I'm tied to Athena.

Only Li Yun with a confused look on his face, Hill with a helpless look on his face, and Ms. Maria who looked at Li Yun with the eyes of an old mother looking at her son-in-law were left.

This is the restaurant located deep inside the church. Li Yun sat at the large round table, looking around the restaurant.

Although the walls and pillars have some old marks of mottled paint, there is a sense of warmth... This is the sense of life that these children and Ms. Maria have developed after learning and living here for a long time.

Around Li Yun and Xi'er, there were no less than twenty children who were watching their conversation with great interest.

The woman sitting opposite them was Ms. Maria Martel who had just introduced herself.

Ms. Maria said that she and the children gathered in the restaurant at this time have settled in this abandoned church house for a long time. She does not run this place specially, but lives a lively and frugal life with the children every day.

Ms. Maria should not be very old, probably in her forties, but there are already some white strands in her black hair. Her body is a little thin compared to a normal woman, and it can be seen that she is very hardworking.

But her face looked gentle and kind, and her soft eyes made Li Yun feel as if he was looking at Hill... Hill was a child who could remain kind and pure even though he could see through people's hearts. Ms. Maria must have contributed a lot.

"Ms. Maria... don't you feel tired being here alone?" Li Yun thought for a moment before asking.

"The children are all very well-behaved and obedient. I basically don't have to worry about them." Touching the child's head beside her, there was no trace of impatience or irritability in Ms. Maria's words.

She loves these children from the bottom of her heart.

PS: "Substitution Game"

Introduction: I once led the last humans in the desolate wasteland to find the Spark.

I have seen an ace pilot who was just a girl driving a mecha and fighting monsters to the death in order to protect the last line of defense for mankind.

I once saved lives in a world ravaged by the Black Death, and mediated the war between witchers and aliens.

I have traveled all over the mountains and used the power of painting to depict all the monsters in the mountains and seas in order to preserve the fire for the monster clan.

......

To be honest, I was ashamed to say that because of my lack of skills, I achieved all these achievements by using a max-level account that I borrowed.

And now...

The owner of the account and the person I had flirted with using a borrowed account came to my door.

Looking at the yandere who were discussing how to divide me into parts and my bad friends who were discussing how to grab a piece of clothing to build a tomb for me.

I think...

I may not see the sun tomorrow.

PS: The votes finally stayed at 900+, which is great (laughs). Okay, good night everyone.

Chapter 87: Stealing the House

Ms. Maria initially acted out of compassion, as she could not bear to see the children abandoned by their parents, so she borrowed the church without permission and opened an orphanage in name only.

She is an ordinary person, and her husband is an adventurer. But after her husband died, her husband's clan did not accept her, so she became an ordinary citizen without a clan.

She and her husband had no children, but perhaps because of her hope for a child, one rainy night, when she saw a baby abandoned in the slums, she felt a sympathy for the baby and could not bear to watch the baby die.

So she went around looking for abandoned children, and little by little, she built up the big family we have today.

"So that's how it is..." Li Yun looked around at the children and sighed silently. Such things would happen in any world.

I thought I was mentally prepared when I came here, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I still felt a little sad.

But the children...there was no sadness or resentment on their faces. They were abandoned when they were babies and then adopted by Ms. Maria.

For these children, this is their home.

That's why Hill told him in advance not to sympathize with these children.

"Although I think it's a bit inappropriate to ask this, but...Ms. Maria, won't there be any money problems?"

It must be very difficult for an ordinary citizen to feed so many children.

"Well, because the merciful goddesses nearby will help us." There are some clans near Daedalus Street, and the main gods of these clans will occasionally help them.

Although the children were very obedient and well behaved, it was still very tiring to take care of more than twenty children. If the main gods of the nearby tribes had not sent people to send funds, their lives would have been much more difficult.

"Also, since Hill found out about this, she often comes to take care of the children. Sometimes she even brings food from the store."

"Is this why you leave the store occasionally?" Li Yun was moved by the girl with a gentle smile beside him. Girls like her are rare.

"Don't tell Liu and the others, Li Yunjun. If they knew that I skipped work to come here and play with the kids, they would definitely scold me." Hill clasped his hands together and made a begging look.

