Unlike the noisy food street, the East Suburbs of Cavin City were very quiet.
The dim yellow streetlights cast thin, long shadows along the road.
The evening breeze whistled, refreshing in the warming season.
At this moment, Mo Baiwei and Mida were walking along the street, each with different expressions, seemingly lost in their own thoughts.
“By the way, Miss Mo Baiwei…”
Mida spoke up, attempting to break the cold atmosphere.
Hearing Mida’s words, Mo Baiwei felt a trace of faint distance in her tone, which made her feel uneasy.
“Mida, there’s no need to call me ‘Miss.’ We’re friends.”
“Oh… okay.”
Mida was stunned for a moment before quickly correcting her address for Mo Baiwei.
“Mo Baiwei, how old are you?”
“18.”
“You’re one year older than me. So, what do you do?”
Mo Baiwei had a bit of a headache.
She felt that Mida was chirping away like a little bird.
Why wasn’t this girl usually this excited?
“I’m an Adventurer.”
Mo Baiwei naturally couldn’t say she worked at a cafe, so she brought out her old title.
“An Adventurer…”
Hearing this answer, Mida couldn’t help but think of someone.
A handsome, black-haired boy who was incredibly resolute in the face of difficulties.
More importantly, he would stand in front of her and block everything.
“By the way, Mida, do you have any dreams?”
Mo Baiwei felt that she was already quite familiar with Mida and that they understood each other well, so asking things she already knew was almost pointless.
In that case, it was better to ask about things that were usually not mentioned to satisfy her curiosity.
“My dream?”
Mida was a bit surprised.
She had only heard this question from Hal today, and she hadn’t thought about it much before answering directly.
She didn’t expect the girl she had just met to ask her almost the same question.
Mida thought seriously for a moment and still felt that she didn’t seem to have any grand ideals.
However, just as she was about to answer, a person appeared in her mind.
Perhaps, this was her dream…
Mida looked at Mo Baiwei and replied very seriously, “My dream is to live happily for the rest of my life with the person I love.”
Mo Baiwei wasn’t surprised upon hearing this; instead, she smiled.
In her view, if this little girl could spend her life with the person she loved, then she could rest easy.
For a long time, Mo Baiwei had almost regarded Mida as a sister.
She naturally hoped that one day Mida wouldn’t need her help and could stay with the person she loved forever.
“Then I wish you the best. I hope you can be happy with him,” Mo Baiwei gave her heartfelt blessing.
“Yes, thank you,” Mida replied, but then asked back, “Then Mo Baiwei, what is your dream?”
“My… dream?”
Hearing Mida’s question, deep confusion appeared in Mo Baiwei’s eyes.
What was her dream?
Was it to grow old with her family? Unfortunately, she had no family left, and even that bastard Queen had been dead for years.
Perhaps it was to carry out the will of freedom as an adventurer?
No, that wasn’t it.
She had long lost her passion for adventure and had no desire to pursue freedom.
Or was it simply to become stronger?
Mo Baiwei didn’t want to become stronger.
As an elf, she had no desire for meaningless power, and her gentle nature meant she lacked the determination to fight for it.
For a moment, Mo Baiwei was lost to find that she couldn’t discover a purpose for living.
What exactly was she living for?
Ever since she was born, she had nothing.
Family, friendship, wealth, knowledge, and power — none of these things had anything to do with her.
She was left without parents when she was 1 month old and was imprisoned in the inner palace where she couldn’t make friends.
Aside from her salary and bounties, she never had any other wealth.
Ordered by the Elf Queen, the knowledge-hungry elf was forbidden from learning anything.
Her innate bloodline meant she couldn’t control a single bit of mana, and her weak body forced her to serve as a hero using only physical strength.
She felt like she had lived for so many years, yet it was as if she had never lived at all.
Why did she come into this world?
Mo Baiwei’s bright emerald pupils gradually dimmed, her pointed little ears trembled slightly, and her tail hung down weakly.
‘Am I just an accident…?’
Mo Baiwei murmured to herself in a daze, as if immersed in her own world.
“Mo Baiwei?”
Seeing Mo Baiwei stop, Mida was a bit confused, so she stepped in front of Mo Baiwei and called out softly.
“Why me…”
Mo Baiwei clenched her fists, her nails pressing into her fair palms until they were red.
She felt very aggrieved.
According to an elf’s age, she was still just a little girl.
At this time, she should be holding her parents’ hands, happily playing in the Royal Garden, looking at vibrant flowers, and chasing butterflies.
