"Grandpa, Grandpa, can you tell me more about the stories of you and your uncle, the demon hunter, fighting demons together?"
The little girl, with her round face upturned, sat on the lap of the gray-haired old man, swinging her legs back and forth, shaking her milk bottle with her little hands, urging her grandfather to continue telling the story.
"Grandpa's precious grandson, Grandpa's old bones are getting old, let Grandpa rest for a bit." The old man, called Grandpa, picked up the cartoon water bottle next to him and took a big gulp.
"Grandpa, tell me, tell me..." the little girl persisted, pleading softly.
"Alright, alright, Xiaoying, listen carefully." The old man put down the kettle in his hand, smiled helplessly and affectionately, and began to tell the little rascal about his and his comrades' glorious achievements.
The old man vividly recounted his stories from his youth, using gestures to describe the cruelty of the battlefield and the friendship and tacit understanding between himself and his comrades.
Finally, she added, "Xiao Ying has also inherited the orthodox righteous abilities of our Xia Lanxingde family. When she grows up, she will also be a heroine who eliminates demons and protects the righteous path..."
"Great! Little Firefly wants to be a great hero like Grandpa, Mom, and Uncle Hunter too!" The little girl clenched her fist, her round eyes sparkling with excitement.
Thump—
The baby bottle fell to the ground with a thud.
The old man and the little girl laughed simultaneously.
The old man patted the little girl's head and said, "Xiao Ying, drink more milk now and grow up happily."
...
"Senior Xia Liu, the West City Guard has been ordered to pick up Miss Xia Xiang." A stern-faced man suddenly appeared in front of the grandfather and granddaughter, speaking with a respectful tone.
Xia Xiang, the little girl who still wanted to hear a story, immediately became unhappy. Her round eyes instantly filled with tears, and she pouted, hiding in the old man's arms. She didn't even want to pick up her favorite milk bottle that had fallen on the ground.
He kept shouting, "I won't go back! I won't go back!"
"Xiao Ying, be a good girl. You'll see Grandpa, Xiong Ge, Big Brother, Second Brother, and Sister again next weekend."
Xia Liu lowered his voice and reasoned with Xia Xiang while grabbing her by the collar and pulling her out of his arms.
"Grandpa, why are all the children from the Xia family here, but I can only come back two days a week? I don't want to leave you, Grandpa..."
Xia Xiang burst into tears, but her grandfather quickly covered her mouth.
The old man gave the West City Guard commander an awkward smile, indicating that he and his grandson would need a little longer.
The West City Guard nodded helplessly and retreated to a short distance away.
"Xiao Ying, do you want to know why?" Xia Liu sighed, intending to continue explaining.
"..." Xia Xiang nodded quickly, then gestured to her grandfather to let go of her, as the child was suffocating.
"..." Xia Liu immediately let go of his hand, and then quickly wiped the snot bubbles and small pearls stuck to his hand onto his granddaughter's clothes.
Xia Xiang: ? ? ?
Xia Liu cleared his throat awkwardly, his voice lowering slightly.
"We are a race of superpowered beings from the Iron Dimension, members of the Xia Lanxingde family. Your grandfather was the 376th patriarch of the Xia Lanxingde family, and your mother, Xiong Ge, was the 377th patriarch..."
"Grandpa, I know all of that, can you just tell me the important part?"
Xia Xiang, acting like a little adult, secretly wiped the remaining tears on her face onto her grandfather's clothes before tilting her head to look at the old man.
"Moreover, I also know that the next clan leader is very likely to be my innocent and adorable second brother, because my eldest brother doesn't have any superpowers, am I right? What does that have to do with me?"
"Don't interrupt Grandpa," Xia Liu said, pinching her little nose.
Seeing that Xia Xiang had quieted down, Xia Liu continued speaking.
Xiao Ying was different from other children when she was born. Children from other families with superpowers usually awaken their superpowers around the age of five, but Xiao Ying's superpower index reached 8,000 points when she was born, which scared Grandpa and Xiong Ge.
Moreover, Xiao Ying is a rare in-situ light power user, a once-in-a-millennium phenomenon, even rarer than the Ultimate Iron Man.
When Xiao Ying was born, she was as bright as the headlights of Xiong Ge's truck, so bright that the doctors in the operating room couldn't open their eyes.
Grandpa originally wanted to name you Little Light Bulb as your nickname, but your older brother thought it sounded awful, so your nickname became Little Firefly, and your formal name became Xia Xiang.
Xia Liu said with a regretful look, "I really think the name 'Little Light Bulb' is great, it's so bright!"
"And then?" Xia Xiang sniffed.
Later, thankfully, Grandpa reacted quickly and moved Xia Xiang and Xiong Ge away. He also quickly used the rewind deletion technique on the doctors and nurses, otherwise Xia Xiang would have had to go to the superpowered prison to drink milk.
"So, the Alliance Leader took me in and raised me because you didn't expose the secrets of the supernatural world, putting so much pressure on me at such a young age?" Xia Xiang became inexplicably sad as she spoke, tears streaming down her face.
"Waaaaah~ I even learned to control my emotions at an age when I couldn't control my urge to pee."
"Xiao Ying is so pitiful. She's only a baby in front of Grandpa. I don't want to leave Grandpa!" Xia Xiang said, hugging her grandpa tightly and wiping away her snot and tears.
Xia Liu was speechless. Did his grandson have some misunderstanding about controlling his emotions? But seeing Xia Xiang crying so sadly, he could only continue to explain patiently.
As a native light-wielding ability user, Xiaoying has her own mission. She must represent light to illuminate every dark corner and eliminate all the menacing forces of evil.
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