Masks (2)

Ethan punched Lloyd in the face, knocking him to the ground, and then stepped forward and kicked him in the lower abdomen, Ethan resisted the urge to stomp on his throat, swallowed a mouthful of salty blood, and looked at the other two minions who were rolling on the ground.

"Get out!"

Ethan flew a kick, but it didn't hit Lloyd, and he controlled his strength when he shot, knowing that the other party must still have the strength to escape.

"You! You wait for me! ”

Sure enough, Lloyd, who was lying on the ground, jumped up suddenly, didn't even care about his two followers, and directly opened the electronic door and fled.

"Are you alright?"

Ethan turned to look at Blair, who was sitting in the corner sobbing, and held out a hand, "If they bully you again, tell me." ”

The little girl's curiosity is like a bottomless pit, especially when the cavalry team controls the media and minors have little access to the outside world, Ethan becomes the girl's only window into the real world.

Since that day's deal, Ethan has been telling the girl about his experiences, not all of which are true, and about himself, Ethan has strictly followed the materials prepared by the Eye of Unity, without revealing the slightest flaw.

But street wandering is not part of the concealment, except for the murder of his own hands, Ethan told a lot about his own experience in Johannesburg, however, even if the boy has tried to describe it in a less bloody and cruel way, he can still feel that Blair's worldview has been greatly affected.

The world is not beautiful, so people need to protect it.

For Blair's statement. Ethan just smiled faintly, but it was clear that the intimacy between the two had made some people feel uncomfortable.

That's why there was this brawl.

"Mom is right, you outsiders like to use violence to solve problems." The girl with freckles on her face reached out and wiped her tears, her hands on her hips, as if it wasn't her who had been bullied by Lloyd just now. "Now he must be going to sue, and you are going to eat confinement again."

"You don't have to, and someone else takes care of the food, isn't it very good." Ethan turned his head and smiled, he didn't regret the shot, both emotionally and intellectually.

Needless to say, discriminating against outsiders is the atmosphere of the cavalry itself, and only the little girl in front of her is willing to talk to her occasionally, and she actively helps with any difficulties. Although Ethan is precocious because of his experience, it doesn't mean that he is a machine person, loneliness is not a necessity, and it is better not to bear it if he can bear it.

And intellectually, if the only girl who is good to herself is bullied and doesn't take action, maybe it will be considered abnormal, since you are playing a child, then sometimes it is necessary to be willful.

Of course, Ethan also admitted that it was refreshing to punch Lloyd in that ugly face.

"That's right. I have a question for you. ”

Blair took a tissue from his pocket and carefully applied it to Ethan's injured face. Then he took out another one and gently wiped his eyes, "I heard my mother say yesterday that you are the chief knight, Jesse. Did Miele bring it back? ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

There's nothing to hide. Ethan thought everyone knew.

But what he didn't know was that Jess deliberately concealed this matter in order not to turn him into a special being, and Ethan was just an outsider with good luck in the eyes of everyone in the cavalry.

"So you've seen Jesse. His Excellency Miele !! ”

It's just that. What Ethan didn't expect was that when the little girl who was crying a lot just now heard this name, her eyes suddenly glowed with a feverish light, which was not far behind the most fanatical believers Ethan had ever seen in the retreat.

"Hmm...... I've seen ...... once."

Ethan nodded, but he didn't expect the girl to rush up in the next second and hold his shoulder.

"Tell me quickly! What kind of person is she, is she particularly gentle, and she is particularly tough in battle! It's not what the seniors say! ”

"This ......"

Ethan was a little overwhelmed by the sudden frenzy, but after a moment of silence, he nodded.

"Probably, I haven't touched her either, but ......"

"But what?"

Ethan regretted a little when he said only two words, but in the face of the girl's big watery eyes, Ethan obviously couldn't say that he was just saying it casually.

Besides, it's not a big deal.

"I once asked her what was so special about the Chief Knight." Ethan took a breath and shook his head to erase Jeunse's smile from his mind, "She said she was nothing special, just a little girl from Reykjavík. ”

"A little girl from Reykjavik...... Able to be with Jesse. It is such a blessing for Her Highness Mino to enjoy such a title together. Blair's Cheng dù is obviously beyond Ethan's imagination, the girl holds her hands in front of her chest, her eyes keep popping up stars, and even the title has changed to "Your Highness".

A child is indeed a child, Ethan shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

"What's that look on your face!"

Apparently Ethan's wry smile made Blair feel unhappy, and the girl pursed her mouth, "That's Lord Jesse!" Lady Jesse!! ”

I'm an adult again...... Ethan sighed.

"Ahh The girl selectively ignored Ethan, who didn't have a stubble, and continued to be a nymphomaniac, "I really wish I could be a TF who can be in charge of my own thing." ”

"I don't think there's a problem." Ethan finally seized the opportunity to change the subject, "If you really want to be that kind of person, and you're willing to put in the effort to do it, you can naturally be that kind of person." ”

"Really?" Blair shook Ethan excitedly, but immediately reacted, "Even if you're just comforting me, thank you." ”

"Maybe it's comfort, maybe not." Ethan spread his hands and shook his head helplessly. "But if you don't work hard, you won't have a chance, will you?"

