Elsie was waiting for Doro to talk to Enzo at the door, and after waiting for a while, she looked down and counted the floor tiles in boredom, when she suddenly heard someone next to her asking, "What is your relationship with Doro?"

Elsie jumped to the side in fright, and looked up to see that it was the little nun Lily, and she looked angry, as if Elsie had some deep hatred for her.

Elsie had a good impression of her, and when Lily had just pouted and stamped her feet at Doro, she felt like a grumpy little girl.

So she replied kindly, "I am Doro's sister, and my name is Elsie. ”

In fact, Doro has never been her real brother, and the two don't look alike at all. In Dofaan, Doro and she are both the children of his parents, but in fact, Dora is not actually the two of them born but raised by others, but she doesn't know who she replaces.

Not only Elsie, but Doro also knew his true identity from a very young age, Elsie's parents did not hide it from him like ordinary adoptive families, so Elsie and Doro were not called brother and sister since they were young, but called them by name, and only when they were introduced that they were brother and sister.

"Really?" Hearing this, Lily blinked in disbelief, looked around him a few times, and pouted: "You and he don't look like brother and sister at all." ”

Elsie heard this a lot, and she waved her hand: "Doro and I are not twins, so naturally we don't look exactly the same." ”

"In that case, why didn't I see you when I saw Doro alone?"

"We separated four years ago, and he came to the imperial capital to go to school. Elsie replied.

Lily seemed to grasp something, "Go to school? But Doro is a year-"

"Lily!"

A scolding interrupted Lily's words.

Elsie looked back and saw that it was Doro who opened the door and came out, and he frowned, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Lily's face was full of grievances: "What did I say? You wouldn't have murdered me before!"

Doro's tone returned to calm: "I'm sorry, but my business has nothing to do with you, I hope you don't tell anyone casually in the future, I don't want to have a next time." ”

The tone was a little heavy, Elsie thought to herself.

Sure enough, Lily bit her lip, and finally couldn't hold back, big tears fell from her misty eyes, she wiped her face casually, and cried, "I won't pay attention to you anymore!" Turning around and running, Elsie wanted to comfort her, but was stopped by Doro.

"Ignore her. Doro said.

"Anyway, you're a little girl, you're too ruthless when you just spoke, I think she cares about you. ”

"Or is there something I can't know?" was what Elsie was curious about.

"It doesn't matter if you know these things or not. Doro's expression stiffened.

Elsie voluntarily gave up the topic, she knew Doro's character, and she couldn't ask anything if she deliberately hid it.

"You just talked, my parents?"

"Let's go home first. ”

Elsie could only suppress her curiosity first, and for some reason, she had a bad premonition in her heart.

In fact, Doro didn't know how to tell her what he had just learned, and he was afraid that Elsie would be overwhelmed.

The two left the church.

When her footsteps stopped, Elsie felt a little surprised, she thought that Doro should live in the dormitory of the academy in the imperial capital, she had a good family, but her parents had never liked Doro very much, and they didn't deliberately treat him badly, more like avoiding and ignoring.

Father is okay, mother has always disliked her and Doro to play together, if it weren't for the two of them being too busy, and she was often despised by her peers because of her weak talent, her mother might treat the two differently even more obviously, even if she had to admit that the two were close in age, but it was Elsie who was taken care of by Doro a lot.

The same is true, no matter how she asks for four years, her parents refuse to tell Doro the slightest bit of information, either perfunctory and perfunctory, or keep silent, she guesses that her parents have never cared about Doro's life outside the home, and she will not ask more after a long time.

But now the fact is that the place where they stopped was the gate of a very beautiful and magnificent mansion, and there were even majestic guards standing at the door.

When the guards saw Doro, they respectfully opened the door and let the two in.

The inside is even more gorgeous, and the houses inside are all white and gray colors, solemn and elegant.

In the imperial capital, where the aristocracy and the upper class meet, to have such a spacious mansion, this person must be a great person.

It seemed that Doro lived here, and the people around him were respectful of him, and Elsie was surprised.

"This is not my mansion. Doro didn't let him continue to be cranky, he could tell what was going on with Elsie's expression at a glance.

"This is Enzo's home, because the king has rewarded him for his great status and strength. ”

"I'm just taking care of him and staying here. ”

Elsie said, "He must be very good to you." She hadn't noticed that in the church's divination room, Doro had a visceral reverence for Enzo's greetings, something she hadn't felt in Doro facing her parents.

"He was a strong and compassionate man. Doro didn't say much.

The road twisted and turned, and the two came to an independent bungalow, and Doro said, "You can live here." Elsie asked, "What about you?"

