No! You can't just leave it at that! When I meet someone who knows Albedo again, I must...

Be sure to ......

What must be?

He wasn't sure.

He walked aimlessly, when suddenly a cry for help reached his ears.

"Help! Help me! ”

He searched for it and found a teenager trapped in a cave in the collapsed snow.

The cave is seven or eight meters deep, and is surrounded by smooth ice and snow, which is impossible to borrow.

The boy was trapped in the bottom of the movement, and kept calling out.

He stood at the edge of the hole, looking blankly at the people below.

"Great, finally someone! Can you save me? ”

Bennett at the bottom of the cave was extremely excited.

It's also unlucky.

He rushed to the snowy mountains to explore, and first accidentally slipped and was cut by a tree branch to keep warm clothes.

Then he lost the ice manuscript while dodging the huge falling rocks.

He was chased by a group of ice fireflies again, and after finally getting rid of them, he accidentally stepped on the soft snow and fell into this pit.

He had wanted to use the fire element to melt the ice and climb up the stairs.

It turned out to be self-defeating, and it got deeper and deeper.

If no one comes, he'll have to spend the night here tonight.

It's a terrible word.

"Why should I save you?" Durin's tone was unusually cold.

Bennett was stunned for a moment, scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously.

"I, I'll get paid!"

"Remuneration? I don't need to. ”

"So, what do you want?"

Durin thought for a moment.

"Answer me a question."

Hearing this, Bennett suddenly smiled, "No problem, you ask!" ”

Not to mention answering one question, ten is no problem!

Durin looked at the scarred and embarrassed adventurer and asked:

"What is the meaning of being alive to you?"

Suddenly asked this question, Bennett was a little dazed.

What is the meaning of being alive?

"The meaning of being alive is to be alive.

"Although I am very unlucky, I always encounter all kinds of unlucky things, when I walk, I get to my feet, I sit well and I am hit by a stone that suddenly appears, I have worked so hard to find that there is nothing in the treasure chest, the pot is broken when I cook, and when I eat, the utensils are either broken or there are stones in the food......"

Bennett spoke in a very ordinary tone about his ordinary experience.

He didn't feel sad at all, but his tone was full of love for life.

"Even though a lot of bad things happen every day while I'm alive, I still want to live."

"Only by being alive can I go on adventures, explore all kinds of secret places, take care of my dads, and meet my friends......"

"So, being alive is the meaning of my life!"

Bennett gave a thumbs up to the sky.

There was no sun, but Durin had the feeling that he had seen the sun.

He really didn't expect anyone to be so unlucky.

He could see that the person in front of him was not lying.

His embarrassment and the various wounds and bandages on his body testify to the fact that he was often unlucky with injuries.

Even so, do you have to choose to live?

At that moment, he seemed to be touched.

Yes, since you are alive, then you should live well.

Only by being alive will he have the friends he wants, a beautiful world, and a new life.

With a wave of his hand, Durin and an icicle rose from Bennett's feet, bringing it to the surface.

Back on the ground, Bennett couldn't be happier.

"Thank you so much! My name is Bennett, how about you? ”

"Me?"

Albedo's gaze fell.

What should he be named?

The people before the meeting had been silent, and Bennett was very caring.

"It's okay, even if you don't tell me, it's okay."

Doolin didn't say his name in the end.

"Are you going on an adventure? I'm with you. ”

He wanted to see how unlucky this man really was.

"Really!" Bennett couldn't have been happier.

It's been a long time since anyone has been on an expedition with him.

But the next moment he had some hesitation.

"But there are a lot of dangerous things going on on adventures with me, do you really want to come with me?"

"Hmm." Durin nodded calmly.

He wanted to see how bad the boy could be.

It's dusk, and Bennett, who has fallen in the snow many times, finally finds a small cave where he can hide from the wind and snow.

He found a dead bush nearby and used his sword to cut off some branches, but a large snowball came from nowhere, smashed directly into his head and buried him in the snow.

Bennett was very accustomed to it, pulled it out of the snow, did not complain at all, and was in a good mood to cut down the tree.

These branches were not suitable for firewood, and he was going to pick a few thick ones to set up for cooking.

Pulling out a few potatoes and a few pieces of jerky, Bennett broke them up and threw them into the pot, shoveled some clean snow into the pot, and began to heat them with the fire element.

After a while, there was a burst of fragrance.

Just as the food was about to be cooked, the branch supporting the pot rack fell to the ground, and the pot of food fell to the ground.

Bennett's face collapsed, and he quickly picked up the radish and meat from the ground, ran outside and washed it with snow briefly, and found a bowl to put it.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this one is dirty, I'll make you a new one."

This time, instead of using a branch, he found a few large stones to set up the pot and continue cooking.

Fortunately, this time the cooking was successful, but just as he picked up the pot, the stones that had been erected rolled down, and the hot stones that had been burned by the fire fell directly on his feet.

Durin watched it all calmly.

Watching this teenager keep encountering bad luck that is rare in others.

He couldn't understand why he could still keep smiling when he encountered so many bad things.

Bennett handed him the bowl of prepared food.

"You can eat."

Durin glanced at the empty pot and didn't answer, "What about you?" ”

"I'll just eat this." Bennett gestured to the previous one that had been stained.

"That one is dirty."

"It's okay, it's already washed, I'll cook it again." There was no gloom on Bennett's face.

There is not much food left over for various reasons, and in a place like the snowy mountains, food is difficult to obtain, so it cannot be wasted.

"You eat, I don't want it." Doolin refused.

He didn't need to eat.

"You haven't eaten all the time, you must be hungry, you have to take risks, you can't be without physical strength."

Bennett continued to hold the bowl and sent it forward.

"It's a little simple, but my craftsmanship is pretty good, and I've looked very carefully, so there shouldn't be any stones."

The last sentence Bennett said is not very certain.

Durin couldn't resist him, but took it anyway.

Today, one day, he met two people and received two bottles of spicy wine and a warm meal.

(End of chapter)