When John first saw the Surdak knight, the smile on his face was more ugly than crying.

Surdak cut at John's embarrassed expression, and immediately realized that John's military service had not yet been completed, and that he had been reincorporated into the catapult camp after he had escaped from the expeditionary force camp in Moyun Ridge, and that he should now be working as a catapult mechanic in the catapult camp.

But at this moment, he actually appeared in the free market outside Epson City, and was still in front of a second-hand furniture stall, and he was still repairing these old furniture, and after he saw Surdak, the first sight was not the joy after the reunion, but an ugly smile worse than crying, which made Surdak can't help but wonder in his heart, how did John appear here?

"You...... Hello, Knight Surdak! John stammered, looking a little cramped, afraid to look Surdak in the eye.

Seeing that the Surdak knight did not rush up to catch him in the first place, John was slightly relieved in his uneasy heart.

He sat down next to the pile of wood, took out a oily linen towel, wiped the sweat on his face, and got up from his chair.

Surdak smiled at him and said in the tone of an old friend, "When will this job end, I would like to invite you to a drink before I leave Epson City." ”

John, seeing that Surdak did not expose him on the spot, could not wait to say:

"Anytime, I renovate these old pieces of furniture here on a piece-by-piece basis."

When Elijah the merchant saw that the Surdak knight was familiar with the carpenter, and he could not intervene when he stood aside, he said goodbye to the Surdak knight with great interest, and before leaving, he did not forget to invite the Surdak knight to sit with his caravan when he had free time.

Surdak also wanted to keep the merchant Elijah, after all, the merchant took great care of him along the way, but at this time, the merchant Elijah had already blended into the crowd and quickly disappeared, and Surdak didn't even have time to speak.

John unbuttoned his leather apron and stepped out of the pile of wood, dusting off the wood chips and wiping the sweat from his neck with a towel.

Surdak led the horse and John side by side in the crowd, John was familiar with the place, and soon the two of them walked out of the bustling free market and found an open-air tavern outside the free market.

It seems that at the outskirts of every free market there is a tavern that serves some light meals, and scones, white bread, stews, and sausages are always the constant theme in the tavern, and there are a dozen simple wooden tables in the open air, which seem to never be wiped clean, and always have a layer of sticky grease on them.

A pimple-ridden waiter brought a plate of sausages and a plate of white bread, and served two glasses of ale.

John held the wine glass and drank a large sip of ale, his face suddenly turned red, and then he mustered up the courage to whisper to Surdak: "Knight Surdak, I have escaped from the battlefield, and you will not expose me, will you?" ”

After saying that, he looked cautiously to the sides, worried that someone was eavesdropping on the side.

"Can you tell me your reasoning?" Surdak looked around, and the drinkers were gulping down, and no one was noticing.

John said with some frustration: "They say that I am a deserter, and not only will I not be able to share any merit in this general battle, but the new captain will send me to the inquisition for adjudication.

I have already given them the demon head, in fact, I have already said that I will donate the merit of this demon head, as long as the merit is worth it, and they were very happy to agree at the beginning.

It's just that after the victory of the battle, the enforcers of the upper ruling office went down to check the number of deserters in the Moyunling Expeditionary Force, and they handed me over without hesitation. ”

Surdak sighed softly, now it seems that the fifty-seventh heavy infantry regiment is much better in this regard, at least Baron Sidney will not be so blatant and forcibly take the merits of his soldiers, the second team when they go out on a mission, the demon heads harvested are completely self-handled, so many demon heads have not seen Baron Sidney's eyes.

Thinking of the second squad, the faces full of youthful smiles flickered in front of the Surdak knight's eyes like slides, and the corners of his eyes became a little moist.

John thought that Surdak was deeply touched by the misfortune that had befallen him, and said with some emotion:

"Knight Surdak, you know what? Once I'm in the Inquisition, I'll probably be in the army for the rest of my life......"

Hearing John's call, Surdak came to his senses, and then asked him curiously:

"And how did you escape?"

A touch of pain appeared on John's face, but he did not hesitate, and said directly to our Surdak knight:

"Actually, although the demon head was handed over, the black magic crystal inside was still in my hands, I used this black magic crystal to buy off a veteran who guarded me, he secretly released me, and I escaped from the barracks overnight and came to Epson City with a convoy."

As he spoke, the beer glass in John's hand had bottomed out, and he raised his hand, and the waiter in the distance immediately brought two large glasses of ale to him.

The ale, the sausage, and the white bread on the table were almost all stuffed into John's stomach, and Surdak looked at John and asked:

"And what are your plans for the future?"

John was a skilled carpenter, a craft that would allow him to make ends meet, no matter where he was, but he had no way to return to his hometown.

"With my craft, if I want to live here, I will be able to live a harder life...... "John said, rubbing his somewhat reddened nose.

Seeing that Surdak only drank a glass of ale in front of him, and didn't seem to have a little appetite, and came to the tavern just to talk to himself, John looked at the messy plate and asked a little embarrassed, "Do you want to sit down with me?" ”

Surdak also thought about how he could help John, there were still six demon heads in his backpack, and for this comrade-in-arms who had experienced life and death decisions together on the wilderness hills, Surdak planned to give him another magic crystal, or he could help him get through the most difficult days in front of him.

Then he felt that handing over a precious magic crystal to a carpenter with little self-protection ability in the tavern didn't seem to be so reliable, and once it was peeped at by someone with a heart, it was inevitable that there would be some murderous incidents.

Hearing John's invitation, Surdak readily agreed.

John rushed to pay for the meal, and seeing that he had taken out the few silver hammers he had just given him from the old furniture stall owner, Surdak was even more sure that John did not have much money on hand. It's probably the money earned that day, and it can only sustain the day's expenses.

