Have you ever had a faith? Most people would say no. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I used to have none.

But it wasn't until Thanksgiving Day that year that the "master" took us to the base outside the city, called the Crown of Thorns.

That day, my mother shed tears called happy for the first time, and I put on clothes that were strong enough to ward off the cold wind for the first time.

At that time, my young head was blank, and when I was picked up by my mother, I looked up at the flag fluttering in the cold wind.

I don't know how long it has been, but I think I've become accustomed to normal life. That's when I realized that I had freedom and a lifelong faith.

- An adventurer's words to his companions when they are promoted to the Glory rank.

No. 21 was walking in the cold wind, and he was so thin that he couldn't stand the cold wind, and it was difficult for him to walk. But the slave owner seemed to be in a hurry, and he could only obediently follow along.

It was a large field of slaves, more before the arrival of this winter, more than a hundred, but now less than a hundred.

After coming out of the dimly lit dungeon, he always felt that the eyes of the people around him were a little different than before, but he didn't understand what it meant, who had never broken free from the chains.

Facing the cold wind outside the city, you will be greeted by several huge bases, majestic and full of life, from which there are continuous laughter and singing.

In particular, the flags that still shone in the dark night were too dazzling and made him feel very far away.

In this life, he may only be able to look up.

Walking into one of the bases, the gatekeeper greeted him with a smile...... Didn't they usually look at them coldly and welcome the slave owners with a smile?

His question soon became a new one. His anklets and handcuffs were all opened, and the tools were not keys but sharp blades.

The 21st scanned around again and found that the slave owner had disappeared.

At this moment, a woman in charge came out, she was wearing a slightly fluffy princess dress, and her face was extremely beautiful in the firelight.

The small mouth opened and shouted excitedly: "You are free!"

The next moment, the reactions of the slaves had different expressions, and No. 21 belonged to the sad one.

Freedom is very precious and far away, and he once wanted to pursue it, but when he grew up, he realized that he had no ability, and there was only a dead end when he went out.

As if to see their concern, the girl took out a piece of paper, "I know most of you can't read, that's okay. She gathered her thoughts a little before continuing.

"To put it simply, all of our adventure parties in the Crown of Thorns and Kiel City have made new reserves, just for you. ”

At this time, several adventurers walked up, and a voice sounded in the head of the 21st.

"Do you want to join the Fifth Reserve Regiment of the Crown of Thorns?"

He chose yes, and he felt his heart beating fast.

"We will teach you the most basic knowledge and life skills, so that you can have the possibility of surviving in this cruel world. But after a while we will empty the Reserve Corps, that is, empty you. ”

The girl was still smiling, beautiful but also with a hint of warning.

"It's a cruel world, and I think you know that better than I do. That being the case, you who have been freed must remember that we are not saviors, and no one will be anyone's savior. The only thing that can keep you alive is your efforts and the pace of moving forward with fear!"

After speaking, the girl took a sip of water, and then nodded to a young boy next to her.

The young boy understood what he meant, and came over and led them to their temporary quarters, and gave each of them two sets of clothes and a coat large enough to survive the winter.

Afterwards, a hot dinner was made, and he thought he would never forget the taste for the rest of his life.

In the middle of the night, No. 21, like many of his companions, failed to sleep. He looked out the window, and the lights were still on.

Then he looked up, and for the first time he felt that the moonlight was so beautiful. And the flag in the moonlight is much more beautiful than the moonlight and the girl.

No one will be your savior, the girl's voice still echoes in his ears. But he thought it was wrong, and he felt that he had been saved.

Tomorrow, everything will be the same.

As soon as he thought of this, he slipped into the warm bed and slept hard to accumulate the energy for tomorrow.

Unconsciously, he wept just like those children.

......

Wood hasn't been to the adventure group for the past few days, accompanying the children and his wife to accompany the pregnant Betty, and there are a lot of things going on at home.

When he woke up in the bed alone, he couldn't help but feel a little lost, so he could only light a cigarette in a daze.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, so the party will be tonight. After smoking, he also felt a little more energetic, and stretched out to get up and wash.

