Chapter 41: A Wonderful Encounter
Tusalon looked in the direction the soldier was pointing, and saw a small red mass under a large tree at the edge of the forest. If the soldier hadn't nervously pointed in that direction and told him there was a child there, he wouldn't have seen it. Because the edge of the forest was covered with tall grass, which almost blocked the child's body, and from a distance it was just a small red dot.
Due to the distance, it was not clear for the time being, but for some reason, Tusaron always felt that the child seemed to be observing them motionlessly. This is a battlefield, obviously not a place where children should appear, the aliens have not shown up for three days, although the reason is unknown, but it is not enough to send a child out to spy on the enemy, right?
Tusalon ordered the soldiers to retreat, lest they scare the boy away, and if he entered the forest again, he would not be able to find him. He then walked towards the boy alone.
Up close, this is an amazing child!
Tusaron was shocked, it was indeed different from the aliens he had seen before. He had flaming hair, eyes clearer than rubies, and the occasional rainbow-colored streamer flashed through his eyes and hair. He is so small, so pure, so incredible!
To Tussalon's surprise, the kid wasn't afraid of him at all, didn't hide or run, just looked up at him curiously. Although Tusalon was not sure if the kid could understand him, he crouched down and asked tentatively, "What are you doing here?"
The child ignored Tussalon's question, still staring at him curiously, as if he hadn't heard anything. Tusalon thought he didn't understand, so he added body language and continued to probe: "What about your people? are the very tall guys, are they in the forest?"
The child listened to his words, but suddenly asked the same question: "What are you doing here?"
"So you can speak Lepelian......" Tusalon was pleasantly surprised, then stumped. It was the same question, but when the person asked it was changed, it suddenly became difficult to answer, should you tell the child, "I have come to declare war on your people"? Besides, such a young child may not understand what it means. So, Tusaron evaded the seriousness and asked, "I'm looking for your people, why haven't you seen them for the past few days?"
"What are you looking for them?" asked the child, looking at that innocent little face.
The question of "uh......" is no different from the previous one, although the words are different, but the answer is basically the same, and it is not easy to answer in short. Tusaron obviously didn't want to explain the war to such a young child, so he casually lied, "I passed by here and wanted to stop by to say hello to your people, but I don't know when they will come out, can you tell them for me?"
"Oh. The child replied without suspicion, as if he really understood, but did nothing.
Tusalon suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and he didn't expect that dealing with a child would be much more difficult than fighting an army before the battle. I don't know if the boy really understood what he meant, so he asked, "Can you go and help me get your people out?"
The child still ignored Tussalon's words, and pointed to the object hanging from his waist, and asked himself, "What is that?"
Tusalon looked down at his sidearm, a short knife slightly larger than a dagger, not the main weapon on the battlefield. The Savoyard usually used these short knives to slash their prey, and they preferred to show their bravery in close combat with beasts of prey, rather than using long weapons that had a clear advantage in self-preservation. Tusaron thought to himself that the boy might not have seen a weapon, after all, the aliens had no metal weapons, and even on the battlefield, they had never used any weapons, and they had always fought with their bare hands. Maybe it's because they have so little land to mine and refine weapons, but it's also because they haven't mastered any metallurgical technology...... Whatever the reason, Tusalon has not seriously explored the question.
"It's a short knife. Tusalon told the child.
"What is it for?" the child asked curiously.
"It's very sharp, it can do a lot of things, it can kill a huge beast in an instant, and it can easily cut down a big tree. "Speaking of the short knives of the Savoyards, Tusalon was quite proud.
"Do you want to kill all the beasts here, or do you want to cut down all the trees in the forest?" asked the child in astonishment. As he said this, he was looking at the Savoyard army in the distance, and the soldiers were holding a long weapon with a long weapon at the end of which looked very similar to the short knife on Tussalon's waist, which was the Savoyard longknife, the proud battlefield weapon of the Savoyard people.
This is really not a good answer, and Tusalon is once again stumped by the child. The trees that the Sava people have cut down in the Western Continent are definitely much larger than this forest, and although he is not here to cut down trees, he can't directly tell the child, "Now is not to cut down trees, but to cut down your people", right?
"No, no, no, I don't want such a dangerous thing! But if you do destroy this place, he'll be very angry. The boy shook his head quickly, waved his hand again, and was very surprised by Tussalon's words, completely ignoring his temptation, and said solemnly as if he were in danger of survival, "You can't see him, but he can see everything you do." If you cut down the trees he planted and kill the beasts he raised, he might let a hurricane or a flood punish you, maybe something else. You may have nowhere to run, but he doesn't care, because you're nothing more important than a tree or a beast. You simply don't understand that whether what you want to do now is beneficial or unhelpful, those things will eventually come back to you. ”
"Heh, he didn't plant these trees. Tusalon smiled disapprovingly. This forest had existed before the aliens came to the Western Continent, but he was not interested in explaining it to the children, so he stood up directly, obviously not having the patience to continue to deal with these seemingly meaningless fairy tales. He now wanted to figure out why the aliens hadn't shown up, and he decided to end the conversation.
Of course, he would not have thought that the aliens were unaware of the arrival of the Savoyard army, and that they must have come out to meet them for some reason unknown to him. Therefore, he decided to wait one more day, and if the aliens did not show up tomorrow, he would have to break into the forest to find out the situation.
After looking at the forest and thinking for a long time, Tusaron finally made up his mind to return to the camp. The kid could ignore it for now, he couldn't ask anything anyway, and he didn't want to waste any more time dwelling on some unclear topics with the child. But when he turned around, he found that the child in front of him had long since disappeared, when did he leave?