(16) Things from the past

The kid who ran away that Ice Hunter saw from the window, he could already confirm the identity of the person who was standing outside the door just now, she was the daughter of Daddy Fog Rain, Marisa Misty Rain who had a good relationship with Dongdong but only had a relationship with him.

'She just ran away because she heard Daddy Misty Rain's words, right? It's ......'

Ice Hunt is the age of a human child, but after all kinds of messy things, this red-haired boy is more mature on the inside than on the outside, and he knows very well how a child of Marisa's age will be hit after hearing his father say that he wants to drive her away, so he turned back and stared at the old man on the bed with a serious expression.

"Why are you so eager to get rid of her? Daddy Foggy Rain, if you don't say a reason that convinces me, I won't agree to anything about this matter, and what you just said has caused very serious consequences...... Do you understand? โ€

Bing Hunt is not happy with the other party's lame concealment, and even more unhappy with the other party's attitude of taking charge of the fate of his children as a matter of course, even if this old man is kind to him, Ice Hunt will not do what he hates because of this, this red-haired guy is very stubborn.

"Okay...... As for why I asked you to take Marisa away, it actually has something to do with Marisa's mother's background. โ€

After seeing Ice Hunt's attitude, the old man knew that persuasion alone could no longer have any effect, so he had to tell Ice Hunt the reason.

"That was a few decades ago, before the Great Chaos that swept across Europa, when many mono-ethnic states still existed, and we Goths had our own independent kingdoms, and we followed our own traditions, and we multiplied in the Danube River valley from generation to generation...... Until that day, those demons came from the east on the snow and the cold wind. โ€

"There are many poems of unknown origin circulating in this world, some of these poems record the birth of a certain people, some record the rise of a certain country, the most famous poem is about the decline of the nation that conquered almost the whole world, this poem was finally fulfilled, the kingdom of the Romans was destroyed, and the most powerful people of Europa at that time also became a minority at once, their population was absorbed and assimilated by other peoples, and finally the remnants of the Romans were less than one-tenth of the original."

"But that was a long, long time ago, and the poem has proven not to be irreversible, for example, there is a poem that predicts that the Goths will split into Ostrogoths and Visigoths, but the crisis of division was eventually overcome by the ancestors......"

"At that time, the Gothic kingdom was a prosperous and powerful power in the whole world, our ancestors defeated the legions of the Romans, defeated the armies of the Byzantines, and we were so confident in our own power that we did not even pay attention to the ancient poetry."

In the end, that humble poem tells us with bloody facts...... It's not just Europa. โ€

'The god, enraged by the ignorance of the world, waved the whip in his hand and summoned the cold-blooded Heavenly Punishment from the edge of the world...... Led by the sons of the earth, the ruthless conquerors are driven by iron horses and swords and skulls, leaving the world with only two options: fight to the death or kneel and submit. โ€™

"When the legions of the Huns appeared on the borders of the kingdom, everyone was stunned, no one knew where these demons came from, the East...... Isn't it the end of the world? The king hastily assembled his army to fight the legion, but the hasty resistance was quickly crushed, and the Gothic legion, which we Goths were proud of, was useless in the face of the opposing cavalry. โ€

"But the kingdom's fierce resistance was not without effect, and their battle to the death bought time for the Goths to migrate, and when I was only three years old, my father and two brothers who were more than ten years older than me joined the king's army, and never returned......"

The old man recounted the past in a deep voice, although these had nothing to do with the theme, but Ice Hunter was still listening silently, this was the first time that the old man told him in detail about what had happened in this world, this was a heavy history.

'The invasion of the Huns? Attila, son of the earth...... Fortunately, I used to read a lot of idle books, otherwise I wouldn't really know the name. โ€™

'Is there such a power in this world other than strange functional buildings and national talents?' bluntly copying historical records to arrange a terrible script for this world, like a plot battle in a game...... Suddenly I felt even more uncomfortable. โ€™

I don't know why, Ice Hunt's heart keeps burning evilly, because he always feels that this kind of bad behavior of playing with living people as toys seems to have come from somewhere, but he can't recall it, this feeling is extremely hateful.

"The Huns had a terrible national gift, they didn't need bazaars, they didn't need housing, they didn't need churches...... They don't need any functional buildings for our survival, their homes are on horseback, they are good riders, they are true nomads, and their country is everywhere the horse's hooves reach (the Huns don't need to build houses to increase their population). โ€

"The Gothic Kingdom was the first to be destroyed, and then the group of demons destroyed more countries, and even many ethnic groups with a population of more than 100,000 were slaughtered by them and only a few hundred people remained, although in the end they were driven back to the East under the siege of the coalition forces of various countries, but the impact of this catastrophe was very large, because the tragic war situation caused many kingdoms to lose their royal vitality and even cut off their blood, so ambitious lords seized the opportunity to declare independence, which is the cause of the great chaos."

