, the envelope burned silently and turned into ashes.
He thought of the painting he had seen in the principal's office.
The painting called Eternity.
The boy and the girl snuggled together in the snow, with countless ghostly shadows behind them.
Then he lowered his head again and glanced at the file in his hand.
Combining what happened in the past few days, he was actually able to deduce what happened that year.
"Master..."
Norn whispered, "Is that man really my grandfather?"
Li Xini thought carefully about the teacher's series of reactions at the time.
"Yes… "
He replied, "He is your grandfather."
This was the first time that Noren heard that he still had relatives in this world.
Oh, no, the gravekeeper is already a dead man.
But she didn't show any emotion, she just continued to ask: "What about you, young master?"
Licinius was silent for a moment, recalling the contents of the letter, and said calmly: "Perhaps, I also have family in this world. However, these people are obviously hostile to Your Majesty and the teachers. Also, how could the survivors of the Scarlet Night not come back for revenge?"
Apart from the speculation about Your Majesty, the content of the letter seems to make sense.
Licinius had no evidence that the first generation and the old dean were not deceiving themselves.
Perhaps he really is living in an information cocoon.
If he was really the orphan of the original Valerius family, then the first generation and the old dean were the executioners who killed his own people and were enemies with a blood feud.
Later, I was stranded in the branch family and became a test subject, all thanks to them.
"But the problem is, if the first generation and the old dean would lie to me, would you lie to me?"
Licinius murmured softly, "You don't even dare to appear in front of me."
He smiled silently, then threw the file in his hand into the gray fog.
"Noren, wait for me at home."
Li Xini waved his hand, and the pink and white kitten fell out of his sleeve.
It jumped lightly onto the stone table, looked at the boy's back, and disappeared into the basement.
"Master, where are you going?"
Noren was a little worried.