I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

Arturo's unconditional trust in Icarus was doomed to fail.

All I can say is that some cages are destined to be unable to hold birds that yearn for freedom.

And if we really have to find someone to be held responsible, then Arturo, who allowed the bird to witness the beauty of the sky and freedom, is the one who bears the greatest responsibility.

So to be honest, you can’t blame others.

But Ikaros was really sad after experiencing the failure. After all, after making a solemn promise, he failed in front of his most important friend. Anyone would be sad and depressed, right?

"I'm sorry, Arturo, I let you down. In the end, I couldn't stop Mother Luciana..."

In the back seat of the SUV, Icarus curled up into a ball, holding a black box that was more than half a person's length in his arms. He buried his head between his legs wrapped in white stockings, and apologized to Arturo beside him again in a muffled tone with a hint of tears. There were also crystal tears in his light golden eyes, like a pitiful kitten who had done something wrong.

Arturo, who was standing by, felt helpless and distressed again.

——This was the third time that Ikaros suddenly apologized to her with sadness after getting in the car.

Icarus was not wrong.

Arturo understood that the silver-haired girl beside him had really tried her best to persuade her mother. Unfortunately, this time his mother's attitude was unusually firm for some reason, as if even the Pope could not persuade her.

So Ikaros failed in the end, but it was not her fault.

But Ekalos still blamed himself for the failure, which made Arturo feel distressed...

Alas..., I can only say that it’s all my mother’s fault for being too stubborn.

Of course, I also have myself to blame.

"It's okay, it's okay, you have tried your best, my Ikaros."

After sighing slightly in his heart, Arturo smiled again and stretched out his hand and placed it on the top of Icarus' head. While stroking her gently, he comforted the dazed and distressed girl in front of him. At the same time, he rolled his eyes at Luciana who was driving the car in the front seat. His eyes were full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Then, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally, he said to Ekaros:

"After all, we can't wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep, so don't be sad, Ekaros. I can see that you've tried your best. I can't blame you, can I?"

Although this sentence did not specify anyone, the look in Arturo's eyes when he said this, which was slightly glanced at Luciana in the front seat, looked like he was poking his mother's spine for not listening to his advice.

Glancing at Luciana, who was silently driving the car in the front seat, she saw the look in her daughter's eyes and the interaction between Ekaros through the rearview mirror. She was sweating and feeling guilty, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and it is really impossible to keep a daughter when she grows up...

Luciana was sighing in her heart, and couldn't help but recall the scene in the morning when Ekalos came confidently.

When he thought about how he had subdued Marcello and Federico, he didn't feel sad for Federico's failure for a moment, and the next moment he saw Ekalos, who was full of confidence and was quickly controlled by him on the battlefield.

Although she felt that what she did was somewhat inappropriate, Luciana couldn't help but laugh.

There was no way. At that time, Ikaros was so confident that he wanted to preach to me, but he was gradually shaken by what he said, and in the end he just nodded foolishly and was confused by what he said. It was really cute~

However, this smile did not last long and was replaced by a silent sigh.

After all, she also understood that she had ultimately let her family down, but in many cases, people always have things they need to pursue, don't they?

Even if it means sacrificing one's life, it is worth it.

But this time, Luciana also understood that she could no longer take risks alone like before.

Who made my two little cuties follow me no matter what I say this time?

Luciana had no room to refuse, otherwise she might not even be able to leave the house today. However, she considered that this trip to Kazdel was guaranteed and protected by the Tower of Babel, a faction in the civil war, and the legendary Demon King.

She is taking the two little ones to Kazdel, so there shouldn't be any problem...right?

And this is also recognized by the notary public...so it shouldn't be a problem.

Driving the off-road vehicle, Luciana did not feel at ease at all. Instead, she felt a little regretful.

After all... no matter how you look at it, this is too dangerous, right?

Luciana couldn't convince herself at all...

Sigh... I suddenly regretted why I agreed to Ekaros's words in such a rush.

Now, I have to take these two little guys to such a dangerous place like Kazdel. I really regret it...

The more she thought about it, the more Luciana regretted taking the two little ones to the Lateran Notary Office to handle the procedures for going to Kazdel.

To be honest, she originally wanted to rely on the notary office's review to keep Ekalos and Arturo in Lateran.

In the end, no one knew what was going on, but the usually extremely strict notary office agreed without hesitation to Arturo and Ekalos' application to go to Kazdel.

