He felt the warm sunlight and heard the voices around him, but the eyelids seemed to be weighty, and he opened his eyes tiredly, with a splitting headache, soreness in his limbs, and a dull pain in the place where he had been stabbed by the sword on his left flank.

How can this bed be so comfortable and soft? Desperate to be trapped in one of them and never get up again, he finally remembered who he was, he was Dali Ainfurt, a down-and-out aristocratic young master, a fugitive.

He faced the roof for a long time, turned his head to look out the window at the green garden, and heard the pleasant sound of water and birdsong, and the breeze blowing, bringing the smell of earth and flowers.

His hands and feet were wrapped in white bandages, like a newly unearthed mummy, and his tattered clothes were replaced by new pajamas made of high-end materials.

"You're awake, sir." A gentle female voice came from the other side of the room.

It was an elderly health care worker with a gentle smile on her face, and she was standing on the edge of the bed holding a cardboard with something written on it.

"Excuse me...... How is my sister? Her name was Janen Winstet, and I just remember that she was lying on a flatbed truck and burned badly. Dali asked anxiously as he tried to sit up, but failed.

"Sir, please don't move, you are not fully recovered. Is the sister you're asking about the pretty red-haired girl? ”

"Exactly, excuse me, how is she, she ...... Is she still alive? Darley was very nervous when he asked this question, and if he received bad news, he really didn't know what strength he would have to keep him alive.

"You can rest assured that the Duke has let the best doctor treat her, she has been diagnosed with malaria, she is very lucky, we have a special medicine for malaria, a precious herb native to a distant country in the far east, she has taken the medicine and has a fever, her consciousness is still a little blurred, she is lying in another room to rest at the moment, she is in a stable state, and there is no fear for her life."

"Please convey my endless gratitude to the Duke! I have nothing, nothing to thank him, but I am willing to serve him! Dalí had already sworn in his heart when he stopped the carriage, and hearing the news of Janening's salvation strengthened his conviction to serve Duke Midknight.

"Of course, you must thank the Duke when you are healed, and I beg all due diligence, that you were filthy and smelly when you were first delivered, and that girl was suspected of being infected with the plague. I have never seen a single dignitary willing to let someone like you live in his own house. ”

Dalí was a little surprised, he just felt that the scenery inside and outside the window was extraordinary, everything here was more luxurious and luxurious than his family's estate.

"Excuse me...... Could it be that this is the Duke's palace? ”

"You guessed right, sir, this is the sanatorium in the Jinhu Palace, and the Duke ordered us to do our best to treat it, saying that there is another adult who wants to see you when you wake up, who is that lord? Sorry I forgot. ”

"It's Simon Gallieni! We are here to find him, who is a friend of my father's family. ”

"Oh yes, that's right, I'm really old, how could I forget Lord Simon, he is the court teacher of our princess and prince, and a frequent visitor to the Golden Lake Palace."

The elderly nurse brought him a tonic soup suitable for the patient, patiently spooned it into his mouth, and told Dali to rest in bed before leaving the room.

Dali fell asleep for another day and a night, and his body recovered quickly, and he was able to sit up on the third day after waking up, but because of the water accumulation in his knees, the skin and flesh on the soles of his feet were also very worn, and he could not walk on the ground for the time being.

He was thinking about Jian Ning in his heart, and kept asking the nurse about her condition, and the answer he received made him feel relieved and satisfied. Just as he was about to have lunch, Mistress Simon Galleriani arrived.

He was a personable old gentleman in his sixties, dressed in a grand black military uniform, wearing medals, his ears were not very good, and he wore a hearing aid made of leather cylinders and brass horns, and Dalí had heard from his father that many of the veterans of the battlefield were hard of hearing, most of which were caused by the sound of heavy artillery.

After listening to Dalí's account of his tragic experience, Lord Simon sighed, and he took Dalí's bandaged hand and said:

"Young man, I understand your feelings very well, it was my faith that harmed your father and your entire family, I accept your reproach and vent my emotions at me."

"Lord Simon, it's not your fault, my father really wants to join the cause of national unification in the Duchy of Valstad, the secrecy of every letter you send is in place, it was my father's carelessness for a while that allowed the rival family to seize the opportunity, and it is also to blame that we are not firm and resolute enough, and we have not made up our minds to move to the Duchy for so many years, in fact, we have no object of sworn allegiance at allegiance, and we do not have the slightest sense of belonging to the county of Herbes and the noble alliance!."

Simon Gallieni was in good spirits: "Very good, what a sensible lad! I knew that I didn't look at the wrong person, the tiger father has no dog!

That's not much to say! The past is irretrievable, and it is a shame that your father was a brave soldier, and I am saddened to lose him, and your brother William, who told me in his letter that he was a brave young man!

Now that I have decided to take on the responsibility of raising your brother and sister, I have a question for you, why did you say that your sister's name was Janen Winsted, and why did she have a different surname from you? ”

"My lord, Jane Ning's biological father was my father's adjutant when he was in the army, and he saved his father's life, this adjutant was a little depressed after he retired from the army, and when he was dying, he entrusted his only daughter Jane Ning to my father's care, and my father recognized her as a righteous daughter, so that she and our brothers were called brother and sister, and did not let her change her surname in order to preserve the honor of the Winstede family."

"A brave, upright and tender man, after you say this, I miss your father more and more." Mistress Simon's eyes were a little red and swollen, and he showed his true feelings, which made Dalí very pleased.

"Your father told me in his letter that you have a great knowledge and an amazing memory, but I don't think it's enough, I want you to inherit your family's reputation for bravery, and train you to be a high-ranking officer who can take charge of your own affairs, which requires professional teaching and training, and it just so happens that I myself am the director of the National Military Academy of the Principality of Valstad, and you can get the best professional military theoretical training in the whole continent at my academy.

But I still want to respect your own wishes, are you willing to make the military your future career, are you willing to gain a foothold in the principality with your own strength to win fame? It will be a path full of challenges and honors. Or, I will fund a home for you, and help your brother and sister live a comfortable life without food and clothing, the choice is yours, young man. ”

"My lord, I have chosen to support myself, I want to become a professional soldier in the Duchy of Valstad, the Duke saved my sister's life, he heard the cry of exhausting my soul before I fainted, and he did not dislike us as a dejected fugitive, and invited us into his palace.

I swear as the heir to the Einfurt family that I, Dali Einfurt, will repay the kindness of the Duke of Midknight with the rest of my life, and I will fight for him and for the unification of the Valstad nation! ”

Simon Gallieni stood up excitedly, and he warmly embraced the frail young man in front of him, and he was very satisfied with Dalí's warm words.

"Great! You can say that again! I look forward to your performance, young man, and don't let me down! Now I have business to do, you have a good rest first, and when you are well, we will discuss the matter of enrollment. ”