The knight had returned from afar, but she knew she could only stay for a short time.

The next day Roland also came to see her, and the silver knight silently patted the black knight on the shoulder, just as he had been on the battlefield back then.

As for Sid, it took her a long time to accept that Chu, a girl who didn't look very old, was the Black Knight back then, and she knew Chu's origins, and Hillman never hid it from her.

And she finally fulfilled her wish since she was a child, and let the Black Knight teach her swordsmanship.

Of course, the result was that Chu did not show mercy to his subordinates, which made this girl suffer a lot of blows.

On the third day, Hatsu told Hillman that he was leaving, and Hillman was not surprised, or she had expected it.

In the evening, she took Chu for a walk in the garden of the palace, and the Hillman flowers were still in full bloom.

In the garden, Hillman turned around, she looked into her unfocused eyes, raised her hand and gently stroked the corners of her eyes.

"I am forever grateful to you for all that you have done for me, and forever for the goodness you have brought to this country. ”

Thank you forever for taking away all the sins of blood and fire before this beauty.

"But. Hillman took a slow step forward, and she stood in front of Hatsu and pressed her forehead against Hatsu's.

"I'm so sorry that you took away our sins······"

that you will endure the inhuman torment for us.

She had felt the pain of her first experience through the contract, a pain that she simply could not bear.

In the golden sunset, two plates of flowers swaying in the wind, and Hillman finally apologized.

But at first, I could only listen silently, and I couldn't comfort it.

On the last day before Chu left, Sid found her, and she took her to her palace.

Sid had a large pile of black stones brought in, each one so special and with its own carved pattern that she had collected in recent years.

She stood aside and asked Chu seriously, if there is a piece of this that can summon you.

Chu shook her head, it was clear that since she was here, the stone that summoned the messenger could not appear.

Sid fell silent, she stood beside Chu and lowered her head, and after a while, said.

"Why can't you stay, Mother must want you to stay, the same goes for the teacher, including the people of this country, why do you want to leave, aren't you a knight of the Empire?"

Chu couldn't speak, and even if she could, she couldn't answer, she just reached out and put her hand on Sid's shoulder.

Sid didn't look up, just continued to question.

"What about your chivalry, shouldn't you be loyal to death?"

Unfortunately, many things in the world are not that simple.

The Black Knight was gone anyway, in a quiet night, and she would not return, for she had already returned what was due to be returned.

She restituted the glory that had been placed on her, and she restored the oath she had made before the kingship.

For the road after her was so dark that there was no glory to speak of.

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It's New Year's again, and there is light snow in the mountain village at the foot of Sakura Mountain.

Snowflakes fell from the sky, falling on people's shoulders and cheeks with a little coldness. Both adults and children have a smile on their faces because the New Year is coming.

It was getting late, and the evening bell rang in the village.

Every evening, the village bell rings, echoing far, far away, and almost every child has been taught by an adult to go home, no matter how far away.

Unfortunately, there are still people who leave the village, and no matter how many times the bell rings, they never return.

But there's no way around it, isn't it, there's always someone who wants to leave.

The bell was rang by the only temple in the village, which was called Qingxin Temple, and there was only one monk in the temple, one female monk.

She was a very good-looking woman, I heard that she wandered to this village when she was very young, and no one knew why she wanted to be a monk and live such a boring life every day.

However, whether life is boring or not depends on my own thoughts.

At least for this female monk, maybe this kind of life is just right.

After striking the evening bell for another day, Sakurako walked back to the temple in a wide monk's robe, and she shaved off her hair, after her revenge.

She has been a monk here alone for many years.

She locked the rusty knife back into the meditation room and hung the word Zen on it. 、

She also began to understand that word, but like the old monk, she couldn't understand it either. But I don't know if I can't break it, or I can't let it go.

Spring swallows come every year, cherry blossom trees bloom in the yard every year, and she waits here every year.

Waiting for the day, she might be able to wait for the one who she knew wouldn't come.

Sakurako opened the temple door, and the wide hem of the monk's robe held up over the snow-covered ground, leaving a trail behind.

In the courtyard of the temple, there is a cash box with a rattle tied to it.

This is the old prayer box, which hasn't been changed in years.

After all, it's the New Year, and Sakurako has moved it out again, still the same as before, a copper coin, and pray once.

Most of the people in the village will come, and no one will point to the wish that it can really come true, that is, to ask for a thought.

Looking at the empty temple, Sakurako stopped, there was snow in the sky, she looked at the cash box, the old tree, the small courtyard, and probably remembered something again.

After a while, she lowered her head, put her palms in front of her, and whispered a Buddhist phrase.

She thought that her cultivation should still not be enough, so she started to distract again.

Sakurako walked into the temple, made a cup of warm tea in front of the hall, sat cross-legged, drank quietly, and looked at the light snow outside the hall.

It's been another year.

She tilted her head, the breath from her mouth condensing into a faint white mist in the air.

It must have been when she was about to finish a pot of tea when a person walked in outside the door.

It was a strange man, wrapped all in a brown robe, and even his face was tightly wrapped.

However, Sakurako has seen a lot of weirdos, so there are no surprises.

"Are you here to pray?" Sakurako asked, looking at the strange man who walked in, with a light smile.

In front of the door, the strange man was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Under her brown robe, she looked at Sakurako with a pair of blank eyes.

She didn't want Sakurako to recognize herself, because she didn't want to see Sakurako look apologetic at her, just like Hillman.

She's just, she's just here to return things.

The strange man walked into the courtyard and stood in front of the prayer box.

She remembered a long time ago, and she used evil to condense a coin in her hand and threw it into the chest.

The coins condensed by evil jingle in the box, and the strange man stands in front of the box, silently returning his wish, and then shaking the bell.

The bell rang crisply, as if it had been carried into the sky with a wish.

"May your wish come true. In front of the courtyard, Sakurako smiled and blessed.

The strange man silently nodded again.

"I might wish for it this year. Perhaps it was the stranger's silence that made Sakurako speak a little more, and she looked at the tea in her hand and whispered as if talking to herself.

"I wish my family would be able to come back once. ”

She's been waiting for a long time.

The strange man's body froze, and his godless eyes shrank slightly.

But in the end, she still didn't say anything, didn't do anything, just turned away.

She had returned her wishes and it was time to leave.