Chapter 38: Freedom and Stability
"I'm leaving, I don't know when I'll be able to go back here." Alan cleaned up the bed, a little sad.
"After all, we're graduating, and we're going to do an internship in the Tolost district for the next two or three months." Armin put a set of suits into his backpack, and in the blink of an eye, three years were almost gone.
"yes, the days of peace are coming to an end." Wren folded the quilt, and he knew that it was about to be the years of war.
"I can go home every day in the future, but I'm really reluctant to be here." Thomas sighed a little.
It's the end of January 850, and they're going to do an internship in the Torrost district, where they're going to work with the garrison corps, and in the middle of April this year, they're going to have a graduation ceremony, and then they're going to have a corps selection in the next few days, and they're going to be a gendarme, garrison, or surveyor.
The four of them packed their bags, closed the door to the dormitory, and walked to the stable in some silence.
Along the way, there were busy training soldiers going back and forth, and this time they would not return if they left the station, which was surrounded on three sides by a crater.
Wren took his horse "Tigulis" out and went with Alan to the big playground, where Instructor Keith was already waiting for them.
"I'm leaving, and I find myself a little reluctant to this ghost place."
"yes, I'm finally going to be a real soldier."
"It's okay, if you want to come back, you can do it at any time."
"Forget it, think about it, I'm really dead, so I haven't been played to death."
All the trainers were talking, and it was time for them to say goodbye after an unforgettable period of time.
After everyone arrived, Keith looked at the 227 trainers in the audience and shouted, "Are you all ready?" Now, let's go! ”
Instructor Keith took the lead and rushed to the Toloster district, Wren Allen and they also turned over their horses, and the group began to ride away, Wren Allen They turned around and looked at this place, and they were not too sad, they hadn't graduated yet.
The group came to the Toloster district through the gate, because they had been here once before, and everyone was familiar with this place.
After the accommodation was allocated, the trainees began their internship careers.
The main tasks include street patrols, policing, artillery maintenance, wall reinforcement and patrols.
Of course, the garrison soldiers are actually quite idle, and those seniors threw all the dirty work to the training soldiers, except for some simple training every day, that is, drinking and playing cards.
This is still now, if it was five years ago, it would be even more idle, just refer to Allen's elder garrison soldier Hannes, clocking in from 9 to 5, it's not that they don't want to find something to do, it's really nothing to do.
Fifty meters high on the wall of the urn city.
"It turns out that the internship is so easy." Connie wiped the barrel with a cloth.
"Indeed, even if the seniors hand over the work to us, there are only a few things back and forth." Marco said with a laugh.
"Hey, look, that's a giant, it's so big!" Thomas came to the edge of the wall and leaned over to see a giant more than ten meters tall under the wall grasping the wall with his hand.
"Ah, is this a giant? I've never seen anything this huge in the forest. Sasha looked at the giant under the wall with a look of surprise on her face.
Although after taking a theoretical class, the training soldiers actually have a certain understanding of giants, but the first time they saw the real giants, they couldn't help but be a little shocked, which is still far away from the city wall, and it is even more oppressive if it is close, you know, the elephant is only three or four meters high, and those more than ten meters high unsullied giants can even kick the elephant as a ball!
Elephant: ●_●
"Can humans really defeat such a monster?" It makes the forehead sweat, the difference in body shape is too large, and the giant is not even critical except for the back of the neck, and can repair the severely damaged body in 1~2 minutes.
"Of course we can win, we have a three-dimensional mobile device, we will definitely win!" Alan cherub began to set up the flag.
"Giants are not stakes, they won't be stupid waiting for you to cut them, you hot-blooded idiot!" Jean scolded Allen hard.
"Huh? You coward, go to the mainland......" Alan was not to be outdone, and spat fragrantly.
Everyone looked at each other, come on, the daily repertoire is about to be staged again, and Amin stopped them in time: "Don't make any noise, the seniors are here." ”
At this time, several drunken and cheerful garrisons walked over.
"Recruits, what are you doing, hurry up and get to work."
"Oh, I'm looking at the giants, haha, don't worry, they can't get in." A somewhat obese garrison said with a smile.
"That's it, that's it, it's just a few giants, even if they come in, uncle, I will dismantle them in eight pieces." A brown-haired middle-aged garrison patted his chest and said confidently.
Actually, they were quite worried at first, but five years later, the super-large giants didn't appear, and they relaxed.
The trainers didn't say much, they ran to inspect the rearmament battery, they had been here for almost two months, and it was March 850.
In the past two months, they don't know how many times they have listened to these seniors blow the cow, and they have long been numb, according to them, the giant is a piece of cake, and it can't even be mixed with the middle meaning! Beat the oversized giants and armored giants in minutes.
The newcomers all said that they had seen it for a long time, and it turned out that the cowhide could still blow like this.
The slightly obese garrison saw that the recruits had walked away, and he was not angry: "Alas, how cute they were when they first came, they believed whatever we said, and even if they didn't believe it, they would listen well, and now they ......."
The brown-haired garrison burped and chuckled, "They must think we're too young, and if we soldiers are really needed to fight, then humanity is really going to be doomed." ”
"I don't want to go through the hell like that five years ago, it's best that this peaceful life can last forever, even if I am scolded as a waste, I will admit it." One soldier who was once stationed in the walls of Mary said that he had seen giants eating people and that he had nightmares for the month that followed.
Alan clenched his fists while wiping the turret, if it had been before, he would have rushed up to theorize, but people grow up, and it is impossible to give up fighting, but now Alan feels that the battlefield is best placed outside the human realm.
Below the city, Wren was patrolling the streets with Hrista, and the recruits were walking around so honestly, changing into those old fritters, and now they had moved their little benches and drank while playing cards.
The two patrolled for a while, finding a place to sit.
"Today is another day of peace. After staying in one place for a long time, people tend to become immersed in their own world and forget the world for what it is. Wren said with a smile.
"I think it's good to live like this."
Hrista looked up at the sunset, which had stained half the sky red, and the cool breeze had blown the girl's golden hair, and she remembered her time on the farm, when she had sat alone on the grass and watched the sun rise and set.
She had no friends, and every time she wanted to go out, children her age would throw stones and insult her. At least she had her friends here than before, and it would have been better if it hadn't had the walls and giants.
Indeed, there is nothing wrong with living a peaceful and secure life. Man is actually a very strange animal, and many people have never traveled far away, have stayed in one place all their lives, and do not feel that there is anything unfree.
But if he knew that he was only allowed to stay in this place and would not be able to go out for the rest of his life, he would feel that he was bound. Despite the fact that he has never been out of this place. ”
Hrista tilted her head and looked at the smiling Wren with big eyes: "Why do people think that?" ”
Quite simply, because the former is his own way of life, while the latter does not give him the power to choose, so even if he lives the same life, the feelings he feels are different.
Can you believe it? If there were no walls, no giants, many people would have been living in such a large area of land as they are now, and they would not feel unfree. ”
Hrista held her chin in her hand: "You mean, freedom is the right to choose?" ”
"That's what I think, a lot of people don't want a lot of world, they don't have to travel the world, they just want to be able to choose a lifestyle they like."
Hrista smiled, hoping that one day, she would be able to choose the life she wanted.