They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

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Is this thing an indestructible cockroach? ?

Is it because this thing's vitality is too strong, or is it because my own strength has dropped too significantly, or is it both? ?

However, because of his actions, the knights and guards finally noticed that there was still a monster that had not been destroyed, and they sent people to surround the monster.

Fate took a look at the situation at the scene. The other monsters were not killed either. It must be said that this monster's endurance was at its maximum.

"Replace the Demon-Breaking Crossbow Arrows with Holy Flame Crossbow Arrows!" Seeing that this local battle had not yet ended and even the counting of casualties had not yet begun, the apprentice knight became anxious. He gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to replace the Demon-Breaking Crossbow Arrows with the more powerful and extremely expensive Holy Flame Crossbow Arrows.

This was his first battle, and he didn't want to leave a stain.

"Swoosh!" The Holy Flame Crossbow showed its lethality that matched its price. It hit the monster and immediately ignited a raging flame on the monster's body.

The monsters roared and struggled in pain, their strength exhausted, and they fell to the ground unwillingly. However, even after falling down, they still crawled on all fours with twisted limbs, crawling towards the guards, and their sharp and shrill cries were creepy.

Under the command of the knight, the guards of the police station eliminated most of the monsters, leaving only one.

The monster that had been standing in the middle of the road, looking around without making any movement from the very beginning.

Fate frowned slightly. For some reason, he saw a look of confusion and despair in the monster's eyes.

Especially when he saw these guards turning towards him with sharp weapons in hand, his look of despair became even more obvious.

"Shoot." The knight didn't care whether the monster was special or not. His mission was to suppress this farce.

The guardians raised their heavy crossbows and pulled the trigger at the monster.

"Stop, stop!" At this time, a childish and slightly familiar voice was heard. Fate stared at it with his pupils constricted.

"Lid??"

I saw Reed rushing out from the alley and standing in front of the monster.

"No, no! Don't kill her!" Reed cried and begged, but it was too late. Six heavy crossbows fired at the monster from all directions. Before Reed could react, he stood in front of the monster.

Fate quickly threw down his half-sword, rushed towards Reed, and saved him at the critical moment.

"Let me go, let me go!" Seeing the crossbow arrows shooting at the monster, Reed cried heartbreakingly.

"Lid, calm down."

"Mr. Fate? Come on, make them stop! That's not a monster, that's my mother!"

"What?............" Fate was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw that the monster had been pierced by thousands of arrows and fell in the holy flame.

Chapter 45: 44~ I don't have that ability

"Mommy mommy!"

"Stop it! She is not a monster, she is my mother!" Seeing the monster being engulfed by the holy fire and falling down, Reed cried heartbreakingly.

"Led......." For Lid's safety, Fate held Lid tightly and did not let him go over to interfere with the knights' enforcement of the law.

"No, no! My mother, she has never hurt anyone! Why, why?! Why do you have to kill her?" Reed tried desperately to break free from Fate's arms, but failed, so he could only beat Fate's chest.

"Little boy, are you okay?" After confirming that the monster was dead, the knight came over and asked Lid. "What you did just now was too dangerous, do you understand?!"

"Where are your parents? Why did they let you do such a dangerous thing?"

"My parents..." Lid looked at the black charred bodies engulfed by flames, pursing his trembling lips. "My mother, that's my mother..."

"Has this child contracted some kind of plague, mistaking a monster for his mother?" The apprentice knight frowned, then immediately turned his gaze to Fate.

"you are?"

"Just passing by." Fate replied.

"Passing by? Where did you get this armor and sword?" The trainee knight glanced at the clergy emblem on Fate's arm.

"Oh, you are a clergyman of the Temple of Dawn?"

"Yes."

"Keep an eye on your child and yourself. This kind of thing is the business of our Inquisition. Why are you trying so hard to show off?" the knight scolded.

"Sorry, I was in a hurry just now."

The young knight did not say anything more. The matter was not over yet. He still had to count the casualties and clean up the battlefield. He did not have much time to focus on irrelevant people.

"Mom!" Reed rushed over to check.

"Lid, you said, is that your mother?" Fate had not noticed it before, and then he remembered why these monsters looked familiar to him.

Recalling the strange disease that Reed's mother suffered from and her face that had half turned into a monster, Fate remembered.

"That's my mother!............" Lid spoke incoherently. He staggered to the monster's body but was stopped by law enforcement officers.

"Little friend, please don't interfere with official duties. The Inquisition wants to send samples of this never-before-seen monster for research." After saying that, the law enforcement officer asked Fate to take Reed away quickly, cordoned off the scene, and evacuated the people present.

