"So, can you please tell me about your business?"

When Irena asked, Elise finally spoke:

"...you will definitely feel uncomfortable after hearing about me."

"Is it because you have horns on your head?"

"what?"

"No, I just saw cute horns curled up like sheep through the seam of the hat."

Alijie was taken aback and looked towards the window.

The windows dimly reflected the scenery outside, and on the reflection of the glass, brown horns poked out from the gap in the hood.

"We are travelers. We have seen all kinds of people so far, and we will not be particularly discriminated against or prejudiced. We will not feel uncomfortable when we see people like you."

She even thought it was cute—Irena thought Lin Mu should think so too.

At this point, the girl finally raised her face: "Well, please don't tell others..."

After all, she told her story.

Ai Lijie used to live with her family in a mountainous area away from human habitation, leading a peaceful life.

Her parents hunted animals with bows and arrows and slaughtered them outside. She and her sickly younger sister took care of the prey brought home by their parents, and lived a stable life every day.

A certain day a month ago.

"I'll teach you archery when we get home."

Leaving this sentence, the parents went out hunting together as always.While waiting for the two of them to return, Elise and her younger sister thought that they would finally be able to be on their own—and couldn't wait.

However, the parents of the two never came home.Is the hunt not going well?They tilted their heads and thought, the two of them waited for hours, hours, but their parents still didn't come back.

the next day.

A group of strangers visit their home in a gigantic carriage.One of them claimed to be an official of the country, and the other three were businessmen.

The adults who appeared suddenly took down two big bags from the carriage and told them the sad truth.

Sister Ailijie's parents fell off a cliff and died while hunting.The merchants of this country happened to find their remains when passing through the mountain roads.

Opening the bag reveals the inhuman parents, Mr. Official said to them.

The two sisters cried a lot.They cling to the dead bodies of their parents and weep loudly, but their bodies are already cold.

At this time, officials of the country made a proposal for the two sisters who lost their parents who were the mainstay of life.

"We can't just leave you alone, please let our country protect you."

Then the official asked the merchants who found the remains to bury the parents of the two, and then held the hands of the two sisters who were at a loss.

Before they could accept the reality, they were taken to a strange place.

Upon arrival in the country, the country immediately arranges a home for the two to live in.

"Then I will put food in front of this house every day, you have to remember to eat. Then, this is living expenses."

The official handed over money enough to live for a few days to Ai Lijie, and said to her: "I will bring money regularly, you can spend it as you like, and tell me immediately when you run out of money."

Let this country take care of you until your wounds heal—he told the sisters.

This country accepts them.

In the middle of the story, after Lin Mu took a sip of his tea, he still couldn't help but interjected: "—But people living in this country don't seem to welcome you?"

Ai Lijie paused for a while before continuing:

"After living in this country, the house arranged for us was burned down immediately."

"..."

She now lives in the dilapidated ruins of what was once a house, half reduced to rubble.

"People in this country still didn't let us go after the house burned down. Every time we passed by, they would call me a monster, and they wouldn't let me buy anything if I had money. Even the meals and money brought to us by Mr. Officials Neither eat nor use."

"..."

"So, until the day before yesterday, I bought apples and ate them at honest stores where no one was there..."

And this way doesn't work either.

Pretty much the same as the entrusted official said.

"...I understand the matter." Irena, who accepted the commission, said in a very elegant way.

"It's very likely that you will starve to death if you continue like this, right?"

"...Well. That's about it."

"So that's what it is. I probably understand the situation." Irena nodded several times and said, "Speaking of which, I have something to ask you for. Can you help me?"

"what's up?"

"If you are willing to accept, you can eat this table of food, and you can also take it home with you."

"Didn't you just say you wanted to invite me?"

"Ah, what I just said doesn't count." Irena said this shamelessly, and Lin Mu rolled his eyes wildly in the heat.

"...Help, what's the matter?"

Irena stared at Irena warily. Although she was as good-looking as Irena, and according to the theory of attraction of opposites, it was trees that attracted more attention, but this girl didn't even look at him.

Facing those vigilant eyes, Irena said seriously: "Please let me help you."

As if she didn't expect to hear such an answer, Ai Lijie could only stand there in a daze.

While waiting for her answer, Irena had already picked up the knife and fork.

After chatting for so long, the food on the table was almost eaten by that bastard...

At this stage, Ailijie can be said to have no choice.Since you can't spend money, you can't even buy items as you wish.If there is no one in the country to rely on, she can only cooperate with outsiders like Irena and Lin Mu.

And she wasn't naive enough to let this opportunity pass by.

"...Well, what will happen if I refuse?"

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