Chapter 137

Karado, Winter Spirit Empire, in a tavern.

"Old Mondstadt, it's not clean enough today." A middle-aged man who looked greasy stretched out his index finger and rubbed it on the table, and then said to the old man who was a little rickety on the side with great disgust.

"I see, I'm sorry."

Although this old man is rickety, his movements are very vigorous, and he does not look like the physical fitness that a normal old man should have.

The old man quickly wiped all the tables and chairs in the tavern, and the greasy middle-aged man was still a little dissatisfied, and said, "I don't want to see this happen next time, you know, if the guests are not satisfied with this matter, I will lose a customer because of this, which you can't afford." ”

Old Mondstadt bowed his head and said nothing.

Soon the greasy middle-aged man left, and the old man was left alone in the tavern.

Today, it wasn't Mondstadt on duty, he was supposed to rest today, he came to the tavern where he worked just to have a drink.

But today was also a coincidence, the young man who was on duty today did not know where he had gone, and it happened that old Mondstadt was in the tavern, and the greasy middle-aged man could only be angry at old Mondstadt.

Old Mondstadt didn't make any excuses, and such trivial things didn't seem to Old Mondstadt to be nothing.

He had already seen countless scenes of life and death, and a little humiliation from a middle-aged man could only be an innocuous thing for him.

So he took on the job of the kid who didn't come today, and helped him with all the hygiene in the tavern.

When it was cleaned, he was still the only one in the tavern, and it was morning, and there were usually very few people who came to the tavern in the morning.

Mondstadt took out a few copper coins and sat down at the bar in the tavern, then placed them on the bar.

"Please bring me a glass of Del wine."

"Yes, General Mondstadt."

Inside the bar, Speaker Canning, one of the seven-member council, smiled and picked up a wine bottle on the counter, took two small wine glasses and put them on the bar, and then gave each of the two wine glasses to the full of clear wine.

Canning picked up one of the glasses and said, "Today is really strange, a general who has been abstaining from alcohol for nearly ten years suddenly wants to drink today. ”

Mondstadt Sr. picked up another glass and touched it with Canning's hand, then took a sip and said, "Yes, it's a strange day, and I'm surprised that one of the speakers of the Council of Seven will be here. ”

Canning drank the wine from his glass, then wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "General Mondstadt, you're not happy doing here, are you?" ”

Mondstadt shrugged: "I don't feel that way, on the contrary, I'm quite happy to do it, it's at least easier here than in the army, and I'm enjoying it." ”

Mondstadt drank the contents of his glass and placed it on the bar, and when he saw that Canning seemed to want to pour him another glass, Mondstadt shook his head and refused.

"Just tell me if you have anything, I don't think you're just here to pour me a drink."

Although the elder Mondstadt was old and his eyes looked cloudy, his keen sense of being a soldier made him aware of Canning's existence in the first place.

But before the greasy middle-aged man was still in the tavern, old Mondstadt didn't react.

It wasn't until the greasy middle-aged man left that Mondstadt pulled out Canning who was hiding in the shadows.

If it were the other six members of the Council of Seven, Mondstadt the Elder might have kicked the little ones he saw out of the tavern, with the exception of Canning.

Canning put the two glasses back on the bar and said, "General Mondstadt, tell me why you drank today, there must be something that makes you happy to break the vows." ”

Old Mondstadt just smiled and didn't speak.

Canning couldn't help but say, "It's because of the expedition." ”

A rare smile of relief appeared on Old Mondstadt's somewhat wrinkled face.

"You little ones have finally understood who our enemies are."

Mondstadt the Elder was a general in the war between the Winterling Empire and the Kingdom of the Winter Mountains.

During the years he became a general, he single-handedly almost completely broke through the defenses of the Kingdom of Winter Mountain.

However, just when almost everyone in the whole of the Winter Spirit Empire thought that the Kingdom of Winter Mountain had been completely defeated, Mondstadt Sr. voluntarily resigned himself as general.

It was sudden.

Without the rule of General Mondstadt, the Kingdom of Winter Mountain once again survived the invasion of the Winter Spirit Empire, and fought back, reclaiming a lot of land.

At that time, General Mondstadt's sudden resignation became a mystery, and no one outside the Council of Seven knew what was going on, and even General Mondstadt's family did not understand General Mondstadt's actions.

In fact, the simple thing is that the elder Mondstadt witnessed countless tragedies of losing their homes and relatives due to the war.

After hundreds of years of war, the elder Mondstadt could hardly bear the inner torture and torment.

Therefore, he proposed at the Council of Seven that he wanted to live in peace with the Kingdom of Winter Mountain, and after being vetoed by a majority of votes at that time, he resigned from the position of general on the spot.

And his reckless behavior led to the unstable morale of the front-line soldiers, and the victory that was easy to achieve was lost.

Eventually, Mondstadt lost all the benefits of being a general.

Originally, if he succeeded in conquering the Winter Mountain Kingdom, he would definitely leave a glorious reputation in the imperial history books of the Winter Spirit Empire.

And now, he's just a minuscule tavern cleaner who's a bad old man.

Canning was the only one at the time to suggest that he endorsed the old Mondstadt issue.

However, because the elder Mondstadt's issue was really not in the interests of the country at that time, Canning was unable to convince the other six at all.

The only one of the seven who agreed with Mondstadt was regarded by Mondstadt as the only one in the world who understood him.

Now the formation of an expedition against the Dire has made Mondstadt happy for a long time.

He was relieved that finally humans didn't have to fight with humans.

Mondstadt thought that if he were ten years younger, he would have joined the expedition as a normal soldier.

But he is now too old to meet even the minimum standards for recruiting soldiers.

"General Mondstadt, I have one more thing that is good news for you."

Old Mondstadt's ears moved.

"The Kingdom of Winter Mountain has offered a truce, and this time the Council of Seven has agreed to a truce on my side."

Old Mondstadt's wrinkled face was smiling even happier than before.

"At least until the Dire is eradicated, the two countries will remain at peace, and I believe that during the truce, I will use my way to put an end to the conflict between the two countries."

Canning looked at the sky outside the tavern with a longing look, and he seemed to have foreseen a future where the two countries would not be able to do anything.

"So, General Mondstadt, are you interested in being the commander of the Dire Expedition?"

It had been so long that Canning had made it clear what he was here for.