There are two interpretations of this sentence depending on the perspective of thinking.

One is a man who mistakenly got on a thief ship and became a son-in-law, and the other is a "son-in-law" who was abducted.

"Giggle."

Nangong smiled sinily and raised his drooping face.

"You're a sinful man, too. Although I don't like you all the time, the deer clan seems to have been born to make things difficult for their friends' sweethearts. It seems that I am not exempt from vulgarity either."

"What ...... you say?"

Now the confusion is gradually starting to turn into chaos.

I don't understand what this guy means.

I don't want to understand.

The sound of confusion that has been there for a while must be just my worry, it should be the sense of incongruity that Ye Chunmu has subconsciously guessed, and this is definitely the case. But, in that case—

Obviously all the truth has been revealed, why hasn't this murmur disappeared for a long time......?

"Summer view."

Someone is calling me.

I turned around.

The one who called me was not Yaya.

"Long time no see. I've always wanted to see you, Xia Jing."

Round eyes.

It looks shy, but it seems to be hesitant, and it seems to be full of longing expression.

Long black hair and dark blue hanfu.

The childish atmosphere hides a beautiful, upright face.

"How, maybe."

yes - I remember.

I've seen this girl before.

Remember a long, long time ago.

I was probably five or six years old, and I guess I hadn't started elementary school yet.

It's winter.

I was playing in the yard of my house, and she appeared next to me unconsciously.

- Is it the first time you see snow?

I nodded with an "um".

- Don't you feel cold?

No, I laughed.

I distinctly remember that she seemed to feel extraordinarily mature.

- You are so lively and energetic.

I'm not called "you." My name is Xia Jing, Xia Jing.

- Summer view? Good name.

What's your name? I still remember, because she talked like a very stinky fart, I asked her like this.

-- I--

I finally remembered what her name was.

- My name is Ye Chun.

"Liar, man."

How could such a thing happen.

"I don't ...... Faith."

Because that's, that memory is.

Me and Yaya. The first encounter between the two of us-

I always thought it was right - it turned out to be just a one-sided misunderstanding on my part?

"I miss it so much. You've grown up, but you haven't changed at all."

Ye Chun lowered his eyes.

Her tone was exactly the same as Ya's. No, maybe Ye Ya is imitating her.

Because Ye Ya said that she admired and respected her sister very much.

"It's just a matter of accident, I'm sorry."

Indeed, the two sisters look very similar.

Ye Chun's appearance is like that of the younger Ye Ya, and his temperament gives people the feeling of a mature version of Ye Ya.

「…… Summer Scene."

Ye Chun came and stood still in front of Xia Jing, who was unconsciously paralyzed in place.

"How tall are you...... What are these glasses? Has your eyesight deteriorated?"

The finger that touched Xia Jing's cheek touched the frame.

"Why?"

Under the gaze of a gentle gaze, Xia Jing struggled to say a few words.

"Why do you do such a thing......

"Do you need to ask this?"

Ye Chun smiled happily.

"To fulfill the promise with you, of course."

"About ...... Definitely."

Conventions?

What did I make with her in the winter snow that day?

「…… Ahh

- Na, Xia Jing.

The memory of the original disconnection was reconnected after meeting Ye Chun.

After she made a snow rabbit, she played with Xia Jing, and then came to the edge corridor and drank the hot milk brewed by her sister.

"It's delicious." Ye Chun said with a smile, looking at her side face, Xia Jing somehow began to beat his heart faster.

Soon it was almost dusk, and Ye Chun said that he had to return home, so Xia Jing smiled and invited her to come over again tomorrow. Let's play together again tomorrow, the snow won't melt so quickly.

Ye Chun showed a lonely smile.

- No way tomorrow.

So when will we see each other again?

Xia Jing probably liked her at that time.

"I want to see you again, we're going to play together again." He stubbornly pestered Ye Chun, who was about to go home, which made her embarrassed.

- I can't guarantee when I'll see you again.

"I don't care." Xia Jing played awkward angrily.

- Ahhhh I'm in the same mood as you, and I hope we can see each other again.

Ye Chun also looked sad. I saw that she seemed reluctant - her cheeks were faintly flushed.

And then—

"That's right......"

Ye Chun, she-

Grabbed Xia Jing's hand in a serious manner.

- When I reach the age of fifteen and reach adulthood, I will be free to leave the village.

It was as if he had a brilliant idea.

