A land of orcs with more men and fewer women

The only difference is that now Seth appears.

Yes, the difference is that Seth appeared by her side, willing to pay for her emotions.

But precisely because of this, the emotions suppressed deep in my heart poured out at this moment, and it seemed like I was acting like a spoiled child.

Lilith knew this was unfair to Seth.

She didn't want Seth to worry about her and bear her emotions anymore.

She could no longer selfishly ask for things from Seth.

She shouldn't be so weak in front of Seth again.

Even though...even though I kept telling myself this in my heart...

Lilith's tears still fell uncontrollably like pearls from a broken string.

Seth didn't know what to do. He held Lilith in his arms nervously, patting her back gently like a child to help her calm down.

Lilith's little body leaned in Seth's arms, sobbing.

Seth stood up and walked back and forth in the corridor holding her.

This strongly suppressed emotion came violently and was withdrawn quickly.

Lilith realized that she had been willful again and her face turned red with shame.

Lilith roughly wiped away the remaining tears on her face with the back of her hand: "I'm sorry, Seth. I'm sorry, Seth."

Lilith kept apologizing to Seth.

"I did it again!" Lilith shook her head unsteadily, uttering confused words intermittently, "No, no, no, I shouldn't do this... I shouldn't do this... I can't do this anymore..."

Seth held Lilith's head in his arms and comforted her again and again.

After a while, Lilith, buried in Seth's arms, said in a muffled voice: "I'm sorry, Seth."

Seth removed his hand from comforting Lilith.

Lilith looked at Seth timidly: "I should protect you, Seth, just like you protect me."

Lilith's words didn't make sense, but Seth understood them.

He was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his lips slightly raised, with a warm smile. His big hand pressed the top of Lilith's head and adjusted the forehead chain with her companion stone hanging on it: "No need."

Lilith thought Seth didn't understand, so she said hastily, "I should protect you in front of the city lord! I should!"

"So, is it the City Lord who threatened you with me?" Seth asked back.

“…No.” Lilith lowered her eyes.

"Did the city lord mention that my attitude was bad?" Seth asked again.

Lilith hesitated: "No... No. The city lord is your father, of course he loves you. How can he have a bad attitude?"

Seth shook his head and smiled: "It seems so."

Over the years, he has gradually come to see clearly his father, the city lord... No, not father, but the city lord.

But he didn't expect that Lilith would comfort him by saying "The Lord Mayor loves him" in order to protect the image of his father in his mind.

Seth looked back and saw the lively family banquet.

Does Father love...him?

Lilith was very worried when she saw Seth shaking his head, and she tried desperately to find evidence to prove that the city lord loved Seth.

As a result, she blurted out: "The city lord has planned to let you be the city lord, of course he loves you!" As soon as the words came out, Lilith wanted to slap herself.

Seth first raised his eyebrows in surprise, then frowned and thought, and finally smiled. Following Lilith's words: "Maybe it's love?" Although Seth understood that perhaps this love was so small that the city lord himself was not aware of its existence.

Seth thought that his father when his mother was alive was actually his father.

Ever since his mother left, even if he stood firmly behind his father, his father was no longer his father, but the city lord.

I originally thought that only if I became the successor to the city lord would I be considered powerful and gain my father's recognition again.

But he subconsciously ignored the fact that what he had been pursuing and longing for was his father.

Rather than the current city lord.

Seth has been thinking a lot since he got the news of his younger sister's birth.

Now, he has let go of the matter of being recognized by his father.

Just as his mother would never return to Lila City, the Lord of the City would never become his father again.

He no longer wanted to go back to the past.

I looked down at the red corners of Lilith's eyes and thought of how sadly she had been crying just now.

Seth knew that Lilith must have been frightened by the city lord. The city lord, who had held power for a long time, had long been distorted by power. At the same time, he was also good at using power to distort others in order to satisfy himself even for a little pleasure.

Seth looked at Lilith with heartache and nodded in agreement with Lilith's expectations.

Lilith glanced at Seth secretly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking that the slip of the tongue was over, Lilith nodded vigorously in agreement.

"Lilith, you should do the same when facing other orcs in the future," Seth told Lilith.

