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"… Lit, Lit?"

"Wow."

Lit didn't come to his senses until a hand reached out from the side. He hurriedly stepped back and looked to the side. He saw Lillian with her hands on her hips, puffed up cheeks, looking at him angrily.

"What are you doing? You've been absent-minded these days."

"No, maybe... I'm just too tired from training."

Lit turned his head and whispered.

"Is that so?"

Hearing Lit's answer, Lillian's expression eased a little.

"I also know that Li Te is practicing very hard now, but you have to rest well. If you overtrain and get hurt, that would be bad... Ah, but if you get hurt, your lovely childhood sweetheart will definitely take care of you, maybe that's not a bad idea?"

"...Mina... doesn't have time to take care of me now."

"Hmm? Oh, by the way, the hero is back. I didn't expect that he actually likes our little village."

"Ah, um..."

Li Te turned his head and pretended to be looking at the scenery around him, while silently clenching his fists. What he heard that night still echoed in Li Te's mind. Although after that, when he opened his eyes and woke up again, he was already in his own bed. He asked his sister, and she also said that he came back yesterday, and then went to bed.

So, was it a nightmare? Or was it real?

Li Te didn't know, but...

At this moment, Lillian also sighed.

"Speaking of which, Mina has become prettier..."

"Eh? Has she?"

"Didn't you notice it? Really, that's why I said it's a man... I've noticed it a long time ago. Unlike Mina before, she now has a... how should I put it, a very feminine feeling? Is it because she has grown up after reaching her age?"

"So, it seems that Ai Lian also said..."

Rit forced himself to retract his thoughts and responded casually. He did remember his sister saying that sister Mina had become prettier, but in Lit's eyes, Mina was still Mina, who would greet him every morning when he went out, and would prepare dinner for them, the enthusiastic and cheerful girl.

"But I still think it's better for her not to change."

"Eh? What's wrong? Are you jealous?"

Looking at Lit's awkward look, Lillian giggled and came over to nudge Lit with her elbow.

"No, I just think that no matter what, Mina is still Mina."

"Well, let's just take it as it is."

Hearing Lit's answer, Lillian's eyes showed a hint of loss, but soon she smiled again.

"By the way, Lit, have you decided what to do in the future?"

"In the future?"

"Yes, I have decided, I want to join the Brave Army!"

As she spoke, Lillian clenched her right hand.

"You have also listened to the speech of the Brave Lord, I also hope to fight for mankind! Join the Brave Army and eliminate the demons! This is my goal!"

After the crisis of the Principality of Logavia was resolved, Duanmu Huai returned to this border village. After all, Logavia is a foreign country, and he can't stay there with the army. And Duanmu Huai also wants to see how many soldiers are willing to stay after this speech, and how many people are willing to join. So he stayed here for the time being, and the work of organizing and recruiting soldiers was handed over to the old general.

"Destroying the demons... this kind of thing is simply impossible."

"Really, don't keep saying such depressing things. How do you know it can't be done without trying?"

"But if you want to destroy the demons, don't you have to invade the demons' territory and kill them? Although they look different from us, there are also old people and children in the demons, right? This..."

"So what?"

However, before Litt finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lillian angrily.

"When the Demon King's army invaded us, they didn't say that they would not attack the elderly and children? Didn't you see the people whose homes were destroyed by the Demon King's army? Didn't you hear their cries?"

"I..."

Faced with Lillian's questioning, Litt was speechless for a while. When the Demon King's army attacked the Summoning Kingdom before, many people had fled here. At that time, Litt also saw the miserable appearance of those refugees, their pain, sadness and anger. And it was obvious that Lillian also felt the same way.

"I will never let this tragedy happen again in our village! I want to protect everyone in the village, and I have to completely destroy the demons! In short, I have made up my mind!"

"……………………"

"Rit."

Turning around, Lillian stared at Lit.

