"I was, well, I thought. It was supposed to be in the Gamici Basin. Later, I left by boat in Gamici Bay, when the Salanders trapped 800 of our soldiers and more than 6,000 Gamage civilians in a fortress by the beach. Soon after, the contract was concluded, and the Salanders returned to Kamichiburg, where I took the ship back to Djerkhala," said Sabo Marion and my father, recounting his story.

He rarely tells people about his military career, because these stories can easily be traced back to the history of his betrayal of his own people. Therefore, he wrote in his materials that most of his military career was written about the later Rosa-Rosa War, and for the previous war of independence, he simply said that he "sympathized with the people of the south and joined the southern handicraft guilds." ”

What he didn't expect was that the young man seemed curious about his early war career, but he was relieved that my father was only interested in his situation during the Rosa-Rosa War.

"It was a miserable time, sir," said the father.

"Yes," said Marion, handing one of his peeled oranges to my father, "Eat it." War is the ugliest thing, trust me. No one wants to get involved in a war. As soon as the war began, the people on both sides lost. But like I told you, whether you want to or not, there will always be people who will be drawn into war, because everyone has their own reasons for having to go to war. I have seen the gentlest peasants become the most terrible warriors because their land has been burned. I remember when the army of the first king attacked here, there were some granaries around Viruga, and some farmers were ready to burn them at night, and when these people were caught and hanged around the granaries, you know? No one was deterred, and after a few days, more farmers came running with velvet scythes and set them on fire. Some war maniacs always felt that war was a simple contest between a small group of samurai, and it was not until they provoked the war and the people unleashed their power in their anger that this group found themselves as a dead leaf in the wind, unable to control the development of the situation at all. Young man, I like you very much, you must have a clear mind, people's fate is too fragile, and it is easy to disappear without a trace in the whirlpool of the great era. ”

"Thank you, sir," my father said with a smile, "I don't dare go to war." I just protect the weak and do what I have to do. I don't have much ambition, I did some ridiculous things when I was young, and I thought I should be more restrained and not cause trouble to others; Then one of my maids died, largely because of my death, and I've been wondering how I can protect these people ever since. My father was a minor lord of Svadia, and if I take over his burden in the future, I think I should protect more people. ”

"People grow step by step, and they change little by little. Some of the roads look smooth, but as you walk, you find yourself in a dead end. Your ambitions will grow too, trust me. For example, you just want to protect your little maid now, and you told me that you chased a robber for dozens of miles for her. Have you ever wondered what you would do if one day you were to protect thousands of people, and those people were threatened? Don't feel like you can spend your whole life comfortably, many times, you can't decide your future at all, believe me, many times life is just a dead leaf in the wind. But there is one thing that you yourself have understood, and I am very gratified, and that is to protect the weak and do what you think is right. With this belief, I believe that you will not become a cruel and ruthless person", said Sabo Marion.

My father felt that the topic was a little heavy, and it was a little different from his original intention. So he began to continue his initial question: "Yes, sir, I will be cautious. Another point is that I think Miss is about the same age as me, so when the war is about to end, Miss was already born, was she by your side at that time? ”

Because he had been interested in observing Marion's actions from the beginning, his father quickly caught a trace of embarrassment from Marion's brow at this time. Marion rubbed his fingers and wiped his lower lip, an action he did whenever he was anxious.

"Yes, Aoi was already born at that time. I always took him with me. I boarded the boat with her when Garmickey Bay was cleared. I was in the mountains before this," Marion said, carefully considering it word for word.

"Do you know of a place called Mill Hill?" His father cautiously asked, this is the place where Garcia told him to adopt Adeline, "It's in the Amera Forest, in the southern foothills of the Amella Mountains." ”

Sabo Marion sometimes seems very dull to his daughter, that is because in his heart Xiaokui is still a childish little cutie, he never thought that Xiaoaoi already has a deep and unpredictable daughter family thoughts. However, after all, Saabmarion had a military career of more than ten years, experienced two wars, and after the war, due to the secrecy of his work, he was very wary of strangers. When my father asked about the time and place related to Aoi's background, Marion immediately concluded that my father had come prepared.

