Chapter 3: Heroes and Mortals
"Quick! There's a pheasant behind the grass. Selinda hid behind a tree and whispered to Li Jia, "Try the Wind Blade again." ”
This magic Li Jia was already very familiar with twisting, he opened his right hand, and a pale cyan glimmer appeared from his palm, and with a wave of his hand, a wind blade that was almost invisible to the naked eye flew towards the pheasant that was probing his brain.
There was a slight crack, and countless severed blades of grass burst out of the grass, and a cloud of blood spurted out. Li Jia walked over and saw that the pheasant had fallen in the grass and had been separated.
"It's still your icicle technique that is suitable for hunting, and the prey of the Wind Blade is not the same in the past. Li Jia said a little depressedly, he has been learning the ice pick technique for a long time, but he has never been able to grasp the essentials.
"Eagles can't swim, cheetahs can't fly. No one can learn all the magic, just find what you're good at. Selinda followed, handed the branch in her hand to Li Jia, and asked him to tie up the pheasant, "If I can learn a few more magics, I will become a magician." ”
Li Jia was curious: "How many magic can I learn before I can be called a magician?
"Of course not, you haven't been able to concentrate yet, and the speed and power of your magic are limited. You can only be called a magician if you succeed in concentrating, and now you are only an apprentice magician. As for me, although I have already concentrated, my mental power is not strong enough, and using magic to assist my sword skills is the basis of my strength, so I would rather be called a magic knight. Selinda smiled, "But, according to your skills...... Let's try to be a magician.
"Magic is hard to learn...... So far, I have only learned the Wind Blade Technique and the Swift Technique from you, and Xiao Chen has taught me a magic. ”
"Don't be anxious, there is an old saying in Montenegro that the wild boar that rushes ahead falls into the pit first. ”
"I just thought that to face your father, it was better to have a good identity. Li Jia lowered her head, a little embarrassed, "Otherwise, I'm afraid he will have an opinion." ”
"What about your guts? You didn't seem so nervous when you saw Viscount Ruiz. ”
"How can this be the same thing? That's business......"
"Why, it's a private matter for you to go to see the Count?"
"Selinda, don't you knowingly ask, your father is an important hurdle for me. ”
"Important?" said Selinda, shaking her head disdainfully, "he's just a mediocre man who bears the name of an earl." I never do anything with his permission. Why am I starting to lose understanding of you?"
"You...... Yes, you know my mind. ”
"Hehe, your mind...... I can't see or touch it, how can I know it? Selinda looked at Li Jia with a smile, "Just like Cadiz, he only told me when he was about to die, everything is meaningless." ”
Li Jia looked at each other a little nervously, although the two had experienced a lot of things and seemed to be quite close, but there was a layer of window paper that had never been pierced.
Li Jia was afraid that he would pierce the layer of paper with a load, and what he saw in the back was not what he expected.
A woman is really an incomprehensible creature, if it was that delicate and lovely country girl, Li Jia would hold her in her arms and tell her heart. If it was the majestic magic knight, Li Jia only dared to keep a distance to talk to her, but what was her true face? Selinda's different images flashed in front of Li Jia, and finally coincided with the huntress in front of her.
Li Jia wanted to see the appearance from the other party's expression, but when she looked at it, she fell into a panic...... , Selinda is so beautiful, so powerful, and so noble, the way she looks at him makes his already little self-confidence melt away.
Li Jia knew that she had made the same mistake again, and as before, she had always been afraid to speak in front of girls. He cursed his cowardice as he suffered from gains and losses, like a mouse that wanted to hang a bell for a cat.
"Have you ever thought about what kind of person you want to be with for the rest of your life?" Seeing Li Jia's hesitant look, Celinda slowly put away her smile.
"Ah, no, no......" Barrenness makes people lose their imagination, and barren womanhood makes Li Jia not even have a dream lover, so he can only reply weakly.
"I thought about it. As a child, I always thought that my father was a hero, an earl of the kingdom, a leader of knights, and a patron of the family. But one day, when I found out that he couldn't even protect my mother, I realized that he was nothing more than a coward and a playboy. The person I love, you must not be like that!" Selinda walked up to Li Jia and stared at him closely, "Li Jia, you are erudite, kind, gentle, and have great potential. But the man I'm looking for, that's not enough, he has to be in control of his own destiny, he has to be a hero!"
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"Heroes, heroes, let's leave them to those epics. I just hope that person is an ordinary person who can support his family and live with peace of mind. Maybe it's a small town in the middle of nowhere, maybe it's a village in the mountains. He doesn't need to be strong, he doesn't need to be handsome, as long as I look at it. Speaking of this, Karanda seemed a little arrogant, "I'm sorry, Chen, I talked to you and said some nonsense unconsciously." ”
"No, no, no, this is very satisfying to my curiosity, I thought that a mercenary like you would like the other half to be a hero who can run a horse on his arm and stand on his fist. Chen Hansheng said as he hammered down a wooden stake to hold the tent in place.
