Late at night, outside the city gates.

Because it was too late, the people who were engaged in the construction of the city walls had already gone to rest.

When the knights saw the people leaving, they finally relaxed, and they all went back to their tents to rest.

Lydia was the last to leave, and before leaving, she carefully observed the situation on the battlefield to make sure that the demons did not make a comeback, and then left with confidence.

However, as soon as she reached the gate of the newly built city wall, a figure suddenly appeared from the side, she was already very tired, and she wanted to fall asleep, but this time it directly frightened her to wake up.

"Who?" She was about to draw her sword.

"It's me, I'm sorry, did I scare you?" Daniel said apologetically.

After several hours of recuperation, his body had completely recovered, after all, he had not suffered multiple injuries in the first place.

"What else are you doing here?" Lydia was visibly impatient, "We're okay with each other anymore. ”

“…… Don't say that, even if you don't want to admit me as a brother, I have to do my part. ”

"Huh, responsibility?" Lydia laughed angrily, "It's all this time, are you only thinking about the so-called responsibility?" ”

She doesn't usually get angry with people all of a sudden, it's just that she's so tired today that she's not in the mood to talk to Daniel properly.

"Isn't that normal? As an older brother, I have to take care of my sister, are you saying that I shouldn't be responsible? Daniel scratched his head, he didn't know where he was wrong.

Lydia didn't want to talk to this guy, after all, no matter how much she said, it was just playing the harp to the cow, and Daniel would never understand her thoughts, no, he couldn't understand anyone's thoughts.

Because anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why he cares about Lydia is not because of the affection between his family, but just because of that responsibility.

Like the missions he'd been accomplishing, the training he had done, and his allegiance to Kresty.

Watching Lydia pass by him, Daniel only felt empty in his heart, but now, he could die on the battlefield at any time, and he didn't want to worry about things he didn't understand, so he must ask today.

So, he rushed straight over and grabbed Lydia's hand.

"Please, Lydia, can you hear me say a few words?" His tone bordered on pleading.

Unexpectedly, perhaps hearing that his tone was wrong, Lydia did not shake off his hand,

In fact, she is not a heartless person, but she can't control her anger.

She loved her grandfather so much, but she didn't expect this only brother to be indifferent in the face of his grandfather's death.

If this matter is put on others, it may just be a few words of complaining behind her back, but Lydia has always had expectations for her brother, because she has no other relatives besides him and grandpa, so she can't turn a blind eye, and whenever she sees Daniel's indifferent look, she can't help but be angry.

However, when she looked back and saw the confused and sad expression on Daniel's face, she still relented.

She knew very well that it was not Daniel's fault, but his upbringing, which made him not know how to express it to others.

As for why Lydia had the same experience, but became completely different from him, it can only be said that her luck is too good, she has perfectly inherited her grandfather's passion for forging, so she can always experience unique fun from her grandfather's work process, plus her grandfather also knows everything about her, she has never felt lonely since she was a child.

Lydia thought about this, and finally relented, so she said.

"I really can't stand you, I have something to say quickly."

“…… Great, I knew you wouldn't ignore me. Daniel laughed happily.

"Tsk, if you don't say it, don't disturb my rest if you don't say it." Lydia was impatient.

"Okay, I say, I say," Daniel quickly stopped in front of her, and pondered for a moment before speaking, "I guess over the years, you have always had a problem with me, and felt that I did not fulfill my responsibilities as an older brother...... But I don't blame you, I just want to know what exactly you need right now? What can I do to gain your approval? To be honest, I really don't understand, even though I have worked so hard for you, it still results like this. ”

Lydia had expected him to suddenly open her mind, but instead asked such boring questions.

"It's too heavy a topic for me to talk about."

"Don't do that, Lydia, please tell me, I promise that I will disappear from your world in the future."

Daniel grabbed her hand and didn't let go, and his whole person looked very embarrassed, like the usual handsome and dashing knight.

“…… Alas," said Lydia, who was silent for a moment, then sighed at last, "well, then I will have to solve the misunderstanding between us, lest you keep bothering me." ”

"Misunderstanding?" Daniel unconsciously let go of his hand.

"yes, it's a complete misunderstanding, I don't hate you," Lydia scratched her head and tilted her face to the side, "You don't understand people's hearts, especially my mind." ”

"What do you mean?" Daniel is still unclear.

"Tsk, sure enough, I can't talk to you patiently." Lydia puffed up again.

Daniel was even more confused when he saw her like this.

Still, Lydia forced herself to be patient, thinking to herself that since her brother was a fool, she couldn't be angry with a fool.

