Chapter 62: Happiness Is Meaning!

The children looked at Broly; the words Old Man Weide left before departing seemed to dye the road ahead of them with a layer of gloomy color.

If they had to walk alone, they would certainly be afraid, but if Big Brother leads the team, then no matter what lies ahead, they will fear nothing.

Broly also fell into thought because of Old Man Weide's words, but what he was thinking about was not the problem of the gloomy road ahead, but rather:

If Kathisi, which lacks water yet can still drink paid-for clear well water, is a place with no future and hope, then what exactly is Nappa Star, where one can only drink foul-smelling rainwater and cannot even buy paid-for clear water — a land of despair that has already died? Broly quickly shook his head; he has the Crystal Palace, and a wife, and Happiness Points can exchange for lots of delicious food, so Nappa Star absolutely still has a future and hope.

"Let's keep moving forward; there's nothing to fear about this place."

Compared to the even harsher environment of Nappa Star, Broly felt that the Kathisi they had now arrived at had nothing despair-inducing about it.

"Oh~"

Hearing his words, the children felt at ease; with Broly-san here, there really was nothing to fear.

"Say, can I really not use water to bathe?"

Merad asked; she was still thinking about the bathing matter.

The locality merely lacked water, it wasn't without water, and they also had money to buy water; they bought several large buckets of well water at the tavern, and then Broly and the others took the purchased water and went to a nearby inn to lodge.

"So comfortable~"

The girls huddled in a room, using damp towels to wipe each other's bodies; the cool, moist towels passing over their bodies made them feel extremely comfortable.

"Although we can't soak in a bath, this scene is worth it all the same."

Merad felt very happy; pity she isn't a Crystal Palace-recognized wife, otherwise her Happiness Value would definitely be shooting up right now.

Nahashu and the others watched the carriage outside; this place's livelihood was withered, so thieves might appear.

Things indeed developed that way; a group of children pulling a carriage acting outside — in other places they might still be feared because of rumors, but in this town on the edge of the Kathisi region, the people here are all dying of thirst and starvation, who still cares about such things.

"Brat, hand over your water and valuables, or else……"

Before the sky darkened, a group of knife-wielding street thugs and robbers came over to this side of the inn to rob them.

However, in just a few moves, this bunch of guys were beaten down by Nahashu and Luosang.

Broly sat on the carriage the whole time gnawing on post-meal fruit and watching; it wasn't that he didn't want to act, merely……

"Big Brother, you will eventually leave; we can't rely on you for everything. Now we have to become strong on our own. As long as it's something we can handle ourselves, please don't help."

Earlier, the children in the team had stated their position like this.

"Damn, no money and they still rob; a bunch of poor devils!"

Luosang rummaged through the pockets of the beaten-down thug robbers, but only turned up some scattered Imperial Currency; added together it wasn't even worth as much as a single ten-liter bucket of water here, making him curse and grumble a bit.

The only thing of any value was probably the weapons in these people's hands; perhaps because the Kathisi region used to be an iron-ore smelting place, the weapons in their hands could be seen to be comparatively exquisite and sharp.

Nahashu and Luosang didn't kill; mainly because killing inside a town is very troublesome, and a group of poor-devil thugs forming a robber band also didn't utter any ruthless words — they supported each other and left.

"Sir, could you give us some water to drink?"

And not long after the town thug robbers left, a group of children wearing shabby clothes gathered around this side; they looked at the few people guarding the carriage with hopeful gazes, and among them a child plucked up courage to ask.

"Broly-san……"

Nahashu and the others looked at Broly; Broly looked at the nearby people and scratched his head.

"Just drinking water isn't enough; let them eat some bread and jerky too."

Toward people who came not to deliver goods but to beg for food, Broly had always been comparatively generous; these children who came begging for water had good luck — they actively found a Saiyan boy willing to share his abundant food.

After Esdeath, Akame, and a group of girls wiped their bodies clean and came out of the room, what they saw was the inn's front courtyard: some raggedly clothed strange children lined up in a long queue, currently receiving clear water, bread, and jerky — a scene.

"What are you all doing?"

Main leaned out the window and asked a sentence.

"These people came to beg for water; Broly-san felt just drinking water wasn't enough, so he also treated them to bread and jerky." Green replied concisely, then shouted at the children's queue in front: "Line up properly, don't crowd, don't cut in line; anyone who crowds, anyone who cuts — none of them get anything."

Those words worked better than anything; the originally somewhat chaotic queue immediately became orderly.

Main, Akame, and the others, hearing it was Broly treating them to a meal, also went down to help distribute things together.

"What use is this behavior of distributing things to wandering children inside the town, anyway?"

Merad couldn't quite understand Broly's behavior.

Wandering children, this kind of existence, always silently appear in some corner of this world, then silently die in some corner.

Like wild grass growing in desolate places, whether you water it or pull it out, the meaning isn't very great.

"Perhaps, this might just be the reason he is strong."

Esdeath's past education of the weak being prey to the strong also made her unable to understand this behavior of caring for the weak, but watching Broly distribute food to others below, a pure smile of happiness from sharing appearing on his face, she felt her heart go thump-thump.

This is a very strange feeling.

"I'm going down to help; what about you?"

"Uh, I'll go down too."

What else could Merad say; being unsociable is a major taboo.

And these two people didn't take the usual route; they directly jumped down from the third-floor window.

Landing steadily, Broly happened to see it, and gave the two a round of applause.

Other people who saw this scene also thought they were impressive.

Clap-clap-clap applause rang out in the inn's front courtyard.

"Hey, don't make it look like we're performing acrobatics."

Merad started complaining.

"If you don't want to be treated like acrobats, just walk down from the stairs side."

Main and she bickered a few sentences, and a group of people just like that, amid laughter and noise, together distributed food and clear water to the children who came to beg for water.

"Don't eat too fast; careful not to choke."

After receiving the food, some children wolfed it down; one look and you knew they hadn't eaten their fill in a long time; Main had starved before, Akame and the others were similar, so they reminded them.

"Thank you, big sister; we'll eat slowly."

Esdeath and Merad had never gone hungry, but they also experienced a kind of joy in feeding the weak during the food distribution.

"Although I know it's meaningless (a single act of charity cannot change these children's lives), occasionally doing a few good deeds of charity still pleases the body and mind."

Merad acknowledged this point, but still considered charity to be an act without much meaning.

"This isn't a meaningless thing; at least today they ate their fill for one meal.

When starving, being able to eat one full meal is a very happy thing.

Broly-san let them experience the happiness of a full meal.

And the expressions they revealed also made Broly-san feel happy.

Happiness is the meaning of this matter."

Akame's words made the other children in the team nod in agreement one after another.

Even if it is only momentary happiness, that is still meaningful.

(Chapter End)