"The feeling of coming home...... It's pretty good. ”

The kestrel opened its eyes slowly, looking out the window next to the bed, the summer sun was like liquid gold, evenly covered between the ancient trees and stone bricks, the crisp birdsong continued to echo, everything seemed very calm.

Half a month has passed since the Night of Tribulation, and after returning to Old Dunling, the kestrel has been living here for these days, a branch of the Black Mountain Hospital.

After the Montenegro Hospital incident, due to the need to repair the original site, with the consent of President Abigail, the Montenegrin Hospital was temporarily split and awaited the reconstruction of the original site.

This is a branch hospital in the suburbs, and according to the division of functions, it is a sanatorium, which is dedicated to the reception of injured knights, and the half-dead kestrel is well treated here.

Kestrel still remembers what the doctors said to him, they said that Kestrel was really lucky, there were no serious fatal injuries on his body, but there was a lot of blood loss, plus mental and physical exhaustion, after treatment and recuperation, except for those broken bones that had not healed, Kestrel was almost fine.

The body is still a little weak, but the free movement is still not delayed, the kestrel leaned on his arm, let himself sit up slowly, the other arm was put on a cast, the doctor said that it would be at least half a month to remove it.

Picking up the mirror on one of the cabinets, the kestrel looked at her face, and there was a distressed look in her eyes.

"Woo woo, it's still scarred. ”

Kestrel looked at the scar on his cheek, which had been left during the battle at Theater Square, and it was supposed that a scar on his face would make him look more vicious, but it was inexplicably funny on Kestrel face, and he couldn't understand why.

"Scars are a man's testimony, and only the faint of heart are afraid of them. ”

A voice came from the side, there was another bed not far from the kestrels, and Haybod rolled over? Pillow said to the kestrel.

"That's why I think you Vikings have a brain problem. ”

This clash of values? The kestrel is still a little unacceptable.

After returning to Invig, Haybed's injury was not serious? Or even a minor injury? But he was taken together to a Montenegro hospital for erosion testing.

Thinking of this, Kestrel looked relaxed and serious? Although his memory of the injury had begun to blur at that time, he still vaguely remembered that scene.

In that burning hell? An angel descends.

Countless wings of pure white steel have been unfurled? They cut through all the living things they came across, flesh and blood falling apart in front of them, hot blood staining them red.

So what the hell is that? Kestrel can't figure it out, they just appear out of thin air? It's like a dimension-breaking nightmare.

Thinking of this, the kestrel looked at Hayboy? Everyone saw it, and they were all terrified by this strange presence.

Of course, what is more worthy of fear and doubt is he, Lorenzo Holmos, although no one said it, and he did not admit it? But everyone knows and can vaguely guess in their hearts? Those strange things appeared because of Lorenzo.

But everyone maintained their due tacit understanding until they returned to Invig? No one asked Lorenzo about that.

"Anyway, Lorenzo has been gone for a long time. ”

The kestrel then thought to himself? Talking to himself.

"It's going to have to be a week, right?"

Haybold looked at the calendar beside him.

After containment? Lorenzo was assigned a separate room? Every day, there are various reports and tests, and it seems that the matter is really serious, and the kestrel has seen Merlin walking by in front of his door several times.

Lorenzo would still visit them from time to time, saying that he lived next door and always came with what the doctors called contraband.

"Ah...... Such a peaceful life has been a little uncomfortable for too long. ”

The kestrel probably didn't want the room to fall into peace, he added.

"What's wrong?"

Hybold asked, holding a knight he had borrowed from the Kestrel in his hand, the calm time giving Hybold plenty of time to read the stories.

"That's it...... It's very uncomfortable, it feels like the battle not long ago is like a dream, it's like you Vikings don't arrive at Valhalla after you die, but a place similar to here, warm and comfortable, no fight and no fighting, everyone just lies in bed with nothing to do every day, wasting time. ”

The kestrel thought out and smiled.

"Come to think of it, it's not bad to end like this. ”

The voice faded again, and the kestrel thought for a moment and suddenly said to Haybod.

"But thank you, Hybod, if you hadn't carried me out, I'd probably have died there. ”

Haybard's expression did not change in the Kestrel thanks, and he continued to look at the book, answering casually.

"Nothing. ”

"It's good to be alive......"

The kestrel looked out the window and sensed.

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and both Kestrel and Hybold looked out of the door, only to see Eve standing panting in a hospital gown, holding a roll of newspaper in her hand.

"Something is wrong!"

Eve breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly.

"What's wrong?"

Kestrel looked puzzled, and saw Eve walk quickly to Kestrel bed, spreading out the newspaper in her hand.

"This is today's report, the king of Gaulinaro has died. ”

"This ...... What's wrong?"

The kestrel couldn't figure it out for a while, and Hayboy's face on the side had changed slightly.

"Before his death, the king of Gaulnalo confirmed his successor as his son, Corneel Garrel, and appointed Curry Ferré, director of the Iron Law Bureau, as minister. ”

Eve quickly explained that this was a political earthquake in Gaulnalo, and that it was happening so quickly that by the time a few people read the newspaper, the new king had already taken over.

"Currie Ferrey?"

The kestrel remembered the name, and the person it represented.

"It's him, now that he's from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, they must have made some big moves," Eve panicked, "What's more, before the old king died, a large number of old nobles and ministers were liquidated. ”

Eve said and pointed to the corner of the newspaper, which only occupied a small space and only a few lines of text, but these lines were more important than the information revealed in the previous news.

"Cut off funds, assassin threats, convict of crimes. ”

A new voice sounded, and Erin walked through the door, barely a member of the team, and was also admitted to the Black Mountain Hospital after arriving in Invig, where she and Eve were roommates these days, living right next door.

