Tolista in early summer is exceptionally beautiful.

The night sky is cloudless, the moon is high, the stars are dotted, the town is quiet, the lights are flickering, and they appear and disappear.

The small park in front of the train station is full of lush trees, swaying flowers and plants, and occasionally one or two insects chirping.

A heroic girl with long blue hair stood on the lawn in lunges, holding a large sword and swinging rhythmically in the air.

One, two, three, four

With a girl's kendo cultivation, a thousand swings of the sword are really common. But for some reason, after only swinging the sword a hundred times, her movements stopped.

Longed for by many girls, she looked very confused for some reason when she was firm and noble, and her pair of heroic sword eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.

"Why, why can't the heart calm down, obviously you used to just swing the sword and you could think of nothing, why can't you do it?"

The girl pressed her heart and asked herself—her heart was still beating steadily, but she still hadn't received an answer.

"Laura." Just when she was in a trance, she suddenly felt her shoulder tilted, and turned to look at a slender, powerful hand that gently patted her shoulder. The owner of the hand has black hair and black eyes like night, and is about her age.

"Ryne." Her voice was hoarse.

"I'm here." Li En shook the bag in his other hand and said softly, "Let's sit over there." ”

"Hmm."

On the bench under the tree, the boy and the girl sat side by side, holding the same paper cup in their hands, like a couple.

Perhaps with a close friend by her side, Laura's complexion improved a lot, and she gently bit down on the straw, the refreshing drink flowing down her throat and into her heart.

"What is it that keeps our paladin candidates from giving up?" Lane finally spoke up.

"Ryne, I" Laura hesitated, not knowing how to speak.

"If you don't want to say it, let me tell you - it's a matter of Fei." Laura's thoughts, Lane knew very well.

A few days ago, the two groups exchanged reading reports, and Laura was still very serious at first, asking for details from time to time, but when she saw a certain term in the second half, her hand trembled and her face changed slightly.

In the next few days, Laura was obviously a little out of shape, and she was a little deliberately avoiding Fei. Faye, who is as sensitive as a kitten, quickly notices and becomes less fond of talking to Laura. Later, the two couldn't even maintain "Tactical Links".

Coming from an aristocratic family, Laura can be said to have been born with a golden spoon in her mouth, and has been known as a model of nobility since she was a child, and is respected by many people for her upright words and deeds.

Fei is an orphan on the battlefield, he doesn't even know who his parents are, and he has been killing on the battlefield as a hunter, his hands are stained with blood, and he is rejected by the world.

The two are like light and darkness, naturally attracted and opposed to each other.

Dawn was actually the first to notice the two of them, but he always hoped that Laura could take that step on her own, over that wall of heart, just as she had accepted Lisa back then. Because both Laura and Faye are simple and kind people at heart, they are not essentially opposites, but just the impact of the worldview.

It's just that he doesn't know that she can be friends with Lixia because of him.

Seeing that Laura is sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire called Confused, and Faye is also a little in the direction of abandoning the cat, Rien finally can't sit still.

And the previous scene made him even more glad, glad that he found out in time, Laura's state was extremely low, and he didn't even perceive his breath.

Seeing that Li En pointed out directly, Laura no longer concealed it, hummed softly, and whispered, "You can see it." ”

"It's not just me, everyone can see it, you didn't see Alyssa running to you, Emma almost lived with Fei, and everyone was worried about you."

"I'm sorry for worrying everyone." Laura lowered her head, her voice getting lower and lower, "I, I"

"Laura, do you remember what I said more than a year ago?"

"You say I'm a flower in a greenhouse." I have never forgotten your words.

"And now?"

"I don't think I'm anymore." Laura's tone was firm, she had been working hard for more than a year to get out of the greenhouse.

"No, you still are." Rien shook his head.

"Why!" Laura was unusually excited, and she wanted to run away alone. Why do you want to deny my efforts, is it, am I really inferior to her?

"Don't get excited." Riene pressed her shoulders and asked her to sit back down, "When I mean greenhouse, I don't just mean experience, there are other aspects. ”

"Laura, there's more to this world than simply black and white, good and bad, you see there." Lane stretched out his hand to the largest city in the Empire and even in the Western Continent, "How much filth is hidden under the lights. ”

"Look at that again." In that direction was the "Balyahat" that she was very familiar with, "How much filth is hidden in that Emerald City?" In contrast, Fei is just fighting on the battlefield to survive, much stronger than those well-dressed beasts, at least she is real, she doesn't hide it. ”

"Lane," Laura looked at the black-haired boy in a daze.

"The world is big, really big, not only black and white, but also red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Do you know? Further north of the empire, there used to be a rich country. But overnight, half of the country was reduced to salt and has never recovered. In order to keep the people alive, the young people of this country spontaneously took up arms, became mercenaries, and exchanged their lives for their relatives and compatriots for meager rations, they were called "The Hunters of the North". If you lived in that kingdom, would you see them as the Grim Reaper? ”

"I won't." Laura shook her head with difficulty.

"In the east, there is a force called gangsters, they smuggle arms, sell stolen goods, and even take on some shady business, and it is even more common to cut people and grab land, doesn't it sound like a bastard, very damned?"

"Hmm."

"But they have a rule, **things**, do not involve civilians, so when it comes to black and white, there has never been a clear dividing line, more often it is ambiguous gray."

“”

"Laura, have you ever killed someone?" Seeing that the girl was silent, Li En threw out a dose of fierce medicine again, "Can you understand the feeling of a blade slashing into the human body and cutting the throat?" ”

"I'll tell you the truth, I've killed. I've told you about my incognito gangster, where I killed people for the first time. ”

These words were like a thunderbolt, which made Laura's face bleed away, murderous?

"I don't remember the feeling of killing people for the first time, because at that time I was fighting with people, and when I came to my senses, the enemy was dead. Nausea, nightmares, and couldn't sleep, until an old ** persuaded me that I had to be ready to die when I entered this business. In addition, the teacher said that if you want to make real progress, you must learn to fight, and I gradually came out. ”

"Since then, I have no longer deliberately avoided it, and in the past four years, thirty-two people have been killed, including twenty-two gangsters and ten hunters, most of the former have died in the conflict of the Republic, and the latter is an accomplice of Liber's mutation." Speaking of which, Rien pressed Laura's shoulder, "What do you think of me?" Is it bloody, or is it heinous? ”

"I" Laura looked directly into Lane's eyes, those eyes were as bright as ever, "No, to me, Lane is Lane, no matter what you've been through." ”

"So Fei is just Fei, she loves to sleep everywhere, she has no common sense, but everyone loves Fei very much."

"What should I do?"

"Don't ask me, ask here." Li En pointed to his heart, "Don't worry about anything, do what you want." ”

"My heart?" Laura pressed her heart.

I, do I really hate Faye? I don't hate it, on the contrary, I like it.

What do I want to do? I want to know her better and become good friends with her, good friends for life.

How do I do that? It's not my style to be secretive, and I want to talk to her directly.

His face was still pale, but his eyes were firm, like the big star in the night sky.

"Lane, thank you." Laura finally regains her Valkyrie demeanor.

"That's right." Lane laughed, "One more piece of advice to you, swords sometimes intersect more than words." ”

"Now, let's fight, Riene." The horizontal sword is the chest.

"As you wish." Too knife out of the sheath.

The sword light is dazzling, and the sword spirit is vertical and horizontal

Not far away, in the old school building, a few windows quietly opened.

"Looks like there's no need to worry."

The boy and girl were relieved.