Miss Witch, it's time to clean up the entries

Chapter 77 Unleashed

As night falls, the stars are scattered like diamonds on the deep curtain, shining with a mysterious and distant light.

The moon hung in the sky, and its cold silver moonlight sprinkled on the earth, casting a silver light as thin as gauze on the Bone Forest.

The trees in the forest swayed in the night wind, making rustling sounds.

The silhouettes of the young boy and girl running in the woods are elongated in the moonlight.

Sophie suddenly felt that the chains that had been locked on her were broken free. She heard an illusory sound of unlocking, and then clang, clang, and those heavy shackles were thrown behind her.

In fact, Li En had untied the shackles on her a month ago, so that she no longer needed to wear any shackles to control magic power.

But although the physical shackles were removed, the inner shackles were never released.

She is like a person who has been trapped in a cage for more than ten years. Even though her body is free, her mind is still imprisoned.

The guardian mission that weighs on her means that she is destined to be no ordinary person.

She really wanted to do as Li En said, grow flowers and fish, read books, go shopping, chat and have tea parties with friends. Unfortunately, she could do nothing but fight. It was a pity that she was trained to be a sharp weapon.

Everyone respected and feared her.

No one dared to approach her, and naturally no one would protect her.

She has an unequal relationship with everyone else.

She fulfilled her duty to protect everyone, but no one would approach her when she lost control.

Until Li En appeared, he broke the rules and brought sunshine to Sophie's dark world.

That ray of sunshine illuminated the night and warmed Sophie's lonely heart.

Sophie felt a throbbing sensation she had never experienced before.

Is hope.

It's fun.

It is an emotion called joy.

For the first time in her life, Sophie felt as if she had done something wrong.

Because he ran away.

But the experience of escaping is not bad.

It turns out that she could also go against her principles and escape.

It's like escaping from one's own mortality.

She didn't hate this feeling, she even felt a little happy.

Because Li En took him away and ran away.

This was also one of the reasons why Li En took Sophie away.

He could have simply given the blacksmith shop some compensation, or used his status as the lord to settle the matter, and the blacksmith would never have pursued them relentlessly.

But he chose to escape.

He wanted to tell Sophie that she could make mistakes, she could run away, and she didn't need to be bound by responsibility all the time.

In her own case, Sophie can be a willful girl.

As long as she is willing to open her heart and accept change.

She will be able to leave the cage that imprisons her heart and gain true freedom.

The two men fled deep into the forest. The blacksmith was forced to give up and dragged his wife back cursing.

"Dear, if I hadn't been naked, I would have chased them into the Bone Forest and made them pay!"

"I know, dear. Let's go back quickly. We can do it again before everyone wakes up. Your performance just now really touched my heart. You are like a warrior."

"Haha, I am a warrior."

The two people's voices were carried into Li En's ears by the wind.

The corner of Li En's mouth twitched. Could it be that his act of running away had become a spice that added to the fun of the blacksmith couple?
I really deserve a "good guy card".

"Let's just stop here. They won't catch up."

Li En stopped and decided not to waste any more energy running.

Sophie also stopped, raised her head and looked at Li En.

"Did we... escape?"

"Escaped."

Li En said affirmatively. A smile appeared on the girl's cold face, as bright and pure as the moonlight.

Li En was slightly stunned.

"Sophie, you just now."

"?"

Sophie looked at Li En in confusion.

"You just laughed."

Li En said, "This is the first time I see you smile like this."

In the past, Sophie didn’t know how to laugh. She could only imitate others and force out a stiff fake smile.

This time, Sophie's smile came from the heart and was natural.

"I laughed?"

Sophie touched her face.

"Well, smile more in the future. You look very pretty when you smile."

Li En patted Sophie's shoulder to express his appreciation for her smile.

Sophie nodded heavily, grinned, and smiled, revealing her white teeth.

This kind of hearty smile, appearing on the face of the Ice Witch, is indeed extremely rare.

"Yes, that's right. When you smile, you have to show your teeth, like me."

Li En also opened his mouth and laughed out loud.

The two of them just stared at each other and kept grinning.

The laughter filled the air around them, infecting the owls in the big trees.

The owl let out a strange laugh, breaking the interaction between the two.

Li En drew out his long sword Xue Zou without hesitation and cut off the resin where the owl was perched.

The owl flapped its wings and flew away.

Li En felt his mouth stiffen from smiling. He rubbed his sore muscles and asked, "Sophie, are you happy?"

Sophie nodded obediently, indicating that she was very happy.

“If one day you meet an opponent so strong that you can’t fight him, I hope you can be like today.”

Li En placed his hands on Sophie's shoulders and said seriously,
"There's nothing shameful about running away. Survival is the most important thing. Only by surviving can you smile so happily."

"But."

Sophie said hesitantly, "Guardian, you can't escape."

"Besides being a guardian witch, you are also Sophie. Guardian witches can't escape, but my Sophie can."

Li En looked into Sophie's clear eyes.

A layer of mist gradually covered these eyes.

"Mark my words."

Sophie nodded.

Li En breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had a feeling when he saw Sophie fighting desperately towards the King of Tree Monsters.

No matter how dangerous it is, she will rush to the front regardless of her own safety.

Li En hopes that his words can save Sophie in the future.

Since the Green Shade Territory was on the verge of destruction countless times in the hands of Old Moria, how can I completely eliminate this possibility in my hands?
Even though he had made careful plans, just like fighting a tree monster, he made a mistake and overlooked the giant king of tree monsters hiding underground.

What if there really comes a day when Green Shade Territory and herself are faced with unprecedented danger, and Sophie encounters an enemy that she cannot defeat no matter what.

Li En hopes that the girl can give up her responsibilities and escape.

Because she looks really beautiful when she smiles.

Rustle, rustle, rustle——

There was a dense sound of trees moving in the woods.

Li En moved his ears and successfully captured the source of the sound, which was 50 meters away in front of him.

The monster is approaching them——

(End of this chapter)