It's like sketching a dream for the future.

It's like a look of shame for what I've imagined.

I will come to see you then, and I will come. So wait until then......

"Ah......h

He said.

I remember she did say that.

- You just be my man.

In this way, we can be together for the rest of our lives.

"Hmm." Xia nodded in agreement.

Even though he was young at the time, he didn't know what it meant.

Then, Ye Chun slowly told Xia Jing, who was at a loss, the reason: "Actually, I have wanted to come to see you for a long time, and my original plan was to pick you up as soon as I turned fifteen. ”

Her face seemed to be full of nostalgia and a little lonely.

That day – the day when the outdoors was covered in winter snow.

Not only did Xia Jing have a faint affection for Ye Chun, but Ye Chun also fell in love with Xia Jing at first sight.

Originally, it may just be an emotion that will gradually fade away as time flies and grows up, but Xia Jing really forgot it. If it weren't for such an episode today, I might never remember it for the rest of my life.

- However, Ye Chun did not grow up with the passage of time.

Later, Xia Jing reached the age of going to school and began to communicate with many children of the same age. All the way up from the lower elementary school to the upper grades, and then to the junior high school. During this period, there will inevitably be a specific person who likes it, but the result is no progress, and I will also talk to other people about who is dating whom, and in this way, I slowly grow up in human society.

- However, Ye Chun lives in a closed village and will not meet other boys.

Presumably, in the years she has lived in a village full of women, she has only thought of Xia Jing alone.

The memories of that winter have not been forgotten, only stronger.

The snow in memory never melts.

Looking forward to the appointed day——

“…… But then I got sick. ”

The disease of the deer.

Like Blue Yang, the body stops growing as a disease.

It's just that Ye Chun's onset stage is earlier than Lan Yang's.

The figure standing in front of Xia Jing's eyes now should be the same age as when she was sick.

"I was so traumatized that I thought I would never see you again. If you grow up, I will always be this little child...... So how can I keep the promise?"

A childhood love that hasn't changed since childhood.

If the body stops growing, if you can't grow up, the relationship will not be able to achieve positive results.

Such thoughts and despair intensify day after day.

"So I started looking for ways to grow up, and I finally found out."

Ye Chun looked at pity and looked at the sword in his hand proudly.

Treasure Knife. Proof of the patriarch.

Xia Jing muttered to himself, "Will absorb life...... The life of the deer clan ......"

"That's right."

Ye Chun's jaw should be harmonious.

"This is the sword, the sword that grows wounds and devours life."

Then the other hand pulled something out of the back.

It is a bronze scabbard.

The translucent jades embedded in the top were all dyed pink.

"It's a little sword. A scabbard to store the life eaten by the knife."

Xia Jing remembered hearing Ah Le say this word a week ago.

In other words, the so-called sword is a combination of size and size.

Ye Chun told Xia Jing with some pride, "As long as I use it, I can grow up."

There's no need to ask, "How?" Finish.

Xia Jing already knew it.

Just now, Nangong mentioned the refining method of the treasure.

That's the answer – the answer.

"As long as you eat the deer clan with the sword, the treasure jade on the little sword will be dyed red. The representation is full of power enough to brew new treasures. Just absorb that power...... I'll be able to grow up."

Growth is the operation of life.

The cessation of growth represents the depletion of vitality.

So, what do you do to start your stagnant growth again?

The answer is to absorb new life forces.

Just transform the power of the deer clan into the power of personal growth.

"How can I ......?"

However, to put it bluntly, it is to take the lives of others.

It's just a sword to drive out all the compatriots.

"It is said that the first ancestor did this kind of thing in the first place."

Rather than depicting some heinous crime, Ye Chun spoke more like he was complacent.

"The ancestor who fell in love with humans sacrificed his entire deer clan in order to be with humans...... That's the sword."

Regarding the inheritance of the ancestors of the clan, Xia Jing had heard Ye Ya's introduction before.

The warrior who came to crusade against the monster fell in love with the deer clan Gozen, who was the patriarch.

In the end, she betrayed her companion and took refuge in her sweetheart, killing her compatriots.

As a result, the local monsters were destroyed, and the ancestor of the deer clan was with the humans and gave birth to an heir.

That's the origin of their deer clan.

The blood of the deer clan is born with betrayal and killing, so it is all the more necessary to live with superior dignity - Ye Ya once said.

However, Ye Chun in front of him had a smile on his face.

