The early morning in the free city is immersed in the hustle and bustle, and teams of mercenaries can be seen everywhere. Carrying heavy equipment, these mercenaries ran neatly along the streets of the city, constantly brandishing their blades and slashing as they ran. As a mercenary, no one is stupid enough to be lazy in morning training, there is a proverb in the mercenary industry that one more step in training is one step farther away from death, and everyone believes in this proverb because those who don't believe it are already dead.

However, although the mercenaries are in order, other aspects of discipline can be ignored. As they run, young women passing by often throw teasing glances at them, and the bold and unrestrained girls of the free city often gather in groups on both sides of the street, pointing at the passing mercenaries, and occasionally commenting on their appearance and body. Of course, the mercenaries in the prime of life will not show weakness, whistles and all kinds of teasing words keep coming out, and while the girls are blushing, the big eyes of the water are not letting go of the strong bodies of the men in the prime of life.

The inhabitants of the Free City have long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and this city is quite tolerant of all activities that do not violate the law, and the residents on both sides of the street only laugh good-natured at the group of explicit young people, and from time to time there are cheers for the girls.

With the sound of neat footsteps, a new day in the free city has begun. In this city, people are always happy, even if the overall conditions of the city are not as good as those of the capital of knowledge, and the welfare security is not as good as that of the Farrar Empire and the Neville Federation, but the residents are still willing to stay here, after all, after tasting the joy of freedom, people will always become picky.

On the street, there are constantly carriages full of goods passing by, whenever this time, the mercenaries who are running and training will consciously let the way open, after hundreds of years of mutual running-in, mercenaries and civilians have become accustomed to coordinating with each other, and there are few really fierce conflicts.

In the second residential area, in an inconspicuous small inn, Pannis gently pushed open the door of the inn and squinted his eyes towards the morning sun: "It's really a good weather." ”

Beside Pannis, a group of mercenaries ran over and looked curiously at the strange man standing in the doorway. Today, Pannis is still wearing a normal black swordsman's suit, a thin black trench coat over it, the usual black boots on his feet, and a black wide-brimmed top hat on his head. However, a free city is a free city after all, and the mercenaries have already ignored Pannis's strange outfit after just a few glances, which is not enough to attract the interest of others for a long time.

Pannis was obviously well aware of this outcome, so he ignored the mercenaries and gestured to the rental carriages that had been parked near the inn in the morning waiting for guests, and one of the carriages quickly came to a halt in front of Pannis. Pannis got into the carriage and whispered the location, and the coachman was stunned, and after reconfirming, he waved his whip and drove to Pannis's destination.

"Click, click", the crisp and monotonous sound of hooves sounded rhythmically, and the carriage shook slightly at a constant speed, making a faint squeak. Sitting in the carriage, Pannis leaned against the wall of the carriage and moved his hat downwards so that the brim of the hat obscured his expression. Today's Pannis looked extremely serious, and from time to time he let out an incomprehensible sigh as the carriage was moving.

As time passed, the surrounding area became more and more lively, but more and more deserted, and the voices outside the carriage gradually decreased, indicating that the carriage was moving from the city center to the suburbs. The wheels were rolling, and in the quieter and quieter environment, the sound of the wheels rolling became very clear, as if there was only this lonely rental carriage left in the world. After a while, the carriage turned onto a path, and after a short drive, it finally came to a slow stop, and the coachman lowered his voice and said, "Guest, we have arrived." ”

"Thank you, great work. Pannis jumped out of the car and threw the driver a gold coin: "Wait here for a while, I won't be too long, an hour or two at most, this money is enough." ”

"Good guest. The coachman drove the carriage aside: "Then I'll wait for you here, obvious location." ”

Pannis nodded, turned away in silence, and walked slowly towards his destination. When the carriage moved away, it was clear that this was actually a cemetery, the scale of the cemetery was not small, but now it was only full, five or six hundred tombstones were arranged in an orderly manner in the cemetery, around the tombstones, the neatly trimmed grass swayed gently with the wind, making this cemetery seem indescribably quiet and lonely.

