A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

The house was sparsely furnished, with nothing but essential furniture.

It's so simple that it doesn't even have the clutter that usually occupies a lot of a dilapidated house.

On a crudely made rocking chair, a gray-haired man was resting with his eyes closed.

The slightly aged man in front of him was Yunhai, whom Bray had been searching for for a long time.

But even with Yunhai by his side, Bulei couldn't see Chudie.

All that could be seen was a graceful young woman gently pouring tea for Yunhai.

The girl's name was Yun Ji, and she was considered Bree's sister-in-law.

The house had no guards, but the female leader of the scout team still gave Yunhai a heads-up beforehand.

Yunhai, a former prime minister and now an advisor on safe zone management, is still deeply respected by the people.

Thanks to Yunhai's suggestion, this place did not descend into chaos.

The subsequent orderly construction was also largely thanks to this man's guidance.

On the day the end of the world came, many people died.

As if proclaiming the fact that "all beings are equal," even the noble emperor perished in this terrible disaster.

No matter how powerful the guards were, they were unable to save the emperor from the clutches of the Silver Seeds.

Even those who are "high and mighty" are nothing more than ordinary people.

Privileges are given by humans, and life is taken away by demigods; there is no contradiction between the two.

However, a leaderless group will lead to great chaos.

Even at such a critical moment of life and death, there are still foolish people who want to seize power.

Yunhai burned his last bit of loyalty, making a final contribution to the once-existing Yundu Kingdom.

The security zone of Anjing City was maintained.

After receiving aid from the "Great Enemy of God," he stepped back, remaining behind the scenes and only offering advice.

But those who are able to live normally in the Anjing City safe zone will not forget Yunhai.

Therefore, Yunhai is respected by many people here, and even the "Great Enemy of God" will lower his posture in front of this man who is nearly sixty years old.

When someone specifically seeks out Yunhai, it's only natural that someone will inform him.

Because he had been given advance notice, Yunhai knew that someone was looking for him.

Moreover, he was a guy who claimed to be from the Central Plains.

"Creak—creak—" The sound of the rocking chair echoed softly in the quiet room.

The people from the Middle Continent are from the Middle Continent.

As for who it was, Yunhai knew the answer.

But crossing the ocean to reach another continent is truly incredible.

However, a long time ago, Yunhai learned from Nick that Bray was an extraordinary person.

That's beyond common sense! So, what exactly are the "common sense" things that he can surpass?

“It’s been a long time, father-in-law,” Bray said politely, while Nia seemed a little reserved.

She only visited the Eastern Continent as an infant, and never saw her maternal grandparents again.

To Nia, Yunhai was a stranger, as was Yunji.

However, compared to the imposing Yunhai, Yunji is definitely easier to get along with.

"Yes, it's been several years since we last met." Yunhai stopped rocking in his chair and slowly straightened up.

“Breaklas... never mind, I'll just call you Breklas.” He said quietly after thinking for a moment.

Yunhai seemed to have not smiled in a long time; his facial expression was stiff.

He is not yet sixty years old, but he looks as old as someone in their seventies.

"You must be Yunni?" But when Yunhai saw Nia, he forced a smile.

He knows he looks terrible when he smiles now, but he still can't help but laugh.

He didn't know why, but seeing the adorable Nia made him want to smile.

“Mmm.” Nia nodded crisply.

Although she was initially looking forward to seeing her maternal grandfather, she became shy when she actually saw him.

Although she is usually very lively, she is actually a shy girl at heart.

“Your eyes look a lot like Naruko’s,” Yunhai said, pointing to Nia’s eyes with a smile.

"Really?" Nia suddenly became happy upon hearing this.

"Yes, really, I promise you," Yunhai nodded.

“Nia, call him Grandpa.” Bray gently patted Nia’s shoulder at that moment.

"Grandpa, hello~" Thanks to Yunhai's words, Nia was no longer so shy.

Yes, that one sentence is enough.

Grandpa said he was like Mom, so Nia was very happy, it was that simple.

"Sister Levy, do my eyes really look like Mom's?" Nia asked cheerfully, pointing to her big, bright eyes.

“It looks just like her.” Levy ruffled Nia’s hair and nodded emphatically.

"What a lively child, he must be seven years old by now," Yunhai said.

"Yes, he's seven years old." Bray showed Yunhai the respect due to a younger generation.

"Where's my mother-in-law?" He looked around the house but couldn't find Chu Die anywhere.

“He has already left this world,” Yunhai said in a very calm tone.

If it were in the beginning, Yunhai might not have been able to say those words in such a calm tone.

