Chapter 110 Covert Operation
"Eh? The Thorn Rose Society?" Krevy was stunned. "Eh—?!!!"
"This, this... is this really, really true?! What a small, capable child!"
Flames leaped from Peruvian's hands and stopped very close to Navia's face. After noticing the graffiti flyer, the flames suddenly became much smaller.
It's a bit like a lighter running out of gas.
She didn't speak first, but instead held onto Krevy, who seemed to be excited for some reason, and seemed to be considering something.
"Why aren't you moving? Navia? Have you had enough of pretending? If you have, it's my turn!"
Above the child who called himself the "Rose Thorn Society," an adult male's head appeared. He looked around and seemed to finally notice the two alert little girls in front of him.
"Oh! You want to shake hands, right?" Ming Chong's eyes lit up, and he happily reached out and shook Peruvili's hand. With a puff, the flames were completely extinguished.
He grabbed her hand and shook it as he walked out of the dressing mirror, completely unaware of Peruvian's nervous expression. "Hello, hello, little mushroom, I'm—"
With a "swish", Ming Chong used his other hand to lift the note stuck on his head [A man named Leosli from Fontaine].
"Yeah, that's it!"
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Navia stumbled out of the dressing mirror, "Oh, who just kicked me?!"
"Someone from Fontaine." Clorinde calmly walked out and nodded to the two frightened unfortunates. "Claurinde, greetings. This is Navia, and that's the strange gentleman from Fontaine."
"Please don't mind them. We're here to invite children of appropriate age to participate in a competition with the Water God."
"Lord Water God?" Krevy's eyes lit up a little. "Great! I have the chance to meet the Lord Water God. If this is the case, Pepe, do you think you can trust him—"
Krevy turned around and saw that the strange gentleman from Fontaine that Clorinde had mentioned had already picked up her best friend and was ready to leave.
“…”
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"I think it's ready." Ming Chong ruffled Peleweli's hair and said happily to Clorinde, "Activities are not important. I must raise this little mushroom!!!"
"Pepe——!!!" Krevy was so scared that tears came out.
This exclamation drew Ming Chong's sidelong glance. Seeing the pendant around Keliwei's neck, his eyes immediately lit up again. "Wow—it's the Roudeng Bell! So classy! I want one too!"
With a big hand, he grabbed Peruvili in one hand and Krevi in the other.
——This feels a bit familiar!
——Oh yes, it seems that Aibel and Ou Feini were like this at that time.
"Hahahaha! Although it's a bit of a shame that the child I picked up can't use the nice name 'Leosley', but surprisingly, both of them are just under the age limit of 10!"
Ming Chong exclaimed in amazement, "This is fate!!!"
"Fate!" Navia jumped up and kicked Mingchong in the butt.
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"I see. This is the Kingdom of Winter, under the command of the Fatui, the [House of Hearth]. " Navia nodded with a serious look on her face.
Hearth House was established by the Kingdom of Winter to house war orphans from various countries, as well as children abandoned by their parents. The children call the person in charge of this place "Mother."
She is also the biological mother of Kujavina, the Fatui's executor and servant, and Krevy.
Krevy's eyes dimmed slightly. "Mother is the one who rules the [family]. On the surface, everyone thinks she's a good person and a true [mother]. But behind the [family], there are many deeper things hidden."
At first, every child in the Hearth House listened to a lie wrapped in a fairy tale from Mother Kujavina. Here, they learned martial arts from Mother, and as they grew older, they fought each other.
The strongest one will be chosen to become the "King" here.
The loser will lose everything, including his life.
"Including me, everyone in this family is just [tools] and [consumables]." Krevy clutched the hat in her hand, with a variety of complex emotions surging in her eyes.
She once discovered that the missing children of [Heartland House] had been taken away, and that [Doctor], another executive officer, was an experimental subject. Krewe remembered the names of those children, but later she searched through the list of [Heartland House] and could not find their names.
Finally, it was Peruvian who suggested that we try looking at the [Execution List]...
"There will always be problems if you get involved with the Fatui," said Clorinde.
Peruvian made no comment; she stared at her hands quietly, her gloves still on her legs.
Ming Chong pouted and squatted unwillingly in the farthest corner among the children, staring at Navia resentfully, drawing circles with his hands, and occasionally looking up at Peruvili with a fierce look.
Only when I heard the word "doctor" did I glance at the children who were attending the meeting with stern faces in confusion.
—Huh? What?
—Doctor?! Is there you again?
"So what should we do next?" Navia jumped up indignantly, waving her fists. "I don't have the heart to organize that event anymore. Are we going to make a scene here?"