Kalanda slapped it with a palm and drove another wooden stake directly into the ground half a foot, which made Chen Hansheng feel a little sore. She was amused by Chen Hansheng's statement, "Heroes and scoundrels often end up with nothing, I have been a mercenary for many years, and I have seen too many such things." So I never thought I'd look for someone like that. ”
"Good, good. I'm glad you think so. Chen Hansheng said happily.
Kalanda smiled puzzledly and asked, "What's the matter with you? ”
"Rejoice, because this is the second good news I have heard today. ”
"Second piece of good news?"
"Well, you don't want to find a big hero to be your husband, so don't I have a chance?" Chen Hansheng said directly, his face was not red, "As for the first good news, that is, you don't have a husband, so I don't have to go through the trouble of killing a rival in love." ”
"You ......" Kalanda's hand froze in the air holding a stake, and Chen Hansheng watched as a red cloud slowly floated up from her face, floated over her straight nose, floated up her full cheeks, bypassed her panicked eyes, and finally even her forehead turned red. They were so close that he could feel the heat on her face, and her face quickly became like a big red Fuji, so Chen Hansheng involuntarily took a bite.
"Ah~" After a short exclamation, the decisive Commander of the Kalanda carried her powerful fighting spirit and flew away like a rocket.
The air flow from the burst of fighting qi blew Chen Hansheng to the ground at once, he looked around with a smirk, and found that everyone was busy, only Katarina looked at him from behind the tent with her mouth wide open.
"You, you, you, actually kissed the head of the regiment on the face!!The last mercenary who wanted to kiss her hand was kicked directly into the river by her!" said the little girl in shock.
"I'm ready to be kicked too, but your head seems reluctant. Chen Hansheng stood up with a grin.
"But, but...... How could the head of the regiment suddenly ...... with you"
"Hey, don't you see me doing this and that with your head every day? That's all kung fu, you, just remember our old saying, 'hard work pays off'." Chen Hansheng said proudly.
"Hard work pays off?" Caterina felt that this seemed to make sense, and she silently read both sides, unconsciously glancing to the corner of the camp.
"By the way, I'll give you a task, I opened a small stove at the back of the camp, and I'm going to cook a good meal for your regiment leader, she's tired these days, as long as you can help me trick her...... Oh, please come here. I'll let you eat enough, I'll bring all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from my hometown, and I'll make sure you've never eaten that kind of food in your life!"
People in this era are easily moved by food, and Katarina, who doesn't know what to think, came back to her senses, swallowed her saliva, and bargained: "No, how can the matter of the head of the regiment easily give you a bargain." Three meals! It must be three meals that are equally delicious! I promise to leave tonight when I am full, and I will not see or hear anything!"
"Deal!"
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When Li Jia returned to the camp, he looked exhausted, and he saw Xiao Chen sitting by the fire and handing over a bunch of pheasants to the cook, so he hurriedly ran over.
Xiao Chen had already changed into a local short dress, with a short robe made of cotton on the upper body and long pants with bound legs on the bottom. And the cat was lazily curled up next to his boots.
"It's miserable!" Li Jia rushed over and sat next to Xiao Chen, almost squeezing him off the wooden pier, "Brother, the rivers and lakes are in emergency, I seem to have been issued a good person card just now, what should I do?"
Xiao Chen was originally pondering something, but was taken aback by Li Jia, "What's the matter?"
Li Jia told all the things that Selinda said in the forest today, and then grabbed Xiao Chen's sleeve and asked vigorously, "Does she look down on me?"
"Look like this...... Not like. Xiao Chen touched his chin, "If she is not interesting to you, she still goes hunting with you, and she still talks so much nonsense with you?"
"But. I'm really bad. I can't even say 'I like you'. Li Jia covered her face and said, "You have to find a way to help me and help me win back her impression of me." ”
"According to me...... , what do you have to do, there has to be a chance. I see, this woman is not so simple, she must understand the benefits of marrying us, and it is not so easy to give up on you. ”
"This, I'm talking to you about love...... , Besides, even if it's a marriage, there are a lot of choices, Shi Hao is stronger than me, right? Lao Chen is more mature than me, right? There are so many big wolves and little wolves in the business team and the escort team staring at her. Just, even you can be my competitor? Selinda is so beautiful, if she shows you over, will you not be tempted?"
Xiao Chen sneered, "Don't think that everyone is like you, you will lose your soul when you see a woman." This is a matter of urgency. ”
"Cat!" Li Jia suddenly stared at the cat at his feet, with an excited expression.
"Hey, no, don't tell me you thought about that? Do you really want to do that?" Xiao Chen couldn't cry or laugh.
And Li Jia had already told him the answer with hungry wolf-like eyes.