A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

“I…I’ll leave with you.” Rolandia grasped Bray’s hand and said earnestly.

"No... I mean, please take me away from here..."

Bray is right. If he stays here, he will only continue to suffer at Hex's hands.

No one can protect themselves forever.

“Before that, can you come with me to a place?” she paused, then pleaded with Bray.

"Whatever, it won't make a difference if it takes a little more time," Bray said nonchalantly. The sea breeze always carried the unique fishy smell of the sea.

Rolandia rarely leaves the Eastern Continent, and she hardly ever has the chance to see the sea.

Sitting in her wheelchair, she stared blankly at the vast sea from the deck.

She eventually listened to Bray's advice and left her village to find her father and daughter.

Given Rolandia's lower limb paralysis, Bray also needs to be by her side to take care of her.

For example, pushing a wheelchair or bringing food.

She seemed to have accepted her tragic fate, and no longer showed that sorrowful expression.

Of course, it's also possible that she was hiding her true feelings.

After all, most people know how to hide their emotions.

Look at Bray, even when he's secretly happy, he doesn't laugh.

“Mr. Bray, thank you.” Rolandia thanked Bray behind her.

"You're welcome. Just return my ticket later," Bray said.

He bought the tickets for Rolandia's ship.

It's obvious if you think about it: where would someone who's been locked up in a water dungeon for so long get money?

Even Rolandia's former home was left in a mess after Hex ransacked it.

They had nowhere to live.

However, Rolandia also retaliated fiercely against Hex.

Before she left, she took Bray to find the Heavenly Fox Tears.

Rolandia wanted to hide the Heavenly Fox Tears so that the cruel black fox would never find them.

Although she desperately wanted to destroy the ruby, it was more solid than anyone had imagined.

Unbreakable…

Then, to her astonishment, Tianhu Lei was slashed by Bray's sword, as easily as cutting a head of lettuce.

The fact that someone like this would ramble on about money made Rolandia chuckle.

"I'll definitely find a way to pay you back," she chuckled and said.

She took Bray's hand and felt exceptionally safe.

No one knows how desperate she was when she was trapped in the water dungeon... No one knows.

Rolandia didn't even know how she managed not to go insane.

She never imagined that one day someone would come to save her like a hero.

"Master, this woman is being groping me..."

In her mental world, a literary girl covered her blushing face with a book and then spoke indignantly.

"Clumsy..." Bray was speechless, not knowing how to answer Jue Xiang.

He felt that this girl was always prone to daydreaming.

"You must have fallen for this mature, older woman type..." The girl's voice sounded a little aggrieved.

"I already said I'm not even twenty yet..."

Rolandia is a woman who even has a daughter, who is at least thirty years old, more than ten years younger than Bray.

Although she regained her original stunning beauty after recuperation, Bray felt utterly bored whenever he thought about it.

To those who think, "Isn't this better?", please don't take this personally.

“Mr. Bray, who have you been talking to since just now?” Rolandia asked curiously, seemingly noticing Bray’s whisper.

"Ah, this? This is about building a bond with the sword," Bray blurted out, quick to think.

It may seem like nonsense, but it is actually the absolute truth.

---

In a village outside Clinton, a grandfather and grandson from the fox clan were fiddling with something.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Can we catch the Miqiu Rabbit just by using a stick and a basket like this?" Laris asked excitedly.

"Laris! Laris! We can do it!" Ural stroked his beard and said solemnly.

The grandfather and grandson recently wanted to eat meat, so they planned to catch a rice ball rabbit.

"Grandpa! Larry thinks he can catch it with his bare hands, so why set a trap?" Larry pulled out a large wooden mallet and asked, puzzled.

"Laris! Laris! This isn't bare-handed, and it's too tiring!" Ural pressed down the large wooden mallet she was holding.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! You're so smart!"

So the grandfather and grandson continued to tinker with the traps around them.

But as Ural got up to wipe his sweat, he saw Brey, and the familiar figure beside Brey.

"Rolandia?" Old Man Ural froze on the spot.

He wasn't afraid; he was just too excited.

"Grandpa?" Larry tilted his head, his eyes filled with confusion.

“Laris…that’s your mother.” Ural took her hand and pointed to the woman directly in front of them.

