"After Qiqi's parents died, my adoptive father adopted Qiqi and is her legal guardian."

"The adoptive father is not only one of the two S-class summoners who survived Operation Na (Icebreaker), but also a child raised by the Ouroboros Snake, an orphan adopted by the third generation president like Qiqi's parents."

"The four of them grew up together, although they are not related by blood, they are no different from their own brothers and sisters, so in the adoptive father's heart, Qiqi is his own daughter...... Even more important than his own life. ”

"What about you?"

"Nominally, he is his adoptive father's 'adopted son' and Qiqi's 'righteous brother', but in fact he is Qiqi's 'bodyguard'."

"You should know that once an S-class summoner accepts a commission, it takes as little as three years or as many as decades."

"Although my adoptive father really wants to be a full-time dad, but due to Qiqi's speciality, he has to wander to various other worlds to find a solution, and during the time he was not in the Alward Continent, he adopted (hired) me, and asked me to protect Qiqi for him and clean up the pests (men) around her."

After speaking, he deliberately glanced at the person next to him.

"Of course, it's not as miserable as you think, although he always says that he likes my potential, so he wants to train a bodyguard for Qiqi, but in fact he attaches great importance to me."

"I know he really sees me as a family...... Hmm, sorry! ”

"I shouldn't talk about these (family matters), please forget about it!"

In the cold bar, two men sat at the bar and chatted.

Frost-haired Ace's two eyes were blue and purple, and with that cold expression, it looked extremely funny.

That's right, Summer Night is deliberately hit in the face, if you ask why...... Does this need to be explained?

It's like an iceberg system, an accident is welcomed by sister paper, and it's a trivial thing!

Hahaha...... Bagatelle!!

As for the summer night next to it - there was nothing left except for some torn clothes.

The results are clear.

After Xia Ye wins, Ace invites Xia Ye to this bar as a loser (according to Ace's original idea, he will treat him to apologize regardless of whether he wins or loses), explaining his relationship with Lin Xi and the reason for finding Xia Ye.

"And how did your adoptive father find you?"

"He saved my life."

Silver-gray eyes ignited the flames of the past.

"My hometown, my family, and my friends have all been destroyed by an illegal organization."

"I survived and was saved by my adoptive father, who was passing by, and then he avenged me and destroyed that organization."

Without waiting for Summer Night to speak, Ace continued: "This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't have to apologize or care. ”

"Besides, it's all in the past."

After a moment of silence, Summer Night shifted the subject.

"What's that going on?"

That one is naturally the one who made a pact with Ace - the [Crowner]!

Visions of fire from the past were extinguished in their eyes, replaced by flying snow and ice.

"Actually, I was dying before my adoptive father saved me, but at that time I met him."

There is an example of this, where humans have a certain chance of communicating with the [Primordial Sea] in their near-death state, and can directly perform a summoning ritual without the assistance of a summoning array or summoning spell.

Of course, this phenomenon is highly accidental, and even the scholars at the Tower of Babel are not so mad as to experiment with dying humans.

"Then I made a pact with him and received favor so that I could hold on until my adoptive father appeared."

The liquor stimulates the taste buds on the tongue, then slides down the throat and finally into the stomach pouch.

Summer Night spat out a puff of wine, "And at what cost?" ”

There was also half of the wine in the glass, and the solid and liquid each reflected half of the face of the summer night and Ace next to it.

"What did you pay for it?"

Or what is lost?

The so-called contract is essentially a transaction: exchanging one thing for another, exchanging what you have for what you don't have, exchanging what you don't want for what you want...... Although many times the two are not equivalent.

"My heart."

He gave that answer.

"Not the heart, but the heart as a human being."

"Joy, anger, sorrow, pity, hatred, lust...... These belong to the human feelings. ”

So that cold face and tone was not intentional, nor was it innate, but - long lost.

"You can know what you're happy about and what you're sad about, but you can't feel anything, it's like the brain gives a command but the body can't react."

Ace looked at the side of the summer night and explained earnestly (Ace style).

"So I didn't mean to target you, I did this to anyone."

was stared at by those cold eyes, but Xia Ye was thinking in the bottom of his heart: At this time, I want to complain about playing stalks, am I hopeless?

"Well~well~ It doesn't matter, after all, I was more or less aware of it from the beginning."

That's right! Because of some special abilities, from the moment Summer Night met Ace in front of the iron fence gate of the Ouroboros Guild, he had already noticed the abnormality in Ace.

It is precisely because of this that under the influence of curiosity, Summer Night will agree to Ace's invitation to "have a drink".

But don't forget, one of the characters of Summer Night is that he is super afraid of trouble, unless he must do something (cause more trouble) and only what he thinks is interesting can generate motivation.

Not only that, but with the information just now, Summer Night knows even more about his current state than Ace himself.

Summer Night can conclude that Ace's "human heart" is not completely dead, otherwise Ace would have been no different from a puppet for a long time, and the ability to distinguish feelings means that Ace's "heart" is still beating alive somewhere.

…… The heart of man... Indenture... Ice...【Crowner】......

Huge amounts of information are deduced (calculated), deduced (calculated), continued, deduced, deduced (calculated), and constantly deduced (calculated).

- Finally a conclusion!

Although the decisive element is missing, the summer night has a faint glimpse of the true face.

But like a famous detective, he will never say the truth until he knows it.

Because the answers that have been given up until then are nothing more than speculation, even if this is the truth.

"Thank you for your understanding, it's really good that you didn't misunderstand."

"Because once you misunderstand, it's still quite troublesome to explain, and I don't want you to misunderstand. Through the battle just now, I still like your ......."

Ace babbled as he explained, and Summer Night could feel the meaning and feelings he wanted to express.

The face is cold and the heart is hot, rational, nagging, and the old mother is ...... Mourd's Made! Together, these characters look so much like some science facial paralysis brother with a knife.

"Senior Brother Ai, no, Senior Ai!"

Ace: "? ”