In the four hundred and tenth years of Longyuan, the sun disappeared on a night. One of the most remote places in the human kingdom, called Ota City, is brightly lit.

Tomorrow is the biennial Vocational Certification Day, and many villagers around the town have come to the city for a rally tonight.

A bonfire burns in the city's square, which cost a lot of money to build. People danced to the light of the fire to the sound of music.

A tavern on the side of the square is also lively, where people take out the copper coins they usually have accumulated and drink and eat meat.

In an inconspicuous corner of the tavern, two teenagers sat together, looking out the door from their seats, just in time to see the campfire in the middle of the square.

The blonde boy picked up a piece of rye bread and took a small bite, asking the dark-haired boy opposite. "Harrest, aren't we going out and have a look?"

"Rhine! We finally came to the city once, how could we waste this opportunity to drink? The brunette boy wasn't at all at the meeting, and he poured a large glass of beer into his mouth as he spoke. His cheeks were slightly red, and he was already a little drunk.

The blonde boy seemed to be very accommodating to the black-haired boy, and when he said he didn't want to go out, he also dismissed the idea of going out to have a look. He just sighed lightly and continued to eat the rye bread in front of him.

"Rhine! Why haven't you grown up at all? If you want to go, you can go yourself, and you want me to accompany you? Harrester burped and raised his finger to the tip of Rhine's nose and scolded.

"You've drunk too much again, I think we'd better go back, if you don't go back, Daddy will be worried." Rhein looked at the unconscious Hallest, stood up, and tried to help him out.

"Sit down!" With a wave of his hand, Harrest shook Rhein back into his seat.

The blonde boy looked at the drunken Harrest, and instead of showing anger, he asked the same question he had asked countless times: "Are you really going to be a bounty hunter?" With your strength, isn't it very easy to enter the knight academy to study for a few days, and then go to the battlefield to fight casually, and get a knighthood? ”

"Shut up! What do you know? You're just a descendant of a down-and-out knight, and now you're not even a nobleman, so why should you dictate my choices? If I hadn't taken you in, you'd starve to death!" "It seems that Hallester was really drunk and actually said such excessive things to Rhine.

"I'm telling you this from the perspective of a friend!" The Rhine's blonde hair spread slightly, like an angry lion, and this time he was a little angry.

"Friends? Since you are my friend, do you know why I chose to be a bounty hunter that everyone despises rather than a noble knight that everyone looks up to? Hallrest slammed the cup on the table and questioned Rhine.

"I really don't know! Then you can tell me why! Rhein put down the rye bread in his hand and got up from his chair to look at Hallest.

Hallester staggered over to Rhine, one hand on his shoulder, the other pointing to a spot in the tavern. "Look there! Did you see the roast chicken in front of the mercenary? ”

"What? Did you become a bounty hunter because you wanted to earn money to eat roast chicken? Rhine looked at the plate of fat roast chicken, then at the drunken Hallester next to him, and frowned.

"Look at what we're eating! Oh bread! We finally came to the city once, and we can only afford to eat these breads! Harrester ignored Rhein's question and continued to speak to himself.

"Don't say it, I'll use the money I used to buy armor to buy roast chicken for you, and after eating, you will obediently go with me to become a knight!" Rhine has been helping the surrounding villagers with farm work for so many years, and has saved a sum of money one copper coin after another. He just waited to pass the test tomorrow and then buy a decent set of armor. Rhine helped Harrest to a chair and sat down, and then went to the tavernkeeper alone.

After a while, Rhine came back, and he really had a plate of roast chicken in his hand. Hallester looked at the roast chicken coming towards him and couldn't help but sit up straight in his chair.

"I bought the roast chicken, what else do you have to say?" Rhein shoved the roast chicken in front of Harrest, then stared at Harrest with his hands folded over his chest.

"Okay, for the sake of the roast chicken, I'll tell you." Harrest was not polite, grabbing the chicken with one hand and tearing the chicken leg with the other.

