Chapter 39: Breakup Gift?
Sang Luo flipped through a few pages of the monthly exam report card that Glenn Tuya gave her. In the monthly exam that just ended a few days ago, Lan Ruo was among the top ten in the class.
For an ordinary wolf beast that is not even a mutant beast, this result is already very good, even extremely outstanding.
Seeing that she was paying special attention to the wolf beast, Glenn Tuya also said a few more words about Lanruo's recent situation.
Honestly, he was very pleased with this student. Unlike the other aristocratic children he usually interacted with, he was quiet, diligent, and down-to-earth. He would also give him some pointers in class. This student's family situation wasn't very good, but with his grades, he could definitely get a scholarship, which would significantly supplement his family's expenses.
Sang Luo remembered what Lan Cang had mentioned before, that he grew up in a slum and had to support a younger brother, and he started working to earn money when he was seven or eight years old.
The class system in the Western Continent is rigid and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. No matter how outstanding the abilities of the lower-level orcs are, they cannot get good jobs. They can only do some odd jobs and it is considered good enough to just have enough to eat and wear.
An ordinary orc may not be able to earn back the tuition for one year at Alans Academy even if he works hard all his life.
Lan Cang had no choice but to take the risk and join the mercenaries in order to afford his brother's high tuition.
Lan Ruo was considered luckier than Lan Cang... She remembered that Lan Cang liked reading very much, but he had never been to school and had not received any formal education.
Sang Luo handed Lan Ruo a bag. They had separated in such a hurry last time that she had forgotten to return such an important item. "This was given to me by your brother. Now I'm giving it back to your brother. It can be regarded as returning it to its original owner."
Lan Ruo felt the heavy weight in her hand and was startled. She opened it and took a look. Her face changed and she quickly closed it again.
He looked at Sang Luo in shock and confusion, "What are these..."
He had never seen so many beast crystals in his life!
Almost all of them are high-level beast crystals!
Sang Luo said, "If you have anything you want to ask, just ask your brother. He hasn't told you many things, and it's not easy for me, an outsider, to say anything..."
Lan Cang claimed to be a mercenary, but in reality, he was secretly involved in a lot of illegal activities for money, earning a lot of crystals. He certainly didn't tell Lan Ruo about this. Sang Luo couldn't say much, for fear of bringing disaster to Lan Ruo, which Lan Cang certainly didn't want to see.
"Okay, okay! Please rest assured, I will definitely pass these on to my brother!" The young man lowered his head and stared at his toes, saying shyly, "Thank you also for helping me in the elimination round last time. Otherwise, I might not be here."
Sang Luo laughed and said, "You ran so fast at that time, I thought you wanted to be ungrateful~"
"No, no, I just... just..." He was too shy. He had never spoken to such a beautiful and noble female in his life, so he ran away subconsciously.
Sang Luo stopped teasing him and her smile faded. "Also, please give your brother a few words for me, asking him to... be nicer to himself."
When Lan Ruo returned home, she saw Lan Cang coming back. She was overjoyed and asked, "Brother, you came back so early this time! This is the first time I've seen you so well."
"The mission failed, so I came back." Lan Cang took a sip of water and said casually.
"Is this true?" Lan Ruo saw that he had a warm smile on his face and did not look like he had failed in a mission. She thought he had just completed a big order.
Lan Ruo remembered clearly that two months ago, when Lan Cang just came back, he looked lifeless. He was still alive, but like a walking corpse that had lost its soul.
After returning from this failed mission, it seemed like his soul also came back with him!
Lan Ruo was amused. "Brother, do you remember the sister I told you about last time who helped me in the competition? She seemed to know you and asked me to give this thing to you."
Lan Cang took the bag, opened it, and didn't speak for a long time.
"…What's her name?"
"Sang Luo."
“…”
"Brother, why are you crying?"
"You're mistaken." Lan Cang took a deep breath, turned his face away, closed the bag again, stood up and was about to go outside, "I gave this thing to her. I gave it to her and she won't ask for it again. Go back."
"But judging from my sister's expression, I don't think she will accept it anymore."
"This is my dowry for her!"
"..." Lan Ruo stopped as if struck by lightning. It turned out that there really was a relationship between the two of them.
