chapter_2_A totally different plot

Following Liuli's footsteps, the three left Lottelian from the south gate of Lottelian, and turned north again at the first fork on the avenue. A few minutes later, a two-story cottage located between the woods appeared in front of the three.

"This house is here too, but the people living inside..." Liuli shook her head and said, "I also think it is unlikely that it will fit that 'memory'. However, this is good, so we can relax and take a break."

While talking, Liuli, Momo and Pei Qiaoer had already walked to the fence outside the hut.

Inside the fence, an old lady was sitting on a rocking chair, slowly knitting her sweater.

"Old grandma... It seems that this place is not much similar to the world in the 'memory'." Liuli said to Momo and Pei Qiaoer in a low voice.

"It smells so good."

Pei Qiaoer suddenly said.

"kindness?"

Hearing Pei Qiaoer's voice, the old lady put down the needle and thread in her hand, took off the reading glasses on the bridge of her nose, and looked outside the fence.

"What a rare guest, and are they still three little girls? The apple pie is almost baked. Do you want to talk to me, the old lady?" The old lady showed a kind smile, leaned on a crutch, and slowly came to the fence and opened the door on the fence.

"Come in, three little girls."

"Thank you, grandma."

Pei Qiaoer said as she walked to the old lady first and helped her up.

After a while, several people sat around a table made of roots of a big tree. On the table were divided into apple pie and four glasses of apple juice.

"Since my son ran to the place called Ke'er Bell, the house has become much deserted." said the old lady, "But, I didn't expect that my incompetent son had made some famous there, married a filial daughter-in-law, and made some money in business."

"What Bell? Grandma, are you referring to the North Crossbell Autonomous Prefecture?" Liuli asked.

"Ah, yes, yes, that's it, that's it. When people get old, they tend to forget things." The old lady continued, "Originally, my son and daughter-in-law wanted to pick me up and be more filial, but I, who have old arms and legs, can't stand too much trouble."

The old lady's words were filled with pride for her son.

"Originally, I lived in the city of Lottelian. However, my son said that since I was unwilling to follow them to Ker... Oh, Klosbel, I could not live in the small room before. So, I bought this cottage not far from Lottelian and let me move in."

"Grandma, your son must have made a lot of money and can afford such a good house." At this time, Pei Qiaoer just swallowed a piece of apple pie and asked.

"This house turned out to be the home of a little girl. After she left here, the house was free and was managed by the church in Lotte for a while." said the old lady. "After my son bought this house, most of the money he had paid to the little girl from the church to travel thousands of miles. So, my son can be regarded as helping the unfortunate little girl."

When talking about that little girl, the old lady shook her head gently, as if she was sighing for her unfortunate life experience.

"Old grandma, can you tell us the story of that girl?" Liuli asked.

"Yeah, that's fine. It seems that you are all very caring children." The old lady drank a little apple juice and continued, "In the war when Liber became a subsidiary principality of the Herrebonian Empire, she was only... Yeah, she should be a little younger than you, a little older than your sister..."

When talking about this, the old lady first pointed to Liuli, and then pointed to Momo.

"No one expected that after the war, the girl's mother was killed by an imperial soldier who was already his own. Although the empire immediately found the criminal and sentenced the criminal to the death in front of the people of Lottren, no matter how he did it, the little girl's mother would never come back."

Liber… Principality?

When I heard the old lady say that the Herrebonian Empire successfully turned the Kingdom of Liber into the principality of his subordinates in that war, Liuli was still a little surprised.

But why is the little girl the old lady said so similar to...

"But, what no one expected was that this was just the real unfortunate beginning of that girl..." The old lady picked up the needle and thread again, knitting her sweater, and recalled, "The girl's father was originally Liber's youngest major general, but he blamed himself for not being able to protect Liber, or even his wife. So, he left the army and returned to Lott Company and became a guerrilla. Perhaps, he wanted to protect his daughter, right? But, he was really jealous of talent... The man who became a Class A guerrilla in just one month disappeared in the only mission to leave Lott Company. The little girl lost her parents from then on."

