I'm a villain, not a devil

Rayleigh's parents were not among the team welcoming the Queen back home. They just stayed at home in silence. The paralyzed man and the woman sitting by the bed looked out the window with empty eyes from time to time.

War has always been a word that represents cruelty. They dare not imagine what will happen to their child who is only fifteen years old, has not awakened any special abilities, and does not even have any skills that can be shown on the table.

Children from poor families have to grow up early, especially in this cruel world. Before men become paralyzed, they often teach their sons: you are already an adult, you should be responsible and think more when doing things, you are no longer a child.

But in the midst of war, Rayleigh is truly just a... child.

The couple couldn't even imagine what would happen to them if a stranger broke into their house and told them that Rayleigh would never come back.

Can life go on?

The noise outside the house was getting louder and louder, but the couple only became more nervous and scared. The paralyzed man grabbed the woman's cold hand with his stiff hand, and neither of them could say anything.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The couple were startled at the same time. They looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.

The woman stood up with difficulty and walked to the door with weak legs, then carefully opened the simple door.

Standing in front of her was an unfamiliar man. The woman almost subconsciously let out a cry of pain, her mind went blank, and she was about to fall backwards.

Seeing his wife's actions, the man on the bed simply clenched his fists tightly with his remaining strength.

At this moment, a familiar, panicked voice sounded from behind the man: "Sir! Sir! Slow down, you will scare my parents!"

The woman who was about to faint was startled. It was... her son's voice.

She pushed the man in front of her away like crazy. Behind him, her son was running towards her quickly.

"Riley...Riley!" The woman burst into tears as she finally let go of the worry she had been suppressing for countless days.

Inside the house, the paralyzed man slowly loosened his fists, closed his red eyes, and his weak chest kept rising and falling.

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"Sir, sir, I'm so sorry, so sorry!" Inside the house, Riley's mother kept bowing to the strange man.

Rayleigh told her that the officer was none other than a military doctor of the Imperial Army, who he had exchanged for his military merits to examine his father's body.

When she thought about how she had offended such a big shot, Rayleigh's mother wanted to slap herself a few times.

The military doctor didn't bother with the woman. He looked at the simple house with some nostalgia, and then looked at Rayleigh with amusement: "No wonder you wanted to run away when you were in the barracks."

Rayleigh immediately lowered his head in shame, and the couple was even more shocked - their son actually wanted to be a deserter?! If he was caught, he would be beheaded!

"Captain Strange, I, I..." Rayleigh opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Returning to the Empire with the victorious army, Rayleigh received a reward that he could never imagine in his life. Without much hesitation, he found the military doctor of the Imperial Army, wanting to use the reward in exchange for treatment for his paralyzed father.

Unexpectedly, the military doctor was the officer who caught the deserter that day. What was even more unexpected was that not only did Officer Strange not have any strange opinion of him, he even readily agreed to come and see his father.

For a moment, Rayleigh found it difficult to describe the feeling in words.

Strange waved his hand, signaling the family not to say anything more, and then he walked up to the man, took out medical equipment and began to examine him.

After a moment, he stood up under the tense and expectant gazes of the three people. "It's not optimistic. The damage to the spine is very serious, and the function of the spinal cord has been greatly damaged. Moreover, because of the lack of timely medical treatment and good recuperation, the injury has worsened. To be honest, you can still move one of your limbs, which means you are strong."

Rayleigh's face darkened, and he whispered, "The house was destroyed before, and my father was crushed by a heavy object for twelve hours to protect my mother and me..."

The man on the bed forced a smile: "Why tell the commander this... Commander, thank you for coming here. I know my own situation..."

Before he could finish, Strange interrupted him with his hand: "I didn't say it can't be treated."

"Ah?" The three of them widened their eyes, and the man's breathing became more rapid.

Strange looked at Rayleigh, a slight smile on his face: "After an operation and a course of nano-therapeutic injections, your father will be able to move freely as before."

Rayleigh's eyes sparkled, and he said excitedly, "Can I exchange it for the reward now?"

Strange shook his head and laughed, "What are you thinking about? Your current reward is not enough to exchange for it. The surgery is fine. Military dependents can get preferential prices in the military medical department, but nano-therapeutic drugs are not cheap."

Hearing this, Rayleigh immediately lowered his head in disappointment.

Strange stood up and packed his things. Before he stepped out of the room, he patted Rayleigh on the shoulder and said, "This is not the only reward you can get. Will you be a deserter next time?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Absolutely not!"

"See you next time, the white cakes you made are quite delicious..."

Strange left, and the Rayleigh family, who had regained hope, couldn't help but hug each other.

However, Riley immediately remembered that his cart was still outside, so he hurried out and pulled another cart into the yard under his mother's shocked gaze.

"This, this is... When Commander Strange mentioned rewards and military dependents just now, I wanted to ask, Rayleigh, did you get the reward by luck?"

Riley's mother stared blankly at the full cart, which contained a large pile of various supplies, including food, which was something their family could hardly afford before the accident.

Riley didn't say anything, but just pulled another girl in.

"Rayleigh?!"

Rayleigh scratched his head. "It wasn't luck, actually. Her Majesty the Queen led the army in person, and the Imperial Army suffered no damage. We, the militia, were just there to carry supplies... Then, after returning to the city, I was assigned a large amount of supplies, and also this girl."

"she is?"

The girl was pretty but thin. She just stood there with a gloomy face and shackles on her hands.

Rayleigh swallowed his saliva and said, "The slaves assigned to me...Everyone who accompanied the army this time was assigned a slave, saying it was a trophy..."

The couple was stunned. They had been living like slaves before, and now, there was another slave in their family?

Rayleigh just spoke, but this time his voice was filled with admiration and a hint of expectation: "Her Majesty the Queen said that we will get more and more."