Chapter 44: Goodbye Alice(2)

Desmond stopped, not continued his steps. He sat on the floor, waited for Alice to calm down.

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After a few minutes, Alice finally calmed down and looked at Desmond. "I'm sorry about earlier, brother." Realized her actions, Alice felt guilty.

Initially, she saw Desmond as a devil or cold-blooded villain. But when she remembered the kidnapped incident, only Desmond was the one who was right on time to helped her. This made her view of Desmond come back again, this time no longer as a hero but as someone who cares about family.

Recalled Desmond's words, Alice slowly began to accept the reality. She looked at Desmond and saw Desmond also stared seriously at her.

Concluded, Alice slowly walked towards one demon. Chanted a spell, an ice sword formed from the demon's blood near her.

Alice turned to Desmond once again and saw Desmond nodded.

Raised her sword, Alice slashed the demon from above with her eyes closed.

* pop *

Her face was full of blood. She opened her eyes and saw her sword stuck in the middle of the Demon's mouth, unable to cut it in half.

"Aaaah!" Dropping her sword, Alice fell and screamed. The fact that she had killed someone still flashed back in her memory.

Seeing Alice, who managed to kill the Demon, Desmond satisfied and nodded several times.

Not bad, Not bad. At least she dared to take action; the first step is the most difficult.

Desmond then approached Alice and held her cheek. "It's okay, sis, this is fate. The weak will only become food for the strong." He chanted a spell and soaked his clothes with water. He slowly wiped Alice's bloodied face.

Alice, who had been in shock, immediately hugged Desmond.

*hiks* *hiks *

She cried while hugging Desmond tightly without saying a word.

Desmond then stroked Alice's hair. "From now, remember, sis, don't hesitate to kill.

"But still obey the rules. If you want to kill someone, do at least as quietly as possible."

Alice's cried grew louder. She inadvertently let out a slight chill, leaving the alleyway covered with mist.

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After a few minutes of crying, Alice finally stopped. Her face flushed slightly, and then looked at Desmond with suspicion. " Tell me, brother, since when? "

Desmond laughed. "Haha, I used to be just like you… crying after my first kill…" He looked up at the sky while remembered his past.

Hearing this, Alice became confused.

Since when? Has my younger brother been used to killing since when? How can he be so calm now?

Many questions popped into her mind. The more she thought about it, the more mysterious his brother became.

Concluded, Alice finally realized.

I know! My brother must always hide his cry and bear this feeling. And I, as an elder sister, is useless not knowing and comforting him.

Sighed, Alice held Desmond's hand. "Take it, easy, brother! This time I will protect you. "

Seeing Alice's glare sparkled, Desmond became awkward.

Why is it like this? I thought she would depend more on me.

Shaken his head, Desmond held back Alice's hand. "Don't worry, sis, I've been fine all this time. I'm just worried about your safety." He looked back at the blue sky, remembered his past again.

Desmond did not know; when Alice saw his sad gaze, she became even more confident about protecting her brother.

Thought of something, Desmond then looked at Alice. " Sis, so what's the important thing you want to talk about?"

"Ah, so I want to tell that mother gave me a technique."

Technique? Maybe?

"Did mother tell you the secret she brought?"

Hearing this, Alice was confused. "What secret are you talking about? Mother just gave me a technique… for something. " Alice teased as she almost talked about the technique she got.

Seeing Alice's behavior, Desmond rolled his eyes. "Come on, sis, if you don't want to talk about it, don't talk." Desmond was a little annoyed by Alice's behavior, becoming more and more ignorant over the years.

But what can he do if the other party doesn't want to tell him? Interrogation? It was impossible for him who loved Alice to do that.

This was Desmond's part or weakness since, in his old world, he was accustomed to using harsh means to obtain information.

Seeing Desmond's expression that lost interest, Alice silently laughed in her heart. You will see King's party later!

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-Present Time-

This is the reason Alice had a killing aura and also had a slight change in her nature. At that time, Desmond was also surprised at Alice's energy burst when fighting Clementine.

He knew the details of Alice's conversation directly from Clementine's mouth. Even she asked for compensation if he goes to visit her house.

But it shocked me too.

Who would have thought that the technique mother gave to Alice was so useful in all situations.

Desmond knows that Alice reached the 1st class, just a show. If he does not command the system to scan Alice's status, perhaps he believes that Alice is already close to the 1st Class.

Seeing Alice, who was currently ordered several servants to transport goods, Desmond felt lonely the years ahead.

After a few minutes, they finished transporting the goods, and then Alice walked over to Desmond. " See you at the academy, brother. I will miss you. " She hugged Desmond.

"Be careful there. Remember the words I said."

"Ok, goodbye, brother." Kissed Desmond on the cheek, Alice immediately ran and got into the horse carriage.

Desmond was still in a state of shock as he watched the mercenaries approach him. "Hello, thank you for giving this job to us. We will fully protect your sister."

Desmond then returned to his senses and saw a beautiful pink-haired woman in front of him. "It doesn't matter, as long as you can guarantee my sister's safety." He looked behind the pink-haired woman only to saw the other mercenaries were also women.

Seeing Desmond's curious gaze, the pink-haired woman chuckled. " My name is Veronica, Leader of the Mercenaries Steel Legion, " she said while stretched out her arms.

After finishing analyzing all the mercenaries' members, Desmond looked back at Veronica while shaken her hand. "Desmond."

System scan.

[Scanning the target ..]

[Scan Complete!]

[

-Status-

Name: Veronica

Gender: Female

Age: 26 years

Race: Human

Class: 3rd Swordsman

Occupation: Leader of Mercenaries Steel Legion

Unique Energy: 9.52

Strength: 67.35

Agility: 62.35

Stamina: 1.35

Trait Effect:

Stubborn (Uncommon)

- Increase Strength by +2.00.

]

Ah, so she's not a Witch. That's why system can scan the trait effect.

Luckily, Weston kept his promise.

But ... who would have thought he would send party mercenaries.

I thought he would send his bodyguards.

As he thought, the mercenaries and the carriage already far away, and then he saw Alice came out of the carriage window and waved at him.

Huh, silly girl.

Waved back, Desmond waited until they were far away. A 3rd Swordsman escorted Alice's carriage. This made his heart calm.

At least Alice would be safer.

[Written by DragonKnov || Published by Webnovel]