Inside the Blue Hermit Inn, Ellie's arrival went unnoticed by anyone. This inn near the bazaar has a lively and crowded atmosphere that doesn't quite match the name of the hotel.

Oily lamb chops, cold frothy beer, Elle never thought that she would have such an "adventurer's style" day, when she fled all the way south, almost all of her meals were dew, how could she have the spare time to sit down in the hotel and taste the food slowly.

Crowded and noisy, Elle was able to get a room after a good meal in this inn that didn't match the name at all.

It's another person...... The moment she stepped up the stairs, a haze flashed through Ellie's heart.

Step on...... Step on...... Step on......

With the sound of boots stepping on the wooden floor, the bustle of the lobby on the first floor was gradually fading, standing at the door of her own room, without hesitation, Elle pushed the door open.

A white-clothed and white-haired figure was standing in front of the window.

For some reason, Elle felt a sense of relief, perhaps because she had made up her mind on the road.

"William!" the girl shouted, as if to increase her courage, "William, the leader of the Guns and Roses Mercenary Regiment, is dead!"

"That's right, I killed him!If you want to avenge him, just come!" the gray-haired girl drew her long sword from her waist.

"Is he dead?" the old man ......seemed to fall into memory, "he can be regarded as my disciple, the only disciple." Do you know what it means to me to be a disciple?"

Seeing that the girl looked like she was facing a great enemy and didn't plan to answer at all, the old man shook his head: "I said, I'm not an avenger. ”

"Then why are you following me?"

"Following you?" the old man chuckled, "I didn't follow anyone, why I'm here...... Isn't that exactly what you want?"

For a moment, Elle was speechless, and the thoughts of the moment when she went upstairs seemed to resurface, and Elle felt as if she had grasped something.

"Before...... The glory of Ilmat in the wasteland says thou ...... What do you mean to be lost?" the girl asked tentatively.

Without waiting for the old man to answer, the girl asked further: "When we first met, you also said that you were defeated by that one, so ...... So much so that now, can't you find the direction of your life? I don't have the confidence that I can defeat the other party, so I don't mention revenge at all?"

Not caring about the offense in the girl's words, the old man just shook his head: "Not all wanderers have lost themselves. ”

He went out and said the questioning that might anger the other party, but he didn't get the expected effect...... The conversation could not go on again, the girl thought helplessly.

"You have the same look in his eyes. In the silence, it was the old man who spoke first: "Actually, I'm thinking about whether to teach you something......

Ahh

"If you can pass the next level......" Before the words fell, the old man in white disappeared from Elle's eyes.

"Kick, kick, kick! kick!"

Before Ellie could figure out what the other meant, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside the room.

"Bang!"

The door to the room was kicked open, and the heavily armed paladins swarmed in.

......

"I was nine years old that year......"

In the back garden of the White Spring Palace, the sound of tinkling music flows like water, and under the green fir, the three of them sit around a square table carved out of white stone, and next to it, a small fountain sprays fine and dense water droplets into the sky, filling the air with a trace of dampness.

It's another leisurely afternoon.

With her chin propped up, the silver-haired little girl listened to His Majesty's reminiscences of the past. After a conversation with Egger, Enid made a decision that met Sophie's expectations. Although she didn't know how this deal would end, the thought of having a legendary mage standing behind her gave the little girl a visceral sense of stability, despite the fact that she ...... Standing on the opposite side is also an equally formidable enemy.

If it weren't for the current situation, Enid really wanted to go to Sophie immediately to meet the legendary plastic energy great~ mage, and talk about the situation on this continent...... Those who have lived from the era of the Great Collapse to the present day can't be unaware of the anomalies of the world, right? After the fear of facing the unpredictable future alone disappears, all that remains is the inexplicable sense of relaxation when the sky falls, but if it weren't for the current situation, they may not be able to take the line of the Sophian Kingdom so easily, and it is difficult to say what attitude they will have towards themselves.

"It's really ~ Yini, you're distracted again!" A small white hand waved in front of his eyes, pulling the distracted young girl back to the present.