"During the years when the old king was seriously ill, on the surface his control of the country was lax, and the nobles and ministers secretly carried out a lot of dirty dealings, thinking that they would not be discovered, but in fact all this was under the prying eyes of the Iron Law Bureau, and at the end of the old king's life, he launched an internal purge, and these incriminating evidences that had been collected long ago were put on the surface, and most of the old nobles were eliminated by forceful means, and those who survived would only tremble, and they would submit to the new king, so that their family could survive the anger。 ”

Erin looked at the newspaper with a solemn expression.

"Before his death, the old king reunited the kingdom and gave it to his son in its entirety. ”

"They are preparing for war, preparing for our war, and only then can a united nation confront us. Haybold said.

There was a hint of depression in his words, which made everyone in the room a little uncomfortable.

Whether it's Kestrel or Eve, everyone knows one thing, with Ivar's death, war is inevitable, and this time it was a war they started on their own initiative, and now everything is just the calm before the storm.

"Looks like I'm going to have to leave. ”

Haybold said, turning around and packing up his clothes.

"Where are you going?"

Kestrel asked his temporary roommate, to be honest, it was good to have someone to talk to him in the middle of the night, although Haybold was very disgusted by this, he couldn't understand how a guy had to sleep and talk so much nonsense.

"The Vikings. I should have left a long time ago, the doctor said that I was mentally stable and could leave at any time, but like you said, such a peaceful leisure time is not easy to come by, and I still have to enjoy it for a few more days. ”

War is no joke, these things are serious, and there are some things that Haybold has to report back to himself, such as Ivar's death, after all, he is also the child of the King of the Ice Sea.

"I'll take these books with me. ”

Haybold said as he picked up a few more books that he hadn't finished yet.

"The Rhine Confederation, the Vikings and Invig, the power of unity...... This is going to be a war that will engulf the entire Western world!"

Screams rang out, and it was only then that several people noticed that there was another person in the room.

Tied to the bed, Hercule lifted himself vigorously and screamed at several people.

"Conspiracy! It's all a conspiracy! They're going to kill everyone!"

A storm of chaos seemed to roll up in his brain, and for a moment Hercules a terrible future, where the entire ocean will be stained red with countless bloods.

He ...... What's going on?"

Evie ignored Hercule's words and asked Kestrel as her roommate.

Kestrel shook his head helplessly, and he said.

"I don't know, but Hercule said he could talk to rats...... Poirot to be exact, he could understand what Poirot was saying, and with a psychiatric examination himself, the doctors suspected that he had been eroded, but he showed no signs of alienation...... In short, it's a very special case. ”

Kestrel remembered the follow-up again, and he continued.

The doctor also did a lot of tests on Poirot, confirmed that he was just an ordinary chinchilla, there was nothing unusual about it, and finally performed an operation on it. ”

"Surgery?"

Eve didn't understand that everyone usually met in the garden in the afternoon, like a group of old men and old women, and this was the first time Eve had noticed that Hercule was here.

The cage shook violently, interrupting Eve's questioning, only to see Poirot slamming into the cage in anger and squeaking at something.

"Damn, you're scolding me! Who bought you from the fur trader, have you forgotten?"

Hercule looked up vigorously, apparently scolding Poirot.

"What's the matter with me, didn't you see me tied up?"

"Squeak!"

"They sterilized you, what can I do!"

There was a squeak, then a louder one.

Eve looked at this somewhat strange scolding battle with a complicated expression.

"Do they usually do this?"

"Pretty much, but the doctor said he could be given a tranquilizer if he was too noisy. ”

Kestrel raised an eyebrow and pulled open the drawer.

......

Haybold leaves, along with Eve, who is also confused about the conspiracy of the operation, and now that Eve's mental detection has stabilized and she is allowed to leave, she is going to complete her internship and ask Arthur what the hell is going on.

The room fell silent, a little quick, as if he had returned to Invig from Gaulinalo.

Everything was too fast to give people the slightest preparation, Kestrel only remembered a group of people shouting their names, and then all kinds of bright lights flashed in front of his eyes, and when he woke up again, he was in the Black Mountain Hospital, and his whole body was tightly bandaged.

After being injected with a tranquilizer, Hercule became honest and Poirot fell asleep, and the too quiet room made the kestrel a little uncomfortable, like the end of the carnival, deserted.

"You're recovering well, Moon. ”

The sound startled the kestrel as he turned his head to remember that Erin hadn't left yet.

To be honest, after going through so much, although Kestrel doesn't really want to admit it, he already faintly hates Erin so much in his heart, just like he can talk to Haybold now, no matter what happened before, everyone is now more or less a brother.

These guys carried themselves back alive from Gaulnalo, but due to some shyness or something, Kestrel could not show any gratitude, and at most he promised Haybod that if there was a sequel, he would mail him to the Vikings, and he would pay for the postage.

"How...... What's wrong?"

Kestrel looked at Erin and stepped back a few times in fear, but he was already leaning against the wall and had no way back.

"I just think that many people may never see each other again in this life. ”

Erin said a little lonely.

"Like Hybod, do you think you'll still be able to see him?"

Kestrel was stunned, not understanding Irene's words.

"He's back in the Vikings, that far away and cold place, and he'll return to his post and join the tide of war, and so will you, you'll go back to the Purifier and throw yourself into this vast machine, and maybe that glance will be the last of your lives. ”

Kestrel opened his mouth and he wanted to say something, but suddenly Erin came over and grabbed him by the face.

There's no glamorous story, no intoxicating images, Erin just grabs Kestrel by the head very roughly, preventing him from moving.

Erin stared at the kestrel with a blank face, and the kestrel could even see his own reflection in the pupils of Erin's eyes, and he could feel the power coming from his gaze, as if he wanted to engrave the image in his mind forever.