In the luxurious hall, the glass chandelier casts colorful light and shadow, the luxuriously decorated door is pushed open, and the butler stands on one side with the doorknob and bends respectfully, waiting for the master to cross the door, and there is a groom outside pulling the reins and holding the horse quietly by the side of the road. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This was a send-off, but the boy at that time didn't know that this was also a farewell, the beginning of a turning point.

"The good horse you have been domesticating has been prepared for you," said the butler, with a voice of forbearance and sadness, but everything was the master's decision, and as a servant, he could only do it faithfully, "Master, you can go at any time." ”

The man took off his robe belonging to the rich man, and stroked the armor neatly placed on the table, engraved with the pattern of the green rose, and the newly made armband on the side, the person who owns this armband represents that he has been recognized as a knight and stepped into battle. Then, the man put on his armor and fastened the armband into his left arm.

"Where are you going, father?" the young boy stood beside his mother, stretching out his little hand to pull at the man in armor, but it was not an ordinary garment, there were no corners of the clothes for him to grasp, and his tender fingers touched the slippery surface of the armor and slid off.

"I'm not going anywhere, father just wants to protect you and your mother, to protect his family," the man turned around, he squatted down to let his son see his loving face, and his hand that had been wrapped in armor controlled the force and gently stroked the boy's head, "Father is a man, and he is also the master of this Brukenlin, I have the power and responsibility, my father is just, doing his best, to fight to protect his family, the whole Brukenlin, is my family." ”

"Can you not go father?" the boy held back his tears, he suddenly rushed over and hugged the helmet in the man's arms, the father he remembered was the gentle and loving man in the dress, not the one who was held by the iron skin, he was afraid, afraid that when this helmet was also worn, he would never see his father again.

But the helmet did not move in the man's hand.

"I'm sorry my child, maybe one day you will understand that I can't let go of this helmet, because there are many people behind me, so I have to put him on and stand on the front line," the man said, "I promise you and I will come back, and you must promise me, because sooner or later you will say goodbye to us, the day will come when you need you to be the pillar, and I hope that when that day comes, you will also see the important people behind you, for them, I hope you will be brave enough to throw your fists." ”

"You are the child of the master of Brukenlin, and sooner or later, you will be the support of others, no matter where you end up......."

In the distorted picture, the familiar man finally put on the tin helmet and became a person that the boy was no longer familiar with, looking at the silver shiny back, gradually stepping out of the house and never to be seen again.

Sora sneezed and felt his body shake uncontrollably, and he opened his eyes to see the gray sky, and the sound of wheels rolling in his ears.

"Yo, the lazy worm is awake?" said the tall man on the left, riding his horse, "while you sleep carefree and carefree, we are worried about supplies and watching for danger around us, and we are nervous for a long day. ”

"You can't do without saying evil things in a few or three sentences, and after a while you will get used to your way of speaking, and it will be up to you to tell whomever you say when the time comes," the bearded man continued, "Wake up? We are almost at the end of this hillside road, and we will not be able to run far further from this place to the village, which can be called a village if it is as it is." "The first half of the sentence is for accomplices, and the second half is for empty.

He pulled the cover so that it could cover his neck, and he felt pain from the damp hay under his buttocks, and he huddled in the corner of the carriage with his body in his arms, looking at the scene outside the carriage, they were indeed gradually driving out of the mountain road, the road was obviously facing downward, and the countless ice sculptures were slowly lost to see, leaving only countless blue dots left in the distant margin.

"Did you dream? What did you dream about when you closed your eyes and kept shouting about not leaving, not leaving?" asked the tall man again.

The bearded man snorted at his companion, probably not wanting Sora to compulsively remember those bad memories.

"I don't know, in the dream of that place, I miss my house very much, and then there is a man, I dream that he puts on his armor and leaves, I don't want him to go, but he tells me that he must leave, and if he doesn't do that, he won't be able to protect us," Sora said, "In the dream I cried and called his father. ”

Because his back was facing away, the bearded man who was standing in the carriage trembled quietly, and the tall man on the side looked at him.

"Did the man end up?" asked the bearded man.

"It seems like yes. Null replied.

"Can you tell me how you felt when the man left?" asked the bearded man again, waiting for about a few seconds of silence, and then he immediately added, "It's okay if you can't remember, you don't have to force yourself to think about it." ”

Sora bowed his head, and after a few moments, he spoke.

"It felt like something around me was empty, like something that belonged to me had suddenly been dug up a big chunk, it was cold, it was dark, it was quiet, it was sad. ”

"Yes, that's right," the bearded man's voice became choked, "You know, in fact, my child, every time I go back once when I am busy outside, I see him shrunk at the foot of the bed in my room, just like that one shrunk in that area, it looks very small, just like you are sitting in the corner of the car now, I have always thought that it must have hurt his heart from the previous decision, I have always been worried about him, I want to know what he thought at that time, but he has not told me. ”

"The man you called his father in your dreams, did you ever hate him?" the bearded man asked after a pause, cautiously trying.

There was another long silence, and Sora was probably thinking.

"No," he said at last, "because he said he was going to protect me and my mother, so I believed that he would never come, because he would always protect us, and I believed in him, so I didn't hate him." ”

This time it was the turn of the bearded man to be silent for a long time, he was not thinking, but just, soothing the chaotic feelings in his heart.

"That's right, thank you, Sora, thank you, tell me so much. It wasn't until I never saw my child again that I finally thought about why he kept hugging himself in the corner, shrinking himself into such a small ball, he might just want someone to hug him, so he shrunk himself up and made room for someone who could hug him to fill the place," the bearded man sobbed, and the next second he suddenly raised his voice, and the volume of his shouting even spread to the nearby icy fields," Empty, rest assured child, even if I fight for this old life, I promise you, absolutely you let you leave these ghost places safely, not far ahead, that village, in fact, is my hometown, there is an abandoned land behind my home, when I was young, my father pulled me to reclaim there, turning it into a sweet potato field, I was reluctant to get married and have children there and settle down in my hometown, every time I go out, I always have to bring a bunch of sweet potatoes in the field, and settle down there, that kind of baked sweet potatoes, I will ask you to eat enough. ”

Sora recalled that the sweetness wafted in his mouth, and the warmth that spread seemed to be able to secrete his heart, and he smiled unconsciously and nodded, although the man sitting in front of the car could not see it.

"Uncle, I actually, I saw the night sky, it was not as gray as it is now," Sora said, "it is very beautiful, there are many stars, and the moon is very bright. ”

"I don't see that," the tall man looked up, "are you sleepy?"

"I really, have seen it," said the boy, "really." ”

The bearded man let out a hearty, cheerful and excited laugh, and he did not question the truth of the boy's words at all, but shook the reins vigorously and threw his head back and laughed.

"Well, that's good, what a great thing it is to see the night sky!" he cried, "if there weren't so many gray things in the sky now, it must be the moon and stars now, and this place can blow a very pleasant wind." Put all the uncomfortable things in the past aside, and when you cry until your tear ducts are dry, why not just stop crying, raise your head and look into the distance to regain your strength. ”

Sora climbed to the other side of the car, trying to reach for the tall man's scarf to the end of his waist.

"What's the matter?" the tall man noticed Sora's behavior and glanced sideways, just in time for Sky's gaze.

"I also thought, do something, I also remembered the role, can you take me to find food?"

The tall man stared at the empty space for a few seconds with his long hair on his shoulder, and did not refuse, nor did he say anything mean, but just turned his head back and dropped a sentence.

"Yes, welcome. ”