After the training, Meiyi went to inspect the terrain near the stone wall and exchanged information with the Beicheng soldiers on duty for a while. Betty said goodbye to Meiyi and went home to cook first.

When Meiyi returned home, he found that there were prepared meals on the table, but Betty was not there. He walked into the room and took a look, and found that Betty was already sleeping, and her long red hair was draped loosely on her smooth back.

Meiyi was startled and gently closed the door.

Before the door was closed, Betty sat up after hearing the sound and rubbed her eyes. The quilt slipped quietly, revealing her snow-white skin and breasts. She was completely unaware and said sleepily: "Brother, are you back?

Sorry, Betty is a little sleepy, so she will sleep for a while. Let’s eat."

Meiyi agreed casually and closed the door.

Betty's exclamation came from inside, but Meiyi pretended not to hear it.

During the meal, Meiyi asked: "Betty, how old are you this year? I have never asked you."

"You're fifteen years old. What's wrong, brother?"

"Fifteen years old...it doesn't look like that."

"Everyone says Betty looks much younger than her actual age, but she is indeed fifteen years old."

"Wait a minute, isn't it true that in the demi-human kingdom, the age of fifteen is also adult, and you can get married?"

"Yes." Betty said with a blush on her face, "Brother, why did you suddenly say these?"

Meiyi said: "Sorry, Betty, I didn't know you were fifteen years old. I thought you were only twelve or thirteen years old. Since we are both grown girls, we can't sleep in the same room in the future. You sleep upstairs."

Come on, I'll sleep downstairs."

"Oh." Betty said in a low voice, "But this will make Betty scared."

Meiyi thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you sleep in the back room and I sleep in the living room, okay?"

Betty still said she would be scared.

Meiyi scratched her head and said: "How about this, let's set up a transition period. This week, we will still sleep in the same room, but you have to wear pajamas, okay? After that, you sleep in the room, and I

Live in the living room.”

Betty blushed and said, "Oh, brother."

The two of them ate in silence.

After hesitating for a while, Betty said: "By the way, brother, Melty said, I want to meet you by the river behind the temple this afternoon."

Meiyi thought for a while and then said: "Betty, who is Melty?"

Betty's eyes widened in surprise. She didn't know why, but she felt inexplicably happy.

She explained: "She is my friend. She is the girl who is very beautiful."

"Very beautiful..." Meiyi thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out who it was, so she asked, "Betty, can you tell me about her characteristics? Hair color, ear shape, etc."

"Black hair, tall, brown eyes..."

"That's the girl who was knocked unconscious by the little beast with a stone, right? I think about it, and speaking of it, this girl is quite brave. What is she going to tell me?"

Betty hesitated and said: "I don't know either. Brother, are you going?"

Meiyi smiled and said: "Since I am your friend, let's go see her and thank her for taking care of you. Will you go with me?"

"Betty isn't going. Brother will come back soon."

Betty stood at the door of her house, staring blankly at Mei Yi's retreating figure, feeling a twinge in her heart.

* * *

"Sorry, brother, have you been waiting for a long time?" Melty ran to the river beach behind the temple, panting, holding her knees with both hands, panting.

Meiyi threw away the branch in her hand, stood up, and said with a smile: "No, I just waited for two hours."

When Melty heard this, she was so ashamed that she said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you, brother, to come so early."

"I don't dare to neglect Betty's playmate."

Melty chuckled and said: "Brother, please don't make fun of me. We haven't talked properly yet. Let me introduce myself formally. My name is Melty. I am seventeen years old this year. My ancestors are all from Xiaoshi Village.

people."

Meiyi looked at the charming, gentle Melty in front of her and said: "Hello, Melty. My name is Meiyi. I am the same age as you and seventeen years old. I am... everyone calls me

Stranger."

Melty was a little shy and nervous. She introduced herself in the past, but she didn't know what to say. When she saw the words Meiyi wrote on the river beach, she asked: "Brother, Qiluo,

Who is Serena?”

