It was at this time that Kryss understood that trying to become a hero through such trivial matters was a pipe dream, so he wanted to become a Magic Knight!
However, he couldn't bear to leave his sister, so he began by hunting mountain wolves and wild boars—animals that even adult hunters found difficult to kill.
But the result was still in vain.
After struggling through most of his adolescence, Kryss became an adult and finally recognized that he was just a weak ant.
He gave up and didn't want to overestimate himself anymore, because doing so would not only make him more embarrassed but also involve his sister.
This was a situation he absolutely did not want to see.
However, after all his years of hard work, it wasn't that he hadn't gained any recognition from the villagers; at least those children would call him a "Fake Hero."
His life continued until the Village was surrounded by a bandit group from an enemy country. At that time, he no longer wanted to be a hero, but looking at his sister who was on the verge of death due to a lack of water, he resolutely put on his Red Cloak.
This Fake Hero was finally going to save the Village, or more precisely, save his poor sister!
He had a very bold plan in his mind, which was to pretend to surrender and then lead this group of bandits into the ruins!
"Lord Village Head, you absolutely cannot let him go out. Maybe he has already colluded with the enemy and is just waiting for us to open the gate!"
"That's right, Lord Roz, his parents were scammers who cheated us out of most of the Village's savings. A scammer's son cannot be trusted!"
"He might really know some secret path. He has been neglected all these years; he will definitely take revenge on us!" The villagers chattered, full of distrust.
"Lord Village Head, our family is poor. My sister has collapsed in bed and can't get up. She's dying. I only have this one sister. I hope that after I leave, you can take good care of her. If I really manage to lure them away, I don't need to be a hero. I only want my sister to survive. I hope she can receive the respect she deserves. I know my parents' sins cannot be washed away, but let me bear all of this alone!"
"I, Kryss, beg you all!" On this day, Kryss wore his most handsome clothes, a clean Red Cloak, his red hair flying, and his posture upright, making him really look like a hero. Some children even began to admire him, and then, under those admiring gazes, this man knelt down.
His head hit the ground heavily.
That muffled sound made by a man shook the hearts of everyone present.
"You may go." Roz turned his head. Whether Kryss really wanted to lure the enemy away or was just running for his life, he didn't want to think about it anymore. This one kneel was enough!
He still remembered, in the cold wind, a red-haired boy knocking on doors house to house.
Clearly on the verge of starving to death, the red-haired boy just bowed and took out a battered small bowl. "I want to give my sister some food; she hasn't eaten for several days."
"Get lost!"
"Go away! Scammer's son!"
That night, Kryss only managed to beg for a bowl of meat porridge. That's right, it was given by him. At that time, the boy was overjoyed and ran home with the meat porridge.
Roz didn't know for what reason, but maybe he wanted to see if Kryss would eat it himself or give it to his sister.
He felt that this child was not bad at heart and had not inherited his parents' cunning genes.
On the contrary, he would also help with a lot of work in the Village.
But scammers are good at disguising themselves, so he wanted to see exactly how Kryss would behave in the face of death.
"Sister, there's porridge!" Kryss helped Nero up and then carefully fed her spoonful by spoonful. From beginning to end, the boy did not eat a single bite of the meat porridge.
"Brother, thank you!" Nero shed tears.
"Don't say such silly things. By the way, this is meat porridge I begged from the Village head. In return, I need to go do a day of odd jobs. Don't worry." Kryss said.
"Mm!" Nero nodded obediently. For some reason, she always felt her brother was a bit strange, looking at her as if he wanted to imprint her appearance into his mind.
"I'm leaving!" Kryss smiled, and then Roz watched as the boy, wearing thin clothes, put on a Red Cloak, picked up a sickle, and his small figure gradually disappeared outside the Village.
That was the first time Kryss had ever begged anyone, for his sister.
Now was it the second time? Still for his sister.
And this time, Kryss had completely done it; he had become the hero of the entire Village.
But those people seemed to have no chance to make amends, so even though the Village's crisis had been resolved, they still posted a high-paying mission!
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"Be buried with you? Jie jie, has our great hero of Wind and Thunder Village started threatening this poor bandit of mine again? I really didn't expect such a hero to appear in a small mountain Village. It really surprised me that you could even trick me, who has roamed the four seas. But now it's all over!" The Bandit Group Leader walked over, bathed in the dancing flames at his fingertips. It was a face so hideous it could stop a child's crying, and Kryss's figure gradually became clear.
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The red cloak he was wearing was already soaked in blood and mud; it was easy to imagine the atrocities these bandits had committed to force the exit out of him.
"Brother!" Nero's eyes instantly turned red.
"It's okay now. Brother has become a hero, and from now on, no one in the Village will ever bully you again. My Nero can socialize just like a normal girl." Kryss lifted his head with difficulty, barely managing to pull a curved smile from his bruised face.
"Honestly, she's such a beautiful girl, how could they have the heart to isolate her?" Kryss couldn't understand it. It was clearly a grudge from the previous generation, so why did they have to pay for it?
"Brother, I don't want you to be a hero, I want you to live!" Nero cried sorrowfully. Everything her brother did was for her!
"Want him to live? It's simple. Where is the exit? Tell me, and I'll let him go—no, I'll let all of you go!" The Bandit Leader couldn't help but laugh at his own humor. Let them go? How was that possible! He wanted revenge, he wanted to raise a new team, and he wanted to plunder every Village he could see!
"Don't believe him! He won't let us go. You all need to run!" Kryss used the last of his strength to grab the Bandit Leader's leg, but this simple action caused seven or eight of his wounds to burst open.
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