Chapter 241: Night Talk, Determination
I stood stupidly and looked at Hilmy, for a moment we didn't know what to say, but after a while, I broke the silence and asked, "It's so late, you haven't slept yet." ”
"Can't sleep. Hilmy replied simply, looking away, and turning slightly to fiddle with the twig beside her.
"Me too. I smiled wryly, and couldn't help but think that this was Hilmy's deliberate attempt to make things difficult for me, trying to put me aside, mainly because she was doing it obviously, and deliberately wanted me to find out.
"What, aren't you happy?"
"No, no, you go ahead. I said with a wry smile and a wave of my hand.
"No, I won't get it. Hilmy said, clasping his hands to his chest and looking at me with a cold expression, "Say, you might explain it better." ”
I put on an innocent look and pretended to be stupid and said, "Explain what?"
Actually, I still know what she's talking about.
"Don't play dumb, you know what I'm talking about. "Hilmy's face was not good, and I secretly scolded myself for being troubled, not sleeping in bed and running out to hang out or something.
"Oh, you're talking about the 'two' interracial girls I brought back. I laughed awkwardly.
Hilmi didn't reply, just stared at me coldly.
"Well, I explain. I waved my hands and said helplessly, "As you know, Atwood, the elf, he's male, you can hear his voice, but his elven face is a little more watery. ”
"Are you okay with a man now?" said Hilmy, teasing me.
"What a word. I glanced at her angrily, "I can't be interested in men in my life." ”
I added, "Even if he looks like a woman." ”
"Hmph. Hilmy pursed her lips and snorted coldly, "Go on." ”
"The other girl's name is Evannie, you can also see, she is very strong, and she has horns on her head, he is a dragon, a silver dragon. I said helplessly, "Don't do this, I didn't do anything wrong in the first place, I didn't do anything outside behind my fiancée's back!"
"Have you ever seen me as my fiancée? You only have Talilu in mind as your fiancée. "And you're embarrassed to say that you didn't do anything wrong? You left your private army to me alone, and in this most troublesome of times, I don't know how to make many decisions!"
"I wanted to say it well. "Took a step forward, but I couldn't argue with Talilu's words.
"I've been saying it all the time. Hilmi said unmovingly, looking at me.
I looked into Hilmy's eyes and said, "Yes, I feel a lot of guilt about Talilou's place in my heart, and I won't even leave a spare place for you. ”
"I don't want your guilt. Hilmi shook her head and looked at me, I think her mood was not so calm at this time, "Nia, give me an answer, this marriage, you ......"
"No, no. I interrupted Hilmy's words and gave her an answer directly, and lowered my head, "Sorry, I ...... in the snow last time"
"I know, you're sleepy, you replied to me casually, and you agreed with me by mistake, didn't you......" Hilmy's body trembled slightly, and said, "I can't blame you, I also knew you were sleepy at the time, so I forced you to answer my answer." ”
"Sorry, I just want to leave this spot for Talilu, even though we haven't seen each other in years, I'll pick her up when I go back this time. "With the three strong men of Atwood, Tank, and Ewinni, the whole elven clan is nothing!
But it was a very awkward situation in front of me, I was standing in front of Hilmy, and such an answer would hurt Hilmy whenever I gave it, because I didn't leave her a place from the beginning, including Catherine, I didn't leave anyone a place to stay, and my place was only given to Talilu in the first place.
It's not that I like the elves' natural looks, and now that all these years have passed, we haven't seen each other for 5 years, and I don't know how Talilu has changed now, but that name, that voice in my head, can tug at my heartstrings, because because of the vow I once made, I can leave the rest of the people behind.
"I'm sorry Hilmy. I said, raising my head and meeting her eyes, which Hilmy hadn't looked away, tears streaming down her cheeks the moment they met my gaze.
"If you've made a ruthless decision, don't apologize, do you?" Hilmy's face slowly showed a little wry smile, and he reached out to wipe away the tears on his face, but it was just a futile exercise, and it would soon flow again.
