Chapter 42: Dalefield
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Now the barracks outside have been plunged into a sea of revelry, and the soldiers who are going to start the battle tomorrow are constantly using alcohol to have fun everywhere, because they don't know if they will survive.
Shilinya didn't like the noisy and crowded environment, and she left the banquet held by Alain alone. I came to a tent in the middle of nowhere.
Her mother's coffin was placed alone in this remote tent, and when she arrived, Shilinya was still quite angry, because there was not a single guard here, and she must have left her post to join the amusement of the soldiers.
On the eve of the war, Shilinya felt very nervous about tomorrow's battle, and at the same time expressed great worry, because her father was nervous with the vassals because of the scout today, and she didn't know if the vassals would not be able to work tomorrow.
The coffin was placed in the tent, surrounded by several protective enchantments and alarm spells, which Kane had attached to it if he was not mistaken.
"Mother......" Shirinya said to the coffin, now hoping to touch the coffin in front of her, but fearing that she would trigger the various spell enchantments on it.
All along, there were no difficulties and worries, Shilinya had her mother to solve her problems, and now that her mother is no longer in the world, she doesn't know who to talk to about tomorrow's war.
She once thought about looking for Alain, but the thought of the other party's busy socializing now dispelled such an idea.
"Tomorrow is the decisive battle. A slight sound echoed through the tent, and the owner of the voice seemed to be afraid of disturbing something, "Can you bless my father?"
The inside of the tent was silent, and there was no response, and the icy cold wind continued to pour in from the gaps under the tent, and the wind was gusting.
It's a magical world, and Shilinya feels scared for the first time when she faces her mother. Psychologically, she hoped that she would be able to leave the place immediately, but she was afraid that what would happen next would hurt her mother's coffin.
The tent's curtain was suddenly lifted, and the faint moonlight mingled with the camp's fire. Shilinya turned to look at the figure in a heavy fluff coat that suddenly appeared in shock.
"Miss, why did you come here?" Delphi asked the other party in confusion, but when he thought of what it was here, he had an answer in his heart, "Are you afraid of tomorrow's battle?"
The other party said his thoughts in an instant, and Shirinya felt that her face became red. In the end, he could only nod slightly under the gaze of the other party.
"Let's go. Shirinya, who didn't react, could only let Dalefield pull her out of the tent.
"Wait!" Shilinya was about to leave the tent when she stopped the other party from making any further moves.
"I want to stay here for a while. ”
Dalefield didn't know why the other party made such a request, and when he saw the other party's determined eyes, he obeyed the other party's wishes. Few people in the Atlas would want to be with a corpse other than Raffedion's shaman and necromancer, even though the corpse was a relative to him.
"Okay. Perhaps because the other party was just thinking about his relatives, Delphi agreed to the other party's request without saying anything.
With the other party's consent, Shirinya once again set her eyes back on the coffin, wondering if her mother's request would be answered. From the little yellow book provided by Dalefield, Shilinya learns that the relationship between her mother and father is not as good as she imagined.
The cold wind of the night continued to pass through the tent and blow on her body, and Shirinya, who had never felt the cold wind, now felt the biting freezing.
At the same time, Delphi hugged himself into her arms, and the heavy fluff coat on the other party's body also covered his body: "When you come out in the future, you will wear more clothes, so that you won't feel so cold." ”
"Forehead ......" Before she knew it, Shilinya found herself being held in the arms of the other party, and the thick and wide fluffy coat was draped over the two of them, and the space was very small.
"If you still feel cold, come closer. Noticing that the person in his arms was trembling slightly, Dalefield also proposed softly to the other party, while gently leaning the other person against his body with both hands.
Rapid heartbeat. Shilinya could clearly feel the two piles of fat on her back, a feeling that only appeared in the mausoleum when Ivera and herself were hiding from the ghouls.
The difference was that he was scared when Sayvera was pressed on his back, but now he was pressed by Delphi in front of his mother's coffin.
"That's right. Delphi hugged the other party in his arms and found out that the other party was different today, "Miss, where is your book?"
Since returning from the mausoleum, Shilinya has always kept the big book from being one step away from her, and she doesn't know why the other party is so abnormal today.
