Death, the future destination of all life, a fear that will inevitably happen in the future, the most undesirable end of life...... Almost all the people I've met treat death as a terrible disaster. However, the people of the Northland seem to be exceptional, they seem to have no impulse to live, the will to live, everyone seems so calm in the face of death, they even think that as long as a person dies with a smile, it is the happiest ending. I think that's the most frightening thing about the Duchess of Swan. Gian Gaston, Chief Wizard of the Oak Royals.

The Assassin misses the blow and immediately tries to chase him down to make up for it.

The brave knight's reaction shocked Richie. He grabbed the Assassin's wrist and pulled him into his arms with the dagger. Richie saw the dagger plunge into his heart.

The assassin was very adaptable, and with a flick of his other hand, a cold light rushed towards Richie.

Finished!

Monnie, I'm sorry, I'm going to leave you alone again this time......

Richie thought of the snow in his senior year, and his internship was going to be in the second half of the year, and as the year approached, the parents of both sides wanted to determine his relationship with Monnie. Richie's mother is an easy-going person, or her daughter-in-law can do anything when she sees that she is about to get it. She allowed Richie to go to Monnie's house for the New Year first and show Monnie's parents a look at her son-in-law.

It would have been a kind thing. However, a contradiction arises at this time. Monnie's mother was very happy that Richie was going to her house for the New Year, but she insisted that he stay at home until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and let him go home on the sixth day of the new year, on the grounds that Monnie's aunt, cousin, and cousin were on the fifth day of the new year...... will come and go relatives. But Richie's father strongly disagreed, because their family's custom was to worship their ancestors and send gods on the second day of junior high school.

Richie's father thinks that the child has already been sent to your house first, and we have taken a step back, why can't we let Monnie come back with Richie on the second day of the new year? He thinks that Monnie's mother is unreasonable.

In fact, there is never a reason to talk to a woman......

The snow was heavy that day, and the cold wind was howling as it was today, and he and Monnie had a big fight in the north wind.

All kinds of frictions in the past have been magnified, and some small contradictions between the two have been repeatedly mentioned to each other. When Monnie called Richie's father a 'tyrant' in order to defend her mother, Richie cursed the word 'shrew'.

In the end, the two turned around and went back to their respective homes.

Richie still remembers that he glanced back at Monnie in the snowstorm, Monnie's long hair was blowing, her shoulders were covered with snowflakes, her body was shrunk, and she was walking alone in the snow, her back was so lonely......

When he came to this world, he actually secretly made up his mind that he must protect this woman well and make her no longer lonely. It's a pity that it can't be done.

The cold light flew in front of me, and I could finally see a little outline, it was a very rough dagger, the grip was still wrapped with rags, the blade was already notched, and the tip of the knife was broken a little, but the faint blue light on it announced that this was definitely a murder weapon!

Richie somehow felt that this dagger must have killed a lot of people, could it be him next?

"Bold!"

Victor's roar was like heaven.

The dagger stayed a centimeter away from Richie's heart, and the bell fell to the ground.

Grus Gawain descended from the sky, and a huge spear pierced the Assassin and lifted him into the air......

Saved!

But Ricky ignored that, and stumbled forward to lean against the knight who had saved him.

The knight had a dagger of the same pattern as the one that had been struck at him on his right chest, and his mouth was foaming with blood, and his eyes were white.

Richie struggled to hold his head up to prevent the blood from gushing out, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand: "Knight, what's your name?"

The knight grinned, his lips open and closed, but he couldn't speak.

"Okay, don't talk about it, treat it first. Come on, save people!"

Gruss Gawain crouched down to look at the knight, shook his head at Richie, and returned to the wall.

Richie's head exploded with a buzz.

He didn't know where he got the strength, so he angrily pushed Gawain away and helped the knight: "Do you have any last wishes?"

The knight's eyes finally had a look, his throat squirmed, and his voice was inaudible: "I...... I have a daughter and I want her to learn magic......"

"Okay! Wherever I grow up to study magic, she'll follow me!

A bright smile bloomed on the knight's face: "I'm old ...... Wife ......"

"She will be my chief maid and take care of my life!"

This time, he shook his head.

"I will give her a piece of the land in my territory, so that she can be fed and clothed! As long as I am here, this fief will always be your family's. ”

Richie's words grew faster and faster, and the knight's eyelids were already lowered, and he could see that time was running out.

This time, the knight shook his head.

"Don't worry, Rick, I'll marry Martha. ”

It was the other of the two knights beside Richie who had just interjected.

Rick seemed to be very relieved to hear this.

He's gone

A smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Kai Geraint picked up the orc's corpse with his spear, as if he had broken a sack, and threw it directly in front of Richie, who didn't look at it more.

Victor walked up to him, crouched down and patted him on the shoulder, grinning, "My magic is just in time." ”

A surge of anger surged from the bottom of my heart inexplicably.

"Get out!"

The voice was loud, and everyone around them focused their eyes on Richie.

Everyone was surprised that Gareth, Kay, and even the most critical Grant were unanimously approved of Ritchie, the heir to the Duke's Palace, and there was no less praise behind their backs. This heir has always been calm, wise, and considerate of the overall situation, and this is the first time that he has made such a gaffe.

Richie didn't think so, Gawain's glance and Victor's smile just now made him feel extremely cold, no one here seemed to care about the life and death of this knight named Rick, although he had just saved a duke's heir.

Instead of being ashamed, Victor looked relieved, he took off his cloak and put it on Rick, and didn't look back: "Richie, you don't understand. The Northland has always been a place where life is more painful than death......"

Hehe, who believes in this kind of nonsense and who is stupid X.

Grus Gawain untied the skin from his waist, poured a large sip of wine, and sang in a low voice:

death

Like a pale, cold, hazy laugh,

Like a meteor in the night thrown into an island in the sea,

The dawn has not yet come,

The flame of life has dimmed, and has slipped away ethereally—from us,

Northlanders!

Pluck up the courage of your heart,

Endure the shadows and storms of this world,

Once the strange morning light rises,

It will melt the clouds above you;

Misery and hunger will come to naught,

All you have left is a beautiful home!

Wonderful home......

Victor joined the chant, Gareth joined the chant, Kai, Nicholas, Leona, Viscount Amos, soldiers with swords and shields, doctors busy healing, mages with handprints...... Everyone joined in the chanting.

Gawain handed the wine bag in his hand to Richie, and he said a rare passage: "There is a book in the Duke's study, called 'Smith of Suffering', we prefer to call it 'Death with a Smile', you can read it when you have time." ”

Richie nodded, he would.