In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"You've returned to Kazdel so soon?"

"Ah."

Maria nodded, looked at the other person carefully, and spoke curiously.

"This... is your shop?"

"To be more precise, it's my husband and I's shop."

There was still a smile on Ye Lai's face, and at the same time, she took out a photo from the backpack beside her.

When it was handed to Maria, she blinked.

The photo shows the life of a family of four.

It can be seen that Yelai's husband is a Sarkaz mercenary. He is tall and strong, but when taking pictures, he seems inexplicably shy.

At the bottom of the photo are two twin children, no more than one meter tall, who appear to be a boy and a girl.

The woman inherited her father's bloodline and has small black horns on her head.

The boy looked more obedient, holding hands with his mother obediently.

The photo itself doesn't have anything noteworthy to say, just a gentle family of four.

But for some reason, Maria could see yellow and red stains on the edges of the photo's white frame.

This sign seems a bit old.

If I understand correctly, Ye Lai should often take out this photo to look at and touch it...

"Do you love your family very much?"

Maria looked up, her tone calm.

But Ye Lai chuckled.

"of course."

"Thanks to His Highness, even now, I can act relatively normally with my husband... This would have been difficult for me to imagine before..."

Ye Lai said this with some emotion in his tone.

Who would have thought that after being indoctrinated with the idea that Sarkaz were evil and crazy creatures since childhood, she would end up marrying a Sarkaz?

All I can say is that fate always plays some big or small jokes on people.

It's just a pity...

Ye Lai lowered his eyes slightly.

This made Maria realize that the other party's marriage did not seem to be smooth sailing, and there might have been some accidents along the way.

So, after a pause, she turned her head slightly again.

"Is this place...still open?"

"of course."

Ye Lai was not stupid. After noticing Maria's slightly implicit and awkward kindness, she smiled, waved her hand, and called out softly.

"Yelina?"

"I'm here, Mom."

In the kitchen, a bright girl wearing a chef's apron walked out of the room.

She looked like she hadn't woken up for long and was still a little dazed, but when she looked at her mother, her tone was still gentle.

Soon, she also noticed Maria next to her.

After a few moments of confusion, the quick-witted girl guessed Maria's identity and widened her eyes with curiosity.

"Are you the magical friend that mom was talking about?"

The little girl looked very lively. She pushed open the fence at the front desk and walked out slowly.

Anyway, there are no customers in the store now, so she can relax a little.

After taking another good look at Maria, she also widened her eyes slightly.

Indeed, as her mother Yelai commented, Maria did not look like a woman who could be born in nature.

The air of detachment from the world that she possessed was a powerful weapon against those with a strong curiosity.

Just looking at it is full of stories!

So curious!

"Yelina..."

Seeing his daughter's boldness, Ye Lai felt helpless and nodded apologetically to Maria.

"This kid has always been like this... I hope you don't mind."

But Maria didn't seem to care. She just glanced at the girl for a few seconds and then looked at Ye Lai in front of her.

"She looks a lot taller than you."

No one knew what race Yelai was. She was not tall, only about 1.56 meters. However, as Yelai's daughter, she was an astonishing 1.7 meters tall... Although she was not particularly tall among the tall Sakaz, she was at least of normal height.

"Yes."

Ye Lai looked a little proud and even wanted to reach out and touch the girl's head, which made the girl blush slightly.

"I'm not a child anymore, Mom."

She grumbled, but still lowered her head and let him caress her.

After Ye Lai withdrew her hand with satisfaction, she stood up again and looked at Maria beside her.

Maria was lost in thought as she watched the relationship between the mother and daughter.

This made Ye Lai stunned, and then he spoke with some concern.

"Are you ok?"

"Ok?"

Maria looked up, a puzzled look on her face.

She didn't understand why the other party asked this at this time, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she nodded.

"I'm fine."

"is that so."

Yelai sighed.

She suddenly recalled the question she had exchanged with the other party at the border not long ago.

At that time she noticed the ring on Maria's hand and asked her if she had ever been married.

But at that time, Maria's answer was...

If it were an ordinary person, Ye Lai would think that the other person was just putting the ring on him casually.

But perhaps because she knew many banshees, she was clearly aware that the ring in Maria's hand was unique to banshees and was used for courtship.

Maria couldn't have been unaware of this.

But her answer was no, which only meant that this was a past that Maria did not want to mention.

Although her family nowadays cannot be said to be particularly happy, she still seems to be much happier than Maria, who has always been alone.

So after thinking for a while, Ye Lai felt that things couldn't go on like this.

After all, we have met each other several times and are considered acquaintances.

She couldn't just watch Maria go away, could she?

When you are alive, you should look forward.

and so……

"What are your plans for the future?"

After ordering some snacks with his daughter and watching her leave mumbling, Ye Lai spoke softly, looking at Maria.

Although she already had some ideas, in this kind of matter, she could only play a supporting role. The final result still depended on Maria herself.

If Maria is willing to reach out, she actually has quite a few suitable candidates.

And...for some specific groups of people, being a widow is not just a negative label.

Especially Maria's appearance, she is completely worthy of the word beautiful woman.

"future?"

Maria was also a little confused when she heard Yelai's voice.

She looked hesitantly at Ye Lai who was smiling gently in front of her. After thinking carefully for a few moments, she shook her head slightly.

"I don't have any special plans."

She really didn't have much of an idea of ​​what she was going to do next, but...

"Why do you ask?"

Maria noticed something subtle in Yelai's words.

But she didn't understand where this subtlety came from.

In fact, Yelai's attitude seemed a little strange from the beginning...Maria really didn't understand where this strangeness came from.

But Ye Lai on the side just lowered his head and thought for a few moments, then raised his head again.

"So, you're saying, are you willing to try?"

Yelai did not understand Maria's doubts, but just took it as Maria's implicit expression of her attitude.

She wasn't particularly looking for new companionship, nor would she mind having...

And since Maria has this intention... then it's easy.

"?"

Maria wondered.

"It's just... I have a few friends here, I wonder if you would like to meet them."

Yelai's words became more delicate.

She knew that since Maria had been wearing the ring, it meant that Maria was still reluctant to give up her previous marriage. In this case, the most important thing to do if she wanted to bring the two parties together was to find a way to open Maria's heart.

Maria became more and more confused.

But looking at the other person's serious little face, Maria thought for a while and nodded slightly.

If it's just to get to know someone, then it's not a problem...

Yelai looked very happy after receiving Maria's affirmative answer.

She smiled, turned around, and started to inform her friends.

Maria just sat there, quietly enjoying the short quiet time.

After a while, Yelina also poked her head out from the kitchen.

She was holding two plates of pastries, looked around, and when she didn't find her mother, she came to Maria angrily.

"You said you wanted me to prepare some snacks, but you just ran off?"

"Really."

The girl spoke with some resentment.

Maria quietly looked at the other person sitting in front of her.

After a few more pauses, he blinked curiously.

"Yelina...is that so?"

Maria's tone was unusually hesitant.

After Yelina turned her head, she paused for a few seconds and then spoke in a low voice.

"Can I ask you a few questions?"