"That's right!" Blair nodded vigorously, his freckled face glowing with excitement, "Start working hard now!" To become like Her Royal Highness Jeunse, this is my first goal in life! ”

"Is there a second goal?" Ethan asked half-jokingly, but he didn't expect Blair to actually answer.

"Absolutely! It's the number one goal I once had! Blair waved his hand sternly, "That's traveling the world." Save as many people as possible! ”

It's really a childish dream, Ethan complained helplessly, but it was obviously inappropriate to say it at this time.

"It is said, I mean, according to the senior sister of the first session of Jeunse, this is the dream of Her Royal Highness Jeunse!"

Blair didn't see Ethan's thoughts, his face was still shining with excitement, he grabbed Ethan's clothes and shook them gently, "What do you think?" ”

"Hmm. I think it's very likely. ”

Ethan pondered in silence for a moment, and then gave an answer, in fact, when he spoke, he didn't know how much of the sentence was perfunctory, or how much of it was his own real thoughts.

"Hmm!"

However, looking at the girl with an excited face, Ethan couldn't give a negative answer.

Because. He also seems to be contagious by this happiness.

***

It's just that dreams have always been a huge gap with reality.

The three-month training ended quickly. Ethan was sent to Buenos Aires on a mission, and after another half a month, Ethan, who was temporarily recalled, lay down in the cultivation cabin on the ark.

The next time he and Blair meet, it will be the fifth day that he will be able to get out of bed after undergoing the transformation.

"Congratulations, the transformation has been successful. Become a powerful TF. ”

Blair smiled and stretched out his hand and handed the box to Ethan, "This is a gift to congratulate you on your successful survival." ”

Ethan looked at Blair, who was sitting next to him, but there was no smile on his face, as he squeezed out a smile from Blair's words of blessing and barely squeezing out. Reads some jealousy and deep regret.

"Why don't you open it and take a look."

Looking at the silent Ethan, Blair tried to make himself smile a little brighter, Ethan nodded, opened the box, and it was a silver-white dagger.

"The EMP dagger, I asked for it from the real yàn room, but it doesn't actually have any combat effectiveness, so it's just a souvenir."

Blair said with a smile, Ethan nodded, he knew about this project of the cavalry, and the inspiration was the high-temperature dagger of Ling Yu, who had a relationship with him, but the EMP device was too delicate, and the battle between TFs could easily cause the original inside to vibrate and damage, so the project was later stopped, and this should be one of the few prototypes that has no lethal power.

"Actually...... It's not that there isn't a chance. ”

Ethan looked away from his dagger and tried to consider his words, trying not to provoke the other person, he looked at Blair, who was dressed in a trainee scribe's robe, and sighed softly.

Blair's transformation operation did not fail, but it was not a physical or mechanical TF, and in the end, Blair became a mutation-aware TF in the brain domain with no combat ability.

The scribe group was directly issued to Blair as a trainee scribe, but the girl still felt extremely sorry that she couldn't become a TF who was in charge of her own.

"If you want to save people's lives, there are many ways, and it is not necessarily the only choice to fight in front of you." Ethan, who had finally put his mind in order, gave his own answer, he didn't want any rift in his relationship with Blair because of this matter.

Maybe it's because of the need for a future mission? Or maybe it's something else? Ethan didn't think about it, just tried not to hurt the girl with his words.

"Maybe...... It's something that can't be helped. Blair stretched out his hand and gently combed his short hair, there was no need to keep it short after graduating from military school, so Blair's hair was deliberately long.

"There will always be a chance, the scribes are also fighting, without your efforts, there would be no victory for the knights, think about it, maybe Lord Jeuness will one day use the weapon you designed, isn't it also quite happy?"

"Poof, you're really talking, Ethan." Blair finally smiled, this little girl has never been able to hide her thoughts, and Ethan, who is carefully wearing a mask, can be said to be two extremes, "Well, since you say so, I can reluctantly change my dream." ”

"Actually, your dreams may never change." Ethan raised his head and looked at the triangular ceiling of the ark, "Because there is no need to change, because you are not Lord Jesse, and it is impossible to copy her life, as long as you have the same goal, then sooner or later you will go on the same path and fulfill the same dream." ”

"And what is your dream, Ethan?"

Suddenly, Blair asked for no reason.

Ethan was stunned for a moment, he suddenly felt a chill in his back, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

The day you are activated is the day the cavalry is destroyed.

The first thing that came to his mind was this message that the Eye of Unity had sent to him in Buenos Aires.

"What's wrong?"

But Ethan quickly returned to normal, and in the face of Blair's questioning, Ethan let out a long sigh.

"I hope that one day, I will be able to sleep in my own bed."

Blair didn't speak, looking at Ethan, the boy knew that it was impossible for the simple girl next to him to understand the meaning behind this sentence, but he didn't mean to explain.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up."

Obviously, Blair linked this sentence to Ethan's tragic past, which may or may not be true, and even Ethan himself cannot say clearly.

"Hopefully, our dreams will come true." Ethan turned to look at Blair and smiled softly.

A smile that is incomparably extravagant for a boy.

"Hmm."

The girl, on the other hand, did not speak, but nodded slightly.

Didn't notice the helplessness in Ethan's pupils. (To be continued......)