"Enzo doesn't come back often, he stays more in the church, and I live elsewhere so I can help him with the affairs of the house. ”

"What about Miss Jing? Isn't she Enzo's daughter, she must live here too. Elsie asked.

"She presided over Hunter single-handedly, and although she sometimes came back to live, she did not have the leisure to manage these inconsequential chores. ”

Elsie nodded.

The two pushed the door open and entered the house, and Doro handed her the key, "Keep it." There are gates and rooms. ”

"I have some things to do, I'll come back when I've lunch. He turned around and was about to leave.

"Doro!" Elsie called out to him.

Doro stopped and turned to look at him.

"My... Parents. Elsie spoke.

It seems that he can't hold it back, Doro said secretly, but his expression remains the same.

"You haven't told me directly, have you, what's going on with them?" Elsie was a little unresponsive, but she could feel the mood of others somehow.

In this case, Doro has no reason to hide it anymore, "They may not be there anymore." ”

The words of calm sounded like thunder in Elsie's ears, and her mind was not the last time she saw her parents, but a blank space, and she forgot to cry.

"Elsie......" Doro didn't know how to comfort her, he didn't really have any feelings for the two, but he knew that Elsie's heart must be turning over at this moment.

The crisp sound of the key falling to the ground woke Elsie awake, she opened her mouth, and finally spat out, "Doro, can you leave me alone." ”

She didn't complain that Doro had promised to take her to her parents, giving her hope and disappointing her. She just didn't know what else to say now, and it was as if she had suddenly lost the ability to speak.

Doro sighed, silently turned to leave the house, and closed the door.

Elsie walked over to the couch and sat down, but her sitting posture was stiff. Tears fell on the back of her hand, she raised her hand, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly threw herself on the sofa and cried, her voice almost burst, and she was overwhelmed with grief.

What she was thinking about at the moment was not that she would be alone in this world in the future, and she would never see her parents again.

Rather, when they leave, they are not painful, they are not afraid, are they still with nostalgia and reluctance to the world, they must leave with fear and anxiety, because the one they love the most, the young daughter, is still alone in this world.

Elsie could almost hear her mother's voice: we're gone, who else can protect her...... My baby......

Elsie's heart ached and she almost fainted from crying.

......

Doro didn't leave immediately when he went out, he stayed at the door for a while, remembering Enzo's words in his head.

"I told Elsie to go out, also because I was afraid that she would suddenly hear it and I couldn't bear it. ”

"If you have to tell her, you try to... Let's be tactful. ”

"Actually, the bad news has been coming for a long time, when Rick was transferred back to the imperial capital alone, I asked him about you, just by looking at his face, I understood everything, they are indeed sorry for you, and then I also made a lot of effort to bring you out of that place, but it was too late......" Enzo's face was full of guilt.

Doro replied, "I have nothing but endless reverence and gratitude for you, and the fact that you saved me was enough for me to repay for the rest of my life. ”

Enzo waved his hand and continued: "At that meeting, the results of my divination were unbelievable to everyone, Rick heard that the first place of the disaster occurred in the city of Dofaan, and strongly requested that he be transferred back to Dofaan immediately, and everyone could not bear that he knew that his wife and children were in danger but could not do anything, and agreed to his request after voting. ”

"It's also my fault, I can't accurately predict the time, on the way back, he is encountering the first invasion of the demon world, menacing, obviously approaching... But forever on the road. Enzo's tone was low and full of compassion.

"It's not your fault. Doro reassured.

Enzo covered his face with his sleeve and continued: "Rick was not alone when he returned, there were many good guards who were trapped in a town not far from Dofaan, and Nina had already fled Dofaan with the survivors. ”

The two should have some way to get in touch, and after learning of Rick's danger, Nina decided to go to the rescue alone. ”

"I just don't know why she didn't bring Elsie with her. Enzo had always thought that Elsie and Nina had just met Elsie, and he was puzzled for a while.

"I think that although Nina is a good alchemist, her own combat power is not very high, and it is difficult to protect others, and she has to save Rick from nine deaths, so she entrusts Elsie to others. Doro offered his opinion.

The rest didn't need to be said by Enzodo, he guessed the ending.

"You and Elsie are hard-working children. Enzo touched Doro's head compassionately.

Doro didn't refuse.

"You could have avoided it, as long as you didn't see each other again. I don't know why you had to take the commission, you're probably ...... by now."

Doro interrupted him, "I have my own thoughts. ”

Enzo didn't want to say anything more, and then Doro had a premonition, and he hurriedly bowed down to Enzo to say goodbye, and pushed open the door to see Lily who was about to tell Elsie that he was hiding something.

......

The memories were interrupted by a cry of grief, and Doro sighed and turned to leave alone.