Chapter 6: The Shadow, the Oath, and the Announcement
Leiter walked slowly out of the hall, his steps steady and heavy, and followed the short path of about five meters on the left to his room.
Lighting the candlelight, Reiter opened the cabinet by the window and pulled out a portrait.
The portrait that Leiter held in his hand looked like some traces of time, but it was very clean, and the portrait left the appearance of a beautiful woman.
Looking at the familiar people, the thoughts in Leitt's mind spread, recalling all the good things in the past......
This is the first and only woman he has since crossed.
Including Tucker, Relai, and Thales, they are all brothers of the same father and mother.
It's a pity that when he was fighting on the front line, his wife Nicole suffered an accident and was killed by a first-order demonic beast, the Water Pattern Snake.
His three sons also launched an investigation and found no signs of human intervention.
But he often wondered if he had been with Nicole at the time, maybe the ending would have been different, right?
This incident has become a pain that Leiter has been pressing on the bottom of his heart.
Tonight's special experience, especially the adversity, made Ret recall the incident again.
Walking to the window, he pushed it open, and the cold wind was blowing, which made Leiter sober up a little.
He clenched his fists and muttered, "Nicole, relax." I will take good care of our descendants, this is the most beautiful miracle you left behind when you are alive. I will never let anyone hurt them, never! ”
......
Three days later.
At the table in the hall on the first floor, Leiter shares breakfast with his three sons.
Tucker had a knife and fork in his hand, but he ate it rudely, gulping down his food like a starving ghost.
If it is placed in other nobles, such a meal is likely to be reprimanded by the elders.
However, in the eyes of LETT, it does not take it to heart.
is not only related to his relatively open-minded thinking when he crossed over, but also has the influence of his informality in fighting on the front line for many years.
Even he himself used a silver fork to fork up three cut steak strips at one time and put them directly into his mouth, giving them a full taste.
Ruilai chewed the bread, his eyes glancing at his father from time to time, his mind had always been delicate, and he seemed to feel that his father's state was much better than before.
This is not a sudden discovery.
Instead, he felt that something was wrong from two days ago, but in the past two days, his impression has been deepened.
For example, the white hair on the forehead has been sheared, the mental head has improved a lot, and the time spent lying on the chair has been much less, and so on.
But he was smart and didn't take the initiative to mention it, and was still silently eating his own bread.
As Rett munched on the steak, he paid attention to his third son, Thales.
He hadn't announced the news for the past few days, and no one in the territory knew about it, but his injuries had healed completely.
After all, the night three days ago, everyone else knew about his condition, and it was still so serious that he coughed up blood.
Therefore, he needs a certain buffer time and then chooses the right time to announce this matter.
I saw Thales holding a glass of milk in his hand, looking directly at the food in front of him, as if he was a little absent-minded.
Suddenly, Thales drank the milk, turned his head, and seemed to muster up the courage to say, "Father, I think I'm almost an adult, and I should do some exercise. ”
Listening to Thales's tender voice, he was eighteen years old, but his voice still sounded like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child.
Leiter smiled slightly: "So, how do you want to do it?" ”
"I... I want to follow the caravan to another territory to make a trade to improve my practical skills! Of course, Thales couldn't have said that he wanted to risk going to Rilith, but instead came up with the argument he had prepared in advance.
Tucker also put down the utensils at this time, still stuffed food in his mouth, waved his other thick arm, and said vaguely: "Third brother, it's a little dangerous for you to go alone, I'll go with you, in case of emergencies, I can also help you block it!" ”
Tucker is now a first-class knight, although he is only in the middle stage, but he has a small talent in physique, and he can even fight back and forth with the first-level knight in the later stage.
Thales didn't seem to react to the big brother's sideways intervention, and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse.
"Oh no, Brother Tucker, I'll just go alone, so that it can be used as a workout, isn't it?"
At this time, Ruilai also looked at his third brother, who had always understood the third brother's personality and style, felt a trace of abnormality, and frowned slightly.
"Oh? Thales, since you want to train yourself, which territory are you going to trade with the caravan? Ruilai asked seemingly casually.
"This time I'm going to Maple Grove Town!" Thales responded easily, and at this point, he had done his homework in advance.
"It turned out to be the ...... of Maple Grove Town," Ruilai's tone dragged on slightly, and then he changed his words and said: "Maple Town's specialty 'Snow Maple Syrup' has been severely hit this winter, and a temporary commercial closure has been announced, don't you know?" ”
This sentence stopped Thales at once, and he froze in place, as if his mind had not yet turned.
After a while, he said weakly: "How have I heard of ......?"
Seeing that the roots of the third son's ears were red, Lei Teer knew that it was almost there, and if he continued to talk about it, he would definitely be embarrassed with the introverted personality of this younger son.
What's more, there are some things that should also be announced!
"Ahem."
After coughing lightly, Leiter slapped the table and said, "Be quiet, I have something to tell you." ”
As the head of the family, Leiter's majesty is naturally not to be said.
Even Tucker, who was nervous, straightened his back after hearing his father's words and put down the knife and fork in his hand.
The three brothers looked together at their father, who was seated in the Lord.
On Ler's side, Sveta had been standing silently, ready to listen quietly to the head of the house.
Leiter was very accustomed to this scene, and said calmly: "Yesterday, when I was sorting out the relics left by my father, I made a new discovery.
In a box, I found a bottle of green ivy elixir, which has a miraculous effect on the poison of the bald eagle. ”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent.
Then Leiter added: "I'm almost healed now, which means you don't need to worry about it all day."
With me here, nothing can stop us! ”
The steady tone exuded infinite charm, like a gust of wind, blowing away the dark clouds that had been lingering in everyone's hearts for many days.
Speaking of which, whether it was Sveta, the housekeeper, or the three sons, they gradually reacted to what was going on!
There were shocked, joyful eyes in their pupils.
The first to speak was Sveta, who bowed and sighed with joy.
"Congratulations, master, you are okay, it is the biggest joy."
Rett turned his head and bowed, Sveta's father next to him was Ret's father's butler in the first place.
He was loyal and calm during his lifetime, and soon after his death, Leitt's father also left.
Later, Sveta inherited his father's excellent qualities and won the trust of Leiter, and became the new butler of the Green family.
Tucker's expression was the most exaggerated, and his big mouth was like Doraemon's other-dimensional pocket, he didn't think about it so much, he just thought it was a great thing, so he said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Grandfather, his old man is not kind, he actually hides Hao Dongxi so deeply!" Hahahaha......"