"Elsie, get up. Elsie. The boy under the bed gently pushed a wriggling figure on the bed. The figure on the bed snorted a few times with a little dissatisfaction, but he couldn't bear the young man's insistence, so he had to say loudly: "Okay, Doro, I'm already awake." It's true. The boy under the bed stopped moving his hands, but his eyes were fixed on the figure on the bed. “...... All right. The figure under the quilt finally sat up. The quilt was lifted to reveal the face of a sleepy-eyed girl, and she said in a slightly dissatisfied coquettish tone, "Doro, I really don't want to go to class. Today was supposed to be a day off. Doro took one of the girl's hands, picked up a blue floral dress from the cabinet next to the bed, handed it to her and turned her back, "Elsie, you are already old, get dressed yourself." Waiting until there was a sound from behind, he turned his back and squatted down to put on the girl's shoes and socks. Doro kept this movement and stared up at the girl's eyes: "Go wash up first, and you'll have a surprise later." ”

"What a surprise...... the girl lazily responded, Dora wanted her to go to the bathroom to wash herself, but seeing that she had just woken up confused and rubbed her eyes with one hand, she had no choice but to take one of the girl's hands and lead her forward.

This is a beautiful small building, with a total of three floors, with a small well-tended garden at the back, the yard is about sixty or seventy square meters, along the wall is planted with the red roses that the hostess of the house loves, gorgeous and fragrant, under the southwest corner, there is a huge maple tree, in summer, the maple tree is unusually luxuriant, and the early morning sun casts a large shadow and shadow of the green shade.

The courtyard turns around to the main entrance of the small building, and when you push the door in, you will find a gorgeously decorated and elegant living room, with wood-colored floors, dark walls, and simple and exquisite furniture, with slightly heroic statues, creating a warm and wealthy home. The most conspicuous thing is the staff inlaid with four purple magic stones in the cabinet behind the sofa, which is a symbol of the identity and strength of the male owner of the house.

At this moment, a man and a woman are sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, discussing something, the man frowns, as if trying to express something, the woman listens carefully on the surface, but unconsciously reveals a feeling of indifference, when the man's tone is worried to end a tirade, the woman leans back, and says with some disbelief: "My dear, I think the empire is still too worried." There is no clear evidence or indication of this, and it is too much to care about what happened before and what is just a few words. The man leaned forward to stare at the woman's face, and said in a helpless tone, "Nina, you...... You're thinking too simply. ”

"Anyway," Nina took the man's hand with both hands and placed it on his knee with a relaxed smile on her face, "I believe in you, and I believe in **." I know you're not going to let my daughter and I have anything to do. Alas, the man sighed and took Nina's hand instead, "Thank you." But..."

At this time, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs on the left, and the man and Nina looked up at the same time, only to see a blonde girl wearing a beautiful dress, walking down slowly, holding the black-haired boy who was walking behind him, the blonde girl looked no more than eight or nine years old, her face was fair and immature, and she looked ignorant of the world, and the boy behind her was only two years older than her, but she was a head taller, but her eyes were deep green, and the whole person looked like a mature little adult. Nina looked at the blonde girl and immediately showed a loving smile, but suddenly disappeared when she saw her holding the hand of the young man behind her, she glared at the black-haired boy with dissatisfaction without a trace, fortunately the young man was still sensible, he pulled out his hand without a trace, and Nina's face showed a loving smile again.

"Elsie, come here, my baby~" Nina looked at her daughter and opened her hands happily, "Mom!" Elsie immediately screamed glutinously, took three steps and two steps into Nina's arms, and rubbed her coquettishness. Nina looked at her lovely daughter, and remembered the conversation with her husband just now, and she was worried about what she didn't care about just now, she never wanted her daughter to be hurt, if that incident really happened?...... She didn't dare to think about it anymore, Elsie looked up and saw a strange look in her mother's eyes, and couldn't help but be afraid: "Mom, what's wrong?" Nina came back to her senses and regained her full smile, "It's okay, I have something good news for you." Elsie smiled sweetly: "What is it, Mom, just now Doro also said that I would receive a surprise." Nina glanced at the black-haired boy, turned around and continued, "There is something going on in Nazko today, you don't need to make up for it." ”

"Wow!" Elsie snapped up and cheered. The world is big, and not having to go to class is the biggest thing. She had already figured out where she was going to play with Doro. Awesome today!

