Chapter: 57-58 A Little Bit of Luck
Xiya could assert that the understanding Miss Belis just now was very unlikely to do such devilish things.
Devilish deeds, of course, are usually committed by true devils.
“Isn’t it because I want to make her happy…?”
In everything, some rejoice while others grieve.
As soon as Xue Feiya mentioned this, she couldn’t help but feel wronged.
Just look at Livra, who, upon seeing the hero’s triumphant return, was undoubtedly ecstatic and rushed back to the hall to inform her Father King of the good news!
She clearly had good intentions, but Belis had never appreciated them.
But that particular genius young lady, who had just been so proud in the hall, was different…
“I spent all night fishing that day… I stayed up late, so much so that I developed dark circles, and I even dozed off by the lake and fell in, and in the end, I caught so many beautifully shaped big fish…”
Nona Light had both of her arms beaten into fractures by Jeffrey.
“And then?”
At this moment, her arms were all wrapped in heavy white cloth. From the front, she looked like a great white bear from the wilderness, curled up alone in front of the campfire set up in a hurry, feeling restless.
“I stuffed the big fish into her bed.”
Only when she heard the soldiers cheering “Heroic Return” did she suddenly raise her head and look towards the end of the road.
“……”
—She quickly felt ashamed and lowered her head again.
What was Xiya saying?!
Looking at Xialet and the subordinate little knight she had mocked… Nona Light suddenly felt utterly embarrassed; she wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide in. She had done too many wrong things today.
“I thought that when she woke up, she would surely appreciate the surprises and joys of life, instead of always having a stern face, and as a result…! The first thing she did when she woke up was to rush into my room and throw me into the lake along with the bed! She even yelled, ‘If you love big fish so much, you can live with the big fish!’ It was so harsh! Wuwu… I’m simply wronged!”
In the end, someone patted her unhurt shoulder to remind her, and that made Nona Light raise her head again.
“How can she be so opposed to you?! What kind of devilish behavior is this?! Foolish Xue Fei!”
But now her originally proud gaze had lost much of its hostility.
“Ugh!”
“Brother Carl…”
Her hard head received a soft punch.
“Go ahead.” As her elder brother, Carl Light hoped this incident would help her grow, his tone as gentle as possible. “If you need to apologize, then apologize, and if you need to be humble, then be humble. I think you should understand now why cousin Xiya can become a hero… she can do what we cannot…”
After throwing that punch, Xiya sighed gently and opened her fist into a palm.
“Brother Carl… I… I understand now; I will apologize.”
And placed her palm gently on Xue Fei’s head.
“This is the right thing to do; cheer up, do you understand?”
Things are definitely not as simple as Xue Fei says.
“I understand…”
Xue Fei deliberately chose to talk about these minor matters… probably not wanting to get too involved in the conflict between the two sisters, wanting to shoulder the troubles alone.
Belis: Did you just say this is a small matter?
Even though her inherently stubborn personality was resistant.
“Hey… Xue Fei, such matters shouldn’t be the root cause of the tension between you and your sister; there must be other reasons…”
But looking at her bandaged arms, what was there for Nona Light to be proud of?
“Well… maybe, it’s just that I don’t want to talk to you; some things… I really don’t understand myself.”
The so-called arrogance… had long been shattered in the face of Jeffrey’s powerful lightning.
“It’s okay; whenever you feel like sharing your story with me, we can discuss and analyze Miss Belis’s psyche together. Matters of the heart… cannot be rushed.”
Amid the applause and cheers of the soldiers lining the way, Xialet subtly waved her hands.
Close beside Xue Fei, one could smell the youthful milky fragrance emanating from her silver hair.
Miss Shaya, meanwhile, clasped her hands behind her head, walking with a swaggering yet reasonable gait, having lost the elegance from when she entered the hall earlier.
Clearly saying “matters of the heart cannot be rushed,” yet Xiya’s gaze towards her own Xue Fei was far from “not rushed.”
Elegance?
The return journey was as distant as the sea, accompanying a thousand miles called love.
Do we still need elegance now?
Xue Fei… we have walked so far together. Perhaps there are some things… that my sister cannot do with “no rush.”
We have now just defeated the Six-Winged Demons, whose spirit is all about being arrogant!
Prepare yourself, okay…?
Uncle Jeffrey, you’re here! Helping little knight Shaya achieve a wave of strong accomplishments.
