Chapter 65: The Red Festival (20)
"I remember vividly that day when I was playing with my sister in the town, ---when suddenly a lot of people came from the road at the entrance of the village, wearing heavy armor and riding on tall horses. In the middle of the front, a man riding a majestic black horse and wearing a golden crown ---- that man, I will never forget! I want to kill him --- --- avenge my father, my mother, and my sister--! ”
The man's expression was close to madness again, his eyes were full of hatred and unwillingness, and the whole person felt the same as the wild wolf that Qing saw when he first came to this world. The eyes that keep moving forward at all costs and only for the goal.
Qing was a little frightened by the man's sudden madness, after all, he almost became the mouth of a wild wolf when he first arrived. This has a bit of a psychological shadow for Qing.
"You, you're alright----"
The man was also pulled back to the real world by Qing's voice, and he soon realized that he was almost dominated by his own hatred again.
"I'm sorry---- I'm emotional---I'm sorry--"
"Hehehe. It's okay, it's okay, it's just that you looked a little scary just now~hahaha~"
Qing smiled awkwardly and scratched her head. Qing will never say that he is a little afraid of wolves!
"I'm sorry, I --- scared you just now----"
The man bowed his head to Qing in apology, but then thought of something.
"Hmm---- you're so strong, is there anything else that can scare you? ---“
"Ahhh It's just some bad memories of the past, don't mind~ don't mind ----"
Qing hurriedly shook his hands. The man also saw that Qing was reluctant to speak out, so he didn't force it.
"Yes. It's really scary, even the strongest people have the fear of powerlessness---"
"Yes--- even if you are strong--- you are still human after all. No matter how much power you have that of ordinary people, you can't become an emotionless thing. Hehe~ Similarly, people are human beings because they have feelings--- happy, fantasizing, thinking, suffering, hating, jealousy, and --- love and be loved. This is the most precious treasure that is unique to man, and it is also the most precious treasure of man---"
Qing leaned against the tree, picked up the sword and scabbard that had been placed aside, and stroked it gently. Being able to talk at night with your friends is out of reach in your previous life. Looking at the sword blade like a mirror, reflecting yourself, reflecting the quiet river and the comfortable night sky. The night was dark, and only Qing and the man sat quietly. Every now and then one or two fireflies will fly out from between the grass and dance in the dead night.
Inadvertently looking back at the man who had fallen silent, Qing suddenly found a dark brown mark on the man's neck, hidden by the man's heavy hair.
If Qing is not mistaken, it is a capital T, which does not resemble a birthmark or a scratched scar, but rather a scar left by a brand of red-hot iron.
"-- that's the one on the neck is ---"
As soon as Qing's words came out, the man quickly pressed the mark on his neck as if he had been electrocuted. His eyes avoided Qing's gaze a little, Qing couldn't see what he was thinking now, why there was such a big move, how deeply this mark had left on that man, and under what circumstances was this brand planted---
"--That's the brand of a slave---"
"Huh? ~”
"This is the ---- left over from the invasion of the town where I live"
"Then your mother and sister ---"
"Yes--- they --- also died in that invasion--- I watched my mother use her own body to block the swords of those beasts in order to protect me and my sister!!"
The man's voice was bitter, and the trembling voice was in harmony with his teeth. Telling the past he didn't want to face.
"My sister---- my sister--- was also pierced by the tip of a sword with my mother's blood----- I clearly remember ---- my mother standing in front of me ---and my sister was in tears and said that I --- hurt so much----"
[Smack! 】
I don't know if it's droplets of water dripping from the tree or what, I can't shake anything.
"Since then--- I have been taken captive as men--- and they have taken all the men, and the rest --- slaughtered indiscriminately. The town was looted, and when they left - they burned the corpses all over the streets along with the town----"
"I've been branded by them ever since. This means that eternal life and eternity are slaves, beaten and trampled on, and toiled forever---"
"Perhaps, I was lucky. ---I met Martha---"
The man's voice softened suddenly, perhaps, it was a fond memory of his misfortune
"Martha~ is a very nice girl, she is very kind, she is the same age as me, long blonde hair with two big braids---- she took me out of the slave cage, she was the one who gave me warmth when I was at my coldest"
"But she --- daughter who was the culprit of all these deaths. King Taluki's daughter---"
"In this way--- I lived a different life from the others under the protection of the princess--- I was placed among his servants by Martha, and went to the so-called royal capital with the invading army."
"Along the way, Martha was very kind to me, bringing me food, and taking me with me to bring food to the captured slaves----"
"I remember--- she told me. ---My father is the best father in the world, he loves me very much, and he loves me more than my mother. But in addition to his father's identity, he is also a king, and he needs to lead his people to become stronger. Therefore, he needs to carry the hatred of aggression, to keep killing, to keep plundering, destroying, occupying. My father once said that if you want to be strong, it is not enough to rely on domestic development, only by robbing the wealth of other countries can you keep your country from aggression, and only in this way can you let your people live a peaceful life. I have no way to refute it, is this right, or wrong? Does it have to be like this? In order to save one, one must harm another. I didn't want my father to be like this, but I couldn't help it. I can only do everything in my power to make amends, relying on my modest strength to save those who have been hurt by my father----"
"Hehehe~ That's it, I was attracted by her light, followed her to help the suffering captives, and she always smiled and distributed food to people one by one."
"I don't know how long it took for Martha and I to follow the army into the so-called royal capital. However, although I was touched by Martha's kindness, I did not forget the tragedy in the town, the enmity between my mother and sister, even Martha could not stop the fence! ”
"Three months after I arrived in the royal capital, I took advantage of the privilege given to me by Martha to secretly leave the castle of Salson in the middle of the night. Over the course of three months, I came into contact with the rebels lurking in the royal capital, and with their help, I learned about the situation of my people. The royal capital where I am located is the original old royal capital. Three years ago, King Taluch captured the royal capital, which represented the center of the country, by way of a surprise attack. After entering the city, King Taluch ordered the slaughter of all the people in the city---- and no one escaped the massacre--------
The man leaned against the tree as if he was deflated, or rather, he could only lean on the tree with the support of the tree.
"After returning to the castle, I didn't tell anyone that I had left, not even Martha. All I can do is steal King Taluki's information and relay it to the rebels. ”
"In this way, Martha and I spent seven years, and I also worked as a dark whistle for seven years. Maybe it's God's trick that I fell in love with Martha, and Martha loved me too. But ---- I don't have the right to embrace her---- I'm going to tear this relationship --- apart----------"