"Huh?" Lilith didn't understand what Seth meant.

"Don't be impulsive when you face orcs who are stronger than you." Seth analyzed realistically, "Lord City Lord, after all, you are the lord of a city and a flame master. You are too weak to deal with it."

"Seth...I'm sorry, I can't help you with my abilities."

"It's really good that you don't have any impulses, Lilith."

Lilith and Seth said in unison.

At the same time, one high and one low, they looked at each other.

Seth said slowly, "I'm very glad, Lilith." He smoothed the hair on the back of Lilith's head with his hand, "Life is the most important thing, everything else is trivial. I don't care."

"But I care..." Lilith murmured... I want to protect you from the wind and rain just like you do to me. Although my arms are still small now... Lilith's heart quietly planted the seeds of desire to be strong.

Seth just shook his head and smiled. He looked at the first moon and walked to the zenith: "Curfew will be when the second moon rises to the zenith. Today's banquet will end when the first moon sets. We still have some time. Do you want to go to our secret base and take a look?"

Lilith also knew that some things could not be achieved by just talking about them. So she did not hesitate. When she heard Seth's suggestion, she became interested: "Yeah! I want to go."

Seth took Lilith to a corner of the family banquet, called the servants, and passed the message to the Kurta chief. After getting the Kurta chief's nod of approval, he took Lilith away.

The whole process went very smoothly.

But Lilith felt that she had missed something.

Wait until you arrive at her and Seth's secret base (abandoned cellar).

Lilith just remembered that Al, who usually accompanied Seth, didn't seem to show up today.

Lilith sensed something unusual and stepped into the cellar with something on her mind.

Waiting for Seth to close the cellar.

Suddenly, everything in front of my eyes went dark, and it became very quiet in an instant.

The sound of stone being twisted, "swish-swish".

The moonlight scattered into the cellar through the open hole.

Silvery-white dust scattered in the air, like silver powder sprinkled by elves.

Seth came to Lilith's side and half sat and half lay on the cellar stairs.

Seth was in this cellar in a way that was rarely seen.

The moonlight that shone through the hole in the cellar ceiling fell on him, as if greedily wanting to cover him completely. As the moon set, it took him back with it through the moonlight.

Lilith unconsciously stepped forward and hugged Seth: "Don't go."

After being surprised, Seth patted Lilith gently and said, "Where can I go?"

Lilith shook her head. She just had an inexplicable feeling.

Lilith asked again, "Seth, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Lilith." Seth patted the back of Lilith's head soothingly.

Lilith stared at Seth for a long time. Perhaps it was because they were alone in the cellar, which reminded Lilith of her farewell to Seth that night.

"What's wrong?" Seth smiled as usual.

She said softly, "Seth, I was only thinking about myself that day and didn't say goodbye to you properly. I regret it."

Seth smiled nonchalantly: "Speaking of that day, I was also surprised. Lilith, it turns out that you think of me as such a great orc. Hahahaha."

Lilith: "...Seth?"

"That day, after hearing what you said, I realized that in your eyes, I am an orc who will never feel sad, helpless, or weak. Haha. To be honest, Lilith, I am surprised. I am so powerful in your heart." Seth said at the end, feeling a little embarrassed. His wheat-colored cheeks were slightly red, and he looked particularly simple.

Lilith was a little sad: "That's not amazing. Seth, you don't need to be that amazing..."

She stretched her arms as wide as she could, trying to completely embrace Seth, who was almost an adult orc.

Seth's eyes turned left and right in confusion, his hands rubbing the stairs behind him, trying to get up: "Lilith...?"

"As long as I'm here, it doesn't matter if Seth is sad, helpless, or weak." Lilith's voice sounded in Seth's ears with a hint of childishness.

Seth's entire orc body froze in place, as if a steel bar had pierced through him from top to bottom, with his neck stretched straight.

The narrow and long phoenix eyes continued to widen.

Lilith patted Seth's back again and again: "Seth, crying when you are sad is just like eating when you are hungry. It's normal."

