In the evening, Russell took a few fatty fish he had caught and began to prepare dinner.

Feo had returned from outside, and the little girl, Ayana, had been brought back by him. Ayana had come to report to Fidel, and some of the twenty-odd wounded mercenaries had already left the cave where they were resting.

Ayana said that the dozen or so men had indicated that they would not continue to serve the Moonshield Mercenary Regiment, and that most of them were members of the Bithluvis Sword and Shield Squadron.

Fidel had foreseen this in his heart, but he didn't expect that on the first day of his departure, some of his subordinates would leave them. But they can't be blamed, maybe they still have to support their families, and they can always follow here, and they are already very loyal subordinates.

"Come, I've washed the fish you've caught, and now I'll cut them open, gut them, and clean them inside, and you go and make a fire." Russell had already taken the only fish in Fed's basket, and he took them all into the cabin and began to prepare the other ingredients.

Feo took Fid and Ayana to the lake and came back to pick up some dry wood.

"I'm going to see in the woods. Ayana took out her wooden bow and walked in the direction of the wooded area.

Fei O bowed his head and said to Fidel, "You can go with you, and by the way, ask her why she killed your people." "After Fei O returned, he had already met with Buck, the leader of the bandits, and the arrival of Ayana was just enough for Feyd to communicate with the other party, so as not to be framed by his own bandits.

Fidel nodded, and he followed Ayana into the woods.

"It's already dark, can you still see the prey?" Fidel followed behind Ayana, and he watched as the other man walked ahead with a longbow already attached to an ironless arrowhead.

Ayana: "Shhhh ”

The little girl didn't bother with Fed, and the deeper she went, the lighter her steps became, and Fed's pace had to adjust her pace and not dare to follow too closely.

Suddenly, Ayana drew her bow and turned and shot an arrow at Fidel's side. Before Fidel could react, the arrow had already hit a hare.

Ayana walked in the direction of the hare, then bent down and hung the hare on her back, and began her walk.

"I have a question for you. ”

"Just ask if there's anything, I don't like men who spit out the most. Ayana said as she walked.

"Did you kill the people of the Moon Shield Mercenary Group in the village near Disha Castle before?"

Without an immediate answer, Ayana walked over to a tree and picked up a hare on the ground that had been nailed to the ground with a dagger. Fei De had not noticed exactly when the other party had killed the hare, but as the dagger was put back on Ayana's waist, he immediately realized that this little girl's attack was extremely fast and not easy.

Seeing that she was about to walk out of the wooded area, Ayana had not yet answered what Fidel meant.

"You're just a little girl, why would you kill our people?" asked Feder one last time. In his heart, he didn't really care about it. But Eddie is always guilty of having his men killed, and Noor believes that he has become a scapegoat for Ayana and them, and if he could, Fed still wanted to know the truth, and no one knew when the little girl would have done something to Koss.

Ayana stopped, and she didn't look back, "Because they're robbers." ”

The little girl of fourteen had said only one word, and then walked straight out of the wooded area and in the direction of the lakeside hut, leaving only Fidel standing there. In fact, Fei De also learned from Avi afterwards, and he knew that the two slain horseback mercenaries had wanted to take the village chief's silver ring.

Fett's mind recalls how his father, Faulkner, had killed the merchants and moved out of their possessions.

"You bandits!

Fed remembers a merchant's wife, crying as she hugged her husband's body. Fei De no longer knew what happened to the woman, but at the time, Fei De believed his father's words more - "This man is not willing to save the cold and starving soldiers of the kingdom, he would rather see them have no strength to fight, lose the country's castle, or even starve to death." ”

Field, who was only eight years old at the time, remembered this sentence very much, at least at that time, Fielder identified with his father. However, when he heard Ayana's words, his heart had already given a clear indication - those slain horseback mercenaries must have committed the act of robbers.

Coming from a ruling background, Phyll had never been starved or cold, nor had he ever been robbed of something. However, since leaving his hometown and becoming a mercenary, Fed has seen more people and demons.

The vast majority of mercenaries become mercenaries for money, and they never show much mercy when faced with unarmed civilians. On the contrary, they forgot their civilian origins and committed evil deeds, no different from robbers.

