Chapter 46

　　[There is only one road to 20 points, and the host is on this road. ]

　　[You facilitated Paul and Lilia's self-salvation and restored Senis's dignity. You won everyone's heartfelt gratitude.]

　　[Comment: Only when the gap between hearts is bridged, can we become family members.]

　　[Increase in participation in childhood.]

　　[Current stage: Infancy, cumulative participation score: 90 points. ]

　　[It seems that there is only one step away from the perfect score, but often the most critical step is the chasm between us. ]

　　[Good luck, host. ]

　　——

　　In the end, with Alan in a daze the whole time, he was thanked by Senis, Lilia, and Paul in turn, and even Rudy came over and hit him on the side of the waist, saying things like "Well done, Lord Alan."

　　But he just felt dazed.

　　Until now, at midnight, Alan was still sitting in a daze at the table.

　　On the table in front of him was a wrinkled piece of letter paper, with the handwriting faintly visible in the flickering candlelight.

　　——

　　Dear (crossed out)

　　Dear Alan,

　　Sorry, I thought I made a typo, but it seems to be just an illusion. I don't have any new paper, so I have to continue writing on this one.

　　Let's get back to the topic!

　　It has been four months since we parted. I have been traveling along the border of Asura from Liget City and have not had the opportunity to write to you. Until a few days ago, I temporarily settled in Usir Territory. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to settle down, I thought I would write you a letter.

　　It's a pity that I may not receive your reply until I have a relatively stable place to settle down (crossed out).

　　Ah. You probably want to write me a reply, right? Damn it, I just started writing. Even if there are parts I want to revise, I can only keep writing because I only have one piece of paper.

　　After that, I plan to go through the jaws of the red dragon and venture into the maze near the Wanglong Mountains. Don't worry, I won't go to the conflict zone, and you don't have to worry too much. You should be worried. If not, please ignore this sentence.

　　Speaking of the Jaw of the Red Dragon, there are many broad-leaved forests there because it is close to the dense forest area. I heard that in autumn, the leaves between the trees are red and yellow, and they look like swaying flames under the mountain peaks. This reminds me of the forest where I met you. Although the leaves were green at that time, they looked quite beautiful under the campfire at night.

　　I think there must be a scene similar to this one in the Jaw of the Red Dragon.

　　When I pass by, I will collect some leaves and send them to you.

　　Today is... Let me see, it's September 30th. I don't know if this letter will reach you in time for your birthday.

　　Suddenly I remembered that this is your tenth birthday. Haha, it's funny that I often ignore the fact that you are not that old.

　　Along with the letter, I gave you my birthday gift. When Rudy was five years old, I gave him a magic wand as a birthday gift, and when we parted, I gave him a talisman. But when it came to you, I hesitated again and again, and I didn't know what to give you.

　　So, I just bought a magic stone necklace from a street vendor. Unlike Rudy's red magic stone wand, it was a necklace made of blue magic stone.

　　I thought maybe you would like blue?

　　But maybe the craftsman of this necklace is not very skilled, the rope on it is a little crooked, so this is the only way I can do it, so please accept it for now, please don't despise it.

　　That's all I have to say. When I pick up the pen, I always feel like I have a lot to say to you, but when I put pen to paper, I can't say anything.

　　Alan,

　　How have you been lately?

　　I will write to you again when I am settled.

　　I guess you'll be able to write back to me by then.

　　Lokishi.

　　——

　　Alan read again the letters that had been delivered by the postman a few days ago. He leaned over the table and reached out to pull out a necklace from his collar.

　　Inside the necklace is an irregular blue magic stone, surrounded by a mesh structure woven with resilient nylon ropes, which firmly trap the magic stone on the ropes. Although the style is simple, it flashes a faint blue light under the burning fire.

　　Alan couldn't help but think of Roxy's blue eyes.

　　As for the workmanship, it is indeed a bit rough.

　　"Is the craftsman's craftsmanship so bad? Maybe it was made by Luo Qixi herself? Did she not tell anyone because she was embarrassed? In the original book, she did not lie when writing to Rudy. She spoke in a tone of stating facts, so it must be that the craftsman's craftsmanship was indeed poor."

　　Alan waved the magic stone in front of his eyes, and the candlelight was reflected by the magic stone in his pupils, drawing arcs of light.

　　".Immersion. Both times of obvious immersion came from the butterfly effect, but the original plot was not very exciting."

　　The tearful expression of Senis hugging him and Paul patting his shoulder with true feelings appeared in his mind again. He was silent for a moment and put the necklace back into his collar. He took out a piece of paper from the drawer and wrote three lines of Chinese characters with his head down:

　　The Great Shift

　　"Senice is trapped"

　　Paul's Death

　　The dark grey pupils stared at the writing, their eyes flickering.

　　The night is getting deeper.

　　——

　　After a few days, the snow stopped.

　　The follow-up to the cheating incident once again set off a new butterfly effect.

　　Because Paul's promise included the idea of ​​staying at home with the two pregnant women, Senislilia, during the winter. It seems that even in this world of swords and magic, there is still a risk of the baby dying in the early stages of pregnancy.

　　Especially after Senis experienced great psychological ups and downs.

　　Therefore, Paul did not participate in the subsequent monster hunting as in previous years, but chose to stay at home with his family.

　　A few days after the snow stopped, Alan's birthday arrived.

　　The Kingdom of Asura attaches great importance to children's five, ten, and fifteenth birthdays, so with the secret arrangements of Senis and Lilia, the Greyrat family held a rather grand birthday party for Alan.

