"Shalom!"

With a shout, the Duke of Shalom stopped.

This voice was extremely familiar to her.

It's both intimate and distant.

The rain washed the ground, and she slowly turned around with her long, wet reddish-brown hair.

Behind her, stood the king's guard, dressed in silver armor.

The silver armor was too bright for the darkness that was completely soaked in heavy rain.

Even the bright red cloak that draped behind her dimmed, only the silver on her body shimmered.

On that young face, there were facial features and expressions similar to those of Shalom.

and that long reddish-brown hair.

Hima Addington, the future heir to the future Grand Duke of Yuiwa and the current vanguard of the King's Guard, and the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Shalom.

With her chin downed, she held the half-sword in her hand at her side and looked at Shalom coldly.

Here, the eyes of the two men collided as they passed through the people who were fighting.

The noise around them was deaf to their ears.

"Hima......" Shalom whispered the name, but the voice behind it got stuck in his throat and turned into a trembling.

"Why?" Himma's chest heaved and heaved as she looked in disbelief at the familiar man in the distance.

Shalom froze for a moment, opened his mouth, and let out a sigh with difficulty.

"Hima. I'm sorry. ”

"Excuse me?!"

Jima was slightly stunned, with endless loneliness on her face, and her eyes hung her head in a complicated manner.

"Hemma," Shalom looked up, looking at his child, "sorry I couldn't tell you about this in advance, because ......"

"Because you don't believe me?"

With a hint of resentment in her eyes, Hima walked through the crowd with her sword and towards Shalom step by step.

The rain grew louder, drowning out her footsteps.

"Because in your mind, I will always be a good child who can't listen to my mother, a rebellious and unreliable child, so something as important as tonight that can affect the fate of the entire kingdom, the future of the Xiyan Territory, and the survival of the Addington family can't let me know, right?"

The corners of Himma's mouth twitched in pain, revealing a touch of self-deprecation, "In your heart, I am insignificant and worthless, is that so?!" ”

"No, it's not like that...... Shalom shook his head eagerly, "Jima, I'm just ......"

She bit her lower lip and let out a slight sigh in her snort.

"Just what?" Hima stepped forward, less than ten steps away from Shalom.

She looked sideways at her mother, the corners of her mouth trembling slightly.

"Because I'm the King's Guard? You don't think I'm going to be on your side? Hima looked at her sadly, "So if I knew what was going to happen tonight, the whole plan would have failed, right?" ”

Shalom bowed his head and did not answer.

The rain drenched their faces.

"But, have you ever thought that if you fail tonight......" Hima gritted her teeth and came to her, only a sword distance from Shalom.

"Then the entire Yuiwa Territory will be destroyed in one fell swoop, and...... And ......"

Himma's hand holding the sword trembled violently, and her chest heaved.

She swallowed the sourness in her heart and choked up to say the next words—

"Is my life so insignificant to you?"

Yes, no matter who it is, they won't think that Himma has nothing to do with tonight's events, as the future Grand Duke of Yuiwa Territory, how could she get out of the way?

At this moment, Himma's face was cold.

Along with her body.

It's just that I don't know if it's because of the freezing rain in winter or what......

"No, it's not like that, Hima, you are more important to me than my life." Shalom looked at the child in front of him with pain in his eyes, "It's just ......"

Shalom's voice was choked and he turned his head uncomfortably, "It's just that sometimes, something, is more important than me, more important than you I hold dear. ”

"So, what's that?" Hima looked at her puzzled.

Boom.

An electric flash flashed in the sky, lighting up the entire night sky.

It also illuminates the faces of the two.

They all have similar and stubborn expressions.

There was softness in his eyes.

At this moment, Shalom looked at Hima, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Future."

"Future?" Hima looked at her quizzically.

"Yes, the future of the Yuyan Ryar. Your future. Maybe it's the future I look forward to now, but I can't reach it. ”

Hima shook her head and took a step back.

Now Shalom has a look on his face like a very human being.

A person who had said something similar, and who she had vowed to protect for the rest of her life, risking her life.

"But ......"

"Hima." Shalom amplified his voice and said softly, "You still have another choice, choose to fight alongside me......"

"Nope."

Hima interrupted her and took a step back.

She kept her head down, her whole body drenched in heavy rain, and her eyes were staring motionless at the stone slabs on the road.

The years have left their mark on the stone slabs, and the events of this night and their lives are too short compared to these eternal desolations.

Jima's left hand was slightly clenched, and the rain twisted into a line along her chin.

She burst out laughing silently.

"Mother, if only your invitation and that pitiful love had come sooner."

"Hima......" Shalom looked at each other distressedly, and for some reason, the tears on his face flowed quickly.

It was so fast that she couldn't tell whether it was tears or heavy rain.

"From today onwards, until the end of my life, my sword will be the sword of the king," Jima raised the sword in her hand upright in front of her, and the silver sword body reflected her heroic eyes.

She read solemnly and softly, and her whole face became serious.

"With my body, as the shield of the king, and with my blood, defend my king...... I am the king's most faithful guard, and life and glory are with my king. ”

"The King's Guard's Oath." Shalom whispered along with Hima.

She had recited it, kept it, remembered it in her heart, when she was the king's guard.

It was at this moment that she seemed to see her younger self in Jima.

"Speaking of which, you're exactly like me back then."

Shalom laughed happily.

Hima swung the silver sword to the right, as if she had changed into a different person, and looked at Shalom with a grim expression.

"The sword is used to guard the most important things, and that's what you taught me."

"Good." Shalom smiled with relief, "So have you found your most important thing?" ”

"Yes."

Hima nodded solemnly.

"So, as long as I'm here, I won't allow you to get any closer to His Majesty."