The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

The sharp blade chopped off Rein's exposed neck, but was blocked by a faint blue shield. Cool looked at the faint blue sparks splashing from the blade in surprise, and was speechless for a moment.

"This...this is..."

"A little trick," Ryan rolled his eyes. "We all have to have a little trick, don't we?"

"bass--"

"thump--"

Sharduo didn't even see the movement of Rein drawing the sword, she only caught a glimpse of a flash of silver light, and then the cool guy fell on his back on the ground, his whole body had been ripped open. Blood splattered in the mud, along with a few fragments.

And above his corpse, Ryan Tyras was pointing his sword towards the sky, towards a bright crack between the two black walls.

"Come on together." The royal guard held the sword in one hand and pointed at the gangster, "I'm in a hurry."

"F**k you!" The thugs rushed forward, waving all kinds of strange weapons in their hands, "Kill this son of a bitch!"

"Hmm," Ryan shook his head disdainfully and turned the sword in his hand. "That's it—"

"bass--"

Seizing the opportunity, Ruiyin swung out with his sword, instantly cutting the first gangster who rushed towards him in half.

"save trouble."

He strolled leisurely in the alley, and whenever the thugs attacked him from an angle, he swung the sword in his hand.

"bass--"

"Ahhhh!"

"bass--"

The long sword with a faint blue light killed almost every thug with one strike. Those thugs couldn't even touch Ryan's armor and died tragically in the dark alley.

“Ahh… uh…”

Soon, Ryan stabbed the last thug through the stomach and pinned him to the ground.

"Gulu..."

The gangster suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his eyes gradually became unfocused as he looked at the silver sword that was inserted into his stomach.

"The family dog..."

......

(Interlude) Why are the funeral bells ringing? (Part 2)

Rein mercilessly kicked the thug to the ground and pulled out his bloodstained silver sword. He wiped the sword on the thug's clothes to wipe off the blood. Sharduo just stared at all this, and when she met the eyes of the royal guard, she trembled for a moment.

"you you..."

"Your Highness, hurry up, time is running out." Ryan ignored Sharduo and just called out to the person behind him.

"Okay! Here it comes..."

Under Sharduo's gaze, a figure with small steps ran from the corner of the alley. She had obviously been peeking and didn't dare to show her face until Ryan called her.

"Come, follow me!" The girl whom Rein called "Your Highness" slowly squatted down beside Sharduo and stretched out a hand to her, "We're going to miss it!"

Sharduo just stared at the girl in a daze. She had long light green hair and a pair of golden eyes flashing on Baizhe's cheek. In this dark alley, the eyes seemed to be emitting golden light.

"You..you are..."

"My name is Eshilia!" Eshilia said in a panic, and once again stretched out her hand to Sharduo, "Let's talk later, let's go first! Let's go first!"

"Okay... okay!" Sharduo held the hand that Ashilia extended. Ashilia pulled her up from the ground and ran after her.

"Your Highness, this way!" Ruiyin was already waiting at the entrance of the alley. He pressed the communicator in his ear and gave an order, "Driver, drive slower. We will get in the car right away."

Immediately afterwards, Ryan grabbed Ashlia's hand, and Ashlia also held Sharduo's hand tightly. The three of them held hands and ran in the dark alley towards the entrance of the alley.

Soon, a ray of light appeared at the end of the alley. After running out of the box, Sharduo was temporarily blinded by the strong light. When her vision became clear, she could see the train surrounded by a sea of ​​people.

It was a completely black train, with only the outline inlaid with gold. At this moment, the train was slowly running on the track in the center of the street, and countless people gathered on both sides of the train, snatching bread.

"One for each person!" Next to the locomotive carriage, Celica Ad Pershipens, the wife of the [Attack King], was distributing bags of bread. When she saw Rein and Eshilia through the crowd, she was horrified, "Eshilia! What are you doing!"

"I'm back! Mom!" Ashlia smiled and waved to the queen, then signaled to Ryan, "Hurry, let's go back!"

"Mom..." Sharduo looked coldly at the hand holding hers, and suddenly realized something, "Could it be you!"

"Let's talk later, let's go!" Rein interrupted Sharduo and drew his sword from his waist, "Make way! The princess is here, don't block the way!"

Ryan led the two of them forward quickly on the road made clear by the crowd, but the number of people was too large. Even if the train had slowed down, it was still impossible for it to stop completely and wait for them - that might cause people to rush onto the train, and everything would be messed up.

After realizing this, Rein gritted his teeth, and then held Eshilia and Sharduo under his arms like chickens, causing the two girls to exclaim:

"Huh!? Ryan, what are you doing..."

