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Chapter 67
Chapter 67: The Adult World is Always Full of Lies
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“Here you go, candy!”
A faint, elegant fragrance wafted towards the little girl’s face. She looked up to see Verose walking in front of her, extending her right hand.
In her right palm lay a piece of candy.
Ẃе bn ǒ v̌e l̂ Еn ŭḿ ӓ
The little girl didn’t take it immediately, but asked puzzled, “Why? Why are you giving me candy?”
“Because I gave candy to every child, and you’re no exception.”
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“…Thank you.”
The little girl hesitated for a moment but eventually took the candy from her palm. She unwrapped it and put it in her mouth, unable to help saying it was delicious.
As she ate the candy, Verose sat on the swing next to her. When she was almost done eating, Verose spoke up, “Verose.”
“Hm?”
Ё_n̂ um̌à.
“Verose, that’s my name. What’s yours?”
“Ma, Martha…”
The little girl seemed somewhat unsociable, stumbling over her words as she spoke. At the same time, she didn’t dare look at Verose, and her cheeks inexplicably turned red.
“That’s a nice name.”
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“Is it?”
Praised by Verose, the little girl’s face reddened even more. She hugged the brown teddy bear in her arms tightly, as if she could gain a sense of security from it.
Еǹ u̇ m å
At the same time, Verose also noticed the teddy bear.
“The teddy bear in your arms, does it have a name?”
“Eh?! You’re the first person to ask me that!”
The little girl was surprised. In the past, those who chatted with her had never asked about the brown teddy bear’s name. In their eyes, it was just an ordinary toy.
But in her view, it was far from an ordinary toy.
…When her parents abandoned her, only it stayed by her side.
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Talking about something she liked, the little girl easily couldn’t stop.
“I call him Geraint.”
“Geraint?”
“Yes! Geraint is a heroic knight in the bards’ tales. When humans are in danger, he always appears, defeats all the bad guys, and protects humans!”
“Is the teddy bear in your arms like that too?”
“Mm-hmm! Of course, no matter what happens, it will always protect me.”
Ẃеḃ ǹ оv е ľ. È ṅu m̄ӑ
Holding up the teddy bear high against the sunlight, Martha revealed an innocent smile, and the toy’s ink-black pupils reflected the little girl’s joy.
But soon, this joy disappeared without a trace. Martha hugged the teddy bear again, and loneliness and solitude began to well up in her eyes.
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The teddy bear would protect her.
But it was the only one that would protect her.
Verose saw through her thoughts. She swung her legs gently, hands gripping the green vines on both sides of the swing. When Martha’s mood was at its lowest, she said in a joking tone:
“If you have any troubles, I’ll protect you too, just like that Geraint.”
W̃_е̂b̄ n ȯ v̊el̂ E̊n u m̀ а̂
“How is that possible? Geraint is a very powerful knight! A frail sister like you, how could you be like him!”
“Who says it’s impossible! Not just me, actually Sister Anna and those caregivers, when you’re in danger, they would all risk their lives to protect you.”
Martha was stunned for a moment, then she jumped off the swing and fled from there without a word, hugging her teddy bear. From her silhouette, she seemed a bit flustered.
“Eh? Martha!”
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Verose instinctively reached out her hand to stop her but ultimately didn’t do so.
Did her words accidentally touch Martha’s fragile heart?
E̊.n u m а̌. i d
Such a sensitive Martha made Verose feel a bit of a headache. She was indeed as the previous caregiver said, with a knot in her heart that was difficult to untie.
…
After leaving Verose’s side, Martha hid in a deserted corner, leaning against the wall, lowering her head and hugging the teddy bear tightly.
Verose and the orphanage director would protect her?
How could that be possible? They were just like her parents, saying they would protect her with their mouths, but in the end, they still abandoned her mercilessly.
Those so-called peers were the same. They laughed and played, but when real danger came, they would abandon those around them first.
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Director Anna said this was their home, a place full of love and warmth, but she knew that this was not their home at all, just a place that temporarily sheltered them.
What awaited them was abandonment and adoption.
If even her birth parents didn’t love her, how could these strangers truly love her? How could life be happy when adopted by parents without blood ties?
Adults were always full of lies, and that beautiful sister was no exception. She might say sweet words, but who knows what she was really thinking.
She had already seen through this world.
…
Ŵе b̄n̂ о̆v̈ еl̂ Е̌ǹu m ӑ
After Martha left, Verose also got up from the swing and started wandering around the courtyard with Mevina. Soon, she encountered Mandel and Anna, who had finished their search.
“How’s the situation?”
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“Didn’t notice anything strange. Let’s wait until nightfall. Maybe that monster will only appear at night.” Mandel put his hands on his hips, somewhat helplessly.
“I guess that’s all we can do.”
