"I'm back!"

Haina pushed open the door of her shop and shouted.

She certainly didn't have the keys with her. But in a small village like theirs, there is no need for a key at all.

On weekdays, the doors of every house are open. Not to mention, many families here will start their own small businesses...... For example, Hayna's father was the best blacksmith in the village.

Perhaps this is where Hayna's strange powers come from. Because of this, she is also a slightly wealthier family in the village. That's why her family was able to support her to go to school in Bagpipe Town, instead of staying in the village and marrying early.

Nowadays, it is because of the cold winter, so the door is closed at noon.

Haina remembers that when she was doing her homework, her neighbor's hunter grandfather would often walk in without saying hello and take her father away to fish.

"Sister!"

A childish and excited voice came from the house: "Mom, my sister is back!" ”

It was a boy who looked to be twelve or thirteen years old.

"Jack!"

Haina was so happy that she put her luggage on the ground and crouched down and hugged the boy.

She let go of the hug and touched her brother's head with some nostalgia: "You have grown up a lot......"

In Haina's mind, Jack was still the little kid who snorted and ran around behind her. And now he can be regarded as a "teenager".

His brown curls were fluffy, and his dull yellow pupils were as warm as amber. The appearance is about seventy or eighty percent similar to Hayna. Even though life in the village made his skin look rough and the tip of his nose and cheeks were a little red, he was already handsome.

"You've grown so big...... Do you have someone you like? ”

Seeing that Jack became shy for a moment, Haina jokingly asked, "Is it a classmate?" ”

"I didn't go to school a long time ago."

Jack just touched his head and said with some embarrassment, "I really can't remember those things...... So I didn't continue my studies after I finished elementary school.

"Still, Dad is already teaching me how to build! Dad said I'm halfway through the school...... After I have learned it thoroughly, I will build a good armor and weapon for you, sister! ”

Jack said excitedly.

Haina just smiled, noncommittal.

- because now she knows that not all Overseers can be equipped with armor. And the armor that those knights possess is also from Her Majesty's gift. The weapons are even more the same - the weapons she can use are all the equipment given from above.

Only this kind of "formal authorized equipment" can give full play to the power of the authoritarian path. It is not so much about the weapon itself as it is about the special meaning attached to it.

"Where's Dad?"

Looking at the cold stove, which had been out for an unknown amount of time, Hayna was a little puzzled: "Went fishing?" ”

"I drank too much last night and lay down."

Jack rolled his eyes and said casually, "I can do the same job anyway." ”

Haina shook her head helplessly: "Stinky old man......"

As she spoke, she gave her brother the sword at her waist, "Help me take care of it, Jack?" ”

The elven dagger she had acquired when she first met Ivus had been with her for months now. Of course, there are also experiences of confronting prisoners, colliding with swords with swords, or smashing spells with swords.

Even though she took care of it, there was some slight damage. Although the Inspectorate also provided free maintenance of the equipment, Haina planned to bring them home and have her father take care of them.

On the one hand, it is a trust in his father's craft.

On the other hand, it is also to try to preserve the "evidence of her hard work" - she deliberately intends to keep them and come back to hint at her family that "I am very good now, I have a lot of combat missions, and many people out there are relying on me".

When she was a child, she always ran around the village. It was said by adults to be too restless and couldn't do anything.

At that time, she thought that if she could become a powerful person in the future, she would come back to show it to everyone.

Bringing back a brand new weapon is not an honor for a warrior or a swordsman. Because it means that he has not been involved in fierce battles.

Scars are proof of honor. But Haina is more or less a girl, and she still cares a lot about her image - although she doesn't use the cosmetics smuggled from Star Antimony on weekdays, she doesn't deliberately leave scars.

Although partly for the reason she couldn't afford it...... But even if you can't afford it, you can actually borrow it. Her roommates were very kind to her.

The reason Haina really didn't use it was because she couldn't trust the messy alchemy products.

This girl from a small village is always wary of what she can't understand.

- How can toads, tree bark, beer, sesame seeds, charcoal, and other messes boiled together become healing ointments?

Hayna was puzzled. Therefore, there is always reverence in the heart.

Jack pulled out Hayna's dagger and looked at the light.

