People in this chapter: (Hatheron), (Niza), (Manid), (Sercius Thor).

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Chapter 020: (Love and Faith)

The night was brighter, the dinner continued, and people began to gather in the square to sing and dance.

Manid took a sip of his wine and said, "My lord, I have another piece of news for you. ”

"What's the news?" asked Sercius, putting down his glass, with some doubt. "Doesn't it have anything to do with us?"

"The Kujit in the east are mobilizing their men to the cities of Rana and Harma," Manid said. "It is estimated that their Saiga Khan intends to take advantage of King Haraus's southern expedition to Rhodok to gnaw a few pieces of fat in the Dehrim region. ”

Sertius was not worried that the Kugits could threaten the safety of Tosdel Town, but his territory was in the northernmost part of the Dehrim region, which was out of reach for the Kujits, and the Saiga Khan did not look down on such a small village in the middle of nowhere.

But that doesn't mean the freelancers are out of touch with the Kujits. In times of war, the lords and knights of the entire region of Dehrim must be at the disposal of the governor of [Dehrim City], Duke Michod. Disobedience will be punished as treason.

At that time, the free knights, as a knight lord in the Dehrim region, naturally could not escape the tragic fate of being requisitioned by Duke Michod to fight on the front line. This news was even worse for the freelancer than the first one, and it affected his happy mood at the moment.

"The Kugit jumped out to make trouble at this time, and it was clear that they were instigated by the Rhodoks. Sercius said through gritted teeth. "Duke Michord could have taken this opportunity to beat me or even send me to the front to die. ”

"My lord, after all, they are allies with the Rhodoks. Manid asked, a little confused. "As for your statement that Duke Michod wants to harm you, I don't think there was any misunderstanding between you?"

"Even if it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding of me. "Sercius still couldn't figure out why Duke Michod would say that to himself in his castle?

But one thing is for sure, he saw me as a potential enemy. Freelancers thought to themselves. It is a real honor and a misfortune to be imagined as an enemy by a great lord who is one of the five nobles.

"Then why don't you explain it to Duke Michod, and clear up the misunderstanding between you. Manid suggested. "After all, he is a duke and a staunchest supporter of King Haraus. Presumably, he would not deliberately embarrass a knight who was canonized by the king himself. ”

While Sercius did not know how to answer, the bard took a harp, played a beautiful tune, and sang softly:

"When dusk comes, I know you'll be there, and that's enough, fate stops me, but it doesn't take away the smile from my eyes. If love is just an answer, I am willing to watch silently. ”

In addition to being a bard, Niza is also a singer who can play and sing, and he is also a veteran mercenary. As a young man he served in the military in the lord's castle and then rose to the rank of cavalryman.

Since coming to Tosdell, Niza has often boasted about his previous womanly skills as a bard, which has also made him popular. The freelancers, on the other hand, were always looking at him with a special, even pitying, gaze.

Hatheron finally couldn't help but be curious and asked his master about Niza's past. "Master, tell me about this guy's past!"

"In the village where he was born, faith is the presence of absolute authority. Sercius was also a little drunk at the moment, he said. "The brother and sister are sentenced to stoning for such a rebellious incest, and Niza falls in love with his own sister. ”

It's no secret, as the minstrel Niza's past is known to almost all the regular patrons of taverns across Swadia. And all this came out of his own mouth.

"It turns out that the owner also likes gossip. ”

As soon as the Nord interjected, Sercius kicked him. "You'd better ask me!"

When Hatheron sat down in front of Niza, he did not evade, but was silent for a while and asked the other party. "Faith and love, what would you choose?"

The Nords were confused. His belief is Odin, the god of the sea, but he has never been in love, and even now he likes each other wishfully. Inadvertently, he looked at the Nord girl Karinla, and he saw James and the idiot shooter surrounding the girl like two thick and hard!

"My parents died young, which made my sister and I dependent on each other. Niza began to tell of his past. "My sister is a year younger than me and I don't have playmates of the same age, so my sister and I are always together, and we get along very well, so to speak, they are inseparable. ”

This reminded Hatheron that he also had a younger sister, but she was far away in the cold and icy continent of the north. The difference is that his sister is not alone, and he has other brothers and mothers on that continent who take care of his sister.

