In the middle of summer, the creeper creepers slipped out of the red wall, casting a mottled afterglow against the scorching afternoon sun.

The cicadas were still resounding tirelessly, becoming a monotonous white noise in her ears, and Arya stood at the intersection, staring blankly at the mansion in front of her.

"This is ......"

Arya was a little stunned, and the scene in her eyes slowly overlapped with the image in her memory at this moment.

How could she be mistaken.

Isn't this the Christians' mansion?

She was born here, and then spent spring, summer, autumn and winter carefree, growing from a child to a girl today.

Until two months ago, Christian's unjust case happened.

The Sidneys broke into the mansion and confiscated all the family's property, including the flowers and plants in the yard.

After the case was overturned, she went home with Gawain to see it, and even if the Christian Mansion was renovated now, it could no longer be the same as she remembered.

"Am I, dreaming of the past?"

Arya touched her face and muttered to herself.

She subconsciously wanted to enter the mansion, but happened to bump into a young man in his twenties who came out of the door.

He was dressed in a neat and neat knightly uniform, his long pale blonde hair was tied up in a bunch and thrown behind his head, and his handsome face was very neatly groomed, and there was not a trace of beard to be seen.

When he got closer, he could faintly smell a faint smell of men's perfume.

"Uncle......" Arya blurted out subconsciously.

The man noticed Arya who stopped at the door, and a polite smile appeared on his face: "Hello, Miss, are you lost, or are you going to come to my house to find someone?" How can I help? ”

Arya snorted and quickly took a step back: "No, no, I'm just...... Just take a walk! ”

She didn't dare to look at the man in front of her anymore, she didn't say hello, and ran away as a thief.

Until she turned the corner, Arya leaned against the wall and let out a long breath.

The so-called hometown timidity, probably this feeling.

Gawain's current appearance is probably the same as he was four or five years ago, that is, this dream may really bring him back to the past.

That father...... Shouldn't it be alive?

With a cross-sectional view of the mansion in mind, Arya quickly found the location, looked left and right and saw that there was no one, and then ran over the wall into the backyard.

"Arya, hold on a little longer!"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ears, and Arya stiffened, thinking that she had been discovered, but then she realized that this sentence was not for her.

She hid quietly in the shadow of the corner, secretly watching the scene unfolding in the backyard.

A middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, dressed in knight's armor, was instructing a little girl how to swing his sword with a sword.

The little girl was probably in her early teens, with beautiful long pale blonde hair and watery blue eyes, but instead of a cute princess dress, she wore iron armor made for her.

The armor was heavy and stuffy, and the little girl had already done her best just to stand in the sun with it, not to mention repeating the basic combat movements with her shield and sword.

The little girl's posture became more and more out of shape, and with a forceless stabbing blow, she fell forward, and was about to fall.

The middle-aged man quickly grabbed her, immediately untied her helmet, looked at her sweating profusely, Chu Chu's pitiful expression, and sighed: "Can you continue?" ”

Today's training so far doesn't add up to half an hour.

The little girl pouted and did not speak, and a mist gradually appeared in her eyes, which was the answer she gave to her father.

"That'...... Take a break. The man didn't say anything more, but just touched her head and walked to the back room.

Perhaps for a little girl who has not yet awakened the inheritor, this kind of training is indeed too hard.

And after his footsteps disappeared, the little girl immediately stood up, took out a picture book from the corner of the side, and shrank in the shade to read it secretly.

This is an old-fashioned story of a princess who is snatched by a dragon, but is eventually saved by a knight, but the little girl never gets tired of watching it.

At the end of the turn, the princess was rescued by the knight, and the two pulled out their oblique backs in the sunset, and the little girl couldn't help but sigh longingly: "It's so good......"

"You want to be this princess too?" Arya asked, sitting beside her.

"Yes...... the little girl replied subconsciously, and then noticed Arya beside her, "Hey, sister, are you...... Guests coming to my house? ”

Perhaps it was the same blonde that gave the girl an inexplicable sense of closeness, and she didn't show much surprise and disgust at the sudden appearance of Arya.

