Lifting the curtain, Irene stepped out of the tent first, Gray following behind.

Stopping, Irene looked around at the children standing outside and asked softly, "Do you say or do you say?"

Gray stood stunned, looking at the children, but did not speak. The children looked at him, too.

"I'll say it then. Coughing dryly, Ireen said softly, "I, I have discussed with Baron Gray, in view of the urgency of the war, we really don't have the extra energy to take care of you, so now we need to send you home." ”

"Why?"

"We are knights and don't need to be taken care of!"

"We can take care of ourselves!"

All of a sudden, the children were in an uproar.

"You can take care of yourself, you have to go back!" Irene's voice was an octave higher, irrefutable.

"Boss, is it true? ”

"Boss, you said that we are already knights and can go to battle. ”

The children's eyes were on Gray, expectantly. Gray could only nod his head and said, "You guys should go back first, okay? ”

The children in the armor were silent, staring blankly at Gray, tears in their eyes.

"Look, I told you not to do that. Why bother with such a sad feeling?" the black cat sighed helplessly.

Irene looked back at a dejected Gray.

Someone whispered, "You promised us ......"

"Yes, I've told my family. ”

"Shut up!" an older child stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "We are the knights of Baron Grey, members of the Knights of the Silver Moon. By oath, we must comply with all the demands of Baron Gray. The boss wants us to go back, so we should go back!"

The other child cautiously reached out and tapped lightly on the breastplate. Choked up, he said, "Yes, as you command, my lord!"

"Do as you command, my lordship!" said all the children in unison.

Fifteen people, fifteen immature faces.

Gray didn't dare to look them in the eye, so he could only nod his head, not knowing how many times he should order.

He whispered to the black cat, "I kind of want to cry." ”

"But you don't have tears. ”

"My heart hurts. ”

"But you don't have a heart either. ”

"yes, I don't have anything. ”

"I'm sorry. He could only whisper to the children.

"Halls, send them all back. ”

"Yes!"

"We can go back on our own. The child at the head said with a youthful face.

"Okay, go back yourselves. Irene could only helplessly explain: "Then send someone to follow them, and you must make sure that you get home." ”

"Yes!"

At Halls's urging, the children all left, turning back one step at a time, waving goodbye to Gray from afar, reluctantly.

Some children cried out with a "wow".

"Don't cry, we're knights!" comforted the older child.

"Hmm. The weeping child nodded heavily and stopped crying.

Looking down, Ireen noticed that there was one left.

"This is little Jimmy, right? ”

"Yes!" Mike whispered.

Of the children who left, little Jimmy was probably the only one who was happy.

"I'm sorry. Gently patting Gray on the shoulder, Ireen also left, back to her tent.

Gray was the only one left standing still, he was the only one left, and the soul fire was extremely weak. This shows that he is extremely depressed.

After standing there for a moment, he walked over to the bricks and sat down on his knees. Sit all the time. The two guards on the side of Irene were watching him, intentionally or not.

The clouds drifted gently in the air, and the sunlight slowly changed the angle of inclination.

"Hey, are you alright?" asked the black cat in a whisper.

"It's fine. I was just...... Don't understand. Gray replied quietly.

"Don't understand what?"

"I don't understand why I have to send them away. They are all honest and kind knights, and although they have not yet grown up, I can protect them on the battlefield. I can also help Irene win the war, she doesn't need to worry. ”

Helpless, the black cat could only say: "Because no one believes it." ”

"No one believes me, don't they believe me?"

"Listen, Gray. It's not that they don't believe you...... Well, too. But not the kind of unbelief you think. In fact, the human world is complex, much more complex than the world of the Lich. Many things are not as they appear to be, and they have a degree. Of course, I know that's a hard time for a lich to handle. But that's just the way it is. It's like your chivalry, what you understand, is not the same as what others understand. ”

"You mean, my chivalry is wrong, too? But I've done it one by one, according to my oath. ”

"Yes, you are doing it one by one. But, chivalry is really not what you think. At least in the eyes of others, including me, chivalry is not what you think. ”

"But the children understood me the same way I did, and they believed me. ”

"That's because they're kids. ”

"But they'll grow up. ”

"When you grow up, you change. ”

"Why change, isn't it good that everybody is honest and kind?" Gray slowly stood up, staggering forward. The bone horse quietly followed behind.

The soldiers around him were watching him, but all he could see was his own way.

Now, the road is all blurred.

He is a man of action, always so determined, and he has never been so hesitant.

"I don't really know how to explain it, really. Although I taunt you every day, Gray, I also think you are a good knight. You are better than most knights, but you can't be a great knight. ”

"You're not complimenting me, are you?"

"I'm glad you heard it, at least not as misunderstood as you did with Halls. Is it because great knights are more important than good knights, and commanders and generals are far less important than good knights, right?"

"Yes. I want to be a great knight. But I don't want to be a commander, I don't want to be a general. There are no of them in chivalry. I just thought...... Be a good knight. ”

The black cat could come up with eleven thousand words of mockery, but at this moment, it didn't want to say it. Yes, don't want to say.

A knight is a lich, which is terrible.

But a lich wants to be a knight, and a great knight, who adheres to the spirit of chivalry. That sounds ...... Perhaps more inspiring than the cold and obscene sculptures in the church.

For a moment, the black cat even thought that maybe Gray's arrival would be a gift from heaven to this world. Of course, it's just a matter of thinking.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?

As the sun sets, a lich in knight's armor and a black cat lead a bone horse towards the White City.

"Black cat. What should I do if I still want to be a great knight?"

"Start by learning to pay attention to other people's feelings, to be able to accurately understand what others are saying, and to understand the meaning behind what others are saying. ”

"Exactly?"

"For example, you have to ask my name first and then remember it. I've been following you for so long, and you haven't even asked my name. ”

"Okay, what's your name, then?"

"Burlesdon. Ebilis. Wellsbill. Iberli. Thatcher Billy. Ken Fedes Chelms. ”

“......”

"You can call me Burlesdon. Ken Fedes Chelms. ”

"It seems that I may not be able to be a great knight anymore, so I will call you the black cat. ”

“......”