10 years ago.
"Wait, Sister! Why are you going so fast?" Dante panted a few tis, doing his best to chase after his sister.
"I'm not fast. This is normal. You are just too slow." lody harrumphed. "You should bla your father for naming you Dante. He likes music, so he nad lody and you Dante from Adante, which is usually used to describe slow tempo."
Dante smiled wryly. "Hahaha. But I like this na. We should go slow when living in this world and take our ti to enjoy the scenery around us."
lody shook her head helplessly. "This positive kid."
"Hehehe."
…
9 years ago.
"Sister. You don't have to worry about . Now that our parents are gone, we have to rely on each other. I might not be able to help you much, but I will definitely not beco your burden."
"You…" lody didn't expect these words to co from an 8-year-old kid. She felt grateful.
Because of their current situation, she has been working hard at all kinds of jobs. There weren't a lot of jobs that would take underage girls like her, so whenever she got one, it would be dangerous or a low paying job.
She was already stressed enough, so these words made her feel relieved.
…
8 years ago.
"Look, Dante. I have gotten my ID card and this is my explorer identification! I am going to be an explorer. I'll bring back a lot of money!"
"Thank you, Sister!" Dante smiled. Knowing how dangerous it was, Dante didn't want her to worry about him. Whenever she ca back ho, he would have prepared a warm al, set up the ga they loved to play, and cleaned the apartnt. This was the only thing he could do.
In the anti, he started taking lessons from Skynet.
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7 years ago.
"You're amazing, Sister. To think you can beco a Tier 1 explorer within a year."
"What do you an within a year? Your sister is a genius. I reached this stage within six months. I just want to surprise you on your birthday." lody gave a smug smile.
"That's right. My sister is the best."
…
6 years ago.
"Sister is truly amazing. You reach Tier 2 Explorer within two years. This is an amazing achievent. I bet your na is going to beco famous soon." Dante smiled.
"Hehehe." lody was happy at that ti. Her talent was evaluated highly by a lot of people and she was wanted by a lot of groups.
However, she didn't know at that ti the looming danger that kept building up in the shadows.
And finally, that fateful day happened.
5 years ago, both of them were ho. lody was lazing around on the couch while Dante was playing a ga.
Suddenly, the bell rang.
"Mhmm?" Dante raised his hand and started moving toward the door.
"Dante?" lody also rose from the couch even though her eyes were a bit sleepy since she had worked hard during the day.
"You can get so sleep, Sister. I'll take care of this." Dante smiled while waving his hand, assuring lody.
However, the mont he opened the door, he saw a big man with a knife in his pocket. As soon as he revealed that knife, Dante's face turned pale. He turned around and rushed back while calling his sister. "Big Sister!"
lody could hear his panicked voice, which alard her. lody hurriedly went to the corridor where he saw the big man stab her brother in the chest.
As if realizing that it would end up as a brawl, the big man slapped Dante's head and caused it to hit the wall hard.
With Dante out of the way, the man took out the second knife.
lody was fast enough to slap the man's wrist and bend his arm so that he would stab himself.
When he weakened his grip, lody grabbed the knife and killed this guy.
After that, lody hurriedly checked on Dante. "Oi, Dante! Are you alright? I'll call the ambulance!"
Dante didn't want to make her worry. Even with the sharp pain all over his body, he still endured it and gave his best smile. He lightly said, "Ah, sorry… Big Sister. I don't want to be yours, but I guess… I'm still too slow."
For the first ti in his life, Dante might have regretted having that na. If he was a bit faster, this would have never happened.
But for lody, everything happened because of her. "Dante… Dante…"
lody could only look helplessly at her brother, who gradually fell unconscious. "Dante. Stay with . Dante!"
This was the ti lody gave up as an explorer.
…
"That's what happened." lody looked at Kanaria, saying, "It's not that I don't want to join you. I have soone to take care of. If I join another group, the past might repeat itself."
Kanaria remained silent for a mont. "Do you not want revenge?"
"I don't care about revenge. As long as Dante can recover, I don't need anything else." lody had been burdened by her own mistake this whole ti. And it had beco the chain that stopped her from continuing her path.
In fact, in the past five years, she has never taken a single essence. All the money she earned went straight for her brother's treatnt.
"According to the doctor, if we can go to a Tier 8 city and receive treatnt there, he can recover. However, I soon learn that it's not the Tier 8 city that can help him. It's the Tier 8 doctor. Even if I save up my money, it doesn't guarantee that I will be able to get the treatnt from a Tier 8 doctor.
"If you think I'm useless, I'll reintroduce myself. I went by the na of Peach during my exploration ti. A Tier 2 mobile operator with a 94% evolution rate." lody looked at Kanaria, or more like the wall behind Kanaria as if there was another person there. "If you can help Dante recover, then I, lody, will dedicate my life for you, Clovis. "
Yes, Clovis had already reached the room. The treatnt wasn't that long to begin with, considering he had gotten the basic treatnt from the dic stationed outside the mall.
So, he had been listening to the story the whole ti.
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