A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

“Come over here a bit, my spells aren’t long-range.” The priest glanced at the stranger behind Bray.

Those are truly eyes brimming with desire.

While Father Thun was observing Rector, Bray obediently walked over.

The priest turned his gaze away from Rector and cast a healing spell on Bray.

Although he has a spell that can instantly heal all of Bray's wounds, such rapid healing is not the best approach.

So after this spell was cast, although Bray's pain decreased sharply and his wounds began to heal slowly, he did not instantly reach his peak condition.

It's estimated that he'll need to be fully recovered and stay in bed obediently for a day.

“Heal me, I haven’t had time to lie in bed lately,” said Koble, as if he had read Father Thun’s mind.

Father Thun paused for a few seconds, then looked into Bray's eyes.

“Really?” Bray had never been in a hurry to recover before, and this was the first time.

"To be honest, letting the wound heal naturally is only good for your body and will not do you any harm."

“It doesn’t matter.” Bray shook his head.

The priest was not angry; instead, he smiled.

“It seems you’ve been very busy lately.” The priest didn’t continue to persuade him, but instead completely healed Brett.

"May your path ahead be free of fog." Before leaving Father Thun's residence, Bray made a point of checking if there were any places nearby with particularly beautiful night views.

Then Father Thun pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

"The night view here is beautiful." These are Father Thun's exact words.

Since Bree believed that Father Thun would not lie to him, he readily believed him.

He came to see Father Thun not to reminisce, but simply to heal his wounds.

So after a brief chat, he left the place with Rector without hesitation.

However, for Father Thun, these few words were enough to ease the oppressive atmosphere.

That was a way to relieve boredom.

"How could anyone live here?" After walking a distance, Rector tried to get some information from Bray.

"This shouldn't be a safe zone, right?" He couldn't imagine that anyone could live so normally outside of a safe zone.

“It’s a safe zone, a small one,” Bray replied casually.

"But believe me, you don't want to live in that place."

Although it's similar in nature to a safe zone, it's a more dangerous and chaotic place than anywhere else.

A "holy land" that is visited by silver-level creatures from time to time.

If someone can resist the passion of the Silver Seed, then living there is not necessarily a bad thing.

After answering Rector's question, he silently led Rector back to the safe zone.

However, he didn't intend to let Rector get away so easily.

"Come find me tonight after you've moved these things back to your own home."

“I’m going to take you to work,” Bray said. He had already decided that he would get out of the safe zone tonight and go to the priest to “set up a battle.”

He even prepared the energy source; if Rekdo backs out, he'll have no choice but to...

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch the sword sheath.

"Tonight?" Rector was still thinking about burying himself in books and then telling the higher-ups in the safe zone about the great technology he had discovered the next day.

He was ambitious and had no desire to do the work of those laborers anymore.

Rector was about to refuse, but when he saw Brena's dead fish eyes, he swallowed back the words he was about to utter.

After watching Bree touch the scabbard again, his body trembled involuntarily—

This is because they are trembling with fear.

He dared not say it, fearing that if he did, Bray would drag him out of bed in the middle of the night.

The safe zone is only so big, so finding someone is really easy.

"No time?" Bray asked back.

"I'm free, I'm free, I'll definitely come tonight." Rector trembled slightly and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"I'll go home now." He didn't want to be with that fierce-looking guy, Bray, anymore.

After throwing a pile of stone slabs out of Bree with a clanging sound, Rector found a cart and ran home without looking back.

It looked like they were running for their lives.

Bray scratched his head, not understanding why Rector looked afraid of him.

To be fair, he had been quite considerate of this scheming fellow along the way, treating him with the utmost kindness.

"It's truly disheartening." He sighed, instantly becoming dejected.

His aura vanished abruptly.

At this time, there were only salted fish laying traps, and no "demon hunters".

He didn't leave as quickly as Rector, so it took him quite a while to get home.

It didn't matter that it took time to get home, but because the blood on his body was so thick, pedestrians around him instinctively kept their distance.

Despite recovering from his injuries, the scars from the rapid healing process haven't been removed yet, making Bray look too ferocious for anyone to approach.

This isn't all bad; there are some advantages too. For example, people are all keeping their distance, so it's not crowded at all when Bray walks.

No one even dared to recommend products to Him when they passed by, saving a lot of breath that would otherwise be used to politely decline.

It's so peaceful, but this outfit might attract the guards.

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After a day or two of adventure, Bray finally returned home from the wasteland.