After briefly discussing their findings, Mandel walked past Anna towards the orphanage exit. Verose, quick-witted, grabbed the hem of his clothes and asked innocently:
“Where are you going?”
Еñum̈ ā
“Uh, there’s still some time before nightfall. I might be able to go for a drink…”
“But what if the monster suddenly appears? We don’t have much fighting power, we’d just become its food. Especially these children, they…”
At the mention of the children, Verose’s gaze was mixed with intense pleading, and Mandel was simply morally bound and resigned to his fate.
“Sigh, alright, alright, I get it, I get it. I’ll stay here until nightfall.”
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“Mm, with Mr. Mandel here, I feel at ease.”
Covering her face with one hand, Verose smiled with relief. Mandel looked at her face for a few seconds, feeling something was off, as if he had been tricked by her.
Е̇n̊ ǔmа
But thinking of Verose’s personality, he felt it was impossible.
He must be overthinking. He comforted himself.
Staying at the orphanage, night soon fell silently. Verose and Mandel split into 2 groups, each carrying a lamp, and began searching for anomalies within the orphanage.
Hoo hoo hoo—
The night here was very quiet, with only the sound of owls hooting. Occasionally, there would be a few sounds of commotion from the children’s dormitory, followed by a scolding from the female caregiver.
Holding up the lamp, Verose and Mevina walked quietly on the 3rd floor of the orphanage dormitory. Although everything seemed normal, Verose felt an indescribable eeriness in the surroundings.
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Until a loud bang, a large amount of rubble burst open, and Mandel’s figure flew down from the 4th floor of the dormitory, crashing heavily into the courtyard of the orphanage.
Before Verose could feel shocked, a huge pig-man figure leaped out from the corridor, landing heavily where Mandel had fallen.
“Mandel!”
Just as she called out, she noticed a faint red light appearing in the dust, and Mevina quickly pushed Verose down, shouting “Danger!”
The next second, flames spurted from the pig-man’s mouth, rushing straight towards Verose. Upon seeing that it couldn’t burn her to death, the pig-man changed direction, attempting to set the entire dormitory building on fire.
“Burn, burn you all to death…”
Ĕ n̂.um̊ ӑ
Nighttime was its feeding time, and anyone who disturbed its meal deserved to be burned alive!
However, Mandel wouldn’t let it succeed. Wind blades gathered by magic struck heavily on the pig-man’s back. The powerful impact forced it to interrupt its flame-spewing action and turn around to face the enemy before it again.
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But the orphanage dormitory building had already caught fire. Golden flames lit up the surroundings, billowing smoke rose, and the children’s cries were incessant.
Seeing this, Mandel prepared to cast water magic to extinguish the raging fire in the dormitory building, but the pig-man gave him no chance. It repeatedly interrupted his magic, almost causing him injury.
“Damn it, do I have to kill you first…”
Mandel coldly looked at the pig-man before him, his clerical robe not only stained with much dirt but also somewhat tattered.
Е̇n̈ û ma. і̌ d
The pig-man before him had a magic power level of Tier 7, and his level was also Tier 7. However, he believed he could defeat the pig-man before him, it just needed some time.
It’s just that the dormitory building…
The raging fire would devour lives.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided to kill the pig-man first, then extinguish the fire. After all, with the pig-man around, he had no way to put out the fire.
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Now, he could only pray that the goddess would bless these children.
In the corridor of the dormitory, Director Anna anxiously directed the panicking, fleeing children.
Еnũ mã
“Quickly! Quickly! Bend down and cover your nose and mouth, come this way!”
“Ah!”
A young girl, not very nimble, tripped as she escaped from the dormitory. Anna, in a panic, was about to go against the flow of people to pick her up when she saw a silver figure appear and hold her in its arms.
Miss Verose?
Anna was stunned for a moment, then waved her hand and said, “Quickly! Come this way! Cough cough!”
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, but thanks to Anna’s direction and the help of other caregivers, the stairwell soon saw no more shadows of children fleeing in panic.
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Arriving outside, almost everyone’s face showed black marks from the smoke, Verose was no exception. Anna glanced at the chaotic crowd, frantically counting while asking:
“Has everyone escaped?”
After scanning around, Verose didn’t see Martha. Without a word, she turned and ran towards the dormitory. Anna looked back at her, shouting in confusion:
“What are you going back for? With such a big fire, if you go back in, you won’t come out!”
Under the crazy spread of the fire, almost the entire building was burning. Even if one could avoid the flames, smoke, and high temperature, there was still the possibility of being hit by occasionally collapsing buildings.
Going back again was clearly a matter of life and death.
W̃ е.b̊ nó v̇ ё l Еñ ǔm̄ӑ
However, despite this, Verose only paused for a moment and said without looking back, “Someone hasn’t come out yet, I’m going to save her!”
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