"Good morning, Captain. As soon as he came out of the bathroom, he heard a knock on the door, and the girl's voice was vibrant and seductive.

He didn't have to think about it to know who it was, he opened the door and saw Alice jumping around.

"Ahh

"Oh, I just got up. Wood looked at himself with only a pair of panties, and was not embarrassed, patted the girl on the head and walked back to get dressed.

Alice, who was wearing a princess dress, hesitated, but walked in, observing the room while shyly glancing at Wood from time to time.

"Captain of the hooligan regiment, I was scolded by the deputy head of the regiment and several bigwigs yesterday. ”

"Why are they scolding you?"

"said that I messed around all day long, and I didn't urge the head of the regiment to take care of things well, and also said that the head of the group was being consumed by the gentle township at home every day. ”

"And how did you answer?"

"Of course I'm righteous, I'm very excited to refute them!" Alice's face suddenly lost her flush, and she raised her little pink fist with a righteous expression.

"What's wrong with Gentle Township? Who are you who are drunk every day and lie on a woman's belly every night to speak? My delegation leader warns you that if you continue to be so open-mouthed, you will all be sent to the reserve regiment! And ...... Ahh

Alice rubbed her red forehead with red eyes, pouting slightly, not to mention how pitiful it was.

What a goblin and a good actor, Wood couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't act, you can only nod in front of them and say something like 'I'm sorry, Alice will definitely work hard in the future'. ”

"Don't you believe Alice, Captain?" Alice is really going to cry, look, she is really going to cry!

"I don't believe it. Wood shook his head mercilessly.

Alice didn't shed tears in the end, wiped the corners of her eyes, lowered her head a little sadly, and pulled the corner of the captain's clothes with a pitiful look.

"Captain, why do you know Alice so well? Is it because of the contract?"

"Not really. Wood shook his head again, "What should I say, I'm also an old artist, you are indeed better than me in terms of acting skills, and you are a bit exaggerated." But that's not the point. ”

"So what's the point?"

"The point is," Wood suddenly grabbed her chin and lifted it, then looked into her somewhat panicked eyes, "when you lie, your eyes always give me a very strange feeling, so you can't fool me." ”

Alice didn't know what the strange feeling was, but she was really panicked at this point. Because behind her is the big bed!

"Ahh

"What do you think about every day, go out first, I'll come over right away. ”

"Oh. Alice walked out of the room dejectedly, bowing deeply to Wood before closing the door.

"Commander...... Thank you, host, for taking care of you all the time. ”

Wood, who was sorting out the equipment, was slightly stunned, and after a while he nodded with a smile, "You still call me the head of the regiment, and you don't mean to take care of me." After all, you are already my man, so I will be responsible. ”

Alice's face turned red when she heard this, but she didn't show it to Wood this time, but turned around and closed the door.

The mood this time is really not acting. At the thought of this, she sat down on the floor against the door, as if she had lost all strength.

What are you thinking? Alice.

Wood didn't wear the suit prepared by the maid, but put on civilian clothes very casually, and put on a warm coat when he walked out the door.

"Your coat belongs to Fay. Wood asked Alice.

"Well, yes. Alice nodded, then said no more.

The two walked to the city gate in silence, when Alice suddenly stopped and took out a piece of paper with an apologetic face.

"Captain, I just forgot...... This is the number and situation of the freed slaves in the few days after you issued the ultimatum. ”

She said that she did not dare to look at Wood again, because she did not know what had happened to her, and she had forgotten such an important matter.

"I can't imagine that Alice will be negligent. Wood took the paper and said with a smile, and the next moment he began to review the information very carefully.

Alice's handwriting is beautiful, the kind that his dog can't catch up with in his life. With pleasing and concise information, Wood looked with some amusement at the crowded street beside him.

The major adventuring groups had accepted thousands of liberated people in the past few days, which was much more than he had expected.

Thank you to the city for working with them so well. He smiled and thought about it, and then put away the paper.

