I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"destroy."

——Finally reborn.

Until one day, when the unreasonable fate finally told him: "You can set off," the young man jumped up with joy.

His hard work, blood, sweat and tears have finally turned into the strength to arm himself.

When he stepped into the legendary world, he met the protagonists of the stories he had longed for.

"So, a legend that only belongs to young people began..."

"Although he did a lot of stupid things due to various reasons of not adapting to the long loneliness before that, he finally found his own bond."

He is a gentleman-like leader with a tall body and a beast-like face, but is gentler than anyone else.

He is powerful, but his character is extremely different. He has a tsundere character who doesn't care if he is called a scum. He plays a funny role, but when his companions need him, he can risk his life and leave his back to everyone.

A cowardly young man who is willing to be ordinary, desires to be ordinary, but is destined to be extraordinary, is able to change in order to save his sister, and becomes the most courageous brother in the world, a knight who chooses to keep moving forward.

There are a lot more......

He met many friends, met many opponents, and experienced happy things, angry things, sad things, and many more.

Never be alone again.

"The reason for all this is because the boy finally chose hope."

That is his hymn, the soul that has endured countless hardships but refused to give up, got up after countless falls, and chose to move towards the light, is shining brightly.

And illuminate the long road ahead for him, while affecting other people he comes into contact with.

Those were the words spoken by the protagonist in the adventure story that set him off on his journey——

Cheng Rang looked at Ai Xueer, who was listening intently, and said slowly: "As long as you still want to take even one step towards the light, your soul will not declare defeat."

"Light....?"

Ai Xueer looked at the deep and dark sky high in the cave, and said foolishly: "Ai Xueer, can you still see the light?"

"It must be possible." Cheng Rang nodded: "The boy's story is very long, but Ai Xueer, your story has just begun, isn't it?"

"Achelle's... story?"

"Um."

Until the war ends and everything returns to its original point, she may be able to see the red-stained sky turn blue again, the warm sunshine once again throw onto the endless sea, and enjoy swimming in the sparkling glass scenery.

Ai Xueer is looking forward to that day.

Rather, many people are looking forward to that day.

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In the days that followed, Cheng Rang would visit Ai Xueer every week and bring him interesting things that had happened in the settlement recently.

This sea-dwelling girl also learned about the story of Rick and Hubie through Li Rang.

However, she still doesn't know that Rick is a human, Cheng Rang is a human, and Hubie is an Ex-Machina.

Don't even know what a human being is.

In this way, the time for the fixed day to arrive is always very fast. Cheng Rang spent a very long time in Rick's settlement without having to worry about anyone dying.

.

.....

Another morning, when Cheng Rang stood up from bed and wanted to use a knife to carve marks on the rock wall, he suddenly discovered that the wall next to his bed had been carved all over by himself without even realizing it. .

"1...2...3...4...."

"....71...72"

With his index finger resting on the last four horizontal stripes, Cheng Rang chuckled and scratched his hair.

"It's already been a year?"

During this period of time, Kelon no longer kept joking with himself as before, but instead focused on Rick and Hubie again.

The distance they maintain when getting along is closer than that of friends, but it is different from relatives like Rick and others.

This led to Rick becoming more and more accustomed to communicating with Hubie in a certain way, and Cheng Rang ate most of the ten pieces of dog food in his backpack.

Hubie no longer needed his own help in bathing, but Rick was responsible for it all by himself. He learned the cooking skills from himself and would cook it for Hubie alone from time to time. The excuse was to "test whether it is poisonous and suggest room for improvement."

When it comes to playing chess and the like, nothing has changed - I haven't won even once until yesterday...

[Main mission - Witness: Witness the birth of "heart" (in progress)] Mission progress: 85%

The progress of Cheng Rang's main mission also completely stagnated at 85% a month ago, with no movement.

After tidying up his clothes and pushing out the door, Cheng Rang was already thoroughly familiar with life in the settlement. Cheng Rang greeted everyone who passed by.

"We might come back later today, but we won't go too far."

——The conversation between Rick and Kelon came from the square not far away.

"Good morning, Rick." Cheng Rang walked towards the three people in the square.

"Cheng, you came just in time. I was just about to call you." Rick smiled and waved to himself.

Yes, lately Rick has gotten used to smiling at others from the bottom of his heart.

Ever since the lock on his heart was pried open by Hubi, this guy has become more and more humane except when he is working.

Most of these achievements can be attributed to the inseparable girl beside Rick, Hubie.

"....Good morning, Cheng."

"Oh~ Good morning, Hubi can also take the initiative to say hello!" Cheng Rang smiled and waved his hand: "So, what's the matter?"

After taking a look at Rick and Hubie's outfits, Cheng Rang asked, "Are you going out? Do you want me to come with you?"

Rick shook his head and said: "No, this time I go out and leave it to you and Kelong in the settlement, I can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Ke Long clapped his hands suddenly and showed a meaningful smile.