But it seems that his brother was dismissed.
"Brother, do you want to open it again? I took a look on the way here, and there seems to be something inside. Maybe she gave it to you specially..."
Upon hearing this, Lan Cang hurriedly turned back and opened the bag. Seeing that the crystal inside was almost untouched, his chest suddenly began to ache again. It made sense. Now she had a king beast by her side, so she would not be short of crystals... Suddenly, a touch of silver attracted his attention, and Lan Cang took out the necklace hidden in the crystal.
The carving of the pendant was not very delicate, even a little rough and clumsy, but it was definitely not perfunctory. You could tell it was carved with great care. You could vaguely make out it was a wolf head with a blue crystal inlaid in the middle, emitting a faint energy fluctuation.
Lan Cang's breathing became heavy. This was... made by her own hands?
A ray of spiritual consciousness probed into it, and found that it contained a lot of healing medicine.
"This is a space necklace! I saw a teacher in my class wearing a space bracelet. I heard it can store things, making it very convenient to carry around. It's a treasure that can only be refined by space-based orcs. It's priceless, and that noblewoman gave it to you, brother!"
Lan Cang lowered his head and smiled, "A breakup gift?"
He felt both bitter and sweet in his heart and had no idea what to do. He accepted the necklace seriously and planned to return the crystal to her.
Luoluo is pregnant now. The energy required for the king beast's offspring is huge. Even if she is not short of beast crystals now, she will still need a lot of beast crystals. It is better to have some than nothing.
"When I came back last time, I gave you all the beast crystals. I left you the first year's tuition. The rest, you should give it all to that sister."
"ah?"
"What? Go quickly! Haven't you found a job in the capital? You should be able to cover your tuition fees. I won't have to worry about you anymore... When I was your age, I could have supported you!"
Before they had a partner, beastmen valued their family the most. After they had a partner, male beasts would only focus on providing for their partner. Lan Ruo had never expected that this trip would kick him out! Urged by the situation, he quickly rummaged through the boxes and took out his tuition... No, he took out all of his brother's dowry books.
After dinner, Lan Cang said to Lan Ruo,
"I came back this time to tell you that I'm leaving."
"Brother, where are you going?" Lan Ruo was not too surprised. Lan Cang was often away from home due to his missions. The last time he disappeared for three or four years.
"Northern Continent."
Lan Ruo was stunned and dropped her chopsticks to the ground. "...Why did you suddenly think of going there?"
The extremely cold northern border is barren and cold.
The extremely evil environment creates extremely evil and powerful star beasts.
Some orcs who try to break through their limits will go to the northern continent to hone their strength and improve their realm.
But, nine out of ten people will die.
The Northern Continent is even known as the Battlefield of Death.
…
Sang Luo's appetite has been horrific lately.
The crystals that Caesar left behind before he left were not enough for her to eat. She was almost starving, and her father had not returned yet.
If he doesn't come back, his children will starve to death!
Sang Luo lay on the sofa, touching her increasingly round belly, sighing again and again.
I can only eat some dried meat to satisfy my craving.
Leon came back from the door holding a box, "Madam, are you buying anything? I don't know what's inside! It's so heavy!"
"Huh? I didn't buy anything." Sang Luo opened the box and found that it was full of animal crystals!
The level of the beast crystals is not very high, but they are numerous.
It really solved her urgent problem!
Sang Luo was so greedy that his mouth was watering. Without thinking, he took out a purple crystal and swallowed it quickly. The hunger in his stomach was finally relieved a little.
Sang Luo originally thought that Caesar was in the East Continent and had no time to come back, so he asked someone to send it back, but later found out that it was not the case.
At the beginning of every month, at most two or three days later, Sang Luo would receive a box of animal crystals. There was no address or name on it, so no one knew who sent it.
As time went by, the number of beast crystals that person sent each time increased, and the level became higher and higher.
It was not until a long time later that Sang Luo received the transparent beast crystal that could only be obtained by hunting king-level star beasts. For the first time, a note was found in the box.
It says on it.
【Luoluo, I miss you so much】
In an instant, tears fell like rain.
This man, she really can't let go...
(End of this chapter)
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