The bandits have lost their spiritual support and are tragically scattered and fled. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Daron walked quietly towards Alicia in the moonlight. Right in front of her, he knelt down on one knee, bowed his head, and solemnly made a knightly salute.

"It's a bit brazen to do any knightly etiquette now, but it seems that the princess is not doing very well. ”

"Daddy~"

“...... It's over, is it too strong?"

Alicia is now able to speak, and although her limbs are not yet free, her brain has returned to normal function.

At this moment, Daron put one hand around Alicia's waist and the other on her slender legs. He took her in his arms.

"You, what are you doing, rude?!"

"If you move like this again, I don't care if you fall. ”

"Let go of me! I command you, let go of me!"

"I'm sorry, I'm a former knight who was removed from the Knights, and now as a mercenary, I don't need to follow the orders of a princess. ”

"Bastard! In that case, take it as a lady's request, okay? Okay~ Let me go!"

"It's useless to be coquettish, now is the time to show fatherly love. ”

“...... Perverted. ”

"Haha, being hugged by me is much better than that fat pig, so you can just do it. ”

"Humph!"

Alicia had stopped resisting. Daron carried her all the way to a high ground in the woods. Here, you can clearly see the bright moon hanging high in the night sky. The moonlight shone on the lawn of the highlands, and the ankle-length silver-leaved grass rippled in silvery waves under the night breeze. In this well-viewed place, the entire forest is unobstructed, the huge full moon seems to float within reach, and the silhouette of the moonlight shimmers on the coastline faintly visible in the distance. The sound of birdsong from time to time around sets off the woods more quietly, followed by the accompaniment of the sound of grass waves, the melodious birdsong is like the lead singer of the nature band, singing high-pitched notes at will.

It would be too bad to have a monster or something come out at this time, and Darlon, who was thinking so, suddenly realized the small movement of the girl in his arms.

"Hey......" Alicia whispered.

"Huh?"

"Have you had enough?"

"Ahh ”

A slightly flustered Daron let Alicia's feet hit the ground, and the touch of the soft earth under the grass was transmitted to Alicia's foot nerves through his boots, and it seemed that the effect of the medicine was gone. A strong wind blew, and Alicia couldn't help but fall to Talon beside her.

“...... Still, why don't you hurry up and help me?"

“...... Yes, sir. ”

Daron took Alicia's shoulders like that. It is estimated that after a while, the effect of the drug will completely fade, but there are still some sequelae.

At this time, Alicia took a serious look at Darlon's side face, and Daron felt her hot gaze, but he didn't think much about it, because he knew that at this moment Alicia must be thinking about something serious that had nothing to do with this romantic night.

"Just now, you said your real name is Dean Stannard?"

"Exactly...... But now it's a name that's been abandoned. Daron smiled wryly with helplessness.

"So, your father...... But Lord Hediway Stonard?"

"I'm not a knight anymore, so the princess doesn't have to be so restrained...... Hediway is indeed a father. ”

After solving the doubts in her heart, Alicia's mood also became melancholy. She didn't want to believe in fate, but now that she could meet the son of General Hediway here, she had to believe in fate, and all the gods had a plan.

Once fantasized about this encounter, she had a thousand words to tell, but when she saw the gentle smiling face of the man in front of her, she couldn't even say a simple word. The frustration made her not know what to do, so she simply took the most appropriate action she knew.

“............ Ha~~~~"

Alicia sighed, and Daron was startled by the unexpected reaction.

"What's the matter, princess ......"

"Bang!"

While Daron was unprepared, Alicia punched him in the nose.

"It hurts...... Huh??"

Daron covered his nose on the ground and rolled around in pain.

"Who the hell is the one who is talking stiffly? Where's that stinky guy before, call him out for me. I don't know this cool and handsome guy in front of me, right?

“...... That's what Daron said. ”

"That's good! mercenaries are mercenaries, pretending to be knights, I don't want to play any princess knight games with you. ”

“...... All right. ”

Alicia straightened up, and at this moment the effect of the paralyzing powder had completely disappeared. She crossed her hands on her hips and had a wicked smile on her face.

"Hehe, pretending to be a knight, are you trying to take the opportunity to steal my money?"

"I definitely don't think so!"

"That's to take advantage of my unpreparedness and think about me?"

"That's pure injustice!"

"Or do you just want to do something you didn't do before?"

"No............ Huh?" said a sudden turn, leaving Daron a little at a loss.

"Dean Stannard. ”

"What?"

"What do you think the stars are falling?"

"Huh?"

"Answer my question. ”

“...... Is it because of the end of life?"

Hearing Darlon's answer, Alicia's eyes were a little stunned, she put on a smile that looked beautiful at this time, shook her head at Daron and said, "No." The stars fall because they miss the earth. I've been adrift for 10 years, and every day I feel homesick in my heart. I thought about revenge, but I knew that if I was alone, if I rushed to my homeland like this, then I would definitely burn my life in vain like a shooting star, in exchange for a futile and meaningless life. ”

“......”

"I pinned the thoughts of my father and mother on the need to recover my motherland. All that was taken from me that night, I will sooner or later take it back with my own hands. ”

"Yega?!, Princess......"

"Just call me Alicia. ”

"Alicia, what did you just say? Could it be that the Black Emperor Yaga did everything?"

"Yes, I think a lot of people have actually guessed the truth, but they can't find evidence. ”

"I knew my father had been wronged, but I didn't have the ability to clear his name!" clenched his fists, Daron gritted his teeth, and he still remembered his father's appearance when he left that day. At that time, he didn't expect that it would be the last meeting with his father.

“...... Alicia, my father, is he ......?"

Alicia couldn't help but bow her head when she saw Darron's eager gaze.

"He died. ”

“...... Really?"

Daron sighed as if he had let go of a heavy burden that had been hanging over his heart, and then sat down on the grass. He looked up at the starry sky in the distance, and there was nothing in his eyes.

"Darron?"

Distant thoughts were recalled by the voice of the young girl, and Talon answered, and then asked:

"Can you tell me more about it?"

“...... Yes!"

At this moment, the highlands have become a hill of memories, and time has rewind to the cold winter night of 1191 in the continental calendar, on that day, everything has changed, the once beautiful has been burned, the homeland has been plundered, and relatives have been slaughtered, for Alicia, that day is an eternal nightmare.