Then the waiter took out a yellow paper bag, put the remaining white bread and grilled sausages into the bag, in addition to taking out a few slices of white bread from the back kitchen and putting them in the bag, and handed them to John, the two barely communicated, but told Surdak with tacit eyes that the two people in front of him not only knew each other, but should also know each other very well.

When John walked out of the tavern with Surdak, because of the two large glasses of ale, John's face was red, but he showed a happy smile at Surdak, and said: "My wife used to work in this tavern, and the owner of the tavern and the waiters took good care of her, but she has not been able to work recently, so she can only stay at home and rest, and every time I come to the tavern, they will bring me those white breads and grilled sausages." ”

Surdak didn't expect John to have a wife, and his wife actually lived in Epson City.

Seeing Surdak's surprise, John smiled shyly and explained to John: "I came to the Warsaw plane with the Bena Legion, and my wife also came all the way with him, because our craftsmen who repair catapults are usually stationed in Epson City, and they only move with the team every time they mobilize catapults, so some of the craftsmen's families will come to the Warsaw plane with the legion." ”

As he spoke, John led Surdak through a gray-white tent area, and finally came to the slope of the river, which was surrounded by white tents, and from a distance he did not pay much attention to it, but there were actually a patch of small cabins, John's house was one of the most elaborate rows of wooden houses, and he saw some civilian laborers on the street, and many of them knew John, and greeted him from afar.

John, came back early today......

John, are you here? There is also half a cured anchovy brocade chicken at home, and I will let Lisa pick it up to entertain guests, and I can give others a taste of our Epson's flavor.

John, my roof here is leaking again, if you have time, help us take a look......

Okay, Uncle Eric, I'll fix it for you tomorrow morning.

"I can't see it, you're quite popular here!" Surdak led the horse and said to John with a smile.

"I'm a carpenter, life here is inseparable from carpenters, as long as you are diligent, there will always be some gains." John said with a smile.

……

It is a small wooden house, and the back is connected to this small kitchen, which the hostess has beautifully decorated, and the furnishings are very neat, and all the furniture is covered with handmade cover-ups, and even the floor is polished.

When John pushed the door open and walked in, Surdak didn't even know how to get his feet, looked at his dusty boots, and stood in the doorway for a long time.

Although the furniture in the room is made of very ordinary wood, but each piece is very exquisite, sofa, coffee table, desk, dining table, double bed are arranged in an orderly manner in this small space, from the entrance to the living room, a shy young woman with a big belly is lying on the chaise longue by the window and sleeping soundly, she is just wearing a loose gauze skirt at home, the bulging lower abdomen makes people see at a glance that she is pregnant, even in her sleep, her hands are also held on her stomach, with a smile in her sleep.

Perhaps it was the sound of the door closing that woke her up, and she suddenly woke up from her sleep, and her panicked gaze fell on John's, and she settled down at once.

She rubbed her face vigorously and said with an embarrassed expression, "John, you're back, oh my God! I seem to have overslept and haven't cooked dinner yet, this is your friend? ”

As he spoke, he struggled to get up from the recliner.

The woman's voice was very soft, although when they met for the first time, there was always a feeling that touched Surdak's heart, which was probably John's happiness.

John said to Lisa, "Well, we have eaten outside, and I have brought you some white bread, this is my wife Lisa, this is the Knight of Surdak, I told you, when I was fleeing in the wilderness and hills, I luckily met Knight Surdak, and he led us all the way to kill the evil spirits, and escaped from the Moyun Ridge in the Gandaer Mountains. ”

Although Lisa was a little swollen because of her pregnancy, she still couldn't hide her beautiful appearance, and she smiled and said:

"Knight Surdak, John often speaks to me about you."

"Good afternoon, Lady Lisa!"

After saying that, Surdak tried to make a knightly salute, but he was obviously a little unfamiliar with it......

Surdak had only sat in John's house for a short time, and he felt a little embarrassed that he didn't know what to talk about.

He and John really didn't have much to talk about, the two of them seemed to live in completely different worlds, and they came into contact with different things.

After a moment of silence, Surdak finally said to John:

"I'm in Epson City this time to get out of here.

I got a teleportation voucher to leave here at any time, and now that my service is over, I'm going to spend a day in Epsom and set off for Ivorson City and head back to Bena Province in a magical airship. ”

John was slightly stunned, as if he had thought of something, and then said to Surdak with a normal face:

"Congratulations, Knight Surdak, you can finally return home!"

Surdak smiled, turned to Lisa, who came up with the teapot, and said:

"Before leaving, I specially rushed over to distribute the loot captured in the wilderness hills with John, this guy has not been distributed at the beginning, so he went to participate in the general battle, and as soon as he left, there was no news......"

As he spoke, Surdak took out a magic crystal from his money bag and placed it on the wooden table in front of the wide eyes of John and Lisa.

There seemed to be a trace of smoke flowing inside the spar, and it was constantly exuding a faint pure mana, and it was a real magic spar that could be identified at a glance.

Surdak rubbed his hands together, and without waiting for any reaction from the two of them, he stood up and said to them: "So I will take my leave, and I will hurry into the city to find an inn before the gates close in the evening......

So saying, he strode out of John's cabin, and by the time John chased him out of the house, Surdak had already mounted his Guborai horse, and gently crossed the makeshift street in front of the cabin, and in a blink of an eye he ran away without a trace, John and Lisa stood at the door of the cabin, looking at each other a little, looking again in the direction where the Surdak knight had disappeared, their eyes full of gratitude.

When he arrived at the gate of Epson City, just in time for the soldiers defending the city to close the gate, Surdak rode a horse and finally entered Epson City at the last moment, until the moment he entered the city, he realized how crowded the city was described by the merchant Elijah before, and now it really does not seem exaggerated at all......