Chapter 231: Persistence
After listening to Lulu's words, the crowd of onlookers gradually began to become quieter, as if they were somewhat touched by her words. And after Roland heard Lulu's cry, he only felt like a needle on the tip of his heart, very depressed and uncomfortable.
Roland originally only thought that Lulu was an annoying guy, but he didn't expect that when it came to this, the only one who was willing to speak for him was Lulu, an upright witch.
Roland turned and put his arm on Gray's shoulder, trying to get out of the sad scene.
Gray sighed slightly and whispered, "Are you really going to leave like this?" ”
"What else can you do by staying here?" Roland smiled bitterly: "For the people in this city, I died in that duel as early as ...... Such a result is the best for both Rand and me. He has the security of his rule, and I have freedom...... Why should I bother with all those troubles? Just because I'm really dead. ”
As a result, as soon as they took a few steps, Roland heard Lulu's roar behind him, and he was stunned, and quickly turned around, only to find that Archimedes had also appeared on the block at some point!
Lulu is carried away by the soldiers brought by Archimedes, and Rand is fiercely confronting Archimedes!
At this time, Rant's face turned slightly red, and he said, "Archimedes, what are you doing here?" What's the deal with a little girl? Don't go too far! ”
"Little girl? Little girl......" Archimedes repeated this sentence playfully, and then looked at Rand with a malicious look, and said: "Your Majesty, I think you should know better than I the fact that she is a witch, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to call a person in her two hundred years old a little girl like this, right?" And she just attacked Wang Jia, and she spoke disrespectfully to you, I temporarily detained her, where is it excessive? ”
"That's just a personal vendetta between us, and it has nothing to do with you......"
"Personal vendettas?" Archimedes repeated these words again, and his voice suddenly rose a few decibels: "Your Majesty! I hope you don't forget who you are, you are now the king of the entire Moon Country! Your business is the major event of the whole country, how can there be any personal grudges! I hope that Your Majesty can correct his position and mentality as soon as possible! For the time being, the minister will escort her down first, and Your Majesty, you should hurry up and return to the palace! ”
Rand's face began to look unsightly, but he didn't say anything, just got on his horse. Seeing this, the captain of the guard, who had followed the king, quickly put together a queue and shouted to the soldiers, "What are you waiting for? Back to the palace! ”
When the king had left and the crowd had dispersed, Gray tugged at Roland's cuffs: "Well, why are you still here with the pestle and not leaving?" ”
"I've changed my mind." Roland glanced up at Gray, a sharp look in his eyes. He continued: "I just thought that as long as Archimedes is still the prime minister, Rand will never be truly free. Augustine was now at the king's side, and it would have been easy for him to want Archimedes to die. But Rand didn't. That can only show that Archimedes must have some kind of handle in his hands that Rand scruples! I must get rid of this scourge! ”
Gray glanced at Roland meaningfully, sighed silently, and said, "When is it, you still think about that kid who wants you to die?" What exactly is the picture? And don't forget, we still have things to investigate in the Holy Court......"
"It's okay, you can deal with the two things together," Roland closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then turned his head to look at Gray: "Since Dingennir wants to investigate the king, then Archimedes will definitely be involved, and we will have the opportunity to contact him later, and we are not in a hurry." ”
Listening to Roland's words, Gray did not make a sound, but sighed heavily again.
Sharon called them both and asked, "Are you acquainted with the king?" ”
It's more than acquaintance.
Roland smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, just nodded slightly.
"Well, I need to know everything I need about him...... Has he been in the palace all the time? ”
Roland shook his head: "No, a month ago, we ...... No, he still lives in a mansion in the city center. ”
"Address?"
"11 Principality Road."
The mansion was heavily damaged during the last demonic invasion and suffered heavy losses. However, at the behest of the king, it was renovated and looked the same as before.
Roland couldn't help but think of everything that happened here at that time, except for Xiao Mi, everyone else was afraid that they were all ......
It was quiet in the mansion, and there seemed to be no one left.
Despite this, they climbed over the wall in the backyard without leaving a trace.
Roland found that except for the very badly damaged backyard and antechamber, which had been completely renovated, other places, such as their previous rooms, had only been slightly renovated, and everything else seemed to be still in its original state.
On the desktop, the armrests are clean and new, and there is not a single trace of dust falling.
