Elf Archer of Life in Another World

Following Qi Youfeng, he walked into a small shop filled with cloths of various colors. Unsurprisingly, he saw the enthusiastic shopkeeper every year, and consciously hid behind Qi Youfeng.

"You want to buy fabric again?" Nian Nian tugged at the corner of Qi Youfeng's clothes.

"No, I'm here to sell things this time." Qi Youfeng answered Nian Nian and also responded to the shopkeeper's question.

"Selling something?" Nian Nian peeked his head from behind Qi Youfeng and saw a thick pile of clothes in his hand.

"So many?" Nian Nian clicked his tongue, this man is so diligent.

"They are all orders that have been accumulated before. They will be cleared at once today." Qi Youfeng handed the clothes to the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, took out a list, and told the shopkeeper to deliver the goods according to this.

"Okay, the debt is paid off, let's go spend money." Qi Youfeng turned around and gently tapped Nian Nian's forehead with his finger.

"What do you want to buy?" Nian Nian raised his head, waiting for him to tell him his next destination.

"Everything... buy everything. The more prepared you can be before traveling far away, the better. Let's go to the drugstore first."

Qi Youfeng wanted to say anything, but before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the strangeness of this day every year, and decided to let himself take charge of the next trip.

"Traveling far away?" He follows Qi Youfeng every year and doesn't care where the pharmacy is.

"I won't leave this time. I will accompany you to the envoy team and go to the west together." Qi Youfeng replied with a smile.

"Eh? You?" Nian Nian was stunned and said in surprise, "Really? But Song Qing didn't mention it, right?"

"Of course it's true. Zimo will ask Song Qing to agree, and Zimo really needs to keep someone by Song Qing's side in case there are any temporary changes."

Qi Youfeng explained that they were not yet sure whether the exchange of information between the two sides would be affected as the caravan moved further and further away, so Qi Youfeng, the second-in-command of the cottage, was accompanying him not only to deal with temporary changes in plans,

It is also a kind of supervision of Song Qing.

And the most important thing, and the reason why Qi Youfeng strongly recommended himself, is every year.

Qi Youfeng told Zimo very frankly about his affection for Nian Nian, and at the same time admitted his selfishness. Zimo also directly waved his hand and approved Qi Youfeng's temporary separation.

"Well, that's true. I always feel that Song Qing will sell out his allies at any time." Thinking of Helen who was spurned every year, he fully agreed with Zimo's caution.

"You don't seem to like Song Qing very much?" Qi Youfeng asked with a smile.

"Of course I don't like it. You don't know how annoying this guy is. He actually wants me to be his personal secretary. Is this guy dreaming?" he complained every year.

"It sounds like he didn't wake up. Maybe Father Sun forgot to wake up his brain when he got up early." Qi Youfeng said calmly.

Nian Nian couldn't help but laugh, praising Qi Youfeng's vivid metaphor. He imitated it with a smile, planning to write down this sentence and then directly retort it to Song Qing.

His gaze inadvertently passed over the crowd, and Nian Nian's smile suddenly froze. Qi Youfeng followed Nian Nian's line of sight and found a somewhat familiar face.

"This man...is someone who has been to the village before. His name is Simil."

Qi Youfeng turned to look at Nian Nian, only to find that Nian Nian was already cold and stiff. He turned his neck to the right, took out the short bow, and at the same time condensed the wind into an arrow with his fingertips.

He quickly took precautions, only to find that the tip of Nian Nian's arrow was not aimed at Simir, but at a figure behind Simir.

"What? Have you encountered an enemy?" Qi Youfeng stood behind Nian Nian with two swords in his hands. He looked around cautiously and saw only a few confused passers-by, retreating away from the two of them.

"Mission." Nian Nian only spat out two words, stretched out his arms, and bowed like a full moon.

Qi Youfeng did not wait until the arrow was like a shooting star. He turned his head in surprise and looked at Nian Nian, who seemed to have pressed the pause button, and found that Nian Nian had already drooped his hands and stood at attention. His movements had an inexplicable stiff mechanical feel.

Qi Youfeng didn't ask any more questions. He watched Simil approaching slowly across from him, and his hands holding the knife tightened.

"We can't kill him today." Simil, who approached, looked at the obedient Nian Nian with relief and some approval, "I will let you know when to do it."

He never said a word, nodded every year, and made no other movements.

"You are..." Simir looked at Qi Youfeng and felt that this person looked familiar.

"We met in Qiulong Village." Qi Youfeng stepped forward and blocked Nian Nian.

"No wonder it looks familiar to me."

Simil nodded, looked at Qi Youfeng who was protecting him every year, shook his head, and finally said nothing more.

"Goodbye." Simil said goodbye politely and turned around to leave without waiting for the other two to respond.

Qi Youfeng frowned and looked at the man's back for a while, then turned to look at Nian Nian, who was still a little stiff. He retracted his swords and raised his hand to gently stroke the top of Nian Nian's hair.

"He has left, don't be afraid."

Nian Nian raised her head and bumped into Qi Youfeng's caring and gentle smile. The fear that she had just worried about Simil exposing her did not dissipate. Instead, it accumulated more and more in her heart, as if it was pushing her whole body into the boundless darkness.

In the abyss.

"Don't be afraid. You are here every year, always, and forever. Nothing else matters."

Qi Youfeng sighed. This used to be something he struggled with, but at this moment, he just felt that it was more important to smile again every year.

"You!" Nian Nian opened her eyes wide. She was shocked by the subtext in Qi Youfeng's words. She couldn't find the words to express her mood at the moment.

"Only Young Master Yan and I know. I'm sorry for hiding it before. I just don't want you to feel that you will be isolated or ostracized."

After Qi Youfeng finished speaking, he turned slightly and looked behind him over his shoulder. Simil's figure had long disappeared.

"I didn't expect that someone would threaten you with this. I will help you deal with him."

Although he didn't know much about the inside story, the confusion he felt when he first met Nian Nian, the rigid obedience just now, and the panic at the moment all provided Qi Youfeng with an answer.

And even if he guessed wrong, this was something he would have to confess sooner or later, but the timing at this moment was a bit unsatisfactory.

"I......"

She feels so confused every year that she wants to cry, and she feels that she should laugh, but she even feels that she has been locked in an airtight box. There are deep labels engraved on the outside of the box, as if they are engraved on

on her bones.

It turns out that I am really not a human being... They all see it and know it, so what am I still struggling with? What am I still thinking about? What am I still looking for?

What does it matter if you just admit this form of your existence and "live" in this identity? Since you have such a relaxed and free-thinking life mode, why bother torturing yourself with painful and entangled questions?

"Brother Feng," Nian Nian looked up and smiled, "Thank you."