Chapter 47: You two, hurry up and start dating!

"I completely understand this girl's feelings; as the heir to a national leader, the pressure on her shoulders is truly unimaginable..." Kaiselin sighed sympathetically.

To wear a crown, one must bear its weight——this is the lesson her mother taught her when she was young.

In her view, Bronya's starting point, from being adopted by Cocoelia, is already higher than the endpoint of most lower-class people. Furthermore, the higher the starting point, the higher the endpoint also becomes.

Becoming a Grand Guardian……I suppose this lofty endpoint is about to crush her, right?

"Little cake, can you withstand this pressure?" Wei asked.

"Not clear……but if one day I truly need to bear the fate of the entire Piiertewofu, I suppose this place has already become a tangled mess, right?"

Kaiselin speared a small piece of fruit cake with a fork, leisurely putting it into her mouth: "So, I hope that day never comes."

"Whining and crying, so annoying."

"Looking at Bronya's teary little expression, Xier showed no indulgence, going all out: 'What's the point? Feeling sorry for yourself a few sentences, thinking I'll sympathize with you? You think hiding in the palace, daydreaming, not having to risk your life on the front lines, but what about the people in the lower districts? Not knowing where the next meal is coming from, just being alive is already good.'"

"'Even if you are only a faint glimmer, you must still shine on others'——that's what you said yourself, right? You don't want to protect everyone? Compared to crying and whining here, don't you have anything more important to do?!'"

"Although the words were harsh, fortunately Xier's head-on barrage unexpectedly lifted Bronya's spirits."

"Indeed, self-pity solves nothing. Thank you, Xier. Usually when I fall into negative emotions, there's always a soothing voice beside me, but never anyone like you who directly snaps me awake."

"Seeing the color return to Bronya's eyes, Xier's lips curled slightly: 'I don't know how to soothe, but I can wake you up as many times as needed. I can tell at a glance that your mental burden is too heavy—why push yourself to such extremes?'"

"Bronya put on a serious face: 'As the future guardian of Beloborg, I must constantly scrutinize my actions and thoughts.'"

"Yes yes yes, Miss~huh, the future Grand Guardian actually came from the same orphanage as me—what a twisted fate. Want me to take you around the orphanage? Unlike you, I remember everything from my childhood crystal clear."

"Hmm, then I'll just space out with you for a little while."

Bronya pursed her lips and smiled, readily agreeing.

"Looking at the backs of the two by the fence, Xing fell into deep thought."

"It's obvious who's the attacker and who's the receiver between these two……Shipping them is easy, but Natasha calling her here surely isn't just to make her a lightbulb, right? Or has she already seen through something?"

"Perhaps tonight we should just honestly and properly stand watch……" Looking at the lone shadow on the ground, Xing suddenly felt a bit regretful.

——

"You two, hurry up and start dating!"

Zan Yin slammed a cup of beer onto the table, this soul‑shouting yell quickly resonated with the other drinking buddies.

We've come this far; it's hard to justify not dating, right?

Although a girl's love, beautiful and tender as poetry, is indeed moving, Zan Yin still hopes that contemporary young people can be more frank in their relationships.

He glanced at the neighboring table where Filien and Xiu Ta Er Ke sat.

……That's exactly these two guys!

Don't keep feeding him sweets all the way; once in a while there needs to be some substantive progress!

"In order not to disturb the couple not far away who are dating, Xing alone began gathering supplies, but suddenly she heard a familiar sound from the corner of a staircase."

"Xing poked out her little head, curious to see what was going on, and found it was Clara!"

"Upon seeing Xing's figure, the machine beside Clara kept issuing warnings and assumed a defensive stance."

"Xing immediately let out a tragic cry: 'My life is over——'"

This commotion scared the robot into immediately activating its auto‑defense mode; fortunately Clara intervened in time, thus avoiding a battle.

"After a simple understanding, Xing learned that in the mine's conflict, many wanderers were also injured; Clara came here to gather supplies for that reason, and after learning Xing's needs, she generously shared some medicine and supplies with Xing."

"The two chatted briefly, and from Clara they learned that she had met Swaro at a young age and was raised by him, their relationship being like family."

"Swaro had no intention of harming others; in his calculation, the upper levels were no longer safe, and only by keeping everyone in the lower levels could he continue to fulfill his duty of 【Protection】 over humanity."

"... Clara, how did you end up here?" Upon hearing the commotion, Xier and Bronya also rushed over.

"Xing briefly explained what had just happened and the conversation."

"Huh?" Xier looked displeased: "Aren't those wanderers quite capable? How can they let a little girl run around doing errands?"

"No, that's not it." Clara hurriedly waved her hands to explain: "I wasn't commissioned by anyone; it's just that the wanderers' living conditions are poor, their settlements lack a clinic, so I came to help them."

At this moment, in the Hero Association, aside from a few heroes like Jie Nuosi and Jingquan Xia being absent, the S‑rank heroes including Longjuan were all gathered in the office, watching the light curtain.

A few heroes only need to lift their heads slightly to see in the light curtain Clara's delicate, jade‑like visage……and her perfect feet, which could be called a treasure of humanity.

Of course, many heroes aren't interested in this. In their view, Clara is just an ordinary weak girl; aside from being a bit cute, there's nothing special about her.

But among everyone, only KING stared without blinking.

"Clara is truly adorable; a girl like this is practically an angel……when will heaven send such a girl down to my side?! "

"She's really too cute……I really want to play a galgame with her as the protagonist."

KING kept shouting in his heart; perhaps due to his excited emotions, in this quiet meeting room his heartbeat, like a drum, gradually grew stronger and clearer.

"Thud——thud——thud!"

"That's the Emperor Engine." Banggu glanced at the hat‑wearing man opposite with three knife scars on his face, puzzled: "Could it be that KING thinks there's something wrong with the girl in the light curtain?"

Legend has it that KING is absurdly strong; whenever he encounters a powerful enemy, his heartbeat roars like a car engine——that is both his battle cry and the death knell of countless monsters.

As if suddenly intrigued, Tornado slowly lifted her round yet slender legs, placing one up and one down on the desk, she propped her chin with one hand, her gaze locked tightly on the opposite figure who lowered his cap, low‑key and mysterious, the "Strongest Human"——KING.

"KING, what exactly did you sense from the light curtain? Do you intend to activate the Emperor Engine in this setting?"

Tornado slightly lifted her head, gazing at the light curtain at Clara's pure‑white, jade‑like face.

"This girl……does she have anything special?"