Chapter 58: Sherlock and the Champion
"Yes, it was working on the horse farm, the champion was the first horse I took care of, it was very naughty at the beginning and it was not friendly to me, I was very young at that time, so I was not very mature and started to fight with it, you know and a horse, haha it feels really funny to think about that time." Sherlock let go as he spoke.
"Everyone has a young age, and you must have been very energetic at that time." Victor said cooperatively, and it could be seen that Sherlock had slowly relaxed.
"Yes, from day one, the champion gave a dismount, you know it always doesn't cooperate with me when I'm working, and it always makes a mess of its own stable, I just cleaned up, but when the boss comes to see it, it's always messy, and I am always deducted and scolded by the boss, and I hate the champion to death at that time." Sherlock laughed even more happily when he said that.
Victor didn't speak, just smiled at Sherlock and didn't interrupt him.
"But in order to work in the horse farm, I still endured, but I asked for another horse to take care of it, but the owner told me that if I couldn't even take care of a two-year-old pony, then I would give up early and raise horses, so I persevered."
"In the end, my work slowly became easier, I found that the horse is a very spiritual animal, if you are good to it, he will give you feedback, if you don't take care of it enough, then don't blame it for not giving you face, think about when I took care of it from the beginning, I was absent-minded and wanted to gallop on the field like those riders, no wonder the champion didn't cooperate with me.
Sherlock would recall that Victor had taken him to the horse farm, and the two went in to see Gonzalez and Harry practicing riding, but Harry was riding Gonzalez leading the horse in front.
"Grandpa, I have learned to ride a horse, come on, I will take you on a horse." Harry saw Victor come to the racecourse, and he greeted him happily, and Gonzalez also saw Victor and nodded and smiled at him, which was regarded as a hello.
Victor waved his hand at Harry and shouted, "Be careful when you ride your horse, you've just learned, be slow, I won't accompany you if I have something." Then he took Sherlock with him.
"Your grandson, he looks cute and strong and will definitely be a good rider in the future." Sherlock originally just praised casually, but it praised Victor's heart, you must know that in the manor, in addition to Chen Chen, he cares about the most, followed by Harry and Jasmine, but Jasmine is now learning etiquette and culture every day, so he doesn't go outdoors like Harry, so Harry is the most worried.
"Yes! This kid shouts every day that he wants to be the chief knight of the Viscount, which is his ideal, so I am looking for a qualified knight teacher for him. After saying that, he gave Sherlock a meaningful look.
"Let's go see the champions, I can't wait." Sherlock pretended not to understand Victor's words, but he didn't mean to be moved.
"Okay, come with me, I heard Gonzalez say that its condition is not good, it does not let others get close, it will only eat a little when it is hungry, this is only to keep it alive, if you can't think of a way, it will be born and die at that time, it will give up even the most basic survival diet, then it will not be saved, the only thing we can do now is to let it have the most comfortable environment, of course, that's all."
Saying that, Victor took Sherlock to the innermost stable, only to see the Hanover horse called the champion lying on the ground, as if waiting for death, if it weren't for its belly still undulating, Victor would definitely think it was dead, when he saw the champion like this, Sherlock couldn't help it anymore, he jumped into the stable, held the champion's head and gently soothed it and said something.
"Champion, champion, I've come to see you, look up at me, I'm your friend Sherlock, as your best friend, how can you not open your eyes and look at me, look at what I brought you, this is your favorite carrot." As he spoke, he took out a few carrots from his backpack.
At this time, the champion seemed to have no strength to scream, it just opened its closed eyes, and finally saw Sherlock's appearance clearly, it remembered him, the person who lived with it and bathed it, walked with it, was bullied by it, the person it never forget, it can still clearly remember that it was this person when he was sick, taking care of and accompanying him day and night.
The Champion lifted its head slightly, it wanted to be closer to Sherlock's embrace, there was a reassuring aura there, it could feel as if its life was coming to an end, but it was really nice to see him.
Sherlock's eyes immediately turned red when he saw the state of the champion, and he asked Victor "Why is it like this, it was fine when it came, why is it so weak now, it is only seventeen years old, it has at least half of its life, why is it so cruel, why." After saying that, he fell on the champion's body, as if he couldn't stand such a blow, and actually cried.
"Sherlock, the champion doesn't want to be like this, but it's been here for more than a month, and it's been wilting since the first day here, if we don't take care of it properly, maybe you can only see its grave when you come, and it doesn't want to die, so it eats by itself when it doesn't have the strength to do so, but in the past few days it seems to have no patience to wait for the person it is waiting for, so it chooses to go on a hunger strike, do you know who it is waiting for?" Victor's eyes were also a little red when he said this.
Victor once reported this situation to Chen Chen, Chen Chen told him, "If that Sherlock comes, whether he wants to work in the manor or not, let the champion belong to him, none of us can get the heart of the champion, I finally know why it seems so lonely when I first saw it, it turned out that it only belonged to one person." ”
"It's my fault, it's all my fault, why did I refuse the owner's kindness and didn't want to adopt you, if I had agreed at the time, maybe you wouldn't have been like this, champion I was wrong, can you forgive me, right! You're not dead yet, you can hold on, get up and eat food, champion, you're the best, get up, replenish energy, as long as you can get better, we can be together again. ”
It seems that Sherlock's words have played a role, the champion struggles to get up, but it is too weak, it has no strength to stand up, Sherlock, you are late, the champion's eyes are staring at Sherlock, as if he wants to imprint it in his heart, and his eyes are slowly filled with tears, at this time Sherlock does not seem to be willing to speak, just holding the champion's head, stroking its mane, the champion stretches out his tongue, and keeps licking Sherlock's other hand.
Victor seemed unwilling to see such a sad scene, and quietly withdrew, instructing Harry and Gonzalez not to go in and disturb Sherlock as he left, and he walked towards the castle.