"At the age of fifteen, I entered the army. It was a military service that I had to obey and that neither I nor anyone else could resist. Niza continued. "After the harsh training all day long, many people ran away because they couldn't stand it, but I have been silently enduring it. ”

Under the laws of the Kingdom of Svadia, all male civilians over the age of 16 were required to serve two years of compulsory military service in the lord's castle, during which time the soldiers were paid a corresponding salary. Civilians who wish to stay after two years can continue to serve or may be promoted to cavalry.

This coercive law has given almost all the men of the kingdom of Swadia some basic combat skills, and it is also the main culprit that has led to the proliferation of bandit gangs and rebels in the forests of the kingdom.

The Bard's story attracted more people around him, and Besture and Louis Douglas sat quietly as they listened, and Manid showed a hint of interest. When Niza went out with the caravan, he would often tell stories to take advantage of the merchants.

The Manid merchants, in order to pass the boring hours on the road, also enjoyed the stories told by the bards, especially the stories that most men liked to hear, about how he captured the young ladies of the nobility.

Karinla and her two admirers also came together, and although James and Melgrad were not very interested in the minstrels' tale, they kept their mouths shut and listened quietly. And their loving eyes were always on the Nord girl Karinla.

"Maybe it's trying to forget my sister's existence!" said Niza with a scoff. But there is not a day that my sister does not miss me, praying every day that I can become a good soldier. ”

Even the free idiot shooter suddenly realized at this moment that something was wrong with these words. He felt that there was an unusual relationship between the bard and his sister, not like the relationship between an ordinary brother and sister, but more like the love between a man and a woman.

"Our faith is as holy and cruel as you know it. And I dreamed of being with my sister several times," Niza said intermittently. "Actually, we did, too, and I have to admit that I was obsessed with her attentive and obsessive gaze."

All of a sudden, everyone in the room stared at this merry bard, how could this guy do that kind of thing with his sister? The most exaggerated expression was James, a young doctor who had never seen the world.

"Still, I chose to continue to endure in the military. Is it to get ahead, or is it to cut off feelings and insecurities with will?" Niza smiled, "Actually, I don't know what to do. ”

"I'm scared, I'm scared. Because our brother-sister relationship is an impossibility of union, a spurned by God, and what we do is not only a moral challenge, but also a questioning of faith, even though we believe in our faith, piety and faithfulness. ”

"Even if I end my obligation to the faith, we can't be together, even if not with my sister, I will definitely be united with others, I have to be united with others, but I still want my sister to accompany me, and I don't want to face all this. When I think of this, my heart is terrified."

The expressions of the crowd began to become a little complicated, with pitying eyes, sympathetic eyes, and even a hint of disdainful mockery. But that didn't stop Niza from continuing to tell his story. Perhaps he was used to it, numbing the gaze around him.

"That was five years after I joined the army, and war broke out between our kingdom and neighboring Rhodok," Niza said. "I thought that it would be better to die on the battlefield than to run away from it all my life, if that would strengthen my faith and indeed bring her peace. ”

After that, Niza ventured to sneak into the vicinity of Fort Agorlom with a group of Swadian knights, and then encountered a Rhodok attack in a forest outside the castle, leaving behind a story between the bard and the shepherdess.

"My sister jumped off a cliff the day before I left for the tournament. Niza said slowly. "She understands my will to die. ”

"Please live with my share of effort. Niza lowered her head and pulled out a yellowed piece of paper and unfolded it, smashing large tears into it. "That's what she wrote in the letter she left me. ”

"It turns out that she has been thinking about what I think, she is not willing to challenge the world, she is not willing to question the faith, she hopes that I can keep that common faith and no longer live in pain. ”

"I should have run away with her, not choose to run away and choose faith," Niza looked up suddenly, smiling. "Look! This makes me who I am, ** and rebellious! It feels good to be free!"

Everyone in the room was silent.

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