"So I'm the reincarnation of the deer ancestors. I'm going to get it...... It must have been fate."

In a tone as if he were talking to himself.

An expression that seems to be taken for granted.

In order to overcome the misfortune of being plagued by illness, in order to renew her first love that has long been shattered - did she not only cast the plot of the legend on herself, but even put it into practice?

"You ......"

The village was turned into a sea of fire due to the rebellion planned by Ye Chun, and many clansmen died. Only a handful of people have survived. Even so, after harming his relatives and friends, he still didn't see Ye Chun showing a trace of sadness.

"Wait patiently, Natsujing. It won't be long before I'll be an adult."

It's so innocent, so carefree.

That's the eyes of a girl who has left the maze and is carried away by love.

"Yes...... I ......."

- Did I do it?

It's all because Xia Jing and Ye Chun met.

It's all because Ye Chun likes Xia Jing.

It's all because Xia Jing made an agreement with Ye Chun ignorantly.

The village that harmed the deer clan encountered an unwarranted disaster, and the clan was on the verge of extinction.

Ye Ya's parents, Lin Yu's parents, Li Qi's parents, and Anye's parents were all involved in this unwarranted disaster.

If it hadn't happened, the clan would have been able to continue to live happily ever after.

Ye Ya and Nangong, Adai and others are not divided into two factions, so they can live in peace as usual, but they are all childhood acquaintances who grew up in the same village.

Their happiness, the life of a race, is now ruined.

- It's all to blame for a man named Xia Jing who met the daughter of the patriarch.

Xia Jing always thought that what he played in the whole incident was an unprovoked role.

In a series of incidents, Xia Jing was in a passive posture, so he finally took the initiative to decide to enter the battle, just because he didn't want to waste Fang Yuan and Ye Ya's intentions.

But this premise has collapsed.

Xia Jing was at the center of the whole incident from the beginning. On the other hand, if it weren't for Xia Jing, the Deer Clan's rebellion wouldn't have happened at all, and maybe even Fang Yuan would have been spared death-

"Ah......h

Xia Jing has completely lost his square inch.

With less emotional eyes, he stared blankly at Ye Chun, who was smiling happily in front of him.

Seeing Ye Chun staring at Xia Jing with an obsessive gaze, Nangong sighed lightly.

"Ye Chun."

She cried out. That voice and Nangong that Xia Jing knew were like two people, in addition to intimacy and ease, they were also mixed with respect, just like facing a friend.

"It's almost time to get started, I'll call Xiangxiang and Bloodsalsa back."

"Hmm."

Ye Chun nodded.

"Xia Jing, you wait a little longer. I've got some things to clean up."

- Trivia?

What could it be? Xia Jing thought to himself in a trance, but his body didn't listen.

Doubts arose in my heart, if I did anything rash, would it cause something more terrifying? Not to mention anything else - the village of the Deer Clan was burned down because of Xia Jing's unintentional words.

Nangong took out what looked like a flute and blew it.

A shrill sound buzzed in the ears. It is the same as the prop used as a signal when I came here, and it seems to be a sound that the deer people often use as a signal.

Maybe it was less than a minute, or maybe it took about three minutes. Because no one spoke, the grasp of time was blurred, and after a while the twins showed their faces from the woods.

"Did you call us? Sister Nangong."

"We're back, Sister Nangong."

A killing sound followed from behind.

Lin Yu and Lan Yang chased the twins all the way from the same direction.

"Stop! We haven't ...... yet."

Lin Yu, who had planned to stop the twins, widened his eyes in shock.

「…… Ye Chun, ...... adults?"

Taking a closer look, even Lan Yang frowned faintly.

"Long time no see, Lin Yu, Lan Yang."

Ye Chun smiled at the two of them in a peaceful and majestic tone.

But that smile quickly turned indifferent with the blade of the sword in her hand.

"I give you the right to choose."

"Huh, Lord Ye Chun? …… Is that?"

Lin Yu was completely confused. She looked at Ye Chun, Ye Ya, Nangong, Xia Jing and Anai in order, but she still couldn't grasp the situation.

Ye Chun, who thought he was long gone; Ye Ya, who was hit hard and did not possess his soul; Xia Jing, who sat on the ground and didn't move; leisurely crossed his arms and a sinister smile on his face for Nangong; Finally, there was Ana, who was standing with a blank face.

No one answered Lin Yu's question.