Chapter 24: The Story of Delivery Man No. 1
The tattered package had the words "Canter-Pull......" written on it, and the words on the back were completely destroyed in the explosion. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 To make matters worse, the items sent to Kanter appear to have broken to pieces. The crooked handwriting from the messenger brother has become his death message at this moment.
"You ...... Ever heard the story of Delivery Man No. 1?"
Lin Qiu's right arm was in front of him, his tone was choked, and he dragged out his voice, as if he was telling a story from a long, long time ago:
Once upon a time in the imperial capital, there was a very poor family.
In that family, there was a mother who was raising her children alone. However, she is not a knight, she can only flatter the nobles, and barely survive with some trivial things.
When Sunday Eve came, the mother dragged her tired body back home, and she would find her son looking out at the door.
Finally, on a winter night, the mother asked her son, "Why are you standing here on this day every year?"
The son was silent for a while, then replied, "Because my father left on this night five years ago." ”
The mother didn't say anything, just took him back to the house. The joyful laughter of the children in the street was out of step with them, and the best thing she could bring out at such a festival was the leftovers of the church after the service.
Her husband was a glorious knight who had led his troops in a charge against the iron horsemen of the Byronic Empire. But there were too many knights like him in the war, and so many years after the war ended, the returning knights could not even bring back the news of her husband's death.
"Is there such a person, ah, probably drowned by the cavalry of the Byron Empire?"
That's what every knight said to her.
Still, she told her son: "Your father is a hero. ”
But the children of the imperial capital did not say so, and the children said that his father had fallen in love with a noble lady, so he left them and ran away.
Whenever he did, he would clench his fists and vow to become a knight, thinking that by becoming a knight, he would wash away the shame he had suffered and that of his mother.
Therefore, the son with the dream of a knight came to the church, and with great hope, he accepted the assessment of the church.
As a result of the assessment, he was too thin to become a knight.
Knowing the results of the assessment, he went crazy and rushed to the Leng Feng Mountains, he was exhausted, and when he stopped wearing rough clothes, he had already reached the top of a certain mountain.
He couldn't understand that his father was a knight, but he didn't inherit his father's bloodline. Not being able to become knights means that they will be poor forever.
After calming down, he planned to hide the news from his mother.
When he returned home in the evening, he found his mother sick in bed. The fatigue and hidden illness accumulated over the years finally broke out on this night, and the mother looked at her son, who was crying silently by the bedside, and smiled softly as always.
"It's just a minor illness, and tomorrow will be fine. ”
She said.
With difficulty, she shifted her gaze to the letters piled up next to her pillow: "Can you help me send these letters? ”
The son wiped away his tears, nodded vigorously, and rushed out of the house. He ran as best he could in the night, knowing that if he ran faster, his mother would be better.
The mother came to the window, and her soft gaze was fixed on her son's back until he disappeared at the end of the street, and when the street was empty, the mother coughed violently.
The right hand covering his mouth gradually turned red with blood.
- How can it be good, silly boy?
――But as a mother, you don't want your child to be with you at this time......
"From then on, the child inherited his mother's profession, and continued to wander among the nobility, and constantly traveled to every corner of the city, hoping that one day he would be able to send those letters whose addresses could never be found—this is the story of Courier One!"
Lin Qiu got up suddenly, and he wiped a handful of tears that didn't exist at all with exaggerated movements.
The restaurant was silent, and even a few maids were infected by the atmosphere, squeezing out a few tears.
Lin Qiu picked up the broken package and walked out of the restaurant without looking back: "I will definitely help the little brother deliver the letter to fulfill his unfulfilled wish! Alyssa, the matter of surrendering will be handed over to you and Prince Richard!"
Alyssa squinted and watched Lin Qiu leave.
She always felt that the atmosphere had suddenly become a little delicate, and the maids in the dining room were staring at her with different expressions. Lin Qiu's story made the kind-hearted of them feel even more guilty - the little brother who was killed by their unintentional actions had such a miserable life experience!
