In the early winter of 3030 in the Bright Calendar, the fourth week of the Bodhelki Siege Battle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bodhelki, which means "Frontier Fence City" and is more commonly known as "Holy Thorn City", is located at the junction of the Dawning Forest and the Dark Swamp, where the human kingdom meets the territory of the dark creatures.

The dark army that invaded the Dawn Forest finally retreated, and the knights of the Holy Light Order looked at the battlefield from the city with trepidation.

The battle to defend the city was won, and the surviving Knight of Light didn't even have the strength to celebrate after a hard battle.

The strong cold air turned the silence into the first misty cold rain of winter, falling on the scorching battlefields and city walls, evaporating, misty, and fogging, enough to give the weary knights a rest. The knights put their swords back in their scabbards, closed their eyes and leaned against the walls, and said with a smile, "We have defended this city," which was enough to be the greatest celebration.

However, in this moment of silence, there is still a victor who is crying bitterly.

Ulysses, the young knight of his retinue, fell from his horse into the mud, and fell three times as he struggled to get up, but he rolled and crawled to the ground, and rushed to the bottom of a dead tree in the steppe outside the city in an embarrassed position, his heart beating wildly and his hands trembling, and he tried to pick up the blonde woman who was leaning against the trunk of the tree, but because he saw that she was so badly injured, he stopped stretching out his arms, and did not even have the courage to touch her skin.

"Teacher, Teacher Qiaoluya!" Ulysses screamed hoarsely trying to wake up the unconscious teacher, "Isn't the war over? Isn't the Dark Army already retreating? Why are you so badly wounded!"

Teacher Qiao Luya woke up from a coma, and before she could open her eyes, she first showed a weak smile to her students.

"Don't make any noise, Yuri. I was able to sleep for a while, and I tried my best for the final battle. ”

Yuri is the teacher's affectionate name for Ulysses, because the big smug teacher always says that the name of the four syllables is really hypocritical, whether Yuri is Ulysses's nickname or not, anyway, I will call you that way for the sake of convenience.

Yuri's tears fell on the mud floor, and he said in a trembling voice, "Teacher, now is not the time to joke. Hold on, I'll help you get on your horse and return to Holy Thorn City, and the Knights' Light Priests will heal you. ”

Teacher Qiao Luya stretched out her hand and stroked Yuri's fiery red hair, and the gentle light in her slightly open eyes was still not gone.

"Listen up, Yuri. Maybe in the future, the teacher will not be able to continue to be your teacher. It's a shame. ”

"Teacher, aren't you a knight!" Yuri said dumbfounded.

"Stupid, haven't you thought that maybe there is a possibility of heroic sacrifice?" Teacher Qiao Luya still said lightly.

"How could it be!" Yuri retorted loudly, "Teacher Qiao Luya is one of the 'Seven Holy Horsemen of the Divine Seal', the Knight of Dawn, and one of the seven strongest people in the world, who can defeat you! And the war is obviously over! The Dark Legion has fled! Teacher, before you asked me to go to support Beirut Village, I was obviously fine! Why are you injured like this now! It's not fun to scare me at all! Don't make trouble, let's go back to the city!"

Looking at Yuri's stubborn expression of refusing to believe reality no matter what, the teacher showed a sad and lonely expression for the first time.

"I wish I was joking. She said in a soft voice.

"Don't say it!" Yuri interrupted the teacher rudely, "I'll help you on your horse now." ”

"But Yuri, I can't tell you that I have a few minutes left, and the soul will return to the rainbow of reincarnation. I just want to lie here quietly for the last time, ahem...... Since the will of the god of fate is for you to come back here, can you, exhale, listen carefully to me?"

The rain became heavier and heavier, making Yuri's erect red hair stick to his ears, but it washed away the fireworks from the teacher's blonde hair, making the blonde hair take on a warm and dazzling color again.

Teacher Qiao Luya's breathing gradually became heavy: "Yuri, promise me, I'm afraid that in the future, you will never be able to return to the Holy Light Knights." ”

"Why!"

The teacher still said without explanation: "In the future, I will be gone, so travel with the 'Reaper Commander' Virgil, who will be your most trusted companion." ”

"But I don't understand!" Yuri bowed his head sadly, "what the hell is going on!Teacher, can you tell me who injured you like this!

The teacher's cough gradually subsided, and orange-yellow golden dots of light slowly rose on her white cheeks.

"Yuri, if you promise me one thing, I'll tell you. ”

"I promise! If you have any wishes, just let the teacher say it!"

The teacher slowly closed his eyes: "Yuri, no matter what, you are not allowed to change your ideals to something as boring as 'I want to avenge the teacher'. ”

Is there any time to say such irrelevant things at this time? Yuri was anxious, gently hugged the teacher's shoulder, looked at the flying light in front of him in a panic, it seemed that it was Teacher Qiao Luya's dying life, and said anxiously: "I wrote it down! What the hell is going on, tell me quickly!"

However, at the last moment, Teacher Qiao Luya smiled playfully like a child.

"Yuri, you're such a stupid student. Wouldn't it be a death for a strong man who is invincible to even his teacher, and he will tell you his name and ask you to take revenge?"

Yuri's eyes widened.

"Ahem, if one day you can find out the truth on your own, it will already be ...... It's a strong man who is in charge. Even if you want to hang that guy up and beat him up at that time, even the teacher won't be able to stop you. ”

The rising light seemed to take away the teacher's life, and also took away the last trace of her pain. In the last minute, the teacher's pale face turned rosy again against the background of the golden light, as if Teacher Qiao Luya was still the young girl who ran in the wheat field under the autumn sun a month ago, without a battle armor, and did not look like the Seven Holy Horsemen at all, but only naughty and happy.

"Then Yuri, finally proudly tell the teacher what your dream is. ”

"I want to be the strongest knight in the continent, the strongest to surpass the Seven Holy Knights!" Yuri said loudly with great sorrow.

The last rays of light flew far above the thick black clouds, and the life of Miss Qiao Luya, the Dawn Knight of the Seven Holy Horsemen, was finally quietly frozen in the last moment when her eyes were slightly closed and she smiled and nodded.

Yuri felt a sharp pain burst from his heart, spreading to every muscle and bone, his clenched fists and clenched teeth rattling, and tears turned into streams, washing away the dust and smoke from Yuri's face.

But he couldn't weep out loud.

Because the rain had stopped, a small star was shining in the light purple night sky through the cracks in the rain clouds.

The stars are watching him, so he must stand strong, stand up, keep his promise, and make the last knightly salute to Teacher Qiao Luya with the etiquette of a knight.