"What's your name?" the man asked again,

The boy's eating stopped, his mouth was stained with more yellow sticky juice than before, and the distance of half an arm could even give people the illusion of asking about the sweetness, and his fingers trembled slightly, and the crust of the bitten sweet potato fell to his leg through the gap between his fingers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He looked stunned, his pupils were empty and dull, because of the man's question, his brain couldn't find the answer for a while.

"My name ......" The boy looked blankly at the sweet potato residue whose palms were gnawed hard by himself and rotted into mud, he asked himself questions, he looked for the answer in his memory, what was his name, but the picture that poured out in front of him was only an intermittent flash, the masonry of the destroyed house fell from the top of his head, the beams of the house were scorched and broken in the flames, the crumbling door was fragile in front of the crowd, his ears were full of terrifying voices like the cry of evil spirits, and in the whirling picture, the woman with a blurred face seemed to be sobbing, holding his face with trembling hands, and talking......

My child, my dear......

I'm sorry if I wasn't so cowardly, if I ...... You won't ......

If I had not given birth to you...... Right now...... You won't suffer either......

You shouldn't be here...... If you weren't...... How nice

Whoever you will be...... I just hope you're doing well.......

I can't take it anymore...... Bless this child......

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me......

The boy felt that his heart had suddenly become empty, as if he had completely lost something and could not find it again, so he felt that everything around him had become empty, and the cold wind outside the cave kept blowing in, and the fire in front of him was swaying and about to be extinguished, and he suddenly felt that his body was even colder.

"I don't know. He shook his head, and continued to stuff the last remaining sweet potato pulp into his mouth, which also became cold and a little icy tongue.

The bearded man wanted to say something, but he paused, just sighed and took the words back into his stomach, thinking to himself that the boy forgot his name, maybe it was just that the past experience was too painful, causing the brain to be stimulated and forget part of the memory, or it could be for some reason not to say it, but no matter what, it should be something that people don't want to think about again, in this case, why should such a topic continue.

"It's okay, what do you think?" The bearded man put on a kind smile, he couldn't see his face and could only try his best to show kindness, and the effect was obviously good, the boy didn't show more timidity and alienation, "It's a pity that in the grain storage we carry, sweet potatoes are the last one, in order to survive, we have to go out to find food separately." ”

"What's even more a pity is that there is no food that can be found. As he spoke, another man came to the entrance of the cave, a slender shadow, whose head was reflected on the rock wall above, and the boy had to raise his head even more to see the eyes of the comer.

The tall man tightened the old scarf around his neck, and as soon as he shook the spear in his hand, the thing that was lifted on the tip of the spear fell to the ground, it was a blue-and-white haired beast, but it was already skinny and fleshy, and it must have been like a human for a long time without a full meal, and the feet of the limbs had frozen blood scabs, which were traces of frostbite, and this beast was born to resist the cold, but it was really unable to resist the cold when it walked in the snow day after day in order to forage for food.

In this era, it is cold that kills people, and no one has a guarantee to survive.

"This ghost place can't stay a little longer, everything freezes to death, and if you don't freeze to death, you run out, even if this kind of snow wolf lives in the snow, you will find such an old bone in half a day, it is estimated that it is left behind, and I don't know if it is lucky if it is not used as food by the same kind. The tall man squatted down in front of the bearded man, but the spear in his hand did not let go, and he held it in his arms like that, and it was full of red marks, not only the tip of the spear, but the wooden stick that was the body of the spear was covered with blood spots, and it was already on the man's own clothes, which was not at all the amount of blood that would have been achieved when killing an old wolf.

"Are you the only one left?" The bearded man saw the unspeakable details exposed by his companion, as well as the strength of being held, anger and unwillingness, and he asked in a deep tone, albeit knowingly.

"I should have thought of it a long time ago when I encountered an emergency," the tall man smacked his tongue, "Since entering this neighborhood, there have been too many encounters, and our number has finally plummeted to only the two of us," he glared at the silent boy on the side, "So, what's the matter with this increase in numbers, where did this kid come from?"

The boy's buttocks moved back, and he was more wary of the new man than the bearded man.

"Don't deliberately scare him, I'm already scared, pretend something, you weren't there when he fell, and the three of us were ...... at that time," the bearded man said half-intentionally coughed twice, forcibly interrupting what he was saying, "Just rest here for a while, and set off immediately, although the horse given to us is a species that grows in the snow-capped mountains, but the lack of food and grass is also a headache." ”

"Okay, I know, I know, it's just that I don't have enough to eat, and now there is one more person who opens his mouth, and I am a little depressed," the tall man got up and turned his back to the past, shaking the spear in his hand, "If you don't go out hunting with me next time, although I don't expect you to play a role, it's okay to make some performance on the surface." ”

"You say so, but in your heart you think, you have to protect it. The bearded man looked at his companion's back, smiled wryly and shrugged, probably helpless at his companion's inability to change his can't be frank.

"Yes, yes, you are the team leader, you are what you say. The tall man clapped his hands.

The boy watched the two of them talk so easily through the firelight, and they already had a complete understanding of each other's speaking style, and they had a tacit understanding brought by a long time, an indelible tacit understanding, and he felt a flower in front of him, as if there had been such a moment, in the same warm light, the woman and the man looked at each other, talked intimately, and then gently stroked their heads.

But those, like polished stones, have long been blurred and cannot be distinguished.

"Can you live?" said the boy suddenly, drawing the attention of both men, "I see, I seem, it's hard to get out of here." ”

The tall man turned his face slightly and glanced at the boy with a cold gaze, and the boy couldn't help but tremble with fright.

"Of course you can!" the bearded man raised his voice and slapped his thigh and shouted, even the tall man was stunned for a moment, and the boy looked blankly at the man beside him.