"Not true. ”
Alyssa, who was familiar with Lin Qiu's character, seemed to suddenly realize something: "This guy shouldn't have made up such a story because he didn't want to turn himself in, right?"
The sun was shining outside the estate, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the street due to the approaching disaster month. Guards from the church patrolled the important streets, and no one had the time to deal with the boy with a tattered package.
Lin Qiu patted the dust on the package - fortunately, the address on it was miraculously preserved.
He wasn't lying, he did intend to send the package to its owner. However, on the first day of his free time, in addition to delivering letters, he also had to take a good look at the city. After all, this is the most prosperous metropolis in Holutia.
"Drink!"
"Hey!"
"Yikes!"
And on such a morning, there are naturally young people who sweat and try to make a difference in this metropolis. Compared with the Floating Dream Palace, which was minor and degenerate, the current scene was the imperial capital he imagined - orderly and full of vitality!
"Who are you......"
Dressed in heavy armor, a standard airplane head, and a heavy sword on his shoulders, these are the underworld leaders among knights! And the compound of this huge mansion is indeed full of passionate people, but in addition to the students, there is also a group of fierce middle-aged people.
Because of his knock on the door, the eyes of these underworld were fixed on him.
-- It's just such a time!
- He can't use the slightest nicking power on his body now!
"You're Kante La...... Pull...... Labrador Gorbuda?"
There was silence again.
'I'm N'Golo Kante Rajer, whatever. ”
The face of the man carrying the heavy sword turned blue and white for a while, but he seemed to have forcibly calmed down in order not to lose face in front of the people in the house.
"Oh, here's a courier for you, please sign for it. ”
Lin Qiu stuffed the tattered package into the other party's hand. However, Kante didn't mean to take it at all, he used his dark strength and pushed the package back to Lin Qiu.
Although he did order an amulet before the calamity, the package was suspicious from any point to sight, and when it was handed to him, there was a clanging sound from inside.
――Apparently it was broken during transportation!
Lin Qiu persuaded and said: "Hey, our line is very hard, hurry up and accept the package, I have to send the next one!"
"You broke this package! This is a talisman worth 5,000 gold coins!"
"That's not it, that's what it was when I got this package, anyway, huh...... That's how it should be - sometimes the old man does accidentally drop something into the furnace when packing......"
Lin Qiu said and increased his strength.
Not to be outdone, Kanter raised his voice and pushed the package back: "I see it's your brain that fell into the furnace!"
"Don't be willful, N'Golo Kante. Look at all the people in the room looking at you!"
In his spare time, Kanter did see a group of unexplained apprentices in the room, and he even heard the apprentices talking.
"Big Brother Kante's talisman seems to be broken......"
"Shhh...... Isn't that bad, isn't the disaster moon coming soon?"
"Don't say it, you see that Big Brother Kante's face is even worse!"
Kante was silent for a moment, then suddenly slammed the package out with a slam of force. His eyes widened, and he roared, "Forget it, I know, I'll go to the old man and buy another one!" But to be clear, I didn't buy the amulet because I was afraid of the legend of the calamity!"
You simply said it yourself!
But...... This battle is more stubborn than anyone, and it seems that he has won.
Thinking of this, Lin Qiu turned around leisurely, and the package that was slapped out by Kanter drew a parabola in the air, and finally landed in the courtyard.
After this little episode, he wants to get a good look at the early morning in the imperial capital.
"Boom-"
The moment the package hit the ground, the fire suddenly flared up, and the entire courtyard was shrouded in a thick fog.
After hearing the loud noise that was close at hand, Lin Qiu turned his body stiffly. The explosion lifted Kanter's cape, and even the nose of his iconic plane shook with the strong wind caused by the explosion.
"The ......"
Looking at the underworld who picked up their weapons in the courtyard and rushed out one after another, Lin Qiu said humbly: "You guys...... Ever heard the story of Delivery Man No. 1?"