It's been almost a year, and counting her birthday, Rai, who has entered the 7-year-old realm, said "Happy Birthday" to herself in her heart. This year, she will be the only one to celebrate her birthday.

【Happy birthday!! Rai!】

Ruby excitedly set off firecrackers.

...Well, at least I'm not alone.

Regarding Ruby's existence, Rai was both helpless and happy.

"elder sister……"

Xiao Di, wrapped in a baby one-piece suit, walked towards Rai with clattering steps. Even if she fell down due to lack of balance, she continued to get up with a nonchalant expression, just to walk to Rai. By the way,

, the jumpsuit she is wearing was made by Rai stitching together a piece of barely clean rag according to Xiaodi's body shape. This is an essential skill for raising children!

"hug."

Xiaodi walked up to Lai and stretched out her hands. Xiaodi, who was slow at learning all the words, could pronounce these two words very clearly.

"Okay, sister, give me a hug."

Rai picked her up. Compared to the other children on Meteor Street, Xiaodi, who was consciously cared for by Franklin and Rai, had lost her shriveled appearance at the beginning. Now she has gained some flesh, her skin has become elastic, and her eyes have become elastic.

It's so juicy and so cute.

With the bonus of cuteness in appearance, coupled with Xiaodi's well-behaved nature that doesn't cry or make fuss, for a long time, Rai and Franklin were able to experience the so-called joy of raising children.

"This is - drop."

Rai took a small stick and wrote the Chinese character "DI" in Chinese characters on the soil. Chinese characters also exist in this world, but not many people use them, but at least that's how Rai's grandfather Jie Nuo beat up enemies.

A loyal lover of Chinese culture.

"This is Xiaodi's name."

"name."

For a child under two years old, this kind of thing is still too profound. Xiaodi looked at the Chinese characters on the ground as if in a daze, but Lai knew clearly that Xiaodi was taking what Lai taught her seriously.

Everything, the sound of the sound of points increasing in my mind is the best proof.

Compared to a good student like Chrollo who likes to ask questions and draw inferences, Rai, who became a monk halfway through the teaching profession, still prefers an obedient student like Xiaodi.

"If you don't read well, you will become a fool."

Xiaodi couldn't understand the threats and jokes in Rai's words, but that didn't stop her from nodding in agreement with her sister's words.

Franklin outside the court couldn't stand it anymore, "Don't bully Xiaodi, Rai."

"Hi hi."

The main reason is that it is so rare to meet a child who is so obedient and doesn't cry. This greatly satisfies Rai's former vanity of wanting to be the king of children.

"Ley! Ley!"

Oh, regarding Lai’s name, Xiaodi’s name was quite accurate.

"Call me sister."

Rai gave Xiaodi a brain-destroying blow. Of course he was careful, but he still made Xiaodi scream.

Touching Xiaodi's bulging bag, Lai felt that it was time to let go. She sighed: "It's not enough for us to keep her like this. Xiaodi will die."

He has no ability to survive on his own, but he cannot grow up in this land of cannibals.

"Did you just realize that?"

Franklin complained in a low voice, because he was discussing bad things about her directly in front of Xiaodi, which made Franklin feel guilty unconsciously, "We can't keep her with us forever, so we should send her to an orphanage."

Meteor Street has an orphanage that specially adopts children until they are six years old and then releases them to live on their own. This unwritten rule is in place to ensure the continued continuation of the population of Meteor Street.

In fact, sending her to an orphanage was the best choice at the beginning, but at that time, maybe both of them were in a good mood, or maybe Xiaodi looked cute when she smiled. As a result, she missed the best opportunity, and now she has developed a relationship.

After that, it became difficult to make a choice.

It feels like Franklin and I are like a pair of scumbag parents who want a child on a whim, but then want to give it away when they get tired of it.

Rai felt a deep sense of déjà vu.

[This is too much.] Ruby also sighed.

"Although there are too many dangerous factors in the inner area of ​​Meteor Street, the conditions of the orphanage there are still good. It would be better to send Xiaodi there."

