The Hero in Exile

"Finally up."

I could vaguely see the surroundings with the help of the moonlight outside the window. There wasn't too much clutter inside, so I could move around a little more freely.

"Ha...ha...I'm going to die."

Moran climbed over the window with difficulty and leaned against the wall, opening his mouth wide to let as much air as possible into his body. The cold air slowly reduced the burning sensation in his lungs.

"Can you please keep your voice down? If there's someone outside in the corridor all our efforts will be wasted." Perhaps thinking that the warning was not enough, he kicked the person leaning against the wall with his toes.

Moran was just about to say something back but the physical exhaustion left him without the energy to say another word. Compared to the physical torture, what hurt him the most was the mental pain.

Just now, I still looked in order to get up faster. Let alone the guilt I felt for looking at a girl's private parts. Although I didn't do it on purpose, the consequences would be self-evident if she found out.

After a short rest, Lingyu had already retrieved the rope used to get up. She looked around briefly and didn't see anyone else, so she put the things back into the sack.

"Okay, we'll be ready to show our skills soon." After a good rest, Moran regained his spirits and stood up.

Lingyu put the luggage into the pile of groceries and said, "Let's hurry up, otherwise we will miss the boat at the dock." He took out two masks from the luggage, "Here, these are yours."

"Oh, thanks." Moran took the mask and put it on his face. "Let's put our weapons and luggage here first. It will be inconvenient to move later."

As he said that, Moran put the magic sword on his waist in a more hidden corner. Lingyu saw that he also put the holy sword next to it. Maybe Bourne never dreamed that there were three artifact-level weapons in his house.

Lingyu took out two daggers from the package and threw them. It felt good. This thing would be enough this time. "Remember to return it to me later." Moran caught the dagger thrown by Lingyu. Couldn't you just hand it to me? You had to throw it to me. Are you trying to kill me?

"It's just a dagger, who would care about it?"

"Yes, yes, finish the work quickly. I don't want to be discovered here."

Moran and Lingyu lowered their bodies and took half a step forward, moving to the door. They waited for about a minute to make sure there was no sound outside and that the servants and housekeepers here should have gone to rest, then they turned the doorknob.

The corridor on the second floor was pitch black, and Moran and Lingyu could only see each other's outlines.

"Let me ask you if you know where Velena's room is."

"Do I look like I know?" Lingyu rolled her eyes.

Now I can only check each room one by one. Moreover, because Bourne's holy light power is too strong, I can't clearly feel the specific location of Weiliana. I can only feel that she is just in front of the corridor.

Moran's hand gestures were just in front of him. The closer he got to the end of the corridor, the stronger the feeling became. The holy light was also strong. Finally, he reached the end of the corridor. On the right was Weiliana's room, but the problem lay in the room on the left. His instinct told him that his natural enemy was inside. The most important thing was to see if the light was off in the crack of the door. This would be troublesome.

"Bolin, we have done enough. You thought no one would find out, but almost all the residents of Ruilin City know that you bought a demon to live in your home. I don't know what they will say about you, but it will definitely not be good for you. I think we can hand her over to the church or the empire."

A familiar voice came from the room inside. Lingyu was very familiar with the tone of the father's persuasion, which was indeed easy to distinguish. The two also reached a consensus to listen to what they were talking about at the door first.

"Father, I... don't understand."

"What's confusing you?" Boyne paused and spoke.

"It was obviously the demons who invaded our homeland. It was those soldiers and that demon king! Why should we vent our anger on the civilians who had no involvement? Moreover, the demons did not do anything to our people when they captured Ruilin City but let them flee here on their own. But what did we do?" Bolin's tone became weak from the initial excitement.

Born didn't say anything, just listened to the child's catharsis.

"Father, could it be that they are demons?"

Bolin raised his head and looked at his father with pure eyes. This was the first time he had shown such rebellious behavior since he grew up.

Born opened his mouth and trembled for a long time before he spoke, "Child, they are not wrong. I hope you can stick to your principles in the future. I can tell you that your race is not glorious. Villena, you can live here first. Since this is your choice, as a father, I respect you, but I also hope you will not regret it and must persevere."

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"Is this really okay? Aren't you going too far?"

At this time, the two of them had already taken their things back and were on their way back.

"I can't help it. After all, there's still a long way to go. But in a sense, I'm really grateful that you're by my side. It's a really comfortable feeling." Moran continued talking to himself without realizing how much his words might be misunderstood.

"You...what are you talking about?" Lingyu said with a blushing face.

"No, I mean it's nice to have a partner or something like that, that's not what I meant, not that." Moran's brain had already reacted to the explosive remarks he had just made and his face couldn't help but blush.

Lingyu smiled slightly in a direction that Moran couldn't see, "Me too."