In such an environment, it is no wonder that more and more people are willing to join the mercenaries, and fewer and fewer people are willing to abide by their duties and become peasants. For ordinary mercenaries, it is too difficult to become a regular soldier, and to become a thief, robber, or bandit has to take risks, then mercenaries are definitely a moderate path. With a sharp weapon in his hand and the support of the entire mercenary group behind him, they have changed from victims to perpetrators, this is the transformation of countless mercenaries.

Fed remembered that he had told Uncle Evan that he wanted to find a way to bring peace back to the continent in addition to what his father had said. Although there is no clue now, there is one condition, which is necessary for Fidel's ideal peace - to make all the mercenary groups disappear, and not to let people use war and killing as their means of livelihood. Perhaps the day when there are no mercenaries will come and the world will truly return to peace.

But there is not much point in thinking too much about these distant things now, and Fei already knows the truth - Ayana and her companions killed those mercenaries just to defend themselves against the bandits, they are not wrong, they are on the side of justice. I'm sure Eddie is aware and ashamed of the banditry of his men.

When Fed returned to the hut, the whole sky was covered with a black "curtain", and there were countless stars hanging there above this curtain, which was wonderful.

The surface of the lake has blended into the mountains and forests, and the calm makes people think that it is the sky. Russell and Fio had already set up the grill and put the fish on it. Ayana sat by the lake, alone with a rabbit skin.

"Come, would you like to have some wine first?" Fio handed a bag of wine to Fed, who walked over, and the aroma of the wine flew out of the bag.

Fed: "No, it's better to drink less of wine." ”

However, Fei O ignored the other party's words, and when he saw that Fei De didn't want the wine bag, he immediately pulled the wine bag back, looking at him as if the action of giving the wine just now was just pretending to give it to Feide.

Russell sprinkled seasoning powder on the fish, "Don't look at this guy's usual honesty and calmness, he likes to drink, and he will talk nonsense when he drinks too much, and he has completely lost the image of wisdom and wisdom." ”

"Nonsense! Even if you are drunk, it is a wise experience!" said Feo, who had drunk a lot of wine before Fede returned, and now sat in front of the fire, his face flushed a little.

Fio turned back Russell's freshly turned grilled fish, and he looked really drunk, and he said, "Young man, I'll tell you! Wine is a good thing, and when I was young, I was ignorant, and I took everything seriously, and now that I think about it, there is really no need." A lot of times it's a problem that can be solved by getting drunk, so don't worry too much about it, you know?"

Fidel watched as Feo drank bag after bag, and he had taken over all the wine he had prepared.

"Hey, if you were so greedy for alcohol when you were young, I guess I won't meet you. Russell also prepared some bread cheese and handed it to Field.

At this time, Ayana also brought the cleaned rabbit, and she had been sullen.

"Andre is very fond of rabbit meat, and when he was young, he even had to pull my clothes and give him a little back," Russell cut the hare meat into pieces, and then roasted it on an iron pot, "Alas, I also learned to add some seasonings, so that the originally light hare meat can become particularly fragrant." He said as he took out the special seasoning and added some to the pot.

Fidel could smell the aroma of the meat while sitting on the side, which was indeed different from ordinary rabbit meat.

"Come, eat grilled fish. Russell handed the two grilled fish to Ayana and Fidel. Ayana bowed her head and munched on nothing, while Feder thanked Russell for not being as big as the fish he had caught.

The evening breeze was blowing, and Fed's long black hair was blown to his face.

"Young man, you look a lot like a friend of mine. Russell stared at Field's face as he ate the hare's meat.

"Really?"

"That's right, he used to have the same black hair and black eyes as you, and his facial features are very similar to yours!" Russell said, looking up at the sky, "but he's dead." ”

Fed knew that Uncle Evan had met Russell before, fought side by side, and were still friends. However, in this world, the only people who look like him should be Uncle Evan and his father Faulkner, so the people Russell said look like him are definitely not them.

"It's just that people are similar. ”

Russell smiled and said, "Maybe." By the way, I guess you'll re-form a mercenary group when you leave here, right?"

This is indeed the best way, Fidel had planned to do so before, anyway, now is not the time to return to Mallot, if the moon shield is really as powerful as the legend says, then the punishment of the Kingdom of Salins is nothing.

Fidel nodded slightly, "I'll see the situation again." ”

"Take Ayana with you, she shouldn't be with the forest forever. Russell looked at Ayana and said lightly.

Ayana looked at Russell in amazement, her mouth wide open, the rabbit meat in her mouth still not swallowed.