But she couldn't help but be curious: "What's going on at school?" Nina smiled and touched her head: "You don't have to worry about this, you just need to know that you are here, by our side, and that you are safe." "Oh..." Elsie nodded ignorantly, she didn't really care about these at all, she just wanted to go out with Doro, go to the neighborhood, go to the clock tower, and go to all kinds of fun places! Eight or nine-year-old children are the most active, and girls are no exception, and a day at their disposal is simply Elsie's paradise! Thinking of this, Elsie lay on Nina's knees, raised his head and looked at her pleadingly: "Mom, Mom, can I hang out with Doro today?" Nina thought about it for a while, and she also wanted to talk to the man about some of her thoughts just now, and she just needed to break up these two children. But she still pretended to hesitate and said, "Although I shouldn't... But let you out with great mercy. Elsie shouted, "Mommy is the best! Thank you, Mom!"

Nina smiled and beckoned, "Go, let Doro take you to clean up." ”

"Eh, what to pack up!" Elsie rushed out of the house like a whirlwind as he grabbed Doro, who seemed to be in a daze at the top of the stairs.

As soon as Elsie went out, Nina's smile suddenly disappeared, she frowned, and looked at her husband: "What you said just now, is there really a high probability that it will happen?" Originally, she was just suspicious, but after seeing her son, her doubts turned into deep worry, and the man spread his hands, and said with a helpless wry smile: "You are finally willing to believe, and now all signs are ......" Nina did not wait for him to finish, and said seriously: "Ryan, I have an idea." "What do you think?" Rick asked as he looked at his wife, who had never believed in this too much, and became serious.

"If 'that happens,' we're going to need to give Elsie a backhand. Ryan didn't say a word, he seemed to guess something. Nina didn't care about him and said: "Actually, this matter is not my temporary idea, in order to protect the safety of Elsie if we are not in the queen, or ** need us, we must ensure ......" Ryan stood up and said loudly: "I don't agree!" Nina also stood up excitedly: "Although I don't want to admit it, but he is the most suitable person! You can also see his talent! He has not been cultivated, and his father-" Ryan's face changed suddenly, and he quickly stepped forward to cover Nina's mouth, "Shh- Do you want to hurt us and be in prison?!" Nina also seemed to react suddenly, and she was scared into a cold sweat, what if she said it just now and was heard...... She broke Rick's hand, and her voice was a little weaker, but her tone was not sharper at all: "Either sacrifice him, or as you said, our daughter will be exposed to danger in the future, you choose one." Even if 'that thing' doesn't happen, the signs that appear now are enough to make the ** anxious, and you will be sent out sooner or later, and I ...... Gree had already contacted me two days ago, but I didn't dare to go, so I pushed it away. But excuses are always just excuses, when the time comes, you and I will be forced to leave, what will Elsie do? She's only nine years old, our identity is too special, there is no one to entrust her, when the time comes, what should she do?ah?! You tell me!!" Nina said Elsie, the thick worry that was going to drip in her heart made her involuntarily grab Ryan's collar, and tears were still lingering, she also knew that this was inhumane, but who wouldn't worry about her child? Who doesn't want to be by their child's side all the time to protect her?

Ryan was speechless, he could only grab Nina and let her sobble in his arms, thinking of Elsie's innocent face and the sinister things he saw, he hesitated.

Seeing Ryan's silence, Nina knew that he hesitated, and immediately added another fire: "Besides, his talent is so special, I believe that even you have to be ashamed, we didn't hurt him, we just pushed him, and made a guarantee that he could sincerely protect Al in the future." Ryan's heart was already a little shaken, but the emotion made him retort again: "The safety of that place is not guaranteed, and besides, it is too cruel for a child......" Nina immediately grasped the words: "Time is running out, he can bear it." Think about his genetics...... Think about our daughter again, his talent is not good enough, and he is a girl, who can protect her in this cruel world without us, although Doro seems to take good care of her like an older brother now, and is willing to protect her, but this child, even I can't understand it, don't use that means I... I'm not at ease. Besides, he's not strong enough now, and after all, he's just a kid. If he goes there, he will be able to protect himself and Elsie in the future. ”

Ryan was torn in his heart, his daughter's innocent smile and the horror of that place kept coming to his mind, and finally, he withstood the polish of humanity. Nodding with difficulty. Nina immediately snuggled into his arms: "It's all for our daughter Elsie, and it's only good for Doro, and there's no harm in it." "Ryan closed his eyes, is it really no harm? he doesn't want to think about it anymore, there are some things, just let it 'be' what he thought it was......

End of preface