It was rare to see someone who knew what was good for him, and it made Simon excited again. Although he was still polite on the surface, saying, "Not at all, I just did some trivial things." In fact, his tone was filled with unconcealable pride.
But then Gage asked him again, "Then why don't you go to St. Roland or the Royal College of Magic and Magic to study?"
Simon scratched his head. "Lionheart and his gang are very difficult to deal with. After so many years, they still haven't given up on hunting us down. These top Academy of Magic all have their eyes and ears. If I go there to study, they will easily find me. The nobles in the south are spreading rumors that Siamus is hiding some secret, so I came here to try my luck."
Fatso was surprised. "What kind of grudge did your Grady Family have with the ruler of the Lionheart Empire, the Lionheart Family? It's been almost two hundred years, and they still won't let you go? "
"Oh, it's just a small misunderstanding. The Lionheart Family is always so petty." Simon laughed in an attempt to deceive them.
At the side, Rob said leisurely, "When Lionheart the First revolted, his wife and sister happened to be guests at Parrot Point, so the Grady Family kidnapped them overnight and sent them to Lionheart the First's nemesis. Uh, it's best that you don't know what happened to them. In short, in order to punish Lionheart the First, the emperor at that time chose a rather cruel method to execute his wife and sister … and his sister was pregnant at that time, so you can probably understand why so many nobles who offended Lionheart the First after the founding of the Lionheart Empire, but in the end, only the Grady Family chose to flee all the way to the south."
Simon said awkwardly, "Actually, the relationship between our two families was pretty good back then, and we didn't expect things to develop to that point. At that time, those people in our family didn't want to see the Lyhart family die, but later on, they completely got out of our control. Now that so many years have passed, any grudges between us have almost dissipated. That old fart Lyhart the First has been dead for so long, but his descendants still remember us. This is a bit too much."
Lionheart the Seventh was quite generous to the Royal College of Magic and Magic. Principal Steins and Vice-Principal Demain had a good impression of the Royal Family, and Rob and the Third Prince had some personal relations. Therefore, the future Supreme Magister Your Honor did not comment on the grudges between the two families.
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With the addition of Simon, the team arrived at the east side of the city a day earlier than expected. Without resting, they began to search for the whereabouts of the last sacred relic. Their current situation was like a race against time. The sooner they gathered the sacred relic, the more people they could save.
In order to increase efficiency, the five of them chose to split up. Each of them was in charge of an area. After determining their own area, everyone quickly threw themselves into the race against time to search. Only Rob did not leave. When almost everyone had left, the Quasi Magister looked at Lolo and asked, "Do you want to talk about what happened yesterday?"
"What happened yesterday?" The girl was also about to explore a barn not far away. Hearing this, she stopped in her tracks, and a puzzled expression appeared on her face.
"Can you tell me the real reason why you picked up this sword?" Rob pointed at the sacred sword in the girl's hand.
"Because I wanted to protect everyone. Senior Barton was injured, and among the remaining people, my swordsmanship is the best. Therefore, I am the most suitable person to deal with that monster." Lolo answered without much hesitation.
However, the Quasi Magister looked into her eyes and asked, "Is that all?"
"What else? Why do you think I picked up this sacred sword?" Lolo frowned. She did not know why she did not want to meet the youth's gaze at this moment. Looking at those bright eyes made her feel a little irritated.
The future Supreme Magister Your Honor shook his head and said, "Hartfilia, you will always stand up in the most dangerous times, shouldering everyone's expectations and wanting to save everything. At first, I thought it was because of your bravery, but later on, I realized that sometimes, the things you do exceed bravery and can even be called reckless. Just like now, you don't understand the sacred sword in your hand at all. You don't know how to use it, and you don't know how powerful the thing you are going to deal with is, but you still took up the responsibility of fighting that monster without hesitation. Also, when we met the two-headed wolf in the Endless Forest, I could feel the fear in your heart that was no different from a normal person's, but you still chose to stand in front of me without hesitation. From then on, I was curious as to what kind of power drove you to make these unwise choices again and again. It was only recently that I understood the reason."
"So this is the real me in your eyes? An idiot who can't do anything well, who is weak and pitiful, but overestimates himself and the people around him time and time again because of his stupidity and stubbornness? " Luo Luo did not know why she was so angry. She once thought that she was strong enough to not care about what others thought of her. Perhaps if it was someone else, she would just laugh it off. However, that person was the only one who could not do so.
"You are indeed an idiot, but not the kind of idiot that you say. You are an idiot who is trapped in the cycle of the past and tries to find redemption in others time and time again." Luo Bu sighed and walked up to the girl, "Hartfilia, you need to stop blaming yourself. Your father's death has nothing to do with you. You weren't even a professional at that time. You couldn't do anything against a colossus like the Temple. This isn't your fault. You need to forgive yourself. Even if you save 10,000 people now, you won't be able to change what has already happened."
Lolo bit her lip, but in the end, tears still flowed out of her eyes. She choked out, "You don't know how it feels. I really, really hate this feeling of powerlessness … That night, I had a premonition that I was going to lose him, but I was too scared. I was so scared that I didn't even dare to think about the possibility. I could only run back to my room, blow out the candles, and cover my head with the blanket. I am the most cowardly person in the world. Compared to the Temple, I hate my weak self more."
Rob didn't say anything else. He reached out and hugged the girl tightly. At this moment, Lolo appeared especially weak and helpless in his arms. She buried her face into the youth's chest and cried loudly. That night four years ago was a corner of her memory that she didn't want to touch the most. It was also a nightmare that she couldn't escape from. If the quasi-magus hadn't pointed it out, perhaps even she wouldn't have realized that all her bravery and strength from then on was like a declaration of war against herself that night.
However, she still couldn't forgive herself. She couldn't forgive the helpless self that was covered in the blanket. That was why she risked her life to save people, wanting to prove something. Lolo was most afraid of waking up and turning back into that weak little girl who could only cry alone in the middle of the night. Until she was hugged by that person and the youth whispered in her ear, "Alright, alright. It's all in the past. Don't blame yourself anymore. If it was me or anyone else in that situation, they wouldn't have been able to do better than you. You're already very brave. Not only now, you were the same four years ago. Hartfilia, if your father can see you again, he will definitely be proud of you."
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