Then the three girls got into the car together and drove away from Rutland.

This made his colleague Marcello almost give up his job. If it weren't for the persuasion of Arturo and Ecarlos, and Federico's ruthless iron fist, there would probably be five people in the car instead of three.

By then it will be the Kazdel Civil War family trip for the five members of Rutland.

What kind of hellish joke is this?

As a result, Luciana now can't help but doubt the thinking of those people in the notary office.

But now that the facts are set, she knows that it is useless to regret anything, and it is impossible to drive her daughter and Ikaros out together.

Because without using firearms, Luciana, who was aware of the strangeness of her daughter's Originium skills, could not find a way to force the two little ones to get off the car without hurting them.

Luciana's best option at the moment is to return with Arturo and Icarus, but this also means that she will miss her appointment at the Tower of Babel.

But Luciana also had to wonder if this was her only chance in her life to come into contact with the legendary Demon King.

In addition, due to the residual influence of Arturo's Originium skills on her, even though the idea of ​​returning the same way came to her several times, Luciana was ultimately rejected by her heart.

and……

——The people in the notary office must be mentally handicapped, right?

Not only did they approve Icarus and Arturo to go to Kazdel, but they also approved firearms for underage Lateran citizens in advance, and they were all high-end products. What kind of thing is this? Could it be that they were saints pre-selected by the Pope?

Stop joking, she would rather believe that her good daughter Arturo will become a wanted criminal in the future than believe such a ridiculous thing.

I can only say that those people in the notary office are really brainless.

This is the only possibility that can explain all this.

However, he recalled what happened this morning and criticized the staff and cardinals who worked at the Lateran Notary Office today.

Luciana felt the increasingly cold gaze from Arturo, and she knew that she had to say something now. So she suppressed her dissatisfaction and the idea of ​​turning around and putting on her mask to create a hole in the notary office. She forced herself to put on her usual smile, suppressed her guilt, and pretended to be calm as she spoke:

“Aiya, don’t look at me like that… I’m wrong this time. I apologize. But don’t worry, I’m very familiar with Kazdel, and I’ll have someone to escort and protect me this time, so don’t worry, just treat it as an academic trip before graduation.”

"After all, aren't you planning to become a band famous on Terra in the future? You will definitely have to travel around Terra then. You can't not come to Kazdel when you become famous, right? If you do that, you can't be called the top band on Terra in the true sense."

However, after she said these words, she was obviously greeted only with Arturo's dissatisfaction and contempt.

"Oh, mother, you said there are people who will provide guards and protection. Could they be another group of refugees you helped or wanderers who can guide you?"

"This is the nth time you've used this excuse, mom. You don't really think that Icarus and I are as innocent as Federico, do you?"

Although Luciana was telling the truth this time, she had broken her promise too many times.

Arturo no longer believed in his mother's so-called "safety", "you can come back in no time", "I'm just stuck at the border", "I only take pictures and don't meddle in other people's business", "I'm safe and I have guards", and so on.

Because these statements will inevitably turn into completely opposite situations such as "dangerous", "stay a little longer", "deep into the center of the battlefield", "not only taking photos and interviewing, I also have to rescue the wounded", "not safe at all, I am alone, and even need to bandage my own wounds", etc.

Over time, no matter how much they wanted to trust Luciana as a mother, it would be difficult for them to have any trust in her in this regard, right?

"Ah, haha, I said those things before were accidents, do you believe it? Arturo..."

"What do you think? If the sound of the strings is full of lies, even if the music played is sincere, what will echo in my ears in the end is probably just a hypocritical song."

The black-haired girl's unhesitating rebuttal silenced Luciana's words of defense.

Of course Luciana knew that she had let everyone down, so after being strongly refuted by her own daughter, she bowed her head and apologized with a sense of guilt.

"Um... I'm sorry, it's really all Mom's fault..."

After seeing his mother bow her head and apologize, Arturo just sighed slightly and didn't take the opportunity to say anything more.

After all, it was meaningless, and to be honest, Arturo was the culprit who caused the current situation, so she had no right to say anything more.

But after criticizing his mother, Arturo looked at Ekalos with a hint of apology in his eyes.

Because the most innocent and least relevant person here is probably Ekaros.

Ikaros had nothing to do with this matter, but because of her and Luciana, he had to go to Kazdel, which was in the midst of a civil war.