"Ah~ I understand, you two are going to do things under the blue sky, right?"

"Kelong, you'd better change your brain." Rick rolled his eyes at Kelong helplessly, patted Cheng Rang on the shoulder and said, "Leave it to you."

"I will handle it."

"Oh, but with the current sky, we should have to do things under the red sky, but no matter what, the weather is still very cold, be careful of catching a cold——"

"It's so noisy, shut up, let's go... Hubie."

Rick took Hubie's hand unhappily and turned away, leaving only Cheng Rang and Ke Long with surprised expressions.

He was probably not aware of it, but the other three people except Rick himself noticed it.

Especially Hubie.

Rick called her name for the first time.

Except for the initial introduction when he brought Hubie into the settlement, Rick never called Hubie's name again.

This guy, you, her, that guy.

This is the only pronoun used in daily conversation.

Undefined errors overwhelmed her thinking. Although Hubi sensed the rise in body temperature - Hubi labeled that memory as "the most important". Although he didn't understand the reason - he cherished it. got up.

Watching the two figures go away, Cheng Rang and Ke Long looked at each other by chance.

"If I remember correctly, was this the first time Rick called the name 'Hubby'?"

Kelong's expression was more complicated than Cheng Rang's, but she still nodded slowly and said:

"Yes."

Chapter 43 The Heirs

Standing on the ground again after half a day, Rick thought to himself that it was really relaxing with Hubby here.

It would take five days to ride a horse with the awareness of death, and it would have taken several months to crawl forward cautiously, but Hubie arrived there in half a day while holding Rick in his arms.

"...Is this the ruins of the destroyed elf species?"

That was the place where Rick and Cheng Rang went to explore together a year ago.

The unique buildings woven by trees collapsed and collapsed one after another, and ugly scorch marks still remain on the surface of the buildings. However, the ruins were covered with brightly colored flowers and plants, just like elegant courtyards.

The sky was stained with blood, and the earth was poisoned by black ash - in such a world of death, this ruin seems to have been protected by the gods and has not been stained.

As expected of the former capital of the forest elves created by the forest god, Rick had a sarcastic smile on his lips.

They have turned this planet into a hell, but they still want their place to be a paradise.

"4!0:7";6.

The two walked together for a while, and finally stopped at the destination that Rick wanted to investigate.

In front of the only building that still retained its original shape among the burned ruins, Rick asked Hubie: "Is this the library?"

"...It's probably...equivalent to that type of facility. Compared to the damage in the city, the damage here is slight..."

That means - when attacked by the Flügel, this is the building that has priority for defense.

What can be predicted is an evacuation facility, some kind of research facility, or a storage facility.

"I see, this is probably a library or something like that."

Unable to find an entrance that looked like a door, the two of them sneaked inside along the gaps between the trees.

Even after entering, the wonderful architectural style remains unchanged, and the interior furnishings are all items whose purpose is difficult to determine.

Among them was something that I could barely tell was a bookshelf.

But the bookshelf is empty. It seems that most of the books have been moved away, but... this is enough.

"Because even the knowledge they don't want is meaningful to us."

After Rick said this, he began to look around for the remaining pieces of paper and damaged books.

"...Can Rick understand the Elf language...?"

Seeing Rick flipping through the books, Hubie tilted his head and asked.

"Goblin, Elves, Elf, Goblins, Orcs—which language do you want me to answer in?"

Hubie's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Rick's nonchalant reply.

"Why...learn so much?"

With a stern look on his face that was different from anger and hatred, Rick replied: "Otherwise, you won't be able to survive. The information you've worked so hard to obtain has no value if you can't understand it."

Hubie knew that look, that look in Rick's eyes.

That was the look in Rick's eyes when he really wanted to beat himself at chess.

"Humanity has not just been ravaged forever and continuously to this day. Humanity relies on oral transmission, written records, and all imaginable methods to continuously pass on the characteristics, languages, and even habits of other races to this day."

The black eyes that do not reflect any emotion tell that humans can only run for their lives in a fragile way.

But hidden deep in those eyes is the opposite will. And that's what Hubie wanted to know.

Roaring: "Don't underestimate humans!"

Rick's "heart".

"...Ah...Rick, Rick..."

Hearing Hubie's call, Rick raised his head.

With the violent shaking and sound caused by the rock plate being lifted up, the thick iron block was forcibly twisted, making a tooth-piercing and harsh tone.

Hubie held up the iron door that was ten times taller than him and tilted his head to express doubt: "...A complex camouflage spell was applied to the underground...A space was discovered below, and there is a basement...oh?"

Rick, who fell to the ground in a state of shock, couldn't help but twitch as he looked at Hubie's calm expression and movements that were absolutely incomprehensible to humans.

After Hubi confirmed the reactions of the surrounding life, the two walked down the stairs.

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