His dark green eyes stared at her, and she stared at him intently.
She once had a big quarrel with her "old friends" here, and she really didn't step foot here for a long time after that. But now, after hundreds of years of journey and infinite distance, all that
It doesn't matter anymore.
Because her hometown is still there.
"...Yes, mother is still staying in the same place." As if reading something from Lily's eyes, Ryan also restrained his hostility, "What do you want to see her for?"
"I need her help with something." Lily patted the ground lightly with her paws and shook her head casually, "By the way, has anyone here been to the Sachi people recently? Have you heard of it?"
She briefly recounted the words of the Sachi boy and the situation of the entire tribe. Then, she saw Ryan taking a few steps closer to her, grinning and nodding.
"I know." He said, "Several people have been there...I am one of them."
Lily opened her mouth, and her eyes suddenly turned cold, "Including robbing them of their prey, and...asking them to be your slaves?"
"This is normal, isn't it?" Ryan replied matter-of-factly, "The lower-ranking people should dedicate themselves to the higher-ranking ones, and the weak should be managed by the strong. Besides, those who serve us as "demigods" are not at a loss.
Already."
Lily stared at him as if he had seen a ghost.
"When did you come up with this idea?" A bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart, but she tried not to care about it. "Your power is enough to change nature. You can live here as you normally would, no?"
Very good?"
Ryan grinned and laughed mockingly, "That's not what you said more than ten years ago. You have repeatedly persuaded us to find our own place on the mainland. Now we plan to walk out of the forest and step into the mainland, but you
Stand up and object." He slapped his paw on the tree trunk next to him, knocking off countless pine needles, "Isn't this exactly what you want?"
Lily shook her head, not knowing what to say. She did hope that her "old friends" would integrate into this continent, but obviously not in this form. However, as the youngest daughter of Ada, she did not care about those "old friends".
Friends' right to give orders.
"It's...who said something to you?" She asked persistently, "otherwise...you are as stubborn as you, how could you change your mind all of a sudden?"
"You're overthinking." Ryan sneered, "We won't follow anyone's orders. It's just that we think the time has come."
"What time?"
"The opportunity to rule this continent." Ryan's green eyes shined, "Right now, Al is facing a huge turmoil. As long as we seize the opportunity, we can dominate all the races on the continent and become a true "worldly king".
"God"! And the Sachi people are just the first step."
"What...are you going to do?"
"First use strength to persuade, and then grant a few rewards." Ryan said confidently, "Human instinct will make them succumb to the strong, and the gift from us is enough to make them give up the idea of resistance. After several generations, until
When the idea of serving us is engraved in our bones and blood, this continent will belong to us forever."
"...It's unreasonable, you." Lily turned her head, flicked her tail, and walked towards the lake, "Didn't mother stop you?"
"We wanted to persuade Mother to join, but unfortunately we failed." Ryan looked a little regretful, "But she seemed a little tempted. Maybe when we make some achievements, Mother will be our companion." He followed Lily.
Said, "You'd better join now, otherwise when we rule this continent, you won't have a share."
"Who wants that share!" Lily shouted angrily, "Let's ask Mother, we won't believe she will allow you to do that!"
"As you wish." Ryan slowed down and whispered behind her, "I'll wait for you to come back at any time."
…
After that, Lily arrived at the shore of the Lake of Return without any hindrance. She walked north along the lake shore and headed to an open space in her memory - the place where Hisa's mother usually rested.
Still hundreds of meters away, she saw her mother's figure as usual. The resentment caused by talking to Ryan seemed to disappear instantly. She flicked her tail vigorously and ran quickly to her mother.
"September, you're back." Xisa turned her head and looked at her with concern, just like every time she came back, "Where did you go this time? Did you have fun?"
After hundreds of years, the familiar words made Lily's nose feel a little sore. She quickly shook her head, put aside the sad emotions, and replaced them with a happy smile, "Yeah... we went to a far away place, and we met.
We have many friends. Of course we are very happy."
"That's good." Xisa said softly, "More than ten years ago, when you left here, I was still a little worried...worried that I might never see you again, September."
"It's okay, I'm back, mother." Lily walked towards the giant wolf by the lake and lay down beside her, quietly feeling the breeze in the forest, the rhythm of the lake, and the familiar smell of "mother".
For a moment, she actually thought that this was reality, and that the hundreds of years she had experienced before were just a long and strange dream.
Of course, she wouldn't be Lily—and September—if she indulged in the calmness in front of her.
The female mercenary leaned closer to her "mother" again and spoke softly and steadily, "Would you like to listen to me tell you where we went this time?"
"Of course." Hisa responded gently, "I have always been interested in the trip in September."
"Well... that's a rather long story." She changed her position slightly to make herself more comfortable, "Let's get started."
So she started talking about the moment when she left the forest alone more than ten years ago. Just like she did in the Impasse Mountains, she told about her travels with Leo, her search for a way home with Feist, and her relationship with "Star"
The first encounter with "Count Ke" and the opportunity for him to become "Lily Nono".
During this period, Xisa has been listening quietly. Even though Lily's narration time has obviously exceeded the present time, and she even heard that the forest was destroyed by "Count Stark" and turned into a lifeless forbidden land, she did not show any signs of it.
The emotion of surprise.
"Thank you for your hard work, September." She just looked at Lily beside her gently as always, "After that, you must have experienced a lot to be able to come back here."
"Of course." The female mercenary sniffed and nodded seriously, "The more than ten years I spent as Lily were even more interesting than the hundreds of years before us."
"Let me listen to the story that belongs to Lily Nono." Xisa said softly, "Whether you are September or Lily, you will always be my favorite child."