"Gretel, is it really okay for us to do this?"

Bard stood in the middle of the striking crowd and looked at Gretel, a young man a few years older than himself.

"No problem, don't worry, even if they want to arrest people, they will only arrest me, and they will not expand, after all, they still need people to work."

"Aren't you in danger then?" Bud was a little anxious, it was rare to have such a good friend.

"Haha, I have my own way. Someone has to do these things, doesn't they? ”

"Alas, in fact, everyone has such a mentality, always thinking that others will stand up for them, and it is okay if they don't get hurt." Gretel said this, with some sighs.

"We all want to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, constantly obey, and do not dare to resist, just like that, we take a step back and a step back until we give up everything."

Glitter looked at the dazzling sunlight in the sky and blocked part of it with his fingers, a small amount of light pouring through his fingers, like a ray of light through the dark canyon.

"Individuals are lonely and weak, but if they are united, trust each other, and warm each other, they will gain great courage."

"I'm not fighting alone."

"It's a simple and simple statement, but it gives me great peace of mind, maybe that's the power of unity."

Bard looked at Gretel silently, in fact, he didn't know much about concepts and big truths, but he also had dreams about heroes with many ordinary people.

As the bard preached, when a crisis strikes and a desperate situation comes, there is always a hero who is incomparably powerful, breaking everything, turning everything upside down, and saving everyone.

As a child, he used to hide in the corner of the tavern, listening to the poets who played the strings tell such stories, and in the dim light, those poets could always tell wonderful stories from their mouths, dragons, princesses, knights, magicians, each character was so vivid that it was as if they were also sitting in the tavern, drinking ale, and talking about adventurous life in a relaxed way.

It's a pity that such a time is long gone, he is no longer the boy who eavesdropped in the country tavern, he came to the big city to pursue his dreams, like a calf hitting a hard boulder, his head is bleeding, until now, he slowly understands that he is incomparably small and fragile in this world, and the word hero has long been gone.

If I hadn't met Gretel, I'd probably have been sinking into this loss and confusion, Bud thought to himself.

"Thank you, Gretel."

"Huh? Why do you suddenly say that, are you going to go first? Gretel was a little surprised, and now the protest is not over.

"It's nothing, thank you for helping me get my robbed salary back." Bard looked at Gretel and smiled, although his face was not good-looking, but at this time he seemed very natural and honest, which made others not pay much attention to his appearance.

"Well, it's nothing, aren't we friends?"

"Well, you also need to say thank you if you are a friend." Bud held on a little.

After the long protests were over, the Nissos Chamber of Commerce sent people to negotiate, and at the insistence of Gretel and others, the representatives finally said that they would improve the treatment of employees, that the new winery would close its doors, and that the sick employees would receive a compensation.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the crowd protesting the strike slowly dispersed, and Gretel was surrounded by everyone, cheering and throwing, and then falling again, after which everyone chose a restaurant to celebrate.

Unfortunately, there were too many people to sit in the restaurant, so in the end the group simply set up a bonfire by the sea and bought bacon, fish and wine.

They sat together, some of them loudly recounting their heroic experiences during the day, teasing and praising each other, and from time to time there were bursts of laughter under the night sky.

Bard sat with them, too, on the ground, flipping the fish of the sea, and from time to time he would make a few remarks, and let out an exaggerated laugh.

The orange firelight reflected the excited and triumphant faces, the bright eyes, and the previously gray and numb faces seemed to be dyed again, and they were warm orange.

The charred fish meat is sprinkled with a small amount of salt, the fat and thin meat skewers are dripping with oil next to the fire, and the smell of food fills the air, mixed with the fragrance of burning pine wood, which makes the population want to drip, and the appetite is greatly increased.

I was a little impatient to take off the meat skewers, and they were scalded to make a strange sound, and another burst of laughter rang out, which spread far away on the beach at night.

When they had finished eating, they began to drink again, and from time to time they sang country songs, some to the beat, and so on until late and so on.

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After the night's party, Bud helped Gretel back to his quarters, where he was a little drunk and walking a little crookedly, but he was not completely unconscious.

"Ba... Duc, do you want to... Do you want to do anything in the future, hiccup~"

"I haven't thought about this until I think about it, it's probably a better time, and I can eat it every day."

Bard thought for a moment and spoke his mind.

"It's... It's not going to work, a... There must be a dream~" Gretel unconsciously went crooked again.

"Dream....... I don't know, I just want to live. Bud didn't quite understand, after all, survival was the most important thing.

"Whew~ That's when you haven't reached that time."

"One day, you will find something buried in the deepest part of your heart, which makes you think about it day and night, you can't give it up, and you always want to do it."

"That's when you know your dreams." Gretel suddenly sobered up a little when she said this.

"Hmm."

"Do you have any dreams, Gretel?"

"I, I said you don't want to laugh." Gretel's walk was a little crooked.

"I want to be a big hero, to be admired and loved by everyone, and then... And then let countless beautiful girls get hooked on me, haha~"

In the dim moonlight, Glitter laughed wildly, startling a few dogs barking in the middle of the night.

Bud put his arm on Gretel's shoulder and laughed, what teenager doesn't like the opposite sex who is beautiful, but everyone usually pretends not to say it.

Then the two talked about the pretty girls of Hopeland, from the girls in the workshop to the girls in the taverns, from the daughters of ordinary people to the eldest ladies of the chamber of commerce.

Along the way, I stopped and stopped, and slowly I finally arrived at the place where Glitter lived.

"Do you know who the prettiest girl in Hopland is?" Glitter asked.

"I don't know." Bard replied honestly.

"It's Miss Lacey of the Caritas family, but unfortunately she rarely shows up, I only heard that she has long golden hair, clear blue eyes, and her beauty is like the moon in the sky, dreamy but not like the earth."

"Is it better than Miss Kazunai of the Aniemii family, didn't you just say that Kazunai is the best in the world?"

"Actually, I haven't seen it, but Miss Lacey has been implementing a lot of benevolent rules and perks lately, so I think she's a hero, and she's prettier than Kazeno." Glitter speaks of his idealistic aesthetic.

"That's just as well."

Bard complied, and then helped his friend into the room, let him lie on the bed, and then walked out of the house.

The bright moon is like a tooth, disappearing in the clouds and mist, and there is a continuous sound of insects chirping in all directions, and in the middle of the night, there is a chill for a while.