Endless Silver Machine

As soon as the two dragged their scarred bodies to the entrance of the village, they were greeted with "warmth".

"Why have you become so tattered?"

"Is there still such a way to play in the wild?"

"It's great to be young..."

The villagers were talking about it, but they still didn't forget to lend their shoulders to the two of them.

"We just heard the sound of a ship. Are we docking here?"

Aika didn't bother to clarify the facts and immediately asked a villager next to him.

"It is said that the Holy See is visiting, and Lehman and the others have already passed."

"Is that really the case..."

Ling bit her lower lip.

Because her own judgment led to the current ending, she felt sorry for Aika.

In the small clinic in the village, Aika asked Ling to lie down on the hospital bed and covered her with a quilt. After doing this, he stood up from the bed.

"I'll go out and take a look."

"I want to go too..."

"I beg you, please have a good rest."

"You were also seriously injured..."

"I don't remember when my recovery ability became very strong." Aika also deliberately rolled up her sleeves and gestured with her arms, "That's it, I'm completely fine now."

"What if there is a conflict with the Holy See?"

"You can't help much if you come here like this, right?"

"Woo..."

Being ruthlessly rejected by Aika with facts, Ling covered her face with the quilt.

"Don't worry, there will be no conflict. We are just residents here. If anything happens, I will be the first to come back and notify you."

"Well..." Ling still didn't poke her head out of the quilt, but just responded in a muffled voice, "Be careful..."

"I was just about to say this to you, haha."

Aika felt relieved, said goodbye to Ling and left the clinic.

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The arrival of the Holy See and his party did not seem to have a great impact on the village. Aika walked slowly along the main road, not noticing the different atmosphere than usual.

"Here here."

"Ah...please, please wait..."

At the large fountain in the center of the village, Aika met the two familiar girls.

"Aika, when did you come back?"

Xiao Ling seemed very happy now. She jumped up and ran to Aika.

"Just now, haha..."

"Where's Sister Liang?"

"She was a little tired and went home to catch up on her sleep."

Aika looked past the pink-haired girl and landed on the white-haired girl hiding far behind.

"Wei Xi..."

"Woo..."

This was the first time Aika saw Wei Xi wearing the dark blue uniform of the Holy See. Being watched by Aika, she shrank up like a wounded animal.

"Aika, do you know her?"

"I've heard of her name."

Aika quickly excused herself.

He couldn't reveal that he and Wei Xi knew each other here. This was the first time the two met in this world.

At this time, Wei Xi was still the child who was full of curiosity and fear of the outside world. Xiao Ling was probably the first friend she made after Liuyin.

"..."

From a distance, Wei Xi lowered her head in the direction of Aika, as if she said something.

"Wait a moment."

Xiaoling said and ran to Wei Xi, said something to her, and then took her hand and brought her to Aika.

"First, first time meeting... I am Wei Xi from the Holy See... Please, please take care of me..."

It was still a self-introduction read out from the script.

"Haha..." When I met her again, I always felt a lot of emotion. Aika put her hand on her little head habitually, "I am Aika, take care of each other."

Wei Xi closed her eyes tightly and shrank her neck, as if trying to avoid Aika's hand. He didn't run away just because his legs couldn't stop shaking and he couldn't run.

"Aika is a nice guy, not scary at all, right?"

"Uh-huh……"

Wei Xi shook her long bangs and nodded slightly. A dark blue cape with a huge cross wrapped around her little body, as lovable as a pet.

"This uniform is the knight's uniform of the Holy See, right?"

"Do you know?"

"I heard a little bit. Where are the other people who came with you?"

"Those people were with my parents. They asked me to come out to find you and Sister Liang, and then I met Xiao Xi."

Ling rushed to answer for Wei Xi.

"So you just forgot about your mission to find us?"

"Ah... I'm sorry..." Xiao Ling lowered her head, but immediately raised it again, "But Xiao Xi is very cute! She's like a younger sister!"

"It's very cute..."

Aika nodded unconsciously in agreement.

"Ugh...no..."

Surrounded by two people commenting on herself, Wei Xi buried her head deeper.

"That's right, Ling."

"What's matter?"

Xiao Ling, who was rubbing Wei Xi's cheek, raised her head, and Wei Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Isn't it convenient for you to go home now and tell Uncle Lehman and Aunt Sofia that we are back?"

"Yeah, no problem."

"I'll wait for you here, and leave Wei Xi to me to take care of her."

"Be sure to wait for me here, I'll be back soon."

"please."

After sending Xiao Ling away, Wei Xi looked around and saw that Aika and she were the only two people left here.

Being alone with a man she met for the first time must be impossible for Wei Xi's character.

"Okay, there are only two of us left."

"..."

Wei Xi's shoulders trembled silently, and Aika saw it all.

"Sit over there for a while."

"Okay, okay..."

Facing the irresistible existence, Wei Xi could only choose to obey.

The two sat down on the bench. Wei Xi didn't say anything, and Aika didn't know where to start. The two looked at the blue sky and white clouds together.

A sense of déjà vu. In the park of Tebiri Kingdom, the two of them also sat side by side like this.

Aika liked both Wei Xi who was smiling at that time and Wei Xi who was nervously curling her pure white hair with her fingers now.

The surroundings seemed quieter than usual, because Wei Xi was sitting next to him, and Aika found it difficult to calm down. There were a lot of things I wanted to say to her, but I couldn't find the words to say them.

"Are you happy playing with Ling?"

"……Um……"

After a few seconds, her little head nodded slightly.

"It would be great if we could always be friends..."

Aika unconsciously spoke her mind.

This sentence made Wei Xi raise her head and look at Aika's wry smile with big moist eyes.

"Can't we... remain friends...?"

"Oh no, that's not what I meant!"

"Woo..."

Aika's hurried explanation startled Wei Xi, and she shrank back again.

"Sorry, I scared you." Aika sat down next to her again, "Wei Xi, if you meet Ling again in the future, will you be friends with her?"

"Um."

This time, Wei Xi answered without hesitation.

"now it's right."

Aika smiled and touched Wei Xi's head. The long pure white hair still felt so comfortable.

From a distance, you can see Xiao Ling walking towards this side.

Aika stood up next to Wei Xi.

"Aika, I have already told my parents."

"Are all the people from the Holy See there too?"

"Well, it seemed like they were talking about something very serious and they kicked me out..."

"Haha, maybe it's something that children can't know," Aika walked past Xiaoling, "I'll give Wei Xi back to you."

"I'm not a kid anymore! Where are you going?"

"Just wander around."

Aika waved her hands with her back to Xiao Ling and Wei Xi, and walked in the direction where Xiao Ling came back.

Wei Xi was still sitting on the bench, watching Aika's retreating figure.

"Aika...brother..."

She opened her lips slightly and whispered the title in a low voice.

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