"It's so shameless that three tall and powerful men would kill a defenseless little girl!"
A young man wearing a summer blue and white school uniform held an ancient-colored vine sword in his hand and stood in front of Emily. His brown eyes scanned the strange group of men in black.
Hearing the familiar voice, Emily's body froze suddenly, not because of fear, but because she was surprised by the person who wanted to save her. This was something she never expected.
Emily opened her eyes, and the most familiar figure in the human world appeared in her eyes. She squeezed out with a trembling voice: "Ye Ming Lu..."
Big tears welled up from his big eyes, and the beautiful beads that shone like aqua blue gems contained a lot of grievances and fears, and kept dripping to the ground.
"Hey, we haven't seen each other for only a short time, why are you crying like a cat?"
Ye Minglu turned around slightly, put his free hand on her little head, with a gentle smile on his face, caressing and comforting her. I feel pity for Emily's pitiful appearance now, but I am not feeling distressed at this time.
When it's time, you need to calm her down first.
"Idiot, idiot, idiot... They are demon hunters. Are you here to die?... It's finally easy to relax and not hurt you... Why are you here... idiot..."
The tears did not stop because of Ye Minglu's words, but she cried even more sadly. Emily waved her weak and boneless hands and slammed them on Ye Minglu's strong chest, crying and cursing repeatedly.
"Okay, okay, if I continue to fight, I will be beaten to death by you."
Ye Minglu lovingly allowed the beating of the weak little girl in front of him. It was not painful at first, but he felt unspeakable discomfort and apology in his heart. If he had not left with her, he would not have met the man in black...
It was himself who was at fault. If anything happened to Emily because of this, he would never be able to forgive himself and would blame himself for it for the rest of his life.
Fortunately, he caught up in time and stopped this from happening before the man in black hurt her, so that he would not regret it for the rest of his life.
"How did you know...I'm here?"
Ye Minglu looked at the men in black behind him. What was strange was that they did not take any further action. Instead, they each took three or four steps back, showing a defensive posture of being ready.
"This is what happened..." Ye Minglu said the reason.
"Hey, I also met a little girl here today who asked me a question about my belief in the existence of elves. She was just like you when I was a child. It was really interesting." Uncle Qin packed ten bottles of milk and said casually.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Ye Minglu was surprised and said: "When will she be there?"
Uncle Qin didn't tell the little girl's name, but Ye Minglu kept asking, what was the reason? He didn't even have the answer in his heart. He was indeed uneasy because of Emily today, so he spoke about the elf.
The little girl may be the only one, but the important thing is that they were here this morning.
Uncle Qin was stunned by Ye Minglu's abnormal reaction, and then continued: "I have been here today at noon, looking very worried, so I chatted with her for a while. Well, I just left not long ago."
"That's it!" Ye Minglu calmed down. They had nothing to do with each other anymore, so why bother about her?
"Ming Lu, do you know that little girl? She seems to be very important to you!"
"No...no, I'm just worried that she will get into trouble. I thought she went home early. Haha, I hope she didn't disturb Uncle Qin by asking such a strange question." Ye Minglu said this and remembered
What happened last night, her question was a headache at the time, but now that I think about it, it's really interesting.
"Why bother me? Because of her, I told all the secrets I had held in my heart for many years. I felt much better and was inspired by that little girl!" Uncle Qin said with a relaxed look.
Ye Minglu was confused after hearing this, and asked in confusion: "Inspired by her? A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old can inspire you? Uncle Qin, are you saying the opposite?"
"Haha, Ming Lu, didn't I tell you a story about an elf when you were a kid? Have you forgotten it?" Uncle Qin asked calmly.
"Did you just make it up because I cried? I've forgotten all about it a long time ago." Ye Minglu's heart skipped a beat and he became a little nervous.
Uncle Qin has opened this convenience store for more than ten years. When he was a child, he liked to come to this convenience store to buy snacks. He also whispered that he wanted to do big things when he grew up.
Of course, it was after listening to what his mother said and the stories told by Uncle Qin that Ye Minglu, as a child at that time, was full of enthusiasm and spoke of his "lofty ideals".
"It's true. I have experienced the story of the elf messenger myself, but no one will believe it if I tell it. In fact, whether you believe it or not depends on whether you have experienced it yourself. I can only say that this is a story.
Yes." Uncle Qin narrowed his wrinkled eyes and said with a smile.
Ye Minglu was haunted by this question again. Although he chose to believe in science, the meaning he understood from Modi and Uncle Qin's words made him feel very confused.
"Okay, are you looking for that little girl? I saw her hesitating for a long time at the fork in the road. She originally wanted to go in the direction of your home, but then she took the middle intersection for about ten minutes. If she was right
If you are very important, then get her back and deal with the rest slowly!" Uncle Qin looked at Ye Minglu's troubled look, which was exactly the same as Emily's look today, although he didn't know why they were like this.
But it is still important.
When Ye Minglu was confused, Uncle Qin continued to talk about the direction of Emily's departure, which made him entangled. That silly loli with the second grade disease, ever since he met her, his head was full of worries, and he felt like he was about to explode.
Now, should I go find her? Is she really important to me as Uncle Qin said?
But recalling all the scenes this morning and yesterday, the joy of eating, the noisy questions, the embarrassing accidents, and the reluctance to say goodbye, Ye Minglu was even more confused at the moment.