In the house on the side, Aoi first played with a small leather ball, a fashionable toy made by a cobbler from oiled rabbit skin wrapped in wheat grains. At this time, Marion noticed that there had been no sound in Aoi's room for a while. Marion shouted, "Aoi? Are you there? ”

No sound.

Marion smiled slightly, and said loudly something that made his father inexplicable: "In this way, since you have something to do, you can go first." Next time". When his father was trying to discern whether this was an eviction order, Xiao Kui, who was hiding behind the door and listening to the root of the wall, suddenly flashed out of the door: "You are leaving?!" So fast?! ”

After seeing Marion's unfathomable expression, Xiao Kui, who was a little excited, immediately knew that she had been fooled. She said embarrassedly, "I just fell asleep by the door, and when I woke up, I heard that this kid was coming."

Marion said, "Oh, he's not going away again. It's said that I remembered the wrong date, and there will be something tomorrow, right? ”

The father saw that Marion was cheating Xiaokui just now, so he naturally let himself get off the donkey at this time. So he slapped his head: "Yes, yes, I will accompany the Goblin Teacher tomorrow to find a doctor to treat his foot." ”

Xiao Kui said helplessly: "You two '''''', hey, is there something I can't listen to?" I've been playing with the ball for a long time, so let me hear your story, Daddy. ”

"It's not my story now, Aoi," Marion said, "and there are some things that probably shouldn't be told to you right now." Because I don't know how this will affect you. Well, I'll tell you everything I've had with little Arcadio in the evening, okay? ”

Xiao Kui pouted, her face full of displeasure. But she couldn't resist Marion, she knew that it would be difficult for Marion to change him after he made up his mind. Marion's concentration is extremely strong, and once he gets serious, he is extremely harsh on everyone, including Xiaokui.

Marion told Aoi that a crossbowman must know how to judge on the battlefield, because although the crossbowman can choose when to start the first attack, after this attack, the crossbowman will be exposed, and he will have to face the search of dozens or hundreds of people. Marion had sniped a grain convoy in the woods of the Fedner Pass, and Marion saw two knights, a fat middle-aged man and a handsome young man, and he had received a report from the farmer in the morning that a northern convoy of rations was going through a dense forest of Fidner. Marion stood motionless in the mosquito-infested bushes, quietly waiting for the arrival of the food convoy, and Marion's comrades were scattered around, spreading the web of death.

When the two men passed by him, he stood less than 20 meters away from them, quiet as a statue. He could even listen to the old knight's cheerful chatter, as if he were listening to an older brother's whisper. Ma Ruien froze there, without a trace of movement or expression, but in his heart, he had already climbed over the wall, "Su Nuo! This middle-aged man is from Suno! ”

Marion vaguely heard him say, "I''m going to write an autobiography."

Marion missed, which was a rare occurrence, and every time Marion would stand at such a close distance and shoot an arrow through the target's head, and then flee. But this time Marion did not move, and Marion could not restrain his inner disgust to pull the crossbow machine. Marion's companion waited for his signal, but Marion didn't move. Finally, one of Marion's comrades-in-arms couldn't hold back, and first pulled the crossbow machine, and in the next second, a crossbow arrow the thickness of a little thumb pierced straight into the stomach of the man just now. The food team was in disarray, and Marion watched coldly at the screams of the Swadians. By the time the Swadian soldiers cursed and swept through the grass with their spears and daggers, searching to the spot where Marion had stood, Marion had quietly left.

When Aoi was ten years old, Marion began training Aoi. He told Xiaokui that in the face of danger, his own weakness is not terrible, as long as he knows how to use his wisdom calmly, even his weak physical strength can burst out with great strength. He asked Aoi to hold a normal crossbow and flattened it. Less than two minutes after Aoi picked up the crossbow, she felt her arm ache unbearably, and then she hung her arm down. Marion shook his head and asked Aoi to hold on a little longer. "Calm, absolutely calm. You have to feel that this crossbow machine is a part of your body", Aoi's tears flowed from her eyes, but Marion told Aoi, "You will benefit greatly from this kind of practice in the future." Be sure to grit your teeth and persevere."

