21st Century Necromancer

The story of the Decembrists is a romantic and tragic tale. Even though Hiromi Jounouchi possesses great strength, she is still a woman.

After listening to Chen Yu's account of the Decembrists and their wives, she couldn't help but shed a few tears, prompting little Yixi in her arms to raise a hand to touch her cheek, as if to wipe away the tears.

Understanding why Chen Yu came to this square, Hiromi Jounouchi, like Chen Yu, gazed at the statue of Peter the Great that had witnessed it all, commemorating the Decembrists who once fought here for their ideals.

The couple's silence seemed to slightly displease their daughter. Little Yixi seemed not to like her parents' demeanor and started to fuss, quickly breaking the somewhat heavy atmosphere between them.

Seeing their daughter start to fuss, Hiromi Jounouchi hurriedly soothed her, trying to calm her emotions.

Meanwhile, Chen Yu looked at his wife and daughter, and the sadness originally lingering in his heart, born from the Decembrists' story and the emotions accumulated over two hundred years in this square, was diluted.

Compared to those tragic figures in history, isn't his wife and daughter before him what he should truly cherish and care about?

Thinking of this, a smile bloomed on Chen Yu's face. He walked to Hiromi Jounouchi's side, took their daughter from her hands, and gently patted her soft little body, soothing the fussing little Yixi softly.

Maybe it was the comfort of her father's embrace, or perhaps the limited energy of a child, but little Yixi soon stopped fussing and fell asleep in Chen Yu's arms.

Yet when Hiromi Jounouchi wanted to take the child from Chen Yu's arms, she found that little Yixi's tender little hands were tightly clutching Chen Yu's lapel, unwilling to let go.

Seeing this, Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi exchanged a glance, both seeing the same smile in each other's eyes.

Having achieved his purpose, Chen Yu had no reason to stay here, so he prepared to leave with his sleeping daughter and Hiromi Jounouchi alongside him.

However, as the two walked towards a nearby street, a young Russian girl stopped them at the street corner: "Sir, buy a flower for your wife! Look, what beautiful roses these are!"

The young girl raised the basket in her hand, neatly arranged with vibrant red roses, though due to the weather, the dew on the petals had frozen into ice beads.

Although the climate in Saint Petersburg is somewhat warmer than in Moscow, where the coldest in winter is only a few degrees below zero, the young girl before them appeared to be dressed quite thinly, with her cheeks and fingers slightly whitened by the cold.

Seeing this, Chen Yu smiled slightly, holding his daughter with one hand while reaching into his pocket with the other to pull out his wallet: "Then I'll buy one."

"Thank you, kind sir!" The young girl beamed with a bright smile upon seeing the flowers sold, thanking Chen Yu, and didn't forget to compliment Hiromi Jounouchi: "You are really beautiful, ma'am, your husband must love you very much!"

The young girl pulled a rose from the basket and handed it to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu gave the rose to Hiromi Jounouchi beside him, smiled at the young girl, and at the same time, subtly placed a gold coin in the young girl's basket.

After bidding farewell to the flower-selling young girl, Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi continued to walk together.

"Why did you give that young girl a gold coin, darling?" Although Hiromi Jounouchi could understand Chen Yu's moment of kindness, she didn't understand why he would give out a gold coin.

"Oh, nothing much. I just took a liking to the young girl and wanted to give her a chance. Don't you think she has a sweet way with words?" Chen Yu smiled, the gold coin he gave was naturally not just a simple gold coin.

Perhaps influenced by his own emotions earlier, Chen Yu somewhat wanted to offer the young girl a bit of help.

Hiromi Jounouchi had no particular thoughts about Chen Yu's excuse, though the gold coin was actually a high-level magic puppet. If the young girl could understand the information contained within that gold coin, Russia might one day have a powerful Valkyrie.

However, neither of them had any awareness of affecting others' fates. It was merely a gift after all, and the same thing was just a simple gesture for both Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi.

"Come to think of it, I forgot to ask that young girl's name. The roses she sold are quite beautiful!" Looking at the rose with frozen dew in her hand, Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't help but smile.

Chen Yu shook his head, seemingly realizing the source of Hiromi Jounouchi's smile, and said helplessly: "It's not too late to ask now, is it?"

Saying this, he turned around to look at the young girl running towards them.

"Sir, this is your thing." The young girl handed the gold coin in her hand back to Chen Yu, slightly out of breath from running, even having the roses in the basket, which were neatly arranged, become a bit messy, but her gaze was very earnest.

"Why do you want to return it to me? Selling roses on such a cold day, your life can't be that easy, can it? Why not use it to improve your life?" Chen Yu did not take the gold coin, but instead asked her why she wanted to return it.

"It's not mine, I can't accept it!" The young girl's attitude was very firm, although there was a slight hesitation in her eyes.noveldrama

Of course, she had thoughts of keeping the gold coin and selling it, just like Chen Yu said, her life wasn't going well, so much so that she needed to sell flowers to earn money in this cold weather, but she never wanted to achieve money in this way.

Otherwise, with her relatively good looks, there were many more easy, faster ways to make money.

Chen Yu took the gold coin the young girl returned, played with it in his hand, but did not put it away, instead, he asked the young girl's name.

Through a conversation, Chen Yu learned that the young girl's name was Vika, a student at a high school in Saint Petersburg, who aspired to apply to the Saint Petersburg Conservatory next year and was saving up for tuition.

"Then take it as a gift from me. It's just a coin, consider it a gift of fate." Understanding Vika's situation, Chen Yu once again placed the gold coin into her basket.

Vika wanted to refuse again, but Hiromi Jounouchi suddenly spoke, "Let it be our sponsorship for you, if you are able to enter the Saint Petersburg Conservatory next year, that would be the best reward for us. A gold coin is nothing to us, but I think it might serve as a stepping stone towards your dreams, right?"

Hiromi Jounouchi's words made Vika bite her lip and grip the coin tightly in her hand.