"Ah......" Shirinya, who had been feeling her heart beating faster under the oppression of the other party, noticed the other party's question for a long time, "Actually, I gave Earl William a study." ”
"Oh...... Is that so?" it turned out that someone had done research, and Delphi did not inquire much about the reason why the other party had given it to the earl.
Silence returned to the tent once more. It seemed that this kind of company made Dalefield feel bored, and she held Shilinya from time to time and swayed slightly, just simply swaying from side to side.
"Sister Dale, aren't you afraid?" Shilinya originally wanted to have a moment of friendship with her mother, but the fat of this royal sister behind her always squeezed back and forth on her back, "Tomorrow's battle." ”
Delfil's swing slowly increased, and Shilinya, who was taken into her arms, slowly swayed back and forth with the rhythm of the other party.
"I was scared the first time. As if recalling his own combat experience, Delphi's tone slowly became heavy, "But the more I have experienced, these large-scale battles are just like that." ”
Is it really the reason why I participated in a large-scale battle for the first time? Maybe after experiencing more, I can be as calm as Dalefield.
"Sister Dale, you're from Midor, right?" Shilinya asked curiously to the people behind her, she had always wanted to know why this female mage joined the army, but she never found the right opportunity, "Why did you join my father's army?"
The shaking behind her suddenly stopped, and Shirinya didn't know why, or if she asked a question that she shouldn't have asked?
But a moment later, the arms behind him were once again swaying from side to side holding Shirinya's body.
"Because of the war. There was no sadness or joy in the answer, but Shilinya could feel the helplessness in it.
"Four years ago, when I was about your age, I was a student at the Midur Academy of Magic. One day, officers from the Imperial Legion came to my school and asked the students to serve their country and obey the Imperial Legion's call to go to the front. After a moment of brewing words and feelings, Dalefield began to tell Shilinya's story "The conscription order began to require senior brothers and sisters to join the army, and then the soldiers became scarce, and the conscription order continued to be issued to junior students. One day, Dale's sister received a call-up order to report to the Legion, so I joined the army. ”
"Uh......" Shilinya didn't know how to respond to the other party's experience, originally thought that the other party was voluntarily joining the army, but she didn't expect it to be forced.
"Later, I trained in the army for two weeks and asked to go to war. Shilinya felt the strength of the arms around her body begin to gradually increase, as if the other party's memories had entered some painful stage" Then I was assigned to a legion to suppress the Dark Elf rebellion, but not long after we set off, we were ambushed by the enemy, and finally I was afraid, and I immediately ran away when I saw that the situation was not right. ”
Deserters?Shilinya knew that the Imperial Legion's punishment for deserters was very severe. At that time, Dalefil didn't know if he had suffered?
"Later, on the way out, I met the Duke who had come to reinforce me. Because of the lack of mages, the Duke classified me as a war dead and secretly kept me in the ranks. In this way, I have been serving in the Duke's army until now. ”
"So, Sister Dale. "A disgraceful desertion experience, the other party has never been able to officially appear in the public eye, right?
"Do you miss your family?" Shilinya knew that the current question was likely to cause disgust or sadness in the other party, but curiosity drove her to ask her own question.
The rhythm of the swaying from side to side never stopped, and Dalefield relied on his height difference to rest his chin on the other man's hair.
"My father was a knight of the Empire, and later died in a battle with the Orcs, and my mother was sentenced to death for trying to resurrect my father to study necromancy. Dalefield did not shy away from his sad past, but answered the other party's question in plain words.
Tianlinggai constantly suffered the impact of the other party's jaw as the other party spoke, and Shilinya didn't know if this was the other party's revenge for asking such a brainless question.
"It's cold, let's go back to sleep. Dalephil, who was holding Shilinya in his arms, half-dragged and half-forced the other party to leave this gloomy place, "There will be a war tomorrow, let's go back and recuperate!"
The weather is getting colder and colder, and a fluffy sweater can't accommodate the two of them at all, and Shilinya, who already has the idea of going back, also complies with the other party's intentions.
Smack!
As she was about to leave, Shilinya suddenly stopped, as if she had heard something coming from her mother's coffin.
"What's wrong?" Delphi asked Shilinya in his arms in confusion, did the other party still want to stay here and be cold?
"It's okay, maybe I'm too tired and have a delusion. "The cacophony of voices coming from the barracks in the distance filled my ears, why could such a small sound be heard by me?