Arya nodded and continued to ask, "I also like this story, but our family is a knightly family, shouldn't you think about becoming a knight?" ”

"Of course I want to be a knight, mom and dad and uncle...... Everybody wants me to be a knight! ”

The little girl hurriedly clarified, and then pouted again, "However, being a knight is too hard...... After every training session, the next day my whole body hurts, and Anna next door never does this kind of thing!

"She doesn't have to wear such heavy and ugly armor every day, and she doesn't have to chop around in the sun with a sword and shield, she can wear her favorite dress and eat her favorite dessert every day, and I want to ......be like her."

Arya touched the little girl's head: "The inheritor of her family is a priest, can it be the same?" ”

"What does this have to do with the Inheritor's bloodline?" The little girl looked aggrieved, "I didn't wake up again!" I'm just an ordinary person! ”

"If I had to face this kind of boring training every day, I would rather play the violin for two more hours!"

As she spoke, tears rolled in her eyes again.

Arya watched as the little girl puffed out her mouth, her expression a little dazed.

I used to ...... Is it such a coquettish person?

"Do you remember our family motto?" She asked again.

"Don't be afraid of hardship...... the little girl said bitterly, "my father will admonish me with this sentence every time, and my ears are about to grow calluses!" ”

Seeing her like this, Arya fell silent, her expression changing rapidly between sadness, sadness, and anger.

The little girl's heart suddenly burst, thinking that this person should not be going to her father to complain, so she reluctantly handed her the picture book in her hand, and said softly:

"Sister, you just said that you also like this story, and I will lend it to you for the time being, so that we will be friends......

"Don't you go to my father and speak ill of me, do you?"

Arya smiled, "How so, why don't my sister tell you another story." ”

She knew that little girls loved to hear stories.

"Yes, yes." And so the girl said.

Arya was silent for a while, then said:

"A long, long time ago, there was a little girl who was born into a noble family, and this family has been knights for generations, so it was natural that the little girl should also learn martial arts from an early age.

The little girl was very unhappy, she thought that now that the world is peaceful, and the family does not have to worry about food and clothing, where does she need a girl to dance with knives and guns?

So, although it seems to outsiders that the little girl insisted on claiming that she wanted to be a knight under the guidance of her family, in fact, she never made any effort to become a knight, and it was all just her words.

And she also dreamed that one day a prince charming would appear and take her away from this hard and boring daily life.

"Until one day, a sudden war swallowed up her accustomed daily life, and a demon destroyed her home, and then she sadly discovered-

"As a knight, she can't protect her loved ones, and she doesn't have the strength to fight the nightmare that befell her."

Speaking of this, Arya paused slightly, and the little girl was already firmly attracted by this turn, and hurriedly asked, "And then?" ”

"And then? In her most desperate moments, a prince charming appears next to the girl, and he slays the demon and takes her to a new life.

Her dream came true in such a ridiculous form, and although she had lost everything, she did meet Prince Charming, and she was far from what she thought was the boring and hard daily life, and she hid in the prince's arms, thinking that it would be good......

"Until one day, the prince met the most powerful demon in the world, whom even he could not defeat."

The little girl couldn't help but cover her mouth: "But the prince will still defeat it, right?" ”

Arya shook her head slowly: "The prince can't defeat this demon, just like her father, who once thought she could do anything, was eventually killed by another demon, the prince also gave his life to protect her.

At this time, she finally faced the demon alone. The sword left behind by the prince was still stuck in the demon's chest, but he was almost successful, and if anyone could help him, the demon might have been killed—

"Even if it's not too late, as long as the girl can hold the hilt of the sword and completely penetrate the demon's chest, she will be able to kill the demon and avenge the prince."

The little girl couldn't help but say, "Just like that, she can do it, right?" ”

"No, no, no, she can't."

"Even then, she can't do it, because she's lost the courage to fight, she's just a princess now, and if a princess loses her protection, she's nothing."

"The only thing she can do is to go to Huangquan with the prince and die together, do you think such an ending is romantic?"

"I ......" the little girl was speechless.

On her deathbed, she took one last look at the prince and wondered if if she had been training and becoming a true knight.