"But the first war due to everyone's vitality, so the fight was quite restrained, at that time I was about the same age as you, under the call of the old lord, I and many young people together took up arms, drove away the original inhabitants of this land, for the migrating Goths to take a home to recuperate, large and small hundreds of Goth lords settled in this area, and together established an offensive and defensive alliance, and gave this land a new name 'Otto', so the people outside called us ' Otogot', and to the west of Europa, there was another group of Goths, who were called 'Visgoth'. โ€

'Ottogoth, the Ostrogothic, was eventually betrayed by the Byzantines to the Lombards and wiped out, while Visgoth, the original founder of the Kingdom of Spain, was later conquered by the Moors who crossed the sea from North Africa...... This is the end of the history of the Goths. โ€™

These histories have been fried N times in real-time strategy games, and Ice Hunt, who likes to play games, is naturally well aware of this.

'Daddy Misty Rain...... You think you've conquered that script, but in fact you're still losing. โ€™

The old man, who was immersed in the past, didn't notice the change in Ice Hunt's expression, and so did Little Hearn, who was both caught up in the memory.

"I was very brave in fighting against the local tribes, and the old lords who passed by appreciated me, so I was able to join the elite Goth Guard that served as the lord's personal attendant, and then rose through the ranks to become the commander of the guard."

"Although the Huns were driven back to the steppe desert in the east, there were still many of their tribes in Europa, and these wandering butchers were a great threat to the villages and towns in the territory, so the lord asked me to take his most powerful army to fight against these wanderers, although our team was only fifty men, but each of them was a skilled and well-trained warrior, and each of them could serve as an officer in the army of the other lords, with the assistance of the local garrison army, We soon drove the Huns, who had reached our territory into the mountains, and they were desperate and had no choice but to die. โ€

'Forming an elite officer corps, can the officer corps improve its combat effectiveness regardless of which unit it joins?' This lord is really talented......

'But the lord's personal commander ended up being the head of this down-and-out village? Did something really happen? โ€™

His instinct told him that the old man's next words would be the most crucial part, so he held his breath and listened carefully.

"The Huns' cavalry is more powerful than the Frankish knights, but in the woodland full of obstacles, their horses can't rush, at that time I commanded a hundred pikemen and thirty archers approached from the front, and there was a sound of horses' hooves in the forest, I thought that the Huns wanted to break through from the front, and immediately let the soldiers put up a battle formation......"

When he said this, the old man's face couldn't help but show a look of remembrance, it was the luckiest moment in his life.

"As a result, it was not the Huns' cavalry troops that rushed out of the woods, but just a war horse that was running blindly and wildly, and when these horses approached, I found that there was a small rider on this horse, because the other party's body was too thin, so many people did not notice her existence for a while...... It was a girl with dazzling blonde hair. โ€

"She wore the same style of dress as the aristocratic ladies, but it was very shabby, and she had many wounds on her body, and she seemed to have suffered a lot, and when I took her off the horse, she had been in a coma for I don't know how long."

"'She may be a nobleman captured by the Huns, right?' Then she escaped on her own. I thought so, and sent her back to the camp, and then went on to direct the battle against the Huns, in which we found that this Hun contingent was different from the ordinary wandering tribes, and there were no old men or children among them, all of them were well-armed young and strong ......."

"The battle was much more difficult than we imagined, and what puzzled me the most was that these Huns had all committed suicide after finding that the resistance had been fruitless, and we didn't capture any of our prisoners, but our task was only to destroy them, and it was the job of the lord's advisors to guess what they were."

"After that, I took the girl I rescued to the registry officer of the territory in the hope of finding her family, but she pretended to be crazy and stupid and refused to cooperate, and she was still stalking and sticking to me, I couldn't force my heart to drive her away, so I had to let her live in my house, with my already old mother, and for a period of time, there was no need for our guards to go out of the big things, I stayed at home, and spent more than two years with my old mother and the girl who suddenly broke into my world... โ€ฆโ€

When he said this, the old man was surrounded by memories called happiness.

"Although she has never confessed her identity, I know that she is a wise girl, from the great principles of life to the noble knowledge of art and poetry, she seems to know everything, and she is more like a carefree lark than those noble ladies who pretend to be noble......"

"I don't know when I was gradually attracted by her light, although I knew that I was just a rough man who lived on a sword and a martial artist who could only kill, and I was not worthy of her at all...... But I confessed to her anyway. โ€

"But to my surprise, she actually agreed to my confession, and under the auspices of my mother and the old lord, we ...... Finally came together. โ€

"At that time, I swore in my heart that no matter what her identity was, even if she was a demon in hell, I would love her for the rest of my life."

The old man's tone suddenly became low.

"As a result, the day after I married her, my house was inexplicably set on fire, and I struggled to save many people from the fire, but she was missing, so I risked my life to rush into the burning house again, and finally found her in the back hall, and I saw a group of guys in strange black robes and various weapons surrounding her."

"There is no doubt that this fire was set by this group of guys, so I was not polite, and directly took their lives one by one, their skills are not bad, but they are not my opponent at that time."