Roland looked at these familiar scenes, and the things of the past began to come to his mind, and they seemed to be still vivid...... And now, all that's left is cold and silence.
After a rough survey of the first floor, they followed Sharon up to the second floor, where Dingenier and Sharon looked around before entering the study.
At this time, Roland involuntarily walked to his former room. The layout is still the same as before, and everything remains the same. Now that I think about it, he hasn't been back here since he came back from Castlevania.
Roland couldn't help but touch every thing here with his hand, it was his memory of all these years, and every object was evidence that he once existed.
Roland couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then opened the drawer of the cabinet, which contained only a delicate brocade box.
Roland stretched out his hand to open the brocade box, revealing a corner bell in front of him that was not very delicate, and the corner bell that Sakura Feng gave him.
Roland involuntarily took the hornbell out of the brocade box and took a closer look, but the situation at the time of the airship incident kept flashing in his mind.
Then Roland put the corner bell back in the box and closed the cabinet door again.
At this time, the door of Roland's room was suddenly opened, and Roland saw several of them flash in quickly, and then closed the door with a defensive face.
As soon as Roland wanted to ask what was wrong, Sharon whispered, "Shh...... Someone ......"
Roland was slightly stunned, secretly thinking who else would appear here at this time? So he opened the door a crack and saw a figure at the top of the stairs.
The figure is small, a little haggard. With an oil lamp in one hand and a photo frame in the other, who else can there be if it's not Xiaomi?
Why is she still here? Shouldn't she have already entered the palace with the king?
At first, Roland was still a little puzzled why no one lived here and it was still spotless, it turned out that Xiao Mi had been silently cleaning here.
Xiao Mi raised her head and looked at the second floor as if she was a little puzzled, and then she slowly raised her feet and planned to move to the second floor. As a result, there was a sudden knock on the door. Xiao Mi was stunned for a moment, and then turned around to open the door, and Roland immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Roland turned to look at Sharon, only to find that there was something subtle in the way she looked at her now.
Is something wrong?
Roland was a little surprised, and then he soon noticed Dingenier's gaze, which was now wandering among the pictures on the table and on the wall. And the people in those photos are all Roland.
"So, you lived here too?" Dingennier asked in a low voice.
Roland nodded weakly.
Sharon glanced at Roland, her expression became a little unpredictable, and she said, "It seems that the relationship between you and the king is really complicated...... You must have lived together and were once very close. Then he said that you were full of evil and wanted to kill you with your own hands. What happened between you? ”
Roland didn't respond to Sharon's words, as he didn't know how to answer.
At this time, there was a slight noise downstairs, which attracted everyone's attention.
Roland looked downstairs again, only to notice that a queue of soldiers had appeared in the hall at some point, and it was they who had just knocked on the door.
The private commander is now trying to persuade Xiao Mi to go back to the palace with him, but Xiao Mi is just holding the photo frame and is silent.
The private commander sighed and said, "Why are you doing this? Since Your Majesty has sent me many times to take you into the palace, you can go back with me!" Guarding this empty mansion alone, is this the life you want? And even if you are guarding this place...... It's impossible to change back to what it used to be......"
“…… Isn't it possible to change back? Xiao Mi slowly raised her head, her expression was a little bitter, but her hand began to grope for the photo frame, and the photo on the photo frame was a photo of Xiao Mi and the two of them: "You're right...... I really can't go back to the past...... But there are not many people in the world who are willing to think about him...... If even I don't remember him, isn't he too pitiful? Even with the passage of time, the king has no shortage of followers around him, and I am not the only one who is missing. Why don't I keep what I care about......"
Seeing Xiao Mi's resolute face, the commander of the private didn't want to say anything more, he only sighed heavily, and then sorted out the line and left.
Then Xiao Mi put the picture frame on the wall and stood in front of it, reluctant to leave for a long time.
Roland silently closed the door of the room and jumped out of the mansion through the window with everyone.
A group of people were running on the street, and at this time it was already lit up, and it was faintly raining.
Roland lowered his head and silently calmed his emotions.
Sometimes life is like that, and no one knows what will happen in the next scene.
Whether it is laughter or pain, it is all a test given by time, and only time can tell what the ending will be.
When one end of the balance begins to be unbalanced, the trajectory of everyone's fate will often shift, and those changes are nothing more than the choices they made in the first place.