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Liu was such a fool that he never thought that she was exiled to atone for Liu's crime.
It's just so awkward here.
During the years she was exiled, Liu didn't even send her a letter, but Freya contacted her occasionally.
Freya: Liu is still blaming himself, thinking that he has no face to see you, is not worthy of being a member of the Astraea family, and is not worthy of bearing the name of justice.
Freya: I quite like having Liu by my side, so I won’t enlighten her. I wish you a happy life outside of Orario.
Astraea: "..."
Just like this, a few years passed, and Liu's stupid brain only remembered to blame himself, and only remembered that he had killed his former companions. Occasionally, when he thought of her, the exiled main god, he gradually felt guilty and thought that he had let her down.
Over the past few years, Liu's little brain has been stuck on the question "I have done something that goes against justice, what will Lady Astraea think of me?" and he has been struggling for several years.
I just didn't think about working hard to become stronger, upgrade to a top adventurer, and then rescue her back to Orario.
Astraea was very angry, but even though she was angry, she still had to smile.
What could she do? Of course she would forgive her own stupid elf. Since her own stupid elf didn't expect it, she would just pretend that nothing had happened and that she was just implicated by Liu and expelled from Orario.
Astraea took two deep breaths and a standard smile appeared on her face again.
"Mr. Su, please keep the fact that I took the blame for Liu a secret from Liu." Astralia winked at Su Qing, trying to act cute.
If it is exposed, it seems to be of no use other than increasing Liu's guilt.
Su Qing nodded and said seriously, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Astraea breathed a sigh of relief and stuck out her tongue, "Thank you very much."
"Anyway, there's no need for me to say anything." Su Qing shrugged.
"what?"
Astraea was stunned, as if she thought of something, and her face changed slightly in an instant.
I raised my head and met the tearful eyes of the useless elf.
"...God...Ah, Lady Astraea!"
Astraea glared at Su Qing fiercely, and Su Qing responded with a standard smile.
Astraea took a deep breath, stood up, and gave her family a gentle hug.
"Long time no see, Leon."
"Lady Astraea, I, I..."
The useless elf burst into tears. Astraea touched the back of her family and said softly, "Don't say more. I didn't think it through. I should have been with Leon at the time."
"No, Lady Astraea is right!"
"You're still so obsessed with what's right and wrong, Leon."
Astraea shook her head slightly, pulled Liu slightly away from her arms, looked at the familiar face, and said softly: "Don't care so much. Seeing that you are still energetic is better than anything else."
……
The elves and the goddess of justice, who had not seen each other for a long time, embraced each other in public. The people around them noticed the commotion, but no one dared to cause trouble among the rich mistress, and they all looked at this place out of the corner of their eyes.
Su Qing slowly placed the teacup on the table.
"…It's been a few years since a mother and daughter have met to catch up. What's so interesting about that?"
When this was mentioned, many people coughed and looked away.
"They are not mother and daughter!"
Liu, who was immersed in the joy of seeing the Lord God again, blushed when he heard the words and quickly struggled out of Astralia's arms, fearing that his failure to refute in time would affect Astralia's reputation.
"Does Naruto hate me?"
Astraea looked at Liu dimly.
"How is that possible!" Liu explained hurriedly: "I just, just..."
"That's all!" Astraea held Liu in her arms, bowed slightly, and apologized to those around her.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your meal, but this meal is on my table."
Upon hearing this, some veteran adventurers among the customers raised their glasses and said, "Long live Lady Astraea."
Apart from Liu herself, few people cared about her wanted warrant.
Liu was once one of the city's signature brands. She simply cut her long hair short and dyed it, then worked brazenly as a hostess in a wealthy house. Only she thought her disguise was perfect and no one else discovered her identity.
After all, she was one of the heroes who saved the city during the most rampant period of the dark faction. Alfia and others attacked Orario in order to provide experience for the new generation, but even Liu herself did not know the whole story. Alfia told her that she wanted to destroy the era of adventurers and completely destroy Orario.
Not to mention outsiders who don't know the inside story of the turmoil, the Astralia family's contribution to saving the city is real.
The Astraea family has made countless contributions to the city. Now, just because all of their companions were wiped out and the means of killing the enemy were too brutal, and some innocent people were mixed in... Who of the adventurers cares?
Some of these merchants sold supplies to dark factions. The merchants might have just been doing normal transactions and died innocently - in that case, only some merchants died.
A hero who saved the city, but had his entire family wiped out, so is it a problem for him to make such a mistake?