She was able to overcome the difficulties with her father and slay the demons, and the prince helped her in this difficulty, so when the matter was over, she said goodbye to her parents and embarked on a long journey with the prince.

"In the course of their journey, they encountered more powerful and difficult demons, and more terrifying demons, but it was okay, now she could help the prince too.

"So the two of them worked together, killed the demon together, and finally lived happily together, keeping each other together, and growing old together......"

Arya curled the corners of her mouth, "Wouldn't this kind of story end better?" ”

The little girl nodded again and again: "It's better this way!" ”

"Then pick up the sword."

Arya said softly, "You have to say goodbye to your weak self, and you have to prove yourself to everyone that you are not a princess, you are a knight." ”

"One day, you will walk hand in hand with your prince, and you will spend countless springs, summers, autumns and winters together, and together you will resist all the evils and injustices of this world.

"You have made a covenant to live together, and only the death that comes after seeing the flowers bloom can separate you forever.

"This is our favorite story, and the pen that writes this story is in your hand at this time."

"Sister......" the little girl looked at Arya, "why are you crying?" ”

"Ahaha, you're wrong, that's Khan." Arya quickly wiped the moist corners of her eyes.

At this time, a middle-aged man's voice came from behind him: "Arya, are you resting?" ”

"Rest!" The little girl hurriedly hid the picture book, "Sister, I'm going to practice." ”

Arya waved her hand: "You have to come on!" ”

"Hmm!"

The little girl nodded heavily, "I think my sister's story is well told, and I will try my best to become a good knight!" ”

Arya watched the little girl walk towards the middle-aged man, the afternoon sun shining in the backyard, and a glare made her eyes narrow.

In the haze, she seemed to see a middle-aged man in knight's armor smiling kindly at her.

"Father's ......"

Arya choked up, "I miss you so much. ”

The middle-aged man walked over, took off the steel gauntlet, and stroked her head with his big rough hand, and said in a gentle voice:

"You're still as coquettish as you used to."

"Go ahead, kid, you're a true knight now."

On the other side, the little girl put on a knight's helmet and picked up the long sword on the ground.

The moment she raised her sword, the dream shattered.

Arya opened her eyes, and a one-handed sword glowing with color was hovering in front of her at some point.

The hilt of this sword is made of gold, and the body of the sword is like a sparkling surface of water, which ripples with time and reflects the rainbow color.

It made a pleasant sword sound, as if celebrating the pact it had made with the maiden.

Arya opened her hand, and the sword fell into her hand of its own accord.

Countless torrents of information poured from the depths of her soul, and Arya looked at the sword in her hand and seemed to have a realization in her heart.

"Thank you for choosing me, Joyeuse."

"From now on, let's move forward together."

……

"It lasted ten hours."

Outside the altar, the master of ceremonies put down the pocket watch in his hand and sighed sincerely, "Congratulations, Lord Leon, the Holy Knights have added another lawyer, and you are the only one in this Knights' election." ”

"It's just ...... Incredible! Leon's eyes lit up.

A miracle happened.

Arya actually got Joyeus's approval.

The sword of law, also known as the sword of gold and the sword of inspiration, is quite a special kind even if it is placed in all the legal instruments.

Because it is one of the few pure auxiliary instruments, and the effect is extremely rough:

Effect 1, the holder's rank is fixed to rise by one order.

Effect 2: Teammates who are sheltered by the wielder enjoy the bonuses of all buffs on the holder.

In other words, around the Joyeul Envoy, all inheritors have a fixed rank plus one.

Moreover, all the buffs on the Joyeuse Envoy will be equally shared with all teammates around him.

And Arya's legacy is a Holy Knight......

"Gifts", "Zeal", "Sun Halo", "Angelic Guardianship", ...... These are all buff abilities for the Holy Knight.

Even if you release "Holy Healing" for yourself, its healing effect will be shared with other teammates in equal amounts.

Joyeuse's team contribution is consistently in the top three even among all lawyers.

"Arya Christian......"

Leon silently recited the name in his mind.

He was sure that this young girl would become famous in all of Sidney in the future.