After hearing this, Lugo pursed his lips tightly, and his expression could not hide his loss: "I've been with you for so long, and it's the first time I've heard you say what is in your heart... I wonder, do you hate me? Because I cut off your hand? ”

Ann lowered her head, gently stroked the bare wrist handle of her right hand with her left hand, and shook her head very firmly in her tone: "This is not a polite word, my answer is... No, I've never hated you for this. ”

"Because I knew that if you didn't do that, I would have been killed by the Visitor. You cut off my hand, which seems to hurt me, but you actually saved me. So, not only do I not hate you, but I am grateful to you that you gave me a second life. ”

"Sometimes I think, you've always shown me favor, maybe deep down you feel guilty, you feel like you've turned a girl into a disabled person, I'm sorry for her, and I want to make up for something... But in my opinion, this kind of emotion caused by guilt cannot be called love. ”

Lugo said silently: "I have soaked many girls in my life, but I really haven't been in love, and the women who sleep together at night only enjoy each other's physical pleasures, but I am not a child, I can still distinguish between guilt and love." ”

"At the beginning, I came to visit you because I felt guilty and wanted to make up for you. But after getting along day by day, I saw that you were not depressed because of your physical disability, but very strong to pick up your confidence, become positive, and start life again, I was moved by your spirit, and finally really fell in love with you. ”

"I love you, Ann, I'm sure of that."

An slowly closed his eyes and showed a faint smile: "Thank you, Lord Lugo, thank you for your love, I never thought that a civilian girl like myself could be pitied by the superiors, you make me feel like a lost folk princess, thank you..."

"But I'm sorry, I can't accept your love." Ann reopened her eyes and said deeply, "I'm actually not as strong as you say, and during the initial period when I lost my right hand, I was depressed every day, and even had suicidal thoughts. ”

"Later, it was Vincent who came into my world, took care of me meticulously, and finally took me out of the haze of disability, giving me the courage to continue living, and I decided to entrust the rest of my life to him."

"As for you, I will never forget your saving grace, I will always be grateful to you, but..."

"Gratitude is not the same as love, I am grateful to you, Lord Lugo, but I don't love you... I'm sorry..."

After hearing this, Lugo's whole person was like a ball that had been let go, he was paralyzed for a while, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "So, this is the final answer?" I lost to a chef imp? ”

Ann has already finished talking about what should be said, there is no need to say more, she bowed her head slightly, and was silent.

Lugo was silent for a long time, and finally deliberately laughed loudly: "It's okay~ If you lose, you lose!" Lao Tzu is not a person who can't afford to lose! The Sun King wrote a poem - the willows on the branches blow little, and there is no grass at the end of the world. I can't catch up with you, I'll just chase other people, I want to grab a lot of good women with me, there is no need to spend it here with you. ”

An bowed slightly and whispered, "You will definitely find the other half who admires each other." ”

Lugo rubbed his nose, turned around and left with the night sword: "I'm leaving, I won't appear in front of you again in the future, so don't leave it at that." ”

Lugo faded away, disappearing into the thick of the night, leaving him alone.

...

In the garden of the consul's residence, Paladin and Baixa were enjoying the shade and admiring the moon while drinking and chatting:

"Is Lugo on leave today? I didn't see him at the Sheriff's Office. ”

"yes, I asked for a few days, and it was said that I was going to celebrate the girl's birthday."

"The tavern waiter? What's it called..."

"It's called... I don't remember exactly, I don't know her well... I really don't understand, how can a ruffian like Lugo be so infatuated with a girl? ”

"Don't understand, do you? The more amorous the prodigal son, the more infatuated he is when he meets his destined sweetheart. Take my brother as an example, my brother was also a prodigal son when he was young, and it wasn't until I met my current wife that I made up my mind that the prodigal son would turn back, break off the relationship with the past, and only love one person in this life. ”

"Fuck off, my sister-in-law told me, when you were young, there was no girl who liked you at all, she came to greet you because she was pitiful, and as a result, you fell in love with her, and it took more than a year to chase her."

"Ahem... Drink first and drink first..."

As the two chatted, Lugo came back from the garden, carrying a knife and walking very fast, because it was too dark to see his expression.

Paladin drunkenly greeted, "Hey, Lugo, why are you back so early?" Didn't spend the night at the girl's house? ”

"I'm O, you're O! Nonsense Lao Tzu hacked you to death!! Lugo suddenly roared like a mad dog, and the knife was crossed in front of Paladin.

Paladin was so frightened that he woke up, waved his hand and said, "Oh! Calm down, brother, what is there to say. ”

"Bang!" Lugo kicked over the table where the two were drinking, and left in a rage, leaving Palatine and Baixa bewildered and messy in the wind.

After Lu Ge finished his hair, he went to the basement to get a large jar of wine, and found a quiet place to drink the stuffy wine, and he poured it quickly one by one, and it didn't take long for him to get drunk.

As he drank, a dark shadow scurried up to Lugo, and the wagging tail could be faintly seen.

Lugo glanced to the side, it was the big wolf dog he had raised, named "Niu Niu".

Lugo touched Niu Niu's dog head, sighed and said, "Niu Niu, are you unaccompanied on such a good night?" We're all poor people at the end of the world. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another shadow came over and ran to Niu Niu, a white who had come in out of nowhere.

Niu Niu and the white sniffed each other, apparently having known each other for a long time, and the two dogs looked sideways at Lugo with a mockery in their eyes.

"! You won't have any beef to eat in the future! Lugo was so angry that he picked up a pebble and threw it at it, driving away the affectionate dogs.

After the cow and the had run away, Lugo was again alone, sitting alone under the moon and drinking, and he looked up and let out a long sigh, and said to himself, "I'm really tired, go out for a walk." ”

Lugo got up, and as he passed through the garden, Palatin and Baixa had just finished cleaning up the table, and when they saw Lugo coming, they hurried to bring up the wine on the table, so as not to kick the fellow over again.

Seeing that Lugo was out in the middle of the night, Paladin asked, "Brother, where are you going?" ”

"Go out of the city to relax, my lord has asked for leave for the past two days, and I have something to help me carry around." Lugo strode away with his knife in hand, disappearing into the night.