Late at night, when everyone has gone to sleep. Helene woke up because she heard the sound. What she saw was the same low wooden ceiling as always, with moonlight streaming in through the small windows.

She looked around, but didn't see Lei who should be lying next to her. As her blurry vision became clearer, she noticed a glimmer of light coming from the corner of the sliding screen.

There were voices on the other side of that door. Hailin rubbed her eyes and crawled towards the screen. There were two voices, both familiar to her.

One was Lei, and the other was Lihong who had talked with him during the day. Hailin listened carefully.

"——Why, Lei. Only you can make everyone feel at ease." Lihong said softly, but the emotional color could be detected in his voice.

"I'm not leadership material."

"Everyone recognizes your ability."

"That's just a technical problem. In terms of character and charm, it's only you anyway."

"Stop showing off. I'm sorry to say it, but no one wants to follow me except you."

"No, the young people in the village, including me, support you."

"The higher ups definitely don't like me."

"I will solve that problem."

"You."

"And I have Hai Lin by my side." Lei's words surprised Hai Lin.

"If I were the leader, I would be even busier than I am now."

"Hailin is already 11 years old, right? She will be treated as an adult in the village in four years, so we can't always treat her like a child, right?"

"That was four years later."

"...Four years goes quickly."

"Find her a husband." This time it was Lihong's words that made Hailin's eyes widen.

"I haven't considered that, at least until she becomes an adult. I want to continue raising her." Ray's response made Helen sigh in relief.

"How long has it been since she came to us?" After a while, Lihong continued, "Five years, no, six years?"

"About this time."

"Yeah, that's pretty much it."

"You made everyone so excited before, saying you wanted to adopt her." Lihong smiled.

"Why I said that, I don't know. Although I don't understand the reason, I want to protect her and raise her. That's all."

"Yeah?"

Li Hong laughed again. Then he slapped his knee with his hand.

"I understand, I will tell Grandpa personally."

"That's good."

"Well, I will become the leader. In exchange, you must be prepared to be commanded by me, okay?"

"Hey, that makes no sense." Even so, Lei's voice was full of joy. Hailin breathed a sigh of relief and stroked her chest reassuringly. Instantly, the screen clicked and the door opened.

"You're awake." Seeing Hailin's eyes widening, Lei looked down at her with a sneer and a disappointed expression.

As consciousness awakens, the darkness seems to grow fainter. Hailin opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar wooden ceiling. As her consciousness gradually became clearer, Hailin first realized where she was.

They stayed in a hotel with Renault.

Then he started to remember that they were supposed to be fighting a phantom. However, faced with a phenomenon beyond comprehension, Helene continued to fight, and was then knocked to the ground, along with Ryan.

"Ryan!" Hailin woke up with a start and sat up, but her body was in severe pain and stiffness, and pain spread all over her body.

"Miss Hailin, you're awake." Hearing the voice and looking towards it, it was Yuyi who was responsible for wiping the sweat from Hailin's forehead. She held the wet cloth tightly and wiped Hailin's forehead.

"It won't work if you don't stay quiet."

"Yu Yi, where is Ryan?"

"Mr. Lane is resting in his room."

Hailin breathed a sigh of relief, put down her shoulders, and followed Yuyi's prompts to lie down. Yuyi covered Hailin with a quilt, wiped Hailin's forehead with a wet cloth again, and then threw the cloth into a bucket filled with water.

"How long have I been asleep?"

Yuyi answered Hailin's question while washing the cloth: "Well, about two days."

"Really, that's it."

"When we got back to the hotel, Mr Lane looked terrible and I was worried."

"Ryan sent me here."

"Yes." Yuyi replied with a smile, and smiled slightly proudly.

"He was obviously more seriously injured, and yet he still asked him to come and save you. Ah, don't tell others this?" Hailin smiled after hearing Yuyi's words.

"Because it took so long, it seemed that Raynor's 'destruction' was difficult for him, so he decided to wait for natural recovery after Nia's healing magic."

"...I have caused trouble for you." Hailin said apologetically, and Yuyi smiled and replied: "It's okay."

At this time, the door opened, and a strange woman came in carrying a bucket full of water.

"Yu Yi, I brought you new water."

"Thanks."

The woman approached Yuyi, placed the bucket nearby, and then picked up the old bucket Yuyi had used.

"Who are you?"

The woman was asked, looking sideways at Helene.

"I'm Noel and I'm being looked after here."

"I see, I'm Hailin, please take care of me."

The woman who called herself Noel widened her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Helene asked Noel, tilting her head.

Yuyi looked at the two people looking at each other and chuckled: "Like everyone else, can you tell me the reason?"

Hai Lin suddenly understood and said: "Ah, I understand."

"Everyone has their own reasons to be with Renault. Just say it when you want to."

"Didn't I say it? No one cares." Yuyi raised her head and said, Noel smiled shyly.

Yuyi stood up and said, "I'm going to prepare dinner."

Hailin suddenly remembered something and smiled: "Miss Noel, please help me too."

"Ah, okay." After saying that, the two left the room.

When silence fell in the room, Helene looked up at the ceiling and dreamed of that nostalgic time.

That was a memory from a few years ago, from that day. As time passed, the village was established and Rihiro became the leader.

Her brother must have changed since then, since rumors of the former king's deteriorating condition and imminent death began to circulate.

The phantom figure appeared in her mind, and she had denied it with all her strength at that time. But the gesture, the voice, the look, the magic.

All of this gave her a warm feeling. When Helene saw the phantom in the castle, she felt something was slightly wrong.

Helene shook her head, trying to get rid of these bad thoughts. As she focused her thoughts on the ceiling, there was a knock on the screen and it opened.

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