"You bad guys! Give me back my mother!" Reed lost control of his emotions and was about to rush over and pounce on the law enforcement officers.

"You kid! What are you doing?!" The security guard, who was already tense, lost control of his strength and pushed Reed to the ground.

"Mr. Guard, do you have to be so rude to a child?" Fate helped Reed up and asked.

"You are the guardian of this child, right? It is your responsibility to keep an eye on your child and not let him run around?" The guard glanced at Fate and ignored him.

Fate was speechless. Neither the guards nor the knights did anything wrong. No matter what Reed thought, in their eyes, it was just a few monsters that attacked Batti City, killed many civilians, and caused property damage.

If they were merciful and soft-hearted in the face of these monsters, they would be irresponsible towards the lives of other citizens.

"Lid, go home first."

"Home?" Lid looked at Fate in confusion. "Mr. Fate, where is my home?"

“….” Fate said nothing.

"There are no relatives waiting for me to come home anymore." Although he was taken away from the scene by Fate, Reed's eyes never left the distance.

"............." The two stood there in silence for a long time, and no one spoke first.

"Mr. Fate...where is my father?" After a long time, Reed asked this question in a distraught manner.

Fate opened his mouth and closed it again.

He didn't know how to bring up this matter with Lid in the first place, and he couldn't even bring it up now.

This young child has already lost one of his closest relatives, and now he has to tell him that another of his closest relatives no longer exists.

How cruel is this?

"My father, he can't come back, right?" Seeing that Fate still didn't speak, Reed already had a vague answer in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and looked at Fate.

"............" Fate's silence destroyed the last bit of hope in his heart.

"You, you said you would bring him back safely..." Reed tried to keep his voice as calm as possible, but he couldn't. His lips trembled and his voice trembled.

"........terribly sorry."

"You, you clearly said..." The next moment, Fate grabbed the back of Reed's head and held him in his arms.

Obviously, this child is now suffering from pain that he shouldn't be enduring at his age...

The pain of bereavement.

Fate couldn't really understand the pain of losing both parents, after all, he didn't have a father.

As for his mother.....he didn't even want to remember her existence.

He didn't know how to comfort Reed, but he felt that any comfort would be unnecessary at this moment.

Time cannot erase scars, it can only make people slowly forget them.

But when the scar is opened again, it still hurts.

Fate sat on the park bench with Reed in silence for a whole day and night.

Reed didn't know if it was his illusion, but there was a captivating fragrance emanating from Fate's arms, which brought a tiny bit of peace to his grief-stricken heart.

Fate didn't eat or drink, and sat next to Reed like a rusted sculpture.

He couldn't comfort Reed, so he could only stay with him in this way. At least at this moment he was not alone and didn't have to be sad alone.

When Lid recovered a little, Fate handed him the bag full of gold coins.

"It was for your father," Fate added. "Now, it's yours."

Reed looked at the purse which he couldn't even hold with both hands.

Once upon a time, his family really needed this thing, but now, he has lost his home, so what is the point of having this thing?

"I'm sorry, but even I can't reunite you and your son."

"........." Lid shook his head heavily. "You have no obligation to help me. Going to the Temple of Dawn to seek help was just my own willfulness. I knew it was a church..."

"I'm very grateful that you could stand up and help me, Mr. Fate." Reed sobbed and stammered.

For some reason, at this moment, Fate seemed to feel that Reed had grown up a lot.

"Besides, you are just a gatekeeper, not even a knight. You are not able to help me even if you want to."

Yes.

Fate looked up at the sky.

It is true that he is no longer a knight. Not having that obligation is secondary, but not having the authority to manage it is the main thing. These matters should be handled by real knights, so why is he rushing to take charge of it?

Looking at Lid's lifeless eyes in front of him, people often cannot cry when they are extremely sad and confused. Lid is probably in this stage.

He can only get out of this by himself, no one can help him.

Fate found that he could do nothing now except remind Nia to pay attention to the attack in Batti City that was suspected to be a cult conspiracy.

He no longer has that ability.

Chapter 46: 45~ Trust the younger generations

"Mr. Fate." After a long time, Reed spoke slowly again.

"Ok?"

"My father, why can't he come back?"

"If it's convenient, can you tell me the reason?" Reed looked at Fate.

"He performed quite bravely during a riot to suppress cultists." Fate tactfully expressed the inside story that Reed wanted to know.

"............Cultists." Reed clenched his small fists.

The deaths of his mother and father were all related to the cultists.