I am the heroine's godfather!

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Charlotte explained, "In that case, it wouldn't serve the purpose of exercise, would it?"

"That's true."

During the summer vacation, the girls trained in Enshi. When they had nothing to do, they would go shopping, and many vendors remembered them.

After all, if you accidentally offend the Morganfle family, you wouldn't have enough lives to pay for it.

Many nobles also gave orders to their subordinates. After all, ordinary citizens could say that ignorance is no excuse, but if the nobles offended these people, it would truly be considered a deliberate violation.

Perhaps it was with this in mind that Loran brought everyone to Petri, a city located on the border of Isnar.

This city is located on the southern border of Isnar, and several wars have broken out here during the conflicts between demons and humans. Ten years have passed, and many demons still roam the surrounding area.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the people of Petri have always been known for their fierce and unruly nature.

Inside the Adventurers' Guild, many adventurers were drinking and dressed in a very rough manner. The outfits of several female adventurers made Charlotte and the others blush.

This is way too revealing!

A female adventurer noticed Charlotte and her companions' gazes and waved her hand, "Hey, whose little brats are you doing here?"

"We are adventurers too!"

Laura stood with her hands on her hips, looking down on them! Although they were young, they were no pushovers!

"What are you doing as an adventurer at such a young age? Go back to school."

The female adventurer waved her hand, and her companion laughed, "Maybe it's another one who idolizes Her Majesty the Holy Maiden and Lord Lorian? After all, those two were only fourteen or fifteen years old when they became adventurers."

"Tch! The world is so big, and there are only two people like Her Majesty the Saintess and Lord Lorian!"

The female adventurer scoffed, "Does she really think everyone can be like those two?"

Laura and Anna gritted their teeth, furious at the female adventurer's disdain. Charlotte and Daisy, on the other hand, felt helpless; they were indeed young, so it was normal for her to look down on them.

Besides, this female adventurer seemed to be hoping to persuade as many people as possible.

There's no point in arguing with them; we should let our strength speak for itself.

The snow in the old town was ankle-deep, and the cold wind lashed against the rusty warehouse doors. Even Petri, located on the southern border, received a considerable amount of snow due to the cold snap.

"You must be the adventurers who came here."

An old man guarding the warehouse spoke to Charlotte and the others, showing no disrespect for them because of their age.

Charlotte and the others nodded, while Laura asked curiously, "Grandpa, aren't you worried that we won't be able to do it?"

Daisy sighed. "What kind of talk is that? What if they really look down on us for our age?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "What's this? I've seen people who started working at a much younger age than you! More than ten years ago, there was a kid even younger than you who joined the army here!"

"More than ten years ago? Wasn't that during the war with the demons?"

Charlotte was somewhat surprised: "Younger than us? So young?"

"That's right! That kid was really something! It's a pity that the war broke out later and many of his comrades died, which caused him to become more and more cold and less talkative."

The old man sighed, "That kid seems to have retired later; I wonder if he's still alive..."

The old man opened the warehouse door, and a stench of decay mixed with mold hit him.

Countless pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness.

"Light Magic!"

Charlotte's palm unleashed a ball of light, illuminating the mountain of wooden crates and the dense swarm of rats clinging to them. These monsters, each the size of a wildcat, arched their backs, their fangs dripping slime, while their tailbones were strangely entwined with clusters of icy blue crystals.

Daisy's compass suddenly spun wildly: "Something's wrong! Their magical fluctuations seem to be..."

"By what?" An ice spike had already formed at the tip of Laura's staff.

"It's contaminated!"

Before Daisy could finish speaking, the swarm of rats surged in like a black tide. Anna's longsword cleaved through the first wave of attacks, and the foul-smelling blood that splattered onto the wooden crate froze into ice spikes, nearly piercing Charlotte's ankle.

"These damned things can manipulate ice shards!"

Anna rolled haphazardly to avoid it, yelling, "Lola! Freeze the ground!"

Laura took a deep breath and slammed her staff heavily on the ground.

The cold mist spread along the floor, but was absorbed by the crystalline clusters on the tails of the rotting rats the moment it touched them.

"what!"

Laura was startled, and a rotting rat seized the opportunity to pounce on her calf—

At the critical moment, a starlight chain shredded the monster, and Daisy's voice rang out simultaneously: "I've divined it! Their weakness is in the crystal core at their tails! Anna, cut off the tail of the third one on the right!"

This is a spell recorded in the magic book that Loran gave to Daisy. It allows astrologers to also have combat abilities, although they are still not as good as orthodox magicians, but it is enough for self-defense.

Anna swung her sword, the blade flashing and icicles clashing, the crisp sound of crystal cores shattering echoing through the warehouse.

Charlotte's staff shone brightly, raining down light that scorched the rats, while the star trails on Daisy's compass glowed, forming a barrier to block the flying ice spikes.

After the last mutated rat was nailed to the wall, the children breathed a sigh of relief. Daisy frowned: "This level of difficulty doesn't seem like an E-rank mission. If other E-rank adventurers came, they would probably die here."

"Could this have been done by that guy Loran?"