Franklin suggested this: "I have dealt with the orphanage over there before due to some tasks. If I go and talk to them, they should be willing to accept Xiaodi."

"Is it okay if you go inside?"

Franklin escaped from it in the first place, and the fatal wounds clearly showed that someone wanted to kill Franklin, so Lye was a little worried.

"Although I didn't go in again, I still got some information. The forces that once pursued me seem to have been dismantled by a group that suddenly emerged."

In Meteor Street, even a prosperous gang may be dismantled in less than a day. There is no such thing as longevity.

"It is said that the leader of that group was a boy who was less than 10 years old. It seems that the forces that were chasing me were eliminated by that boy's dirty tricks."

Ley, "..."

This feeling of familiarity, isn't it...

Even though there was not enough evidence, Rai's intuition was that it was Chrollo, and it seemed that they were quite successful.

"Although I was also a member of that force before, I probably didn't have any issues with that emerging group."

Franklin is searching his memory in order to avoid falling into the trap set by the young man.

There shouldn't be. Even if there is a problem, it won't be a big deal. After all, Franklin, you will join them in the future.

After all, the other party is a member of the Phantom Troupe from the future, so Rai feels that his worries are completely unnecessary.

"The person who was chasing me is gone, and I'm not a soft persimmon, so just let me go in with Xiaodi."

Franklin looked at Ley, with a different light flashing in his eyes, "And we probably have to say goodbye, Ley."

Ley was stunned, "Franklin, do you know?"

"It's just that feeling..."

Lately, Rai has been looking at the horizon more and more often, and Franklin can also feel the girl's aloofness, as if... she is about to disappear.

"It seems I can't hide it."

Ley smiled helplessly, "I'm leaving here, Franklin."

When Rai's points finally exceeded the 100,000 level, the door to another world was successfully activated.

[Great! Rai! This way we can immediately go to another world to do missions. A column for main missions has also appeared. The rewards for the main missions that must be completed are very generous. There is a way to leave this place immediately.

Are you happy that there is no place for birds to lay eggs anymore? Rai!]

Ruby burst into tears with excitement. Even though she had no physical body and no need to eat, drink or relieve herself, she had had enough of Meteor Street.

Are you happy? Not really.

As soon as the main mission bar was opened, Rai only felt that there would be endless troubles in the future.

Moreover, Xiba will come to Meteor Street to pick her up in two years. What should she do if she is not here then?

[Don’t worry about this problem, Rai, we can do a two-year mission in another world first, and then we can return to Meteor Street when the time is up. By then, we will also have completed Xiba’s test. It’s like killing two birds with one stone.

!]

After saying this suggestion, Ruby almost wanted to applaud her own wit.

It seems okay, so let's do it.

Rai, who has always been pushed by the system, has adopted an indifferent attitude.

"Do you have a family? Franklin."

Lye and Franklin sat side by side and asked him.

"What is family?"

Seeing Ley's expression of difficulty in answering, Franklin raised the corners of his mouth, "I know what it is, but I don't."

"I have."

Ley did not feel apologetic, because she knew that Franklin did not care about this, "but because of some issues of principle, I had a very deadlock with them."

"So are you going to come back to them this time?"

Franklin guessed that Ley might have been thrown into Meteor Street by her so-called family.

"No, this time, I want to prove to myself that maybe the path left for me is what I want. Speaking of family, what I want to tell Franklin is actually..."

Rai lowered his head and whispered: "You and Xiaodi are also my family."

Franklin was stunned. He didn't expect to hear this. After being silent for a while, he touched Rai's head and said, "Ley, you are really not suitable for Meteor Street. If you can leave, don't come back again."

"

Franklin didn't ask any questions about how Ley came or how he left. The appearance of Ley probably awakened the bewildered child in Franklin's heart who was once thrown into Meteor Street. What the outside world looked like in Franklin's heart

I have almost forgotten all about it. Although it is not beautiful there, it is more suitable for people like Rai.
To be continued...