"You know what? There is only one thing in my life that I cannot tolerate! Harrester slurred as he shoved the chicken leg into his mouth.

Rhein didn't speak, and his instincts from years of spending time with Hallester told him that the black-haired boy opposite him was really going to say something.

"I'm the only ...... Intolerable...... ...... your own destiny Entrust it to someone else! Harrest snapped the leg bone, squeaking the hard bone.

"What does this have to do with whether you are a knight or not?" Rhein was frightened by Harrest's appearance, and he felt that Harrest had regarded the chicken leg as a mortal enemy.

"Do you know what a knight's job is?" Harrester placed the chicken leg bone in his hand on the table and looked into Rhein's eyes.

"Be the sword of the king to ward off calamity, and be the shield of the people against evil." Rhein also looked at Hallest, unyieldingly.

The pitch-black pupil and the icy blue pupil both appeared very bright, and both of them were insisting on their own justice, without the slightest vanity.

"Don't lie to yourself! Ordinary people don't know, don't you know? Knights are nothing more than tools for the nobles to compete for profit! Our Ota City is on the border of the kingdom, and we have been fighting with the surrounding demons for thousands of years, when have those noble knights ever participated in the war? Harrester asked, grabbing Rhine by the collar.

"It's my life's dream to be a knight, I just want to protect those who need to be protected, I just want to eradicate those who bring harm! If the lords tell me to kill innocents indiscriminately for their benefit, or to fight unnecessarily, I will resolutely resist. If you can't resist, I will leave without hesitation! The ice blue eyes of the Rhine shone with a determined light.

"Even if it's a departure from a different place?" Harrester asked nonchalantly.

"Even if it's a departure from a different place!" Rhein's answer was loud and clear.

"Hahaha...... There is a kind of life that if you can live in vain like your father. But I will never go to war for the sake of those noble lords. My life is precious, I want to keep it and do what I want! Hallester took a sip of his glass and patted Rhine on the shoulder.

"So what do you want to do? Bounty hunters? "If you were a different person, you would definitely think that Harrest is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Rhine has been with him for so long and knows that he is not that kind of person.

"Did you see that girl? The one dancing in a white dress by the campfire? Hallrest stood up again, one hand on Rhine's shoulder, the other pointing to a girl by the campfire outside the door.

"Isn't that the daughter of the city lord? What's wrong? Rhein asked.

"Imagine if I had a lot of money, I could build a big castle by a quiet lake, and buy ten maids, and then a girl as beautiful as the lord's daughter! And then spend your life in peace and happiness! Harrester took a sip of wine, and he seemed to see the sight in it.

"If you want to get so many bounties, then you have to kill the lord-level demons, do you think it's possible? Besides, it's impossible for anyone to spend their lives in peace, and when the demons attack again, everyone has to accept the harm. Rhine stretched out his hand and swept away the booze, and Hallest's dream was shattered in the tumult.

"Alas...... Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, I didn't stop you from being that bullshit knight, then don't stop me from being a rich hunter. "Harrest doesn't want to say anything, he's really a little dizzy." But I still have to remind you that the gods also snooze sometimes. When the gods close their eyes, all beings are not equal. When the time comes, you still have to run when you should run, you have to say that you should panic, and you have to kill those who should be killed. Only alive...... Everything makes sense......" Harrest was completely drunk this time, and before going to bed, he reluctantly said this.

"The gods also have times when they take a nap? Perhaps there are no gods in our world? So, I have to be that god so that all beings are equal? Rhein helped Harrest and carried him on his back. And the bounty hunter is dangerous, and you are a person who is impulsive and will not turn around, and is still worried about my safety? I hope you don't die too soon! He could only say this kind of thing when the black-haired boy was asleep, otherwise the two of them would have to argue for a long time......

The blonde boy carried the black-haired boy on his back and left the town and disappeared on the path back to the village.