Around Bena City's Heroes' Square are two hundred and thirty-seven statues of the Great Swordsman, each of which is engraved with a line of incisive words on the stone tablet at the foot of the statue, which records the glorious life of the Great Swordsman.

It is precisely because of these great swordsmen that the title of Bednar Swordsman resounded throughout the Grimm Empire.

It is said that every year at the beginning of the Bednar High Swordsman Academy, those freshmen come to Heroes' Square to take an oath and inherit the spirit of the Bednar Swordsman of their ancestors.

There is a low wall of shrubs all around the square, and in the center is a flower bed, there is no large fountain in the Heroes' Square, and there are four small fountains in the four corners of the square where people can drink when they are thirsty, and there is a trumpet-shaped cistern under the fountain, and there are always some birds that fall next to the cistern to drink.

There were a lot of people in Heroes' Square, some of them outlanders who had come to pay their respects to the Swordsmen of Bena, but many more were citizens of Bena City.

On summer nights, Heroes' Square is much cooler than anywhere else.

Some small vendors with fruit baskets on their heads weave through the crowd, and the baskets above their heads also contain a wide variety of fruits, and some children's eyes are always chasing them.

The girl who was holding a basket of flowers to buy flowers jumped to Surdak's side, she stood timidly in front of Surdak, stood on tiptoe and raised the flower basket in her hand, stared at Surdak with a pair of innocent big eyes and said:

"Knight, do you want to buy flowers?"

She saw the knight's badge on Surdak's chest, which is why she called it that.

The little girl's face was as red as a big apple, and she struggled to carry a basket full of flowers.

Hathaway leaned over to look at the flowers in the basket and glanced at Beatrice, who was silent, but couldn't hide the anticipation in her eyes.

Surdak gave the little girl a thumbs up in appreciation, picked out two tulips from the flower basket, stuffed ten copper plates into the little girl's little hand, and said:

"Then I'll buy two, your flowers are beautiful!"

"Two beautiful big sisters are even prettier!"

The little girl took the copper plate, squinted her eyes with a smile and said.

He grimaced at Surdak and ran to the other couple with a basket of flowers.

She specifically targets young couples who look gorgeously dressed, so the success rate of selling is particularly high.

Surdak gave the flowers to Hathaway and Beatrice, and the two girls took the tulip with a blushing face, smiling slightly with rosy lips.

The three of them stopped in front of the flower bed in the center of the square, the flower pond was a sea of flowers, many citizens sat on the stone platform next to the flower bed, there was a street lamp every fifteen meters away, and the whole Heroes Square seemed to be brightly lit.

Hathaway squatted down beside the flower pond with a tulip in her hand, she looked at a cluster of small flowers with white petals and yellow stamens, her long golden hair hanging down from her ears, and she gently lifted it with her hand, revealing a beautiful white face.

Hathaway saw Surdak looking at her, and said to him, "I remember when I was very young, my father liked to take me to Heroes' Square to play, and he would always look at the statues over there, and I would play at the flower pond. ”

Beatrice blinked, not understanding why Hathaway was talking about her childhood, and she sat down by the flower stand next to Hathaway with her long skirt.

The two of them wore court-style dresses often worn by aristocratic ladies, and wore beautiful crystal slippers, and after walking for such a long time, even if the two were fresh graduates of the Swordsman Academy, their feet would inevitably be a little sore.

Beatrice, with a round face, pounded her thighs hard through her skirt, and she wanted to find a quieter tavern to sit in, at least without having to walk around in this dress, which looked beautiful, but the pain was known only to herself.

The waist corset made her almost half breathe, and after a little deep breath, the bottom two ribs ached, and she could barely play with her waist and barely eat anything.

Every time she breathed, her chest would be like an inflated ball, as if it was about to burst out of the cup, so that she always had to press her hands on her chest every time.

The wide skirt was spread out on the flower stand, and she wanted to kick the crystal slipper off her feet.

She never thought that sitting on the stone platform next to the flower bed would be so comfortable, she wanted to sit here for a while, and she didn't want to take a step.

