Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

"That's true. That's why, as I watch the days go by, I regret my ignorance when I was sixteen."

Dorothy's eyes sparkled.

Li Ang recalled the information about the Magic Flower given by the system. It did mention that the Magic Flower would break through the host's body when it matured, but it also said that if the host relied on willpower to extract the power of the Magic Flower, this result could be delayed.

The Campbell family's perception may be due to their ignorance of this.

Inside the house, Winders said, "But that's the child's mother. I heard that a child without a mother won't be raised well."

"Why don't you remarry before the child grows up?" Elton laughed. "Who says aristocrats can only marry one woman? Lord Winders is so devoted?"

"Of course not. When I was twelve, I was with the maid... uh."

Winders was about to try to brag about something, but when he saw his father's somewhat gloomy expression, he shut his mouth again.

"Let me reveal a little more about the benefits of marrying my sister."

Elton's tone was so calm that it seemed as if he had no idea what he was talking about.

"Her 'monster' part will make her die before she turns thirty, but it will also make her never die before she turns thirty. Just imagine, a beauty like this, you can do whatever you want..."

Leon reached out and covered Dorothy's ears, blocking out his subsequent words.

However, those words were enough for the girl to understand what her brother meant.

She remained silent like a statue for a few seconds, then gently took Leon's hand away.

"...Actually, our family was also very troubled at one point. Although this was an advantage, if she didn't want to, her power was uncontrollable by ordinary people. It would take high-level sky knights like the Winders brothers to deal with her. So, our two families are such good partners."

The Earl said nothing. Winders opened his mouth and laughed dryly. "You said I'm a little moved, but she's your sister. I'm a little afraid of your family."

The half-elf girl stared blankly ahead.

"Second brother, I was just thinking, even if you hate me, I can live a life of luxury because of you, so I can't hate you, but saying that is too much."

Elton said to the Finat father and son, "Sister? The Finat family has ruled Spark Island for so many years, so they naturally know that tenderness alone cannot continue the family business. Father staked everything on the chessboard, which allowed the Campbell family to now control part of the Elf Forest. Of course, that is due to our mother's blood relationship.

"However, fate was not kind to our family. My mother inexplicably fell ill. Just as she was about to recover, she gave me, her younger sister, something that could save her life."

"Mom..." Dorothy's pupils shrank violently. "Why? It was really given to me by Mom. Why is she like this? Why are you saying I stole it?"

The girl leaned against the wall, increasingly relying on the wall to support her entire body, and slowly slid down.

"A sister like this can't convince the elves to back down. What good is she? My brother and I are both capable of managing the territory, but she's grown up to be a useless person. How can you expect her to repay us for the loss of our mother?"

Dorothy's eyes gradually became empty, and Leon saw that her gaze was now on Count Finat.

The middle-aged lord had been silent from the beginning. Dorothy was very familiar with the earl due to her status, and she had the same feeling when she heard him speak.

The Earl was the most elder-like person in the room. Perhaps she hoped that the Earl would say something more polite, even if it was just to pretend to be a polite nobleman.

Count Finat nodded slowly: "I understand. Now that the Campbell family has such practical ideas, I can cooperate with you with greater confidence."

Both sides looked at each other and smiled.

"Let's go."

Leon gently pushed Dorothy and supported her so that she did not slide down the wall and sit on the ground.

Dorothy turned towards Leon, tears streaming quietly from the corners of her charming eyes to the tip of her delicate chin, and then wetting the front of her clothes.

"Let's go. Today's adventure isn't over yet. Don't you want to see what's in the treasure house guarded by the Count's demon dog?"

"Okay, take the risk. I've been looking forward to this for so long. Okay."

The girl smiled at Leon, took a step forward, and then fell forward.

Li Ang quickly hugged her to prevent her from hitting the ground head-on with her face.

Her light and soft body seemed to have been drained of all its strength, and it was as soft as boneless. Once Li Ang hugged her, she immediately sank into his arms like a cloud.

She didn't move her body, just buried her face in his chest.

Her trembling little voice came from the cracks in the fabric: "I, my feet won't move. I can't move my whole body. I'm sorry."

"Take a break."

