[Hunter] Lydia's Life Story I

Feitan's rare enthusiasm for literacy failed to continue.

Not long after Kuroro and the others left, our shop welcomed our second customer today—this is really strange, because before today, we often didn't have a customer come to our door for a month.

The one who came in was a young man of medium build and ordinary appearance.As he made his way to the counter, his eyes seemed to scan the shelves behind us involuntarily.He stood still in front of the counter and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he was too embarrassed to speak.This is a young man with gentle facial features and temperament. He wears worn-out but clean clothes, and it is easy to fall in love with him.

I poked Fei Tan with my elbow, and Fei Tan reluctantly said, "What do you need?"

His voice is always low and hoarse, and the muffled feeling is not at all clear and clear as a child's voice, but it reveals a careless tiredness, sometimes it sounds quite flat.

"That..." The young man scratched his head and smiled shyly, "I have a friend whose birthday is coming up, and I want to see if there is any suitable gift."

His eyes wandered along the shelf, passed me, and looked at Fei Tan very intently, wondering if it was because of Fei Tan's opening.

"You can look at it as you like." Fei Tan didn't like his staring, and said impatiently.

"Ah, yes." The young man responded, raising his eyes to inspect the shelves, "Ah," he opened his eyes wide, pointing to the sailboat model that was put on the top shelf this morning, and said, "You can take that down and I will Do you want to see it?"

Fei Tan stood on the bench and took off, borrowed his strength from the shelf partition on the lower floor, and easily took down the sailboat model, and placed it in front of the young man on the counter.

"Thank you." The young man carefully lifted up the delicate model, held it up to his face for a closer look, opened his eyes wide and looked at the rudder on the sailboat, which was not much bigger than a fingernail, and put it back on the counter lovingly. Asked, "I want this! How many nuns, please?"

"5000 million." Fei Tan looked at him and said without blinking.

It seems he doesn't like this guy very much.

"...Ah?" The young man's expression froze for a moment, and then he showed a troubled expression, "It's so expensive..."

He carefully looked at Fei Tan's ferocious face, probably confused by his face that was too delicate to be vicious, and asked tentatively: "Excuse me, can it be cheaper? I really like this..."

"Don't bargain with me." Feitan whispered.

So fierce.Not wanting to speak, I coughed and poked him behind the counter with my finger.It's almost sold, anyway, it's for nothing!It's not easy to start a business...

"Do you want it or not?" Feitan raised his golden eyes and looked at him sideways, urging.

"Uh..." The young man touched his trouser pocket subconsciously, and glanced at the exquisite model on the table with nostalgia. The snow-white sails were particularly dazzling.He showed a toothache expression and made up his mind to say, "Yes! I want it!"

"...5000 million nuns, please keep them well." The young man took out a handful of nuns, counted them, and reluctantly put them on the counter.

"Take it away, it's yours." Fei Tan took the money, didn't bother to count it, threw it into the box under the counter, pushed the model to the opposite side, and said.

"That..." The young man held up the model with both hands, and asked hesitantly, "Do you have a box or something? I'll put it in... because it's a gift..."

"The box? I threw it away." Fei Tan whispered regretfully, but with a completely indifferent expression on his face, he just said, "I don't have a box to buy."

"Ah...forget it, thank you anyway." The young man smiled, nodded politely, moved the model to hold it in one hand, turned and left the shop.

"It feels a little strange." I whispered to myself as I watched the young man's back disappear into the corner of the street.

"I can't see any flaws." Fei Tan said beside him, "But there is indeed something wrong, that guy..."

"Can he read?" I asked.

"Very stable. That guy has good skills." Fei Tan said.

"...Forget it, maybe it has nothing to do with us." I shrugged, and held up the literacy handbook that had been embarrassingly spread under the eyes of the young man just now, "Do you still want to continue learning?"

"I won't study. We'll talk about it tomorrow." Fei Tan cast a disgusted glance at the colorful cover of the literacy manual, jumped off his chair and walked towards the backyard.

"Close the shop and come for combat training." He said as he walked.

"...Forgive me, wait for Kuroro to come back..." I immediately turned down and evaded.Who likes to be beaten unilaterally!

"Kuroro is useless here." Feitan snorted, "I can kill you with one finger now. My skills are so poor that I can't even get out of District [-]. Do you want to be a waste?"

"But you hurt so much..." I couldn't help but burst into tears when I thought of Fei Tan's devil-style fighting training.

It was Kuroro who trained me before, but Feitan saw that Kuroro couldn't help letting go, so he replaced him.I used to think that Kurollo's coaching was ruthless enough, but it was only after changing to Feitan that I realized that Kurolo was just teasing me!

In Feitan's hands, he was so ruthless that he could only guarantee that he would kill me. The first time he beat and broke two of my ribs, it made me raise him for a month before continuing.If it weren't for my healing ability, I might not be able to get out of bed until now.

——When I can’t use the spirit of speech, I’m just an ordinary person without thoughts!

"Pain is the only way to have a long memory. Even if the brain can't remember, the body will remember." Feitan's educational philosophy.

"Krollo just spoils you too much."