"So pitiful..."

"Yes, if someone else would have hated the Ereponian Empire that killed her mother, or the Guerrilla Association that gave her father a mission? But the little girl who lost her parents was still so lively in front of others. With everyone's help, she learned knowledge that would not make herself a burden to others."

"So, why did that girl leave here?" Liuli asked.

"Later, a circus passed by Lottelian. The little girl, in order not to become a burden to everyone, actually secretly ran to ask to join the circus. When everyone realized that, she had already left Lottelian with the circus. Alas..." The old lady sighed and said, "The circus is a big dyeing vat..."

"Grandma, can you tell me the name of that big sister?" Liuli asked, "I seem to have seen this big sister somewhere before."

"Is that true... that girl, her name is, Estee Bright. If you can see her again, please help her a little."

At this moment, Liuli's heart was not as calm as on her face.

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In this way, as the three of them chatted with the old lady, the sky gradually darkened.

The hospitality old lady, when she knew that the three of them were going to stay in the hotel in Lottren, kept the three of them.

"Anyway, they don't have to use the rooms upstairs that were originally prepared for their son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. So, you three little girls, stay and spend more time with me, the old lady."

Because of the old lady's words, Liuli finally decided to stay.

On a summer night, amid the sound of insects, Liuli chatted with the kind old lady again. It was not until the bell rang ten times that after washing up, at the request of the old lady, she lay down on the big bed prepared by the old lady for her grandchildren.

After a while, downstairs, the old lady snored quietly.

"You must have discovered something, Berenka." At this time, Momo, who was lying on the bottom of the glass bunk, asked.

"Yes, Momo." She hadn't worn a mercury dress with clothes and wearing the cute pajamas prepared by the old lady for a long time, and twisted around the bed with some anxiety. "Estile Bright, in that 'memory', she should be the 'protagonist' of this 'world', and now she should be in Lotren, ready to take the first step to becoming a guerrilla."

"Have you even taken away the position of the 'protagonist'? It seems that the gods in this world are really casual." Momo said.

"However, without her identity as the protagonist, isn't the world still moving forward?" Pei Qiaoer said, "The gods in this world should have made arrangements."

"I don't know these things... In 'memory', Esteel Bright's mother also died in a heart-wrenching act of the empire after the war between the Erebonian Empire and the Kingdom of Liber. However, in 'knowledge' there is despair, and in 'reality' there is show."

"The Kingdom of Liber?" Momo suddenly heard the loophole in Liuli's words.

"Yes, Momo. In that 'memory', thanks to the strategy and efforts of Esteel Bright's father, Cassius Bright, the Kingdom of Liber used the invented guided airship to successfully repel the attack of the Ereponian Empire." Liuli said, "From the chat with the old lady just now, I can only know a rough idea. In the war in this world, although the Ereponian Empire fell into a passive position in the first few days of the emergence of the guided airship, it almost immediately found a way to restrain the guided airship. After that, the invincible Ereponian Empire army advanced to the capital of the Leberian Kingdom, the capital of the Leberian Kingdom. Then, without the Carvard Republic and the Seven-Sight Church, it should have been firm in its attitude.

The Erician Ii, who is neutral and not biased towards the empire or the republic, - the current queen of the Kingdom of Liber, actually surrendered to the Empire of Erbenia. However, the Empire of Erbenia seemed to be only in Gransel, as well as Chase, the Center for Guidance Research of Liber, and several closings of the Kingdom of Liber, leaving a small number of troops and retreated. In addition, the Empire of Erbenia did not seem to interfere in Liber, as if the war was to show off its military power. She didn't know more about it. Although the Principality of Liberia is calm now, there are too many suspicious points in that war. So, I think it is necessary to investigate what happened in this world."

"There is an immediate complete way to deal with new weapons? An incredible war of surrendering and showing off its strength?" Momo said, "It's really interesting~"

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