Chapter 18: Grievances
"Sure enough, you'll be here!" The sudden appearance of the old duke was completely unexpected by Abel, and after years of training, Abel's first reaction was to press his hand on the sword at his waist.
"Don't panic, it's just me, no one else. The old duke felt the killing intent emanating from Abel's body, and said comfortingly.
Looking around carefully, there were no other companions. Abel understood that the old duke had come over alone to have something to say to him, and let go of the sword in his hand.
"It's been almost ten years!" said the old duke, as if immersed in the memory. "Siblings kill each other, love each other and hate each other. ”
"By the way, how is your father now?" said the old duke, smiling kindly, and looking lovingly at Abel.
"Lord Duke, I don't understand what you're talking about?" Abel kept his calm, and after making a quick judgment in his brain, he decided that he still couldn't tell the truth to the old duke, and said vaguely: "I have no memory of my parents!"
"Perhaps, sometimes people have to forget about them so that there is no pain. The old duke smiled bitterly.
"Child, the book you just read belongs to the secret history of the kingdom. But even if it is a secret history, it does not mean that there is no deviation from reality in what is recorded in it. The old duke stared into Abel's eyes and said slowly. "I am one of the witnesses of the event, or listen to me tell you about it, and you can understand the truth of the year better than reading these books. ”
After listening to what the old duke said, Abel originally wanted to say that he had only turned to this part of the secret history on a whim. But the truth was so tempting to Abel that after hesitating, he still didn't tell the lie after all.
The old duke looked at Abel and realized that he was actually interested in this part of history, and let out a long sigh.
"Deceitt Gretel is my own brother. He is also a very idealistic and ambitious person. The old duke said, recalling the scenes of happy play between brothers in childhood. "He was a very caring man, and he had a kind of compassion for all living beings in the world. ”
Listening to what the old duke said, Abel felt that this evaluation was completely inconsistent with his impression of his father, who had always been cold, and it was completely incomprehensible that the old duke would make such an evaluation of his father. I couldn't help but speak: "Lord Duke, I just read a book that says that Deceitt Gretel is a cruel, insensitive and murderous person. How do you think he's a loving man?"
"That's why I said that you can't trust everything written in the book. The old duke's words corresponded to the judgment he had made at the beginning.
"When Dessett played together when we were children, he would show unbearable looks when he saw those little insects struggling to survive on the ground, how could he be a cruel and insensitive person who was insensitive?" the old duke said what he didn't know about his father, completely to Abel's surprise.
"If a person just has compassion for others, there is really nothing. But once a person has ideals and ambitions, what he shows may be something else. The old duke said, waking up Abel, who was still in doubt.
"Because he has had compassion for all living beings in this world since he was a child, he can gather those who share his compassion. As the most promising heir of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom in the future at that time, and he deliberately looked for those who shared his ideals, so there were a bunch of incredible people under his hands at that time. ”
While listening to the old duke talk about his father, while trying to search for childhood memories, Abel found that he could only have a vague impression of what the old duke said. It seems that when I was young, there were many different kinds of people who came to the house, and my father would sometimes call out a few of his brothers and sisters to greet those people. And those people seem to have disappeared with their brothers and sisters, and they don't know where to go.
"My father, the old duke before him, like most of us dragons, is a man with a strong sense of crisis. Our Tianlong Kingdom is too small in terms of land area. In contrast, most of the surrounding countries are under the control of the Celestial Cult. Our Heavenly Dragon Kingdom is like a lonely boat in this world, trying hard to preserve a secular pure land in this world ruled by theocracy. Despite this, the Celestial Cult has infiltrated our country, and fortunately, until now, the Celestial Cult has not been able to control the power of our country. And your father, Desset, was more or less influenced by the Celestial Cult at that time, and opposed our war against the Mauryan Nation. Later, he even wanted to transform our country, so that our entire country could be integrated into the collective of the Celestial God Cult nation. This is something that my father, the old duke, will never be able to tolerate. As a member of the Dragon Knights, you should know that the earliest Dragon Knights, the first generation of our Celestial Dragon Kingdom, were once the bravest warriors under the first generation of the Pope. Back then, our ancestor risked his life to slay the dragon, and later he completed the mission, but was abandoned by the Celestial Sect. What a shame. Although it is said that so much time has passed, but as the descendants of the dragon clan, how can we forget?"