Faced with her current condition, Li Ang couldn't just throw her to the ground, so he could only hold her with all his strength.

Fortunately, her charm does not rely on being plump, but rather on being tall and slender, without any excess, so she has no pressure on weight at all.

But she maintained the arc at the right position, which was just enough to attract people's attention. This posture inevitably made him feel something, so he was still a little embarrassed.

The girl used up all her remaining strength to wet his shirt with her tears.

Li Ang whispered, "Cry, cry, caged bird, and forget all these things. Open the cage, fly up to the clouds, cast aside this past, and go to a new world where your destiny is completely yours."

　Dorothy the Sheep curled up again and lay down as peacefully as a sleeping baby.

After a while, Dorothy spoke with her face buried.

"The bird in a cage is such an apt metaphor.

"I really want to open my wings, but I still don't have any strength."

Li Ang lowered his head and said to her, "It's like this after hearing those things. You're stronger than I thought. Anyway, don't forget the determination you said before. Do something after you've rested well."

"Do something..."

Dorothy repeated the sentence in a low voice, then moved, half out of Leon's arms.

Her eyelashes were covered with tears and her eyes were blurred. She stared at Li Ang for a while and reached for her collar.

"what you do!"

Leon suppressed his anger and didn't cry out. In front of him, Dorothy unbuttoned her clothes one by one.

"You said so, do something."

She glanced towards the exit of the secret passage and said, "There are my brother, my nominal fiancé, and my father. They just said a few words and traded me like an object.

"I will take my revenge on them by giving the things they used to trade to someone I like. Even if I am an object, I will only let you hold it.

Through the cracks in the secret passage, the details of the nobles' negotiations could be heard, but they had lost their meaning and became mere background music.

The beautiful peaks and mountains, as white as cream, with deep valleys in between, make them even more dangerous and mysterious, which is fascinating.

Li Ang tapped his temple and sighed, "Don't do this. It's very dangerous to continue like this."

Li Ang grabbed her hand and closed the curtain to block out the stunning view.

"Look, my animal instincts are definitely on the verge of a riot, but I feel—"

Dorothy's eyes flickered. "Beyond this wall, I allow you to do whatever you like and pose in whatever way you like. You've already stepped on their heads. Don't you enjoy this sense of immoral conquest?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Ok?"

"After I help you 'retaliate' like this, are you planning to really give up everything?"

Dorothy stiffened, and the blush on her cheeks and neck paused and slowly receded.

"How do you know..."

"Because you've been alone for so many years, even if you've been tormenting yourself, you haven't sought help from outsiders. Even though it feels strange, you've always relied on yourself to support yourself. You clearly have something important, but you say it doesn't matter now."

"But all of a sudden," Dorothy's emotions suddenly broke down, "I suddenly don't feel that being alive is a good thing. No one in this world loves me. It's not because I have done anything wrong. I don't understand it. I really don't understand it."

"Or maybe I was redundant from the beginning. In that case, there's no point in taking any more risks, and no one will love me."

The girl cried, her body curled up even more.

呲la.

Leon heard the sound of cloth tearing, and tender green vines pierced the girl's skin on her shoulder blades, spreading and growing behind her. They intertwined and stretched out in the secret passage.

A white bud formed at the top of the vine, and then bloomed into a beautiful five-petal white flower with a stamen full of sharp barbs. It was like some kind of creature sniffing around. Leon felt its spirit gradually become restless, as if it wanted to break free from the connection with the girl and began to look for blood and death.

Dorothy stared blankly at the blooming white flowers, and suddenly a warm feeling touched her cheek.

The girl was startled and found that it was Leon's palm that was transmitting warmth to her.

"What is love? It's a complicated thing. It's hard for me to summarize it, but I can confirm that your mother has always loved you."

"It's a lie. She loves me, why would she let me suffer like this?"

"Perhaps in her opinion, this is the best outcome she can leave you."

Li Ang said: "The warmth of a palm, or the warmth of a hug, is the first feeling a baby experiences from their mother. This feeling establishes the baby's understanding of the connection between people. This is a kind of love, love passed from mother to child.

"Only with this foundation can children perceive the emotions of others and develop empathy.