Xue Feiya had no idea that her head was being watched with the gaze of a “hunter”; she was still shaking her head in sentiment.
Hahahaha! My orphaned little knight Shaya’s name is bound to become famous all over, and in the future, everyone will have to bring me donuts to pay their respects!
“Yeah… from what she just said, Belis might come over at any time.”
While Miss Shaya was dreaming of her great spring and autumn…
“Xue Fei, do you look forward to her coming to find you?” This question was full of double meanings.
Suddenly, a shadow loomed over her.
“Who… who would look forward to that? It’s meaningless; that kind of sister, it’s better not to have!”
Xue Fei looked ahead as she stopped along with Xiya.
“Showing off again~”
She spotted a golden-haired girl, wrapped up like a great white bear, blocking the way ahead.
“I’m not…!”
—And she refused to look at anyone, tilting her head away!
“Okay, okay, no, no.”
Oh snap…! Aren’t you the one who called me a fool before?!
Xue Fei didn’t let her off easy, but Xiya understood that she was secretly a little happy about it.
Why? Even after being beaten, she isn’t being honest?! Want to fight? I’m ready!
In her past life, Xue Fei was a left-behind child, relying on her own companionship to feel the presence of family.
Shaya quietly tossed the bag of donuts in her hands into storage magic for safekeeping while keeping an eye on the suddenly appearing Nona Light.
And in this life… with true family, how could she be as carefree as she said?
Xiya was here to take Xue Fei to meet the King, and being stopped like this left her utterly perplexed.
If she really did not care.
“Nona, cousin…? May I ask what you mean by….?”
—She wouldn’t have stayed up late fishing to give to Belis.
“Being… beaten up like this.”
Look at her holding that bag of donuts; if it were usual, she would have taken it out to eat already.
“……”
This subtle cherished moment was the evidence of cherishment.
No, I’m asking you why you are blocking the road, not why you are beaten up; because I have eyes, I can see.
It was clear that Xue Fei had some opinions about Belis.
If Nona Light had seen Xialet carrying a Holy Sword, she would have been both envious and furious.
But deep down, Xue Fei didn’t wish to be too estranged from her family.
Yet in this moment… she didn’t have the face to look Xialet in the eye.
A once-clumsy sister who wanted to give her sister joy.
Breathe deeply, breathe deeply again.
And a sister who had distanced herself because she struggled to accept her sister’s goodwill.
Just before the black-haired little girl grew impatient and was about to walk around, Nona Light finally mustered the courage to apologize.
If these two wanted to walk the path of reconciliation, the road ahead would be long…
“Y-yes… I’m sorry, I was wrong!”
Just as she thought this.
“Eh?”
Xue Feiya opened the bag and tossed a piece of donut into her mouth.
“Mm, delicious, it’s the taste of home.”
“I shouldn’t have been so arrogant… I shouldn’t have said cousin Xiya isn’t worthy of being a hero, nor should I have thought you live in luxury in the capital… I now fully realize that the enemies you usually deal with are challenges I can’t even handle now… I’m too arrogant and too proud!”
“……”
It wasn’t just an apology through words.
Alright, cherishing is true, but it can only last a short while.
Ignoring the pain in her arm, Nona Light bowed to Xialet, thoroughly expressing her apology!
All the while, Xialet was not quiet in the Holy Sword.
So will Xialet forgive her?
“That old man…! If it weren’t for our carelessness in not dodging, how could we have been trapped by that magic?! If Lady Xue Feiya gives us another chance, we can definitely break that Binding Magic! That magic is quite powerful… but we are even more powerful!”
Ha…
Yes, she is very powerful.
Sorry, it seems she doesn’t have the concept of forgiveness or not forgiving.
But unfortunately, no one paid her any mind; this cold treatment only excited the Little Holy Sword even more.
Because Xiya was never influenced by her words… she speaks her own, I walk my own path; it’s just mutual indifference.
But it seemed she had overused her magic in the recent battle and soon fell silent.
That was what she said.
Her spirit must have fallen asleep within the sword.
Walking this far, they could already see the outline of the hall from a distance.
But hearing these words of apology did bring much relief to Xialet.
Over there, the lights were bright; it seemed the Light Magic Stones in the hall had resumed supply.