"Of course we can live, although the two of us have lost a lot of companions, but it is also the case, in order not to let them leave in vain, but also not to let them down, we have to take their share together, through this snowy highlands, the more difficult the situation, the more we can live, because we know in our hearts that there are people behind us who are watching us, they pin their hopes and long-cherished wishes on our shoulders, since our shoulders have borne so much, how can we live up to it," The man grinned and looked ahead, as if he was looking at something far away, his gaze seemed to extend beyond the cave, to the distant horizon, or even further, "Don't worry, we have left you, and we will let you live together, take you out of this mountain road, and then go to the Knights' camp, do you know the Knights? As long as you go there, there will be enough food and clothes to distribute to you, and our convoy is to deliver supplies to the Knights, and now it is on the way back." ”

The boy looked at the man's expression at the moment, that different kind of smile, different from the effort he had just shown to take care of himself, and soon he understood that it was a smile from the heart, a manifestation reflected on his face when some feelings and something in his heart came spontaneously.

Somehow, whether it is the fire that warms his cheeks when he wakes up, or the sweet potato that fills his stomach and warms his stomach, it is not as good as this smile, which gives the boy more hope to survive, not simply to ensure temporary supplies, but something invisible, more deeply rooted in the human body, and can make people willing to continue to walk.

As if he had thought of something, the boy ran to the mouth of the cave with a straw weave and ran out of the hole.

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, and followed worriedly, the tall man consciously leaned against the mountain wall on the side to make way, and when the boy passed by, he looked at it silently.

Outside the cave is a narrow mountain road, below which is an open and empty area, and the scene below is the scene of countless ice sculptures standing, those humanoid ice sculptures are carved to life, they are armed with swords, guns and halberds against each other, their expressions are angry or hideous, or the eyebrows are nailed with consciousness.

It wasn't really an ice sculpture, it was the people who fought here frozen into ice and never woke up again.

"There was a very tragic battle here, when there was a military camp stationed nearby, and even the most important treasures were temporarily kept, and the vast majority of ordinary people were also housed, and the team in charge of reconnaissance suddenly encountered a surprise attack by the enemy here that day, there were a large number of people, it seems that the information here was leaked out, the other party came prepared, and set traps and ambushes everywhere to occupy the right time and place," the bearded man stood beside the boy," At that time, the captain of a unit immediately calmly commanded, he gathered his subordinates who had been with him for many years from birth to death, did not add one more, and the rest of the people quickly withdrew with supplies and civilians, leaving a small army of his to fight alone against several times the number of enemy troops in this valley. ”

"How can we win?" asked the boy, even though he did not know about war, but it was clear who had the advantage in numbers, "why not retreat together, or join the battle with all of them?"

"If you can't fight, you have to take care of the people and supplies, the enemy doesn't care about us, and a blind battle can only wipe out the whole army, so the captain made the best and most cruel choice, sacrificing himself and his closest subordinates to ensure the safe evacuation of the brigade," said the bearded man, "It is indeed a wise captain, so there will be so many people willing to follow him, even if the order is to give their lives." ”

"Did they win?"

"Winning and losing, they will be outnumbered after all, but if they don't stop here, the evacuated troops will definitely be pursued, and the losses will increase," said the bearded man, "so he made a cruel fight, exhausted all his magic power, completely froze the adjacent area, and let his troops pull down all the enemy troops and bury them in this valley and never wake up again." You could say that he lost because the team was completely destroyed, but he was undoubtedly victorious in this battle, not only for the victory of the whole war, but also for the dignity and glory of himself and his men, who fought and died for what they wanted to protect. ”

The boy shook his head, he didn't understand these things very well.

"Seeing the heroic testimony of these pioneers also increased our courage, their death allowed us to survive, although it could not bring anything to end the war, but at least, to get out of the mountain alive is also a kind of respect for them. The bearded man patted the boy on the back, only to realize that his sudden touch on the child might disgust the other party, but the boy did not show a reaction, just silently raised his head and looked into the sky.

"Uncle, have you seen it? The boy asked suddenly.

"Before the war began, the moon and stars could be seen every day, not now, every day when you look up, you can only see a gray darkness," the man said, "Many people say that people are fighting and disappointing the heavens, so God covers the sky with dark clouds, and does not want to witness the misery of the world, and this gray sky is also another symbol of the burning of war, another symbol of pain, when the sky is gone, then the war will end, and people will return to happiness." ”

The boy's eyes looked at the sky, his pupils brightened slightly, swayed, and opened, as if he wanted to break through the thick black clouds and see the real starry sky behind him.

"What the hell is that Knights?"

"Don't you really know, how to say, they will bring food and clothes to the hungry and cold, they will build tents for the homeless, they will protect everyone from the persecution of wild beasts and enemies, and they will continue to fight hard to end the war as soon as possible, even if it is at the expense of themselves," the bearded man replied thoughtfully, "If anything, they are the greatest hope in this difficult time." ”

"Knights, is it hope......" the boy muttered repeatedly.

From time to time, there was a cold wind to eat, causing the boy to pass towards the man's side, and the temperature transmitted by the man's body was inexplicably warm, in this cold world, like a scarce thing to snuggle up, the boy even had a trace of dependence that he was unwilling to stand up.

He was stunned for a moment, feeling that his eyes had just flashed again, the first thing he saw when he woke up in the snow before.

"I thought, I want to do something. The boy said that the tall man's words did not have no effect on him, and that he accepted the man's food, but that this behavior only made them much hungrier, and he felt guilty.

"Yes," the bearded man smiled and nodded, "of course." ”

The boy looked at the sky again, he thought for a moment and said.

"My name is Sora, the sky of the night sky, the sky of the starry sky, that's my name, I want to get out of this snow, I want to live. ”