"Why..."Karen's eyes stared blankly at Arthur, "Why is Grandpa so sure..."Karen's fists clenched suddenly, "That's a churning sea, that's a churning sea!" In that case..."Karen stared into Arthur's eyes tightly, "Grandpa, are you comforting me with lies..."

"Oh, that's pretty detailed. I wonder who told you—" Arthur said slowly, with an inexplicable majesty in his old hoarse voice, "but forget it. But Karen, you know, grandpa never lies. If we could confirm that Xiu was dead..." he glanced at Gerald, who was looking down and reading the Chinese document in his hand, "he wouldn't be sitting here so peacefully." ”

Karene looked at Gerald behind her desk.

The chief instructor looked peaceful and approachable, without any expression on his face, nor could he see any emotion, let alone the slightest bit of hardness in this notoriously strong man in the Mandate of Heaven. Obviously he is the chief instructor of the Tenth Knights, but he looks like an ordinary middle-aged man, and he can't even see the momentum of a soldier.

It's not like Gerald at all.

"I don't believe it..."Karen looked at Gerard and shook her head dumbly, "Even if you say so, Grandpa, I won't go back, I'll have to wait until you find Xiu..."

Arthur frowned, "Kalian..."

"Grandpa!" Karene didn't back down at all and said, "If grandpa is serious, then don't be afraid that I will wait with you!" If I'm afraid of slowing down my training progress, I can train here too! I'm definitely not going to leave here anyway, I'm not leaving! ”

Arthur wanted to say something, but the man who had not spoken spoke at this point.

"Father, it's okay. If Karen wants to be here, let her be here. This... It doesn't affect anything..."

Francis looked up and said in an inaudible voice.

If those who are familiar with Francis see him now, they will not help but exclaim.

He looked too haggard.

His face was covered with stubble and his eyes were bloodshot. On the contour of the eyes, the bags under the eyes are as if they are puffy, the face is extremely pale, and even the lips are not bloody.

The worst of his drunkenness was not as ugly as it is now.

"But," Francis said slowly. His voice sounded like a person who hadn't spoken for days, and his throat was as dull as if it was clogged with saliva, "Karen, when, you didn't even believe what Grandpa said." ”

Karen froze, then turned her head to look into the corner where no one was around.

“... If no one says anything to me, Dad, aren't you going to tell me about it..."

"Even if we don't tell you, it's because we have our own plans."

"So, for half a month, you have been sitting here, no one has gone out to search and rescue, no one has gone out to search, no one has even gone back to the sea to take a look, right..."Karen's clenched hand trembled slightly, "Then, just like this, Dad and Grandpa, you tell me casually: Xiu won't die, he didn't die." For a moment, she felt that her whole body suddenly lost her strength, her body felt weak, and she could go down at any time without support. She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth tightly, as if it had exhausted all her strength to squeeze out the remaining words: "How can I believe it?"

Francis was silent.

Silence crept in again. None of the people present spoke. Arthur, Francis, Gerald, Minai Hills, Rodria, Mia and the others were all fine, none of them spoke.

Karin suddenly felt desperate.

At the beginning, when she first saw Xiu, he was fainting outside Kaslana's towering walls, covered in sweat.

His clothes were covered in dust, and his face was covered in gravel and sand. He was so dirty that Karen didn't immediately recognize the white silver hair that was characteristic of the Kaslana family when she saw him again—because his hair was also covered in dirt.

He looked like a dirty dog. A one-of-a-kind earth dog.

Karen's could tell that he was exhausted and faint.

So, she wondered what could make a person who didn't look ordinary in clothes get to such a deplorable situation.

The point is, he just looked a lot smaller than her.

When she was about to take him into the castle to take care of him, he woke up.

She thought a lot about what would happen when the boy woke up, whether she would be alarmed, or grateful, or something else.

But...

After he woke up, he subconsciously only said a simple word.

Mom...

In that instant, Karene had already realized something.

Perhaps, like himself, he misses his mother.

She didn't know why, but when she learned that he was the young master in the castle, she felt an inexplicable anger in her heart.

She didn't know why she wanted nothing more than stop him when she learned that he was going to finish so much training.

She didn't know why, but when she knew that he didn't want to give up and was eager to change himself, she would have some joy in her heart, so much so that she personally accompanied him to complete the ten laps of the castle that even she was tired of.

She just had a feeling.

Kaslana's walls never stood in the way of anyone, but they kept him out.

When she learned of her mother's death, the funeral had been over for months.

She didn't even attend her mother's funeral, she didn't even see her for the last time.

However, when the cleaned Xiu appeared in front of her, looking at the purple eyes, she seemed to see her mother's eyes.

At that time, she realized that it was her younger brother, her mother's inheritance, the most precious thing that her mother had exchanged for her life.

She saw his helplessness in choosing his horses, and his determination in connecting with equestrians. She saw his stubbornness when he was sick, and also saw his loneliness when he was most uncomfortable, begging for companionship.

Perhaps, Xiu saw Karen shining like a moonlight goddess against the background of the moonlight, but he didn't know that Kalian saw the whole bright moon reflected in his eyes.

It was like an ancient moon sealed in a purple crystal, and the soft moonlight emitted stained the entire crystal. The bright, hope-like light filled all her sights.

At that moment, she could no longer see everything.

It's so bright, but why...

But lonely as the moon.

"Karen—" The silence was finally broken.

Arthur seemed to be thinking about something, but in the end he seemed to have made up his mind that "Xiu wants to live more than anyone else, so he works harder than anyone else." On the sea, there are many broken pieces of the corsair, and there is also a lot of driftwood at sea. As long as he grabs a piece, he will not die. Moreover... By his side, there is also the clan emblem horse. ”

"The clan emblem horse? Is that... Isn't my father's horse already dead, and where is there any family emblem horse? Karen glared at Arthur and said.

"That's the offspring." Arthur's language is full of memories: "Every horse with a family coat of arms has its own offspring. It will find a mate on its own and will not need human intervention. You know..."

"No matter how powerful the clan emblem horse is, it's good, but Xiu fell into the sea! If there were no islands, they wouldn't have survived for a few days! Not to mention how we went about finding him! ”

"Do you remember Otto's latest ultra-long-range beacon?" Arthur said suddenly.

"Beacon... The one that can still be sensed by four or five countries? Karen said tentatively.

"Well, yes. Xiu has one on his body. ”

(End of chapter)