Arturo felt really sorry for Ekalos, and Luciana, who secretly saw Ekalos through the rearview mirror of the car, thought the same thing.

She even felt more guilty, after all, it was she who picked up Ikaros from the pile of corpses at the border of Kazdel.

Now, the girl has to return to that place of trouble again because of him.

Luciana really felt sorry for Ekalos, especially when she thought about how she had smiled before, she felt that she deserved to die.

Luciana was very worried that Kazdel's dire situation and bloody scenes would irritate Ikaros, who had finally recovered to normal, and turn the girl back into the cold, doll-like person she was when they first met ten years ago...

But it was obvious that both Arturo and Luciana's worries were unnecessary.

After all, Ikaros himself didn't care at all about going to Kazdel.

The reason why she is so sad now is because she failed to persuade Luciana's mother and she made a rare promise in front of Arturo and acted cool for once, but in the end she did nothing.

Well... although she always felt a chill inexplicably on her spine about going to Kazdel now, Ekaros felt that it shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, it was impossible for Theresa to come and arrest him directly.

Haha, stop joking. This is impossible no matter how you think about it.

So even though she was sad for a while, she got back to her senses after being comforted by Arturo's pat on the head, and after receiving some inner comfort from the girl and some words from Luciana's mother.

Carlos was not as disappointed as he was at the beginning. He regained his composure and even began to worry about Arturo and Luciana, as the atmosphere between them was a little awkward.

Moreover, you have to know that Icarus and Arturo got the Lateran citizens' guardian gun in advance because of this incident. Only when they reach adulthood can they get the guardian gun on Holy Day!

So no matter how he looked at it, Ekalos felt that he and Arturo had won this time.

As for the danger of Kazdel, all we can say is that perhaps the fragile girl who had no power and suffered from the uncontrollable Originium disease could only rely on her experience of surviving there, protecting the people around her like walking on a tightrope.

But now, Ikaros can truly rely on his own strength to protect everything he cares about.

And this is actually the real reason why Ikaros asked Luciana's mother to take her and Arturo to Kazdel in the end.

...Although, at the beginning, Icarus didn't expect that the Lateran Notary Office would agree to his and Arturo's application to leave the country.

But in the end, although the results were not the best, they were not too bad either.

In short, the evaluation is: it’s not a big problem, Ikaros has definitely won this time.

Therefore, after noticing that Arturo was looking at him with a bit of guilt and apology, Ekalos realized something and felt warm in his heart. Then he smiled and changed the subject, while softly easing the atmosphere in the car:

"Okay, okay, there's no need for us to think too much about it now."

"No matter what, as long as we protect each other and come back together in the end, there's nothing wrong with treating the trip to Kazdel as a journey."

"Besides, we got the Guardian Guns ahead of time! Arturo, aren't you curious about what type of Guardian Guns the Notary Office allocated to you and me?"

Chapter 121: Great Sniper Violinist, Assault Pianist ()

"Well... now that you mention it, Icarus, I am indeed a little curious." Arturo could of course see that Icarus was trying to change the subject.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in worrying about anything else. After all, you can't just throw Ikaros out of the car and go to Kazdel alone with your mother, right?

I'm afraid that if we do that, the greatest harm will be caused to Ekaros.

So she might as well just follow Ekalos' words and end the previous topic. And to be honest, Arturo was actually a little curious about what type of his guardian gun would be.

Although Arturo prefers writing music and plucking the strings of the guitar to studying and firing the gun.

But at the end of the day Arturo is a zacota.

Therefore, Arturo is still full of curiosity and expectations about his future guardian gun.

Her eyes couldn't help but look at the large black suitcase that was placed behind the cello bag and was almost as tall as herself.

“Right, right…”

Icarus saw Arturo looking at the suitcase that was set aside, and also looked at the black box that he had been holding in his arms since he got on the car, "I always feel like it will be a surprise."

At this time, Luciana also stopped the SUV that had already driven to the suburbs of Lateran Holy City, turned her head, looked at her two daughters, one black and one white, and smiled softly:

"Since you are curious, why not open it and take a look now? After all, this is the guardian gun that will accompany you for the rest of your life, so it's good to learn more about it in advance."

In fact, Luciana was also somewhat curious.

Although she could tell from the types of the two suitcases that the two guardian guns were definitely high-end goods.