It was already five o'clock in the morning, in late summer, the sky had just begun to brighten, and the coolness still surrounded the entire world.

Roland Hert, wearing his blue-green general's coat, gently pushed open the castle gate and walked out.

The street lights had just gone out, but a glimmer of light in the sky was just enough to see the road clearly.

The soldiers were cheering for victory, and whenever someone greeted her, Loran would just nod her head calmly without saying a word.

She walked slowly along the bluestone sidewalk on the main road, her tall figure standing straight. Heading north, she gradually moved away from the cheers of celebration and finally arrived at the northern wall of the Dawn Fortress.

The wind was getting stronger on the city wall that was dozens of meters high, causing Roland to sneeze. She couldn't help but tighten her general's coat.

The star of the marshal's rank above was shining brightly, symbolizing absolute status.

However, in Luo Lan's eyes, this thing is just a piece of clothing. She doesn't actually want to be a general if she doesn't have the support of that man.

Watching a car driving out of the north city gate below, Luo Lan knew that it was the adjutant who was delivering a letter for her to His Majesty Bai Yan. Thinking of this, her face turned red and her thoughts drifted away.

Bai Yan Roland, this man completely changed her life.

Roland grew up in a small noble family in the Mithril City. His father was a knight. Although the fiefdom was not large, they lived a wealthy life.

As the only daughter in the family, Loran had a happy childhood, but everything changed completely when she was fourteen years old.

In feudal society, laws can only be regarded as a form at best, or even a weapon for the upper class to oppress the lower class.

Luo Lan still clearly remembers that day. It was drizzling under the gloomy sky, and her father was being held by two people and kneeling on the execution platform in the middle of the square.

The arrogant earl arrogantly read out every crime her father committed, crimes that were not even there and could not be proven.

As for the reason, it was nothing more than that his father reported the Earl's human trafficking to the Marquis, but he didn't know that the two were of the same kind.

At the moment the butcher's knife fell, Roland witnessed everything, his two little hands tightly covering his mouth, tears and snot flowing out, mixing with the rain.

After her father died, she and my mother were deprived of their noble status because of their status as relatives of criminals, and all their property was divided up.

In this way, the fourteen-year-old girl became homeless with her only mother.

Not long after her father passed away, her mother also fell ill and passed away within half a year, leaving her alone in the world.

From having no worries about food and clothing to suddenly becoming penniless, Roland felt overwhelmed and even wanted to commit suicide to end it all.

But in the end she still had to live, only in this way could she have a glimmer of hope for revenge, although this hope was so slim that it made her despair.

Fortunately, she is still a free citizen and can still decide her own destiny and choices.

To this day, that memory is still extremely clear in Luo Lan's mind. It was a small wooden shed that was like a doghouse. He had to hold a sharp knife in his hand every night when he slept, and he was often so worried that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

During the day she went to Mrs. Connie's house to operate the sewing machine, even though the gray-haired lady was very mean to her and the only reason she allowed Loraine to work was because the salary she paid was pitifully low.

But Loran was still grateful to her after all. At least it was a decent job, and she lived like this with all her energy.

A man was eating a mud bun, his hands were full of wounds from needle pricks, and he was shivering in a small shed that was leaky on all sides.

The loneliness and despair suffocated her, and the contempt and pity of the people around her made her shaky.

It seemed that being able to stay alive was the limit of what she could do. As for revenge, Loran gradually realized that she might never be able to avenge her parents in this lifetime.

Maybe the gods took pity on her? Everything changed when she was eighteen.

At the age of eighteen, she had become accustomed to this fearful and exhausting life, and was also accustomed to lingering alone in this noisy and chaotic world.

But suddenly, war broke out.

The revolutionary army from the south, led by the Third Prince Bai Yan, attacked with unstoppable force. Before Roland could even react, the Mithril City was breached.

At that time, the first thing Loran thought of was to escape. She knew very well what would happen if a city was breached during a war.

Rape, murder, burning and robbing, if nothing unexpected happens, the Mithril City will become a living hell in three days at most.

So, Loran hid in his little hand shed in fear, not daring to go anywhere, holding a small knife left for himself in his arms.

For three days in a row, she still didn't dare step out of her little wooden shed until she fainted from hunger.

When Loran woke up, she was still in her little wooden shed, except there was one more person, a man who was incredibly handsome.

Or it would be more appropriate to say that he was a teenager, because he looked younger than himself, with black hair and a pair of deep black pupils, very special.

"Feeling better?"

This was the first sentence the boy said to her. At that moment, Luo Lan felt like she was dreaming and just nodded in a trance.

"Do you live here alone?" the young man asked softly, bringing a spoonful of warm rice porridge to his mouth.

Luo Lan stared at him for a long time before she opened her mouth slightly and swallowed the rice porridge in one gulp. She almost forgot how long it had been since she had been taken care of like this.

"Why are you crying?" The boy was stunned for a moment when he saw her crying, then he gently hugged her and patted her back. "Is it because what I said hurt you?"

The boy's voice was very gentle. Roland could no longer bear it. He buried his dirty head in the boy's shoulder and cried wildly.

After crying, Roland remembered that the Mithril City had been breached, which meant it was very dangerous outside.

Thinking of this, she quickly jumped out of bed and closed the small wooden door full of holes. She looked at the boy and said, "It's very dangerous outside now. Let's sneak out in a few nights."

The young man just looked at her, his calm eyes mixed with a hint of tenderness. He stood up, reopened the small wooden door in Luo Lan's dazed eyes, and said with a smile: "It's okay now. It's safe outside now."

"Very, safe?" Luo Lan stared blankly at the hand the boy stretched out. After hesitating for a moment, he finally shook it, hid his head behind him, and followed the boy out.

The sunlight felt comfortable on her face. The street was bustling with people. Several prison vans happened to pass by, and in them were the earl and marquis who had killed her parents.

At this time, a silver-haired woman with a tail suddenly appeared beside the young man. She looked at them with a pair of purple-silver eyes and chuckled, "Where did you kidnap another one from? My Lord Bai Yan?"

Suddenly, Roland's eyes widened.

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