God, it's black.

Loud explosions rang in my ears, and billowing smoke continued to rise from all around, with a pungent smell of fireworks.

The earth trembled.

As far as the eye can see, there are patches of rubble and rubble, as well as traces left after the artillery attack.

The cold wind blew into the room through the broken windows, making Roland shiver with cold, and he involuntarily shrank into a ball.

I don't know how long it took, but the roar of the artillery outside the window finally gradually subsided.

"Brother Roland, I'm fine, Pei'er is not hungry at all." Peier lay weakly in Roland's arms, but comforted him sensibly.

Roland looked at Peel's emaciated face and bony body. I couldn't help but feel a little sour in my heart: "Pei'er, don't be afraid. The war is coming to an end, and I'm going to go out right now to get you something to eat. ”

"Don't! It's dangerous outside right now, you don't go out...... Roland, tell me a story, Pell wants to listen to the story. Seemingly worried that Roland would leave, Pell struggled to find a topic to distract him.

Pell raised her hand tremblingly, and she pointed to the dim sky and said to Roland, "Tell me the story of Adelan!" ”

Roland looked up at the place Perle was pointing, the only place in the dim sky that shone - the Floating Continent Adelan.

Somehow, Roland's nose was sore, and he suddenly felt the urge to cry, but he finally held back. Roland took a deep breath to calm his mind. After that, Roland began to tell the story that had been repeated a thousand times: "Pe'er, look at the continent of Adelan, which floats in the sky, and that is the place where the gods who protect us live, that is, the gods of the people's mouths. The scenery is very beautiful, the seasons are like spring, there is no hunger, no darkness......"

After some time, Pell fell asleep in Roland's arms, her breathing very weak.

Roland carefully placed Pei'er on the bed and touched her cold hand again. Then, Roland took off his coat and gently covered Pei'er's body.

After settling in Pei'er, Roland casually picked up the hat he usually wore and buckled it to his head, got up and walked out of the door that had been half blown off.

The air outside was even colder than inside, and Roland's hands were a little frozen. He couldn't help but sigh into the palm of his hand, and rubbed his hands vigorously, trying to make himself feel better.

"Roland, it's not dawn yet, what are you standing here doing?" A crisp male voice sounded in his ears.

Roland looked back, and he found that it was his little friend who lived here with him, Barrow.

Somehow, Barrow looked a little anxious.

"I'll go to the city and get something to eat."

"No way!" After listening to Roland's answer, Barrow's anxiety seemed to be apparent at once.

He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Roland's arm, and said eagerly: "Now that the army of the Moon Country has just occupied the city in this area of Motil, and there is chaos everywhere in the city, it is too dangerous for you to go out now!" Not to mention...... Now those battle-hardened soldiers of the Moon Nation have invaded the city! If you get caught, you're dead! Let's wait for the situation in the city to stabilize in a few days, okay? Rowland? His tone was almost pleading.

Roland glanced back at Barrow, a boy of twelve or thirteen with dirty, curly brown hair. The freckles on Barrow's face were a little noticeable because of the flushed face, and his emaciated body shivered in the cold wind. Behind Barrow is an abandoned orphanage that has been half blown away, where they have lived all these years.

Rowland. Kamel was an orphan since childhood.

Roland never knew who his parents were, or where he came from.

When Roland was only a few months old, a lonely, elderly lumberjack found him deep in the woods.

When the lumberjack saw that Roland was pitiful, he took him in. Since then, Roland has been dependent on the old lumberjack. Later, Roland gradually grew up, and although his life was hard, he was happy.

It's a pity that he is too old.

Not long after picking up Roland, the lumberjack died of old age.

It was winter.

That year, Roland was only six years old.

When the logger comes from the forest, he should return to the forest.

It took Roland two full days to bury him in the deep forest. After that, Roland stepped into the outside world for the first time in his life.

Even if the lumberjack is gone, Roland will try to survive.

And what Roland took with him, perhaps, was only the surname Camel.

After leaving the mountains, Roland can only wander between cities. Roland stumbled all the way, and did all the things he did, but in the end it was just to have something to eat and be able to live.

But at that time, Roland was so young that it was difficult to even survive. He couldn't count how many beatings he had received along the way, and how many people had been stared at along the way. It wasn't until Roland came here, the orphanage in this border city, that life was slightly better.

Although life is still poor, at least Roland has a place to live, and other children to accompany him, and he is not too lonely.

In a trance, Roland came back to his senses and felt a little sad: how could he remember the previous things again?

At this point, it was even colder, and snowflakes were floating in the air. This made Roland's heart calm down in an instant, and he began to think again about the predicament he was facing.

There are still a dozen young friends who are still in the orphanage. They don't have the ability to survive on their own, so they can only stay here and starve and freeze. As one of the few older children, Roland felt that he couldn't just watch them lose weight and that something had to be done.

Because in the face of such a situation, if Roland is still indifferent, there are many children who may not survive this winter.

So Roland pushed Barrow's hand away and said to him, "It's because the army of the Moon Country has just entered the city now that I'm going out." Only by taking advantage of the chaos did I have a chance to find something to eat from the hands of those military masters...... The war has lasted long enough, and ordinary people are not having a good time...... You take care of everyone, I'll be back soon. ”

Probably persuaded by Roland, Barrow didn't dissuade him again this time, but just whispered: "Be careful all the way." ”

Roland nodded, got up and walked in the direction of the city.

At this time, the sky has gradually revealed a glimmer of light.

It's already dawn.

The sunlight shone on the floating continent of Adeland, refracting colorful light, which looked so sacred and solemn. It's a place that people want to see. But all this is so dazzling in Roland's eyes. The gods who lived there did not favor the poor people, but only allowed their sorrow to flow on the poor people.

No matter how pious people prayed, none of the "gods" who lived in Arandel reached out to help. At least, he never appeared by Roland's side.

As soon as the war took place, the countryside became sensitive, with artillery and spells often falling into the area, damaging vast swaths of buildings and fields. The people who used to live here left one after another, and even the nuns in the orphanage were gone. But what about Roland, these orphans?

They don't have money, they have nowhere to go.

They had to stay here and occasionally go into the city to find something to eat. Over time, this area turned into ruins, and even the air was always filled with the smell of gunsmoke, and at night, it was cold and suffocating.