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"How...how are you, Xiongta, are you comfortable?"

Lying down on the soft bed with my whole body relaxed, the beautiful girl's buttocks pressed against my back, two slender hands gently kneading and massaging my shoulders, occasionally asking shy questions. This scene made me intoxicated.

The torture I have received over the past few days seems to have turned into a mouthful of bitter tea, falling into my throat, leaving only a sweet aftertaste.︽

"Okay, very okay. I feel so comfortable that I don't even want to talk anymore. Tamoya, it turns out you really know how to press shoulders."

"Of course. When I was little, I often helped my parents press the buttons. In order to repay their kindness in raising me, I almost stopped pressing the buttons for them in recent years. Alas."

Talking about the past, Tamoya looked a little downcast and blamed herself, feeling that she had been taking care of herself and her clan's development over the years, but had neglected her family.

"Isn't that because you have grown up and become busy gradually? Now you have to take care of many things of the Ursine clan, and you have to take into account the training. You are no more leisurely than Artoria."

"That's what I say, but no matter what, I can still find time to help my parents by pressing their shoulders. In the final analysis, I was negligent."

"No one is perfect. There is no one who can do everything in place without leaving any gaps. Don't torment yourself too much. Patriarch Moshidkar and Aunt Roger Miya certainly don't like you working too hard either.

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"When I go back another day, I must press it for my parents."

After some comfort from me, Tamoya's expression softened a lot, and she made up her mind. There was no use regretting. The only way to make up for the neglect of the family was in the future.

"I don't know why, but when I'm with Xiong Ta, I always remember a lot of things."

"Oh? For example?"

"For example, let's take the topic just now."

"There's more."

"When I was young, I was so excited that I led everyone to do a lot of reckless things. The memories that made adults worry, ah, Xiongta, don't laugh."

"Yes, yes, I obey, but since it has been mentioned, please tell me about it."

"Stop talking about it, who made Xiong Ta laugh just now?" Master Wu Emperor was in a quarrel.

"I didn't laugh, I really didn't laugh."

"lie."

"Okay. Laughed a little bit."

"Honest child, then I will make an exception and tell Xiong Ta a little bit, but you are not allowed to laugh, you really are not allowed to laugh. After you laugh, I will never talk to Xiong Ta again."

"Wait a minute, for that matter, let me find something to stuff my mouth with. Then I won't be able to laugh anyway."

"Isn't this already out before it even starts? What I mean by not smiling is not just limited to a smile on your face."

"This is too difficult."

"It should be difficult. After all, this is a childhood past that I don't want to reveal to outsiders. Just recalling it makes me embarrassed."

"Okay, I'm going to try my best."

"Ah, I always feel that Xiong Ta became more motivated after hearing the words "embarrassed"."

"It's just your misunderstanding. Speak quickly. Speak quickly. If you feel embarrassed, just think of this as a big test of my patience."

"It's too much. I always feel like my childhood was desecrated by the Bear Tower."

"Hurry up, Lady Tamoya."

"There's really nothing I can do against you, I'll just say a little bit."

There was a light, alluring blush on her cheeks. Tamoya pressed her shoulders while showing a nostalgic look, and told her one by one the things she had done when she was a child. Of course, she chose the ones that were less embarrassing.

I care so much.

However, this feeling is so wonderful. While enjoying Tamoya's shoulder massage, while listening to Tamoya's childhood, the psychological enjoyment seems to be gradually surpassing the physical enjoyment. There is a kind of... there is a kind of intimate blending of souls.

The feeling was like a silent hug with Vilas and the others.

"Where's Xiongta? After hearing so much from me, it's time for Xiongta to say something." After a while, Tamoya suddenly came back and asked me off guard.

"There are many, but they are all not very embarrassing. They are so deceptive. I feel like I have been deceived."

"In the final analysis, Xiong Ta only cares about things that make me embarrassed, not my childhood, right?" The little hand on his shoulder suddenly exerted force.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I want to know more about your childhood. Of course, it would be better if it was an embarrassing childhood." I muttered the last sentence.

"For the sake of Xiong Ta telling the truth, I just need to accept this punishment." Tamoya said angrily. She touched the underside of her shoulder with her dexterous fingers, pinched a piece of waist rib meat and twisted it clockwise.

Eighty degrees.

Although it was a gentle punishment, I still wanted to protest: "You promised to forgive me if I told the truth?"

"I didn't say that. I just said that Xiongta likes to tell the truth."