She hugged Seth with both hands, rested her little face on Seth's shoulder, and said slowly: "So, Seth, you don't have to be strong all the time. In my eyes, Seth is just Seth no matter what. Crying is not weakness. Crying because of sadness is a normal emotional expression for us orcs."

No matter how strong Seth is on weekdays.

At this moment, tears filled his eyes.

They are still gathering...

Finally, the eye sockets could no longer bear it.

The sorrow that he had ignored and suppressed for so many years flowed out from the corner of his eyes with the first tear.

It broke through the resolute face and fell from the corner of the jaw.

Spreading on Lilith's shoulders.

The tender emotions flow in the cellar along with the moonlight.

At this time, the young Seth may not understand that there are many categories of emotions in the world.

The thought from long ago suddenly flashed through his mind.

With his simple understanding, Seth only knows that the only way to stay with Lilith for a long time is through the relationship of husband and wife.

But when it comes to the relationship between men and women in a husband-wife relationship, Seth doesn't understand.

Although, all he wanted was each other's company.

However, these were just his thoughts from a long time ago.

But at this moment,

Right now.

Tall Seth rested his head on Lilith's still small shoulders. Seth realized that what he wanted more than a marriage was to let the flowers be flowers, the grass be grass, and the wind be wind.

Let her be her.

Seth's greatest wish at this moment: Lilith, to become Lilith.

If a flower bud is picked while it is still on the branch, it will lose the only chance to bloom in this life.

If a sapling is pulled up when it is still young, there is no hope that it will grow into a towering tree in this lifetime.

Although the understanding of emotions is still vague.

But Seth refused to let his selfishness affect the immature Lilith.

Lilith will certainly face the wind and rain of growing up, but this "wind and rain" should not come from him.

It's an immature time and we are both immature, so don't force an answer at this moment.

It may not be a bad thing.

As a result, both he and Lilith had more time to think about the future.

There is no need to rush to pick the flower buds or pull up the saplings, which will cause everything to remain immature.

Seth wants to use this longer period of time to give each other more possibilities.

He is not a selfish fool.

Seth cares for and loves Lilith sincerely.

Hope she is well.

Will think about her.

They are still young now, but they have a long future.

Use the time we take to grow together to wait for an answer about life.

It is an attitude of respect and responsibility towards each other's lives.

Seth took back the immature thoughts he once had.

Entrust it to myself ten years later and Lilith ten years later.

After figuring it out, Seth gently rubbed the top of Lilith's head, indicating that he was fine.

Lilith let go of Seth and followed Seth's example, leaning back on the stairs with her elbows behind her.

Together, they looked up and observed the few moonlights that came in, as well as the stars that could not be aligned with the hole because of the wrong time.

Lilith suddenly asked Seth: "Then... Seth, do you want to be the city lord?"

"I wanted to before, very much." Seth put his hands behind his head and crossed one leg casually, and said truthfully.

"Did you think about it before? Don't you think about it now?" Lilith tilted her head back, closed her eyes, and felt the night wind blowing slowly into the hole on the top of the cellar.

"Well, I don't want to think about it anymore." Seth thought about it seriously and replied, "I thought about it before because of the other orcs. Now I don't want to think about it anymore because of my own reasons."

"Your own reasons?" Lilith was a little curious and turned her head to see Seth's profile.

"Well, it's my own reason. From my perspective, I don't really like handling official business and wasting time dealing with the patriarchs of the major families." Seth said, and he also laughed. "In fact, after receiving the news of my younger sister's birth, my first reaction was to feel relieved."

The relief on Seth's face was real, and Lilith could feel it.

"It feels good to not have to force myself anymore." Seth turned his head and smiled at Lilith, "I can finally have more time to improve my martial arts."

"But... the city lord's intention is very strong." Lilith frowned worriedly. The city lord seemed to be very persistent about this.

Seth chuckled, "I quit."

"Hmm?" Lilith looked at him.

"Don't worry, it's not difficult." Seth said in a gentle tone. He had been a candidate for the successor to the city lord for many years, and he had a plan in mind.

Even if he quit, he would take back those accounts one by one. A fierce look flashed in Seth's bloodshot eyes, but turned gentle when he looked at Lilith.