Chapter 51: Chain Mail
Heart? I won't be impressed.
I whispered to myself in my heart, picking up a stone in my hand and playing in the darkness incessantly, I don't know when, I got used to the life of eating and sleeping in the open, which I had never dared to imagine before. Lying on the pile of stones, I basically didn't feel any discomfort other than the pain caused by the bruises on my body, but my bulging stomach made me feel faintly uncomfortable for a long time.
"Let's go, Andrew, go back to sleep, and be in good spirits tomorrow!"
I wanted to divert Andrew's attention, I didn't want him to think so much that he couldn't sleep well, and after so many struggles on the border between life and death, he should be more or less numb. But he didn't seem to be like this, and this time my words didn't touch him in any way, and he lay on the pile of stones, looking up at the sky, "No! He whispered, "I'm afraid that if I close my eyes, time will pass, it's so fast, I don't want that time to slip away, I want to hold on to it so that I have more time to remember." ”
Andrew is looking very uncomfortable now, and as a friend, I don't know how to persuade him to get rid of this discomfort and get back to his brave side.
Think about it, I also cast my eyes on the sky, maybe it's been too long since I've seen it so quietly, for me, although the region is different, but the stars in the sky are still in the same position. And it's still the same as before, and it can't even call the name of a star.
Is it fifteen today? I don't know, life has passed in a mess, and some basic judgments have already been washed clean in my head with blood. The full moon in the sky was quietly emitting a pale light in the night sky, and it was like a lonely ship, drifting in the deep ocean of the night sky. Soon, I was dazzled by the stars, and I quickly closed my eyes, and it was interesting to know that when I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning, and when I turned my head to the side, Andrew was lying on a pile of rocks not far away, with his eyes open, staring up at the sky blankly.
The well-dressed horn player ran to the center of the room, across a small mountain of stones, and he did not see me or Andrew, but blew the horn as usual. Soon the sound of the trumpet was heard in all directions, enveloping the small camp. In the camp, which had been quiet and empty, soldiers poked their heads out of the tents after the trumpet sounded, and now it was a life.
"Get up."
I sat up and heard Andrew speak to me.
"Hmm."
I stretched, rubbed the bruises on my legs, gritted my teeth, and struggled to my feet. Looking down at Andrew, who was still lying there, "Let's go, Andrew, it's time for us to hit the road." ”
Andrew's eyes were red, and he knew that it was a sleepless night, and he closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, it seemed that the reflection of the night had given him great satisfaction in his heart. He got up and, with me, returned to the tent to which he had been improvized.
It's time to go, to pack up before leaving, but there's really nothing left to spare except the helmet that had followed me here but was useless.
"Andrew, it's not time to eat yet, why don't we prepare first and go to dinner!"
When I think about the broth and the bread coated with honey last night, I can't help myself. But Andrew was like a different man now, and he didn't move when he cleaned up, but just sat on the floor and held my and his chain mail in his hands, rubbing his fingers on it little by little, as if this would wipe the rust off it.
"Don't waste your energy, Andrew, let's go eat first!" I urged again and again, but he was unmoved, and then I heard his voice be muddy, as if it was a voice from the depths of his throat and said: "I'm not hungry, I won't eat my morning meal, this chain mail is dirty, and it is not only sloppy on the body, but it is still damaging to the skin!" ”
Damn, is there any mistake, at this time, I was still thinking about such a meaningless question, I said angrily: "Then you use your hands little by little, I don't know what age it is, then again, you don't eat breakfast like this, and then the respected chief centurion will come up with some bad ideas, can you stand it?" ”
"No, Luga, you don't understand!" Andrew lowered his head and continued: "I feel that we are too sloppy to wear chain mail like this, not only do we lose face when we go out, but the enemy will laugh at our corpse fiercely when we die." ”
With that, Andrew got up with our chain mail and walked out of the tent. The two pieces of chain mail weighed thirty kilograms, and Andrew held them, bowing his head and walking listlessly until he came to a small dirt pit in the camp. The pit seemed to have been unattended for a long time, filled with fine sand, and wooden sticks were scattered all around the pit.
"Whoa!"
Andrew let go and threw the two pieces of chain mail into the sand, then stooped down to pick up a stick, weighed it in his hand, and tested its weight.
"Luga." Andrew called out to me softly, "Although you have amnesia, do you remember this compulsory course?" ”
"Compulsory courses?" I was very puzzled by his question.
"Yes, like a woman who loves herself, she loves her armor. Hehehehehe......" Andrew smiled bitterly, and the laughter always felt so miserable for some reason. He stabbed his stick into the sand, pressed it against the top of the chain mail, and began to stir it back and forth. "It seems that you have forgotten everything, and perhaps your closest comrades-in-arms do not remember either. But that's fine, the whole life is like a new beginning, isn't it? ”
Andrew churned faster and faster, and the two pieces of chain mail spun rapidly under his sticks.
"Andrew, slow down, you're going to break it like this!" I was amazed at the speed, and I was afraid that Andrew would poke the chain mail out with too much force, but his hand stopped suddenly, for I was surprised to find that the chain mail, which was stirring in the sand, was peeling away the rust covering it at a speed that my eyes could see, and reappeared the faint glittering silver. In just a few minutes, the chain mail was cleaned like new.
"Take it."
Andrew took out a piece of chain mail from the sand and shook off the sand grains, it really looked like new in my eyes. I took it, put it on my body with some difficulty, and stroked the silver that had been goodbye for a while, and I couldn't help but be secretly happy in my heart, as if I had removed this speckled rust, and the protection of the armor had been raised to a higher level!