Because she was his wife, his beloved wife who had been with him for a long time.

But... quite a while has indeed passed.

Bray paused for a moment, realizing he had asked the wrong question.

"It's alright, it's been more than two years." Yunhai shook his head, indicating to Bulei not to worry about it.

"You've come because of Naruko, haven't you?" he said slowly before Bray could say anything.

“…” Bray pondered for a moment.

"Yes, it's about Naruko."

“She’s asleep,” Bray said softly.

"Really? It really was that day," Yunhai muttered to himself.

The sea of ​​clouds was unexpectedly calm.

But those words made Nia, who was initially a little happy, freeze, and Levy stopped wagging her tail.

"Clang." Yun Ji, who had been silent, dropped the teapot she was holding, spilling tea all over the ground.

"What did you say? What did you say!" Yun Ji, who had been very quiet at first, suddenly rushed over and grabbed Bree's collar, contrary to her usual behavior.

“Naruko is asleep,” Bray answered the same question patiently.

"Why...why...you useless fellow, why couldn't you save my sister..." Yun Ji's tone was still fierce, but tears began to stream down her face.

"Why can't we save him..." Yun Ji's voice, choked with sobs, reached everyone's ears.

“It’s not that I couldn’t save them, it’s that I didn’t try,” Bray said calmly.

"What did you say?!" Yun Ji stared intently at Bree with tears still clinging to her eyes.

Without a second thought, she clenched her fist and slammed it down hard on Bray.

Bray didn't dodge and took the punch, which didn't have much power, squarely.

He had long wanted someone to punch him. "Since you could save her, why didn't you! Why! Isn't she your wife?!" Yun Ji, who was usually as refined as a lady from a respectable family, was now as fierce as a hunting eagle.

If you look closely, you can see that the girl's arms are covered with scorch marks.

Without the long dress to cover her up, her skin would look terrible.

This is proof that she survived the apocalypse.

“She never once asked me to save her.” Bray didn’t even rub the spot where he had been hit; he just calmly looked at Yun Ji.

Yun Ji is a girl who admires and loves her older sister.

"Yunji, that's enough, one punch is enough." Yunhai's somewhat weathered voice rang out.

“Vannie is still here, don’t let the child see this.” He smiled at Nia as gently as he could.

He hadn't smiled in a long time since Chu Die left.

He laughed more times today than he did in the past year.

Actually, Yunhai was stunned for a long time when Bree said that Naruko had "fallen asleep".

He had anticipated what Bray was going to say and knew the fate of his daughter.

I knew in advance and thought I was mentally prepared.

But when he heard it with his own ears, he couldn't help but be stunned.

At that moment, his memory drifted to the distant past, to the day Naruko ran away from home, to the day Naruko brought Bray back to the Eastern Continent.

Even though part of Naruko's photo was charred by the flames, Yunhai still preserved it.

"I counted them day by day."

"I'm carefully calculating when Naruko will turn thirty," Yunhai said.

He seemed to be speaking to Bray, but his deep gaze seemed to be looking elsewhere.

Perhaps they are gazing at a fragment of their own memory.

“…” Bray didn’t speak, he just stood there listening.

He did too, counting every single day, counting every single day.

Not missing a single second.

"It must be really uncomfortable, right?" Yunhai suddenly said to Bulei.

"Yes, it's very uncomfortable." Even without specific words, Bray knew what Yunhai was asking.

“I was also feeling very bad at that time,” Yunhai said.

“Naruko has no regrets,” Bray said, emphasizing each word.

“I know, she’s my daughter. I know what kind of personality she has.” Yunhai wasn’t surprised, but he had a feeling that “it was her after all.”

Yunji stopped holding onto Bree and knelt down on the ground, rubbing her eyes which were swollen from crying.

Yunhai could only feel helpless about his youngest daughter's reaction and would not scold her.

He lost his wife, his eldest son, his eldest daughter, and so much else.

Therefore, he wouldn't scold or reprimand anyone, because losing something important is very painful.

"You can sit with that girl for a bit, I want to talk to my granddaughter." Yunhai lay back in the rocking chair and began to rock leisurely.

Bray nodded, took Levy's hand, and sat down on the stool that had been made from a tree stump.

"Dad?" Nia looked at Bray in confusion and called out softly.

"Go and chat with your grandfather. Don't be afraid."

“He is your mother’s father,” Bray said, tapping Nia’s forehead with his index finger.

"He knows a lot about your mother, maybe even more than your father."

"Whoa." Nia, who had been tapped on the forehead by Bree, let out a "whoa" instinctively.

She didn't know what her father meant by that action, but it tickled a little.