Really, I should be unlucky for eight lifetimes when I meet her! No matter if she is a silly lolita, or if she is really an elf, I should find her back! If she doesn’t have a family, just treat her as an extra one
Sister, I think my parents will be very happy to know.
"Uncle Qin, I'll come get the milk in a while. Thank you for telling me where Emily went."
In the chaos and entanglement, Ye Minglu decided to find her first. It was another afternoon and it was close to night. He was afraid that she would get into trouble. After giving Uncle Qin a few words, Ye Minglu turned around and headed towards the intersection where Emily was walking.
Run away.
Emily? She is indeed the little girl today! Uncle Qin looked at Ye Minglu going away and felt that maybe he was right to do this. The backs of the two of them were really similar.
Ye Ming Lu explained the whole story to Emily. At first, she couldn’t find her. There were so many roads, and it would take ten minutes to walk slowly. She was picked up by the man in black.
In pursuit, we turned a lot of corners.
Fortunately, I heard a sudden blasting sound on a surprisingly calm section of the road. There was no construction nearby, so how could there be a sound? So Yeming Lu followed the source of the sound and found it here. From a distance, I heard someone talking in the alley, and hurriedly rushed up.
.
"You are just stupid and fantasizing..." Emily pursed her dissatisfied mouth and hit Ye Minglu with her fists again.
Because Ye Minglu was by her side, Emily no longer felt so scared. After listening to his explanation, Emily felt that she was still taken seriously.
"Human?"
The man in black looked at Ye Minglu with confusion. He couldn't feel any fluctuations in the elves' abilities from Ye Minglu. In other words, they had not concluded a contract, let alone other elves.
At first, Ye Minglu suddenly appeared, and his sword moves were very fast, which made them fear that this was another elf. After listening to the two of them talking a lot of nonsense, they realized that Ye Minglu was just a normal human being, and they immediately returned to their previous state of mind.
Arrogant and domineering.
"Hmph, a mere human dares to hinder our work. Are you crazy to want to be a hero?"
"Those men in black yesterday were you, right? Hey, it seems there are two missing..." Ye Minglu stopped fighting with Emily, turned around and protected Emily behind him, and carefully looked at these people.
Help the man in black.
Judging from the fact that they evaded his own attack, these three people were definitely outnumbered by him. If he wanted to leave safely, he had to knock them down, which was quite difficult.
"Do you know what happened yesterday? Could it be you..." The man in black was shocked.
"I saw you were trying to arrest her yesterday, so I rescued her. Do you know where we are hiding? I won't tell you, humph, idiot!" Ye Minglu smiled contemptuously, seemingly relaxed, but he was holding the sword.
My hands are already sweating.
As they spoke, the breath of the men in black was changing. Dark red light emerged spontaneously, covering their bodies. The surrounding air instantly seemed to have evaporated. Ye Minglu found it difficult to breathe.
"It turns out that you saved her, which caused us to continue searching for her and encounter an elf messenger, resulting in the loss of two brothers. I want you to repay the price twice as much!"
"Are you the uncles with chuunibyou? You actually talk about these fictional things in anime like Emily. You should go to the second hospital to check the condition." Ye Minglu was sweating while complaining, although he saw the black clothes
The man emits a strange dark red light, and what he says is related to elves, but Ye Minglu obviously still doesn’t believe in the existence of elf messengers and demon hunters. This must be just a magic trick! Want to lie to me? It’s not that easy!
"Is this human's brain burned out? What kind of chuunibyou? Brother Kubaji, let me give him some pain first, and then kill them both!" The sinister-looking man in black on the left is eager to try.
For him, abuse is the most exciting thing.
"Xiusier, don't kill him so quickly. Brother's revenge cannot be repaid so easily. We have to have fun." Kubaki, the stronger leader in the middle, said unscrupulously.
"I know, let's see how I play with this human ant."
Xiusier's feet moved, Ye Minglu's eyes tightened, and he stepped forward to meet the attack. With the Fujiki sword in hand, and based on his martial arts level, he probably could handle it.
Xiusier didn't use any dark magic power belonging to demon hunting. He simply accelerated to the side of Ye Minglu and punched Ye Minglu with all his strength.
Just for a moment, his eyes blurred, Xiusier suddenly appeared in front of Ye Minglu, and he couldn't see the opponent's movements at all. Ye Minglu's abdomen was hit, and he couldn't even feel the pain. He felt helpless like a nerve paralysis.
It spread all over the body, as if the internal organs were turned upside down, and it was extremely uncomfortable.
Ye Minglu staggered under the violent impact, retreated continuously, almost fell, and his whole body was paralyzed.
Ye Minglu saw Emily's helpless and worried expression from the corner of his eyes. He was shaken and regained some of his strength. He must not fall down like this, otherwise Emily would be in danger!
"Ye Minglu, be careful, you can't beat them, why don't you run away first!"
Emily saw the ruthless punch from the man in black, which made her extremely worried. She mustered up the courage to stand up and stepped forward to help Ye Minglu.
"Don't come over, I can handle it."
Ye Minglu gritted his teeth and endured, relying on the Fujimu Sword to support his body, barely able to stabilize his shaky body, and moved his left hand back to prevent her from approaching.
"But……"
"It's okay, trust me!" Ye Minglu forced out a smile.
He knew that he was no match for the opponent and could only resist forcefully, but this was the only way now, not to mention that if he fell, Emily behind him would be in danger.