"What are you going to do about repairing?"

Curled up in Rhodría's arms, Lilum asked worriedly.

"The chiefs are convinced that he is still alive." Lodria replied.

"Are you going to go to him?" Lilum tilted her head slightly, "Just by their ethereal wishes?" In that case, you may have to spend a long, long time looking for it. ”

"I'm in charge of this operation." He said.

Fingertips ran over Lilum's beautiful hair, stroking gently.

"I'm not being held accountable, it's already Chief Gerald's leniency... But I can't take that tolerance for granted. I'm in charge, and if something goes wrong, I have to take responsibility. It's not just the duty of being an instructor...", his hand stopped, "but also... It's mine... Take a sense of responsibility. He looked at the girl in his arms, "I have to do this." No matter how long it takes, I have to make sure... Unless Chief Gerald orders me not to do so. ”

Lilum listened quietly. She just silently buried her face in his arms.

"What's wrong? Aren't you happy? Rodria said softly.

"No," Lilum said in a muffled voice.

Then, her voice came out of his arms indistinctly, "That's because you... I just fell in love with it. ”

She suddenly raised her head and sat up, pressed against Rhodría's forehead.

Interweaving this blurry breath, interacting with a gentle gaze.

"Love is inextricable..."

Rodria hugged the girl in her arms tightly.

"We owe too much to Chief Gerald." "If he hadn't taken us in, if he hadn't helped us settle those things, we wouldn't know where we would have been." He buried his face in Lilum's soft neck, "wandering." ”

"I know."

"So... Repair is the hope of Chief Gerald. I don't want him to see his hopes dashed. He sniffed at the girl's scent, "I don't want to see it again, when Gregor Gerald is gone, with that sad look again... He should be the leader who leads us and intimidates the Quartet. Instead of being in a lonely room in the middle of the night, helpless like a child. ”

"No one knows what the price Chief Gerald has paid, and no one knows the moment Gerald's son died... How uncomfortable he was crying that night. ”

Rhodria looked up and tapped his chest and Lilum's forehead.

"It's just me, you, Minahills, and Mia." He looked at Lilum seriously and said seriously, "I can't imagine how much grief there is for such a strong person to cry like that!" Lilum... I'm sad, you know what. I am sad. ”

Lilum didn't say anything more.

She knew that at this time, she didn't need to say anything more. He must have made some decision that is why he talked so much to himself.

As long as you know, you understand.

Then just follow him down.

Be duty-bound not to turn back.

"I swore to him at the beginning that I would solve all his problems for him... Whether it's a dead soldier or a Honkai beast. No matter how difficult the task, no matter how terrible the thing, I did it. But I still can't think of it... It turns out that there are still things I can't do. All I felt was my own incompetence. ”

"So this time... Either way, I'm going to find Xiu's whereabouts. He said softly, gently, but firmly, "To live to see people, to die to see corpses." ”

"So... Tomorrow, I'm leaving. ”

"Go to the endless deep sea and find the ethereal traces. That might be a long time coming. Five years? Decade? Or longer? ”

"I don't know. But... That's where my vow is. He gently took her hand, "I'll go." No matter how long. ”

Lilum chuckled softly.

"I'll be with you." She said.

Rodria smiled contentedly.

"With you, I won't be alone..."

There was a sharp knock on the door.

This inappropriate voice made Rodria frown slightly.

"Rodria, Rodria are you still awake? Come out soon, something big is wrong! Minahires' anxious voice came into the cozy room, "Damn the Kaslana family has an accident again!" ”

Karene and Otto gallop through the snow.

The endless cold wind slammed into their bodies mercilessly, like swords, and arrow-like snow hit their faces mercilessly, cold and painful.

Karen's horses were carefully fed for her by the First Knights, and they were fat and strong, and their white fur galloped like snow elves, while Otto's horses were much inferior to them.

If Kalian's horse is compared to a free happy spirit, Otto's horse is just a dirt horse pulling goods.

Although it looks very strong, it is far from matching the elves.

"Where have we been, Otto?" Karen, holding the torch in her hand, asked loudly.

He had to do it, or they wouldn't be able to hear each other.

Otto did not reply.

He anxiously looked at the map in his hand, but he didn't see the result when he turned it over and over.

Eventually, he had to admit - he was lost.

Having never experienced the storm of the night, he never knew that such a terrible thing would befall him in this hellish place.

Get lost in the snow. There is no shelter, no shelter. The only source of warmth is the torch in your hand, and this thing is far from enough.

"Are you lost?" said Karen, with some disappointment.

Otto looked at the map in his hand and smiled.

With a hand raised, the map is still on the torch. In the midst of an extreme hurricane, the map burned to the ground.

"You... What are you doing?" said Karen, incredulous.

"Okay, don't worry." Otto said nonchalantly.

But his heart was indeed secretly angry and stomping.

I thought I knew a lot about maps, but I wanted to put on a show in front of Karen and make myself look like I'm omnipotent... Outcome...

Not even a map is accurate!

He took out a compass and rotated the pointer on it a few times.

After overlapping, the hands trembled for a while, and turned a few arcs to point in a certain direction.

"It's... A child-mother compass? Karen said suspiciously.

"Ah, yes. Child-mother compass. I didn't want to use it. He said in a broken voice, as if he had a great residual thought, "As long as you put a compass outside in advance, you can find the most accurate direction of the target through it." Such... There's nothing wrong with that. ”

It's just a bit expensive ... The corners of his mouth twitched in distress.

The compass must not be thrown there in a random place, it must be guarded.

Every time I use it... It means that someone will come to answer him.

And then there's a lot of money.

He was so distressed!

"That's amazing! Have you even thought of this trick? Karene exclaimed.

"Huh?" Otto was suddenly stunned.

"Can you actually think of using this trick to determine your location and then walk out? It turns out that the alphabet compass can still be used like this? Her eyes were full of amazement.

Isn't it something you haven't used this all along?

Otto couldn't believe it.

Otto doesn't think it's too difficult to do! Everyone should know about it!

How exactly have you been using this compass? He couldn't help but wonder how this future star of destiny usually carried out his mission.

"Usually, one person takes one to find a companion, but I don't know if I can find it or use it to find directions... Otto, you're amazing! ”

The corners of Otto's mouth twitched.

Never mind...

At least... The original purpose was achieved, wasn't it?

He looked up and smiled smugly.

Karen praised me......

"Of course. I thought about things, but I never missed them. At this time, his nose was almost upturned into the sky.

Praise me, worship me! And then......

He couldn't help but giggle.

It's just that he can't think of what he did.

And how big of a consequence is this.

(End of chapter)