He glanced at Haina with some disgust: "Sister, are you usually not maintained?" ”

"Nonsense."

Haina slapped him on the back of the head without being light or heavy: "I've taken care of it very carefully - it's my sister who is very busy." ”

Jack thought for a moment, his lips moved, but finally swallowed the words.

"Hayna?"

Just then, a woman's surprised voice came from inside the house.

"Mom!" Haina immediately greeted her and hugged her mother hard.

She was like a cat, huddled in her mother's arms with her eyes closed. Greedily breathed in the familiar warmth.

It was a long time before she looked up.

Looking at her mother, Haina couldn't help but sigh: "Mom is really not old at all......"

It's still a village life to raise people!

"Because we have good air and good water."

Haina's mother chuckled and said casually, "Come back this time...... Still leaving? ”

She looked at Haina expectantly.

At that moment, Hayna's heart was slightly shaken.

But she was silent for a while, but she still smiled: "I still have to go."

"And maybe there won't be as many vacations after that...... In the next few years, it may not be good to come back again. ”

Her voice fell, and her dim yellow pupils turned blue back to some point.

Hayna's mother and brother didn't seem to notice anything unusual at all, and not even Hayna herself noticed anything wrong.

"That's ......"

Haina's mother sighed.

And at this moment, Haina suddenly thought of something: "Oh yes, Mom - do you remember Grandpa Jacob?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"I found Grandpa Jacob's grandson. He is my younger brother, and now he has been adopted by the Founders family......"

Haina said happily, "And Detective Mr. Sherlock!" They're also coming to Eagle Point Village! ”

"So good!"

Jack suddenly became excited: "Is that Mr. Sherlock who often appears in the newspapers!" ”

Despite the remoteness of the village, the Cow and the Harbor newspaper is often delivered – the only problem is that the newspapers are almost no longer fresh by the time they arrive.

There are even times when the time is reversed – for example, the newspaper that comes back first, then the newspaper that comes a few days ago, and then a few days later, and then the newspaper that is further and later at the same time.

Without looking at the dates on the newspapers, it is impossible to judge the order of these newspapers.

"That's him!"

Haina said ostentatiously: "And the junior who came with him is the well-known Ivas Moriarty!" ”

"Oooh! I've also read his newspaper – he and his sister together took down the mighty Dark Wizard! ”

"It's not a dark wizard, it's called a demon scholar! And this is already news a long time ago, the most recent is ......"

Haina smiled and sighed, explaining his common-sense mistakes to Jack.

But at this moment, Hayna's mother frowned and asked a little worriedly, "Why didn't you come back with them?" When will they arrive? ”

"Before tonight, right?"

Haina wasn't so sure.

She waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "They're here on griffins, and I'm not the same type as the one who needs to take an overnight train." ”

She deliberately hid the fact that she was about to get a griffon.

On the one hand, she was not sure that she would be able to get a griffon, and she was afraid that she would be ridiculed if she said it but did not implement it; On the other hand, she wants to surprise her acquaintances.

"Then you'll have to pick them up."

Hayna's mother said in an almost commanding tone, "Otherwise, they will get lost." ”

And Haina was a little lazy and reluctant: "Huh? No, right...... The village is so easy to find...... I've already told them that it's just a matter of heading south from Bagpipe Town...... If you climb over a mountain, you won't see it. ”

"Obedient, you have to go and fetch them-"

Her mother said even more forcefully, "What if the guests come late and are disturbed by ghosts at night?" ”

"Hey, they're all very strong."

Haina disagreed: "There are also very powerful priests among the guests. Even if the ghosts do come, we can let them exorcise the demons for us......"

She thought of the photo of Ivas using the holy sword to defeat the demon before.

Although she didn't witness it herself, she still heard about the miracles of that day.

With that kind of power, any ghost can be easily defeated.

"You'd better go outside and wait, pick up someone and come back."

Although Hayna gave careful and detailed explanations and excuses for every statement made by her mother. But her mother finally chose to refuse to communicate and threw the dumbfounded Haina out.

"Huh? Mom?! It's so cold, at least give me a coat—"

Haina's mournful wails rang out in the cold winds of late December.

Update complete!

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