"Who are you?"
Thales sat on the ground in a daze and stared at the girl with a dirty cat face.
"I … I just want to find someone to ask for directions out of the Hall of Heroes. I am …" Thales paused for a second and decided to stuff his identity information back down his throat. He forced a smile. "I just arrived at Heroic Spirit Palace today."
"Oh." The girl on the ground shrank back a little and said timidly. She adjusted her dusty round black glasses to make them straighter. "I thought no one would come here …"
The thick, black glasses were obviously a little too big. They barely covered the girl's ears. Coupled with her dirty little face, she looked especially comical.
"Then … may I ask who you are?" Thales stood up, patted the dust off his body, and flashed a friendly smile.
"I … I am helping someone work here …" The little girl stuttered with doubt and hesitation. She glanced at Thales cautiously, as if she was a little afraid.
She looked like a little squirrel that had encountered a falcon and was hiding in a tree hole, shivering.
She said in a weak voice, "I … I heard from the people in the kitchen that a lot of people will come to Heroic Spirit Palace recently."
Thales frowned.
'Helping someone work?
'I heard from the kitchen?
'Could it be …'
A thought popped up in his mind.
According to the routine described by a girl with terminal chuunibyou syndrome:
If a shota or loli popped out of nowhere in an unfamiliar palace and walked freely in the unguarded area, then no matter how sloppily he or she dressed or how strange his or her behavior was — Thales cast a glance at the platinum-haired girl's attire with deep suspicion — there could only be one identity.
"Are you the daughter of a noble family?" Thales narrowed his eyes and looked at the petite girl who struggled to get up from the ground.
The little girl froze for a moment.
'As expected …' Thales nodded secretly. 'A routine is a routine.'
However, in the next moment, the girl lowered her head timidly and shook her head forcefully.
'Huh?'
Thales patted the dust off his arms and frowned.
'The prince wandered around Heroic Spirit Palace, got lost, met the princess of another country, and then did something vulgar, and then engaged in all sorts of flirting … Shouldn't the routine be like this?
'No.
'This girl …' Thales glanced at the book on the ground, then at the girl's glasses. 'She can read, she can read, and she even knows the language of the Ancient Empire.
If he wasn't a noble, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to learn all of this.
Also will not have the opportunity to high myopia.
And … in Heroic Spirit Palace.
Thales immediately smiled. "Your surname is Walton? Is she King Nuven's … granddaughter or grandniece? "
But to his surprise, the little girl waved her hands and shook her head desperately as if she had been frightened. "No, no, I'm just, I'm just a servant. I was ordered to … look for something here!"
Thales frowned again.
No?
As the little girl shook her head, her large black glasses slid down the bridge of her nose!
Falling to the ground.
The platinum-haired girl was clearly shocked. She squinted her eyes and tried to grab her glasses in midair, fluttering about in a flurry.
Perhaps it was due to her poor eyesight or something else, but in her panic, her hand, which she had stretched out recklessly, sent her glasses flying.
The wind blew.
Thales was shocked. He subconsciously reached out and caught the strange object that flew into his arms — the girl's glasses.
'Oh.'
Thales curled his lips. 'Looks like my reflexes have improved.'
"Glasses!" The little girl crouched down, narrowed her eyes, and searched the ground in panic. "My glasses!"
"Don't be nervous, they're here with me." Thales comforted her while he curiously raised the round black-rimmed glasses in his hand.
The frames of the glasses seemed to be made of metal. No wonder they were so heavy. Unfortunately, a lot of them had been damaged.
The lenses were not thin, and they were covered in dust. There were even cracks. He wondered if this world had accurate optometry technology and glasses manufacturing technology.
Moreover, the black-rimmed glasses were not as round as they looked from afar. Instead, they were slightly rectangular, like the glasses worn by some important person …
Profit …
Thales chased away some boring memories.
"Excuse me …" The little girl seemed to be very pessimistic about her eyesight after losing her glasses. She crouched on the ground, her eyes lifeless, and nervously groped in Thales' direction.
"Don't move." Thales slowly walked in front of the girl. He looked at the pitiful little fellow who was squinting her eyes and trying her best to see clearly. He sighed.
He crouched down in front of the girl. In her panic, the girl's hand touched Thales' knee. She was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her hand.
"Don't be afraid." Thales tried to make his voice sound friendly and gentle. "It's okay."
Thales extended his hand and brushed aside the little girl's platinum shoulder-length hair, revealing her equally dirty left ear. His hand trembled slightly from the touch of the other party.
The little girl crouched on the ground, and her breathing became heavier.
The boy opened the glasses and carefully put the frame on the girl's ear.
Then, he pressed the frame on the bridge of her little nose.
Thales let go of his hand and smiled as he saw the little girl's eyes slowly widen behind the glasses.
She opened her mouth wide and stared at the unfamiliar boy in front of her in a daze.
