"It was because of this hurdle that I felt how important and wonderful it was to be able to talk to a friend who was open to my heart---

The man looked directly at Qing and smiled. Nothing could spoil this heartfelt smile, and Qing saw the light of hope burning in his eyes.

He turned to look back at the starry sky, the one he had looked up at countless times, shining as usual, but now with a different color. The man shifted so that he could lean against the tree on the side.

"I used to have a very ordinary family. I was 10 years old at the time, and my father was a merchant in the royal capital. My mother was at home taking care of me when I was 10 years old, and my newborn sister--- when I could play with carefree companions, chat, fight, steal, and come home to be scolded by my mother. I could sit in front of the town all day, waiting for my father to come back, waiting for him to bring me the gifts he had brought back from the royal capital, and although he would always say that he forgot to buy me those knick-knacks because he was busy with things, he would always try his best to make me, who had not received a gift, see the wooden man he carved with his own hands the next morning."

The man looked at the stars in the sky, but his eyes didn't pay attention to the color. All he had in his eyes was full of longing and warmth.

"Maybe it's really God's retribution, the little wooden man sent by my father, I have never cherished it well. I discarded it casually, and I didn't even know how to say blame--- I clearly remember that at that time, the loss in my father's eyes, sadness----- I was an out-and-out bastard!! “

The man slapped himself hard, and his left hand, which had been propped up on the grass, was clenched tightly and trembled. Qing could see his white knuckles and his expression of extreme disgust for himself.

"Why didn't I cherish it properly!! It's right in front of you! But I threw it away with my own hands!! Why couldn't I have discovered how hard-won this warmth was earlier!! Why do I just know how to ask for !! Can't I do something for this family?!!!! Why?!!! “

The man roared, it was to himself. Anger at oneself in the past, regret.

"Why--- can't I be with them properly---- why can't I cherish all this --- properly----"

After venting his anger at himself, the man finally seemed to have lost the support of his strength, leaning on the tree tiredly, tears constantly sliding from his eyes. This is the sadness and unwillingness he has accumulated over the years, and now it can finally flow out with tears.

Qing leaned against the tree next to him and watched him cry quietly, Qing didn't do anything, just acted as a listener, listened to his pain and sadness, and gave him a place to vent his grief.

"I'm sorry--- I just lost my temper---"

The man looked at Qing apologetically, he had clearly said that he was telling Qing about his past story, but he was sad alone, this was disrespectful to his friend, but Qing didn't care about this

"It's okay! You can open your heart to me is respectful to me, don't care about that! “

"---Thank you---"

The man quickly adjusted his feelings, quickly wiped the tears from his face, smiled apologetically at Qing, and Qing nodded in understanding.

"Maybe it's because of a punishment I won't cherish well. My mother and I stood in front of the town and watched my father leave, and I continued to play as unfazed as before, but my father never returned. Day after day, year after year, three years passed unconsciously, my father never returned, and even none of the men who went to the royal capital with my father came back, my mother and my sister, who had just turned three, depended on each other, and my mother also struggled to support the family because there was no assistance from my father's income, providing food and clothing for me and my sister. My mother got up early every day and stayed up late to support the family's livelihood by weaving, and she also had to take care of my ignorant sister and me, who often ran away from home to play, and even my mother fainted in front of the spinning wheel because she didn't have a good rest. My father was no longer at home, and my mother was the only adult in the family, and she had almost no personal time for herself---- every day, she would get up before dawn to cook, and then call my sister and me to get up, and after a hurried breakfast, she would go to do the weaving that lasted all day. My sister and I, on the other hand, can play with our friends in the town and get into trouble. Then the angry people would take it to our mother, and the mother would stand in front of us and apologize to the neighbors, and the neighbors would let us go again and again because of our mother. Then my mother would take me and my sister to the house, spank me hard, and scold me with my sister, for which I even went too far to say that I would run away from home and go to the royal capital to find my father---hehe--"

The man smiled self-deprecatingly and gently touched his chest, as if touching something important.

"What's that? ---”

Qing watched the man touch his chest, as if it was a small object like a pendant.

"--- this is what I want in the end, it's the only gift my mother gave me----"

"Can you show me?"

"I'm sorry--- I can't give it to you---- it's --- the only thing I miss the most---"

The man clutched the small pendant on his chest, carefully protecting it on his chest.

"---I'm sorry, I went too far. I would like to express my deepest apologies! ”

Qing picked it up again and bowed to the man to apologize, Qing knew that some things could be shared with others, but some things should be cherished. It is generally as precious as the master's life, and the only thought in a lifetime.

"You don't have to apologize, it's my fault to hide it from you as a friend."

Qing could feel the slight tremor of the pendant on his chest.

"--Thank you--But I can't force Egger, I'm sure it will be ready to tell me the truth one day!"

"Yes. Then I wish you and Mr. Iger a speedy reconciliation. ”

"Thank you for your blessings--- as far as I know, according to Egger's character, it will be dangling in front of us again tomorrow. He couldn't hold back for a few days. “

"yes, that's great. Tomorrow this deadline does not have to wait too far"

The man leaned against the edge of the tree, stroking the items on his chest, and watched the crystal clear water of the small river beside him. Look at the stars in the sky reflected by the river.

"But--- I don't have that deadline to wait--"

“------------”

Qing was silent, and Qing understood that if he didn't wait, it meant that there was no hope for the future.

"Why --- ---"

When this sentence was spoken, Qing regretted it, this was an act of revealing people's scars.

"---- because --- they have ---- gone--- they have gone to a better world--- and live happily with their father---"

"They ----"

Qinggang wanted to ask what caused everything, but before he could finish speaking, the man continued.

"They were all killed by the Germanic invaders---- so did my father, who was far away in the net---- our country was occupied by powerful invaders, and the people were killed in large numbers, or became slaves----"

The man's emotions were chaotic again, and anger burned in his eyes.

"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--! ”