"I hope you will join the Brave Army with me. Just staying here will not realize our ideals. I am not very smart, but I have figured it out. If we just defeat the Demon King, it will not work at all. In history, the Brave have defeated the Demon King more than once, and the Demon King's army did retreat at that time. But after that, they will come back again. Maybe the Brave Lord can indeed destroy the Demon King, and we can get a temporary peace. But what about after that? My children, my grandchildren, or my grandchildren's grandchildren, will not still face the threat of the Demon King's army?"

"………………I…………"

"I believe you can do it, Lit."

Looking at Lit, Lillian reached out and held Lit's clenched fist.

"You work hard and are brave. I believe you can pass the test and join the Brave Army!"

"……………I'll think about it..."

Facing Lillian's frank gaze, Lit seemed a little embarrassed. He was silent for a moment, and finally spoke in a low voice. Lillian was relieved to hear Lit's answer.

"Then I'll go back first. Goodbye, Lit."

After saying this, Lillian waved to Lit, then turned and left. Lit watched her swaying ponytails disappear at the other end of the road, then retracted his gaze and walked towards his home.

"I'm back."

Lit pushed open the door and said. Normally, Mina would have prepared dinner at this time and was waiting for him to eat dinner with her sister. But now, it was deserted here, with no one in sight.

By the way, Ailian also went to the inn to help...

Because of the arrival of the hero, there are a lot more people here. Mina can't leave because she has to serve the hero. So Ailian volunteered to go to the inn to help.

Lit took out the dry bread in the kitchen and ate it silently. I don't know how long it took. When he came to his senses, it was already night outside. The whole room was also dark. Lit stood up, lit the oil lamp, and then looked at the time.

It's almost time to pick Ailian up.

Although the hotel is not far from his home, as a brother, he naturally can't let his sister walk alone at night.

Thinking of this, Lit put down the half-eaten dry bread in his hand, stood up and walked out of the house.

It was late at night, and the guests of the hotel had almost all left. After all, the hero was staying in the hotel, so the others just came here to drink and had no way to stay in the hotel. Lit walked through the street and came to the door of the hotel. At this moment, only the bar on the first floor of the hotel was still lit, and the rest of the place was dark.

Lit raised his head and looked up, and then—he widened his eyes.

I saw a vague figure lying on the window on the second floor. Because the light was too blurry, Lit couldn't see clearly what it was, but he could vaguely see that it should be a person. Under Lit's gaze, the white figure was reaching out to press the window, shaking back and forth.

"————! ———!"

In the quiet night, a faint voice accompanied by the night wind blew into Lit's ears. The voice seemed a little familiar, but just when Lit tried to catch the sound, it dissipated with the wind...

"Brother?"

The petite figure walked out of the door of the hotel, and Ailian looked at Lit curiously.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ailian, are you okay?"

Seeing his lovely sister, Lit's heart, which was originally inexplicably raised, was put down.

"Is everything ok? It's just that there are too many guests. I can't handle it. If it weren't for Sister Mina helping me, I'm afraid I would be too tired to move at all. I might have to let my brother carry me back."

"Is that so... Where's Mina?"

"Hmm? Sister Mina should have gone back to her room to rest."

"So........."

Speaking of this, Lit raised his head again and looked at the window on the second floor, but it was already pitch black there, and he couldn't see the figure just now.

Was it because of his eyesight?

"Brother?"

"Nothing."

Lit retracted his gaze and looked at his sister.

"Let's go back."

"Hmm!"

The next day, Lit went to the garrison to report as usual, but he didn't see Lillian. Just when Lit was about to look for Lillian during the lunch break, he saw two soldiers from the garrison walking towards him while chatting.

"Oh, really, should we say that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger? Or is it bold? Lillian actually dared to challenge the brave master."

"It should be said that young people are full of youthful vigor. Let alone other things, just the brave master's appearance, standing in front of me, I don't think I can win."

"Lillian didn't say she wanted to defeat the brave master. She just wanted to show her strength to the brave master, but I agree. No matter what, it is really courageous to challenge the brave master directly."

Hearing the two people talking, Lit hurriedly quickened his pace and came to them.

