"It was just a fortuitous incident...... You've won a prize......"

Hyde scratched his head a little embarrassed, Marshal Yang's kindness made him relax a lot, and he felt less restrained. In fact, Marshal Yang's appearance was very different from that of ordinary imperial people, but Hyde felt that Marshal Yang's face had a special sense of familiarity and intimacy, and I don't know why.

"Do I seem to have seen so many similar faces somewhere?"

A strange thought suddenly surged through his heart, and reminded him of many vague dreams, in which he seemed to have another name, a name that seemed to be called "Peng Hua", and there were many vague shadows, strange things, and ---- an indescribable anger and pain, like death!

"My noble Highness, are you the one who saved Mother Greenhill?"

Suddenly, a young voice interrupted Hyde's musings, and at some point, a short-haired maid wearing a short black dress, a white lace ribbon and an apron, and shiny silver-scaled armor on her arms and calves, had appeared silently in front of Hyde. She lifted the corners of her skirt and gently bent her knees in salute Hyde, light as a long gust of wind.

The young maid looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, but she had white and blonde hair, different from humans, but slender ears that were slightly shorter than elves, and on her beautiful cheeks, which could not see expression, there was a temperament that was much more mature than her age and a mixture of perseverance and fortitude, which added a special beauty to her. A short white fur cloak draped over her shoulders, with an ornate and elegant intricate gold pattern, fastened by a coat of arms engraved with a lion's head and a copper chain, and two broad-bladed rune daggers hanging from her waist with the same badge and copper chain, she was completely different from ordinary maids, and had a special sense of heroism.

"Yes. Ann, that's what I and Greenhill have introduced to you, His Highness, but he may be thinking about something complicated, so don't bother him. ”

Marshal Yang smiled and waved his hand at the young half-elf girl, and his witty voice made Hyde suddenly wake up. Somehow, he found that the cup in front of him was no longer steaming, as if a long time had passed.

"Could it be that I actually fell asleep in front of Marshal Yang? My God, how could such a humiliating thing happen!"

Hyde's face suddenly turned red to the base of his neck, this incomparably absurd mistake made him want to give himself a fierce mouth immediately, just now, he seemed to have a dream, a very long dream, why?

"But His Highness Hyde's Aurora drink is already cold...... It's cold, do you need me to change a glass for him?"

The half-elf girl in the black and white skirt looked at the cup in front of Hyde with some hesitation, which made Hyde feel that he should find a crack in the ground to get into. Stupidly falling asleep during the cordial reception of the marshal, if this kind of thing were announced, it would definitely become a big joke second only to the legend of the steamer knight back then.

"This is completely unnecessary! I apologize to you for my wandering!"

Facing the beautiful girl's slowly outstretched jade hand, Hyde jumped up at once, bowed to Marshal Yang and her, and then grabbed the cup and poured the drink down his throat with lightning speed, before he could even taste the taste. At this moment, the young Divine Favor Knight's face was full of shame, and he wanted to show his apologies for the rude he had just made with his actions.

"It's alright, Your Highness Hyde, I can see you've just had something on your mind. ”

The magical magician of the battlefield did not mind the abruptness of his young guest, but responded with a smile and gentle words. This made Hyde's face even redder.

"It's called black tea, and it's a drink from the mysterious Aurora Empire thousands of miles away, farther east than the mountains and mountains of sorrow on the edge of the world, and I learned it from the Tyrir merchants in the Empire's army, first as a refreshing item for me to stay up late to read, and then it became a part of my life, in a sense, maybe it's the bloodline. In my veins, I have the blood of the Empire, the blood of the Kingdom of Kislev, and the blood of the Aurora Empire---- which is very similar to you, a person with three bloodlines. However--- in a sense, the blood of the Aurora Empire is more clearly expressed in me. ”

The great black-haired Imperial Commander reclined in his seat and introduced the drink to Hyde in a faint tone, with a smile on his face that seemed to have no mind about Hyde's faux pas.

"Yes...... For some reason, I feel very familiar with your physiognomy...... So I wandered. ”

In the midst of the confusion of thoughts, Hyde spat out his thoughts without thinking, but immediately regretted it. Is it a well-known fact that Marshal Yang's appearance is different from ordinary people in the empire?

"Do you think of my looks? But I remember that Midlandan was not an Aurora. Of course, it wasn't anything, because your noble mother was curious about my appearance at the time. Somehow, even though I'm only a quarter of Aurora ancestry, I'm said to be 90% similar in appearance to the Aurora, which is also quite interesting. ”

Marshal Yang laughed loudly, patted Hyde lightly on the shoulder, motioned for him to sit down again, and then gave a smiling instruction to the half-elf girl in the maid outfit.

"Ann, pour us two more cups of black tea, I think our Highness may not have tasted it just now. ”

"Yes, my dear father!"

The half-elf girl with short white blonde hair gave a beautiful military salute, then turned like lightning, and quickly brought an oak tray with a steaming silver kettle and two silver cups. She bent down and handed one to Marshal Yang first, and the other in front of Hyde.

"Good work, Ann. But can you not be so formal?" Marshal Yang smiled at the girl, his face glowing with humor and love.

"This is what I should do, my dear father, for I have always demanded myself with the glory of the Thirteenth Legion!"

The valiant half-elf girl replied to the magical magician of the battlefield, and then stood straight behind his seat with an impossibly light step. At this moment, her body was full of military temperament, and even made Hyde feel a faint compulsion.

"My honorable marshal, your daughter really has the momentum of a soldier, congratulations on having such a wonderful daughter. ”

Hyde took off his hat to salute the black-haired marshal, which was not a hypocritical courtesy. In fact, just now, he seemed to feel the power of the gods, it was a familiar power, and it should also be the power of the ancient gods.

"Ann is a descendant of the Empire's valiant soldiers and sea elves, and the adopted daughter of me and Greenhill. She has a genius for martial arts, but in fact...... I didn't want her to be a soldier. ”

Marshal Yang leaned back in his chair and calmly answered Hyde's question, his smile gradually carrying a slight melancholy. Hyde could feel the magic of the Mirmidia Divine Favor fluctuating, as if his words had touched his heartstrings.

"Dad! Don't say that! Our glorious Thirteenth Legion is my home, my relatives! I will not go anywhere except our Thirteenth Legion!"

The girl named "Ann" suddenly became excited, and she hugged the black-haired marshal violently, and pressed her beautiful cheek tightly against his breastplate. At that moment, her slender ears trembled violently, and tears appeared in her eyes, and Marshal Yang's words seemed to make her very sad.

"Ann...... I want you to live happily ever after in a place where there is no war, because it was your father and mother's dream...... It's also my dream...... They have given enough for this world, I only hope that you can grow up happily in a peaceful place, and I think this is also the dream of the comrades of the Thirteenth Legion. In the crucible of war, it is enough to have me and my comrades from the Thirteenth Legion, isn't it?"

Marshal Yang gently stroked the half-elf girl's hair, his voice became muffled, and indescribable emotion rose to his cheeks. At this moment, the commander of the 100,000-strong army became a loving and sad father, and the affection in his words shook Hyde's heart.