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"Mr. Lucas."

A beautiful girl with fiery red hair stood on a high step, looking down at him.

Sean looked back, "Andrea?"

"I liked you." The new president of the mercenary guild, Andrea Valentine, calmly dropped a sentence that could be called earth-shattering, blowing the calm Xiao En into a daze.

White pigeons flew across the sky, and on the square in front of the Mercenary Guild headquarters, a rainbow spanned the huge fountain.

A chill passed through him, Xiao En couldn't help touching the goosebumps on his arms, and stammered: "I'm sorry, I don't..."

Andrea was the first to interrupt his unspoken words: "I know."

She stared at Xiao En's handsome face: "I have liked you since I first learned to like people, and now you are leaving, maybe we will not be able to meet again in the future, but I have to say what I like, otherwise I will not be reconciled. "

Not reconciled.

Sean suddenly understood what Andrea was thinking.

Although he looks young, he is actually quite old.At his age, it was more than enough to be Andrea's father.Andrea was almost what he watched growing up. In his eyes, he would always be a junior, an immature girl, not someone who could talk about love.

Andrea herself is well aware of this.

"I'm young, and I may meet someone I like in the future," Andrea said slowly, "You are the first man I like, from when I was young to now. But I I feel that if I don't tell you my heart, I will regret it for a long time."

Sean froze for a moment, the breeze gently stroked his cheeks, and the collar of his white shirt fluttered in the wind.

"You've grown up." Sean restrained his usual cynical look and said with relief.

The Holy See was destroyed, and Andrea learned the identity of her father from Sean.Cardinal Elvis, a dignified and fearful figure, was the Pope's confidant.

She couldn't link this identity with the father she remembered.

Her face and talent for fire magic were inherited from her father. In her memory, her father was a romantic and affectionate red-haired man with only a good-looking face. Apart from that, there was nothing else to recommend him.When she was six years old, the relationship between her parents broke up, and her father took a sum of money, left Fast and disappeared in her life, never to be seen again.

It was also when she was six years old that Sean became the president of the mercenary guild and met her for the first time.

The awakened frost giants in Asgard caused serious disasters, and many mercenaries and magicians died under the avalanches and giants' feet.

The guild was in turmoil, and this hot-tempered lady magician forced herself to grow up, gather Valentine's remaining forces, suppress those who were about to make a move, and take over the position of guild president.

The complex memories are like stars, twinkling in the torrent of time.Gazing at her sweetheart's face for the last time, Andrea said calmly: "Mr. Lucas, thank you."

With his back to her, Sean strode down the stairs, waved goodbye, and was as chic as a gust of wind, no one could keep him.

Andrea looked at his back and said in her heart that she will only have herself in the future.

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The news of the collapse of the Holy See quickly spread throughout the Greenland Empire, and the principalities were no exception.

Listening to the discussion of the passengers, Sean got off the train and looked up at the city, the bustling market, the tall and beautiful buildings, and the endless stream of horses and carriages.

He returned to his hometown, Pence.

It has been 30 years since he ran away from home and joined the army alone.

Pencer had changed a lot, and it seemed like nothing had changed.

Carrying his few luggage, he walked through the narrow streets and alleys.The city was built very early, even though it has expanded a lot now, because it cannot be demolished and rebuilt together, the width of the streets in the city center is still the same as when it was first built, making it a bit hard to breathe.

The sound of jingling horse bells flew past him, and Sean found his former home.

The manor is located in the city center. The old Mr. Lucas is a wealthy businessman, but he has no title, and of course no land.Fortunately, he is rich and powerful, and he owns a piece of valuable land in Pence, where every inch of land is expensive.Many years ago, he built a magnificent house on this land.

Sean suddenly felt nervous.

He began to picture his father and his illegitimate children, who were born in a dozen or so brothers and sisters in his mind.Thinking of this, he smiled. After 30 years, his father probably has become a bad old man.

This meeting was not as pleasant as he thought it would be.

His brother thought he was dead long ago, but his father was in good health and could even hang out with his lover.When I heard him coming back, he had just got off the lover's bed.

Sean felt very irritated, seeing his tearful father and vigilant brother, that irritability rose to the top.

The world of noble merchants and mercenary magic has always been too far apart.

Perhaps, Sean thought, he shouldn't have come back.

After a boring lunch, Sean put down the knife and fork, and was about to leave.

Seeing that his father is so energetic, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to give him ten or eight younger brothers and sisters, and his illegitimate brother who is regarded as the heir, his hostility is almost written on his face, and he seems to be very wary of him to share a cup soup.

——Of course it was his father's rich family property.

Sure enough, it was the right choice for him to run away from home, otherwise he would have turned into that vulgar, snobbish look.

He was a little confused, the Holy See had been destroyed, and everything about the Mercenary Guild had nothing to do with him.Blood relatives who cannot be severed are not his destination.So what should he do now?

After so many years of busy work, Xiao En couldn't adapt to the sudden leisure.

He was thinking wildly, and as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the manor, a familiar figure bumped into his eyes.

Beautiful light blond hair hangs behind her head, even a back view makes one's heart sway.

"Mason?" Sean called out the man's name and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

The beautiful male elf held a bouquet of flowers in his arms. Hearing his call, he turned around with a smile, "Do you still remember the promise with Viri? He planted flowers with Ignas, and I will sell flowers with you."

He said slowly: "I'm here, of course I'm waiting for you to be a flower seller together."

Xiao En was stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing, the gloom in his heart dissipated like a cloud.

He strode forward, reached out to hug the bouquet of flowers, and for the first time smiled sincerely at Pence: "You are right, I should go back to my old job and be a flower seller."

Mason said: "I hope you can work hard. I don't want to lose the position of housekeeper yet."

Sean and him looked at each other, and shook his head with a smile on his face: "Let's go."

The two walked towards the train station side by side. Sean had a smile on his face, which was completely different from when he came.

Although he still doesn't know what awaits them in the future, he always has to go far away.

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