"Is there a reason?" Li Yun smiled helplessly. As long as he told them, Liu and the others would understand. There must be some other reason for Hill to say that.

"Li Yunjun, you can't be too smart." Hill pouted and said like a spoiled child.

"If you have any problem, you can discuss it with me. I will also help take care of the orphanage." Li Yun subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed Hill's head.

Then...both of them were stunned.

Li Yun's hands froze. Oh no... Because the atmosphere was so good, he accidentally did this... Would Hill be angry?

Compared to Li Yun's panic, Xi'er lowered her head... It was the first time she was touched on the head by a boy of similar age... This feeling... was so shy...

"Hey, big brother is an adventurer, right?" Just when the two of them didn't know what to do, a child named Lei grabbed Li Yun's arm and said, "Tell us your adventure story, okay?"

"Adventure...story?" Li Yun blinked and looked at Hill.

"It's okay to tell them, and they also want to hear Li Yunjun's adventure stories." Hill held the children and pretended to be listening to a story. That playful look... well, very cute.

"Hmm..." After murmured for a while, Li Yun stroked his chin and began to tell his story.

Because they were just children, Li Yun did not tell the stories of adventurers who abandoned their companions in order to survive. He just briefly talked about the environment of the dungeon.

Although it is just a simple story, it is enough to attract children.

The granary, the floor master, the tree maze, the eighteen floors...these all made the children fascinated.

As Li Yun was talking, he suddenly heard clanging sounds.

That was the sound of a loud bell announcing noon from the east of the city.

"It's twelve o'clock noon, time for lunch." Hearing the bell ringing, Hill called the children to start eating lunch.

"That's great. Sister Hill didn't bring her own lunch box today."

"Is Hill's lunch box... bad?" Li Yun was a little curious. The children's reactions really made him want to know the result. Hill obviously seemed to know everything. Speaking of which, when they were in the store, Liu also used this incident to hit Hill so hard that he couldn't get up again, right?

"No, Li Yunjun!" Xier suddenly looked at him with a smile. Although he was smiling, he was full of courage. Li Yun wisely gave up asking further... If he continued to ask, he thought something would go wrong.

So, Hill brought the children to have lunch here, while Li Yun and Ms. Maria came to the outside of the church.

"Ms. Maria, just now... didn't you like the story I told the children?" When telling the story of the adventurer, Li Yun caught the sad expression on Ms. Maria's face.

"I'm sorry..." Ms. Maria apologized in a sad voice, "It's not that I don't like adventurers, but... I don't want those children to become adventurers."

"The children I raised before all became adventurers..." Ms. Maria lowered her eyebrows and smiled sadly, "Many children joined the clan and went to the dungeon. They sent the money they earned back as support... But, none of them ever came back."

"I don't want these children to become adventurers..."

Adventure is a high-risk, high-reward, life-gambling industry. There is no better industry to make money quickly than this.

Bell, a level 1 adventurer, could earn enough food for his family for several days or even dozens of days in one day when he was a novice. Now that he has grown up, he can even earn enough living expenses for an ordinary family in one month with one cow.

But in contrast, adventurers must always risk their lives.

It should be natural for the kind-hearted children raised by Ms. Maria to enter the dungeon for the orphanage. But these children who don't know how to fight... are just like adventurers who never come back.

"I'm sorry..." Li Yun apologized softly after mentioning Ms. Maria's sad moment, "Those children are good kids. If you don't mind, I will take the time to come here and accompany the children.

PS: I don’t know what to say in my PS now. Tell me, what should I say? (Salted Fish State)

Chapter 88 Athena, the hat changes color

After lunch, the children invited Liyun and Xi'er to play together, and they seemed very interested in Liyun.

Li Yun certainly would not refuse the children's invitation, so a group of people came into the spacious church.

The games played by children in this world are similar to those in his original world, such as playing house, role-playing, city gate games...

The girl was with Hill, and the boy was with Li Yun. For a moment, the dilapidated cathedral was filled with laughter.

Sunlight streamed in through the decaying windows, and the weed-covered tile floor was filled with the energetic laughter of children.

"Hey, is Brother Li Yun Sister Hill's lover?" Suddenly, Lei, the eldest brother in the orphanage, asked Li Yun a very strange question.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because Brother Liyun is the first person Sister Hill brought here." Lei Yi used an exaggerated expression, as if he wanted to emphasize the first person. "Sister Hill didn't even tell her friends in the store. Doesn't this mean that Brother Liyun is very special in Sister Hill's heart?"

