Chapter 22: The Past of the River
"Ka Ye, do you want to hear about Grandpa He's past?" said Ha Ge, looking at Ka Ye.
"Hmm. Kaye agreed, and he wondered why he had come to the deserted Qingluo Forest.
"When people are old, they love to be verbose. Hege said apologetically.
"No, I'd love to hear about you, too. ”
Seeing this, Hege opened the conversation and confided in Jiaye: "Our Holy Blue Empire and the Odin Empire have been in conflict for a long time, and I joined the Holy Blue Empire's recruitment team more than thirty years ago as an ordinary soldier. An ordinary soldier has no future, unless he has a fighting spirit, or even magic, in order to enjoy a higher salary in the imperial army"
"Then why do you still serve as a soldier?"
Hege smiled bitterly and said: "When I was young, my family was very poor, and I could not guarantee one meal a day, and in desperation, in order to reduce the burden on my family, I was called into the ranks of the empire at the age of sixteen. ”
Jia Ye listened quietly, Hege's life situation had an impact on Jia Ye, and in the years when he was living on the streets, he had to endure hunger every day, and he did not hesitate to be beaten for a meal.
"Maybe God has mercy on me, after twenty wars of all sizes, I was not left on the battlefield, and even the swordsman could die at any time, but there was a small soldier who survived. When I was thirty-four years old, I quit the Imperial Army because I was wounded, and after receiving my salary, I wanted to answer my hometown and start a small business to make ends meet. When I returned to my hometown, I was greeted not by my happy parents, but by their corpses with desperate eyes. Speaking of this, Hege still can't forget the pain at that time, old tears crossed his face, and his voice choked, as if the scene of his parents falling to the ground was right in front of him.
Adjusting his mood, Hege said, "I'm sorry, Kaba, for making you laugh at me." ”
Jia Ye hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, Grandpa Hege, I know the pain of losing a loved one. His eyes dimmed for a while, thinking of Ohughes's situation, although he felt that Oshues would definitely be able to come back, but the rational general, the chances of Ohughes escaping were very small.
"I really never thought that the war would reach my hometown...... Alas. Hege couldn't go on, and every time he thought of the despair in his parents' eyes, his heart was full of pain.
"Grandpa He, don't be sad......" Ka Ye couldn't think of too many comforting words, like when he was in pain and sadness, he just thought of getting through, just getting through.
Hege was still immersed in grief, and Kaba thought about it and changed the subject, allowing Hege to let go of the pain of memories for a while. He said, "How did the war reach your hometown, and where are you from?"
Hege looked up at Jiaye, did not answer Jiaye directly, and said: "Jiaye, as long as the war is related to the injury, most of the people are ordinary people, we are a small village there, and it was slaughtered by a passing team of 100 people, if there can be a wall like a small city, my village can also hold out until the rescue comes." ”
"Aren't there any warriors and magicians in your village?" Kaba asked a question that made Hege feel helpless.
"Wizards are so good to have?" Hege smiled wryly.
Touching the head of Ka Ye, he said: "Child, do you know how much I envy you? I think that people like you should appear in the magic academy in the city, not in a broken place like me, in my village magicians have only heard that there are more than a dozen apprentice martial artists, and the entry martial artist is a retired imperial veteran, and I was recruited or recommended by him, but how can this little strength resist Odin's hundred-man team?"
"It turns out that magicians and warriors are so rare" In the year that Kaye and O'Hughes met, Sennas, Karn and others were all magicians, which caused a very common impression of their own magicians.
"You just asked me where I'm from, and it doesn't matter if you tell you, my village is called Noth Village. Hege said.
"The village of North?" Kaye was surprised, did he have any connection with the small town of Norse where he lived?
Hege's words immediately made Kaba understand. "The village of Noss was called more than twenty years ago, and now it has developed into a small town of North, if it had been decades earlier, it would have developed into a city......" Kaye knew what Hege was going to say, if it had been decades earlier, Hege's parents might have been alive by now.
At the same time, Kaye was extremely surprised in his heart, Hege and Kaye were from the same small city, whether it was his own luck or providence.
"Grandpa Hege, are you also from the town of North?" Kaha asked towards Hege in order to make sure what he was thinking.
"Also" caught Hege's attention, "Why are you from the small town of Norse too?"
