Chapter 19: Offense
"Tenea, my daughter, tell me if it's true!"
Dr. Bella's face was serious, and it was no small thing that her daughter had almost killed her future husband.
"Daddy, I really didn't know it was so serious," Tenaia struggled to poke her head out and said, "I saw these two guys duel the officer in town today. The officer said that they were cheated of their rank by the stick, and they also paid a large sum of money. So I'm going to trick that stick into getting money, and when my husband comes back, we'll buy the land and never do that work again!" ”
"Thank you for your kindness!"
I yelled and slapped her the head, causing her to scream in pain.
"Say it! Where did we put our military flags! ”
I rode on her back and grabbed the back of her neck, and now it only takes a single push to make her miserable.
"I've put it in my room, please let me go!"
Tenaia looked really in pain at this time, her eyes were closed, and her facial features were twisted together, this kind of miserable situation even the old doctor Bella, who had always practiced medicine and prescribed medicine, could not stand it.
"Luga, for God's sake, the girl is not sensible, so you can forgive her once."
It's Dr. Bella who asks for forgiveness, but forgive her or not is my business with Andrew. I'm going to press her again and say to Andrew, "Andrew, go to her room and find where the flag is!" ”
Andrew understood, turned and went into the room, and under the guidance of Dr. Bella, he went in and came out in a short time. The solemnity on his face was swept away, and what he held in his hand was the banner of the legion that haunted him. I also breathed a sigh of relief, but I was afraid that the girl would not be able to think about what to do if she let go for a while, and it would be difficult to find her in the dark, so I grabbed her by both wrists and lifted her up violently.
"It hurts," I said smugly, "it's so much lighter than when I fell!" ”
"I'm sorry."
Tenea's apology stunned me for a moment, and when I looked at her face again, a tear crossed her beautiful face covered with dust. These tears calmed me down, could it be that I did something wrong? I asked myself, but how could I give myself the answer? I panicked and quickly looked up and tried to ask Andrew for help, but he was too concerned with the joy of his lost flag to care about me.
Let go, or not let go, I know I hurt Tenaia, but this in itself should be her fault, isn't it, but why, she said sorry, I felt like I had done something wrong. Quickly letting go of her hand, Tenaia struggled a few times, and turned around to give me a hard slap.
In the blink of an eye, there was a burning pain in my face, and at the same time, my heart felt like it had been punched hard, and the self-blame in my heart weighed down like a mountain, and I watched her turn and run towards the house, but it was difficult for me to chase or not.
I saw Tenaia grab Dr. Bella, that is, the corner of his father's coat at the door, and her messy hair could not hide her tears in the slightest, but those eyes burst out of anger and puzzlement, just looking at her father like this.
"This is the husband you found for me?"
After saying that, she didn't act more aggressively, but let go of Dr. Bella, turned and sobbed and went into the room.
Dr. Bella helped Prasvia, who had passed out, and did not say anything, but carried the old woman into the house by herself. She is really old, and her physical strength is not as good as before, such a thin old woman, Dr. Bella still stops in three steps, and gasps for breath from time to time.
"I'll help you."
Coming to my senses, I hurried forward to try to help Dr. Bella, but just as I was about to approach Plasvia, he jerked open my outstretched hand, looked up at me, yes, glared at me with red eyes. I know that my actions have not only offended Tenea, but also him.
"You two go, I think it was a mistake for me to take you in!"
Dr. Bella restrained himself, and after saying that, he helped the old woman into the house with great difficulty, and did not forget to throw out the sword I had just thrown into the house, which landed right under my feet, and with a "bang", Dr. Bella closed the wooden door, leaving only me and Andrew, silently standing outside the door with the strange gazes of the guards on night duty around and the sparse pedestrians coming and going.
"Looks like we're the only friend we've, Luga."
Andrew appeared behind me with the military flag, and at the same time he complained in confusion: "This is obviously their daughter's mistake first, not only almost made us lose the flag, but also almost made us die!" ”
"It's my fault, Andrew," I whispered, "because I did it, I hit Tenaia." ”
"So what's the matter," Andrew suddenly felt incredible after hearing this, "Mother-in-law, how can you be obedient if you don't fight?" This Dr. Bella too, he doesn't want to think about her daughter eating and drinking at home while we dig in the mud in the hole, oh, it's okay now, I don't want to slap it, what the fuck is this! ”
"That's enough, Andrew," I interrupted him, "now is not the time to curse at the door, not to mention that Dr. Bella has unconditionally healed our wounds and provided us with food and lodging for half a month, which is already benevolent and righteous." Now that I've beaten Tenaia in front of the second elder, I wouldn't forgive me for that. ”
Andrew was silent after hearing this, and it seemed that he felt that what I said still made some sense, but for myself, this set of rhetoric was quite a bit of hindsight, and I didn't want to say the latter sentence.
"So what do we do now?"
"What else can I do?" I let out a long sigh and said slowly, "This is the end of the matter, then we have to sleep on the streets." ”
With that, I patted the dirt off my body and led Andrew away quickly.
This winding path, although it looks a little wrong, but after more than half a month of walking I am roughly familiar with the direction of this place, all the way to the south, soon came to the sea, the sea in front of me is the Mediterranean, the sea water regularly laps the beach of the coast, the beach is scattered with all kinds of fishing boats, the night guard vigilantly stared at us. A bright moon in the sky shone faintly, shining on the surface of the sea and on our chain mail, shining with a little silver light.
"Looks like we're going to spend the night here."
With a wry smile, I pointed to a meadow outside the village, asking for Andrew's opinion.
"Yes, listen up here." Unexpectedly, Andrew agreed in one bite, and through the bright moonlight, I could see that he was still very satisfied with this, "I have been in the army for several years, what kind of environment I have not experienced, Luga, we are Roman soldiers, we are not afraid of hardship!" ”
"Hah! For the sake of Rome, you will definitely be willing to eat bugs! I quipped.
Lying side by side, the sea breeze blowing on the sea gently brushed my cheeks, a sense of distress welled up in my heart, and soon, my eyelids were like hanging a plumb hammer and gradually closed the loving smiles of the two of them in the mind of "Mom and Dad", accompanied me to sleep.