Chapter 160 Small Town Carret
Angelina suddenly reached out and picked up a book on the table.
It was a very popular hero novel recently. Ling Yu bought a lot of story books that he usually read to relieve his boredom and used as a helper. The girl rubbed the book but did not open it.
"I never watch stories like this. I don't even want to watch similar dramas... A peaceful and peaceful town suddenly was invaded by demons, and then the heroes appeared... For many people, these are just a wonderful story background; but for me, this is a tragedy I have experienced personally."
With the words the girl said, the air in the room seemed to be a little heavier. After a while, the metal female voice responded: "I'm sorry to hear these things..."
Angelina sighed quietly: "Do you want to listen to my story?"
Although she was asking, she obviously didn't give anyone any choice. Moreover, she seemed to be asking the assistant lady, but the girl's bright eyes looked at Ling Yu seriously.
Ling Yu seemed to have not heard her words, and focused on lowering his head and fiddling with the brass gear in his hand.
"Ling doesn't like tragic stories." The metal female voice seemed to explain for him.
"In this world, there are too many sad things." Ling Yu raised his head, "and I didn't like tragedy at all."
As he said that, he got up and left, and walked into the deeper part of the room - outside the cubicle that acted as a bedroom, in his "laboratory".
Angelina looked at his departure back and pursed her lips tightly.
After a while, Ling Yu came back again. He held two beakers in his hand, filled with steaming brown liquid.
"Want to have a cup?" He handed one of the cups to the girl, "the best coffee I found from the west of the Kingdom."
Then added: "This cup has a lot of sugar."
Angelina frowned and took the beaker with a weird look.
"Safe, this is a new beaker, which I use specifically as a coffee cup."
"No..." Angelina shook her head. She didn't mind the container and could smell the quality of the coffee. "But, are you used to drinking coffee before bed?"
And, why do you make coffee in the bedroom?
Ling Yu shrugged: "Anyway, you don't seem to be going to bed yet, right? As for me, night is my time to concentrate on my work."
"Day and night are reversed?" Angelina complained, "No wonder you go to the studio so late every day... If you change to a studio with strict discipline, you would have been fired long ago!"
Ling Yu smiled, looking dismissive. Angelina then remembered that this boy didn't care whether he was a witch hunter or not!
I felt a little depressed, holding the beaker in my hands and sipping coffee in small sips.
Ling Yu regarded the master bedroom as a laboratory, and only set a small piece of compartment in the door area as the real bedroom. After stuffing a large bed, the space seemed very compact, and a large desk and a row of wardrobes against the wall were stuffed.
After Angelina came in just now, she occupied the only chair in the room - Ling Yu was sitting on the edge of the bed.
Now, as if to show seriousness, Ling Yu did not lean against the bed, but dragged a chair out of the laboratory and sat down next to him.
I took the popular novel and threw it to the other end of the desk.
Then Ling Yu said, "Okay, tell me your story, I'm listening."
"Hey? Ling...you don't want to..." The girl looked at the other person in surprise.
"But you didn't give me more choices, didn't you?"
Thinking of her "unreasonable" attitude and posture just now, a faint blush appeared on the girl's face.
"...Thank you!" said in an almost inaudible voice.
Ling Yu smiled with a cup in his arms, and did not answer. He knew that what Angelina needs now was just a listener, and it was enough that he just needed to listen with his ears.
Although I feel very impatient sometimes, Ling Yu is indeed an excellent listener.
She could speak freely, Angelina felt relieved, and the heavy feeling of oppression just now suddenly disappeared.
But the girl found that she didn't know what to say.
"... Actually, there is nothing special about my story. If you have read these novels and dramas, it can even be said to be very old-fashioned plots..." Angelina smiled bitterly, put down her cup, hugged her knees and curled up in a chair, "The town where she lives was invaded by the demons, and I became the only survivor... Saved by the hero who came. According to the plot in the usual story, the hero will defeat the demons, and the rescued girl will marry him for repaying the hero..."
Ling Yu suddenly spoke, "But the reality is that the girl herself grew up into a hero, and she succeeded in taking revenge in person, killing the demon who invaded the town."
"That Rakshasa is a spoil."
Angelina suddenly raised her head: "How could you know..."
Ling Yu shrugged: "The name of Ghost Sword has been well-known throughout the league in the past two years. As long as you read some reports, you can basically infer relevant information about you."
Angelina stared at Ling Yu's face, her cheeks rose in blood, and even her slender neck flushed.
"But, you clearly said that you don't know me!" The girl gritted her teeth and squeezed out such a sentence.
In this way, what I did today has become crazy embarrassment!
"Well... I've just read the relevant reports." Ling Yu suddenly became hesitant, "Sorry, I'm not good at recognizing people, so I'm basically a face-blind..."
"Puff, face-blind?" The girl burst out laughing, "I think you are actually just self-centered and arrogant, right?"
"Maybe." Ling Yu did not comment.
This guy is not lying! Angelina breathed a sigh of relief and gradually put away the smile on her face. She expressed the memory she had been hiding in her heart bit by bit.
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Carret Town, where Angelina was born. There are 4,266 people in the entire town...
Angelina will never forget this number that is accurate to the single digits, because the number of victims in the town that day was 4,265, and she was the only one who survived...
As Angelina herself commented, her childhood life was peaceful and peaceful, living an ordinary life with her parents and the rest of the town.
The town of Carret was located between a small valley, and was once the fief of a marquis lord. Later, the marquis family declined and gradually declined and finally disappeared, but the town continued to reproduce. In that dark era, due to its remoteness, it was more like a paradise and rarely attacked by demons.
Angelina's father was a businessman in the town, running the largest grocery store in the town, and one of the few people who often went to the "outside world". When she was a child, Angelina's favorite thing was to listen to her father telling stories outside.
Her mother was Carret's best cooking woman, especially baking bread and making various desserts. Before she got married, she ran a bakery with her own bakery. Later, with the support of her husband, the bakery expanded into a small restaurant, and citizens in several blocks nearby were regular customers in the store.
Even the town's guards always come to the small restaurant for dinner after training in the evening, as if they were to use this place as their canteen.
Speaking of the guards, we must explain that due to the two centuries-long dark age, the connections between the kingdom were almost completely cut off. Therefore, the people of the kingdom had to "do their own affairs" and form human settlements with towns as the core to protect their own safety.
Although the king's army has always been fighting hard and constantly trying to open up the connection between major cities across the country. However, due to the powerful force of the Abyss Demons, this arduous battle has progressed extremely slowly... and cannot take into account those remote small villages and towns.
The town of Carret was the fief of Marquis Carret for 130 years, so the Marquis has always been responsible for the issue of protecting the security of this area.
But after the Marquis' family disappeared, the town of Carret became a real "borderless land" and lost all shelter. In order to protect the safety of the town, the town, led by the mayor, formed a "guard team", which is the so-called "militia".
This paramilitary organization, which is a semi-conscripted military system, is composed of the strongest young men in the town - previously they were hunters, craftsmen and other professions that were good at power.
Angelina's father joined briefly when he was just adult. Later, he inherited the grocery store at home and "retired" early. Later, his business grew and he became the main sponsor of the guard team. Therefore, he was highly respected by the citizens on weekdays.
Usually, the guards like to visit this small restaurant, which means they are reciprocating their favor.
The guards are full of young people, and when they get together, they like to talk, brag about each other, or listen to Angelina's father introduces interesting stories in other cities.
Another thing is to show off her strength to the little Angerina at that time.
Angelina's first understanding of swords began at that time.
Chapter completed!