Hearing the sound of stopping, the old man looked over suspiciously.

Seeing the old man's eyes, Ellie was a little flustered for a while, "That...... That one is moldy, don't you see? ”

"Of course I can see it." The old man said in a voice peculiar to the vicissitudes of his age, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and there was something hoarse in his voice.

"That'...... Then why ......" Ellie didn't understand why the old man did this.

"It's moldy, it's moldy, but there's a key problem, you're hungry, and sometimes, you can do anything to survive." The old man looked at Ellie's embarrassed appearance, and didn't want to scare her, "My stomach is iron, hehe, it's not a matter of eating something rotten." ”

After saying that, raise your hand to put the moldy food in your mouth.

"Wait, wait. This one...... Here's this for you to eat. Ellie pushed one side of the patty in front of the old man, and then quickly sat back down. Keep a distance from the old man, he doesn't know why this old man is being locked up here, so it's better to be careful.

"Oh?" The old man was surprised, "You want to give me food, what about you?" ”

"I ...... That...... Then I'll be fine with that. The girl hesitated, crawled over with both hands, took the two pies, and sat back quickly.

Looking at the girl's slightly wary and concerned eyes, the old man couldn't help but be happy in his heart. This girl is interesting. Thinking like this, he grabbed the meatloaf on his plate and ate it in a big gulp, he was not afraid that this girl was sent by Fiona to harm him, he knew in his heart that he had no use value at all, and now he was just a bad old man. I took two bites of the meatloaf in my hand, but my mouth was already fragrant, this pie was unusually delicious, and I don't know which person sent it, but it was given to a bad old man by this little girl, and the old man guessed silently.

"You're not from here, are you?" The old man looked at Ellie while eating the pie, well-dressed, elegantly behaved, and had a gorgeous appearance, surely it would not be an ordinary family, and he didn't know where the noble lady was locked up.

"This place is desolate and remote, no nobleman will come here to suffer, and I know all the rich merchants here, but I have never seen you." Looking at the confused eyes of "how do you know" cast by the girl, the old man continued.

The girl was silent, as if she didn't want to mention it, but the old man didn't give up, "You're from Bradas, I don't know why you're in this prison where birds don't, but for your food, you shouldn't be here." This is not the place for a delicate girl like you. ”

The girl looked at the old man with some vigilance, and the old man spread his hands. Revealing his hands locked in chains, "Don't worry, it's just to satisfy the curiosity of the bad old man, this chain is made of broken magic stones, and I am now the most ordinary old man." After saying that, the old man tried to release the fighting energy, and the fighting energy light only lasted for a moment and then dissipated, it seems that the shackles are indeed broken magic stones.

The girl breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps because she had relaxed her vigilance and wanted to find someone to talk to, or perhaps it was also in this prison that she felt sympathy, and the girl slowly revealed her identity.

"I'm ...... Sister of Empress Bradas. ”

Listening to the girl's words, the meatloaf in the old man's hand trembled and almost fell, he could not have imagined that this girl was the princess of Bradas, let alone that Fiona would put her sister in here.

Then Ellie told the old man what had happened to her, and the old man couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "It's ironic that the butcher has such a "peace-loving" sister as you. ”

Ellie was silent, her sister had killed a lot of Kosnes' people, she didn't know how to refute what the old man said, and she herself had said that her sister was a butcher and an executioner.

"What about the old gentleman? And why are you locked in? Ellie asked.

"Me? I'm the one who came to assassinate Fiona. The old man said with a nonchalant expression, as if he was talking about family life, and said the words of assassinating the girl sister in front of him without caring at all.

"Yes...... the girl looked calm, not caring at all that the other party was assassinating her sister.

"I'm here to assassinate your sister, don't you have anything to say as a sister?" The old man looked at the quiet girl, a little curious, and couldn't help but ask.

"Sister is very powerful, you will never be able to beat it." Although I don't like my sister's actions, I can still proudly say it about my sister's confident strength.

"Ahem, stinky girl." The old man is not in a rut, and it is not bad to meet such an interesting neighbor in prison? The old man finished eating the meatloaf, the plate in front of him was empty, he wiped the oil on his hand casually, leaned against the wall, and said, "My name is John Charles, and I am the lord of this city." ”

Ellie was surprised, she remembered that General Doles had said that the lord had fled when the soldiers were approaching the city, but the old man said that he was the lord of the city.

"The city lord of Deya City? But the rumors are not ......"

"Abandoned the city and fled?"

The old man laughed to himself, "Kosnis is a small country, although it is a kingdom to the outside world, but he is very poor, even inferior to some small principalities. When the army of Bradas approached the city, I knew that the city could not be saved, and although Deya was a border city, the army inside the city was only a thousand men. A thousand people! Facing the elite army of the Mountain Country is like facing a huge tsunami, which will be swallowed up in an instant.

I don't advocate a frontal attack, because that would only increase the number of innocent sacrifices, but I don't know what words I can say to persuade everyone to surrender to Fiona, which is tantamount to giving up our common home to outsiders. I am the lord of the city, and I am the leader of everyone. I don't want to surrender, but I don't want people to die either. In the end, I chose to flee, I dismissed the guards, and then abandoned the city in full view, I thought, without a crappy lord like me, they would have surrendered out of disappointment with me.

But what I didn't expect was that my chief of guard had such a strong personality that he organized the male inhabitants of the city against my orders to form a temporary army to try to resist, and I think you saw it as well. ”

"It was just a simple massacre...... "Ellie said with some pain, remembering what she had seen the day she was teleported upside down.

The old man sighed, "He's still too young, and some things don't just have to be full of enthusiasm to succeed. In just two days, Bradas had changed hands. ”

"Then why did you want to come back? I could have left safely. ”

"Hmph, that kid was cut down by someone in front of him, and as a friend, I have to avenge him." The old man pulled the chain in his hand, and there was a rattle between the clasps, "But it doesn't seem to be very successful." ”

The old man said as if he were joking, but Ellie knew that the matter must not be so optimistic.

"Do you regret it?"

"What?"

"Would you regret coming back, is it worth it to be imprisoned for a man who has died?"

"It's not worth it, for me this will always be Kosnes territory, here is my home, my friends. I have been alone and widowed all my life, and they are the only ones who can prove that I exist. Home will not leave, but friends, only this life. When they are gone, let me witness their existence, and when I die, all the inhabitants of Deya will witness my departure. So if you ask me that question, I can say for sure that it's well worth it. ”

PS: Happy National Day, everyone