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Chapter IV Adoption

Hamlet became more and more fond of this woman who looked and name like Teacher Erin. He paused slightly and said, "You can call me 'Harley'!"

"Harley..." Tan Ailing, who was a little surprised at the age of her benefactor, subconsciously repeated the keywords in Hamlet's words.

Although these are just two slight pronunciations, they are like spring thunder in Hamlet's ears.

It's been four hundred years since Teacher Erin passed away, no one has called me that for four hundred years! I really miss it...

"Are you Chinese?"

Hamlet, immersed in the memories, did not hear Tan Ailing's question clearly. He just nodded subconsciously.

Maybe it was because of life-saving grace. Tan Ailing, who always showed a cold face on weekdays, actually took the initiative to provoke the verbal talk: "Your name is a bit Westernized. Are you a minority or a mixed race?"

Hamlet hesitated for a moment and said, "I think I should be a minority, right?" I shouldn't be a lie, after all, I am the only one of the Landias on Earth, and I belong to a nation that cannot be less!

With a "puff" sound, Tan Ailing actually laughed. She felt a little strange. Why did her usual guardianship with people not work at all in front of this cute boy with a weird outfit at the age of twelve or thirteen?

However, Tan Ailing likes this kind of physical and mental relaxation and no burden to get along with each other very much, so she didn't do much in-depth research and just smiled and said, "What does it mean? Even if you don't know, have your parents told you?"

"I am an abandoned baby and have never seen my personal parents!" Hamlet said indifferently.

"Halley, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, I don't care about this!"

Although he was a little curious about Hamlet's calm expression, Tan Ailing did not intend to continue asking about this somewhat hurtful topic, but asked with an apology: "Who is your guardian? Is it an orphanage?"

Hamlet shook his head and said, "I was raised by my teacher!"

This immediately made Tan Ailing remember the clever kung fu of her benefactor's benefactor's kung fu in silence. She took it for granted that the teacher who raised Hamlet was a peerless master living in seclusion in the mountains. She was considered half a martial arts fanatic and immediately said: "Where is your teacher now? Can I see him?"

"The teacher is dead..." Some things cannot be diluted by time. For four hundred years, whenever Hamlet thinks about or mentions Teacher Erin's death, he will be sad and sad.

Looking at Hamlet's sad expression, Tan Ailing suddenly felt a little heartbroken. She felt very regretful of her hurting this cute little benefactor, but now that things have come to this, she can only say "I'm sorry"!

"It's okay, after all, four things have passed..." Hamlet didn't dare to say the word "a hundred years". He was afraid of scaring Tan Ailing.

Tan Ailing naturally wouldn't know that Hamlet was omitting those words, so she took it for granted that the teacher of the little benefactor had been dead for four years. While feeling sad for the little benefactor, she asked again: "How did you live after your teacher passed away?"

Hamlet, who had not recovered from his sad mood, said in a heavy tone: "How else can you live? Just live alone!"

"What? How do you live alone? You are still so young! Does the local government care about it?" Tan Ailing asked in an atmosphere.

Such a stern voice finally made Hamlet's attention come to his mind. After he woke up, he couldn't help but secretly shouted. There was no way, so he could only use a big lie to make a small lie: "The government still manages it. He helped me find a job so that I can support myself."

In fact, Hamlet is not lying. After Erin committed suicide, the senior figure of the Magicians Association arranged for him, Erin's only disciple, to work in the Magicians Association. However, he could not tell Tan Ailing truthfully that several keywords must be replaced.

"What? The local government actually asked you to be a child laborer?" Tan Ailing was angry: "The central government repeatedly said that it was impossible to use children's work. Unexpectedly, some of the self-conceived as a local emperor dared to commit crimes against the wind. Harley, tell my sister, where is the government arranged for your work, and I will definitely help you seek justice!"

Although she was a little uncomfortable with Tan Ailing, the "little girl", calling herself a sister, Hamlet still felt a little warm about the concern in her words. However, her anger also surprised Hamlet and shook her hand and said, "No, no, I'll stop there long ago!"