"Mom?" Larry blinked and looked in the direction the finger was pointing.

Rolandia, who was in a wheelchair, was pushed into the village by Bray.

Unexpectedly, before even reaching their lodgings in the Urals, they encountered this grandfather and grandson outside.

“Laris, yes, it’s your mother…” Ural wanted to say a lot, but after seeing Rolandia’s smile, he couldn’t say anything at all.

Lars also stood up, looking somewhat at a loss.

Suddenly, she was told that her mother had arrived, and she didn't know what to do.

“…” Bray looked at Rolandia indifferently, then at the grandfather and grandson.

Despite Rolandia's smile, Bray knew she was also unsure of what to say or do.

It's been too long, almost twelve years.

He sighed; as expected, they still had to rely on his diplomatic genius.

“Old man Ural, I not only delivered the message, but I also brought your daughter back with me,” Bre said.

The best way to overcome embarrassment is not to face it, but to defeat it with an even stronger embarrassment.

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With Bray's help, the family's relationship finally eased and became less strained.

Afterwards, Rolandia lay down on the bed that the grandfather and grandson had vacated and began to rest properly.

For her, who was already weak, crossing the sea for a long time was also a very difficult thing.

After a long and tiring journey, Rolandia can finally rest.

After completing all this, Bray did not hinder the family's reunion and quietly left the house.

That said, this grandfather and grandson were already struggling financially; are they sure they can handle taking care of Rolandia as well?

Bray wondered if he should help them.

He stared blankly at the blue sky—all these things are so troublesome.

However, this time he could say that he had repaid the favor.

"Master, why did you sneak out all by yourself?" Juexiang asked, puzzled.

"While others are having a family reunion, it's better for me to leave early," Bray said quietly.

He picked up the Juexiang and shook it a few times rather rudely, seemingly very dissatisfied with what the girl had said earlier.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

"Are you also affected in your mental world?" Bray thought that his shaking had tickled the girl.

"Of course not."

"Then why did you react so strongly..."

"I...I don't know, it just suddenly...um..."

Ah, Bray felt that he was traveling with a girl rather than a sword.

What will he do when he fights in the future? Maybe he'll start to feel sorry for Juexiang while he's fighting.

——"Master..."

"what happened?"

"After I fall asleep, please keep me company while I read in the world of my mind," the girl said expectantly.

"Oh, this? Hmm, sure." After thinking for a moment, Bray agreed to The Last Echo.

Although it sounds strange, Bray believes that the final chapter must have been very lonely.

In her tiny heart, it was as if she were the only one left in the world.

Although insects, birds, flowers, and trees exist in that world, the only truly living being is the echo itself.

From both her mindset and appearance, she is completely a young girl, making it easy to overlook the fact that she is just a nascent self.

"Okay, it's a deal." The girl buried her face in her knees, covered her head with a book, and whispered.

"So, Master, where do you plan to go?"

“Of course, we’ll go to the capital,” Bray said.

He originally left the Central Continent because he felt a bit aimless, but after a while, he found himself missing his life there.

Since I've decided to stay in the Central Continent, it's only natural that I should take a look at the legendary imperial capital.

After his debut, Bray mostly worked for Clinton and never really went to a big city.

"Should we go to the Imperial Capital to find the Master's family?"

“Yes, my sister studies there,” Bray murmured.

"Let me show you what a big city is like," he said, patting his sword.

"I've already read it in the book."

“I’ve heard it mentioned before,” Bray shrugged.

"But in many places, you'll never know what they're like until you go there yourself."

"Anyway, I am just a sword. It doesn't matter where you take me, Master."

Having made up his mind, he prepared to find the train station and head to the legendary, bustling capital.

But before he could get there, a girl called out to him.

"Blind, dead-eyed big brother!!!" Larry rushed out of his house and shouted at Bray.

The fox girl hopped and waved, as if afraid that Bray wouldn't notice her.

But such worries were unnecessary; she was shouting so loudly that anyone who wasn't hearing problems could hear her clearly.

"Thank you!" Larry put his hands to his mouth, as if using a megaphone, and continued to shout at Bray.

"Thank you for helping Larry find his mother." The girl flicked her fox tail and smiled sweetly.

She talked a lot with Rolandia inside the house, but then she suddenly noticed that Bray had left.