48. Nightmare Snow Forest (End)
Led by the servants, the crowd saw Old Man Louis sitting in a wheelchair under a tree in the courtyard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The old man had white temples, a large luxurious leather coat, and a pair of gold-rimmed eyes.
"Grandpa Louis, we're done." Alice, as the captain, naturally let her speak at this time.
"Oh, the mission is complete, what's the catch?" Old man Louis asked Alice with a smile.
Alice moved her mouth, but said nothing.
"What's wrong? What can be said directly, it doesn't matter. Old man Louis waited for a long time, and when he saw that Alice was silent, he thought that she had something bad to say, and said kindly.
"Yes, it's a letter to you." Alice hesitated for a long time, but decided to take out the two Lawrence suicide notes in her backpack and hand them to Louis.
Louis took the letter suspiciously, opened the letter that had been opened, the same one that Alice had read before, and looked at it.
The letter was not long, and Louis read it quickly.
"Silly boy...... Louis, sighed, his eyes a little moist and continued to open the second envelope.
Again, after the second letter was opened, only a piece of paper was taken out, and it was evident that Lawrence had not written much to Louis.
After Louis opened the second letter and read it, he pushed the wheelchair with his hand with difficulty, and Alice hurriedly went up to the back of the wheelchair, grabbed the handle, and pushed Louis to the edge of the terrace.
The city of Shell is built halfway up the mountain, and most of the houses have a panoramic view of the city.
Pushed to the edge of the terrace, Louis sat quietly and watched the snowy forest at the foot of the mountain, illuminated by the sunset.
As the sun went down and the lights lit up on the streets, Louis turned his wheelchair around and spoke silently to everyone.
"Thank you for sending Lawrence's letter back."
"That's what we're supposed to do, yes, it's Lawrence's sword."
Taylor pulled out the broken sword and handed it to Alice, who in turn handed it to Louis.
"What a stupid boy...... Honor can't be eaten, why should you be so reckless......"
Louis took the sword and gently stroked the scar on it with his hand, tears slowly flowing out again.
At this time, everyone saw that one of the old man's legs was gone.
"Sorry, I made a fool of myself. This is a reward for you, thank you for helping me bring back Lawrence's relics. It wasn't long before Louis wiped his tears with his sleeve and asked the servant standing aside to hand Alice a long box and a piece of paper.
"Grandpa Louis, what is this?!" Alice took the long box, turned to Taylor behind her, and exclaimed as she took the paper again.
"This is a reward for returning the Lorens Relic." Louis said as he calmed down.
"But it's just what should be done, it's too expensive. We ......"
"No, you can send Lawrence's relic back is already worthy of this reward, you must know that my son Lawrence's longsword is carefully crafted, and the overall cost is not lower than the one in your hand." Lawrence interrupted Alice and explained with a smile.
"Huh?!"
"Take it, come back the day after tomorrow, and I'll give you the key when the time comes."
"And what about Grandpa Louis, what are you going to do?"
"When I go back to my house in the south of the city, do you think I'm just one house?"
"This ...... Ahaha. ”
"Alright, little girl, you go and celebrate with your companions, and let me have a good rest."
"Okay, goodbye Grandpa Louis."
Alice left the house with the servants after Louis nodded.
"What happened just now? Look at how loud you scream. As soon as he walked out of the room, Taylor couldn't wait to ask the question he had been holding up just now.
"What are you looking at?" Alice posts the item's stats to the party channel.
"It's actually a deed?!"
"How can you get a house like this?!"
The others screamed when they saw the name and contents of the item.
"But we also lost a lot. Although the longsword dropped by Lawrence is a relic called Lawrence, the player can repair it and equip it again. But if I choose again, I'll still give the sword back to Old Man Louis! But Pei Yi was embarrassed. ”
"It's okay, I'm just an employee, and if the contract doesn't write out the ownership of the drop, the issue is generally owned by the employer by default, so there's no need to apologize to me."
"It's okay, it's okay! Have you forgotten that there are still gold chests that have been cleared by dungeons? ”
Taylor reminded the two.
"Yes, yes, let's go to a bar I go to a lot, it's a nice place. Follow me! With that, Alice led the way.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, Alice led everyone to a bar with a very elegant and quiet atmosphere, probably early in the morning, and there were not too many people in the bar. Alice sat down in the high-education chair in front of the bar and beckoned to the people behind.
A sturdy man wearing a bartender's clothes was wiping glasses in the bar, and when he saw Pei Yi and his party, he handed over 3 menus.
After the 7 people clicked on it, they began to chat about the plot of the snow forest.
The bartender inadvertently interjected.
"Is Louis the one who lives at 276 West of the City all year round?" The bartender asked, handing Alice and Taylor the drink they had ordered.
"Yes, sir, are you someone he knows?" Alice asked curiously.
"To be precise, we know him, not that he knows me, just call me Jack, you adventurers seem to have just done something for him, do you want to know about his past?" Jack smiled.
"Hmmm! Please! The four women, except Bella, said in unison.
"Haha, since it's the request of the lovely young ladies, then I'll talk about it in detail." Jack mixes wine and talks about Louis's past.
From Jack's mouth, everyone learned that Louis was a general before, although he was not well-known, but in Shell City, he was still well-known.
Unfortunately, during a march, due to an intelligence error, he was ambushed by the dark camp, and one of Louis's legs was also cut off in that ambush to protect the commander.
His leg was cut off, and naturally it was impossible to continue on the battlefield, so he had to be transferred back to train recruits.
In the years that followed, Louis personally sent his two own sons to battle. Both sons did not lose the face of Daddy Louis, and now both became generals on the front line. Lawrence, on the other hand, is the son of Louis's comrade-in-arms, Lawrence has never met his biological father and has grown up with Louis's two sons since he was a child, but he is three years younger. As the only son of Louis's comrade-in-arms, it was naturally impossible for him to go to the front, so he used his connections in Snownell City to find him a position in the city defense army.
Lawrence did not disgrace Louis either, although he regretted that he could not go to the battlefield, but he still worked very hard, usually on official business, and in private with his subordinates, and was soon promoted to the position of sergeant major. Now I have a wife and two daughters.
"Now that you've been to Daddy Louis, can you ask if Lawrence has returned? It's been a long time since he's been drinking with me. Jack asked Alice with a smile.
He ...... He's dead. Alice's and the group's faces instantly darkened.
“…… That's right. I've known from before that he's a very good guy, and I always thought he would live a long time, but I didn't expect ......" Jack took out two glasses from under the bar, then took out a bottle of spirits that was also famous in the real world from the cabinet in the back, poured the two glasses with wine, and added a few pieces of ice, Jack picked up one of the glasses, shook it, and drank it dry in one go.
"I said, are you okay like this? It looks like it's business hours now. Alice looked at Jack a little nervously.
"I'm the boss, it's okay, just in case, I'll let someone come in and replace me, a few of you will spend free tonight, I'll treat you." The fact that Jack didn't expect to kill the owner of this bar surprised everyone.
"Did Jack know Lawrence well before?" After Jack called someone to replace him, and he came out to sit outside the bar, Alice asked him.
"Growing up together, I chose to inherit my father's business. Let me tell you about Lawrence's past. Jack began to speak as he poured his wine.
"Change me, I'll tell him, if you have something to do, you can go first." Privately, Taylor and Alice switched places. The two were chatting on one side, and several other people listened to the story.