Anime: Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon, picked up by the Knight King

……

Morgan walked down the street.

The streets were deserted, with few cars to be seen. Only the scorching sun shone on her body, and the occasional noisy chirping of birds echoed in her ears.

Morgan suddenly felt a little annoyed.

She subconsciously touched the back of her head, wanting to put on the black veil - after searching in vain, she could only find a bench in the shade of a tree and sat down dejectedly.

"came back."

She stroked her chest, feeling her fragile body and the sound of her beating heart.

Her face showed an expression that was unclear whether it was joy or sadness.

She could feel that all the good and bad things were coming back.

—Or maybe they never really left.

"Is that right?"

"So... I never really died?"

Chapter 271 How long can your justice last?

Night.

Genji Heavy Industries, [Emergency Rescue Department] Office.

Uesugi Erii, who has lived here for many days and will probably stay here for many more, is sharing tonight's lunch box with like-minded colleagues.

——The food in the lunch box was not very expensive, but a work meal that he and other staff members of Genji Heavy Industries had just "got".

"Damn brother!"

"You're even charging me for the meal!"

Whenever she thought of these things, Uesugi Eri felt depressed.

She knew that the road to growth would be difficult, and she knew that it would be extremely difficult to accomplish something - but what she never expected was that the first difficulty she faced actually came from Yuan Zhisheng.

"Rent, electricity, water, garbage disposal, and other necessary expenses..."

"I'll give you five million a month."

This afternoon, Sakura Yabuki came to her for her signature with a contract that had been prepared in advance.

Looking at the less than 500,000 "operation funds" left in the [Emergency Rescue Department] account, Uesugi Erii gritted her teeth and broke the pen in her hand after signing her name.

"King General."

"If that doesn't work, let's think of a solution?"

There were mixed-race people from the demon group who noticed Uesugi Eri's resentment.

They offered to help raise funds - but when Uesugi Eri asked them to come up with a real plan, they hesitated and couldn't explain it clearly.

——Yes, how can these ghosts who live in the sewers all year round and associate with rats and cockroaches make money in a normal way?

"No more funds?"

"It's okay, I'll go ask my dad for some."

"Anyway, he has so much money that he can never spend it all—"

"Or I can talk to my friends - if they have the channels, they would be very willing to donate to our charity."

Some second-generation rich people looked relaxed and even scrambled to donate to the Emergency Rescue Department, which had only been established for a short time but had already gained a certain reputation in the Tokyo area.

——When this rich second-generation man went to a nightclub to pick up girls after get off work, he would mention his identity as a "staff member of the Ministry of Emergency Situations". Others would look at him with respect, and even the bar owner would give him a free beer.

Now, joining this [Emergency Rescue Department] seems to have become a new trend among these wealthy young people - after all, those who can join this department can prove that they are really rich, and secondly, they can prove that they are really responsible and are outstanding "social elites."

Is this a good thing?

Maybe?

Eiry also knew that these people had "bad intentions" - their intentions to do good were definitely not as pure as hers.

But so what? A gentleman is judged by deeds, not by heart. They are willing to spend money to do something "just" and to contribute their own "light", which is a very good thing.

"Shall I think about it again?"

Looking at the income and expenditure report on the table, Eiry rubbed her head with a headache.

——There is only “expenditure” above, but no “receipt” at all.

After all, this is really a department that does good things without asking for anything in return, and doesn't even pay employees' salaries.

And she actually understood what Yuan Zhisheng meant.

Money? Is she short of money?

It is no exaggeration to say that as the [Tsukuyomi] of the Snake Eight Clan, Uesugi Erie's reputation among the Snake Eight Clan is unprecedentedly high, even reaching a point where she can vaguely rival Minamoto no Chisei.

——Naturally, the Eight Snake Families are not united.

That is, the relationship between Minamoto no Chisei and Uesugi Erie is really very good, and Minamoto no Chisei himself is not greedy for power. In addition, Uesugi Erie does not even know what "power" is and just does whatever she thinks of. Only with these two people in charge can they suppress the "ambitions" of other families.

