Chapter 8 Embarking on the Journey
On the third day after the agreement was confirmed, Lear finally completed the assembly with Depp and others at the city gate, and began the road to the north, Lear just glanced at the leaky mule cart that was improvised from broken wooden planks and didn't say much, because he paid all the fees in advance, Guina finally got good treatment, and the obscene old man Cullen, who lived in the northwest of the town, said that she only needed to recuperate and get better, but from the way he counted the money, Lear felt that this judgment might not be so accurate.
But he didn't want to dampen the hopeless optimism of Depp and others, so he kept silent just right.
In the face of Lear's generosity and tolerance, Depp and others are also very grateful, because the way they look at Lear now is no longer a simple financier, but a little admiration and heartfelt gratitude.
If it weren't for Lear's repeated insistence that they must call themselves Lord Lear, at least Master Young Master, the young soldier named Jimmy before he got on the horse would have hooked up with him.
"Let's go. ”
As soon as Lear pulled the leash, the black horse under his crotch gasped and walked slowly into the sun, Lena whipped lightly on the mule's buttocks, and Depp and his three strong warriors followed Lear on foot.
There was nothing for three days, and it didn't rain.
That night, Lear was studying the tattered parchment map in his hand over a dim campfire in the Gobi Desert when a soft voice suddenly sounded behind him.
It was Guina, after three days of rest, although she still looked a little miserable, but she was able to walk independently, this was the first time in many days that Lear had seen Depp and the others smile with relief, and it could be seen that this little girl played a key role in their small team.
"May I sit here? Mr. Lear. ”
Unlike Depp and others, there is not much awe of this young man who is the same age as herself but resolutely wants to call herself the master, and there must be gratitude, after all, this young man saved her life, but she feels that this gratitude should be repaid on the battlefield, but it is not necessary to reflect it in these details of life.
"Oh, beautiful young lady, please feel free. ”
Lear shifted his body to the side, although the mercenaries were asleep except for Jimmy, who was on guard, and there was no one to supervise him, he still consciously retained the spirit and etiquette of knighthood, even if he had nothing to do with those brave creatures who charged into battle with iron spears, it was purely a remnant of the education he received in his previous life.
"You must be a nobleman, right? Your parents taught you so well. ”
Guina asked as she found a comfortable position to sit by the campfire and rejected the sheepskin cushion Lear had handed her, then looked at the dancing flames.
"I, noble, beautiful young lady, from what point do you come up with such an interesting assertion?"
Lear wanted to laugh a little, his weak chicken-like body had a half-dime relationship with the aristocracy? Aren't all those guys in the legend fat-headed, big-eared, and full-bellied.
"You have fair skin, you don't look like a poor child at all, and your palms are very thin, and you see that a child like me, a farmer, a craftsman, or a warrior, has had tools and calluses from his hands from a young age. ”
As she spoke, Guina stretched out her palm to Lear, and the dancing flames lit up the dark yellow particles in her palm.
"Above all, you are polite, and you have in your eyes a wisdom that twinkles like stars in the sky, which a poor child cannot possess in any way. ”
It was the first time to be praised so bluntly by a person of the opposite sex, and Lear's face was as thick as a city wall, which would have made me feel a little hot.
The most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, the ancients did not deceive me.
Although he was still tired of his pale face and his cardamom-like body was just beginning to develop, he was already sure from the dim light of the fire Lear that Guina would grow up to be a stunning face in the future, but he didn't have the idea of getting the moon before he got the moon, and what he experienced when he first came to this world made him now have a deep hatred for the pedophile race.
Although Guina turned fourteen last month, she was already free from the confines of children according to the laws of the Hereafter.
And his current physical age is only thirteen years old.
"If you don't talk about this, do you have any plans for your future? ”
Lear pretended to be serious about turning the already exuberant campfire to hide his embarrassment.
"Future?"
It seemed that Lear had casually thrown out a question that she hadn't even thought about, and the glint in Guina's eyes began to dim as she muttered for a moment.
"Do we really have a future? For as long as I could understand it was a wooden sword, which became a rapier, and if one day my father dies of old age or in battle and I am strong enough, shouldn't I pick up my father's steel sword and continue his unfinished battle or fulfill his unfinished mission? What is the future you say?"
After a brief silence, Guina threw a series of sharp questions, only this time it was Lear's turn to be stunned.
He originally just wanted to change the topic to avoid the atmosphere to reach an impasse, who knew that such a result would be led, looking at the girl's inquiring gaze, he understood that he single-handedly pushed the girl to the crossroads of life, if he can't play the role of the next life philosophy mentor, then these questions may become a nightmare that plagues the little girl's life, she must devote her life to finding the answers to these questions, not afraid of all dangers, but it is very likely that she will not get any meaningful words until she dies.
Because the world is so chaotic.
A sentence from a certain character in a certain comic in later life, Lear liked very much.
"The values of imps who don't understand what war is and those who don't understand what peace is are are very different, because they live in two worlds. ”
It's time to go live!
"People don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?
No matter what others say, you must understand that freedom is a priceless gift, that all the riches buried in the earth and under the sea are incomparable, and that it is worth your life, that slavery without freedom is the most painful thing, and that those who cannot even control their own destiny need not expect mercy in the future.
The life harvested by a hard-working person and a lazy person is not the same, the life harvested by a hard-working farmer and a brave soldier is also different, what kind of life do you want, then you go to that road and run wildly, even if the cold is cold and the road is far away, don't look back, because that is your own choice.
Going with the flow is the scariest thing in the world, it will turn you into a thoughtless walking corpse, there are so many good-looking mosquitoes in this world than interesting souls, if you don't want to be one of those wild dogs lurking in the dark, then you have to hold on to your dreams, even if it is to pieces!"
After Lear's foaming mouth and copying the countless chicken soups for the soul in later generations and adding a little Amway-style emotional rendering, the image of Lear in Guina's eyes has slowly changed from thin to tall, and then to powerful, and the last light shines directly from her heavenly spirit cover into her heart, rendering that image as sacred as the god of war Adis, and even the splashing saliva beads emit a little golden light.
"So you understand?"
Lear asked, standing with one hand on his hip and pointing at Guina.
All it was was sunglasses, cigars, big gold chains, and a black rap in the background.
"I see, sir. ”
Guina stood up with her still weak body, and the light in her eyes was more determined than ever.
"The future is to take your destiny into your own hands, to follow your own path, no matter how rugged it is, and no matter what others say!
"You can also go other people's way and leave others with no way out. ”
Lear patted Guina's tiny head with a look of relief.
A meteor streaked across the distant sky. Then came the second, the third......
Lear sat down slowly, quietly admiring this beautiful meteor shower that would never be seen in later generations.
The sky was low as if it was right in front of you.
Dreams are within reach.
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