Through the dirty lenses, Thales noticed that the little girl's green eyes were crystal clear when he looked at them from a close distance.
"Be careful," Thales said with a smile. "You'd better get a new pair of glasses. These are too big."
The little girl suddenly reacted. She quickly got up from the ground and raised her hands to adjust the glasses on her nose.
Then, she raised her head and stared at Thales in a daze.
But she was finally no longer trembling in fear. The animal-like hostility she felt just now had lessened by a lot.
"So, you're really just a servant?" Thales raised his eyebrows and shrugged helplessly. He decided not to ask further.
The little girl shut her mouth and nodded gently.
Thales looked at the helpless little girl in front of him and sighed. "Then, can you please tell me the way to the Hall of Heroes?"
The little girl raised her hand timidly. "Go out, go straight, turn right, turn left, go downstairs, turn right …"
Her incoherent narration made Thales feel as if his head was about to explode.
"Stop!" Thales helplessly stopped her and sighed. "Forget it, I'd better find it myself …"
The little girl lowered her head, feeling wronged. "I'm sorry …"
"No, it's not your fault. I have no sense of direction … Wait." Thales was about to turn and leave when his gaze shifted to the little girl's lower body. "You're reading …"
Thales' expression became solemn.
"What book is it?"
But he had already seen the page that the little girl had turned.
The prince's heart sank.
"Ah, this?"
The little girl pulled the large book out from under her body in a flurry. With a tense face, she lifted the cover with great difficulty and faced it towards Thales.
Thales quickly extended his hand to help her.
"'Dawn of Heroes'!"
At that moment, the little girl's eyes behind her glasses suddenly became lively. Her words became confident and fluent. "It tells the story of a few different human leaders during the Battle of Eradication. It was written by an elf named Cahill Yellowhammer!"
Thales watched the girl's change from timidity to fanaticism in slight astonishment.
'This girl …
'Wait, I should bring my thoughts back to the main topic.'
"The Battle of Eradication, huh …" Thales took a deep breath.
"Many books talk about this. The so-called unknown monster led the traitors of the world to start a war, and we fought back with all our might …" Thales' gaze became sharp.
"What's so different about this book? It's just like 'The Battle of Eradication'. It talks about the strength of the enemy, the hardships and sacrifices of the battle, and our baffling victory in the end …
"You've read 'The Battle of Eradication'! I heard that it's already out of print. It was written by someone from the Empire! Only Constellation in the south still has it. " The little girl's eyes brightened. Her lips curled up, and a dimple appeared on the left side of her face. "And this book talks about many, many special things!"
Thales revealed a look of interest.
The little girl's eyes were filled with fanaticism and excitement.
"For example, it talks about the beginning of the war. From the east to the west, there were endless internal conflicts and frame-ups between the countries. Even the Church of Holy Sun could not suppress it, and the God of Holy Sun had to personally show his divinity to stop these internal conflicts.
"It also talks about how the King of Renaissance, Prince Tormond, gave an extremely controversial order during the war. He gave up on hatred and old grudges, and used his reputation to recruit all races, including orcs, Barren Bone people, merfolk, and even long-lived races. He united all forces to fight against the enemy. This order caused him to be dissatisfied with many people, and he was stripped of his military power.
"For example, Hanbol's' Maple Leaf General 'was actually better at escaping than fighting. The ones who fought against the Army of Disaster head-on were actually Prince Sheng Xuan and Chenjian. The' Maple Leaf General 'led his remaining troops in the east and hid for a whole six years. Through sneak attacks and schemes, the troops actually became stronger and stronger as they fought.
"For example, Chenjian, the King of Peaks, who was later rumored to be a god, was just a captive before the war. He was imprisoned in the Capital of Triumph and was about to be executed soon. On the eve of the war, a suspicious person broke into the prison cell and released Chenjian and his companions.
"It was said that during the most precarious time, someone opened the gates of hell and signed a contract with the seven terrifying sovereigns. They successfully brought the demons into our alliance to fight against the calamities."
Thales was bombarded by information one after another until he could barely handle it. But he still maintained his objective and calmly asked, "Then, did it mention how those powerful monsters and calamities came about?"
"It was said that they were the enemies of God. I don't know the details either." The little girl patted the cover of the book, her face glowing. "The book said that there was nothing that could fight against those monsters."
Thales revealed a puzzled expression. "Then how did we win?"
But the little girl did not seem to listen to him. She continued to narrate happily.
"The book said that during the early stages of the war, we were completely powerless against those monsters. It did not seem to mention how powerful those monsters were. We could only use blood and sacrifice to slow down the enemy's pace, until some terrifying weapon was invented …"
Thales sighed.
"And." The little girl pointed at one of the pages of the book, her eyes sparkling. "Until a defector appeared among the enemies …"
Thales' heart instantly froze!
"With the same great power …"
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