"I'm sorry. Nodding to the king, who was touching his nose and smiling bitterly, Enid asked, "Where are you going?"

"Speaking of the fact that after I got to know Patian and a group of them, I ran around the city all day......"

"Well, Goliath...... Did you meet at that time?"

"That was later, and the most noteworthy thing in the year I first met them was ...... Belch. At this point, the words stopped abruptly, and Lei Feng stopped a little embarrassed as if he remembered something.

"Or what?" the little girl's face remained unchanged: "Is it about the secrets of the royal family, and it is inconvenient to tell?"

"No......" Lei Feng's face changed several times, and finally he spoke: "That year, several of us released a bard named William Bailly from the prison of the royal capital......

"......I see," the little girl nodded knowingly, and in this way, some of the things that followed made sense: "But, at that time, he was really just an ordinary bard?"

Seeing that the little girl didn't seem to care, Lei Feng also put his mind at ease: "That's true, at that time, no one would have thought that he would be able to cross two major obstacles in a row, be promoted to a senior professional, and become a famous battlefield wolf in the Northland......"

"Did he have any adventures in the Northlands?" said Enid, curious.

"No, I haven't heard him say it, but I think it's probably natural for someone like Northland to survive and grow up. His Majesty the Young King shook his head and said.

"So...... This necklace was also given to him by you?" Enid took out the octagonal platinum star he had received from William, the talisman tied to a chain of gold and pearls was an artifact-level magic item.

Later, it was determined that in addition to making the wearer more radiant, the amulet also came with three spells that could be used at will: removing blindness/deafness, removing curses, and removing diseases. Among them are the removal of blindness/deafness and the removal of diseases, more precisely, divine magic. In this day and age, there is no doubt that such a magic prop that can perform divine magic is much more valuable than before.

Therefore, even if William is a legendary-level warrior, it is not worth the royal party to use such an artifact to win over, let alone this kind of artifact that is not very suitable for warriors. It's not that Enid hasn't thought about another possibility, but if it was given to him by his mother before, then after he was imprisoned, would he still be able to keep what he was doing?

"O-Ekber Talisman......" Revon's expression became more and more embarrassed, he didn't know if the little girl on the other side knew anything about William and the princess's aunt, but it was obviously not easy to explain the reason without deception.

"It's all a mistake made when he was young......" After muttering for a long time, Lei Feng could only answer so vaguely: "This talisman is of great significance to him, so he ...... at that time"

So at that time, on the premise that his future was uncertain...... You're going to hand over such a valuable thing to a homeless man?" the little girl was shocked.

If this talisman was given to William by his mother when he was leaving, and then it was retrieved by the royal family when he was imprisoned, so it has a very important commemorative significance for him, then it is conceivable that the royal party later used this thing to win him over.

But listening to the cheap cousin, William obtained this amulet, not even after he became famous in the Northlands, but when he had just been released from prison, and about this, Enid could not imagine that this was something that a royal child would do...... Even though he was only nine years old at the time.

“......”

His Majesty the King was speechless, but the purple-haired girl who had been sitting obediently on the sidelines, listening to the conversation between the two, finally couldn't help it: "That, Yini...... Actually, I think, I think, there's nothing wrong with that? You're right?"

For this family full of romanticism, Enid has nothing to say at all.

At this point, however, it seems certain that His Majesty the King was probably unaware of what his dear friend of the Prime Minister had secretly planned.

This realization made the little girl can't help but feel better about the two blood relatives in front of her.

Then, the little girl, who realizes the change in her heart, is once again caught up in a strange circle of reflection: their ideas are stupid and naïve, but they can attract the trust and allegiance of a thoughtful guy like Trivelian, make William Bailly still willing to use it after he has achieved fame, and change his attitude towards himself who has always been pragmatic...... Where does this stupid personality charm come from?

Rationality and interests are not the starting point for all people in this world to think and do things. The little girl who wandered again could only come to such a conclusion in the end.