, you can't see any impatience in their eyes, only concern and relief.

If this was a game, I had already gathered the best teammates, and all I had to do next was to defeat the enemy with love and justice. Isn't this what players are best at? Not to mention that I am a talented player.

"Hey, I'm back.

Alice put one hand around Ringer's neck, raised the other hand, and gestured to everyone, with the same careless smile on her face: "Dinner, it shouldn't be cold yet, right?"

"No." The landlady immediately replied: "I used fairy magic to keep it warm, so it's still warm now. Everyone -"

She folded her hands and placed them next to her cheeks, tilted her head slightly, and showed a gentle smile: "Are you ready to eat?"

Everyone looked at Ringer, but the young man did not answer immediately, but suddenly remembered today's experience. From the morning until now, the travelers who came from afar seemed to have experienced too many turns and disappointments, and they were not sure about the truth of the past.

They were lost in it for a time, and their confusion about the future made them a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, even if the reality is cold, the world is still gentle. No matter what they have experienced, there will always be people on this island named after whales.

Then a small hotel can become their final destination.

Just a candlelight, a dinner, and some like-minded companions are enough to wash away all the troubles of this long journey.

The corners of the young man's mouth curved upward, and in the hazy halo emitted by the kerosene lamp, his expression seemed to soften a lot, and he said softly: "Yeah."

"Let's go eat, everyone."

He said, but no one responded. Everyone - except Saint Xalia - looked at Linger blankly, with expressions of surprise and disbelief written on their faces. Even Metien, who was most familiar with his brother, did not respond.

Exception. In other words, she was the most shocked person, because no one knew better than this little girl what the scene she saw meant to the memory of the past.

Reconciliation? Relief? Forgetting? Or...salvation?

People who have passed away may not necessarily come back, but will the emotion that left with that person's passing one day come back to you? Because you know in your heart that that is exactly what he expected.

"ah."
Chapter completed!