She should be snuggled up happily with her parents under the moonlight.
However, reality was cruel and unfair.
This life that she should have enjoyed could now only be imagined in her mind.
All that greeted her was the Queen’s endless, cruel, and perverted torture, along with the loneliness and helplessness of facing a strange environment alone.
Recalling the bits and pieces of bitterness along the way, Mo Baiwei felt no resentment, no anger, and she wouldn’t hate anyone.
She was an elf, and elves were gentle and submissive.
Even so, she could only feel immense grievance.
“Mo Baiwei!”
Seeing Mo Baiwei’s expression becoming more and more abnormal, Mida couldn’t care less and grabbed Mo Baiwei’s shoulders to shake her.
In human form, Wei Bai was a head taller than Mida.
However, after becoming an elf, Mo Baiwei was the same height as Mida.
Looking closely, one would see that Mo Baiwei was even a tiny bit shorter than Mida.
“Hmm? Uh… what’s wrong?”
Mo Baiwei woke up from her memories as if from a dream and looked at Mida in front of her, feeling a bit confused.
What just happened?
“Mo Baiwei, are you okay? You looked like you were in a very bad state just now.”
Mida was a bit worried.
She really felt that Mo Baiwei was not doing well and began to wonder if she should send her home.
“I’m fine, I’m great. I just thought of some things from the past,” Mo Baiwei replied, pretending to be relaxed.
“By the way, Mida, you just asked me what my dream was, right?”
Mo Baiwei knew she couldn’t fool Mida with just one sentence, so she simply used the previous topic to shift her attention.
“Ah, right.”
Seeing Mo Baiwei suddenly return to the previous topic, Mida couldn’t help but be surprised, thinking Mo Baiwei’s recovery ability was too strong.
Clearly, she looked like she was about to lose emotional control just a moment ago, but now she acted as if nothing had happened.
To be honest, Mo Baiwei had never encountered this situation before.
She had always controlled her emotions well and had never experienced a situation like today where she was so immersed in the past that she couldn’t pull herself out.
Mida even had to call her several times to wake her up and force it back down.
Feeling the churning emotions within her body, Mo Baiwei knew she had to find an opportunity to release them, otherwise, she might suffocate.
“My dream is to become a hero who saves the world!” Mo Baiwei thought for a moment and used a cliché excuse to brush it off.
Mida listened to this somewhat innocent dream and felt it was a bit cute, unable to help but giggle.
“That’s a very good dream. Then, you have to work hard too, Mo Baiwei.”
“Mhm.”
Mo Baiwei replied.
At that moment, Mo Baiwei felt a surge of heat coming from her pocket.
She couldn’t help but frown slightly.
Wasn’t that the pocket where she put the pendant? Why was it reacting now?
She was still right in front of Mida.
If this pendant appeared, Mida would definitely recognize it at a glance, and then everything would be over.
Thinking of this, Mo Baiwei stuffed the pendant deeper into her pocket, trying her best not to let it peek out.
Seeing Mo Baiwei’s actions, Mida felt a sliver of curiosity, but she didn’t pry.
She knew that everyone had secrets, and it was rude to pry into them.
Besides, she also had secrets she had been hiding, so she naturally knew how important these secrets were to their owners.
“It’s getting late; we should head home.”
Mo Baiwei tucked the pendant away and spoke to Mida.
She really wanted to get away from Mida right now.
“Yeah, it is late.”
Mida looked up at the twinkling starry sky.
“Let me walk you home, Mo Baiwei.”
“…”
Hearing Mida’s words, Mo Baiwei was completely out of options.
She couldn’t understand why the Mida today was different from the Mida she knew, even showing such a clingy side.
Was this still the Mida she knew? Could she have been possessed?
“Actually, I don’t think that’s necessary…”
Mo Baiwei was a bit flustered, trying to find an excuse to leave Mida.
“I think it’s better if I walk Mida home first.”
“No, I’ll walk you home first.”
Mida’s tone was full of determination and stubbornness.
She had just witnessed Mo Baiwei’s reaction and now highly doubted her physical condition.
Naturally, she wouldn’t agree to let Mo Baiwei go home alone.
If anything happened to Mo Baiwei, she would probably be very sad.
Startled by the reason that surfaced in her mind, Mida’s small face gradually turned red.
She didn’t know why she held such a high level of goodwill toward the girl in front of her.
“Then let’s go.”
Mo Baiwei clicked her tongue inwardly.
She couldn’t win against Mida anyway, so she simply compromised.