Hathaway leaned on Beatrice's shoulder and continued to tell Surdak about her life, who was sitting next to her, and Aunt Annabella had told her that in order to get into the other person's heart, she had to know his life.

Hathaway only knew that Surdak's home was in the remote mountain village of Highlandsa City, and as the only knight in the village, Surdak was bent on changing the current situation of Wall Village.

Of course, she didn't care about that, and she hoped that Surdak would be more proactive. As an aristocratic lady and a cultivated lady, she doesn't want to be frizzy.

Hathaway continued: "At that time, every few years a statue of the Great Swordsman was erected in this square, and he was very familiar with these statues of the Great Swordsman, and every time he would tell me about their glorious lives, and always regretted that he had not participated in the holy war eight hundred years ago. ”

"He always said that a swordsman's biggest regret is that he can't stand his statue on Heroes' Square......"

Hathaway's eyes were full of adoration for her father,

‘……’

When Surdak heard Hathaway talk about this, he realized that her family background might really be the great nobles of Bednar City.

But he didn't ask it, he felt that it was too utilitarian to ask such a question, and he didn't want anything from them, he wanted to keep a little pride of his own.

And it seems that Hathaway was greatly influenced by his father, and now although the two are in conflict, Hathaway's memories are full of his father.

Surdak thought of his father, and thought that there was no longer a father in his memory, whether it was the previous life or this world, he didn't even know where his home was, and those broken memories were always like countless torn photos, like snowflakes floating in the sea of memories.

He felt that his home was in Highland......

A hint of loss flashed in Hathaway's eyes, and she lowered her head to pluck a small white flower from the flower pond, pinned it to the jeweled brooch on her chest, and said:

"As I grew older, he became busier and busier, and every day seemed to have a lot of things to do, always going to the council, and only at breakfast and dinner, we could talk once in a while."

‘……’

Surdak was a little speechless, but he didn't expect Hathaway's father to be a big man and actually qualified to participate in the council.

"Recently he said he wanted to choose a spouse for me and wanted to dominate my marriage." Hathaway said angrily. "He didn't say that before, he said he wanted to respect my opinion, maybe time can change some people's initial minds, but that's not the life I want."

After saying that, she glanced at Surdak secretly.

"I don't want to live like a caged bird, I want freedom...... It can fly freely in the sky like a dragon eagle. ”

Seeing the look of approval in Surdak's eyes, Hathaway breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that she didn't hear about Surdak's past, and Hathaway pursed her mouth a little dissatisfied, she still wanted to know about his past.

Beatrice, who almost dragged her numb ankles, accompanied Hathaway and Surdak around Heroes' Square.

Hearing Hathaway offer to go up to the bell tower to see the night view of Bednar City, Beatrice almost collapsed on the ground.

Fortunately, when he left Heroes' Square, Surdak kindly hired a magic caravan so that Beatrice could rest on the magic caravan.

……

Climbing to the top of the clock tower lookout, Beatrice felt like her legs were about to break, and she held on to the iron railing next to the lookout with both hands, not wanting to take another step.

She and Hathaway stood on either side of Surdak on the left and right, looking down on the whole of Bena City, and countless brightly lit streets weaved an incomparably colorful web in this huge city, and the magic caravans on the streets flowed endlessly.

It is many times more prosperous than Hailanza, and the whole city is not visible at a glance, and the lights in the farthest distance are silent in the distant night.

"This city is so beautiful!" Surdak sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Watching the night breeze blow Hathaway and Beatrice's blonde hair, Surdak was in a trance.

At this time, the lookout on the top of the bell tower was empty.

Hathaway boldly put her arm around Surdak and put her hand on his shoulder and asked, "Do you want to come here to live?" ”

Surdak smelled a faint scent of iris juice on Hathaway's body, felt the fullness of her chest seem to be pressed against his arm, and said:

"Highlandsa is actually very good, I'm used to life there, unless the magma erupts under the Puss Mountain, turning a radius of hundreds of miles into a dead land, I can't leave there."