"Very...special?" Li Yun murmured in a low voice, glanced at Hill who was playing with the girls, then touched his head and shook his head, "No."

"Eh... But Sister Hill is very pretty. Although her cooking is relatively..." Lei Yi scratched his head in distress, as if he was trying to think of Hill's advantages, but he couldn't think of any for a long time. In the end, he could only say: "Brother Liyun, although Sister Hill looks very thin in her clothes, in fact, her breasts are very big!"

"If Hill hears it, you're done." He tapped Lei's head with his finger. These kids are really smart.

"No, Sister Hill can't hear it." Lei laughed. In front of his sight, some of the boys who had originally surrounded Li Yun ran to Hill's side, clamoring for Hill to play with them.

Hill, who was surrounded by children, was playing with them gently and didn't pay any attention to what was happening here.

Speaking of which, Li Yun didn't know much about Xi'er. Although he knew her secrets, these were all told to him by Xi'er and shown to him by Xi'er. He suddenly became a little curious about what Xi'er was like in other time periods... places that he couldn't see.

Besides, Hill seems to like children very much. She will definitely be a good mother in the future...

Perhaps because Li Yun's gaze was a little direct, Hill noticed it. She turned her head, and her silver pupils and black pupils intertwined together.

".....Hmm?" Li Yun suddenly saw that when Hill was looking at him, Lei approached her quietly with an evil smile on his face.

She didn't notice the boy approaching her from behind, so she was completely defenseless. And Lei seemed to have seized a golden opportunity, and raised his hands upwards, "Updraft!"

.....Lei lifted up Hill's skirt.

Then, Ley ran away.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but Hill’s lifted skirt was facing Li Yun, and only Li Yun, who was standing in this position, could see the scenery under the skirt.

"Ahhh!!!" Hilton let out a shamed and angry sound when her white dress was lifted up to her waist. Then she hurriedly held down her skirt. When she turned around, she saw Li Yun who had turned around long ago.

Hill's cheeks flushed and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. How come he turned around so quickly?

"Li Yunjun saw it?"

"no!"

“You saw it, didn’t you?”

"no!"

"Hmm...Li Yunjun is really too much, why don't you watch it!"

"No... Even if you say that, I can't watch it, right?"

While Li Yun and Xi'er were talking to each other, Lei Yi stood there and looked at his hands, "This is the first time I successfully lifted up Sister Xi'er's skirt..."

"Could it be that... Sister Hill did this on purpose?" The other children also gathered together, with incredible expressions on their faces.

This was certainly not the first time they had done this, but Hill saw through their attempts every time and they had never succeeded.

This success was not so much because they defeated Hill as it was because Hill did it on purpose.

Well, deliberately wanting someone to see something and then using it to ask someone to do something to them.

However, Hill still underestimated Li Yun. He turned his head away before Lei succeeded and saw nothing.

It's no wonder. Hill and Li Yun looked at each other. When Lei appeared behind Hill, his gaze shifted to Lei. With Hill's ability, it was no problem for him to see Lei behind him directly from Li Yun's eyes.

In other words, Hill did it on purpose.

After seeing through this, it was not difficult for Li Yun to realize that this girl deliberately wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

Sure enough, the more beautiful, lovely and gentle a girl is, the darker she becomes after being cut open.

"Big brother is so awesome... Even Sister Hill is no match for him." The children clapped their hands in respect as they looked at Li Yun who was fighting against Hill and gaining the upper hand.

"I've decided. From now on, I must take Brother Liyun as my master, and I must defeat Sister Hill fairly!" Lei ignited a raging flame.

After playing in the church for a long time, the children were probably tired and began to rub their eyes. Even the older Lei and his friends were yawning.

So Xi'er and Li Yun took the children to the dormitory upstairs in the orphanage and coaxed them to sleep.

The dormitory on the second floor was as spacious as the dining room downstairs, with several blankets on the floor.

There were also some thin picture books and building blocks with worn covers scattered on the blanket.

The children were very well behaved and fell asleep as soon as they lay down. Their little bodies snuggled up to each other and made soft sounds.