Chapter 117: The Scabbard
Arthur had said something similar three years earlier, but he was only ten years old at the time, but a child's promises were always easy and too vain.
And at that time, although he was very serious, he didn't know his direction.
But at this moment, Char believes that Arthur already has the answer in his heart.
Char continued with an imperceptible smile on her face.
"When you learn my last subject, I won't bind you anymore.
You can do whatever you want. ”
After a pause, Char asked.
"Have you eaten dinner?"
"I don't have much appetite." Arthur said.
"Then you go back to your room and rest, if you are hungry at night, you can come down and go to the cupboard to get food, Alicia has recently replenished some cold food." Char said, "Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to meet someone. ”
Arthur nodded, and walked upstairs without saying a word.
Alicia watched Arthur leave silently, then spoke.
"What did you see in the slums today?"
"I saw the abyss." Char muttered softly.
Alicia frowned.
"Although it is inevitable that the progress of history, the war of these three years has also accelerated this process." "A large number of peasants who lost their land because of the war came to the imperial capital in search of opportunities, and there were far more people than jobs.
A large number of munitions factories occupied the land of the imperial capital, many poor people were driven to the east and concentrated, and the able-bodied young men were drafted into the army, where the rest of the people continued to degenerate.
And it seems that for the sake of the war, in recent years, taxes have also risen, and the pressure of life has naturally increased day by day. ”
Alicia's expression was a little solemn, "What the hell is going on with Victor, this battle has been fought for three years without any results." ”
"There are masters in the West Tooth Empire." Char muttered in a low voice, "If it weren't for Beichen being holding back Europe, it is estimated that the situation would only be worse."
But the current situation in Britannia is not just about war. ”
He turned his head and looked into the distance with a deep gaze, his gaze crossed the mountains and rivers, crossed thousands of miles, and saw the scene far away on the front line.
The forest was charred black by the fire, the smoke of gunpowder filled the battlefield, and there were corpses everywhere that no one had gathered.
However, in the village not far from the battlefield, Char saw many villagers lying on their beds, with high fever and chills.
That's not an ordinary fever, it's something much more troublesome.
Char looked at Alicia, "You still wear the red rope I gave you three years ago, right?" ”
Alicia nodded.
"Remember to wear it when you go out." Char said.
Alicia seemed to have thought of something, and her face was a little ugly, "South, is there a plague?" ”
"It's also to be expected, because the corpses of the war produce a lot of bacteria, and these bacteria infect the water source and bring the plague." Char whispered.
"With the arrival of the plague and the effects of the war, a large amount of farmland was put on hold, deserted, and famine followed."
Alicia let out a light breath, she could already imagine what kind of purgatory Britannia would be like at that time.
She sat down on the couch on one side, and then looked at Char.
"When are you going to get him to pull out that sword?"
"Pulling out that sword means that the gears of fate have officially begun to turn." Char said quietly, "At that time, it will be more troublesome for us to interfere again." ”
Alicia hung her head and fell silent.
Char walked to the door and slowly twisted the doorknob.
"I'll go see Tytania, you go talk to the kid."
Alicia nodded.
Char opened the door, and behind the door was his room in the fairy palace, and closed the door with his backhand, Char opened the door again, walked to the living room, and finally passed through several corridors, during which he encountered several elf guards patrolling.
However, they are already familiar with Char, and in their spare time, they often go to Char's tavern to enjoy wine.
They nodded at Char in a friendly manner, and Char returned with basic etiquette.
After walking for a few minutes, he came to the same reception hall where they had first met Titania.
There weren't so many guards here now, but Queen Tetania was still sitting on the throne.
She seems to have been waiting here for a long time.
"Sit down."
Tetania motioned for Char to sit in the chair placed beside her.
Char sat down without paying any attention.
"If it were in the past, all the humans who had learned what they had learned from me, I would have asked them to leave the elf land, and then I would have locked it down again."
Tetania looked at Char, "But you, you, have become an exception. ”
Char's eyes twinkled, "If I can, I hope I can continue to come and go here, I love this place and the friends I know here." ”
"You know what I'm calling you here for." Tetania said straight to the point, "What exactly is that request you are talking about?" ”
"I hope that the land of the elves will help me forge the scabbard of a sword." Char didn't continue to sell Guanzi.
Tetania frowned slightly, "Scabbard? ”
In the legend of King Arthur, the more troublesome thing is not the sword in the lake, but the scabbard that can avoid death, and the simple destructive power is the easiest for Char's, and the power of protection is the most difficult.
"This scabbard can allow people to have absolute defense, so that the wielder will never bleed and will not grow old or die."
Tetania stared at Char, "If this scabbard is really successfully cast, in a sense, it can be regarded as an artifact."
Are you really so sure that we can build something like this? ”
"You can." Char's eyes flickered, "Because, fate will not guide a useless place." ”
And the scabbard was built in another elven country called Avalon, using elven script, and this is also a goblin country, and the elven script is also used, and there are not so many coincidences in this world.
Tytania's gaze wandered.
"The land of goblins is about to collapse, isn't it?" Char muttered softly.
Tetania fell silent.
"That's why you have to teach Arthur no matter what, with the progress of human civilization, the mystery is gradually declining, and the fairy land is gradually losing its basis for existence."
Char looked at the fairy queen.
"I can guarantee that if you succeed in forging this scabbard, the day this scabbard exists, so does the land of the elves."
Tetania stared at Char, who did not continue to speak, and after a long time, she sighed.
"You've been in the land of the elves for three years, and I've been observing you for three years, but every time I think I know you well enough, there's always a new fog over you."
She got up from her seat and walked to the window, looking down on the whole of White City, watching the residents of White City come and go.
"Since the gods have weakened and the gods have fallen into a deep sleep, we goblins have gradually lost the soil of our lives in this world.
In order to ensure the continuation of the race, I created this place to provide a guarantee for the survival of the elves.
This is their only pure land.
I can disappear, but the land of goblins must exist.
The casting of this scabbard was a big gamble.
This means that the land of the fairies will go deep into the fate of the world. ”
She turned her head and looked at Char, her eyes flickering.
"However, I participated in this big gamble."
(End of chapter)