　　To be honest, when Alan came out of the bedroom early in the morning and saw everyone's happy mood, he felt puzzled.

　　But at night, when the birthday party started, he was shocked to find that this was actually prepared for him.

　　And why is it grand?

　　Because of the continuous snow, there was nothing to celebrate at home, but even so, Paul and Troltz found some monsters with more delicious meat and spent a long time stewing a pot of broth at home.

　　After dinner, he wanted to drag Alan to a "fencing show", but after the latter quickly declined with a look of horror on his face, he danced hard to liven up the atmosphere, causing Ceness and Lilia, who had been gloomy a few days ago, to laugh out loud.

　　From time to time, Rudy would use his superb magic control skills to perform some miniature fire magic to add to the fun.

　　In this atmosphere, Alan, with a somewhat stiff expression, received a birthday gift from the elders in the family.

　　What Paul sent was an exquisite knife handle, which was taken from the unused blade of his sword when he retired from the adventurer period. It was of great commemorative significance to him. According to Paul, he hoped that Alan could become an independent adventurer in the future.

　　But then I heard Rudy mutter something, "It's more likely that this happened suddenly and I didn't have a chance to go out and buy it."

　　Then he was scolded by the furious Paul.

　　Senis made a well-fitting swordsman's suit for Allen. The stitching was a bit rushed, but the materials were of great quality.

　　As for Lilia, as a maid in the family, she seemed to have no right to give gifts to children in such occasions. She just sat quietly by the side, watching with a smile as Alan took the clothes and was taken into Senice's arms, looking a little at a loss.

　　It is worth mentioning that since she was truly accepted by this family, under the strong advocacy of Senis, she is no longer regarded as a maid, and everyone eats at the same table.

　　At this moment, on this night.

　　Lilia lowered her eyes and smiled, avoiding Alan's panicked look at him for help when he saw that Senice didn't let go for a long time.

　　She touched her belly and thought silently.

　　"Alan only looks confused at this moment. He is usually very mature."

　　'.Now that I think about it, he had a thoughtful and cold expression on his face several times before when I looked at Paul. I guess he obviously disdained a woman like me who interfered in other people's marriages.'

　　"But, at the moment when the incident broke out, he was the first one to speak up, and he was also the one who saved me in the end."

　　'It was just like a dream. Although he directly exposed my despicable attitude of just wanting to escape quickly, he did not insult me ​​or kick me out. Instead, he gave me a chance, a chance to save myself and this family.'

　　'And Rudy, for guiding me to take the last step.'

　　"The Greyrat children are all clearly mature beyond their years."

　　'But there is no doubt that Alan and Rudy saved me and my baby. To be honest, I used to hate Rudius and I used to think that Alan's eyes always made people uncomfortable, but now, I shouldn't think so, because they are the saviors of me and my baby, and they are people I should respect. '

　　Lilia looked at Alan reaching out to grab Rudy, but was dodged by the other party with a smile, and smiled gently.

　　"If the baby in my belly can be born safely, if it's a girl, let her serve Alan well, since there is no direct blood relationship. If it's a boy, let him follow Rudy and become a sword to protect him."

　　On the night of Alan's birthday, when he was surrounded by Paul Senis and was hugged this and that, helplessly, Lilia planned for the future like this.

　　——

　　The birthday celebration did not end until midnight. Alan finally got rid of the drunk Paul's entanglement and returned to the room under the gentle gaze of Cenesslilia.

　　But the moment the door closed, the smile on his face slowly froze.

　　"Alan, go to bed early at night~"

　　Senis's instructions came from the corridor behind the door, and Alan answered with his back against the door.

　　"Okay~"

　　The footsteps gradually faded away, and Alan turned around and walked to the table, pulling out from the deep of the drawer the "memo" that he had read several times almost every day in the past few days.

　　The candlelight kept shaking in front of his face, and his figure seemed to be frozen.

　　Finally, when the candle was about to burn to the bottom, Alan reached out and added a line of words next to the words "Great Transfer, Senis trapped, Paul dead".

　　"Let go of the desire to help others and respect the fate of the characters"

　　After finishing writing, the candle went out completely and the bedroom was shrouded in darkness.

　　The sticky darkness devoured Alan like a vicious beast that preyed on its prey.

　　I don't know how long it was, but suddenly a sneer was heard in the dark bedroom.

　　A short, mocking laugh.

　　The laughter stopped abruptly.

　　Alan lit another candle and the flame lit up.

　　The cold voice judged himself:

　　"Helping others? Respecting the characters?"

　　"hypocritical."

　　He picked it up again, slowly crossed out the words "Let go of the desire to help others, respect the fate of the character", and wrote new words next to it.

　　Just three words.

　　"Future Vision."

　　After finishing writing, Alan breathed a sigh of relief, and his shoulders, which had been tense for the past few days, finally relaxed.

　　He slumped weakly in the chair and looked up at the ceiling. The candlelight flickered on his face, alternating between light and dark, hiding his expression in the light and shadow projected from his chest.

　　It's not clear.

　　Outside the window.

　　It's snowing again.

　　(End of this chapter)

Chapter 65: Another winter in the correspondence[5K]

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　　Alan,

　　How have you been lately?

　　In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a year and a half since we separated. I wonder if you have grown taller now? When I asked you before, you always said that you were 1.6 meters tall, which was obviously nonsense. Rudy said in the letter that you were already half a head taller than last year.

　　Moreover, he mentioned that you told me before that your facial features are now very soft and your hair can even be tied into a braid at the back of your head. If it were just a text description, I wouldn't have any real sense of it.

　　How curious.

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