"But the so-called justice cannot be achieved by simply shouting it out."

“It takes action.”

“And it’s not something that can be done in a day, a month, or a year—the implementation of justice requires a lifetime.”

"And your justice requires the joint efforts of several generations, or even more than ten generations..."

"But, without any income, how can you guarantee that this [Emergency Rescue Department] will be able to operate normally after you leave? Will your ideals continue?"

……

Eiry thought about it for a long time, but ultimately did not accept the advice of the rich second generation.

——No one’s money comes from the wind.

Moreover, although Eri had never worked outside, let alone any way to "make money" - but after some hard thinking, she did think of a way to make money.

"Sister, sister——"

late at night.

Uesugi Erie, who had not returned to this villa for a long time, knocked on its door.

But the person who came out to greet her was not the Morgan she had imagined.

Well, actually, even if Morgan were here, he would never come out to greet her. At most, he would just wave his hand and activate a "magic spell" that could open and close the door freely.

But when the door opened from the inside and a man appeared in the courtyard, Uesugi Eri suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.

That was a "click".

"Where's my sister?"

She walked into the villa - looked at the overly quiet first floor, the second floor filled with bottles and jars, and even the basement she seldom went to... She searched the entire villa 3.4 square meters, but couldn't find Morgan.

"She left."

Shirataki waved his hand and led the little girl to the second floor.

The potions that filled the entire room were all made by Morgan in his spare time - now they are all left to Eri as a "gift" to her.

However, Eri did not accept the gift.

"Where did she go?"

The little girl asked with some concern.

Shirataki shook his head and did not answer the question.

Because he knew what the little girl really wanted to ask.

"Will she come back?"

The answer to this question is, of course—

"Who knows?"

"Who can guess what she is thinking?"

Chapter 272: Tears of Persephone

Harbor villa, second floor.

Shirataki has already left here.

The little girl named Uesugi Erie sat in the seat where Morgan usually sat, lowered her head, looked at the herbs and tools on the table, and fell into deep thought.

There are always separations in life.

It's not that she doesn't understand this.

But... the truths you "see" in anime movies and the truths you experience after experiencing them yourself are ultimately different.

"Are you leaving just like that?"

The little girl waited from evening to early morning, without sleeping all night, waiting for Morgan to come back.

——She really hoped that Morgan could "forget" something, or suddenly remember that there was something he hadn't said to her.

But, no.

Morgan never returned.

Perhaps, as Shirataki told her, the woman "went to find her true self" - although Eri didn't know what this sentence meant, she knew that it must be something very important to Morgan.

Since it is so important, let’s do it.

"Do not worry about me."

The red-haired girl leaned against the window, looking at the rising sun outside - at this moment, the emotions in her heart finally reached their peak.

It is an emotion of longing but not sadness, melancholy but not confusion.

The past was good.

In the past, in this very room, she had many beautiful stories with that gentle sister.

But... in the good old days, we can only recall them, but not dwell on them.

“Look forward.”

"We'll meet again anyway, right?"

Eri thought so.

It was at this moment that she suddenly discovered that the herbs on the table were just enough to make the "Water of Life and Death".

——It’s not the powerful sleeping pill in “Harry Potter”.

It is a potion specifically for the soul that can wake people up from eternal sleep.

It has a nice name.

[Tears of Persephone].

……

Chongqing, Three Gorges.

After nearly three months of excavation work, the excavation of the Tomb of the Lord of Bronze and Fire has entered its final stages.

The harvest was certainly quite rich, especially the seven alchemical weapons that were said to be able to kill the Dragon King, which made the half-bloods from various forces salivate.

But the really important things were handed over to Xia Mi through Lu Mingfei's hands early on, without being made known to anyone else.

[Egg of the Bronze and Fire King], [Bone Bottle of the Bronze and Fire King].

—This sounds like something that belongs to one person.

But in fact, they belong to two different [Kings of Bronze and Fire].