"This is the way you like it." I burst into tears.

"Then we have to see what Xiong Ta is telling the truth. Girls are fickle animals. It's not okay if Xiong Ta doesn't know this." Master Wu Di said with a proud smile, a charming smile.

cunning.

"I misjudged you, Tamoya. I always thought you were an upright warrior."

"But she's also a girl."

"You should learn from Amrudina and Kaluge. They are both girls, but they are much more upright."

"Hmm, it turns out that Xiong Ta likes this kind of girl, I know."

"What are you talking about? I just want to prove that even girls can be upright."

"Maybe, maybe it's just because Bear Tower hasn't come into contact with their cunning side?"

"How is this possible... uh." I was silent. I don't know Amrudina, but as for Kaluge... As the relationship with her progresses, occasionally, she will indeed show a little bit of a woman.

attitude.

"Xiong Ta has nothing to say." Seeing that I was speechless, Tamoya chuckled, leaned down, and gently touched the top of my head with her chin.

"Xiong Ta almost changed the topic, now it's Xiong Ta's turn to talk."

"What did you say?" I pretended to be stupid.

"childhood."

"Well..." I hesitated.

To be honest, I don’t really mind telling the girls about my identity as a time traveler, so that they know that I am not an unlicensed, undocumented, and unnumbered wild man who ran away from a remote village and was brought up by an unknown teacher.

Druid.

However, actually saying it is of no use. Instead, it will only increase everyone’s worries about when I will go back, whether voluntarily or forced.

The most important thing is that compared to the various pasts of the girls, even though they are relatively happy, Tamoya's parents are still alive and she lives in seclusion in the snowy mountains, and her childhood was not shrouded in the shadow of the Hell Clan.

In fact, it is not that good. After all, the environment in the Snowy Mountains is harsh, food is scarce, and there are various unpredictable dangers.

Despite the hardships, they still lived strong, looking for smiles in the cruelty, and happiness in death. In contrast, those of mine, who had plenty of food and clothing, were safe and worry-free, lived in a mess. They were born in the midst of blessings and were so luxurious that they didn’t know how to be blessed.

It was a shameful childhood that is really hard to talk about.

"This... actually... how should I put it? In my childhood, I was not oppressed by any hell clan, nor was the environment as harsh as the Snowy Mountains. Everyone had enough food and clothing. I didn't have to face the threat of death... so to speak.

I'm much happier than you, so it's a pity that living in such an environment, I almost turned into a piece of useless material. I'm really embarrassed to say it. Well, actually, it's almost the same now."

"The Bear Towers are too humble. If there is no exaggeration, those Bear Towers can hold their heads high and upright without having to bow their heads in front of anyone, because the Bear Towers that once almost became useless are now the whole Dark Continent.

You are the savior. The sweat you did not put in during your childhood and the hardships you did not experience have all been borne in one go over the years. You have worked harder than anyone else and are stronger than anyone else."

"Say...what are you talking about? It's not about life and death. Tamoya, you really..."

For a moment, after hearing Tamoya's words, his eyes blurred, and his voice began to tremble violently. There was a place in his heart that had never been touched by anyone, carrying a memory that perhaps even he had not discovered.

The pressure suddenly poured down at this moment, instantly turning into a surge of soreness and pain, running through the whole body, and the tear ducts almost became uncontrollable.

Can I really hold my head high in front of the people in the Dark Continent? I am a deadbeat with no merit in my childhood.

I really paid that much, did I really work that hard?

The ups and downs in my heart brought out old and long-forgotten things little by little.

From the comfortable and soft big bed, to the cold grasslands, dry deserts, humid forests, dead plains, and cold snow-capped mountains.

From beautiful girls in video games to rotting corpses with disemboweled intestines, skeletons and ferocious demons everywhere.

From fresh hot takeaways on call 24 hours a day, to carrion rats in caves.

These hands, which could only touch the handle, mouse and keyboard, gradually became accustomed to holding the long sword and slashed at the enemy without hesitation. They did not even blink in the face of the stinky hot blood splashing over them.

Perhaps my efforts over the years are nothing worthy of praise compared to other adventurers, or even inferior.

However, what if the starting point of any adventurer is placed on a useless dead house?

"Tamoya, thank you, this is the first time someone... said such things to me."

"Really? Could it be that I got a big advantage?" Perhaps seeing my helpless expression on the verge of tears, Emperor Wu joked as playfully as possible.
To be continued...