"You mean, I can be a hero?"
Julius had an expression of disbelief. He looked at the Lulunaka in front of him in a pure white dress … No, this should not be Lulunaka, and it could not be Lulunaka.
If it was her, she would never say such words to him with such a pure smile. She would probably only laugh at Julius's dream of being a hero, and make Julius feel so ashamed that he would regret saying such words when he first met Lulunaka.
Julius took a few steps away from this unknown girl who had the same face as Lulunaka.
"If you are joking, trying to surprise me, or just want to laugh at me, then it won't work.
Someone has already made me impatient with this kind of thing. "
Facing Julius's doubts and resistance, the girl just maintained her smile and did not change her expression.
"But you want to be a hero, this should not be wrong, right?"
Julius could not deny this.
He did have the desire to be a hero in his heart, and he did not know why he said to Lulunaka that he wanted to be a hero when he first met her. Now that he thought about it, it might be one of the turning points in Julius's life.
If this girl could not read minds, then the fact that she knew about Julius's dream of being a hero was a bit strange.
Where on earth did she find out about this?
And from the looks of it, she seemed to be familiar with Lulunaka?
Or rather, she had the same appearance as Lulunaka. If he said that she had no relationship with Lulunaka, then he would be deceiving himself.
"You can't refute me, can you?"
The girl came closer, and the way she floated over made Julius's nervousness unable to subside.
"Because this is what you think, this is your true heart.
“
She approached Julius and reached out to grab Julius's hand.
Julius was still holding the cross-shaped longsword in his hand. After being held by this strange girl, he felt that the girl's hand was a little cold, but it wasn't cold enough to make him shiver. Instead, it made him feel a little cool.
The girl didn't seem to have any ill intentions. After Julius's hand was grabbed, he put down the cross-shaped sword in his hand, no longer intending to wield it.
"Someone has given this to you."
The girl lowered her head and looked at the small lantern in Julius's hand. Now, Julius's hands were held together by her. Julius held the small lantern in his hand and the sword hilt in his hand. The tip of the sword was pointed to the other side, and there was no sign of resistance at all.
"It was because of the light emitted from this little thing that I was able to find you."
Julius also lowered his head to look at the small lantern in his hand.
The small lantern emitted a blue glow. It was not dazzling, but it was very conspicuous.
It didn't look like a flame, but more like a ball of light that was trapped in the glass.
"Do you see?
This is the proof of why I saw you and why you appeared in front of me. "The girl held Julius's hand, her eyes shining.
"But, why me?"
Julius still couldn't believe it. Just because of this, he was recognized as a hero?
"If you want to talk about someone more suitable than me, there should be …"
The girl shook her head. "Why you?
Because you got this. "
She continued to look at the small lantern in Julius's hand. "Why don't you ask the person who gave this to you why she chose you and not those two adults?"
The adults that the girl mentioned, Julius could only think that she was referring to Olga and Padding.
Not only did she know Julius well, but she also seemed to be quite familiar with the people around Julius.
Julius was no longer surprised by this. Since the other party had such an unnerving face — Lulunaka's face always made him nervous — then it didn't seem too strange to say anything.
"Olga and Padding, those two are much stronger than me." He said.
The girl shook her head. "No, the two of them can't and can't be heroes.
An old man in his twilight years, a drifting person … They both have serious flaws, and those flaws make them disqualified from being heroes.
Moreover, if you think they can be heroes, then what you see is them, is it really them?
Those two people, the two adult men in front of you, are they using masks to disguise themselves, or have they never mentioned their past mistakes to you? "
The girl didn't seem to be interested in the candidates that Julius mentioned, and even questioned him.
When Julius heard this, he didn't know what to say.
What kind of person was Padding? After the murder and massacre at the beginning, Julius believed that he had some understanding.
In Julius' opinion, Padding didn't have the qualifications to be a noble knight, and Lulunaka seemed to think the same, so she forced him to abandon his identity as a knight. Julius didn't know what Lulunaka thought, and he wouldn't ask Lulunaka for this kind of thing.
If the girl was only talking about Padding, then Julius was very sure and agreed.
But she was talking about them, not just Padding.
Olga was also among them.
Olga was a flawed person?
Or a person who was hiding something?
Julius couldn't believe it. Although the old man looked a little serious, he could be considered kind. Did he also have a past that he couldn't mention to others?
Julius didn't know about Olga's past, but he knew that Olga was a good person.
He was willing to give up his life to protect Romuona, and he was more noble than Padding, a so-called knight. Although Lulunaka was the one who suggested it, he was willing to teach Julius how to fight. This gave Julius the ability to fight against the bandits and not just hide and tremble. He even saved Julius. When Lulunaka wouldn't help him, he didn't hesitate to save Julius, who was almost killed by Lulunaka. This was what he heard from Lulunaka, who was very dissatisfied with this.
Someone like Olga also had a past that he couldn't talk about?
Although Olga was an old man, in the stories that Julius heard, there were also heroes in old age – although the ending wasn't too good.
If a good person like Olga wasn't qualified to be a hero, then was he, Julius, qualified?
Or was it because of what the young girl said, that Olga had a flaw that made him unable to be a hero?
Julius suddenly realized that he didn't know much about Olga.
He was an old man who protected Romuona and cared about him. But that was all Julius knew.
As Julius fell into deep thought and became a little absent-minded, the young girl pulled Julius by the hand and pulled him to the side of the altar.
Just now, when Julius pulled away from the young girl, he also pulled away from the altar.
Now, Julius was back here again, looking at the shining halo in front of him.
"You should have more confidence in yourself."
The young girl said to Julius, "Your heart longs to be a hero. Now, your hesitant attitude is the biggest obstacle on your path to becoming a hero."
"But, if it's me …" Julius looked at the halo, he still found it hard to believe that he had become the protagonist of the story – a hero who obtained a treasure, a hero who possessed power …
Whether it was the halo that was suspended in the air or the dagger that was placed on the altar, Julius could feel the power contained in them. It was a powerful power that Julius could feel from the side.
Julius knew that the young girl wasn't lying to him. If he took off the halo, he would indeed be able to obtain power.
"You are hesitating because this isn't a power that you obtained through training."
The young girl continued to talk to Julius, "This kind of thinking is admirable. Only a person with a pure heart like yours is qualified to obtain this power to punish evil and promote good." She pulled Julius' hand and let him touch the halo.
"But don't forget, the existence of a hero has an eternal and unchanging proposition: Bestowal."
"Bestowal …" Julius murmured the word that the young girl said.
"It's not only the power obtained by oneself that is pure. Sometimes, a hero also needs to accept help.
The king's appreciation, the comrade's shield, the lover's voice, the wonder of a treasure, the God's family … These are the power of a hero, and also the power that a hero should accept. "
The young girl's words seemed to have a magical power that made Julius feel less and less conflicted.
What she said wasn't unreasonable. In the stories that Julius had heard, every hero didn't fight alone, and the power didn't belong to him alone.
"The key is how to use this power, not where this power comes from." The young girl's words made Julius put down the last line of defense in his heart.
His hand that had been suspended in the air without touching the halo was finally pulled by the young girl to touch the halo.
Julius took off the halo.