"What are you talking about? Where is Lillian?"

"Oh, Lit, it's you."

Seeing Lit, a guard greeted him.

"Lillian signed up for the Brave Army, and the Brave Lord was there to examine them. I didn't expect Lillian to be so capable that she actually wanted to fight with the Brave Lord. I have to say that this courage is rare."

"Yes, most men are so scared that they can't even walk when they see the Brave Lord. Like me, I don't even have the courage to draw my sword just by looking at the Brave Lord! Not only is the Brave Lord's appearance scary, but more importantly, the murderous aura he exudes is much scarier than the demons."

"Lillian signed up for the Brave Army?"

Hearing this, Lit was stunned.

"Where is she?"

"The martial arts arena, where all the registered people are."

Hearing this, Lite hurriedly turned around and ran towards the martial arts field, and watching him running away, the two guards also laughed.

"Hey, it's great to be young."

"Yes, I hope Lite can understand Lilian's thoughts. We have already seen it."

The martial arts field is located at the checkpoint outside the village. During the previous attack by the Demon King's army, part of the checkpoint was damaged, but it was not serious. Now this place has also become the recruiting place for the brave army. However, when Leeteuk ran to the martial arts field panting, except for the people queuing up to sign up, he did not see Lilian or the brave man.

"Hey, isn't this Lite? Are you going to sign up too?"

There were villagers watching the fun nearby who knew Lite and also said hello to him.

"I'm here to see Lillian, is she here?"

"Lillian? Oh, I remember she passed the test, and then...well, maybe she went back."

"Yes, that's right, thank you."

After passing the test and joining the Brave Army, Lilian would definitely tell her family. Thinking of this, Lite turned around and ran back to the village again, and found Lilian's home.

However………

"Hey? Lilian didn't come back, what? You said she passed the test of the Brave Army? Is the child going to join the Brave Army? This is too dangerous..."

"Then uncle, do you know where she went?"

"How do I know this? You guys are always together, so you should know that child better than I do."

That's what he said, but Lite searched many places after that, but he couldn't find Lilian.

Where did she go?

Until the sunset, Li Te failed to find Lilian, so he had to return to the martial arts field again. At this moment, there was no one here, and even the villagers watching the excitement were gone. Liteuk just walked around aimlessly, and then he walked into a small forest near the martial arts field.

If he remembered correctly, there was a creek nearby, and Lite planned to go there to drink water and take a rest.

"————!"

However, just as Lite was about to reach the creek, he suddenly heard a faint cry from not far away. Hearing this voice, Lite trembled hurriedly and rushed over.

That's Lillian's voice!

After walking through the woods and coming to the creek, Lite finally found Lillian here.

However... Lilian at this moment was completely different from what Leeteuk had imagined.

"————Ugh————!"

Lilian's hands were seen moving forward, supporting the big tree in front of her. This tree was also very familiar to Li Te. When he first joined the police force, he had competed with Lilian here in height. On that tree, you can still see the traces left by two people comparing their heights.

However, at this moment, Lilian pressed her hands on the big tree, and her iconic twin ponytails couldn't help but fly up and down. And in the shadow of the woods behind her, a tall shadow could be vaguely seen connected to Lillian.

"Lord Brave——! I can't do it anymore——!"

Lilian shook her head and kept pleading.

"How's it going? You were the one who said you wanted to experience my strength. You were confident before, but now you can't hold it anymore?"

"Yes, yes! The brave man is very strong, really powerful. There is no one who can beat you! I am not your opponent at all! I am completely inferior to you————!"

"Very good, then you can experience this power firsthand!"

"Yes——! I lost——! I completely lost to you! I am no match for the brave man at all!!"

It was completely unlike the voice coming from the strong Lilian's mouth. It echoed in the silent woods and was swallowed up by the sound of streams and water.

Then, Lilian was seen leaning against the big tree, slowly slumping to the ground.

"You can't win like this..."

Lilian half-closed her eyes and murmured to herself.

And her words did not reach the ears of the third party...