Tan Ailing's mind was now a plot: one night, on a secluded street, Little Harley, with a dirty face, looked around nervously. After confirming that there was no one around, he quickly took out a bottle of squirt from his arms and drew a few big words on the wall at the speed of lightning. At this time, a patrol police car drove over, and Little Harley ran away when he felt guilty. He fell to the ground without paying attention. Not only did he lose the squirt, but he also scratched his body. After returning to his residence, Little Harley, who had lost his tools, was not only deducted dinner by the black-hearted boss, but also suffered a severe beating. The hunger in his belly and the pain in his body finally prompted Little Harley to escape from the demon cave...

While feeling sad about what she was thinking in her mind, Tan Ailing murmured: "Then how did you do later?"

"Later, I started wandering around, and at the same time I worked hard to practice the skills taught me by the teacher. I almost picked up all the necessities of life..." After stealing six elemental forbidden spells from the Magic Association, Hamlet did not dare to appear in front of others because he evaded his wanted traffic. He had to hide alone in the "World Forest", one of the four dangerous places in the world. The magic crystals needed to study magic and some essential daily necessities were basically found from the corpses of those adventurers.

Tan Ailing naturally didn't know about Hamlet's past. There was another scene in her mind: Under the scorching sun, in the garbage dump where mosquitoes and flies were flying, Little Harley was checking with stains. After a long time, Little Harley finally found half of the dirty steamed bun. So she ran to the river happily and started eating with the river water...

Although Tan Ailing is not an iceberg beauty, both herself and her relatives and friends think that her rationality is far more important than emotion. When the people around her cry like rain due to certain plots or news, she often doesn't have any special feelings. But this time, she was red from her eyes because of the little Harley she had imagined.

Tan Ailing herself didn't understand what was going on, and she didn't want to figure it out. In line with the call of her stimulating mind, she hugged Hamlet and murmured: "Little Harley, I have a good brother, it's really a pain for you..."

At this moment, Hamlet, an old man in his 400s, could no longer control his emotions. In a trance, he returned to his childhood. Whenever he exceeded the study plan set by Erin for him, Erin would hold him like this and say with a heartache, "Little Harley, I have a good apprentice, don't work too hard..." and so on. And whenever this happened, Hamlet would also complain about the difficult magic spells and boring meditations like a spoiled person, because this would bring Irene's love.

Now that Tan Ailing has been hugged like this, the feelings and habits that can only be reminiscent of in dreams for four hundred years have returned. Hamlet involuntarily said: "Yes, it was really hard at that time! There were dangers almost every moment..."

Hamlet was just a high-level magician back then. He was naturally in a difficult situation in the "World Beast Forest", which is one of the four dangerous places in the world. He may die at any time and anywhere due to the attack of high-level monsters. But Tan Ailing didn't know this. She thought that the danger that Harley mentioned was to be bullied by other beggars or bitten by dogs.

Tan Ailing was so sad that she couldn't speak, and could only stroke Hamlet's soft long black hair over and over again.

While enjoying this long-lost warmth, Hamlet continued: "Later, after my ability improved, I was no longer afraid of danger. If I lacked anything, I would just use it to grab it. But later I was still caught..."

As a policeman, Tan Ailing turned a blind eye to the crime, but instead was extremely nervous about the criminal: "Why, those who arrested you have hit you?"

Hamlet shook his head and said with a dim expression: "Although they didn't hit me, they drove me out and would never allow me to go back!"

"Nonsense!" Tan Ailing said unfairly for her little Harley: "They don't have such power! Don't worry about little Harley. If you want to go home, my sister will accompany you. I want to see who dares to stop him!"

Hamlet shook his head and said nothing, because he knew that he would never go back to Randias no matter what! Although exploring the new world is his biggest dream, as long as he thinks that he will leave Randias who have lived for hundreds of years and carved too many memories, he will still feel a little sad.

Looking at the half-grown boy in front of him who was secretly sad, Tan Ailing, who lived alone after he was sixteen, had no reason to have the urge to take care of him, and blurted out: "Little Harley, you can live with your sister in the future, and you will adopt you!"
Chapter completed!
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