For the first two years, he just kept Aoi in this almost harsh stillness. It wasn't until Aoi was able to hold a crossbow machine and stand almost motionless for half an hour, Marion gave Aoi a light crossbow and asked Aoi to try. Aoi said: "This one is very light, I almost don't feel it"

Marion told her, "The power of the previous crossbow machine is twice as great as this one, but within thirty paces, there is no obvious difference in the power of the two crossbows. Lightweight but efficient. Hopefully you'll be able to use it well, and hopefully your goal will always be just a straw man. ”

After that, she found a dance teacher and a fencing teacher for Aoi, hoping that Aoi would improve her muscle flexibility and body coordination through learning. Aoi's balance is extremely strong, which surprises her teacher, and Marion knows that this is the result of Aoi's rigorous practice over the past two years. Aoi learned to be almost extremely calm from this rigorous practice, so she was able to hide her heart in front of her father when she needed to. However, this long-term practice has made Xiaokui less and less able to adapt to her peers, in other words, Xiaokui has the rationality of adulthood prematurely.

Xiao Kui finally left with an unhappy face. Marion watched his daughter leave in a huff, knowing that she would find a place to sit alone. When the sunflowers are in full bloom, Xiao Aoi often hides there and is reluctant to come out, and many times Xiao Kui is actually crying alone inside, but Marion doesn't know. Marion rarely pushes his daughter to this point, or Aoi rarely lets herself be pushed to this point. When she knows that she can't influence her father's decision, she often takes the initiative to accept it. This is the experience she has summed up over the years, although her own heart is full of emotional impulses, but the trained rationality tells her that accepting everything will make her less troublesome.

The father knew that Marion was waiting for Xiaokui to leave, and he silently waited for Marion's inquiry.

This silence lasted for a few minutes, and Marion finally turned around: "Mr. Arcadio Jr., can you tell me what exactly you are going to say?" ”

When it was completely dark, my father returned. Garcia was muttering about goblins and Wright in his study, and the two men had made a bunch of marks on his map, along with notes on them about the estimated time of arrival, the target to search for, and so on.

"What do you think I'm doing here," Garcia muttered. But in fact, Garcia likes this goblin a lot, and he usually comes into contact with subordinates who are not assertive, and these people tend to ponder every word he says repeatedly, which makes him unhappy. He felt a sense of accomplishment when he first started living this flattered life, but later he only felt emptiness. It is becoming more and more difficult for those who stammered him to please him, and these people think that Garcia's tastes are too tricky, but in fact it is because Garcia is disgusted with them, so what is the use of being so considerate?

So the tiger-headed goblins gave him a very fresh feeling, which felt like when he was a junior officer and came into contact with his outspoken comrades. To be honest, it feels pretty good.

"Dog thing goblin, actually on my map to calculate the scale, but the calculation is quite accurate, 1000 to 1, haha, this guy is a genius, worthy of starting by doing astronomy", Garcia said, looking at his map book. This is the map of Fort Amera, when he smiled and looked at the ghost drawing of the goblin, he casually looked at the lower right end of the map, and for a moment, his smile disappeared, and there were a few words written in that place, Fort Garmic.

"It's been more than ten years, and the general's soul is still waiting for reinforcements, and he hasn't been laid to rest."

Legend has it that the fort is haunted every night, and people will hear a man's roar: "Don't give up hope!" "Reinforcements will come!"

Garcia knew that this was a mythical story made up by people to remember General Gamic, but the story hurt his heart, and Garmic has not recovered it. He remembered that the general's herald had conveyed his expectation: "Your future is a sea of stars." This anticipation kept Garcia awake for countless nights.

General Garcia squinted and rubbed his own eye sockets. At that moment, he heard footsteps.

After a while, the butler told him that Master Arcadio had returned. Garcia nodded, "Ask him if he finished eating, arrange for him to eat a little more if he hasn't eaten, and if he does, let him come directly." I have something to ask him and ask him to come over as soon as possible. ”

"Well, sir, it's not time for you to ask him a question. He brought back a man who said he had a question for you. ”