The arrangement of the tombstones in the cemetery is orderly, and Pannis walks directly to a semi-independent area, slowly searching between the tombstones. There were less than ten tombstones in this semi-detached area, and Pannis looked through them one by one and easily found the tombstone he was looking for.

This is a single tomb made of marble, which means that only the owner of the tomb was buried alone, and he was not buried with his spouse. On the blue-white tombstone, the epitaph of the tomb owner and the life of the tomb owner should have been engraved with words, but on this tombstone there was only one line - eternal waiting. Directly above the text is the customary portrait of the tomb owner, apparently magically so clear as new even after a long time.

In the portrait, a middle-aged woman in full costume sits dignified on a chair and looks directly in the direction of the painter. The dressed woman has fair skin, dignified and beautiful appearance, long golden hair is draped over her shoulders, but her charming eyes always seem to contain an untouchable sadness, even if her expression is smiling, but the smile still reveals the melancholy in her heart.

"So, after that, have you finally grown your long hair?" "Pannis gazed deeply at the portrait on the tombstone, and his soft voice seemed to wake up the long sleep of the deceased: "Edryde, my ...... Friend. ”

Looking at the portrait on the tombstone, Pannis's gaze seemed to travel through a long time, and once again saw the young and beautiful, youthful and energetic short-haired girl, and seemed to hear the girl whisper happily to her side in a lingua franca with Neville's unique accent: "Brother Kyle, you haven't come to see me for so long, have you forgotten me?"

"I'm sorry, Sister Edlaide. Pannis looked away from the portrait and looked up at the clear blue sky, but although his eyes were away, the memories in his heart poured out uncontrollably.

"Brother Kyle, I really regret why I didn't develop on the path of a professional when I was a child, and if I also became a high-level professional, I could go on adventures with you and Sister Nelly. ”

"Brother Kyle, tell me the story of your adventure, I really want to know what interesting things you all encountered in your adventure. ”

"It's good to hear these stories, Brother Kyle, and with these stories, I can have adventures with you in my dreams, so we can always be together. ”

"Brother Kyle, you've only been here twice this year, why, did I do something that you hate?Or is it because of Sister Nelly? I like Sister Nelly very much, why can't you come to see me a few more times, I always feel like I've lost something when I can't see you. ”

"Haha, Sister Nelly, I like you so much, your long hair is so beautiful, I want to have such beautiful long hair too. Well, when the time comes, when I grow my long hair, you can help me comb my braids, and if it's decided, you won't regret it. ”

"Sister Nelly, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm like, like, like I'm in love with Brother Kyle. No, no, sister, don't laugh, I don't want to compete fairly with you, and don't tell Brother Kyle, I'm fine right now, as long as I can see you often. It's true, I don't want anything, I just want to see you a few more times. Okay, don't laugh, I'm not kidding, I really don't want anything, as long as you can be happy, you must not tell Brother Kyle. ”

"Silly boy. Pannis pulled down his top hat again to cover his face, and whispered: "Even your sister Nelly doesn't know, I heard all your conversations, otherwise why didn't I come to see you for three years, just to make you forget me." ”

"Brother Kyle, you haven't seen me for so long, have you forgotten about me? I'm guessing that's the last time you heard me, but don't worry, I'm not going to trouble you and Sister Nelly. You see, I'm very strong, I haven't cried once in three years, admire me. ”

"Brother Kyle, Sister Nelly said, take me to the early spring festival next spring, you won't lie to me together, really? Ha, great, I really hope to wake up, next spring has arrived. ”

"Brother Kyle, why did you come here again so quickly? Ahhh No, I don't want any early spring sacrifices, I just want you to come back well, promise me, brother and sister, you must come to see me again when you come back, let me know that you are safe, you must come to see me again, otherwise I will not be at ease when I die. ”

"Whew", Pannis took off his top hat, pressed it tightly to his chest, and whispered in a voice that could barely be heard, "Sister Edlaide, I...... I've come to see you. ”

Whispering to the deceased, Pannis knelt down on one knee, took out a pure white poppy from the black trench coat, gently placed it in front of the cyan tombstone, gently stroked the tombstone, and sighed silently after a long time: "My sins are even deeper than I imagined, do you say it, this lady in the back." (To be continued.) )