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"Ivan, do you know what I'm thinking right now?"

Numbly following the mighty march of the dragon, Gegil felt like a thoughtless puppet controlled by a cāo, as if every step he took was full of sluggishness.

"Don't ask me such stupid questions."

Ivan said expressionlessly holding the torch without looking at the other party.

"Now I just want to go home—"

Gegill didn't seem to care about the other party's reaction, and one of them suddenly muttered to himself.

"I have a very ordinary family, my father is a farmer, my mother is a needleworker, and they only have one child, I think you also know, for a family like ours, having more children can be a burden, parents think that they can only raise one child at most, so I have no so-called brothers and sisters......"

His voice was small and weak.

But Ivan, who was beside him, heard very clearly.

"Although my parents are countrymen, they want me to grow up and take another path to get ahead, so they cut back on food and clothing, and work hard to provide for me to go to the best school and enjoy the best education, because they believe that knowledge can change people's lives, and if the future is smooth, I will probably become a teacher in my hometown college, or a steward in a noble family......"

"However, the future is often full of twists and turns, maybe I really don't have the talent to read, no matter how hard I try, I failed every academic assessment, and I really felt that the whole world became gray when I was young, because I felt that I was ashamed of my parents' ardent expectations for many years. Every time I go home and see my parents, who have been working for many years and are getting older and haggard, my heart is very sore, very sore, and many times I can't hold back my tears to vent the pain in my heart......"

"My parents are gentle and kind people, even if they knew about my bad situation, they didn't scold me harshly, but gave me more comfort and encouragement, and later, I could no longer face the torture of spiritual guilt, so I chose to leave my hometown, because I wanted to give back ......to them with my own future."

Gegil paused, staring blankly into the distance, and in that direction was the royal capital.

"When I was fifteen years old, I followed the caravan to the royal capital alone, and at that time I believed that only the royal capital could pursue my dream."

"At that time, I was penniless, and in order to survive, I found many jobs, such as washing dishes and dishes, carrying warehouses, and dumping manure...... All in all, as long as I can survive, I will do whatever I want, maybe it is the reward of hard work, and within a few years I have a certain amount of savings, and from that time on, I am no longer satisfied with the status quo. ”

"At that time I had a very good friend, he was a businessman, shrewd, honest and diligent...... All in all, he was like a mentor on my life path, teaching me many people to be sophisticated, but then a business failed, his life instantly fell into the abyss, very miserable, very depressed, almost all relatives and friends stayed away from him, because those people were afraid of him to borrow money. ”

"But I didn't, because, he's my friend, my best friend."

"During that time, I have been helping his life, and every time I see him depressed and depressed, I feel the impermanence of the world...... But then one day, he suddenly came to me in good spirits, because he had successfully connected with a big deal through one of his former business partners, and if he could complete the big deal, he would be able to regain his life again, and his only hope was that I could give him all the money I could to help him with his investment......"

"It's strange that I actually agreed to his investment at that time, maybe I felt the sincerity of the other party, maybe it was the restlessness in my heart, maybe it was ...... The stakes of that big deal are too much to resist the temptation. ”

"What kind of deal is that?"

Ivan, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Smuggling—"

Gegil said silently.

The corners of Ivan's eyebrows furrowed, he didn't expect that the child in front of him would have such a past.

He naturally knows the crime of smuggling, and once he is caught by the kingdom inspection team, it is likely to be the fate of guillotine, however, the temptation behind the smuggling is enough to make people lose their minds, but I don't know how many people have brazenly stepped on this abyss cliff of no return.

"It was my desperate gamble in life, and if I failed, I would end up in the same situation as my businessman friends, and the fruits of years of hard work would be in vain; However, if it succeeds, the future that was once dreamed of will also be within reach...... In order to ensure the authenticity of the business, and to avoid accidents with my investment, I investigated and verified many problems, such as the merchant who led the smuggling side. ”

Gergill continued.

"Speaking of which, the smuggler really seems to be a legend, listening to his former collaborator, a long time ago he was just a very ordinary merchant, I don't know when he suddenly opened a smuggling road to the side of the Osasu barbarians, and thus achieved great success, vaguely as if a man named Old Shak had helped him...... I don't know who the old Shak is, but I'm reassured that my investment hasn't been wasted, but I just didn't—"

"The deal failed?" Ivan interjected.

"Yes, or no."

"How?"

"Because my merchant friend got all my possessions and ran away and disappeared." Gergil said bitterly: "It's not the deal that makes me fail, it's the friend." ”

"Looks like he's taught you a very important life lesson."

"Yes." "But it wasn't long before I saw him again. ”

"Did he find out in his conscience?"

"It's not."

"So what?"

"Because the next time I saw him was at the guillotine."

"What's going on?"

"After he cheated me out of all my money and disappeared, he actually started a trade with the smuggler, but this time the smuggling was accidentally caught by the Kingdom Inspectorate."

"Haha - in a way he actually saved you." Ivan chuckled gloatingly.

"Yes, if you think about it, if he didn't cheat me out of my money but smuggled it together, maybe I would have ended my life on the guillotine by now, maybe it was from the luck of the rest of my life, and I forgave him at that time."

Gergil's expression showed the vicissitudes of his age, and he sighed for a long time.

"I haven't been home for many years, and I don't know if my father and mother are healthy, if the family's fields are well harvested, and if their lives are still safe...... It wasn't until today that I realized that my future was not the wealth and glory I once pursued, but an ordinary life like my parents......"

"I want to go home."

Ivan was silent for a long time, he knew that the complex and sudden changes he experienced tonight might have made the child in front of him completely see what his heart really wanted.

He didn't know why he had chosen to join the army in the first place, but he knew that his heart had never belonged here.

"Gegil, live well, survive tonight."

He patted the other man on the shoulder, and looked at his numb and sluggish appearance as he spoke, but the sudden halt of the marching procession suddenly diverted his attention.

What's going on ahead?

……

Something did happen ahead, because someone was blocking in the direction of the army's advance.

Only one person, to be exact.