It is estimated that many dream patrollers would tend to find an already very powerful NPC. Then they would cultivate a relationship with this NPC until the day of war when they can fight side by side. Few people would patiently raise a child to grow up. After all, no one knows when the "final war" will break out, whether it will be a few days or a few years in the game time.
Su Mingan possessed the detective, so the other Dream Patrols must have possessed someone else. He remembered that there was a clip in the opening animation of the game, in which there was a hunter who adopted a child, a knight who picked up an orphan, and a priest who baptized a baby.
Su Mingan also prefers to find a powerful NPC to form a contract directly instead of raising a child, but his main task has become:
[Main storyline, first episode: Since you have obtained the prophecy of the Eye of the Old One, you will go to the back alley to adopt an orphan. This mission cannot be changed or abandoned.]
…
Su Mingan stood up.
[Detective: I don’t want to listen to the Eye of the Old Ones… (disgusted)]
[Detective: My tone of voice is also being monitored? The words in brackets are disgust? (Shocked)]
…
Su Mingan talked to himself and tested the text mechanism. The tone of his voice would affect the display of the text, but it didn't matter, because only he could see it.
He was about to go to the back alley, and the moment he pushed open the door, he suddenly felt a chill on his forehead. Looking up, he saw a white snowflake falling on his forehead.
There was no light or shadow at night, only pure white snowflakes falling into the dusty world. Su Mingan stretched out his hand, and the falling snow felt very real on his palm. He could even hear people complaining about the snow. It was like being in a real computer game.
"It's snowing, what should I do with my farmland..."
"It's always cold when it snows, and I have to put on more clothes. My Mia hates winter the most..."
"The church's relief package doesn't include any thick clothes, so we're going to be freezing cold. Oh, when will the gods be able to take care of the wishes of people like us at the bottom of society?"
Su Mingan wrapped his coat tightly around him and walked towards the back alley in the snow. The detective's body was very weak. Due to long-term alcoholism, the purple veins on the back of his hands could be seen. He took a few steps and felt a chill in his body.
The dim street lights cast a shadow on the snowy road, and the huge shadow of the airship passed through the air, lowering the brightness of the light. Su Mingan blinked, and his scarf dragged backwards in the cold wind, leaving a long shadow, and his vision was a little blurry in the dim light.
Just then,
At the end of the alley, he saw a child who was also suffering from the cold.
Her black hair fell naturally, her exposed arms were as thin as straw, her skin was yellow, and her clothes were made of pieces of scraps. When she heard Su Mingan's footsteps, she raised her head, revealing a pair of purple pupils. Her facial features were not delicate, her cheeks were red from the cold, her skin was very rough, and she was not beautiful, at most she could only be considered pretty. She was like a little flower trying to grow in the slums.
【girl:……】
Su Mingan squatted down and said to the girl:
[Detective: Are you living here alone? Come with me. (Thinking: This is the back alley. According to the prophecy of the Eye of the Old Ones, the orphan in the back alley will be the source of my wealth and glory. Although I don’t know the reason, as long as I raise this girl to adulthood, I can become a millionaire!)]
Su Mingan looked at the text in the lower right corner. He just said one sentence, but the system made up so many inner dramas for him.
【Girl: ...You want to adopt me? 】
The girl spoke, and it was a very pleasant voice, like the sound of gurgling brook.
Su Mingan replied:
[Detective: Rather than adoption, it's more like taking care of you. I hope to have an equal relationship with you, and I hope to raise you up. (Thinking to myself: I'm only 19 years old, I don't want to be a father!)]
Su Mingan felt that this inner drama was unnecessary.
The girl sighed, a look of compassion that didn't belong to her age showing on her face.
[Girl: Here, other children are responsible for helping with the work, and I am responsible for begging. Only in this way can we, a group of abandoned children, survive together. A few days ago, Brother George suddenly disappeared, and we found his body without organs in the trash can. We... have no human rights, no protection, no warmth from adults, just a group of garbage living in the steam age, affecting the appearance of the city. Our life is not easy, but I want to live with the children. ]
[Detective: Please leave with me. It's so cold in winter, and your complexion is not right. If you continue like this, you will freeze to death.]
[Girl (shaking her head): I hope to save these children. If I leave, they will have one less person to beg for food. Even if you can keep me well fed and clothed, I am unwilling to leave them.]
[Girl: I am very grateful for your gift, Detective. You are a good person. Thank you very much for helping me. But I really can't leave here.]
[Detective: You are great, even though you are just a child. ]
【Girl: (Silence)...】
[Detective: Okay. If you come with me, I will take good care of you. And, I will give these children some money so that they can have a better life. Is that okay? ]
【Girl: In that case...how much money can you give them? 】
At this point in the conversation, the game prompt appears:
【Paying all the money can make the girl agree to go with you. 】
[You can also use force to take the girl away, but her initial favorability towards you will be greatly reduced. ]
…
The style of this game is very warm. When Su Mingan was talking to the girl, the relaxing and cheerful bagpipe music kept echoing in his ears.
He chose [Pay All Funds], and in an instant, his 39 Kels disappeared and the money returned to 0.
The girl stood up.
[Girl: Let's go. Detective, you can give me a name.]
The game prompt appears:
[Players, please give the girl a name. ]
A transparent keyboard appeared in front of Su Mingan, waiting for him to name the girl.
Su Mingan thought about it, shook his head and said.
[Detective: I am not qualified to name you. When you grow up and have enough knowledge, you can name yourself. You are free and not controlled by me.]
【Girl (surprised): ...Okay.】
The girl raised her head towards him.
Under the dim light, the girl's eyes seemed to be shining. She looked at the pale young detective, whose pupils were stained with moonlight, as beautiful as stars. The detective's shoulders were covered with snow, and under the light, they seemed to be coated with a layer of light white moonlight.
At this moment, the girl thought of the holy white angel she saw in the church when she passed by. It seemed that the angel also had a white glow. She had thought countless times whether there were really angels in this world who would be willing to save an orphan like her from the slums. As a result, this day really came.
[Girl: Detective, you are as beautiful as a star. ]
Su Mingan was stunned for a moment and responded.
[Detective: ...I know. (quietly shy)]
【detective:……】
[Detective: This bracket is really redundant. (Angry and embarrassed)]
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