Extinguish the fire caused by the explosion, and then conduct preliminary repairs to the disaster site to ensure that no secondary disaster will occur. After doing this, when we arrived at the Lord's Mansion, it was already late at night.
The waiter led us to the lobby, where our companions who had arrived earlier were waiting anxiously. Seeing An and Leonhardt, they immediately came up to them.
"You are finally back!" Liliana breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked doubtfully, "Why is it so late?"
Under her complaining gaze, Leonhardt laughed twice awkwardly: "There was an accident..."
He briefly recounted what happened after Liliana left.
"Explosion? Assassination?!" Liliana's eyes widened, "How are you, are you okay?!"
She hurriedly fiddled with Leonhardt's body, trying to see if there were any wounds. After making sure that Leonhardt was safe and sound, he looked at An again.
However, this look made Liliana unable to move anymore.
"...Wang...Brother Wang?"
The man standing behind Leonhardt, except for the initial similarity, now even his demeanor and temperament are exactly the same as the brother in his memory!
Liliana looked back at Xiao Yue in confusion, but the other party had already shown her respect.
After receiving confirmation from the person she trusted the most, Liliana looked at An again, with unstoppable surprise in her eyes.
Leonhardt was not surprised by his sister's performance. Ever since An said the name of the squad leader he had never told, his emotions had also gone through such ups and downs. What was already certain has now become a firm belief.
No one else knows the emotional changes of the brother and sister, only Xiaoyue sees it.
Here, Ann answered Liliana.
"Unlike the companies that participated in the battle, my clothes are not even torn." In order to show the accuracy of his words, An opened his arms for his companions to inspect.
Seeing what Liliana wanted to say, An put her index finger to her mouth: "Wait a minute, the owner here is still standing with us. Let's talk after we sit down."
An turned sideways to let everyone see Lord Willett, and signaled everyone not to block the door here.
Everyone quickly stepped back and got out of the way.
Lord Willett waved his hand generously: "It doesn't matter. It's human nature to care about your companions and it's understandable. Come on, come on, sit down!"
He walked into the lobby and waved everyone to sit down.
Looking at the people who were worried about their companions in the middle of the night and showed no signs of fatigue on their faces, Lord Willett not only did not get angry because of his previous rudeness, but instead showed the joy of an elder on his face.
Under Liliana's expectant eyes, An patted her head. This nostalgic action immediately brought a smile to Liliana's face.
An couldn't help laughing.
Suddenly aware of something, he raised his head and met Miku's eyes.
"...I'm sorry." An stepped forward and held Miku's hand, "I also said I would be back soon...did you worry?"
"..."
The unfamiliar yet familiar voice prevented Miku from answering immediately.
Why haven't we seen each other for a while? An has changed so much?
An's strange behavior and Miku's behavior made the troupe members suspicious. In particular, Mei Ke's face was the most solemn.
But thinking about An's experience of escaping from death again, it seems understandable that the changes have been huge.
But anyway, now is not the time for them to talk.
After a brief moment of daze, Miku suddenly puffed up her cheeks. Amid everyone's stunned looks, she kicked An's calf hard with her toes.
An, who had been panting slightly after the life-and-death battle, was covered in cold sweat by this kick. She hugged her legs and her body was as arched as a cooked lobster.
"You still know that you will worry me?!" Miku shouted angrily, "In this case, why don't you send someone to tell you first? We are not in the mood to eat dinner, we are just waiting for you and Leonhardt to come back!"
Leonhardt, who was inexplicably affected, immediately took a step back, fearful. An, who was the first to bear the brunt, didn't know what to say in response to Miku's complaints.
If An had given the impression that he was a high-ranking man who was calm and calm, now he was like a young boy who accidentally angered his lover, standing there helplessly. It's like a god descending into the mortal world, funny and ridiculous.
"puff--"
Lord Willit was the first to laugh, followed by Meiko, and then everyone else laughed one by one.
Only Leonhardt was embarrassed by the laughter, and An was still thinking about how to reply to Miku's words.
"I……"
As soon as An said the first word, Miku hugged her tightly.
"Come back soon, idiot."
Listening to the moaning complaints in her arms, An's expression slowly softened.
