"Are you sure you're going to do that?" said Rogge, crouching down and looking at Lilith wielding a dagger in front of him.

"You've already taken the money, I'm going to help Uncle Boss cut meat!"

"Well, we have agreed beforehand that only the flesh shall be cut and no blood shall be shed, and if there is blood, you will have to take the gold out of your little purse and compensate me for Antonio. Rogge looked at her seriously.

Lilith stared at him with her little head up, thought blankly for a moment, then turned and ran back to Catherine, returned the dagger to her, and said, "I don't care, you can handle it yourself, I'm going out to play!"

"It seems that our business will not be able to be done for the time being!" Roger smiled and stuffed the gold coins in his hand back into Antonio's hand, and the knight captain pointed at him with a smile, and heard him say, "You guys go to sleep first, I'll go and see that little miser, who is playing around alone with a lot of money in the middle of the night, which is really uneasy!"

......

At noon the next day, on a cliff near the Dragon's Cliff facing the sea, the mermaid guardian made Tali sit alone on the edge of the cliff, her feet dangling towards the endless blue sea, and the salty sea breeze blew through her sideburns, blowing away her long ocean-blue hair.

It has been almost two months since she and Rog landed on the Ice Island, and the Hallows lost by the Merfolk have not been recovered, which makes Tali feel deeply frustrated and helpless, especially when she learns that the Dragons protect the Hallows, and deeply regrets the lax defense of the Mermaid Temple.

"I don't know when I'll be back in the temple and back in the sea. She looked down at the raging waves under the cliff, the tide constantly washing over the cliff below, and the churning white waves were like the lingering sorrow in her heart, which made her mood difficult to calm.

A silver plate was suddenly handed to her shoulder, Tali turned back in surprise, and saw Antonio's smiling face, she hurriedly reached out to take the plate, and saw the knight leader sitting down beside her, holding the same silver plate in his hand and asking with concern, "Sitting here alone, do you have something on your mind?"

"It's nothing, it's just a little homesick...... "Tully put the silver plate containing lunch on her lap, holding the edge of the plate with both hands and looking at the sea affectionately, but smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'll make you laugh." ”

"It's nothing, and I often think about my hometown. Antonio motioned for Tali to enjoy the Order's freshly baked venison and marching bread, and said to her, "Since I joined the Order, I have spent most of my time running around the principalities on official business, and have had little time to go home. ”

"Where is your home?" asked Tully, softly, curiously, as she tasted the roasted wild venison.

"My hometown is on the northeastern border of the Duchy of Erus, and my parents are farmers. Speaking of this, Antonio showed a complicated smile and said, "Can you imagine that the son of a peasant was able to get to where he is today, which has never been done in the history of the human empire. ”

"I suppose you've experienced something special, right?" Tali looked at the Knight Captain in front of her again, his short crimson hair trembling slightly in the wind, and his handsome face, although there was no lack of weather, exuded confidence and perseverance, giving people the impression of being steady and calm.

"Yes, when I was seventeen years old, there was a group of bandits roaming around my hometown, and because of their relative remoteness, the local magistrates could not control them at all, so they were very rampant, and in order not to be threatened by them, the young people of several surrounding villages joined forces to resist the bandits. ”

Antonio put the silver plate in his hand on the ground beside him, propped his hands on the ground behind him, looked up at the sky and said: "Later, we hairy boys successfully resisted the invasion of several bandits, but we annoyed their leaders, and as a result, we were frantically retaliated by the bandits. ”

"Just when we were on the verge of great disaster, the Second Knights of the Principality of Erus suddenly came here, it turned out that they were ordered to come here to exterminate the bandits, and the leader of the Grammy Regiment was a middle-aged man of few words, very capable and decisive, and quickly swept away the bandits and expelled them from our land. ”

"From then on, I developed an admiration for soldiers, especially knights, and I began to find ways to join the army, and finally became a soldier, and five years later joined the Second Knights, and became a subordinate of General Grammy, and that night I stayed up all night with excitement. ”

Tali listened silently to Antonio's story, and when she saw the excitement on his face, she could understand his feelings, and she couldn't help but smile sweetly.

"Later, I stayed with the general, and gradually became his confidant, and one day the general suddenly came to me and told me that the Knights of the Wings of the Silver Dragon of the Holy Order had relaxed the restrictions on recruiting knights, and he was ready to recommend me to join the Knights of the Wings of the Dragon. ”

"Then he's your boss!" said Tully, smiling with relief.

