RBCT Chapter 62 The River of the Forest!
Chapter 62 The River of the Forest!
Chapter 62 The River of the Forest!
Loya's childhood was not happy.
So when he later heard Yu Yu's friends at the Forest Elf School describe their misfortunes, Loya couldn't understand how these people could become so pathetic after only experiencing a few setbacks.
Compared to these people, what she experienced seemed to be more tragic, but she never felt that she was innocent.
Was it because she was stronger than them? No, Loya had always thought of herself as a quiet, delicate, and sensitive little girl, and no one understood her vulnerability.
So why is her mental health better? After much thought, Loya believes there is probably only one reason: during the period when most elves are most vulnerable and sensitive, her mental health was compromised, he saved her time and time again.
At first, Loya didn't know how to do this, but one day she discovered strange noises coming from her mother's treehouse. She tiptoed and peeked in, and discovered the door to a new world.
But the door was only discovered, not opened. Then Loya pushed the door open and asked, "Mom, what are you doing? Why are you so happy? I was ostracized by my friends today. I'm so sad. I want to be happy like this too. Can you teach me?"
Unlike most adult forest elves who at least know shame, her elven mother, Lorraine, was not ashamed at all when Loya discovered that she was not embarrassed at all, and happily pulled her into the house.
Only then did Loya open the door to a new world and find the best way to release her stress.
The mother and daughter, who were initially somewhat estranged, have grown closer and their relationship has become very good.
However, since then, Loya has found that she is becoming more and more different from other children, not in appearance, but in some inexplicable and inexplicable aspects of her being.
"That wretched Loya! Skipping class is one thing, but why didn't you come to the joint hunting class! Luo Xiaojiu, who was supposed to team up with you, had no partner and had to stand alone on the sidelines for the whole class watching others wait for you. You've gone too far!"
"Oh my god, I'm in such a bad situation, but don't worry about me, I'm not all alone. My mom heard that there was some kind of joint hunting course and insisted that she was good at it, so she took me with her."
"Damn it, Loya! The food in the cafeteria is limited. It's one thing to always be at the front of the line to get food, but what are you hiding in your pockets?! Luo Xiaojiu, who's always at the back, never gets enough to eat!"
"My mom asked me to bring her some...or I'll share some of mine with her, come on, let's eat together, don't be shy."
"Luo Ya, who was born today, came running to me crying again, complaining that you bullied her. What did you do?!"
"I'm innocent! She came to me today and said she believed I wasn't a bad person and wanted to be good friends with me. I was so happy that I took her to my house to play and taught her some fun things. I really didn't bully her."
Feeling increasingly restless in the great forest, Loya secretly ran away to a human city, hoping to experience a thrilling adventure with her exceptional magical talent. However, she ran out of her meager travel expenses just by reaching the nearest human city, Hillius... And then came her first encounter with Raiye.
To be honest, when he suggested forming a team, Loya had already agreed in her heart. She had no reason to refuse. But after eating her fill, she began to calmly analyze the magic parchment that had asked her to press the magic runes. She was so scared that she almost wet herself. Her chaotic thoughts, coupled with a little bit of the elven's unique pride, prevented her from giving a definite answer immediately.
In that brief moment of hesitation, the person she had already considered as her teammate for tomorrow was snatched away.
But in the end, Lei Ye was someone she had only known for one day. Luo Ya wasn't particularly sad, just a little disappointed. She also realized how unreliable humans were. Indeed, in human cities, she needed to love herself more than ever before in order to protect herself.
This little incident didn't affect what Loya was going to do that night; she stayed in her little room.
Ironically, starting that night, Luo Ya had a strong sense of déjà vu. She inexplicably felt that she had experienced this once before, and the person who saved her was Lei Ye, whom she had only met once. At first, she thought she was just having a crush and recalling the events of the day in her mind. However, in the flashback, the two of them agreed on a meeting place for the next day, and Ye Lei did not appear.
Later, she couldn't help but think about another possibility of herself, but even though she was thinking about another version of herself, it always revolved around that person. Sometimes, Luo Ya herself couldn't understand herself. These images were actually very fragmented, like fantasies when she was drunk, but they were so real that she couldn't stop thinking about them.
Then, I can't help but chase after it, as if chasing after a shadow of the past.
"Loya?"
"Say something, Loya! Why aren't you moving?"
Lei Ye's voice brought her back to her senses, and she realized the situation, causing her to gasp in shock.
"That night, you, you should have been with Ye Lei, how could you possibly know what I was doing?" she stammered.
"When I got up to use the bathroom and passed by, I heard the sound of water coming from your room. I peeked out out of curiosity," Raino gave Loya a thumbs up. "Forest River."
There is actually a loophole here.
Lei Ye was referring to what happened on Line 1. On Line 2, although Luo Ya's actions remained the same, Ye Lei did not let him leave the room that night.
Fortunately, Loya's mind didn't allow her to discover such details; she only felt dizzy and disoriented from the absurd facts.
Forest River... Forest River... the two-person team from my fantasy, Forest River.
I originally thought that cultured people just gave their names nice-sounding ones, but it turns out it was a subtle reference to the abundance of water in the forest.
Did they actually find out what happened that night?
But to put it another way, he really does care about me, otherwise why would he be peeking at me?
"He really does care about me," Loya thought to herself.
Luo Ya murmured softly, then slowly lowered her sword. Now she was certain that Lei Ye was indeed Lei Ye, but... over the past five years, although Luo Ya knew that some of the things she had done seemed a bit outrageous, she had persisted in imitating Ye Lei as a pure and innocent girl. Although she had failed, she hadn't expected to fail like this. It seemed that Lei Ye knew everything about the things she didn't want him to know.
Change the subject...
