I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

Erica was born into a relatively wealthy family.

Although his parents were not nobles, they had excellent reconnaissance abilities and often did intelligence work for the King when he was still the second prince of the Aslan Kingdom.

Twenty years ago, when a great riot threatened the entire Aslan, they played an irreplaceable and important role in helping His Majesty the King stabilize the turbulent situation and ascend the throne.

After the mission was completed, the two chose to quit their jobs and lived in seclusion in an unknown town with a large amount of rewards.

This is a town founded by exiles, all of whom were victims of the riots. They lost their loved ones and hometowns and started a new life in a strange place.

This place is called Hyacinth Town, which means hope and new life.

After the disaster subsided, reconstruction work proceeded smoothly and people's lives gradually began to improve.

Erica Pritt was born into such a background.

Although her parents were wealthy, they were never arrogant.

The couple always told Erica that a comfortable life is hard-earned, and that no matter how comfortable one's life is, one should not forget that suffering is the norm in the world.

As a child of a wealthy family, Erica cannot help everyone, but she must understand the difficulties and respect the ordinariness of others.

Erica was still young at the time and did not understand the meaning of these words.

Her father sat on the porch, holding Erica in his arms, gently stroking her long golden hair, and telling her an old story.

When he was young, a young girl came to the village where he lived.

She has beautiful long silver hair and captivating golden eyes, and her face is breathtakingly beautiful, combining masculine firmness with feminine softness.

At first, the women in the village were jealous of her beauty, and the men all wanted to make her their own.

This beautiful woman with an angelic appearance has a very difficult life.

Erica's father and mother were the only ones willing to give her food and chat with her.

Then one day, bandits invaded the village and massacred everyone.

The beautiful sister held tightly in her arms the two children who had expressed kindness to her.

The criminals tried every possible means, including burning her with fire and chopping her with knives, but they were unable to cause any harm to her, and they couldn't even get close to her.

Eventually, Lin En, who was then the second prince, arrived with his guards and wiped out all the bandits.

He took in the two poor children, gave the magical woman the name "Wuxin", took her in, and let the three of them stay in the palace as slaves.

As Erica's parents continued to grow up, Lin En, who was then the second prince and is now His Majesty the King, keenly noticed the outstanding talents of these two people and immediately brought them under his command, which led to the subsequent story.

"So, who is that beautiful sister?" Little Erica asked curiously, blinking her big watery eyes.

"That's not the point!" The father said with a wry smile, "You have to remember that being kind to others is being kind to yourself. Of course, if the other party doesn't appreciate it, it's best not to do anything."

Erica pouted her lips and said, "Indeed, if it weren't for Aunt Wuxin, Mom and Dad would be gone, and I wouldn't be able to play with her."

After the Pritts moved to Hyacinth Town, Wuxin followed them.

The reason is simple, she has a nearly eternal lifespan and her appearance has not changed at all over the past few decades.

Except for the Pritt couple who have known her since she was a child, no one can understand Wu Xin's uniqueness.

It is said that Wuxin was created by the Elf Queen, so the Plitts often joked that she was a gift from God.

Erica also thought so. She felt that she must have received a great favor to be able to live a comfortable life.

Therefore, we should help those in need to repay this kindness.

She is more grateful to the world than anyone else.

With this belief, Erica gained water magic.

The clear and transparent water flow can irrigate the farmland and wash away the dirt.

In the hot summer, Erica used magic to make heavy rain fall from the sky every day, soothing people's hot bodies and saving the dry crops.

Just as she said, she used magic to provide countless help to the people of Hyacinth Town.

Erica has also received countless praise and respect for this.

Sometimes, she is slandered and defamed by rumors.

The kindhearted girl never cared about these things. She would just move her hands and use water magic to drench the man like a drowned rat.

The secret to not being swayed by your emotions is to take revenge immediately.

This leisurely life lasted for a long time, until the eve of the realm battle breaking out.

The invasion of withering dust has spread all over the country, and Hyacinth Town is no exception.

Determined to do something to change the status quo, the Plitts volunteered to go to the border to investigate.

Once you leave, you will never come back.

To be precise, the Plitts were not definitely dead.

Erica went to the royal capital, and the knight captain Mushu told her that the Plitts had obtained important information for the battle to defeat the dragon.

They went missing in the war and there is a high probability that they have died.

Erica was unwilling to accept the death of her parents. She took Heartless, Spades, Diamonds and Hearts, who had accompanied their aunt since childhood, to look for them everywhere, but there was no news at all.

Finally, they could only return to the town, holding on to the last glimmer of hope, hoping for a miracle to happen.

However, the bad luck did not stop there.

The living environment in Hyacinth Town has gradually deteriorated, the water quality has deteriorated, the soil has become necrotic, and even daily life has become a problem.

Most of the residents of this small town are elderly people who survived the riots. They have experienced turbulent times and their hearts are already scarred.

Faced with the changes, they were unwilling to rush around anymore, but chose to quietly welcome death in this land of new birth.

Erica doesn't want her parents to return one day and see the once warm town become what it is today.

She used the wealth accumulated in her family to try her best to help everyone, and cast water magic to irrigate the farmland and wash away the filth as she did before.

But no matter how hard she tried, the power of one person was in vain, and Hyacinth Town eventually fell into decline.

Her parents never came back, and the aunts who had always been with her, except Wuxin, have all grown old, and all of them are gradually leaving her.

The little daughter who once vowed to help everyone couldn't even protect her own happiness.

Her heart was like her own water magic, filled with misty rain.

When she was almost in despair, a middle-aged man in a black and purple robe came to Hyacinth Town.

He took out a pair of purple and blue antlers and released powerful magic, bringing the entire town back to life.

Erica was so excited that she almost cried. Perhaps this was the reward for her years of doing good deeds, she thought.

The middle-aged man who saved the town said that he was originally going to do something important. He happened to pass by the town of Hyacinthus and saw the miserable state of the town. He couldn't help but use the holy object in his hand to help restore vitality to this land.

"What about that thing you were originally going to do?" Erica asked worriedly.

"She's a powerful fire magician. Without this thing, I'm no match for her. I'd better give up." The middle-aged man sighed.

"Otherwise, I'll go in your place as a way of repaying your kindness." Erica volunteered.

The other party gave her a few black robes, saying that they might be useful in the future.

The middle-aged man said that Mei Carlos wanted to find an opportunity to use the money looted from the Yangcaique family to bribe the lord of the Xingchenhua family in order to gain benefits for himself.

The reason he came this time was to destroy Mekalos' plan and steal the treasure for disaster relief.

Erica and Wuxin were skeptical at first.

Not to mention that they had never heard of either Mei Carlos or the Xingchenhua family, just committing an act of robbery was wrong and completely contrary to Erica's beliefs.

But somehow, just a few days later, they all spontaneously intercepted Meikalos and stole her carriage.

There were occasional moments of doubt and confusion during this period, but I would quickly forget about them.

Now that I think about it, I was probably deceived from the very beginning.

The middle-aged man deliberately used the friendly gesture of a kind person to let Erica and the others relax their guard. After acquiring the newcomers, he cast a magic of controlling people's hearts on the robes.

Affected by the robe, Erica and the others will no longer be themselves, but tools driven by others to achieve the goals of that middle-aged man.

All he had to do was retrieve the holy weapon afterwards to clear himself of all charges.