Brad looked into Edward's eyes and said, "Keep this secret for me, and swear to protect him with your life." Just as you love your eyes, protect this child. ”

"I swear, sir. Edward also looked directly into Brad's gaze and said solemnly.

Brad motioned for Edward to sit down on the couch and poured him a cup of tea.

"Although the situation is uncertain at the moment, I hope that the future will be as you and I guess.

My original idea was to take Phil to Gaokan City for protection and focus on training.

But for some reason, it is not appropriate to mobilize the people in this way, so I want you to continue to teach and protect this child in Lok Ma Town.

Also, on your family's side, I will arrange it personally, so you can rest assured.

When Phil progresses to the Intermediate Military Academy, you can choose how to go for the rest of the way.

Go home and become a lord, or return to the Lion Division, it's all right, that's my promise. ”

Hearing that he had a chance to return to the Wild Lions for the rest of his life, Edward fell to one knee again, tears streaming down his cheeks and incoherent with excitement.

Looking at Edward, who was crying like a child, Brad sent someone to see him off after a few words of comfort, so the latter didn't see what was next.

The old man sat down behind his desk again, silent, looking at the Snape family crest on the wall, his deep eyes flickering in the light.

The glory of the Mad Lion family, the rise of the legendary ancestor and the weakening of the family in the stability of these years, Phil's intelligence and great talent, the position of the eldest son's family on this matter and the chain reaction that may be triggered, the loyalty of the younger son and the kindness of the daughter-in-law, the checks and balances of the Marquis of Gaokan City, the open and secret battles of rival families, and so on.

For a while, old Brad had countless thoughts in his heart.

The clock in the corner struck nine times, and Brad sighed and picked up the silver hammer and struck the bell on the table.

With the crisp and pleasant sound of the bell, Barton, an old butler with gray hair, walked in and stood silently in front of Brad, waiting for his orders.

"In the name of the family, he sent Edward's younger brother to the Imperial Capital Maple Grove Academy for further study, and asked Mentor Bode to accept him as a registered disciple and provide him with a scholarship.

Not too much, so as not to spoil the good child.

And then in Edward's hometown, I think it was a small town famous for its oil mills.

Then he bought a medium-sized oil mill and gave it to his mother and sister.

As for his wife and son, take it to the town of Luoma, and you can do it in the fields and livestock, where you know best, old man. ”

"Yes, sir. "Barton has been in the Lion family all his life, and he is very skilled at doing this kind of thing.

He was about to turn around and leave, but he didn't know what he thought, so he turned around and asked again: "Did you send someone to ......?"

Before he finished asking, he saw the cold gaze in Brad's eyes, Barton tacitly didn't ask again, nodded his head, and turned to leave.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard Brad's voice behind him: "Call Jones and Paul back and give them ten days."

Protect that child, we were all negligent before. The tone sounded a little melancholy and chagrin for some reason.

This time Barton did not hesitate and walked away quickly.

Just when Edward was immersed in memories and full of emotion, a figure suddenly flashed in the reeds in front of him, waking him up.

"Phil be careful!" Edward shouted, blocking Phil's front and pulling him behind him.

Although he hadn't seen the figure clearly, he was very sensitive to murderous aura for half a lifetime, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the few people who were jumping out of the reeds.

Edward reacted extremely quickly, and recognized each other's heels at a glance from the skin color and clothing of several strong men in front of him.

"Half-breed bastard! What a daring man to venture into the hinterland, and those bunnies on the border are all rubbish. ”

Hybrids, a highly insulting term, is the Wardsman Empire's special designation for those who look like Warders in front of them, but have red-skinned skin.

Thousands of border clashes have been fought against each other, and both sides have captured each other's population, and there are not a few.

The rough men of the army can't control the stuff in the crotch, and it is inevitable that some mixed-race births will be born.

These people gathered in groups and multiplied to this day, and they have no sense of belonging to either the steppe or the Wardsmann Empire, and even became one of the scourges of the borderlands for a time.