"That's right, without General Grammy, I wouldn't be where I am today," Antonio nodded approvingly, "but at first I rejected him, I didn't want to leave the General, but in the end I was persuaded by the General, and successfully joined the Silver Dragon Wings through the review." ”

"At that time, I would never have dreamed that one day I would become the head of the Silver Dragon Wings," Antonio said with a prayer gesture on his chest, "The accession to the throne of His Majesty the current Holy Emperor Valentine II has become a new beginning in my life, and his order has changed the course of my life." ”

"That's why when you were on Ice and Snow Island, you didn't hesitate to fight Rogge to the death, but also to maintain the reputation of the Holy Emperor. Tali said with a sudden realization.

"Yes, General Grammy once taught me that knights are to be loyal to their king, because their lives exist for the honor of the king, and whatever complaints may be made against His Majesty, it seems to me that they are nothing but misunderstandings and prejudices. Antonio replied heartily.

I think most of these misunderstandings and prejudices come from the high priest. Tali agreed.

"Many of Goethe's extreme behaviors are indeed very disgusting, but His Majesty the Holy Emperor has nothing to do with him, the priestly organization of the Holy Church is different from the Knights, the Holy Emperor cannot directly appoint and dismiss the high priest, it needs to be voted by twelve cardinal priests, Goethe is known for his prestige in the Holy Order, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, so he can't help it. ”

"So that's the case, no wonder he dared to use the name of the Holy Emperor to mobilize the army. Tali said with a sigh.

"But that won't happen in the future!" Antonio said with a confident smile, "I believe that Goethe does not want to be scolded by me again, not to mention that I have already ordered someone to inform the king of the three principalities to prohibit such a thing from happening again." ”

"That's why Rogge says that you are the key to restraining Goethe!" said Tully, smiling as Antonio looked at her like a jar of sweet honey poured straight into his heart.

"What's wrong with you?" Tali's soft-whispered inquiry brought Antonio back to his senses, and he smiled casually, turning back to the silver plate beside him to take food, but after touching it for a long time he didn't touch anything.

Antonio turned back in confusion and found that the plate in his hand was empty, not even a grain of bread crumbs remained, he turned back in surprise and looked back, and suddenly heard Tali next to him scream, Antonio hurriedly turned his head, and saw Tali angrily and funny grabbing Lilith's little hand and pulling her out from behind.

"Why are you here, aren't you supposed to be sleeping at this time?" asked Antonio, looking curiously at little Lori.

Lilith sat down between the two of them, and said, "I was sleeping in a hat, but the bad wolf woke me up talking to Sister Grace, and I heard that Sister Tully was here, so I came here!"

"Where are they?" asked Tully, wiping the crumbs of bread from Lori's mouth with her hand.

"Over there!" Lilith said, pointing to the cliff on her left, and Tali and Antonio looked back to see two men standing on the edge of the cliff.

"Looks like we're not the only ones talking!" Antonio said to Tully, smiling back.

When the mermaid heard his words and saw the knowing smile on his face, her cheeks couldn't help but blush, and she didn't know what to say, when she heard Lilith ask, "You say, who is it better for the bad wolf to be with?"

Antonio and Tali looked at each other when they heard this, and asked Lori with a smile, "What do you think?"

"I don't know," Lilith pouted solemnly and said, "Sister Grace is so gentle, of course she is not very gentle when she changes into a dragon, but she is also very powerful after changing into a dragon!"

"Is Miss Catherine bad?" asked Antonio, smiling and teasing her.

"The stupid girl is also quite cute, but she is not very gentle, but she is very good to me, so I can't make up my mind!" Lilith frowned sadly, as if she had to decide on the spot who would be married to Rogge tomorrow.

"Didn't you think about yourself?" Tali smiled and touched her little cheek and asked, "Wouldn't it be nice to have your teacher, Lady Louise, turn you into a big girl and stay with Mr. Rogge?"

"I don't want it, the bad wolf will bully me, I don't want him!" Little Lori had an indignant expression on her immature little face, as if there was a lot of enmity between Rogge and her, and she began to babble about the bad things that Rogge had done, including dishonesty, deception, and fooling children.

Antonio and Tali couldn't help laughing when they listened to the excited narration of little Lori, and one of them kissed Lilith on the face, and suddenly heard Lilith shout: "Hey, the stupid girl is here, she doesn't seem to be very happy." ”

Antonio and Tali looked back in the direction of Roger and Grace at the same time, and vaguely saw a third figure appear not far behind them, the bright sunlight shining from the sky and reflecting on Catherine's right hand, reflecting a silver light into Antonio's eyes.

"Wait a minute, what's that silver light?" said Antonio, who rose from the ground, looked at Catherine's right hand in surprise, "Could it be...... Silver handcuffs?"