"After escaping from the fire, she didn't say a word, and I was very angry, someone dared to fire in our lord's city?! So the next day, I took her to the old lord and asked for a strict investigation, but a guy I didn't expect appeared at the old lord's side - it was a priest of the monastery. โ€

"This guy said that she was a witch who studied forbidden knowledge, and that she was a **** who made a deal with a demon, and then forced the old lord to kill her, and punished me ......"

Saying this, the old man smiled mockingly.

"That guy thinks he can do whatever he wants with the support of the church behind him, but he forgot that this is the territory of the Goths, and the old lord chopped his head with an axe without saying a word, and the six church champion swordsmen he brought were all slaughtered by me."

"She finally confessed her identity, she was not a witch at all, she was a royal orphan of the former Gothic kingdom, and when the kingdom was destroyed, her parents were moved to a safe place with the scholars of the kingdom, and after witnessing the tragedy caused by the Huns, these scholars vowed to find out the secret between the ancient poetry and history, and she was born at that time."

"Later, I don't know how the church knew about it, and they sent people to warn these scholars not to do any more research in this area, because these are the so-called 'forbidden knowledge', and how could those scholars listen to these warnings?"

"So the hypocrites planned to use knives against these unarmed scholars, but the Huns also knew about these scholars of ancient poetry, and they attacked the villages where the scholars were staying, and the church killers, who wanted to keep the 'forbidden knowledge' from being exposed, suddenly appeared and began to slaughter indiscriminately...... She is the only survivor. โ€

"Without the royal family behind to resist the Hun army, then the Goths could not have evacuated safely, and all the Gothic lords, whether they wanted it or not, had to admit that they owed a debt to their homeland, so even the lords who usually had contradictions put aside their prejudices and united to resist the pressure of the church...... The cowardly fellows were quick to admit it, but they said I had to be punished because I had killed all their precious champion swordsmen. โ€

"After all, the other party is the church, and the Goths don't have the ability to fight them to the end, maybe the former Gothic kingdom can, but the kingdom has long been destroyed...... So the lord stripped me of the title of commander and sent me to this small mountain village. โ€

"But the lords still underestimated the vileness and shamelessness of the church, and in the ensuing war, because of the information deliberately leaked by the church, we suffered a big loss, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and the losses caused have not been recovered until now."

"After the war, I returned to the village, but she suffered so much that she died after leaving a rustle......

"Because the royal bloodline is a very sensitive existence, many Goth lords are afraid that others will attack them in the name of the royal family, so everyone made a covenant to hide the royal bloodline at that time, and Little Hearn is a member of the lord's family, so he has no way to take care of Shasha, which will attract the vigilance of the surrounding lords."

"This time the pirates are coming so strangely, I'm worried that those despicable guys are going to be ready to do it again, and my old body can't protect her anymore, so I can only ......"

The old man looked at Bing Hunt, and the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

And after listening to the old man's long story, the first thought that came to him was to point at the old man's nose and yell.

'Uncle Policeman! It's in this old guy! โ€™

Because after a small estimate by Ice Hunt, he was stunned to find out...... That Lady Fog and Rain was not an adult when she got married, and if she was smaller, she was simply at the level of a junior high school student - as big as Ice Hunt.

Daddy Kiriyu is over 60 years old this year, and Marisa is only about 10 years old...... This father-daughter relationship is simply heartbreaking!

The red-haired boy knew that his strength was limited now, but he couldn't resist it, because he was quite curious about the world, and the secret hidden in it made the red-haired boy's soul excited.

And...... He was not yet cold-blooded enough to be indifferent to the pleas of a seriously injured father.

As for the church...... A group of scum with less than five combat effectiveness, he Ice Hunt is the master who even dares to provoke a murderous organization like 'Dream Chaser', and he really doesn't pay attention to a group of villains dressed in religious skin.

Suddenly, Ice Hunter smiled confidently, and he asked the old man.

"So...... Daddy Foggy Rain, I'll ask you one last question. โ€

"Do you like Marisa? Do you love your daughter? โ€

The old man didn't expect Ice Hunt's question to be this, but he smiled and replied in a firm tone.

"How could I not like my daughter, she is a treasure more precious than my life, soul, and dignity combined!"

"I'm willing to exchange everything I have, as long as she's safe and happy!"

As soon as the old man finished saying this, he heard a crying voice.

"Daddy!"

The blonde girl broke into the house, she threw herself into the old man's arms, and the candy in her hand was scattered everywhere, the old man didn't expect the girl to be outside, he gently stroked her hair and didn't know what to say.

Ice Hunter had already walked out of the house at this time, and he saw Dong Dong, who was standing to the side and looking at the scene inside the house.

"Knock knock, well done! I didn't expect you to coax her back. He walked over and patted the little one on the head.

"Because there's candy! This is the magic of sugar~~\(โ‰งโ–ฝโ‰ฆ)/~~" The praised little Maoyu was a little happy and couldn't find the north.

"Huh...... That's right, it's the magic of sugar. โ€

Now, even Bing Hunter himself feels that sugar is a very magical thing.