"Whether it was eight years ago or now, I don't think you're someone who's insensitive to other people's emotions. This means you must have grown up in your mother's arms. When she was still healthy, she always held you in her arms, and later she would blame you when you made mistakes. She must have loved you."

Mo Shenghua's restlessness eased a little.

Li Ang shook his head: "Maybe just like you just saw your second brother clearly, your mother may have seen the Campbell family clearly because of a series of things.

“If you plant the seeds, you will be fully healed. She is an elf princess. If you want, the seeds of the magic flower will not be able to reach you.

"But she still gave you the seed. She probably thought that letting you live with the seed was the most likely option for you to find happiness."

“But it’s more like a curse,” cried Dorothy.

"I've read some ancient texts that say the Magic Flower was used by ancient elves to cultivate legendary warriors. Your mother must have known something about this. She certainly knew this would make your life more difficult, but she also planted the seeds in you of the power to break the shackles of fate.

"Use the sword core of the magic flower to tear fate apart."

The gleam in Dorothy's tearful eyes blurred the outline of Leon's face. The green vines behind her moved at a gentle speed, twisting and extending like wing bones.

Then, dense white flowers bloomed on each green vine. They opened quickly one by one and soon covered the vines. In an instant, it was as if two wings made of flowers spread out behind the half-elf girl.

She stood up, took Li Ang's hand, and took a step forward.

Passing through the darkness of the secret passage, they came to the room where the pale dog was sleeping. A flower wing instantly rolled towards the demon dog, and when it came into contact, it separated into strips of flower-covered vines, binding it tightly.

The sharp core of the white flower cut through the demon dog's skin in an instant. It cried miserably, and the blood that gushed out watered the demon flower, making it bloom even more beautifully.

The physical strength of the two is at the same level. The pale dog's struggle keeps tearing the green vine, making a creaking sound, as if it can't bear it.

However, the other flower wing behind the girl also extended, and each vine on it seemed to take root, directly piercing into the void, and faint thunder could be heard.

Leon looked at this strange sight and couldn't help but sigh. This was indeed a demon used by ancient civilizations. Its root-like vines were naturally able to take root in the magical dimension, drawing power from it.

The pure magic power caused the magic flower wrapped around the magic dog to grow wildly. A huge bud appeared on the top and bloomed, like a creature with sharp teeth, biting off the head of the pale dog in one bite.

Throwing the corpse aside, the white flower vine stretched forward, grabbed the metal door of the treasure house, and twisted it into a knot in an instant, revealing the things placed behind it.

70. Dragon Power

In the silent secret room, the piles of jewels behind the door come into view.

Leon was accustomed to gold and gems, and Dorothy, as the child of a local lord, did not find them rare.

Both of them turned their eyes to the two small boxes placed on the platform in the center of the treasure house and a long stick placed vertically on a golden stand.

Glancing at the corpse of the pale dog, Leon sighed and stepped over it.

It was a tier 4 monster, and even though its combat intelligence was suppressed, it had ice dust-enhanced toughness beneath its fur, making it nearly unstoppable against the attacks of the Demon Flower.

As expected of a monster that is born with a 45% increase in combat power, this value is enough to show that it surpasses the power of the same level.

Whether it was killing the monster or tearing the iron door apart, it was done almost in an instant, and the power of the magic flower made the process almost silent.

Dorothy wanted to follow him into the room, but the magic flowers that had left her body were blocked by the door frame. She frowned, and with a little force, they quickly retracted into her body, as if they had never appeared.

"I, I really did it."

The half-elf girl had an expression on her face that seemed out of this world, even like she was at a loss.

Li Ang didn't search immediately after entering the room, but turned back to wait for her. Seeing her say that, he smiled at her and said, "Yes, it's great."

The girl's eyes lit up when she received the praise. She strode over to Leon and stood very close to him.

"See what good things the Count has hidden."

"Uh-huh."

Li Ang picked up a small box and found that it needed a key to open it.

Of course he didn't have the key, but he could feel that there was no magic on it, so he used magical matter to directly break the entire lock.

Dorothy followed suit, releasing vines of magical flowers from her palms and breaking the lock on another box.

As Li Ang expected, there was a piece of equipment in each of the two small boxes.

【Ring of the Warrior】