"I think I've said that many times...... It's not that I don't have feelings for you, you, or Catherine, who has been with me for five years, you are all very important to me, but I didn't meet you earlier, I didn't fall in love with you first, and I'm very much against you...... Choosing to marry all of you is a little bit of a gap in my concept. I shook my head and said, "I can't accept anything other than monogamy because of the world I lived in in my previous life.
"Thank you so much for all these years, but I can't change that decision, at least not now......" I reached out and grabbed Hilmy's face to wipe the tears from her eyes, "I like you too, but please let me be willful for once, and give love to Talilu alone." ”
With some unbearableness, the touch on the hand was not so warm, on the contrary, the cold face ...... I let go of my hands gripping her cheeks and wrapped them around Hilmy's body, holding them tightly in my arms, my shoulders slowly wet.
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Late at night, sending Hilmy back to my room, I lay alone on the lawn and thought, I would rather choose such a place than a comfortable bed, and occasionally one or two mosquitoes flew into my face, shaking them off and I continued to be silent in my own thoughts.
Thinking of Catherine, I haven't seen her for half a year, and I don't know how it is now, and I feel a little sad, just like Hilmy, I can't accept Catherine's feelings.
Lying like this, the time of the night passed quickly, and before I fell asleep, my eyes slowly lit up, and as time went on, the sun shone on my head early, and I frowned and opened my eyes, and in the morning, such a short passage came.
I got up and walked to the barracks, the soldiers in charge of the guard saw me and saluted slightly, the other soldiers, officers, my partners, most of them are still asleep, today I have given you a special holiday, after all, there are so many days of war, almost a week of war, there is nothing to eat, not to say, have you ever closed your eyes? In such a battle, in the face of tens of thousands of enemy troops, no one can close their eyes at ease......
"Where are the wounded?" I asked a guarded orc.
"Ah...... Over here...... I'll take you there, sir. The orc scratched his head and pointed in a direction, and I suddenly asked him a question, which seemed to flatter him a little.
"Lead the way. I smiled, and went with the orcs to the wounded soldiers, hoping to see my soldiers and give them some comfort.
"What's your name?"
"Sir, my name is Levor. Levor turned back slightly to me and replied, I saw that he was a little cringe that a half-orc should not have, maybe he was a little timid for me with a high status, generally the half-orc has a bold personality and is fearless, but this half-orc gives me the feeling of being stupid, some special timidity.
"Do you know me?"
"Sir, I know. Levor nodded his head and said, with a look of pride on his face, "Sir, maybe you don't know, when you first came to the Orc Clan, I was among the people who accompanied the Patriarch out to greet you. ”
"Oh, really?" I smiled stunned, I really didn't have much of an impression, but the sight of Rev in front of me did make me feel a little familiar.
No, maybe it's similar! I would like to have another face, yes, it's Renault!
I asked, "Reifer, Renault? Are you brothers? I do feel a little familiar with your face." ”
"Yes, sir. Reiver let out a small whisper and scratched his head, "Renault is my brother. ”
"We're really a bit of a fate. I laughed, this Reifer and Renault do have a little similarity, that is, the head is not very bright, but compared to Rever, Renault's personality is more like a qualified half-orc, brave, strong, with developed limbs and a simple mind.
I remember but to be able to go to the orc clan is also Renault stupidly accepted my advice, led me to find the place of residence of the orcs, I have a chance to get such a powerful orc army, but only a hundred people, now more than half of the dead and wounded, maybe I need more orcs, and Miles, the patriarch of the half-orc clan, he has no extra orcs on his hands......
In the middle of the night, we walked together to the place of the wounded soldiers, quiet, no imaginary noise, in a large open space, one by one figures lying on the ground like this, most of them were asleep, there was no groan of pain, on the side I could see the magicians trained by Anyara, and the three elves in my private army were also among them, they should have been busy all night and exhausted their magic power, and they all sat on the ground and meditated.
My eyes slowly swept over the figures, most of them, their bodies were mutilated, asked Levor, he told me that this place is all soldiers who have been severely injured, if it is only a minor injury, they will sleep in their own camp after treating the wounds, after all, this battle is so tragic that almost everyone is injured.