And with something to do tonight, Bray felt even more dejected.

He pushed open the door, intending to announce that he was back.

But the words remained unspoken.

"Fly high~ Nia fly high~" Naruko clapped her hands loudly on the floor, praising Nia who was hanging from the ceiling.

A huge question mark appeared above Bray's head.

Why, why is Nia on the ceiling?

After taking a closer look, he finally discovered that Nia was hanging from the ceiling using Naruko's arm armor.

Nia is now spinning around on the ceiling like a ceiling fan 0V0, and seems to be having a great time.

“Flying~ Nia is flying~” Nia’s childish voice was full of joy.

"Mmm, Nia is flying." Levy squatted down beside her, showing a very kind expression =V=. Her task was to catch Nia the moment she fell.

Don't worry, this job is very simple.

Otherwise, Levy wouldn't have dared to let Nia play such a dangerous game.

Perhaps only in this family would a child of a few years old be allowed to play this kind of game.

This could kill someone!!!

"What are you doing?" Bray asked in shock.

"Hey, you're back?" Naruko turned her head to look at the source of the voice after hearing Bree's voice.

But what she saw was Bray covered in blood and wounds.

"Did something happen?" Naruko asked nervously.

Because Bray is very strong, he rarely gets covered in blood.

“Slightly…” Bray opened his mouth, then paused for a few seconds.

"Nothing happened." In the end, he didn't say anything more, just this was his answer to Naruko.

Yes, nothing happened.

I didn't experience any battle, I didn't encounter any danger, I was safe and sound, nothing happened.

Naruko doesn't need to know what actually happened; only she needs to know—

None of this is a big deal, it's fine.

"Really? Then you should go take a shower. You smell like fish from a seafood stall."

"..." A "well" character appeared on Bray's forehead.

He clenched his fist and gave Naruko a hard flick on the forehead.

"Ugh, what are you doing? You're so dirty!" Naruko complained, clutching her head, trying desperately to cry, but she failed.

"Beep beep, look over here, Nia's flying!" Nia, who was being spun around above, said to Bray with a show of bravado.

"Wow, Nia is amazing! Even Daddy can't fly." Bray praised Nia sincerely.

"Hehe~" Nia gets very excited with just a little praise.

After praising Nia, Bray dragged his tired body to take a shower.

"Fireball, come boil some water for me." Bray beckoned to the fireball above Levy's head.

"Meow..." Fireball, thinking about slacking off, let out an extremely helpless meow.

He only wanted to be his little master's head ornament. The fireball's ability to control water temperature was formidable, and Bray enjoyed his bath very comfortably.

Unfortunately, I still have to go out in the evening after taking a shower.

"Oh ho, so you're planning to secretly prepare something for my birthday, right?" Naruko hid behind a pillar and looked at Bray with a sly grin.

She looked at Bray with an "I know everything" look in her eyes.

“It’s aboveboard and aboveboard,” Bray corrected Naruko’s inappropriate choice of words.

Besides stealth, what else does Bray need to do secretly?

"When do you want to celebrate my birthday?" Naruko asked, still hiding behind the pillar.

She's not shy at all, yet she hides behind a pillar like a shy little girl. Does she really think Bray will find her cute because of that?

No, I just think it's stupid.

"I'm celebrating your birthday a day early," Bray said to Naruko, stroking his chin.

“That means there are still two days left.” Naruko held up two fingers and placed them in front of Bray’s right eye.

I don't know when, but this guy stopped hiding and started standing right in front of Bray.

Bray pressed the two fingers back down with his hand.

“I remember, you don’t need to remind me,” Bray said, pursing his lips.

"Besides romance, what else do you want?" he asked after a few seconds of thought.

"I won't agree to any of the additional conditions."

Bray went through a lot of trouble for this so-called romance.

However, Naruko clearly didn't believe that Bray, a guy with almost zero emotional intelligence, could come up with anything romantic.

"I'll give you one chance if you can," Naruko said, arms crossed.

"Don't make dirty jokes at me." Bray covered Naruko's mouth with one hand.

"Mmm... I'm so jealous..." She struggled as her mouth was covered, making muffled sounds.

Two seconds later, Bray let go, but by then his palm was covered in foam.

"Tsk." Bray looked at his palm with extreme disdain.

"You're so corny... the fact that you can come up with anything romantic is already the limit."

“I don’t have any other requests.” Naruko looked at Bray with the same disdain.