"Very good words, can I hire you to be my child's teacher in the future?" he joked to Alice with a smile as he walked out of town.

Alice's adjustment ability has always been very good, and at this time she replied with a happy smile: "Captain, of course it's no problem!"

Wood nodded, and walked into the warm base. After taking off his coat, he looked at Alice, who left after bowing slightly, and couldn't take a step for a long time.

It is said that there are thousands of people in this world, but this girl may have never shown her true self. Over time, she may have forgotten what she looked like.

In the base with its own temperature, Alice returned to the room and lay down on the bed a little weakly.

Looking at the ceiling, her mind went blank and she stopped thinking about anything.

What she needs to do now is get some sleep first, and when she wakes up, she'll be back to normal.

After her sister left, she has always been alone, whenever and wherever she is. But lately, she always feels like her sister is by her side. can see through her mind and take care of her.

It's stupid.

She smiled complicatedly, then slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

......

At night, Wood didn't know how much he drank, anyway, at first a group of big men came to pour it, then a group of lively and cute little girls came to do it, and then ......

He first moved away from the fiercest war zone, went outside to take a deep breath, and used his magic to vaporize the alcohol in his body.

My head hurts. He patted his head and walked over to the messy stage.

Everyone was quiet, they respected the head of the regiment very much, so they really wanted to know what the head of the group was going to do next.

"Originally, I wanted to watch you scuffle on the ground, but looking at my current state, I guess I won't be able to hold out until then. After he finished speaking, he took out the prizes, wurm eggs and brilliant weapons, and many other priceless things.

"The rules are very simple, whoever wins will take it, and the specific situation will be organized by Maika. After he finished speaking, he took out the speech draft, and after thinking about it, he still burned it, "I really don't want to read this speech with emotion 'from a few people to thousands of official members'!"

"So, it's up to Deputy Head Klaus, who wrote the script, to come and give you a performance that will bring tears to your eyes!"

Everyone raised their glasses and shouted hello, and by the way, someone stepped forward to tease Klaus.

Klaus could only keep smiling, and only in this way could he stop the urge to beat the head of the regiment.

Do you know that I wrote that speech for three days and three nights, three days and three nights!

Wood hiccuped, then gathered his thoughts and began to say the most important words.

"It's fate and an honor for me to be able to get together. That's the only thing I have to say to you. Then, let me talk about why the ultimatum was issued. ”

His expression calmly swept over the audience, "I want to ask you, has anyone ever escaped from the slave pile?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was stunned and looked at each other. After a long while, there was a second hand after the first hand was raised......

Soon, in the light of the fire and the lights, many people looked at each other with some surprise, because no one had ever said that they had ever been slaves.

Finally, everyone looked at the stage, and their respected head of the regiment was also raising his hands.

"Yes, I was a poor slave forced to wear women's clothes. Wood said and wiped the corners of his eyes, pretending to wipe tears.

"You're wearing it now, and you're so pretty! I love you!" Maika suddenly added from the audience.

This slightly heavy atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and everyone couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere was very cheerful for a while.

"I'm announcing now, wait until any of you put the referee on your stomach and come and claim one more prize with me next year!" Wood glared at Maika, then continued, "Looking at the hands we raised, although there are only a few dozen, I'm afraid it's far beyond your imagination. ”

Everyone nodded, although they were already very familiar, everyone always had some secrets that they didn't want to tell.

"Then I then ask, if any of you have relatives or friends who have been turned into slaves, please raise your hands. ”

This time everyone did not hesitate much, they raised their hands one after another, and looked up a little surprised.

"Thousands of hands raised at the same time, more than I could have imagined. Wood laughed, "I can't expect the answer to the following question like the first two, the atmosphere may become awkward, but I still have to ask it out loud!"

He took a deep breath.

"Have any of you ever felt compassion for a slave on the side of the road?, even for a moment, even if it was a look! even when you were an ignorant child before becoming an adventurer!" he was a little apprehensive, but he continued to open his mouth.

"Please answer me honestly, have you?"

