The Hero in Exile

The carriage traveled on the plain for another three days, passing many houses and caravans around. In short, it was much better than the first few days. In the first few days, the scenery was nothing but dead trees, grass and puddles, which made people tired of it.

The surrounding grass was gradually covered with snow, and the visibly green turned into white. The temperature dropped rapidly, and Lingyu also put on a few more layers of clothing and changed into a cotton jacket.

But Lingyu was quite distressed. These clothes were some she had picked up randomly from the old lady and they didn't fit her well. To put it bluntly, they were too short for her. The cuffs could completely cover her small hands. Now when she sat down on the chair, she looked like a ball. If she wanted, she could hug her knees with her hands and play billiards with them at the back.

This made it very inconvenient for Lingyu to walk. Although she could just roll instead of walk in the carriage, the discomfort always made her want to take it off, and then put it back on again when she was freezing like a dog. Then she thought of using magic to maintain her body temperature.

Then after the magic was used up, the hero became exhausted and frozen like a dog and put on his clothes to admit defeat. In the end, one could only draw one conclusion, which was that the hero's body was too weak to resist being beaten or even being frozen.

"It will be here around this afternoon."

"It's finally here. I finally don't have to eat dry food and sleep on the grass."

Lingyu was already bored to death in the cargo room at the back of the carriage. Upon hearing the news, she sat up and came to the front of the carriage. But the end of her sight was still grassland, which was only slightly larger than the Alps.

"You should rest in the back. I'll call you when we get there. You'll be traveling for a few days and you'll be tired by then. Oh, and the temperature might be even lower when we get there. I remember there's a towel in my luggage that you can wear."

Lingyu walked to the pile of items at the back and found the luggage containing clothes. She immediately saw a red towel. Suddenly, Lingyu thought of something and looked at Moran.

I remember that Moran did put on one or two coats inside and changed into a coat. Although he wore more than usual, Lingyu was clear about how low the temperature was now.

"Moran, don't you need it? I see you don't have much to wear, why don't you put it on."

Moran shook his head and patted his chest hard, with a slight smile on his face.

"We demons are strong. I didn't say anything when you used blizzard and fire explosion. Now you are afraid of this? Are you concerned about me?"

Facing Moran's teasing, Lingyu's face turned red unconsciously. Of course, Moran didn't take it to heart, thinking that he would just be scolded at most.

"I just care about you, idiot."

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Moran, who didn't react in time, was also stunned for a moment. If he didn't hear wrongly, did this girl say that she cared about him? The sun didn't rise from the west. At this time, Moran began to doubt one of the three major illusions of life.

Is she interested in me now?

Moran, who wanted to find out whether it was a joke or not, had to figure this out now. He could guess what her expression was by looking back.

Turning around, he saw Lingyu sitting at the back of the carriage cargo room with her back to him, not giving him any chance. However, Moran thought of Lingyu's temper. If she was really making fun of him, she would definitely ridicule him in person, so he could guess it since she was turning her back to him and not saying anything.

Moran was in a good mood. Was his effort worthwhile? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but whip the horse whip even harder.

sizzle~

You are so arrogant and proud. I help you pull the cart every day, but you are in a good mood today and you give us more horse grass and ask us to eat more whips. If you have the guts, come and do it.

Lingyu was silently stroking her face with her hands from behind. The slightly cool hands felt really comfortable on her hot face.

Looking at the chain hidden by magic on his hand, we were obviously enemies in the beginning, so how did the relationship become like this now? Once the chain is broken and the curse is lifted, will he turn against me? That shouldn't happen. After all, he has confessed to me, and I want to confirm the relationship, but when I think about its impact on my family status in the future, I can't do this. He has to do it first. I must accept his confession next time. He's giving it to me for free now, but he's just trying to improve my favorability without saying it. Anyway, I can't go back here and I don't want to end up alone for the rest of my life. So I have to rely on him for the rest of my life.

Of course, Moran, who was sitting in the front, would never have thought that someone in the back had already started thinking of what to name the child.