"Actually, not only do I not hate you, but I am very ...... Like you, I've always wanted to have a good relationship with you, but I'm an impatient, what about you, and I don't understand anything, so there will naturally be some contradictions, but almost every time there is a conflict, you choose to run away from home, although you want me to be out of sight, but in my opinion, you are just escaping, you don't seem to care about my thoughts at all, and you don't ask me why I'm angry, I just know that I'll come back when I'm angry, but what is the result? Once a new problem arises, you still want to solve it by running away from home, instead of facing the problem and solving the problem, in short, the more you do this, the more angry I become. ”

"Ah......h Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

Daniel fell silent, although he didn't have so many fancy, and he was straightforward in what he said and did, but he could still understand Lydia's words.

It turned out that he was too irresponsible, and he obviously considered his sister out of responsibility, but he didn't expect that the final approach was often the opposite.

Thankfully, Lydia had finally said it, and he was ashamed and happy.

Lydia looked at his smiling expression and was immediately disgusted.

"What do you think, laughing so obscenely."

"Haha, nothing, thank you for telling me this."

Daniel smiled, but felt something leak out of the corner of his eye.

"Huh? Why are you still crying, I didn't scold you, I didn't beat you. Lydia quickly took a half step back, she was a little at a loss.

"In short, thank you for untying the knot in my heart for so many years."

"No, you're exaggerating, I'm just telling the truth, and I said I didn't tell you earlier, and you never asked."

When Lydia said this, she still couldn't help but feel weak, she knew Daniel's pain too well, but she had never been used to Daniel's cowardly idea of knowing how to escape when something happened.

She always wondered why Daniel, who had the same experience of being fatherless and motherless, and who had grown up under the same roof, couldn't Daniel have the same respect for Moswood and confidence in life as she did? Don't just know how to run away when you encounter trouble, in this way, the relationship between the two of them will not be so bad.

However, she feels that there is something wrong with her thinking, because she cannot force everyone who has suffered misfortune to remain optimistic and hopeful for the future.

At least she knew in her heart that Daniel had indeed fulfilled her responsibility to take care of her sister, but Lydia had been asking Daniel for what he didn't have.

"Perhaps, it's me who has the problem." Lydia thought and couldn't help but smile wryly.

After a while, Daniel wiped the corners of his eyes, returned to his usual look, and said.

"Then according to what was said, from now on, I will never appear in front of you again, you have to take care, remember to wear more clothes when it's cold, pay attention to rest more when it's hot, and ......"

"Come on, why are you talking so much nonsense," Lydia gave him a blank look, "who told you, you listen to me, from now on, no matter what, don't want to leave me." ”

"Huh? Didn't you say you get angry when you see my face? ”

"Tsk, did you listen to me carefully just now, I didn't say everything, the most irritating thing about you is that you always like to avoid me? Every time we have a conflict, you don't solve it with me, but run away. ”

"Oh, I see," Daniel nodded, but, after a little thought, it dawned on him, "Ah, I see, you suddenly want to reconcile with me now, you don't want to rob me of Grandpa's inheritance, right?" ”

"Poof," Lydia laughed, "I'm not uncommon where you want to go, and I've promised Grandpa's manor to the Karel family, and neither of us can get it." ”

When Daniel heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he had fallen into a coma before and had not heard about it.

"That's not right, you tore up your grandfather's will, you are not qualified to inherit the estate from the beginning, and naturally you have no right to dispose of the manor, how can you promise the Karel family?"

"Uh, didn't Margaret tell you about it?"

"No, but anyway, according to the rules, what you promised the Karel family will definitely be invalid." Daniel said seriously.

However, Lydia was not discouraged, George must not have known about this, otherwise he would not have thought seriously before agreeing, and by the time the election of the lord of the city was over, it would be too late for him to understand.

At the thought of this, Lydia couldn't help but snicker.

……

On the other side, Emile and Margaret were on their way back to the barracks.

With the cooperation of the two, they successfully defeated the powerful monster, which is definitely a great achievement.

The emir couldn't help but sigh at how tortuous and wonderful his experience had been these days, and he had been in a desperate situation several times, but in the end he had saved the day.

He also understood that he had played a big role in it, but he just couldn't be happy, he just felt that his pressure was getting bigger and bigger, and he didn't expect the side effects of making a career like this.

"Emir, we have won the battle, why do you look unhappy?" Margaret asked with concern.

Emile glanced at her, not understanding why she was still in good spirits, he was tired anyway, and continued to put on a listless appearance.

"It's nothing, I'm too sleepy right now, I just want to go back and rest quickly."

"Hehe," Margaret chuckled softly, "you're such an interesting fellow. ”

"Really? That's a lot of thanks. ”

The emir didn't understand what she meant, and he didn't bother to think about it now.

"Eh, I'll ask you a question, you must tell me the truth." Margaret said suddenly and mysteriously.

“…… Well, let's talk about it. ”

"Do you like Lord Lydia?"