The moonlight brushed everyone's faces, freezing the air, and everyone was caught in memories at the moment.

Then, a new hand was raised......

Slowly, Wood stopped worrying, and there were countless arms reflected in his pupils, some thick and some slender, but all beautiful.

"Thank you for making me feel like it's all the way we want it to be. He slowly withdrew his hand, then raised his full glass and drank it under the banner of the Crown of Thorns.

He also wanted to thank the guy who received the person, at least all the official members here, who belong to this big family in their hearts.

After this drink, he became even more drunk. If you think about it, maybe it's not because of alcohol......

He staggered away from the battlefield and came to a quiet corner, where he had just taken out his cigarette but found that he had no matches with him. Just then, someone lit a fire for him.

The match lit a cigarette for him, and also helped him see the beautiful face clearly, and his eyes were red.

"Good evening, hosts. ”

"Why don't you call me a bastard master? ”

Elizabeth smiled and extinguished the matches, then leaned against the railing and looked at the flowers in the moonlight, which were very colorful and beautiful.

"The flowers are so beautiful, just like the promise at that time, they are even more beautiful when they bloom. ”

Hearing this, Wood also leaned on the railing, looked at the flowers and said, "Do you like them?" ”

"Like. Elizabeth nodded, "And I think I already belong to this world." ”

"Nope. Wood shook his head drunkenly, "This world belongs to me, and you belong to me." ”

"Bastard master, you're starting to talk drunk. Elizabeth was suddenly amused.

"If you are drunk, you will be drunk, if you are drunk, you will not talk wildly, how embarrassing will it be to talk about it when you are sober?"

"Then you go on, I'll just listen. She looked happy, "Of course, I might tell." ”

"Then I'll be serious. Wood looked straight into the more beautiful purple pupils in the moonlight. "I want to thank you for doing everything you can to rescue me every time. ”

Elizabeth smiled and fiddled with her hair, then continued to look down at the flowers.

"It's nothing, it's my duty, and I'll be with you all the time...... I've always taken care of the same. ”

Wood nodded, then threw the cigarette into the trash can next to him and patted his head a little uncomfortably.

Elizabeth looked at Wood like this, originally wanted to give a sober technique, but for some reason, she chose to pick up the man and slowly walked to the residence.

"Tomorrow night, do you want to make that kind of brilliant fireworks?"

"Hmm. Wood replied, half-asleep.

"Well, I'll help. Elizabeth carried Wood into the room and laid him on the bed.

Next, I should leave. She wasn't drunk and she understood it, but she chose to sit on the edge of the bed anyway.

The moonlight shone through the window, reminding her of the same moonlight, when Wood carried her home drunk on his back, making some trepidation in the streets.

Memories made her smile. Looking at her sleeping face in the moonlight, she slowly stretched out her hand and touched it gently.

Suddenly, her hand was grasped, and as she was frightened, Wood said in her sleep, "Betty, you naughty man, I'm tired, don't move." ”

Elizabeth could only smile bitterly when she heard this, you said don't move, she withdrew her hand.

It's time to go back, she said to herself for the second time. But she still sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Wood quietly, thinking about the dream she had just said.

This jealousy made her feel like Catherine. But does Wood like herself? She doesn't know.

But the drunken words "you also belong to me" really made her heart beat faster.

I don't want to care so much anymore, I should have done it myself in the cave. She thought so, and kissed her lips in the moonlight.

It's a little drunk, but she feels good, and besides, she has a little more crazy and bold ideas.

"Hello, it's late at night. ”

She suddenly jumped out of bed, first to make sure Wood wasn't awake, then slowly turned around, worried for a long time.

"I'm not going to say it, but please go back first. Alice nodded slightly, then stepped forward to put down the quilt in her arms.

Take off Wood's clothes first, then cover them with the quilt. has the demeanor of a wife, and is obviously a little girl.

After doing all this, when she looked up again, Elizabeth was gone.

After closing the curtains, she whispered "good night" in Wood's ear and quietly left the room.