The old duke said a lot, and slowly found that Abel could not understand what he was saying, and began to change the subject.
"Son, your father's situation, I'm actually pretty much the same as you said. I was the one in charge of going to your house to exterminate the rebels. As your father's brother and your elder, I have sinned against you for killing so many people in your family. As your father's son, it is normal for you to hate me and want to kill me. I'm sorry I didn't stop this sibling tragedy at the time. If you want revenge, come!" said the old duke, who pulled out Abel's sword and put the hilt in Abel's hand.
Abel was completely surprised by the old duke's move, and he didn't know what to do for a while. The two of them stood on the spot in a daze.
"Lord Duke, I won't kill you!" Abel replied to the old duke after thinking about it a lot. "Just now, I suddenly figured out a lot of things. Indeed, as you say, I am the biological son of Deceter Gretel, and it seems that I should also kill you, as you say, to avenge my family. But I feel that it was not my father's intention to kill you either. After that incident in my family, my father didn't convey his desire for revenge to me, he just asked me to become a member of the Dragon Knights and live well. Or in his opinion, it is a great kindness for your brother to show mercy to his subordinates back then, and to let us go. So he wanted me to come back and become a dragon knight again, so that I could contribute to the country. Or he is the one who owes a debt to the country. So he chose to make me a dragon knight instead of me being a Celestial missionary. And all these years, I can say that I have been taken care of by you, how can I take revenge. Yu Gong, killing you will cause turmoil in the country, Yu Private, you are also my own uncle, so I don't think I should kill you under any circumstances. ”
"Son, do you really think so?" the old duke was obviously moved by Abel's words. "It's great that you can let go of your father's grudges!
In the darkness, the image in front of him slowly disappeared, and Abel was left alone, sitting there in a daze.
"Lord Duke, if Henry can be as generous as you are, what if you let go of those grudges? But what kind of man is Henry? If he knew that I was the biological son of Deceter Gretel, I am afraid he would have found a way to get rid of me! While you were alive, I could have let go of these grudges, but what about the future? Abel thought and sighed. Many times in life, there is only helplessness in the ground, and I have to take one step at a time.
Minutes and seconds passed. The scene that Red saw at this time was that he and Abel followed the powerful cat to the interior of the Peacock Kingdom to carry out the mission.
"Cat, you don't have to be so lost, I feel like I can feel the grief in you!"
"Red, don't talk so much. The two of us have actually seen this cat's methods. It's not your average cat, and sometimes I even feel like it's actually a human being. It has a mind of its own. Pity is pitiful, and its thoughts are difficult to convey to others. Let's give it time and let it rest for a while!" Abel was more flexible in his thoughts, and stabilized the noisy Red.
After crying bitterly for a while, the cat suppressed its emotions and stared brightly around in the dark night, as if looking for something.
"It's coming!Red, get ready to kill the enemy!" Abel said, leaping backwards and landing firmly on the back of the white dragon behind him.
I saw more than a dozen people dressed in black and dressed as magicians of the Heavenly God Sect, swaggering towards this side. As he walked, he pulled out a circle and wrapped Abel and Red in it.
"The Black-clad Mage Legion of the Celestial Cult. I didn't expect to run into you here!" Abel smiled, and Red on the side understood that he was reminding himself that these magicians were not easy to deal with.
"Haha, I didn't expect the dragon knights of the Heavenly Dragon Kingdom to know about our existence!" This group of black-clothed mages were all wearing masks, making it impossible to see their appearances, and the people at the head sneered twice, and their tones were cold.
In the darkness of the night, another side of the Celestial Cult began to appear.