He touched Miku's hair and said gently: "I will pay attention next time..."
Miku immediately looked up: "There's a next time?!"
An quickly said: "No, no! It was a slip of the tongue just now!"
Looking at the panicked An, Miku, who was still angry a moment ago, laughed again: "I forgive you."
After saying that, she got into An's arms again, showing no sign of letting go.
An opened his mouth for two seconds before sighing deeply. Shocked by the sight of the people around him, he coughed twice and said, "I have experienced too many things today. Let's go and have a rest. We have to travel tomorrow. Lord, could you please prepare the room."
Everyone looked at each other playfully, and Lord Willit even laughed so hard that he couldn't speak clearly: "No...haha...problem, no problem..."
Although An's real purpose was to solve the current embarrassing situation, after seeing him and Leonhardt return safely and everyone relaxed, they did feel an overwhelming fatigue.
After a moment of commotion, under the arrangement of Lord Willett, everyone followed the waiter from the Lord's Mansion to the rest room.
Since Miku never let go of An, the two of them walked at the back.
The moonlight shone into the courtyard as usual, as if no one was ambushed, assassinated, or had a fire today...
Now that important prisoners have been killed, all investigations based on the existing conditions will become futile. As the numbers went down step by step, the most important thing became the journey tomorrow - only by reaching the empire's garrison on the coast as soon as possible could the unstable situation between the two countries be stabilized.
Don't think about unnecessary things. Getting a good rest tonight is your top priority.
An looked sideways at Miku who was holding his arm. She put all the weight of her body on him. Naturally, this weight would not put pressure on An. Rather, it would calm his tumbling thoughts.
The blood-red flames in his eyes gradually became fainter, and An finally had a chance to think about his own affairs.
After a long silence, An finally decided to tell Miku about her biggest uneasiness.
"Miku..."
"What's wrong?"
"Who do you think I am?"
"Um?"
Miku raised his head and saw the confusion in the eyes of the big boy who was originally extremely reliable.
Confusion is not a lack of knowledge about the way forward, but a disorder of self-perception.
The direction of travel has already been decided, and the strategy in mind is enough to deal with all dangers, and at the worst, it can ensure that the lives of the companions are safe.
But doubting oneself is dangerous and fatal.
An actor who is too deeply involved in the play will firmly believe that he is the character in the script and temporarily forget his identity in reality. In this way, you can resonate with the character and experience the emotions that belong to the character.
This means great acting, but it also means there are similarities between the character and the actor. Although rare, it is not surprising.
But no matter how you get into the play, can you name a name that is not mentioned in the script?
Ann looked at Miku, eager for an answer.
His sight made Miku feel worried.
Their footsteps stopped together.
Letting go of An's arm, Miku pursed her lips. In order not to hurt him, she carefully thought about her answer.
"..." She suddenly thought of a good answer, raised the corner of her mouth, and said, "Who do you think you are?"
"..." An opened her mouth, a little disappointed.
He wanted to get answers from Miku, not guidance. Before the situation reached this stage, he had thought about this problem countless times, but he had not come up with any results!
Ann is not a person who easily falls into self-doubt. When he encounters a problem, he can usually think of a solution. This was a rare occasion when he found himself in a difficult situation from which he could not escape. However, the first time he asked for help, the answer he received did not meet his expectations.
Calm down your emotions, suppress your inner uneasiness, and plan to wait until the matter is over before finding a solution.
Miku put her hands on his cheeks, bringing An back to reality.
By the way, I still have to think of a "correct" answer and give it to Miku.
The superb acting skills made An's eyes become firm: "I am..."
"You are my lover..." Miku's words interrupted An's answer and his thoughts, shaking away the disappointment deep in his heart.
Ann opened her eyes wide.
Miku's words continued.
"You are my fiancée, my future husband, the person I plan to spend the rest of my life with..." The emotion in Miku's eyes filled Ann's hole, "This is you, do you understand?"
The last word was more like a command than a question.
An's hands, pupils, heart... everything about him was trembling at this moment.
"Please..." He looked back at Miku, his smile and tears overlapping, "Change the rest of your life to eternal life!"
Miku nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Okay!"