Hathaway leaned close to Surdak, gently sniffing the faint smell of soaphorn on his body, listening to his firm words, none of which were said to cater to her, compared to the young nobles she had seen in her daily life, Surdak seemed to have some shadow of his father.

This feeling made Hathaway's eyes blur, as if the city in front of her was a little blurry in her eyes. I felt that the man in front of me just turned around at this time and said solemnly to her: 'Come with me, get out of here, and start a new life with me......

She is willing to let go of everything in front of her and devote herself to love without hesitation.

…… But the expectation did not materialize.

Surdak did not say such a thing until he left the bell tower, on the contrary, he gentlemanly called a magic caravan in front of the bell tower and took the initiative to send them back to the manor.

And did not return to the inn, as Hathaway had hoped.

……

"What an unforgettable night, thank you for your company."

Surdak said as he sat in the magic caravan.

The wheels rolled, the night scene outside the window flew behind the window, and the streetlights on the side of the road were like streams of color.

Beatrice fell asleep on the soft leather sofa, she took off her crystal slipper, and laid her legs flat on the sofa, the hem of her long skirt lifted to reveal a snow-white thigh.

Surdak felt that as a gentleman, he should not always look at those seductive thighs at this time, and he shifted his gaze to Hathaway's face, and saw Hathaway's tangled face, and thought that she was unwilling to compromise with her family.

So he persuaded Hathaway: "Don't get too stiff with your family, and don't think about escaping at this time, don't you want to have the blessing of your family at the wedding?" ”

Hathaway was hesitating to take the initiative and let him say those words.

She hesitated: "It's just ......"

Surdak reached out and touched Hathaway's cheek, and said to her encouragingly:

"Stick to what you think is right, I will always stand behind you and support you, I will stay in Bena City for the next few days, and if you really make up your mind to leave here, you can always come to the hotel to find me."

Hearing Surdak say this, Hathaway's newly mustered courage leaked out again.

Hathaway nodded, a little annoyed, complaining in her heart that she was a coward, and she couldn't say what she was thinking, and now she couldn't say it anyway.

He could only be ruthless, leaned over, hugged Surdak tightly, and imprinted his soft lips on his lips fiercely...... I don't want to say a word

At this time, the inside of the carriage suddenly fell silent.

The magic caravan was not parked at the gate of the manor, and Hathaway was ready to sneak back from the side door of the manor with Beatrice, sneaking out for the night, not knowing what kind of wrath the family would suffer next.

Beatrice looked like she had just woken up, yawning and being pulled out of the magic tent by Hathaway, she was barefoot on the ground, carrying a crystal slipper in her hand, walking a little too much tonight, her ankles were swollen high, and she seemed to be limping when she walked.

Surdak emerged from the magic caravan and wanted to give them both an extra mile.

Beatrice waved his hand at him and motioned for him to hurry up and leave in the car so as not to be discovered.

Surdak was a little confused, but he boarded the carriage and let the coachman drive back to the hotel......

……

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Lady Dorothy, who was sitting in the magic caravan, asked her best friend.

She was just talking about last night's affair, showing off to Annabella, Annabella is good at everything, but she is old-fashioned and conservative, she has been trying to find her a lover, but unfortunately she couldn't convince her friends.

“…… That's Hathaway. ”

Annabella looked out the window of the car and recognized at a glance that the one in a delicate evening gown who was pulling Beatrice along the sidewalk of the street was her niece Hathaway.

She turned her head just in time to see Surdak turn and board the magic caravan.

Annabella was slightly stunned, she found that the young man who had a private meeting with her niece Hathaway was the noble baron who played cards with them on the magic airship.

At this time, Dorothy saw Annabella's strange expression, and followed her gaze to look out the window, just in time to see Surdak's back disappear into the door of the magic caravan.

Dorothy lightly 'huh' all her life, saw Surdak's sturdy back, licked her lips lightly, and whispered:

"That young man seems to be a little familiar, which nobleman is it? How can I not be impressed? ”