The glaring sunlight is dazzling, and through the open door, a warm summer breeze blows towards you.

Lily's hand holding the sword was held down, and then a warm figure embraced her.

The summer breeze brought a cool feeling to her sweaty back. Lily stood there in shock. It took her a long time to recognize the figure hugging her from the familiar chestnut-blonde hair color.

"Sister Bumansa...?" Her voice was hesitant and incredulous.

"It's me."

Bumansa let go of Lily and asked her to look at herself. Only then did Lily's eyes show surprise. She then folded her arms and slowly knelt on the ground, leaning against the door frame.

Her body trembled, her voice choked, and the warm tears rolled down her cheeks, sliding down her neck and front, wetting her clothes and the dusty ground.

"Woo, cough cough... woo." Lily covered her mouth and wiped her tears from time to time with the back of her hand. However, she could not stop the tears from rolling down her face. They continued to fall as her body trembled.

"I... cough cough..." Perhaps tears flowed into her throat, and she sobbed and coughed.

"It's okay." Bumansa also knelt down and hugged Lily again, patting her back from time to time to comfort her.

Looking at this scene, Hels was hesitant and afraid. He didn't understand why his mother was crying, so he could only walk over timidly and grab Lily's clothes.

"It's okay, I'm here and I will protect you." Bumansa whispered in Lily's ear over and over again.

After a long time, Lily's emotions finally stabilized. Her eyes were red, and she felt a little embarrassed. She was no longer the child she used to be, so why did she still cry so much?

Looking at Lily's familiar appearance, Bumansha smiled, then helped her straighten her hair, and then helped her stand up slowly.

"This is your child, right?" After comforting Lily, Bumansha squatted down and looked at the little guy in front of her.

"Yes, he's my child, his name is Hels." Lily hugged Hels in her arms and asked him to say hello to Bumansha.

"What a cute child, he looks a bit like you." Bumansa waved to the child with wide, curious eyes, and then gently touched his head.

"Are you hungry?"

"Hungry." Hels nodded, and his look made Lily feel a little embarrassed.

Bumansha smiled, then took out the basket beside her, took out a piece of clean bread and handed it to him.

"Lily, have some too." Bumansa said as she took out a piece of spiral bread with sweet cream filling.

"Well, Sister Bumansha still remembers that I like to eat this." Lily picked up the piece of bread and swallowed it in small bites. She had not eaten delicious food for a long time because of hiding from others during this period.

"Don't be in a hurry, eat slowly." Bumansa comforted Lily, then she took out a clean white cloth, put it on the ground, and put some bread and snacks on it.

"You guys stay here for a while. Don't worry, this village is safe. I'll go take care of other things and come back soon."

After saying that, Bumansha picked up the basket again and prepared to turn around and leave.

"Wait, Sister Bumansha." Lily stood up again and called Bumansha.

She hesitated and paused for several seconds before continuing, "Those people are coming for me. Sister Bumansha doesn't need to get involved in this conflict for me. I...we'll leave after we finish eating."

Bumansa looked at her disheveled appearance carefully and shook her head slightly.

"Don't worry about me. Actually, I have pretty good talent and should be able to stop them." Although she was confident in her own strength, she still spoke modestly because she had not faced the powerful force of the empire.

After saying that, Bumansa waved to Lily, then lightly jumped down the stairs and disappeared at the top of the windmill.

Seeing that Bumansa had left, Lily could only slowly put down her hand that had just been raised.

"I hope Sister Bumansha can come back safely."

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Two months later.

The woods on the hills were dyed golden, with fiery red and light yellow fallen leaves scattered on the ground. The refreshing autumn breeze blew through them, bringing bursts of coolness.

"Slow down, be careful not to fall." Lily stood under the tree, watching the two children running in the woods, feeling happy and worried.

"It doesn't matter if you fall, just get up." Standing next to Lily was Bumansa.

As he spoke, the sounds of two children playing and laughing were heard in the distance.

The children running among the golden woods were naturally Hels and the other was the child of Bumansha's younger brother.

"His parents went out on vacation, so they asked me to take care of him for a few months." Thinking of the scene when she was asked to do so that day, Bumansha shook her head helplessly.

Since getting married, her brother and his wife have had a hard time. Now that their child has grown up a little, they can't wait to go out and relax.

"If I don't review it, I feel like my love will fade away." This is what the silly brother said to Bumansha that day.

Although he didn't know how powerful his sister was, he knew that she was a very strong transcendent. After all, she was a graduate of Emenas and was definitely much stronger than himself. He could rest assured by leaving her with him.

Besides her parents, Bumansha only has this one brother. Although he seems a bit silly on weekdays, that's just in her eyes. In the nearby villages, this guy is probably a popular guy.

Ever since they stopped the knights led by Darcy on the side of the hill that day, the imperial pursuit gradually stopped. Perhaps they also found out what kind of existence was hiding there.

In an empire where Sequence 7 Transcendents are rare, even the Emperor has to give careful consideration to the existence of someone like Bumansa.

Even if they wanted to kill Lily, they would have to reconsider how much effort they would have to put in, and whether it was cost-effective. The empire was no longer at its peak before the incident. The imperial family had been through several upheavals, and its strength had been severely weakened. Furthermore, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, and everything was not yet completely stable.

So, at the end of September, a messenger arrived in this remote village.

He conveyed the new emperor's thoughts and expressed his willingness to reconcile as long as Lily never came back.

"I agree." Lily agreed to the proposal on the spot because this was also what she really thought in her heart.

In the Rose Palace, she had seen too many intrigues among the nobles, plots and calculations surrounding power, all of which made her exhausted and bored.

After this, the new emperor withdrew his pursuit of Lily. Lily then wrote an open letter, stating that she and her child were willing to give up their right to inherit the throne, and sent them to the imperial capital, Titaneia.

By this time, it was already October with a cool autumn breeze.