"Won't you have a drink today?" Mills asked casually, seeing that Aldridge didn't mean to sit down.

"I just want to go home and lie on a comfortable bed." Aldridge said helplessly, rubbing his still sore shoulders.

"Haha, let's meet when you want to drink."

"Goodbye, only Mills of Yinnar!" Aldridge gave him a roll of eyes and walked out of the bar, which had become noisy.

In fact, Aldridge really wanted to drink a glass of sunshine in the afternoon, but the restricted product Andrea gave him contained alcohol. He had good self-control and didn't want to break the taboo.

Thinking of going to the Alva Fighting Gym for training tomorrow, Aldrich sighed in a heartbreak, ready to go home and lie down as a salted fish.

"Huh? Al?"

Halfway through, Aldrich saw a familiar figure on the opposite street, and upon closer inspection, he saw that it was Al Lind.

It was the first time Aldridge had met him since his visit that day.

Al was wearing the same clothes as that day, with this big cloth bag hanging around his neck, which contained a toy bear, and he was enthusiastically selling it to the people around him in a hurry.

"Toy bear! Only 20 copper nars!"

"Hey, such a beautiful little girl, don't you need a little bear?"

"Only 20 copper nars!"

It can be seen that he is working hard, his voice has become slightly hoarse in the constant selling, and in the cool autumn evening, he is still sweating profusely, but the warm smile on his face has not diminished in the slightest.

Aldridge watched from a distance for a while, or walked over, no matter what his good friend Tom said, Al was right.

"Mr. Aldrich!" Al noticed him coming, and happily waved his right hand to greet him.

Aldridge didn't pay attention to the casually looking around eyes, and responded happily, "Al, long time no see."

Al was stunned for a moment when he looked at Aldridge's legs, and said in surprise, "Mr. Aldridge, what's wrong with your legs?"

Aldrich's legs were always sore because of his excessive training, which resulted in some deformations in his walking posture. He didn't expect Al to notice.

"I've been exercising recently, and the intensity is a bit high." Aldridge didn't say anything about going to the fighting gym. In the eyes of many people, going to the fighting gym means wealth and class. He didn't want to leave such an impression on Al.

Before Al had time to speak, a short girl in a common cloth skirt, blond hair, and short stature trotted to the two of them, raised her head and said to Al in a soothing voice, "Give me a little girl. Bear?"

Aldrich looked down at her and praised her. She was a beautiful girl with fair skin and a small tear mole at the corner of her eye.

Al hurriedly squatted down, almost unbalanced because of the big bag on his chest, but Aldridge helped him.

"Okay, little princess, which one do you want?"

Al didn't have time to thank him, and greeted the little girl's purchase demand with a big smile.

"Well...this!" The little girl bit her finger and hesitated for a long time, and finally chose a gray bear.

"okay!"

The little girl handed over two copper nars with a face value of 10, took the bear with her fleshy hands and ran away quickly, the skirt corners flying very energetically.

Aldridge watched her run to a middle-aged woman who was standing not far away and smiled warmly, and couldn't help but smile a little.

This is the taste of peace, though very small.

"I'm going back, Al, are you going back?" Aldridge asked Al, who was still waving at the little girl's back.

Al adjusted the position of the big bag, scratched his head and said, "I plan to stay for a while, only two bears are sold today."

"Okay."

Saying goodbye to Al, Aldridge came home and nibbled a red mandarin fruit. After washing, he fell asleep. Recently, his sleep time can reach 10 hours a day, all thanks to muscle soreness and emptiness and boredom at night.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The knock at the door woke Aldridge, who was sleeping soundly. He got up with difficulty, frowning and asked, "Who is it?"

"Mr. Aldridge, it's me! Al!"

Al?

Aldridge could only get up, walking towards the door and thinking, what will Al find him at this time?

Opening the door, Al was standing at the door, and he said, "Mr. Aldridge, here's this for you."

Said, and handed him a small wooden box.

"This is?" Aldridge took it in confusion.

"This is a plaster, it's good for too much work!" Al said with a smile, but Aldridge could see that he was a little nervous, and his fingers hooked on the edge of his pants unnaturally.

Is he... worried about my rejection?

Aldridge felt a warm feeling in his heart. This young man named Al really had a sincere heart. He was out of tune with this indifferent era, but he really existed.

At this time, Aldridge let go of his guard against the outside world and sincerely accepted a true friend.

Ignoring Al's hot sweat, he stepped forward to hug Al and smiled gratefully, "Thank you, my friend!"

"No, you're welcome, Mr. Aldridge..." Al was startled by Aldridge's sudden embrace, and his words became stumbling, but he could feel Aldridge's kindness.

The words "my friend" made him very happy.

"Just call me Aldridge." Aldridge released him and patted his shoulder.

"This..." Al hesitated.

"My friends call me that." Aldridge laughed.

"Well, then, Aldridge." Al said happily and nervously.

"Well, Al."

Aldridge was warm and trance-like when he went back to bed again, and having a new friend meant that he was more connected to this world, which also meant that he was further away from that world. .

"Go to sleep..."

Why do you think so much, life still has to go on.

The next morning, he entered the gate of the Aalto Fighting Hall on time, and saw Andrea was already standing at the door of the room where he was eating.

"Good morning."

"morning."

Andrea nodded lightly and walked into the room.

Aldridge followed, and was not surprised to see a table of plates. He sat down and prepared to eat. After 25 consecutive days of large meals, his appetite increased a lot.

Andrea is still leaning against the wall with her eyes closed as before, and rarely speaks if she doesn't have to. After Aldridge is familiar with the process, she can sometimes hear her say more than a dozen sentences a day.

For so many days, he felt that he had never really known Andrea. She kept her distance naturally far away. Every day after training, she would leave the fighting gym before him, as if she was busy with something.

However, just as Aldrich was drinking milk, he heard Andrea ask in a calm tone:

"Are you an Extraordinary?"

Aldridge almost spit out all the milk in one gulp. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

"what?"

He responded quickly, wiping away the milk leaking from his mouth, while pretending to be suspicious.

Andrea stared at him and repeated, "Are you a Beyonder?"

"of course not!"

Aldridge hurriedly denied it, thinking quickly whether he had exposed his extraordinary abilities recently.

Of course the answer is no!

Andrea's face was calm, and she took out a white badge from her bosom with a "Tree of Life" printed on it.

A fragment of memory emerged from the depths of my mind. This is the badge given to the 'Mysterious Hunter' by the Church of the Mother Earth!

Aldridge once had one, but he hasn't seen it since he crossed over, and he forgot that there is such a thing.

"Are you a mystery hunter?"

Andrea took back the badge and said lightly, "I saw you once, and you were also a 'mystery hunter' at that time, but you shouldn't remember."

Aldridge felt that there was nothing to argue about, and nodded to admit it, but it would be unreasonable to judge that he is a Beyonder based on this alone, right?

Andrea seemed to see Aldridge's doubts and continued:

"Your body is very strange, obviously very thin, but you can still persist in physical training for so many days, and even increase the intensity once in the middle, which is very abnormal."

"Everyone's body is different, I should be special." Aldridge's voice was a little hollow when he said this.

Andrea gave him a strange look and said, "I am studying medicine at Fenrir University in Hodo, and I know the human body very well."

I am also a medical student!

Aldridge couldn't help laughing at the thought, so he had to admit that Andrea was right.