Not only Nona Light… many members of the Light Family in line behind her were already slightly lowering their heads, the meaning was quite obvious.
It wasn’t just the hall’s light; there were also the stationed armies around the capital, raising torches and flying lights made from magic stones, vigilantly alert against a second attack from the demons.
Everyone was facing the Six-Winged Demons for the first time, that feeling of helplessness made the hero’s presence even more pronounced, but this time no one felt envious.
Originally, this small path leading to the hall should see no one passing by now, after all, no one knew if there was still danger over there.
Because everyone understood that they, who lacked the strength to fight alongside the head of the Light Family, had no right to speak against the hero.
However… there would always be some who would walk against the light.
“Nona, cousin, please lift your head.”
In a green outfit, with tears in her eyes, a girl was anxiously running down this small path towards them.
“But… I… I truly was…”
“Wuwuwuwu…! Miss Shaya! Lord Xialet!! Are you okay… are you really okay?! That’s great!! Is it really you! Wuwu…?!!”
“As long as you’re human, you’ll be impulsive; the rare part is the calm that follows henceforth. I believe cousin will grow stronger and stronger in the future. Hmm… I wonder if someone younger than you by a year speaks in this preachy tone will make you unhappy; if you don’t like it… then I won’t say it.”
Wuwu?!
“No, no! Absolutely not! I’m very happy now! Thank you for saying that!”
So it turns out that when Her Highness falls flat on the ground, she makes such sounds?!
Hearing this, Nona Light quickly raised her head and stood straight, wanting to wave her hands, but the pain from her fractures taught her a harsh lesson.
Livra was wearing a long dress; running this fast, her high heels stepping on the dress would certainly cause her to stumble forward!
They laughed so brightly, as if one smile could erase all grievances.
“Princess Livra?! Are you… are you okay?!”
Ah right, now their family’s internal conflict has been resolved.
“Wuwu… I’m… I’m fine, but my spirit… it’s received a terrible shock…”
But Miss Shaya thought…
Livra was propped up on the ground with her arms, patting her rear head with a silly smile.
—So where’s my apology?
And at that moment, Xue Feiya noticed a detail.
I was also scolded by her!
Livra’s eyes were red, as if she had cried a lot.
She scolded me as a fool before! She had scolded me more than once for being silly!
Or… during this not-so-short time, she might have cried more than just a little.
Watching the black-haired little girl stand beside Xialet with a righteous look, Nona Light smiled apologetically and also apologized to Shaya.
“Um… Livra, did you cry? What happened?”
“Ah…”
“Miss Shaya is also… you can’t judge a person by their appearance; you’re just short and small, but your courage is worth my learning from.”
Silly Princess, fell down and forgot the important matter.
“?”
Being reminded like this by Miss Shaya, the optimistic Third Princess had tears streaming down her face!
Are you sure this is an apology?
“Wuwu…! I thought… I thought Lord Xialet and Miss Shaya were all dead! Wuwu… You scared me to death! Such a big black ball in the sky, you just flew in like that! I’m only Third Tier… I… I can’t fly!… Otherwise, I would have flown in too! I’m so glad you managed to come back…”
It seemed she scolded me again!
“Good thing you can’t fly…”
Miss Shaya angrily wanted to give her a big slap, but alas, Nona Light made such a promise.
Xue Feiya truly said this from the heart.
“Now I understand that commoners can be noble too…”
Otherwise, this silly one might really charge into the domain of “Zero” without hesitation…!
“To express my apologies… I just asked the Third Princess and found out that Miss Shaya likes donuts, so… I will pay and send many donuts to your place.”
That would simply be too foolish!
“This trivial apology… though it is hardly worth mentioning, but Miss Shaya, please be sure to accept it. In that situation, you dared to continue fighting; to me, you are a true knight.”
What she didn’t know was…
Standing in front of Livra, the reflection of Miss Shaya in her emerald-colored eyes was such a “silly” one.
Her figure, which jumped into the black hole without hesitation…
Deeply imprinted in Livra’s mind.
Although she thought saying this was somewhat troublesome…
At the same time, while using Healing Magic to tend to Livra’s scraped wrist from falling, she also encouraged her to wipe her tears.
Miss Shaya and Xialet exchanged smiles.
““Yes, we’re back.””
After a long journey with no set return date, someone waits anxiously along the path.
This can also be considered a little bit of luck, right…?