Clorinde shook her head. "It's not that simple."
"Yes!" Krevy nodded hurriedly. "I told you this because I hope you can seek help from reliable people. I don't mean to put you in danger."
"Mother... is a renowned executive officer. Ordinary people can't do anything to her! So—"
Navia and Clorinde looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and turned their gaze to Ming Chong who was squatting in the corner and growing mushrooms.
“Brother Fontaine!” Navia also squatted down and moved over step by step, her eyes eager and her smile brilliant. She didn’t look like she had kicked Ming Chong in the butt at all. “Help me~ Let Clorinde and I go back first! We want to call some people over…”
Ming Chong glanced at her dimly, then lowered his head, "I can't help you."
"Eh? H-How could this happen?"
"Cross-border business is not currently supported."
Navia was horrified. "You didn't say that at the beginning!"
"But I didn't know at first that this was Zhidong's territory!" Ming Chong spread his hands.
"Ah—you're making me so mad!"
"Okay!" Clorinde pulled Navia back. "He has made it very clear, Navia."
The three children whispered to each other and sorted out some of their thoughts.
First, every Fatui executive, including [Mother] Kujavina of [Heartland House], possesses powers granted by the Ice Queen, and she is very powerful;
Secondly, if Fontaine wanted to take action against the Hearth House, she would have to have a national-level conversation and denunciation with Winter Solstice, which none of them understood very well, so they had many concerns.
Finally, even if she succeeded in rescuing the children here, Krevy would likely enter the next [Heartland House] that was built, because Kujavina was her mother...
"Is there no way I can leave here with everyone?" Krevy said, as if waking from a dream. "Even if I hide somewhere where Mother can't find me?"
Peruvili looked at her and suddenly said, "Krevi, don't you want freedom? Can hiding really get you what you want?"
For a moment, the atmosphere was a little stagnant.
Ming Chong was playing with his fingers seriously. These fingers really were fingers...
In fact, he was also considering whether to do something. The simplest thing would be to kill Kujavina so that all the children here could leave [Heartland House].
But the problem is that Krevy still has feelings for her mother.
Ming Chong quite admired this child who pursued freedom and didn't want to be hated by her - of course, it would be even better if someone else was willing to be the bad guy!
And in the long run, the best way is for Fontaine officials to directly and regularly check whether [Heartland House] is in compliance, and use external pressure to urge the Fatui to not have any bad ideas about [Heartland House].
——However, given the current situation of Fontaine supporting non-governmental organizations, it seems unlikely that the government will be very powerful.
Of course, it would be a good idea to have someone strong enough to intimidate Kugavina.
But the problem is, Ming Chong won't be here for long... Others with this ability, like the Chief Judge, are too busy. Funina can't tell their abilities, the only thing she's sure of is that they can run fast enough...
——Oh, I almost got led astray.
Ming Chong shook his head, discarding this normal way of thinking. Thinking carefully, how could giving Krevy some destiny power not be a solution?
——But there is another question. What makes Krevy different from others is that, as an ordinary person, she never gives up fighting even if she gets hurt?
If she gained additional strength, was it external power or her inner strength that allowed her to persevere?
——If Krevi is already so brilliant, why would she need any extra assistance?
Although Ming Chong felt that suffering had no direct relationship with will, it was the emergence of suffering that created an environment for others to see the light of will.
Not only that, in addition to the good-looking Roudengling kid, there is also the little mushroom kid.
Furthermore, in reality, Ming Chong had never interfered with other people's lives. Although resurrection was easy for him, he preferred to revive those who died unnatural deaths. Hu Tao's grandfather, after breaking free from the constraints of fate, was able to resurrect like a dead tree.
...And according to Krevy, many children in Hearth House did not believe her words and were immersed in beautiful false illusions.
To be honest, the old saying goes, "Respect the fate of others and let go of the desire to help others."
If there were no other people as clear-headed as Xiaorou, Dengling and Xiaoxianggu, Mingchong would feel that the only pitiful ones who needed to be saved in the whole story were the children who had been "consumed".
In short, Ming Chong doesn't want to stand out.
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After a long silence, Peruvili raised her head and glanced at Krevy, who was lost in her thoughts. She thought of the special favor Kujavina had given her, and that judging by her martial arts skills, she was most likely to become the king of [House of Hearth]... So she was about to speak -
Ming Chong had already given up thinking, "This is so difficult, just give a signal to get someone to come!"
"Who are you shaking?" Navia asked.
"Whoever comes first gets to shake the ball." Ming Chong grinned, slowly stood up and stretched his muscles.
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