Chapter 209: A Meal From a Hundred Families, Repaying the Kindness of Raising Children

Night falls.

The stars were hidden behind the thick clouds, leaving only a faint ray of moonlight, dappled on the quiet path.

But Reese walked hurriedly in this dim light and shadow, and there seemed to be unspeakable anxiety and determination hidden in his heart.

Her shadow was stretched out, in stark contrast to the silence around her.

This road is rarely traveled.

"Why"

But Reese sighed and leaned helplessly against the wall, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar streets.

“I’m going to sleep outside again.”

call!

At this time, a sudden breeze came.

Not far ahead, a figure slowly walked out of the shadows of the trees.

It's Hope.

Under the moonlight, his eyes shone with complicated light, and when they met Keris's eyes in the air, there was a subtle tension filling the air.

"Hope, you guys, are you still here at this late hour?"

But Reese's voice was pleasant, but it contained a subtle hint of warning.

"I'm warning you, if you want to survive, don't attack those two people."

"oh!"

However, in the face of Kerris's threat, Hope just smiled gently, with a bit of playfulness and uninhibitedness in that smile.

"Oh? What do you mean by danger?"

"Are you afraid that I will be killed, or are you afraid that I will say too much?"

"but"

Hope chuckled.

"Shouldn't it be your own affairs that you should be concerned about?"

"It's really embarrassing for you. As a road idiot, you can actually guide me step by step to stay in that hotel."

Hearing Hope's words, Reese's eyes moved slightly and he shook his head in denial.

"I don't know, what are you talking about"

"hehe"

Hope smiled lightly and said:

"Then let me put it another way"

"What on earth did you want to do by taking the two of them to that hotel?"

"."

But Reese looked back at Hope with his eyes straight.

"I told you, I don't know what you are talking about."

Hope waved his hand, with that indifferent smile still on his face.

"I don't mean anything special, I just hope you can think twice before you act."

"Some people are beyond your control."

“There are some things that we can’t do.”

Hope's tone suddenly softened.

But the power contained in it cannot be ignored, as if he is using his last gentleness to try to pull Kerris back from the whirlpool he is about to be involved in.

"So, give up!"

Hope suddenly put away his cynical expression and looked at Chris seriously.

"Those lunatics are not something we can deal with."

"Don't you already know?"

"Even gold-level adventurers"

"So!"

Suddenly, Hope's words were interrupted, and Chris, who was originally calm, let out a heart-rending roar.

"Just let them do whatever they want in this small town?!"

"You know what?!"

"Those people, those kids, are calling me in my head all the time."

"Hey, sister, why don't you save me?"

"But, but I can't help it!"

But Reese suddenly squatted down, hugging his knees helplessly, tears flowing down uncontrollably.

"I'm just an ordinary person who gets lost at home."

"With the ability to hide his aura, he barely managed to gain a foothold among adventurers, but"

"Other than that, I have nothing."

"So, how about giving up?"

"What?"

But Reese looked up at Hope in disbelief and asked:

"Didn't you also see that hellish scene on the altar?"

"Why, after seeing that scene, can you remain indifferent!"

"You know, what are you talking about?"

"Know"

Hope stared at Chris and said.

"ha?!"

But Reese got up from the ground and grabbed Hope's collar angrily.

"You, how could you say such a thing!"

"We all came out of orphanages. If we don't do it, who will?"

"But, we are just ordinary adventurers"

Hope looked at Chris, something strange flashed in his eyes, and he said sincerely:

"I don't want you to get hurt again."

"Didn't we do enough?"

"Not enough to repay those years of food?"

Hope looked at Chris and spoke his truth.

"I don't want to die"

"you"

But when Reese was about to speak, he was interrupted by Hope:

"But Reese, do you really think of yourself as a member of this town?"

"Have you forgotten the disgusted looks in these people's eyes when we first came here?!"

"Just because they give us leftovers every day, you just..."

"They just treat us like dogs-"

"shut up!"

But Reese interrupted Hope.

"Even then, even then, their charity saved us, didn't it?"

“We grew up eating hundreds of meals”

"Can"

Hope lowered her eyes.

"At that time, we were the only ones eating with us."

"Now, maybe there are more adventurers and we are not needed anymore."

"but"

Hope clenched her fists, her face distorted.

"I still remember that monsters invaded and treated us like meat——"

"This is what we should do."

But Reese interrupted Hope.

"Hope, we should not hate the people who feed us, but the people who don't feed us."

She raised her eyes and stared at Hope, as if she wanted to see something from that cowardly look.

The two stood in the moonlight, facing each other, and silence spread between them.

Everything around seemed to be still, and only the occasional cry of night birds in the distance broke the silence.

Snap!

She let go.

"Is that so? Then don't worry about it."

"What about you?"

"Me!"

Keris recalled the night when the fire was burning.

"Hide and don't talk."

Her father told her so.

"Xiao Ke, hide here and don't come out."

Her mother told her so.

"Xiao Ke, hide and hide for a lifetime, don't let others find out."

Her brother told her so.

"Me!"

Keris looked back, and there was an extremely hard look in her red eyes.

"I've hidden enough"

The moonlight scattered, making Kris's blue hair flash with a faint blue and bright light.

"Really?"

Hope clenched his fists and stared blankly at Kris, who was extremely dazzling in the moonlight.

"So, I won't hide this time"

The shadow covered Hope's expression at the moment, and he nodded.

"Then, you have to be careful"

"Those people are a bunch of lunatics"

A group of poor people who live in the shadows and struggle desperately.

"You'd better go back quickly!"

Hope waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Hmph, I know it without you saying it"

Kris ignored it and walked on his own.

Leaving Hope dumbfounded in the same place, looking up at the moonlight and clenching his fists.

If only, he would be stronger.

But, this world.

There are not so many ifs.

In the dark night, there are shadows walking towards Hope.

Damn, the next chapter has been reviewed (crying).

Obviously nothing was written.