I don't know how long it took for the brothers to get up and work together to remove the weeds from the two mounds, and Richard wielded his sword to repair them neatly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Donner plucked some flowers from the nearby grass and placed them in front of the two mounds.

"Brother...... Do you want to erect a stone monument?" asked Richard tried.

Donner shook his head slowly, "Now is not the time. ”

"Well," Richard nodded, "Father probably doesn't like it either." ”

The brothers stood at the grave for a while, and Donner silently answered the question in his mother's letter.

It was almost noon when the two left the meadow and walked down the gentle hillside towards the town of Rand.

"Brother...... Shall we go home and see?" said Richard's voice trembled slightly as he said the word "home", and he also knew that there was no home for the brothers on the island of Lante anymore. By going home, he meant going back to where the blacksmith was.

"Well, go back and see......" Donner nodded.

......

The island of Lante is really small, and down the hillside, past the mangrove forest where young boys and girls tryst, is the easternmost side of the town of Lante.

The brothers don't know how many times they have walked this road, but never have they walked so slowly and so heavily.

What would the place where the blacksmith shop would look like now? Probably still in ruins, maybe a new house has been built and someone else's home.

If the owner of the house asked now, 'Who are you looking for, and how would you answer?' Just the thought of this makes Donner's heart ache.

Finally, upon entering the town streets, someone recognized the brothers.

"Ah...... Aren't these two Tom's children!" the old man stopped the lean horse in front of him and looked at them in surprise.

"Uncle Jim......" Richard recognized him at once.

"When are you back......" asked the old Jim, who was driving the car, tentatively.

"Just arrived in the morning......" Donner replied with a smile.

Old Jim was stunned for a moment, then laughed to himself, "Look at me, and you are dumb...... It's a fool......"

The brothers laughed along.

"Then I'll go to work first, and you two go home too!" said old Jim, and got up and walked out of town, waving at the brothers as he went.

Old Jim would never have felt so comfortable if he knew he was talking to a duke. Obviously, the fact that Donner became a war hero and was later canonized did not reach the isolated island of Lante. Old Jim only guessed by the clothes on Donner and Richard that they were now very promising-Donner had changed into ordinary folk hunting clothes when he set out from Misttown, so that he would not be recognized as a magician, nor would he be too extravagant to look out of place with the island.

"Brother," Richard asked, puzzled, as he walked, "why did Uncle Jim let us go home and have a look, didn't he know we didn't have one?"

"He probably said it casually......" Donner smiled slightly, "Didn't Uncle Jim say it himself?" ”

"Uncle Jim has always been confused. Richard laughed.

Although the brothers were joking, their hearts were empty.

They laughed and turned around the corner, and then suddenly stood there, motionless.

"Brother......" Richard cried out in surprise.

Donner knew what was wrong with him, and he himself was just as shocked - just a few dozen meters away, the blacksmith was still in its original position, not only had nothing changed, but even the door was open.

"Maybe another blacksmith has moved into town. Let's go, let's see......" Donner suppressed his nervousness and walked slowly towards the blacksmith's shop.

He suddenly had the illusion that he had gone back many years ago, and as long as he walked to that familiar door, he would see his father's figure. Richard must have been like that too, and that's why he dragged behind, walking slower than Donner.

As he approached the door, Donner heard his own heartbeat.

Then, as he stood in the doorway, he saw a familiar person.

“...... Why are you here?" he said, surprised.

A fire was burning in the blacksmith's shop, and the light of the fire was reflected on a girl's body, and a red silhouette was reflected in her simple gray linen dress, which was joined by her long red hair.

The girl had been sitting quietly in front of the fire, but when she heard Donner's voice and looked up, she suddenly became panicked.

"Yes, I'm sorry...... I don't know ......if you're coming back at this time," the girl hurriedly explained.

It was only then that Richard walked up to Donner's side, and when he saw the scene inside the house, he was just as shocked, "Princess Lucia......"

That's right, the girl in civilian attire sitting in the blacksmith shop is none other than Lucia.

Donner stepped over the threshold and looked around, in fact, if you looked closely, you could still see the difference. The walls are too neat, the floor is too clean, the benches are too new, there is no rust on the outer wall of the stove, and the blowbox handles are not as polished as they used to be.

But I don't know how much effort it takes to do that.

"You rebuilt it?" Donner looked at Lucia gratefully, remembering that Wesley had told him that Lucia had been on the island for a year since the accident.

"Well, I got the ...... with Wesley," Lucia stood crampedly in the corner like a thief caught red-handed by her master, "Didn't he tell you?"

"It really seems!" Richard walked in, fussing and touching, as if everything was so magical.

Donner smiled and shook his head, Wesley really didn't tell him, perhaps, he was trying to surprise Donner.

"Then why are you here?" Downer wondered.

"I ......" Lucia smiled awkwardly, "I come here every year for a month." ”

"Don't the neighbors think it's strange?" Donner asked with a smile.

Lucia deliberately ignored the question, "I love it here...... Really, like you said, time seems to stand still here. ”

"Not disappointed?" Donner knew what Lucia was talking about, it was years ago, when he was in the Forest of Whispers, when he described the island of Lante, and he told Lucia at the time: "You'll probably be disappointed when you go."

"Not ...... at all" may be because the conversation between the two brings back fond memories for her, and Lucia recovers from the initial panic, with a calm and indifferent smile on her face.

Richard seemed to realize that something was wrong with his stay, and said, "I'll go inside......" and went to the room behind the blacksmith where Tom and the two brothers had slept.

But within a second of entering, he immediately ran out with his head down, muttering: "Then I'll go out and take a walk......

Donald smiled, knowing why he had suddenly done this—the cottage behind the blacksmith was now Lucia's boudoir, and Richard must have seen something he shouldn't have seen to be so embarrassed.

"What are you fooling around?" he grabbed Richard and pushed him to a small chair in the corner.

The chair that Richard used to sit in when he was a child, but his current size is incompatible with this chair, which highlights Richard's embarrassment even more - well, it's not actually the same chair, but it is very similar.

Donner pulled over a stool and sat down, "The neighbors helped with the memories, right?" he touched the stool under him.

"Hmm...... They're all kind......" Lucia nodded.

"Thank you," Donner looked at her sincerely, "I don't think Wesley would be that patient." ”

(Ask for a monthly pass!Ask for a recommended ticket!) (To be continued.) )