Laura launched a vicious attack on Loran, after all, she hadn't been of any use in the battle just now, and her ice magic had been countered. Daisy shook her head: "I don't know, but in any case, we still need to report to the guild first. If it wasn't Loran who did it, it means that some kind of anomaly has occurred that we don't understand."

So, was it Loran who did it this time?

Unfortunately, although Loran likes to challenge the kids from time to time, this time it wasn't him; he was meeting a married woman.

Why does that sound so strange?

Let's put it another way: he was meeting with someone who almost became Charlotte's biological mother.

Chapter 237 This is a story for adults (but Loran was actually a child back then).

In the old town, at number 17 White Bird Street, lived an ordinary family. The husband was an honest and hardworking worker, and the wife was a gentle and virtuous woman. They had two children, a boy and a girl.

Overall, they were an ordinary family, not wealthy, but very happy.

But this ordinary family had a distinguished figure arrive at their doorstep today, a man who clearly looked extremely wealthy and powerful. This man wasn't dressed in extravagant finery, but his aura was completely out of place in this old town; even the lord of Petrie didn't possess such presence.

Could it be that this family has offended some important person?

The neighbors were secretly worried, but dared not say anything, fearing that they might also offend the nobleman.

Ultimately, while the relationship between neighbors wasn't bad, it wasn't good enough for them to risk their lives for that family.

The important figure stood in front of the door for a long time, raised his hand, and was about to knock when the door was suddenly opened: "Brother Taiti, look, it's snowing outside!"

A girl with pigtails opened the door chattering away, and then she saw the important figure standing outside.

"Jenna, don't be in such a hurry!"

A boy ran over, paused for a moment when he saw the important figure, and instinctively shielded his younger sister behind him. His sister, Janna, peeked out, curiously examining him.

The older brother, Taiti, seemed a little nervous: "Who, who are you looking for?"

The important figure hesitated for a moment before asking, "Does Pinkie Pie live here?"

“We don’t know anyone with that name.”

"Brother, Mom's name isn't..."

"No, we don't know anything. Please leave!"

Jenna seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Teti, who seemed to be hiding something.

The commotion at the door attracted the attention of the adults, and a man and a woman came out.

"Children, what's wrong?"

A kind-looking middle-aged man came out, followed by an ordinary-looking but gentle-looking woman with blue hair, who was presumably his wife.

"Hello, who are you?"

The middle-aged man noticed the important figure, racking his brain to make sure he had never seen him before. The woman, however, froze, and after a long while, spoke in disbelief, "You are... Little Loran?"

The important figure was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's me. Long time no see, Sister Biqi."

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The middle-aged man brought hot water to Loran and Biki, then silently took the child and walked away.

"Dad, Dad, who is this big brother?"

"She's Mom's friend."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, and Pinkie Pie also said gently, "It's a friend that Mommy hasn't seen in a long time... Teti, Jenna, how about Daddy takes you to see the picture book? Mommy and this big brother have some things to talk about."

"Good~"

Loran watched the two children and their father walk out and said, "Are these your husband and children?"

It's actually a pointless statement, but it's suitable for starting a conversation.

"Correct."

"how old are you?"

"Titi is ten years old, and Jenna is eight years old."

"When did you get married?"

"About four or five years after Rand left."

Pinkie Pie sighed: "That is, six or seven years after you retired."

Loran remained silent.

Did Rand, Charlotte's father, retire two years after Charlotte?

In the end, he didn't end up with Pinkie Pie.

How have you been these past few years?

Lorraine spoke up, and Pinkie Pie smiled and said, "It's all good. Louis is very good to me, and the child is very well-behaved."

Louis must be her husband.

"That's it."

"What about you?"

Pinkie Pie countered with a question, to which Loran replied, "It's alright. After a few years as an adventurer, I found my family and inherited my title. I can be considered a successful person."

"That's very good."

Then came a long silence.

After a long while, Pinkie Pie finally spoke slowly: "Is he... alright?"

Loran opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. After a long while, he sighed and said, "He's dead."

Pinkie Pie's hand trembled slightly. She bit her lip and asked, "How did you die?"

"Died of illness."

"How could that be!...No, it's nothing."

Biki instinctively denied it. She wanted to say, "That guy has such a good constitution, how could he die of illness?" But they hadn't seen each other for over a decade. What could have happened in that time? Nobody knew.

"He has a child."

Loran sighed: "Now I'm the one adopting."

"...Then he can rest assured."

Pinkie Pie was silent for a long time before speaking. The two remained silent for a long time afterward, then Pinkie Pie asked softly, "What kind of child is it?"

"She doesn't seem like that guy; she's more like the child's mother. Her personality isn't like his either."

Loran shook his head: "That roughneck could never raise such a sensible child."

"...It's fine, it's fine."

"I'm relieved to see that you're doing well now."

Loran drank the water in one gulp, stood up, and prepared to leave: "This can be considered fulfilling one of his last wishes."

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Did Rand really have this last wish? Loran didn't know, after all, he never saw Rand again in the end. Loran just guessed that the guy probably did.