"Na little ghost, why did you promise to protect those people?"

Ellie didn't understand at all, and although she could sense my mood from the soul link, she didn't understand it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Well, I'll ask you if Sluka were targeting the Dawn Mountains, would you protect the elves there?"

Elle looked at me with a puzzled look on her face and pinched my nose.

"What kind of stupid question are you asking, of course I will protect the elves of the Dawn Mountains, because I am a princess surnamed Akaba"

"All the elves of the Dawn Mountains are loyal to the Akasugi and Akaba royal families, so we must defend them"

"But I'm different from you, and these people in front of me have nothing to do with you?"

Elle has learned to question me with reason.

"Then I ask you again, why do you want to protect the elves of the Dawn Mountains?"

"They give their loyalty to us, and we offer them shelter"

When these words came to Ellie's mind, the face of the previous Elven King, Tybrian Akasir, appeared.

Presumably, Elle learned this sentence from Mespier's father.

"Yes, it is true, they provide you with something, so you also provide them with something"

"Actually, my situation is the same as this, except that the favors they give me are invisible"

"If I'm more familiar with magic than I used to, it's Ellie."

"If I have become cautious and observant, it is the credit of Zhao Xiaogang and Li Tangtang"

"If I had become a little braver than before, and gradually understood tactics and strategies, it must have been Wang Yun and Li Tangtang who had turned me into what I am now."

"There are other people, Liu Xiao, Yi Jingli, Mo Fei, Xia Yumiao, each of them has had too much influence on me"

"I'm not the same person I used to be."

I don't hate myself at all, but after every adventure, I like the feeling more and more.

From a boy like a blank sheet of paper to the colorful Liu Xiaoqing now, the biggest reason is that these people I met, each of them, helped me draw a stroke.

"In order to repay this favor, although I am afraid, I am willing to stand up and protect them"

"Even if they used to bully me in all kinds of ways, calculate and take me for a fool...... Even now the situation hasn't changed much......"

It's an amazing feeling.

It fills my heart with an atmosphere that I can do anything.

When it comes to protecting her people, what drives Elle to act can be called responsibility, and what drives Mespier's action is the obsession with strength and victory.

And I'm different from both of them, after all, I'm just a human being, but I want to protect myself from all this feeling that I don't lose to them at all.

Because those people and things are no longer completely irrelevant to me, they have been integrated into my flesh and blood, which ...... It's probably called bonding.

"Well, it's a no-brainer to me anyway, just remember not to lose your life"

Ellie spread her hands and showed no concern at all.

"Yes, yes, Ellie-sama, not to that extent"

"But the opponent is Sruka?"

"Hmmm......"

After being reminded by Ellie, looking at her words and deeds just now, she was indeed stupid enough, but the sense of responsibility in her heart was not shaken.

"Is there really no way to win against that dragon, or can't you fight it?"

After meeting twice, all I was left with was fear and intimidation, and it was only now that I seriously thought about whether there was any way to fight it.

"Uh......"

Ellie still sat on my shoulders with her hands in her hands, looking absentmindedly at either side of the road.

"Ah, bubble tea shop!"

The princess pointed to the bubble tea shop on the side of the road, thinking about the taste of chocolate and caramel.

It was the little one's new hobby, she didn't like fruit flavors, she preferred sweeter varieties, but she hated coffee flavors, which was a strange taste.

"You mean, instead of worrying about how to fight Sluka, it's better to have fun drinking milk tea in time?"

Please, Ellie, be serious, I really want to find a way to fight it.

"What's the solution?"

Ellie was getting a little impatient.

"That guy was originally a monster of myths and legends to us"

"The king of the seven intelligent races united against Sluka to defeat him and seal him in the Black Fire Mountains."

"What can we toss out of now?"

However, Mespil appeared in the Blackfire Mountains and had already had a close encounter with the dragon.

"Hasn't your brother given up yet, he may have a way to fight Sluka"

Ellie shrugged.

"I'll let him do it this time, I don't want to wade into this troubled water"

At this point, the princess suddenly stared at me seriously.

"Maybe we're in real trouble"

The little one's heart jerked around a few times, realizing that the news of the dragon's reappearance in the laser world would soon spread throughout the world.

However, not every race has a king as powerful as Meispil who can fight the dragon.

They will inevitably look around for ways to protect themselves.

And the most direct and powerful of them should be the biggest disaster that has ever occurred in the Aurora world, Tianhuo.

Then countless enemies appear in the human world, and it is only a matter of time before Liu Xiao's whereabouts are pursued.

"Ah......h

I squatted down with my head in both hands, feeling very irritable.

Just dodging Sluka's pursuit is already terrifying, if Ellie's prophecy comes true, can I still defend Liu Xiao.

I do want to protect them all, but what if the day comes when I really have to choose from them.

I panicked.

The cowardly Liu Xiaoqing from before seems to have returned to my body, wanting to give up, wanting to escape, and living in a mess regardless of anything.

"Don't be afraid, little ghost, I'm still here"

I looked up at Elle-sama and gave her a helpless smile.

"Instead of expecting a little elf who likes to drink sugary drinks to help me fight Sluka, I might as well call 110"

"Humph!"

The little guy grabbed my face with both hands, pinching and pinching, as if this was the only way to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Less nonsense, go buy me milk tea, royal chocolate"

"Yes, yes......"

All in all, the future does require troubles, and responsibilities and obligations are always difficult to choose, but for now, let's enjoy peace and quiet with Ellie.

After all, maybe there won't be a day like this in the future.

I took out my wallet and looked at the small number of bills inside, so I pressed my finger to the drink catalogue and pointed to the cheaper chocolate milk tea, and just as I was ready to listen to Ellie's complaint-

A faint glow swept over the edge of realization.

Well?

I looked back, unconsciously drawn to the light.

However...... There are no luminaries in the field of view.

Ooh?

At the corner of the intersection, someone seemed to have turned a corner, just blocked by the side wall of the shop.

All that was left was the image of the long yellow hair flickering out of view.

“...... That's why you gave this one too...... What are you looking at, little ghost?"

"Uh...... Nothing."

The little guy saw the opportunity for me to be in a daze, slipped his hand into my wallet, and pulled out a blue ticket and folded it in my palm.

"What are you doing...... Ahh

While I had been wandering just now, Ellie had moved my hand slightly, and now it was completely on top of the royal chocolate.

"No, this one just now doesn't count!"

The clerk looked at me awkwardly with a large mug in both hands.

Hey, you usually can't do it after waiting for a long time, why are you so quick with your hands and feet today?

Woo...... I could only feel sorry for my wallet while taking the milk tea from the clerk's hand, and at the same time constantly complaining to Elle in my heart.

"Don't be so stingy, my psychic medium should give me the best tribute!"

Ellie happily leaned her little head over, bit down on the straw and took a sip of it.

"By the way, what were you doing just now?"

"Uh...... Looks like I saw something beautiful......"

"Ho, what are you waiting for, catch up"

"What nonsense, hurry back, don't you want to have lunch?"

"Hmph, I have a big cup of royal milk tea in hand"

"Don't let me take you to the bubble tea shop again in the future"

Elle didn't care what I said, her expression was leisurely and smug, as if she was showing me that she had succeeded in her plan.

But that shadow just now still makes me a little concerned, what is it......