12 Hanging on the battlefield

People who have lived for a long time also have a unique way of looking at things. The special experience of wind chimes allows her to see the deep meaning behind many details, even if it is a movement, a look, or a sigh...... Wind Chimes could confirm that something had disappeared from Erin's gloomy gaze.

The sun rose, the candles went out, and the candlelight was gone.

Love crumbles, trust breaks, and the future shatters...... All the pieces weighed on Irene, she lost her former liveliness, her innocent smile, and her slightly tired face was full of melancholy and bitterness.

Wind Chimes took Erin's hand and helped her to her feet. Erin struggled to keep her balance and not let her body tilt, but she couldn't stand upright despite all her strength, and finally had to lean against the tree, barely holding on. Wind Chimes understood what Erin was suppressing, and she said "I'll take a look around" and turned away from Erin. When Wind Chimes thinks she's gone far enough, she sits down behind a tree to avoid Erin from seeing her, and she understands that Erin needs to cry alone at this point.

As expected, Erin's cry came from behind her, and the wind chime tilted her head, closed her eyes, and waited quietly, patiently waiting for the cry to slowly end.

At noon, the wind chime found a lot of fresh fruits for Erin to satisfy her hunger, she knew that the Wanyuan Sect advocated vegetarian food, so she did not collect game, and Erin had no appetite at this time, so the simple fruit was just right.

"What's next for you?" Wind chimes asked.

"We can expose Saivia's evil deeds and let people know his true colors." Erin said coldly.

"Unfortunately, in the current situation, we can't convince everyone. And the likelihood that we will be considered criminals is very high, and I do not recommend that we show up in public now. Wind Chime retorted.

"Why? Sevia killed Duke Ryson, he should ......"

"We don't have proof," Wind Chime interrupted Erin, "you and I can't prove it, especially after yesterday's incident, the guards in the castle will definitely support him one-sidedly, and when the siege of Anseison is over, our matter will spread throughout the Empire, and then there will be wanted notices for you everywhere." ”

"Can't you prove it for me?" Erin didn't give up.

"It's difficult, not to mention that I'm an outsider, even if I can prove it, how strong is it. What's more, I myself have some minor disagreements with the Empire, which will only help the opposite. ”

"And what good advice do you have?"

"Same as last night, run." Wind Chime spread his hands out and said, "I suggest fleeing outside the Empire, as long as it is out of the Empire's control, you are safe." ”

"......" Erin was silent, she never thought that she would have such a fate, not long ago, she was still dreaming of marrying Sevia and enjoying the life she was looking forward to. Now, she needs to escape from her fate of becoming a prisoner, and it is her beloved Sevia who is responsible for all this.

"I know a place that the empire can't manage, I can help you get there first." Wind Chime continued.

"......" Erin was silent for a long time, and the wind chimes did not ask.

……

"Why are you helping me like this? Including in the castle, save me too? Erin asked the wind chimes.

Wind Chimes saw the helplessness and help in Erin's eyes, and in the face of this doubt, Wind Chimes did not respond.

"If you decide, I'll take you." Wind Chimes said.

After hesitating for some time, Erin nodded slightly.

Feng Chime was relieved to see Erin's decision, "Then I'll ...... now"

"No ......," Erin interrupted the wind chimes.

"Changed your mind?"

"Nothing has changed, I just want to...... Go meet my parents and say goodbye to them. If the whole country will misunderstand me, I want them to know the truth. The firm tone makes it impossible to refuse.

"If you go to a big city, you might get wanted......" Wind Chime tried to get her to give up, but she quickly dismissed the idea, "Oh no, information can't be transmitted until Anseson clears the siege, and if we are fast enough, we can still do a lot of things." ”

"Do we have time to meet them, then?"

"Where do your parents live? The estate of Wall Harbor? Wind Chime said that she seemed to be familiar with the Akayi family's territory.