Fei Tan leaned against the door leading to the backyard with folded arms, urged me to close the door with his eyes, and followed him to the backyard to be beaten.His golden eyes were full of sternness, and he didn't waver at all when he forced me to beat me up.

"Don't block it with your hands!"

Fei Tan approached me, with the afterimage of the knife in his hand, bypassing my raised parrying hand, and slammed hard on my shoulder.I was hit by him and fell backward suddenly, and fell to the ground with my buttocks.If he hadn't been able to control the strength to some extent, he would definitely have fractured this time.

"Don't swing your arms around, you will die if you block your sight! Use your body to avoid, and use your hands to attack." Feitan pulled me up from the ground, and as soon as I stood still, I took two steps back, and my figure He rushed forward in a flash, forcing me to keep retreating.

"Don't close your eyes!" Fei Tan's fist will rest on the bridge of my nose, and he looks at me coldly, "Even if the enemy puts his finger in one eye, the other eye must be opened." He said Said deeply, "Don't close your eyes if you don't want to die, forever!"

"Yes." I took a deep breath, staggered to my feet, wiped away the painful sweat that flowed into my eyes, and said in a stance, "Come again!"

"Block." He punched my fragile stomach hard.

"Dodge." A kick hit my ass, making me fall into the mud.

"Attack!" The fist I hit with all my strength was twisted behind me in an instant, and my joints groaned in protest.

"Attack! Attack! Attack!" With his hands behind his back, Fei Tan dodged a series of attacks by me only by dodging up, down, left, and right.His speed was so fast that I could hardly tell his real position from the afterimage left by the last second.

"Huhuhu——" I stopped panting heavily, bent over, propped my legs on my hands, sweat dripped down my chin to the ground, and didn't bother to wipe it off.

"Find the right timing." Fei Tan leaned against the wall without breaking a drop of sweat, and lazily taught me: "The previous attack should be prepared for the subsequent attack. If the enemy has no openings, use your attack to lure him to show up." flaw."

"Huh, I, huh, I can't figure it out." I said out of breath.They are too busy attacking and blocking, how can they think or even use strategies in the high-speed confrontation process?How many cores do the CPUs of these masters have?

"I don't expect you to be able to figure it out." Feitan looked at me contemptuously, "That's why I said that Kuroro can't teach you that way. A mediocre person like you will have to be beaten a lot. The body remembers the instinctive reaction, Let the body's reaction be faster than the head's when necessary, so that I can barely hope....Have you rested enough? Come again!"

At the end of the tough combat training, I was completely exhausted and collapsed on the ground, unable to lift a single finger.Compared with being killed in seconds at the beginning, now I have persisted under Fei Tan for longer and longer.If I were an ordinary person out there who couldn't read, I would be able to end up with two grown men head-on right now, but on Meteor Street... I still have a long way to go.

Although Feitan still insists that my skills are a mess, I can still feel that he is proud of my rapid improvement after he took over.I think that if Feitan knew the proverb "a loving mother loses her son", he would definitely give it to Kuroro happily.

It was spread out on the ground like mud, and I squinted my eyes to look at the sky, not wanting to move.Fei Tan came over with a sense of responsibility, picked me up, and moved me to the bedroom.

Obviously not much taller than me, thin and small, he hugged me horizontally but seemed to feel no weight, and walked very easily.Anyone with the ability to read is a monster, hum.

"Fei Tan, I will work hard." When he put me on the bed, I whispered in his ear.

"En." Fei Tan responded, and said in a blunt tone: "Hurry up, Kuroro and I won't wait for you forever."

He straightened up and stood by the bed, and added dryly: "It can't be too weak."

"Yes~"

I looked at him with a smile, and after a while, my face suddenly collapsed and said: "Fei Tan, I just rubbed dirt all over the ground! You put me on the bed directly, I have to change the quilt again..."

When Kuroro came back, it was already dark.He had dinner at Angelica's, and Feitan and I didn't wait for him, and ate by ourselves.

The only bedroom at the back of the yard has been transformed into a comfortable living room by me. The single bed for me and Kuroro is placed on one side, and Feitan’s bed is on the other side, a single bed for children that doesn’t take up much space. .The original long table was placed in the yard, and a small tea table and three round stools were placed in the vacant space in the middle, which is a place for eating.Coupled with the large wooden bathtubs crowded in the corner, the small room is packed to the brim, and although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

After Kuroro finished washing, he climbed onto the bed and sat down - before going to bed, he had to read a book for a while, with a lamp on hand, and several tomes piled up on the bedside table, "Self in Daily Life" "Performance" or something, I don't know how serious it is.

I slept next to Kuroro, next to the wall.Burying my face in the soft pillow, I twitched lazily a few times, just as I was about to feel sleepy, when I suddenly heard Kuroro say from the side: "Fetan said you want to kill Angelica?"

"Huh?" I turned over against the pillow, looked at him with my messy hair, and said, "That's all I said, don't take it seriously."

"It's not impossible to kill, but it's better to wait for a while..." Kuroro discussed with me in a serious tone, "We have to choose a good time. Well, Hammer is also a trouble, or get rid of him first It can’t attract the attention of District [-], it’s better to pretend it’s an accident...you can lure him out of District [-]..." Kuroro covered his mouth and fell into deep thought.

