Chapter 171

Hearing Bronya's words, Eric nodded heavily, then said goodbye to Bronya and left.

"That thing should be quite valuable to you."

Watching Eric leave, Seele looked at Bronya: "I saw it. You forcibly took it off your clothes. That should be your medal of honor. Just the high-purity geode crystal in it is worth a fortune. Is it really appropriate to give it to a little petty thief like this?"

"If he can really change, paying this price is nothing."

"Then what if he still hasn't repented?"

"From childhood to adulthood, my mother has always taught me tolerance, taught me to preserve the kindness in people's hearts, and even if I am just a wisp of light, I must try to illuminate others."

Bronya said softly: "I have to give him this opportunity, Seele, because others can't give it to him."

Hearing Bronya's words, Seele was silent, then said calmly: "What you say is really hard to understand."

"Oh, oh, I understand."

Beside them, Xing looked enlightened: "This is the kind of 'even if my life is worse than a dog's, I can't bear to see the suffering of the world'."

Bronya: "??????"

March 7th: "????"

"If you don't speak, you can actually shut up."

March 7th was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Let's go, go to the orphanage as soon as possible. The materials here can be picked up on the way back."

"Hmm."

Everyone nodded and hurried on their way.

Along the way, they encountered some monsters from the Rift, all of which were easily solved, and before long, they arrived at the orphanage entrance.

"I didn't expect it to be preserved quite intact."

Looking at the familiar scene around her, Seele looked surprised: "After so long, it hasn't changed at all, and there are no traces of the boxes being moved. Fortunately, those Rift monsters don't need these."

As she spoke, Seele came to a box.

"These boxes have been here for many years, right?"

Watching Seele walk to a box, Bronya was silent for a moment and said: "Are you sure there are still many supplies?"

"You don't think people in the Underworld still care about the expiration date, do you?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Seele sneered: "It's good enough to have something to use."

"Bang!"

While speaking, Seele easily opened the box in front of her, but the box was empty, making Seele look surprised: "How can it be empty?"

Clearly, there were no traces of anyone moving it, but the supplies in the box had vanished into thin air.

"Ah? Empty?"

March 7th saw this scene and scratched her head in distress: "Then didn't we make a wasted trip?"

After a long journey here, the box found was empty.

Seele continued to open other boxes around, finding that every box was empty.

And Seele's brows furrowed: "Who on earth emptied this place?"

"What should we do next?"

Xing pondered: "We can't search the surroundings, right? Some wanderers must have run over and taken the things away. Otherwise, could they disappear out of thin air?"

"This is not an illusion."

Beside them, Bronya looked around and subconsciously rubbed her eyebrows: "This scene around here is a bit familiar. The buildings, the children's play facilities, I seem to have seen them somewhere. I have impressions from time to time."

"Give it a rest."

Seele, who was having a headache, heard Bronya say this and was speechless: "The upper and lower layers have been blocked for more than ten years, and not a single Silvermane Guard has come down. Your visit to the underground as a young lady is definitely big news."

"Is it possible that it was before that?"

Beside them, March 7th said curiously: "Maybe it's a childhood memory, so your memory is a bit blurry now."

"Possible."

Bronya nodded gently: "Only then can it explain why my memory is so blurry."

As she spoke, Bronya's brows furrowed, and she subconsciously walked toward a certain place.

Under the surprised gaze of Seele and others, Bronya skillfully picked up a small package from behind a trash can nearby and opened it.

Suddenly, a round card fell out.

"This is something from my childhood."

Seeing this thing, Bronya's pupils shrank: "I came here when I was a child."

When she saw this thing, Bronya only felt that her somewhat blurry memory gradually became clear.

"Something from your childhood?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Seele looked shocked: "Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

Bronya nodded heavily: "I used to live here, before the Architects took me away and before Mother Cocolia adopted me! I lived here! I am from the Underworld."

"From the Underworld?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Seele had a look of seeing a ghost: "Really? You said Cocolia, you are the adopted daughter of the Supreme Guardian? Not her biological one?"

"Yes."

Bronya nodded: "I am the heir designated by the Architects. In the future, I will become the Guardian who leads Belobog. This is what I remember from my childhood."

"But why, why did I only think of this kind of thing now?"

Bronya's brows furrowed: "The childhood memories are still very blurry."

"It should be because you were too young at the time."

Beside them, Xing thought: "If Cocolia did something, it's very possible that this situation would be caused."

"I remember the Architects said that the selection of the Guardian's heir would be carried out throughout Belobog, and the process would take from a few years to decades."

Bronya recalled the memories in her mind: "During that time, every child who reached the age in the upper and lower layers would accept the test, and finally only one child with qualifications would be selected. I seem to have been selected here and then taken to the ground."

"Children in the orphanage always come and go. I didn't expect that a Supreme Guardian would come out of us."

Seele looked at Bronya and frowned: "Then does Natasha know about this? Did she keep it hidden? Natasha should know every child in the orphanage."

"I don't think she knows."

Bronya was silent for a moment and shook her head: "The selection of the Guardian's heir is an absolute secret. The selected child must completely say goodbye to the past, so I became Mother Cocolia's daughter. Except for the next Guardian, I have no other identity, but I am too far from the next Guardian."

"I witness the Silvermane Guard soldiers sacrificing in the Rift every day, but I can never make up my mind to change Mother's thoughts."

"I clearly know that the Underworld is suffering, but I can't help at all."

"The former homeland has become like this, but I am completely kept in the dark. In the end, I can't protect anything. How can I be selected and be competent for the duties of the Supreme Guardian?"

Bronya became more and more suspicious, making Xing and others look at each other.

The atmosphere of the topic became heavy at this moment.

"Self-pity can't solve any problems, Bronya."

Seele said casually: "You should be firm in what you do now. Didn't you just say that even if you are just a wisp of light, you must try to illuminate others."

"Yes."

Hearing Seele's words, the silent Bronya nodded gently: "As the future Guardian of Belobog, I must examine my behavior and thoughts at any time."

"An evil fate."

Seele sighed: "Who would have thought that the future Supreme Guardian would be born in the same orphanage as me? I'll take you around the orphanage in a moment to let you recall it properly."

I don't know why, but when she learned of Bronya's detailed identity, Seele felt a sense of inexplicable sympathy for each other.

"So the problem now is supplies."

Beside them, Xing sighed: "We came to find supplies, but the supplies have vanished into thin air."

Hearing Xing's words, everyone present came back to their senses.

Indeed, the top priority now is to find the supplies.

"Ask the big shot."

March 7th pondered for a moment and said without hesitation: "Wait, I'll ask the big shot."

As she spoke, March 7th took out her phone and sent a message to Lin Mo.

"Big shot, big shot, are you there? We are in Rivet Town now and want to find supplies at the orphanage, but the supplies have disappeared. Does the big shot know where the supplies we are looking for are? Or who took them? Poor. jpg."

"Big shot?"

Hearing March 7th's words and seeing March 7th sending the message, Seele frowned: "Who is this? Why ask the other party about supplies?"

She thought of the beginning, when March 7th had also done this, seemingly asking someone to get some information. ===== CHAPTER 172 =====