"Excuse me, Your Highness!" Ryan yelled, and then he pushed his feet hard, "Driver! Open the door!"

"okay!"

As soon as the factor energy boosters on his feet were activated, Rein instantly took the two girls like a bullet, shocking Ashilia so much that she turned pale.

"Yeah!"

Just when he was about to hit the train, a door opened and caught the group of people flying in -

"Ouch!"

Sharduo fell to the floor of the carriage and hit her head. She touched her head and climbed up. Aishiliya had also climbed up. The princess's pretty face was full of complaints. She looked at Rein with her hands on her hips and raised her head slightly:

"That hurts! Ryan!"

"I can't help it...hahaha..." Ruiyin touched his head with a smile, "Who asked you to get off the car capriciously?"

"I'm not being willful! These are my people too, so of course I have to protect her!"

"Those hooligans are also your people," Ryan reminded, "Unfortunately, not all of your people are good people, especially in the big cage. You need to be more cautious with them."

“I don’t want to hear it! Lululu!” Ashilia stuck out her tongue at Rein, then slowly walked to Sharduo’s side and squatted down. “Are you hurt?”

"Hmm..." Sharduo stared at Ashlia blankly, and it took her a long time to react, "Ah! No...! Your Highness! I didn't..."

"Pfft, I'm not a monster. I won't eat you," Ashilia smiled kindly, then took out a light golden silk scarf from the small pocket of her skirt and held it towards Sharduo's face. "It's all dirty. Come, let me help you wipe it off."

Sharduo stood there in a daze, without moving, and Ashlia slowly wiped her face that was stained by mud. Her technique was gentle and confident, as if she was treating her own relative.

"Your Highness... Princess..." Feeling the silk scarf gently caressing her face, Sharduo spoke carefully, "Why...why are you..."

"Huh?" Ashlia tilted her head blankly.

"Why...save me?"

Sharduo and Ashilia looked at each other. Both had golden eyes, but Ashilia's eyes were more transparent, like a mirror, reflecting Sharduo's dirty face.

"You need help! Of course I will save you!" Ashlia was stunned for a moment, then answered confidently, "I am a princess, and a princess has to protect the people! It's a big responsibility!"

"But that's dangerous..."

"That's right, Ruiyin is here, hehe." Ashilia patted Ruiyin beside her, "right, right? Ruiyin will protect me."

"Your Highness, although this is indeed the case, but..."

Ryan wanted to interrupt, but was interrupted by Ashilia with a wave of her hand:

"Okay, okay, it's clean!" Ashlia put away the handkerchief as if she had accomplished her mission, and then looked at Sharduo with a smile, "Oh, oh, you haven't told me your name yet!"

"My name is..."

Hearing the princess asking her name, Sharduo was slightly stunned. For some reason, tears filled her eyes. Sharduo closed her eyes, shook her head gently, and then wiped away her tears.

"Eh? What's wrong with you?" Ashlia was a little flustered. "I...I don't mean any harm...?"

"No..it's okay."

Sharduo raised her head, her golden eyes sparkling with tears. She forced a smile and looked directly at the flustered princess in front of her:

"My name is Sharduo, Your Highness, Sharduo."

......

(Interlude) Why are the funeral bells ringing? (Part 3)

Eshilia placed Sharduo in the back carriage, and then the princess was pulled out by the "queen mother's call". Before leaving, Eshilia gave Sharduo a bitter smile, thinking that this stupid princess would be scolded by the queen for her recklessness. Thinking of this, Sharduo suddenly felt a little sorry. After all, if Eshilia hadn't seen her being chased, she probably wouldn't have jumped out of the car rashly.

However, Ashilia asked the servants of the kingdom to fill a table with food for her, so that she could finally have a full meal despite her hunger. The table was filled with hot soft bread, vegetable soup, and even a pile of small meatballs! Sharduo had never seen such food before, and her empty stomach did not allow her to taste it slowly. She ate the food on the table in a hurry, and the speed made Rein beside her smack her mouth.

"Eat slowly, young lady, eat slowly," Ryan sat opposite Sharduo. He had never seen a person so hungry before. "The amount you eat... makes me hungry just by looking at it."

"Aww..." Sharduo grabbed several small meatballs with her hands and threw them into her mouth, completely ignoring the fork beside her. Before she could chew a few times, she picked up the vegetable soup and gulped it down.

Soon, most of the food on the table was eaten up, and Sharduo's mouth was full of leftovers. She hadn't eaten so full in a long time, and for a moment, she smiled happily.