"Just now, you two suddenly disappeared. That Kermiren has been dealt with. Someone kicked me and pulled my basket. What happened?" Loya asked.
"It was all done by that vile person. You'll find out if you ask around later. They're so damn wicked," Lei Ye replied immediately. "The matter of Kermilen has been resolved. Let's not mention it again. Since you're all here, I have something important to tell you now."
"Stop, stop, let me speak first."
Seeing that the previous topic had been moved on, Loya glanced at Anlashi beside her, rolled up her sleeves, and her fighting power soared.
"That fat slut, she says she's moved into your house now, is that true?"
What kind of thing moved in?
Lei Ye was stunned for a moment, then realized that this was probably the work of Kemirion. In order to find him, she wanted to borrow Anrahi's power, and for convenience, she simply let her live in her house.
It's convenient for him too.
It's a little strange, though. I remember Anlashi as an honest person. They didn't interact much on Line 2, so how could she agree to move into Raino's house?
Most importantly, it wasn't him who accomplished this, but Kermione.
Thinking about it this way, it feels like I've been tricked. Speaking of which, it seems like there have been quite a few dubious "cuckold" incidents lately...
As an author, Lei Ye knew that NTR was one of the most taboo topics for authors... Wuxia was a different story, so these events made him very unhappy.
The next step is to focus on managing interpersonal relationships.
"Yes, I let her move in," Raino replied affirmatively.
Anlashi, who had been nervously watching Raiye, breathed a sigh of relief and shrugged. "Look, look, I already told you that Mr. Raiye allowed me to stay here, but you still didn't believe me. Besides, I'm not staying here for free; I have a job."
As she spoke, she casually summoned a few goblins and made them stand at attention and salute in front of Lei Ye.
"...What?" Raino didn't understand.
"Huh? This is the job I was talking about... not just something like 'the cooldown is done'... ah..."
Anrashi confirmed it once again: the job was just a gimmick, a pretext for Raino to have her move in.
Even her initial concern for goblins was an act; otherwise, how could she have changed her attitude towards them so quickly?
She observed Lei Ye's expression more closely; his subconscious bewilderment was not an act.
He used so many tricks to get her... What a bad man, so wicked.
but...
"He really does like me," Anrahi thought to himself.
Thinking this way, Anlashi no longer felt so hostile towards the crazy Loya who had come running over. She asked Venus a few questions about this person, who seemed to have been pestering Lei Ye for some time, but had not received any response. Meanwhile, Lei Ye had indeed forcefully taken her home.
"Haha..." She couldn't help but burst into laughter, which made Loya's face contort in disgust.
This is yet another small problem that Raino might not notice.
When he met Anlashi on Line 1, she was still young and her spirit hadn't been completely worn down by the ruthless circus. But on Line 2, the meeting happened too late. At this time, Anlashi had finally been freed from oppression and didn't have many expectations for the future. She just wanted to properly resolve her major life events and have a small family.
So the current situation is completely satisfactory to Anrashi in every sense, and she is certainly willing to stay here.
"Really? Raino? Are you serious?" Loya collapsed to the ground in disbelief, muttering to herself in shock, "How could this be? That one with horns on her head is one thing, but she can't even speak properly and is practically mentally challenged. Why is this guy so nice to this newbie? What about me?"
Ais, who was watching the commotion, suddenly frowned. "Idiot?"
Loya immediately fell silent.
In fact, she had already noticed that there was such a person living in Lei Ye's house.
But she didn't argue with him.
Because she felt she couldn't beat this person, when Loya sensed the chill, she silently moved her position, moving further away from Ais and closer to Lei Ye.
Then they continued shouting.
"I'm not convinced, Lei Ye! There's a proper order to things, right? I was here first, so you should choose me first. It's just work, right? I can do that too. Just hire me and let me move in too."
"Okay," Raino replied readily.
"Okay, you, you, you, you... Huh?" Loya, who was about to use the techniques she learned yesterday to start making a scene, was stunned. She didn't expect Lei Ye to agree to her request so readily.
He didn't know that Lei Ye had decided this last night.
In order to deal with Kmeleon, he taught Loya some very bad skills. Although they were never used, it was a real sacrifice. Raino wanted to make up for this sacrifice by correcting Loya's personality.
There are plenty of empty rooms in the house, so lending her one wouldn't be a problem. It would also allow me to keep a close eye on Loya and prevent her from doing anything outrageous.
Another, more important reason is that Raino plans to rebuild the Forest River.
Although Mori no Kawa has been revived under Ye Lei's control, it is still just an empty shell. Raino hopes to gather all the original members as much as possible and rebuild the bonds with them like in Line 1.
Of course, this time he wouldn't try to win them over as if they were his mothers; he just wanted to become their partners again.
The incident with Kermira taught him a lesson: even the strongest individual has flaws. The evil skills are all mysterious, and one careless move can lead to disaster. If he had a trustworthy teammate who was willing to lend his body to Raino or cooperate with Raino in a sneak attack, things would be much simpler.
So in the coming period, Lei Ye will be on the one hand guarding against possible attacks from time-stopping monsters, and on the other hand cultivating relationships with his familiar yet unfamiliar old teammates.
"Really? You agreed to let me move in? It's that simple?"
"Yes, but it's not like you're just staying here for free. I'll assign you some work, starting with housework. I can't expect my little angel to do everything. I'm about to free her from boring housework. Also, I'll find you some books. You have to read a set number of pages every day. I need to fix your brain."
"What do you mean? Didn't you let me move in?" Loya was excited, but these words surprised her greatly. "You really want me to do the work? Then I've just been living here for nothing."
Lei Ye remained silent for a long time.
He turned to look at Anrahi.
"Go, slap her twice to wake her up."
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