"No, they live in Butler City, the brothers run over Wal Harbor, and the parents live in their original home." Erin was not curious about the wind chimes and knew the location of her family's territory, after all, the reputation of the Akayi family was still very well-known.

"It's the old capital,......" thought to herself after hearing the name of Butler City, and then she nodded to Erin, and the two of them were ready to leave immediately, before the news of Anseison City broke.

"Can you accompany me to a place before you go to Butler City?" Wind Chime asked Erin, "It won't take long." ”

After a burst of white light, Erin noticed that the place where she was had changed: now, they were in the grassland.

"Teleportation magic? Are you alone? Erin asked the same question that had been asked before, but the wind chime didn't respond and walked straight forward. Erin followed behind her, gradually seeing the scenery around her—

The sky was gray, and as far as the eye could see, there was a vast expanse of green grass, as if no one had combed it, and all the grass was leg-deep. Although it is green grass, it is the kind of gray-green that has no nutrition, and it does not feel a little angry, but it seems that it wants to be abandoned, exuding a sense of loss.

Erin also found that although the grassland was vast, there was no living thing - cattle and sheep could not be seen, and there were no birds soaring in the sky. This is not so much a grassland as a forgotten place......

"Are we still in the Spright Empire?" Erin asked, she didn't know anything like this in her mind, and she hadn't heard of it.

"Yes, we're still in the Empire, and it's just a long-forgotten place." The wind chime replied and continued to walk, his body gently brushing away the grass in front of him, making a "whoosh" sound.

The breeze blew the two of them, and the long hair of the wind chime fluttered in the wind, and she gently smoothed a strand of long hair with her hand, and took a pocket dagger in the other hand at some point, cut off her long hair, and tied the cut hair with a rope to the ends and the middle part.

Erin watched the Wind Chimes' actions, and she probably guessed what the Wind Chimes wanted to do.

Finally, the wind chimes stopped, and in the knee-high grass, a flat slate lay flat on the ground, on which lay many metal objects that had been laid aside for a long time: broken swords, broken daggers, rusty ancient coins......

The wind chimes knelt in front of the stone slab, respectfully placed the long hair tied up on the stone slab with both hands, put their hands together, and gently recited something in their mouths.

"Replace yourself with broken hair to accompany your deceased comrades." This is an ancient custom that is popular in many countries on the mainland, and Erin also knows that since the remains are mostly cremated, the living usually sacrifice their hair as a memorial to their deceased comrades.

Wind chimes are now hanging on the battlefield of the past.

……

"Erin," Wind Chime had finished praying to his comrades, "you asked me why I saved you, and I answered ...... now"

Erin listened quietly, she really wanted to know why the wind chimes had been helping her.

Wind Chime's gaze fell on the stone slab, his eyes drooped slightly, and he said slowly: "There was once a fierce battle here, and so many people died, so that later the cattle and sheep did not dare to come here to graze, and it became the current one." I was there at the time......"

Erin understood that, according to the wind chimes, the battle must have taken place at least a hundred years ago, and the objects on the stone slabs were covered with traces of the passage of time. Erin had doubted the age of the wind chimes more than once in her heart, but she didn't take it too seriously.

"In that battle, I was joined by a brave warrior whose surname was Akayi, and his family crest was a white shield on a red background like yours." Wind Chimes looked at the stone slab with fascination, reminiscing about the old days.

Hearing this, Erin's lips twitched.

"Saving the families of comrades-in-arms who are like brothers, does this reason answer your doubts?"

……

It was already evening, the wind was getting stronger, and the weeds were blown bent down, but the stone slab commemorating the battlefield was still not visible from a distance, as if its existence was only ignored and forgotten. Erin didn't wonder which battle the wind chimes were talking about, she didn't care about the warring parties, and she didn't care about the wind chimes' experiences in them.

Erin no longer had the passion to care about these things, and her heart was as dead as ashes......

Wind Chime looked at the darker sky, and said to Erin with a hint of sadness, "I'm done—"

"—let's go, go to Butler City, maybe this is the last time you'll see your parents."