Kelly wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead.

The steak sizzled on the pan, and the blood-red pieces of meat darkened as the smoke rose.

Standing barefoot on a bench, Hola slices through tomatoes with a sharp kitchen knife, the flesh shining in the light.

"Actually, you don't need to help, I'll just come alone. Kelly said.

Hara's pink little hands gripped the kitchen knife tightly, separating the fruits and vegetables into almost identical parts with far more control than a human child.

"It's okay, Sister Kelly, I usually make breakfast, and I'm familiar with the kitchen. ”

Kelly shook her head helplessly:

"Professor Herwen, really, can't you hire a nanny to cook at home? I don't even know how to fry eggs at your age, and you're already so skilled with knives. ”

Hola says:

"After all, I only have one family, and he can't stay at home with me all the time. ”

Kelly nodded:

"Also, little Hara will be independent sooner or later, and it's not a bad thing to learn to take care of herself in advance. ”

Hola muttered in a low voice:

"Independence?"

Kelly nodded:

"Yes, children will always grow up, although I envied adults when I was a child, but in fact, when you become an adult, you will miss the life when you were a child, because a person's maturity also represents separation from parents.

"I'm not sensitive to this feeling, after all, my parents have been busy with work since I was a child, but in fact, as I get older and time passes, the people around you will always stop and go, old friends become strangers, and as you leave home, your relationship with your parents is no longer as close as it was when you were a child. ”

Hola asked eagerly:

"Is there any way not to grow up?"

Kelly smiled:

"People grow up, and I know you don't want to leave Professor Herwin, but when that day comes, you will naturally say goodbye to him, separate, and go on your own path in life.

"And he won't stop, he'll continue to walk his own way, and the paths of the two of you may be parallel for a long time, and even if you are separated, they will cross from time to time, but even so, they are two completely different paths. ”

Kelly shook her head:

"You'll understand it when you grow up. ”

Hara looked ahead of the empty space and whispered:

"Grow up?"

kelly says:

"By the way, you just said that Herwin is your only family?"

Hola gently hummed:

"I don't have a father or mother. ”

Kelly was slightly stunned, it's not that she hasn't seen it, but she hasn't?

Hola whispered:

"I don't know exactly how I was born, but there was a guy who asked me to call him Daddy.

"I ran away.

"I met a lot of people on the road, some people who weren't so good, and there were more people who were very bad and bad, and I kept running, and I kept running.

"Then I met Herwin. ”

Kelly was surprised and said:

"So you're not Hewen's biological niece?"

Hola tilted her head and opened her eyes wide:

"Son, I seem to see this word in many places, what does it mean. ”

Kelly explains:

"That is, if you are not a direct blood of someone, if you are not biological, it proves that you are not unrelated. ”

Hola nodded thoughtfully, she seemed to remember some of the scenes depicted in it.

Knock knock.

"Is anyone home?" said a mature and sexy female voice outside the door.

Kelly glanced at Hara, and the little girl immediately spoke:

"Sister Kelly, you keep looking at the steak, I'll just go open the door. ”

Hola jumped down from the bench, happily put on her slippers, and walked towards the gate.

The girl asked through the door:

"Who is it?"

The voice behind the door replied:

"I'm here to see Professor Herwin, and Grant introduced me here, and I need Mr. Herwin's help on something very important. ”

Hola says:

"But Hewen wasn't at home, he was out. ”

Meryl continued to ask:

"Kid, do you know when the professor will be back?"

"Hmm......" Hora snapped her fingers, "it's going to be a few more days." ”

Meryl asked:

"Kids, do you want any other adults in your family? Can I talk to them?"

Hola says:

"Wait. ”

Hola turned and trotted towards the kitchen:

"Sister Kelly, the person outside the door said they wanted to talk to you, and she said that she was introduced by Grant to Professor Herwin. ”

Kelly furrowed her eyebrows, she remembered Professor Herwen's instructions.

Kelly turned down the fire a little and walked straight to the door.

She's warming up.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Meryl asked:

"Miss, have you ever heard of witchers?"

Kelly asked:

"What do you want to say?"

Meryl says:

"I'm a witcher, and now Aaron City is in danger, there's an evil monster wreaking havoc in this school, and I urgently need Mr. Herwin's help to stop it. ”

Meryl thought about it, it seemed to be a bit true, according to Garrett's statement, the shapeshifter is indeed a very powerful monster.

And according to the guidance of the Stripper's Staff, she is indeed in this school, and a shapeshifter does have the potential to cause great harm.

Although this is very unlikely, it is.

But what does that matter to her?

Kelly replied:

"Hewen is not here for a while, and he already knows about the demon, he is now tracking and hunting it, if you want to find Hewen, come back in a few days. ”

Hervin tells Kelly that he is dealing with the stickman.

Meryl was a little curious:

"Wait, why are you talking to me across the door?"

Kelly replied:

"After all, the demon is too powerful, and Hewen told us to stay inside and not go out until he returns. ”

Meryl always felt that what Kelly said was not the same thing as she thought, but she was more than willing to make mistakes.

"I see, that's the excuse, I'll come back to you when I come in. ”

Meryl turned around and left.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt a trace of heat coming from the short staff in her arms.

Stinger smiled, she didn't expect such an unexpected joy.

The stinger didn't turn around immediately, according to the owner, it was obvious that there were protective measures here, anyway, as long as he found the prey, he would complete the task, and there was no need to dirty his hands at all.

She's not afraid of getting her hands dirty.

Merely......

Forget it this time.

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