The bright yellow desk light shone from behind his ears, and the short-cut black hair cast jagged shadows on his jade-like side face.Kuroro frowned under the lamp, looking distressed like an angel who accidentally fell into the world.

"Hey, no more!" I also sat up, and imitated him to put the pillow on the back, leaned against the head of the bed with him, pulled his arm, and emphasized in an angry, funny and touched way: "I really It's just talking! We've agreed, don't make trouble anymore..."

"But you want to kill her..." Kuroro looked at me puzzled.

"I don't want to!" I cut him off almost immediately.

Looking into Kuroro's eyes, I was taken aback for a moment, then stopped to think carefully.My eyes moved unconsciously, and I unconsciously grabbed the corner of the quilt and pulled it in my hand.

As I cleared my mind, I said, "What does Angelica have to do with us? Why should I kill her? I just... I just..."

"I just don't want to see you flattering her!"

The words came out of my mouth, and I was stunned for a moment, and I felt a little embarrassed. My voice lowered, but I still looked into Kuroro's round and big eyes, and repeated: "I don't want to see you flattering her."

It turned out that I resisted seeing Kuroro courting Angelica and even resisted to the point of wanting to kill someone for it.

Kuroro looked at me with eyes wide open in a rare daze.

"Puchi! Chrollo, Lydia is jealous." Fei Tan said with a smirk while lying on the opposite bed with his legs up.

"No!" I immediately retorted loudly, "I'm not jealous!" Fei Tan really, where did you learn this?I will never take him to watch cartoons next time!

However, Fei Tan's interruption made my heart feel much less uncomfortable.I scratched my cheeks with my fingers meaninglessly, and looked at Kuroro aggrievedly: "It has nothing to do with Angelica. I just don't want to see you currying favor with anyone!"

My eye circles were almost uncontrollably red.

I suddenly became agitated, and tried my best to maintain a calm and restrained tone, but my words still choked up: "Kurolo, you shouldn't please anyone! Why should they? We, we don't need to please anyone. Yes, we don't Need to please anyone..."

Tears quickly blurred my vision, I lowered my head, the frozen humiliation and anger filled with murderous intentions filled my chest, just like many times before, it transformed into bitter grievance and sadness in front of Kuroro without hindrance , Tears of weakness dripped down his cheeks from his chin.

It is obviously the only thing you have, the one you cherish the most, the one you value the most, and the one you want to protect with all your might, but it happens to be ignored, insulted, played with, hurt right in front of your eyes, even in the eyes of others It's not even considered to be exploited, it's just a matter of course based on strength, rules, and status.

It turned out that it was just Kuroro's smile that didn't reach Angelica's eyes that hurt me more than my abandonment of dignity in District [-].The kind of humiliation, sadness, anger and hatred for whom I can't tell, I couldn't imagine it before, and I will never forget it in the future.

Now I can only lower my head, hold the quilt tightly with my hands, and say in a low voice, trembling, and forcefully: "One day, we don't need to please anyone... Kuroro doesn't need to..."

He took me into his arms with both hands, with some eagerness and recklessness.

A tight hug, strangled me a little pain, leaving no gaps.

"One day. I promise."

With his chin on my shoulder, Kuroro whispered in my ear, with a firm tone, and his unique ruthlessness in the lingering sound.I can imagine the dark look in Kuroro's big eyes at this time.

"Yeah." I responded with a cry, and pressed my eyes on his white shirt, feeling wet quickly.

I stretched out my arms and hugged him tightly, and couldn't help sobbing and said in a swearing tone: "Sooner or later, Kuroro won't have to please anyone anymore! Everyone will come to please you!"

"it is good."

"We will become very strong! Then we can do whatever we want, without worrying about others."

"it is good."

"There are so many girls in the world, you can choose whichever you like, and you don't have to coax anyone! They are not worthy! You can choose all the girls in the world, let them rush to please you..."

"……it is good."

It was late at night, Kuroro turned off the desk lamp, and the room was dark.

I lay quietly for a while, wiping my tears on the pillow, and moved over to lay on Kuroro's pillow, shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Lydia?" He turned his head, and the breath as he spoke touched my ear, warm and itchy.

I opened my mouth and finally didn't speak, just groped to find his wrist and held it.

"...Go to sleep." Kuroro's voice was softly reassuring.As he said, he took me a little closer with his arms and let me stick into his arms, just like every sleepless night in District [-].

"Yeah." I'm used to finding a comfortable position in his arms and closing my eyes.

In your life, there may always be some people who make you feel that they deserve the best in the world.Sometimes it doesn't matter if I feel wronged, but I just want to give him the best.

This is a power that is terrifying even when you think about it, and those who have it should cherish it.At least I don't know where it will take me.

The author has something to say:

This is the relationship between Lydia and Kuroro at this stage, which should be a deeper bond than friendship, love, and family affection.Kuroro will be stronger and a little more reserved, but the essence is the same.This may be a feeling that can only be born in a place like Meteor Street. If you have never had anything, you will never give up what you can hold.Because it is the only possession, it is extremely important.