"Grandpa Blake, I picked a flower, is it pretty, is it pretty?"

Blake watched as Kinna, who was only nine years old, held the flower and flew into his arms, with a loving smile on her face. He took the pink flower, put it on Jinna's head, and asked softly, "Where did you pick it?"

"It's in the ditch just outside the south of town. There are several of them. I picked one. Kina said excitedly.

Girls who grew up in Blackeye are unheard of for fat powder and cosmetics. But it is the nature of girls to love beauty, so as long as they can pick flowers, they will be happy for a long time.

But when he heard this, Blake's face suddenly became gloomy. He said with a straight face: "Didn't you say not to go to Zhennan? At least let us go with you." There are dangers. ”

Along the avenue that runs through the town, Blackeye is split into two. The south of the town is the living and active area of the mercenaries, while the north of the town is the residential area of the townspeople.

Since Blackeye Town didn't have a lord in the first place, there was no order. In other words, whoever has the biggest fist speaks. In this way, there must be a lot of friction between the mercenaries and the townspeople.

Of course, the mercenaries are all professional blood lickers, but the townspeople who survive in the poor mountains and rivers are also not vegetarians. After several frictions, the strength of the two sides is about the same, and in order to prevent the situation of losing both, the two sides have formed a situation in which the well water does not interfere with the river water.

Therefore, Jinna's behavior of going to the mercenary area** is very risky. After all, she is a girl, and it is possible to meet a mercenary with a sperm worm. So Blake has repeatedly admonished Gina.

But Kina didn't take Blake's lesson seriously. She hugged Blake, smiled and said, "Got it! Grandpa Blake! I won't go in the future." ”

"Absolutely not! I know! Break your legs. Seeing that Jinna's attitude was extremely improper, Blake became angry. If something happens to Jinna, it will not be her alone, and it will most likely cause a full-scale fire merger between the mercenaries and the townspeople. In order to prevent both sides from losing, Blake must prevent Jinna from making any dangerous moves.

"Got it. I don't dare. The little girl saw that Blake was really angry, and she quickly turned on the cute mode. Jinna wrung her hands and hung her head, tears rolling in her eyes, looking pitiful. This makes Blake angry and funny, how can he teach himself a lesson?

"Forget it! Blake patted Gina on the head dotingly. And Jinna also showed a cute smile all of a sudden.

"Girls hate the most. "Seeing Gina pampered in front of her grandfather, Blake's grandson, Kane, was taken aback. Kane was only ten years old, but he was a tall man, and he looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old.

Ginna wasn't afraid of Kane. She stuck out her tongue at Kane, grimaced, and remained coquettish in Blake's arms. The townspeople around them burst into laughter.

"Uncle Blake, Roth went to the other side last night to inquire, and the lord is a magician who can't release magic, and he is a waste at all. Shall we ......?" one of the townspeople asked Blake.

In Blackeye Town, Black is actually a leader, or the de facto mayor, so he was discussing with several key members of the townspeople about how to deal with the new lord of Dip. Although Jin Na was interrupted in the middle, now they have to continue the topic just now.

And the townspeople and the mercenaries are not completely without contact, and sometimes they will exchange some news. And this is how Dipp's "waste magician" reached Blake's ears.

"What should we do? What can we do? He's our lord, and he's a waste, he's a lord! He's a nobleman! Shall we kill him? Get rid of him? And then the kingdom will send another lord, and we'll kill him? Chase him again? It's useless! It's useless! Yesterday I could see that you boys weren't convinced. But so what? it's our life! it's our life!" Blake listened to the townsman's words, and suddenly became excited.

"But...... But Brother Drieson said...... "The townsman was still a little unconvinced, and he opened his mouth to argue.

"Don't mention that idiot Driesson!" Blake blushed with excitement and exclaimed, "What did he do with Sequoia Collar? Yes, he killed Viscount Sequoia and stole a lot of things, which is very relieving." But then, how many people died, how many women and children died? Now even he himself is wandering in the wilderness. I know his words are compelling—Heavenly Father loves all people and all are equal. But the Father's mercy has not fallen on us sunseters. How many years, hundreds of years, thousands of years? Not a single day has ever fallen on us. ”

"I'm not against you sending some food or anything to Driessen, and I'm not against you sending some news to Driessen. But listen, I'm not going to allow the Redwood Collar to happen in Blackeye. Over my dead body. As long as we have something to eat, we sunset people just want to live. ”

When Blake said this, the rest of the townsfolk were silent. After a while, someone asked, "Uncle Black, ...... we to the new lord?"

"Hey!," Blake sighed, "whatever you want, I don't want to care." Anyway, I want to send Kane and Kina to the castle to be the lord's servants. ”

"Huh?" Blake's words greatly surprised everyone, and they all exclaimed in unison.

"That's it. Blake nodded in affirmation, "After all, it's a lord, after all, it's a noble." Follow him, and you can always eat well. We Sunset people want to live. ”

......

After everyone left, Blake stroked the heads of his grandson Kane and his adopted orphan daughter, Jinna, with mixed feelings.

Sunset people, a term for suffering, a group of people abandoned by the Father. Their whole life was filled with hunger, betrayal, flight and cannibalism. The only thing left is despair.

In his youth, Blake, too, was full of fantasies and struggled to fight, just like Driesson. But the cruel reality hit him again and again. By now, Blake is old, and he just wants Kane and Kina to get out of this desperate life.

Looking at the Black-Eyed Castle on the top of the hill, Blake didn't know if he had made the right decision. But in any case, that's also -- hope.