"Huh?" When Emir heard this, he was immediately frightened, "Why, why did you ask about this, do you have any basis?" ”

"Haha, I'll just say casually, why are you so excited."

"What's the excitement, it's your idea that's so strange, I didn't mean that at all, Lydia is just my friend." Emir said, twisting his face to the side.

"Is it strange? I've secretly observed the way you look at Mistress Lydia, and it seems to be admiration. ”

"You also think it's admiration, isn't it, I don't need to explain the difference between admiration and liking."

"Oh," Margaret realized, "that's fine, or we'll become rivals, after all, I admire you, and I really don't want to be your enemy." ”

Hearing her say this, the emir's eyes widened.

"Rival love, you say? Don't you ...... Love Lydia? ”

"Haha, you just said that, right?" Margaret did not let go of this flaw.

"What's the matter, it's a slip of the tongue," the emir hurriedly waved his hand, "What did you mean by the rival in love just now?" ”

"Literally, of course."

Margaret said it for granted, not at all like a joke.

“…… Is it? It's good if you're happy. The emir couldn't help but cover his face.

He felt sleepy again, he had seen so many new things these days, and he could accept no matter how outrageous.

"Alas, it seems that we have become rivals in love, what a pity." Margaret sighed.

"yes, that's a pity." The emir casually chimed in.

The two continued to walk on the deserted street, when the moon emerged from the clouds and stretched their shadows very long.

After a while, Margaret got bored and accosted the emir again.

"By the way, I almost forgot one thing."

“…… What? ”

Emir didn't want to speak, but if he didn't respond, it would be rude to him.

"Didn't I promise you to test your magical talent when I was in the library before?"

“…… Oh, is that the case? The emir was stunned for a moment, and then immediately became excited, sleepy, "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier, I almost forgot such an important thing." ”

"Hmph, it looks like you're finally getting interested."

"Of course, that's okay now, help me test."

Emile excitedly grabbed Margaret's arm, but he quickly reacted that it was too rude.

"Alright then, look at me."

Margaret pulled out an emerald from her pocket, and unlike the irregular gem on her wand, this one was full of artificially carved marks, prismatic in shape, just the right size to hold in your hand, and a strange rune carved into the middle of the stone.

"It's ......"

"A gem for testing magic, give, hold it in your hand, and squeeze it with all your might." Margaret patiently instructed.

"Oh." The emir did so.

"You have to use all your strength, or the result will be inaccurate."

"yes, I see."

After a while, Margaret retrieved the gem, and she held it up so that the moonlight shone on it.

Seeing that she was just holding the gem and observing, and had not spoken for a long time, Emir couldn't help but wonder, and looking at her expression, it seemed to be getting more and more solemn.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? Emir couldn't help but ask.

"Well......" Margaret mused, "no, you don't seem to have any magical talent. ”

"What do you mean, do you want to give a quasi-letter?"

“…… Ahaha, I'm sorry, maybe I'm limited in my ability and can't see it. Margaret smiled apologetically.

"Uh, didn't you say you're highly skilled in magic?" The emir complained, but he suddenly thought of a solution, "Okay, you can teach me a magic and see if I can learn it, and if I do, then I am talented." ”

"This ...... I'm afraid not. Margaret grimaced.

"What's the matter? In other words, you're too unreliable, aren't you? Emile couldn't help but complain.

Margaret couldn't refute what he said, so she had to say apologetically.

"Actually, even people with magical talents can't learn magic right away, we first have to go through a baptism to open up the magic circuit of the whole body, so that the energy of nature can enter the body and be transformed into magic."

“…… Is it so complicated? So how exactly do you want to be baptized? ”

"Actually, the process is not difficult, it is to soak the body in the potion, but the difficulty is that the raw materials for making that potion are too expensive, to tell you the truth, I spent all my belongings in order to learn magic, just baptism."

Hearing this, the emir began to look at the witch in front of her, and then showed an expression that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

"You should be a common man like me, so all your belongings are definitely not worth much, and this is not expensive."

"Hehe, let's be honest with you, my father used to be the earl of the royal capital."

“…… The third of the five noble ranks? The emir was amazed.

"Hmm." Margaret nodded with a look of vigour.

"Tsk, that's a pity." The Emir's eyes as he looked at her instantly became sympathetic.

If this is the case, then it means that the cost of learning magic is too high, and it will turn a great nobleman into a commoner.

"Hey, don't look at me like that," Margaret cried, and then whispered, "and my family is not only down because I studied magic, but mainly because I failed in business, owed a lot of money, and finally had to use all my land to pay off my debts. ”

"Well, needless to say, I understand, I don't want to learn magic, I think your dignified aristocratic daughter actually went bankrupt because of learning magic, not to mention that you feel uncomfortable, you must also feel guilty about your family."

“…… No, you don't understand it at all. Margaret covered her face helplessly.