Chapter 18

Translator: Zayn_

“Big brother, what’s wrong?”

Flora, who was walking in front, saw Fran’s melancholic expression. “Are you unhappy about something?”

Flora was very excited when she thought of her brother going to the Canglan Academy. When she entered Olly Academy, she wanted to be like her brother and study hard to get into the Canglan Academy!

Flora had heard from her teacher that there were a few ancient secret realms in the Canglan Academy that other schools don’t have. In addition, the academy had a long history, and there were many skills that could be learned!

Most importantly, the swordsman profession was very popular in the Canglan Academy. If one performed well, even if they did not enter the top ten in the province, they could still apply for the Canglan Academy.

Perhaps when she graduated, she would be able to study in the same academy as her brother!

“I’m just worried about home since I’m going to another city soon.”

In the future, he would probably only return home once in a while. He was afraid that those people from before would come to his parents’ door and cause trouble again. His parents hadn’t changed their jobs, so they wouldn’t be able to do anything if they encountered those people.

“That’s fine, I’m still at home!”

Flora patted her chest. also, “I saw that Principal Baidiro treated you well that day. If something happens to our family, I’ll go to Principal Baidiro for help! He will definitely help!”

The last time Principal Baidiro helped them defeat the debt collectors, she saw the principal’s appreciation for her brother.

“En, but it’s not a good idea to keep looking for him.”

Fran was a little depressed. After all, Principal Baidiro’s focus was on the school, not on helping others deal with their family matters. If he didn’t want his family to be bullied, he had to become stronger!

Fran made up his mind to study hard at Canglan Academy and earn money to make his family rich!

“En, I understand. I will also study hard!”

Flora nodded solemnly. In the future, her brother would be her goal! After they went down the mountain, the two of them walked for a while and happened to pass by a street. This was the night market in the slums.

Although it wasn’t as prosperous as the business district, it was lively with many people and there were some fun things.

“Brother, let’s go to the night market! There are a lot of new shops at the food street. Can you treat me to some snacks?”

Flora hugged Fran’s arm.

In the past, there was no money at home. Although she was greedy, she knew that she did not have extra money to eat. But it was different now. Her brother was rich! Let big brother treat!

“Alright! Let’s go!”

Fran doted on his little sister a lot. Thinking about how his parents and his little sister had suffered in order to let him study, he felt guilty.

The days in the future would gradually get better! Seeing that he agreed, Flora was extremely excited and pulled Fran towards the food street. The food street not only had fried skewers and sweet drinks, but there were also many small stalls and places to play games.

Flora was very interested in these, especially when she saw the game of throwing darts and poking balloons. When she was young, she had only seen people playing on the side of the road. One silver coin for one game, and you could get three darts.

Every time she saw that others were not accurate, she would be very anxious.

“Want to play?”

Fran helplessly smiled when he saw Flora’s eyes light up as she stared at the spot where the darts were thrown. Under Flora’s hopeful gaze, he spent a few silver coin in exchange for 30 darts and handed them to her.

“Brother! There are too many! One silver coin is enough!” Flora waved her hands in surprise.

Although their family was a little richer, they still couldn’t afford to spend money like this!

“It’s fine. If you want to play, then play as much as you want. We only come here a few times a year.”

Fran said as he stuffed the thirty darts into Flora’s hands. The heavy darts made Flora secretly make up her mind.

“Thank you, brother!”

Fran shook his head and stood to the side, watching Flora poke the balloon. Flora was more talented than him and had changed her class to a swordsman a long time ago. A swordsman’s use of external objects was very important.

Fran was observing how Flora used the darts. With a steady foot, she used her own strength to control the darts in her hand. Then, she threw the dart out, accurately piercing a few balloons.

However, after looking at it a few more times, Fran found some problems with Flora. Counting the darts she threw, only 28 out of 30 hit the target. Although the accuracy wasn’t low, it wasn’t 100%. This showed that Flora wasn’t very skilled in using foreign objects.

Flora happily took a toy that was as big as her from the stall owner and jumped next to Fran.

“Brother! Look, the prize!”

The other children looked on helplessly as Flora held the giant doll.

“Amazing.”

Fran gave her a big thumbs up.

Seeing how happy she was, he didn’t intend to tell her about the problem he had just discovered. Let’s wait until tomorrow’s practice! When it’s time to play, let’s just play!

With the big doll in hand, the two of them went to eat some snacks. Seeing that it was getting late, Fran took Flora home. Eller and Lina had already prepared dinner and were waiting for them.

“You child, did your brother buy this for you?”

Lina saw the doll in Flora’s arms and went up to poke her head. Flora chuckled and carried the doll into her room.

During dinner, the family sat around the table. With the bonus, the food at home was much better. At least they could see a meat dish.

His parents were still reluctant to eat and kept putting food into his and his sister’s bowl.

“Dad, mom, you guys eat too. When I go to Canglan, I’ll work part-time. Then we won’t be short of money.”

“If you want to study, then study well. Don’t let down everyone’s expectations of you.”

Eller patted Fran’s hand. He was already content with his son’s filial piety. He didn’t expect his son to earn a lot of money at the Canglan Academy. He just wanted his son to study hard there.

“Understood.”

Fran nodded.

He really hoped that such a heartwarming moment would always exist. The next morning, Fran agreed to accompany her to practice sword techniques.

A swordsman’s swordsmanship belonged to the close-range type, and because Flora was still a low-level swordsman, Fran didn’t plan on going to the back of the mountain. The yard at home was enough for Flora to train.

“Brother, do you know swordsmanship?”

Flora took out the wooden sword her father made for her and threw one to Fran. Fran touched the blade with his hand; it had been polished smooth by his father.

“Of course, I’ve learned all the skills of every profession. Come on, show me your best!”

Fran was standing with one hand over another holding a sword.

“Then here I come!”

Flora threw her sword forward, and Fran could feel a weak sword aura approaching him. However, this kind of sword aura was harmless to people.

Flora moved her feet and quickly attacked Fran. This was a swordsman’s first skill, [Piercing Sword]. Stabbing required speed and skill. To outsiders, Flora’s speed was already very fast.

But in Fran’s eyes, this kind of speed simply couldn’t pose any threat to the enemy! Fran waved his sword, and the wooden sword in Flora’s hand flew out.

For a moment, Flora was stunned. “Brother, you actually defeated me in one move!”