His answer made Kaye happy, and he said, "Grandpa Hege, I lived in the small town of North. ”
"Hahaha" Hege was never happy, it was definitely that God saw that he was too lonely, and sent a little doll to accompany him.
"Grandpa Hege, since you are in the small town of North, why did you come to live in this forest?"
Hege was stunned and said: "It's not because my unsuccessful son follows a group of bullies around all day long to collect protection money, and I don't listen to several lectures, I am angry and go away, out of sight and out of mind." ”
When Hege said this, he was very angry, the nose is not the nose and the eye is not the eye. After hearing the three words "protection fee", Jiaye's body shook, not the shadow left by the past bullying, but the original hatred poured into Jiaye's heart, his fists clenched tightly, his chest rose and fell, and anger naturally appeared on his face.
The snake head of the left index finger ring danced, but it was controlled to prevent the Ka Ye from noticing, and the gray line was drawn from the Ka Ye's body and inhaled into the abdomen. After inhaling it all, it becomes like a dead thing, and it is motionless like a carved stone.
Kaha's change in mood made Hege feel it, and he poked him with his hand, "What's wrong Kaha?" Hege said with concern.
"It's alright, Grandpa Hega. There was a hint of coldness in Kaya's tone.
"Alas, if you don't want to say it, forget it, that's also your privacy, it's not good for me to ask too much. Hege's eyes darkened.
Seeing this, Kaye hesitated a little, Hege was still very good to himself, like his grandfather back then, he made fish for himself to eat, and took him in, except for grandpa and Oshughes, Hege was the best one for himself.
Thinking of this, Kaye said, "Okay, I'll tell you about Grandpa Hege. ”
Ka Ye didn't notice at the moment, and the dimness in Hege's eyes disappeared, replaced by cunning, "Kind boy, it seems that you have to talk to him more about how to go outside." "A teenager can't fight a well-trained man in his fifties.
Of course, Hege has no superfluous thoughts about Jiaye, seeing Jiaye's gloomy face, Hege wants to enlighten him, things can't be hidden in his heart, he has to pour them out, otherwise the accumulation will get bigger and bigger, and the impact on his personality will not be good.
"You just said that collecting protection money reminded me of something in the small town of North, when I was six years old, my grandfather left a letter and left, I begged in the small town of North for five years, I endured hunger every day, begged for alms everywhere for a meal, barely survived food and clothing, with the arrival of a gang of bastards who made me pay protection money, my life became even more difficult, and I had to endure a beating if I couldn't pay it" Kaye gritted his teeth and said.
Kaye is the same as Hege, he has experienced pain that should not have been, Hege feels pity for Kaye in his heart, and he thinks that Kaye is a rich child who has lost his way. Kaha uses magic to light the fire, and Hege has to think about it.
"The pain of the past of the Ka Ye, don't take it to heart, look back, you are a magician, as long as you continue to cultivate, you can be admired by all people, those who bully you, when they see you again, in addition to trembling, dare not look at you directly, will they dare to offend you again?"
Ka Ye was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts instantly understood, yes, in order to awaken magic, he became a magician and was respected by others, and now he is. Ka Ye's inferiority complex, which was bullied, slowly weakened, self-confidence gushed out of his bones, and Ka Ye, who was inspired by Hege, regained his self-confidence.
Seeing Kaba's change, Hege smiled at the corner of his mouth. Kaye, who is much more cheerful, is closer to Hege, and wants to confide in Hege from the bottom of his heart. "Grandpa Hege, I actually lied to you before, I ...... I've been hunted here, and if you're worried, I'll get out of here now. Kaye was afraid that he would be implicated in Hege, and his conscience would not be able to get over it.
Hege frowned slightly, "Who is so cruel that even a child like you will not let go." In your sleep, you kept crying out to Osius, is your father already suffering?"
"No, it's not my father, I'm his magic apprentice, and I fainted when Lord O'Hughes rescued me. I don't know about it later, but Lord O'Hughes is injured and I don't know if I can escape. ”
The tears could no longer be controlled, and they flowed down his face, and Kaye cried bitterly, and Hege hurriedly took him into his arms and comforted, "Okay, everything is over. You must be frightened, no one will come to my place, you are here in peace. I'm not going to drive you away. ”