Chapter 30: Broken Dreams

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After Becker vomited, he leaned back in his chair softly, listening to the shouts from downstairs, and after sitting for a while, he gradually found that his head was a little groggy, and he tried to stay awake, but finally he could not resist the limitations of his body and fainted.

After Edmund and Tony eliminated the thieves on the first floor, they went upstairs one after another, and when Edmund, who entered the second floor first, saw Becker fainting in his chair, he couldn't help but be shocked, and walked quickly to Becker's side.

Edmund hurriedly tore off his shirt and pressed the wound on Becker's lower abdomen to stop the blood from flowing out, then turned around and yelled at Tony with an eager expression, "What about the doctor that Becker asked you to arrange?" Hurry up and let him get over! ”

Becker had long known that there would be a large number of wounded after the fire, so he asked Tony to arrange for someone to find a good doctor in advance.

Tony didn't care about Edmund's attitude, nodded nervously, and then turned and strode to find the doctor.

Edmund then probed Becker's snort, and was slightly relieved to find that Becker was still breathing.

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"Master Masterson, can you teach me some swordsmanship?" Morgan. Becker folded his hands and nervously placed them in front of his thin chest, looking at the man in front of him with a pleading face, his blue eyes with a hint of moisture, which made people unbearable to refuse.

Tall and muscular, dressed in a neat uniform with a cross sword at his waist, Masterson looked down at the thin and small Becker and nodded with pity.

Becker, who was only eight years old, was ecstatic, as if a drowning man had grasped the last straw.

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Becker slowly opened his eyes, and he seemed to have had a dream just now, and he couldn't remember it clearly.

Becker looked around in confusion, and then saw Edmund napping in front of the hospital bed.

He exhaled slowly, his mind regrouped to his brain, connecting the conditions before and after the coma, and understanding what was happening.

Becker struggled to sit up, but the wound on his lower abdomen was involved, and he took a breath of cool air in pain, and Edmund, who had been sleeping very lightly, was awakened by the sound, and saw Becker wake up, and hurriedly came to Becker's side and helped him with concern.

"How does it feel, Becker?"

"Aside from worrying about the rest of my life, it shouldn't be a big deal," Becker said with a self-deprecating laugh, and after seeing Edmund's puffy eyes and dark circles under his eyes, he asked, "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"A full day." Edmund said, helping Becker to sit up, placing a cushion behind him.

Edmund said that Becker had been asleep for a day, and Becker felt a little hungry in his belly: "I'm starving, do you have anything to eat?" ”

"Oh, there is." Edmund didn't say anything, just answered with a snort, got up and went outside the door to ask one of Tony's guards to get food.

Becker was a little surprised by Edmund's uncharacteristically reticent, and when Edmund returned to the house, he asked, "Are the bandits all solved?" ”

"It's basically solved, only a few little minions ran back to the mountain, and Tony's men suffered a lot of casualties, so they didn't continue to chase and fight, and they were ready to wait for their injuries to recover and then go up the mountain to solve the remaining group of people." After Edmund finished speaking, he sat down in his chair again and looked out the window.

Becker nodded, the matter was basically settled, but he was even more strange about Edmund's attitude, thinking that it was because of Edmund's first killing, and there was some psychological disorder, so he asked tentatively: "You don't feel comfortable in your heart?" ”

Edmund shook his head, and after a while hesitated to ask, "Becker, are you telling Denton what you said true?" ”

Becker rolled his eyes: "What words?" ”

Edmund paused for a moment, and then said, "You say, he said that he said that he said that he was a pirate, but he was driven by the navy like a bum, is it true?" ”

"It should be true, isn't it normal for thieves to be afraid of officials, they all say that the navy catches pirates, when have you ever heard of pirates catching the navy in turn?"

"But One Piece is not afraid of the navy!" Edmund reluctantly argued.

Becker has been in this world for more than a year, and has heard many rumors about pirates, not to mention that there is Edmond, a companion who gets along with him day and night but dreams of becoming a pirate, so he has naturally heard the story of One Piece: "Wasn't One Piece also caught and executed by the navy?" ”

Speaking of One Piece, Edmund seemed to have regained some of his spirit, and argued with some excitement: "But One Piece has opened an era!" ”

Becker shook his head, he was a more realistic person, he didn't agree with Edmund's idealistic views, and asked rhetorically, "Do you know the name of the soldier who executed One Piece?" ”

Edmund shook his head blankly.

Becker smiled: "Look, even a few unknown soldiers can execute the One Piece, and you are stupid enough to think about being a pirate?" ”

"But everyone knows One Piece, and his name is known to everyone."

"No one knows that there is a fart, everyone is dead, and it is better than a small soldier."

Edmund faintly felt that Becker was quibbling and thought that what he said was wrong, but he couldn't say anything about Becker, his face turned red, and he could only say: "Although One Piece is dead, he must be better than those two soldiers." ”

"Do you also know that people are inherently dead, or lighter than a feather or heavier than Mount Tai?" Becker muttered to himself.

Becker lowered his voice as he spoke to himself, again in the language of his previous life, and Edmund did not hear clearly: "What are you talking about?" ”

"I said, do you think that everyone will die, but some people die very important, and some people die inconsequentially, and it is much better to die vigorously than to die in obscurity."

"Yes, yes, that's what it means!" Edmund said happily.

Becker waved his hand: "This is all the living pointing to the dead, saying to other living people to send death, listen to me, don't keep thinking about death, go with me to be a navy, I can still take care of you, there is no future as a rogue." ”

Edmund is obedient and has good skills, not to mention the same experience as Becker in his previous life, coupled with his simple mind, getting along day and night, Becker has almost regarded Edmund as a younger brother, even if he doesn't consider the manpower problem of going to sea by himself in the future, Becker also wants to take Edmund with him to take care of one or two, and he doesn't want him to run stupidly to be a pirate.

Edmund couldn't say anything about Becker, he was silent and looked a little sullen, he still didn't agree with Becker's point of view, but he didn't want to argue.

Becker was also a little thirsty, and when he saw that Edmund no longer spoke, he took a sip of water, and the room became a little quiet for a while.

The silent Edmund seemed to feel stiff from sitting in his chair, got up and walked a few steps inside the room, then leaned down in front of the window, turned his back to Becker, and looked out of the window so intently that Becker could not see his face clearly.

After half a while, Edmund suddenly asked in a hoarse voice, "Since you think Denton's words are true, then Denton's other words should also be true...... ”

Becker looked at Edmund's back suspiciously, then seemed to think of something, and sighed.

Edmund still had his back to Becker, and his voice was very low: "...... Becker, you say, when my father died, did he also beg for mercy from the enemy like Denton?"

Edmund sniffled, wiped his face, and his voice was a little muffled, "When he died, ...... did he regret leaving me and my mother?" ”