Liu herself felt that this was wrong, because she was a member of the Astraea clan, a clan that carries justice. Those businessmen were just suspected of colluding with the dark faction. Among them, there were people who knew about it, and there must also be innocent people who were unaware of it and just thought it was a normal transaction. Liu felt that she had committed a serious crime by killing innocent people.
——But let alone the adventurer, even other merchants on the continent would not feel sad after knowing this, but would think that it was a good thing that the adventurer was killed.
Liu's only crime in Orario was illegally attacking the hostile clan, which violated the consensus among the gods. She should at least start a war game and then fight the hostile clan to the death.
This violated the order set by the gods and had to be triggered, but after Astraea took the blame, other gods, adventurers, and merchants didn't care about Liu's mistakes at all, and didn't even think that she did anything wrong.
After years of being together and having close friends who could trust each other through life and death, now that they have passed away, what's wrong with being a little crazy?
Now that Astraea has returned to Orario and is standing with the Lord God, Liu's identity is naturally no longer a mystery. It is better to say that it has been completely exposed long ago.
But no one would cause trouble to Astraea's family because of such a small matter. After all, Liu is a level 4 adventurer.
Except for Liu who is a little worried now.
Astraea couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hermes will pay for the meal!" Astraea added.
"Hey, wait, Astraea! What does this have to do with me!" Hermes, who was watching, jumped out quickly.
"This is my punishment for asking you to find a way to wake up Liu and not accepting the commission." Astraea said righteously, turning to look at the manager of the Bountiful Mistress.
"Mama Mia, can you please use the back room?"
"Don't call me mom, I'm still very young!" The manager blushed and retorted Astralia.
"Don't the shop assistants all call you mom?"
Astraea complained with a smile.
"Okay, I can't argue with you. You can use the room in the back as you like." Mia rolled her eyes at Astraea and looked at herself, feeling very worried. Ever since she retired from Freya's family and stopped being an adventurer, her slim and attractive figure had quickly turned into that of an old lady.
In the past, she was at least an adventurer living in Ota's heart and was Ota's target!
…Should she lose weight?
Su Qing sat where he was. As an outsider, he could not watch the conversation between the clan members and the gods.
With a bang, Astraea slapped the table in front of Su Qing.
"please!"
"Huh?" Su Qing tilted his head and asked in confusion, "What does it have to do with me?"
"——Please——"
Astraea spoke word by word.
……
In the room inside the rich hostess, Liu was held in Astraea's arms, leaning forward to look at Su Qing.
Probably wondering what the relationship between Su Qing and Astraea is.
Astraea closed her eyes slightly and took a deep breath.
Perhaps this would damage her image in Liu's mind, but she had already made up her mind, and now, she could only make up her mind.
"Ryu, what is justice in your mind?"
Liu was stunned when he heard this, his face full of confusion.
"Lady Astraea, I am immersed in revenge, so how can I still be qualified to talk about so-called justice?"
"——Then I don't have one either!" Astraea put her finger to Liu's mouth and whispered, "Remember Erebus?"
"That evil god?" Liu was a little confused.
"Back then, when you faced the evil god who questioned what justice was, didn't you come up with your own answer, Liu?" Astraea carefully guided Liu: "Justice is cyclical."
Maybe someone will die for justice, but justice will be passed on like a spark.
Astraea let out a long sigh: "Erebus is very satisfied with your answer. He understands your justice, but you, Liu, don't seem to understand his idea at all?"
"What is the evil god thinking?" Liu was puzzled: "Is there anything to delve into?"
Astraea covered her face and looked at Su Qing and said, "My child's brain is not working well. Please forgive me!"
"...What did I say wrong?" Liu blushed.
"So, until now, you still think that Alfia really wanted to destroy Orario, rather than giving you experience points by destroying Orario?"
"what?"
Liu was startled again.
Astraea's smile froze a little, and she tried hard not to break her face, and explained softly, "What did Alfia tell you at the beginning?"
Liu frowned and recalled the past memories. As he thought, he said, "The Hera clan fought against the black dragon. There is no possibility for Orario to fight against the black dragon now. The adventurer system must end, destroy the current peace, and return to the era of heroes... like this?"
"Then let me ask you, Liu, how do we return to the age of heroes?" Astraea looked at Liu gently, as if she was guiding her child who had just learned to count to calculate addition and subtraction within ten.
Liu looked a little embarrassed. He examined himself, trying to come up with the correct answer as much as possible. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Isn't it enough to destroy the current Age of Gods?"
Astraea: "..."
Hold on, this is the child she chose. If she wasn't so stubborn, she wouldn't have joined the so-called righteous clan!
endure.