After a hearty meal, Sharduo took out a small leather bag from her waist, and under Rain's astonished gaze, she poured the remaining food into it.

"You...what are you doing?" Ryan asked.

"Save it...save it for the next meal." When asked this question, Sharduo was a little timid. She quickly put the plate back on the table and shrank back. "No...Is it not possible?"

"Of course it's no problem, but..." Ruiyin looked shocked, "Miss, do you often go hungry?"

"Well... I... can't compete with them," Sharduo lowered her head, looking very aggrieved, "Only strong kids who can work can get food, and children with families can also eat. I am not strong, and I don't have a family, so I can't compete with those skinny boys. When they rummage through the trash cans, they always push me away..."

"Where are your parents?" The royal guard frowned, but it didn't look like disgust.

"I don't know. I grew up in an orphanage in the old city. I was kicked out two years ago. They said that a six-year-old child should go out to earn money... But I couldn't move anything, and no one gave me food, so I could only steal..."

"Alas, it seems that the situation is worse than we thought..." Rein rubbed his head in annoyance, "Damn Kairast... they should have just killed them all..."

Before Rein finished speaking, the door of the carriage opened. Aishiliya walked in with a sad face, followed by a beautiful and dignified woman. Without a doubt, Sharduo recognized her identity:

"Your Highness... Queen..." Sharduo quickly stood up from her seat and did a not-so-standard half-kneeling gesture in front of Celica.

"Well, very polite." Queen Celica's voice was very steady, in stark contrast to the immature Eshilia. "Is this the girl you rescued, Eshilia?"

"Yes!" Ashlia puffed out her chest proudly.

"Do you think she's suitable?"

"It's...it's suitable, but...it still depends on little Sharduo's opinion!"

Ashilia looked a little hesitant, her small white hands gently pinching the hem of her long skirt, as if she was worried about something.

"..suitable?" Sharduo didn't quite understand. She raised her head slightly and scratched her head in confusion. "Your Highness..what do you mean suitable?"

"We are about to meet with the local big family of La Vatino, the [Sharp Knife Lion] Kelast family," Ryan explained on the side, "From what the queen said, she probably wants a local to be Miss Eshilia's cupbearer. This way, we can show them that we have always regarded La Vatino as a part of the kingdom and have never alienated the nature of the big cage..."

"Eshiliya said that she thinks you are a good person," Celica nodded, and looked at Sharduo with her golden eyes, "This child, he does have a good appearance..."

"Then...does that mean I should..." Sharduo's words became stammering, as if she didn't realize that such a good thing was going to happen to her, "I should..."

"Well, what mother meant... is this," Eshilia slowly walked to Sharduo and looked at her seriously, "Shaduo, you... are you willing to be my cupbearer?"

The cupbearer of the princess, what a distant word... When she was still in the orphanage, Sharduo had seen this word in a tattered fairy tale book. The cupbearer always followed the princess, like a shadow, holding the cup that carried the princess's dignity.

"I...I will! Of course I am willing!" Sharduo nodded without hesitation, then stood up, "If Her Highness wants me to be the princess, then I..."

"Don't decide so quickly, Sharduo!"

What Sharduo didn't expect was that Ashlia suddenly interrupted her loudly. She looked at the princess, but found that there was a hint of warning in her eyes for the first time.

"The cupbearer must give everything to the princess. Everything."

"I'm fine!" Sharduo said hurriedly, "It was Her Royal Highness the Princess who saved me, I..."

"..including your life!"

Sharduo was stunned. She seemed speechless for a moment, her mouth slightly open, but there was something stuck in her throat.

Life... In Ashlia's mouth, this word is so heavy, but in Sharduo's cognition, her understanding of life is a little vague.

What is life? The eight-year-old girl walked in this cage on earth, her golden eyes looking up at the vast sky, her body surrounded by mud and garbage. Countless people died around her, some starved to death, some died in fights, some were bitten to death by wild dogs. A piece of bread can become a piano key that determines life and death. Only those who are still determined can hear what tune it plays.

Sharduo was not a lady or a young lady. She had already used all her strength just to crawl out of the garbage dump. No one cared about her life or death. Life was like sour bread to her. Many people chewed it hastily and threw it away. Although she never gave up on herself, she just stuffed it into her mouth reluctantly to fill the days filled with sour smell.

However, Ashilia put extra emphasis on the word "life", as if Sharduo's life was something important. Just like the hand she had extended to Sharduo in the alley, it was all endowed with a layer of faint light, which surprised Sharduo a little - she had never thought that one day, even her sour life could be cared for by others.

This little bit of light was enough to fascinate her——

"Ah."