For these people, neither the steppe people nor the Ward people, do not recognize.

The Ward people even thought it was a great shame, and some radical generals even sent troops to encircle and suppress it.

However, these people of special blood took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain in the border mountain range, and fought guerrilla warfare with the army, which was very difficult.

The brutal extermination war lasted for half a year, from the beginning of the siege of the city, the edge was exposed to the later loss of troops, and the cost was huge.

But these people will always come out of the dense mountains and forests, as if they are endlessly killed, so that this army of laborers has completely become a tired army, and its vigor is exhausted.

In the end, he had no choice but to stop it, hastily withdraw his troops, and let them fend for themselves.

After thousands of years of reproduction, these people have gradually become a clan of their own, becoming rogues and doing all kinds of illegal things along the long border.

Smuggling, robbing, and trafficking in human beings, laying down their arms is a farmer, and picking up a sword is a bandit.

After all, some of them are still very similar to the Ward people in terms of appearance, and it is easy to tell them apart, such as Grims Delham at the canonization ceremony of the Holy Horse in Gaokan City that year.

A figure leaping out of the grass moved quickly.

"Catch that kid, kill the others, do it!" The red-haired Ge Man didn't talk nonsense, and directly issued the order to kill.

This is on the outskirts of Lok Ma Town, so there is no room for delay.

If he alarmed the vigilantes and caused the mission to fail, he was more afraid of the Captain's methods than if he was caught or killed by the Wards.

"Phil, let's go!"

"Roda, report to the town!"

Before he could utter a few words, Edward was forced to run into Coren and the other two men head-on.

Edward had no weapons in his hands, only the reed branches that had been temporarily trapped just now, and the other party was armed with steel knives and long daggers, and surrounded Edward in a triangular shape.

The other two pounced on Rhoda, who was full of sluggish faces, and Phil, who had already turned and fled.

It happened so suddenly, and Phil panicked for a moment.

No one who has lived a comfortable life for ten years is suddenly attacked by a bandit with a sharp blade at his doorstep.

But his reaction was quick, and as soon as Edward shouted the order, he turned and ran a few meters away.

It was not without hesitation, nor was it unsympathetic and abandoned Edward and Rhoda, but this situation was instilled by Catherine and Uncle Campbell in turn from the day he became sensible, and there were even more than one drills.

In this case, how to deal with it correctly is something that every powerful child must learn from an early age and integrate into the bone marrow.

He is here, not only can not help Edward, but is a drag.

Let's not talk about the combat strength of the two sides, if he stays where he is, maybe all three of them will die.

But if he runs away, the other party will inevitably divide his forces in order to chase him, which can reduce the pressure on Edward's front.

And he is still very confident in his running speed.

As for Rhoda, this simple peasant boy, Phil could only silently say sorry in his heart.

For everyone who becomes the personal companion of the powerful, you are not required to sacrifice your life and fight hard at the critical moment, but at least it will distract the thief and win time for the master to escape.

Perhaps by nature, Phil had a big heart in this life, and he didn't lose the best chance to escape because of the sudden weakness of his hands and feet.

Unlike Phil's quick reaction, Rhoda was stupefied.

He was just an ordinary peasant kid in Luoma Town, not tall, not athletic, and had no special talents.

It's just that it's smart and dexterous.,And the character is gentle and generous.。

His highest ambition is to become a housekeeper like Campbell, or the steward of a large family, before he enters middle age.

Just now, he was still worried about why his partner hadn't appeared yet, but at this moment, seeing this group of bandits with steel knives rushing towards him, Rhoda instantly figured out the cause and effect, and his heart was desperate.

He heard Edward's shout, but he didn't seem to hear it, just stood still.

His heart was beating violently, cold sweat was oozing from his forehead, and his face was snow-white.

"Run, Roda. Rhoda shouted to himself in his heart, but his heavy legs didn't use a trace of strength, not even to take a step.