Meiyi said: "They are the relatives in my dream. Sorry for saying these meaningless words. By the way, Melty, I have to thank you for taking care of Betty. Betty is now lively and cheerful, and your care and help are indispensable."

."

Melty hurriedly said: "Brother, you don't need to thank me. Betty and I are friends who grew up together. Speaking of which, it's me who should thank you. If you hadn't saved me last time, I would have been killed by the little beast...

…”

At this point, Melty trembled all over. She simply couldn't imagine what kind of tragedy she would have suffered if Meiyi hadn't appeared in time.

Meiyi comforted her: "Okay, don't worry too much. Now that the Beicheng Army is assisting us in detecting and defending against enemies, Xiaoshi Village is safer than ever. The number of little beasts suddenly increased so much last time, no one could have imagined it.

."

The two of them walked along the river beach together. Melty looked at the lush green grass and the low-flying dragonflies. She lowered her head and walked behind Meiyi, her face as red as an apple.

"Brother..."

"Melty, you can just call me Meiyi. I'm the same age as you."

"No, I still want to call you brother."

"Uh...okay."

"Brother, do you have a girlfriend?"

"I have no idea."

Melty almost fell: "I don't know?"

"Well. If you include dreams, then there is. If you don't count dreams, then there is none."

"Of course we can't forget about the dream!" Melty couldn't imagine why Mei Yi was so confused.

Meiyi stopped, turned around and smiled lightly: "But, I can no longer distinguish between reality and dreams."

"Brother..."

Melty had an obvious feeling of heartache.

The two of them walked for about ten minutes, when a few dark clouds gradually drifted into the sky and a thin drizzle of rain began to fall.

The long stone walls and high observation towers gradually appeared in the sight, as well as the patrolling Northern City knights.

"Are you scared?" Meiyi asked.

Melty said: "Yeah. But I'm getting used to it gradually. Small beasts have been infesting the village. They were not so serious before, but people and animals have been missing in the village. As a swordsman in the village, you have to kill the little beasts or be killed by the little beasts.

Death is a completely normal thing."

Mei Yi said: "This is not a normal thing. You can't think about death, otherwise what's the point of everything you do?"

Melty was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly and said: "Yeah."

"Brother..."

"Um?"

"I have something to say to you."

"OK."

"Thank you."

"I have to thank you too."

"Also, Sister Fox has always liked you."

"I know, thank you, Melty."

The rain gradually became heavier, and the two of them ran to an abandoned wooden house to hide from the rain. There was a sound of horse hooves behind them, and a joking voice said, "It seems that I came at a bad time and disturbed your date."

Meiyi looked back and saw that it was Brigitte, so she said, "Lord Brigitte, stop joking. Why are you here?"

Brigitte jumped off the horse, walked under the awning of the wooden house, and said: "The investigation in the Southern Forest showed that the traces of small animal activities have become more dense. I came to take a look at the defense situation of Xiaoshi Village and several surrounding villages. Other villages

Every village has widened the old river channel and filled it with water, and the one most likely to be attacked is Xiaoshi Village."

Meiyi looked at the dark clouds rolling like mountains in the sky, and suddenly thought of something, and asked quickly: "By the way, Lady Brigitte, do you know what happened last time when goblins attacked a small town?"

Brigitte said: "That's just a legend. The small town is called Hongdou City. Although it is an isolated city, the surrounding villages and the city's defense force are very strong. Even the little beast heroes can never break it, not to mention that the people in the village are not injured.

No harm. According to the legend, the incident happened during the day, so there was no way the little beast would appear, and no trace of the little beast was found afterwards. It was disease, not the little beast, that destroyed the city."

Meiyi looked at the dark forest in the south and said, "Lord Brigitte, is there a possibility that the attack by the little beast happened during the day?"

"Absolutely impossible!" Brigitte said categorically, "Little beasts are afraid of the sun and will turn into fly ash when they see the sun. I have done experiments."
To be continued...