"What happened last night?"

"Is it time to delve into these things as if nothing happened! You old man is too calm!"

"Calm down, young man. Liliet's butler, Mao, looked at the young man who kept walking back and forth, and comforted him, "Instead of being simply anxious, it is better to think carefully about the process first, and if you can sort it out, maybe it will also help the current situation." ”

"When is it, you ......"

The young man subconsciously wanted to refute the butler's words, but as soon as the words came out, he was also stunned for a long time - it seemed that he had no reason to refute the other party.

The young man sat down on the ground in a dejected manner.

"Don't resist?"

"If it would be useful to resist that way, I wouldn't have been caught, would I?"

The young man sighed helplessly, and looked at the old butler suspiciously: "Old man, you are, you have been very calm from the beginning, are you not worried about your life at all? Last night, you also saw a lot of merchants who were killed by orcs even if they didn't resist much, right?"

Thinking of the scene last night, the young man felt very uncomfortable.

"That's because they don't understand, when they encounter such a situation, the first time to give up any form of resistance, squatting with their hands on their heads and showing a harmless appearance is the point - staying in the small circle they have set up for too much, they have long forgotten that not everyone has to abide by their 'rules', so they will do such a stupid thing as arguing about the intention of reducing their losses when they encounter orcs who are not good, right?"

Definitely. Those orcs had no interest in arguing with those people at all, and lifting the axe was a slashing ...... Thinking of this, the young man could only show a bitter smile - it was a guy like him who drew his sword and wanted to resist the orcs. In the end, his life was spared, but the weapons were confiscated and the people were controlled.

"Fortunately, the leader of the orc detachment we met is more sensible, and in this case, it is not a spy who dares to swing a knife at each other - otherwise, if it is some dumbfounded, the only way to make the enemy stop is to cut off the head. ”

"Then I really should thank God......" the young man snorted angrily. "Listen to you, those orcs fought last night because they wanted to catch spies?"

"It's supposed to be this kind of incident, but it's definitely much more serious than just 'spying'. ”

Know the way. Orcs are also known for their nervous bars, and while this doesn't apply to some of them, it's not a problem to understand them when it comes to the entire clan. I want to get the orc soldiers who are better at slashing people than they are at catching people to catch spies. It's a very difficult task......

However. It's strange that the orcs would actually impose martial law on the whole city and arrest people regardless of diplomatic factors, right? What could provoke the orcs to make such a big move?

Could it be that some high-ranking officials were assassinated?

No, no, if that's the case, with the nature of the orcs, they wouldn't have kept their own people at all, and the purge would have started a long time ago, right?

"Spy...... No wonder. In their minds, as a spy, he must be the kind of roe deer rat with a lewd face and a timid face? Did those merchants happen to be shot?" Thinking of this, the young man didn't know whether he should laugh or not, because he was stabbed for this reason......

Anyway, the first batch of "theories" have already squeaked. And he who dared to swing his sword at them, but because of this, he cleared his suspicion?

"If nothing else, we'll be fine. ”

Since he was not killed at that time, but was only supervised, then after the guard was removed, the other party had no reason to kill himself. Having said that, the old butler also knew that this theoretical possibility only had two probabilities in reality, zero and one hundred......

"You mean, is it still possible that we will be killed?"

"The only thing worth reassuring is that you won't be alone on the road...... If I could, I would like to continue to live in loneliness in this world. I'm also old, and I'm very sorry for my life. ”

"I can't see it at all. ”

The young man looked at the old butler who was still waiting in the cell in a chic posture even in such an embarrassing environment, and he could hardly feel a little nervous in his body. At first, when he saw the butler's calm expression, the young man thought that this person was already out of life.

"That's because an old man like me has different values from a young man like you~ You have vitality, enthusiasm and vitality, and you also have your own ideals and pursuits - and I am different, for me, there is nothing in life that excites me and excites me. For an old man like me, who has half a foot in the coffin, the most important reason for leaving me in this world is to watch the sapling that I care for grow into a big tree, right?"

"Sapling, sir, you're a gardener, don't look like ......."

What gardener would be so glamorous?

"Gardener?" the old butler was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Well, it's okay......

"'Sort of,' what kind of answer is that?"

"For I don't know what I'm supposed to do—the cause I've dedicated myself to in the past has ended up being a complete failure, and I've failed to keep the promises I made...... At the end of the day, maybe I'm only a little bit proud, right?"

"Uh, sorry, I didn't mean to ......"

The young man, who noticed that something was not quite right in the atmosphere, hurriedly apologized.

"Well, this in itself is not something to be shy about, it's just a failure, and there's no reason why you can't say it. If you don't have the courage to face your failures head-on, then you don't have any growth at all compared to the past, right? I've been woken up by you. I'm not as defeated as I think I am - at least, I can still be proud of being a gardener, because it's in my hands. The seedling was neither destroyed by the rainstorm nor bent by the wind, but grew straight. ”

It's all now, and the young man has heard it, the old man in front of him shouldn't be a gardener at all, right?

"That's a great thing to be happy about. ”

It's a little envious, if I can do the same......

"Although you've been worrying about this and that. As a result, you're thinking about things that have nothing to do with your current situation, right?"

"Ugh...... Well, that's pretty much it, right?"

After the young man was pierced by the old housekeeper's words, he also nodded helplessly.

"Just think. I don't think I'm useful. It's rare to have the time and opportunity to calm me down, and it turns out that I have always been a waste wood guy since I was a child. ”

"Is that an exaggeration? From my point of view. You're not the kind of guy who has no merit either. Otherwise, I wouldn't be talking to you - as long as a person can do it without being annoying, it means that he can't say that he is a failure. ”

"Can that be considered an advantage too?"

"Of course, think about it, if you really are the kind of person who fails to the extreme, how many people will still throw kindness at you? No problem, impulsiveness or something is also the privilege of youth, and before you grow up, taste it at the end of the year—you will only taste bitterness in the future...... No. It doesn't seem to be experiencing it now, right? It's not anger, it's not loss. Not a sad emotion. ”

"You ......"

"You made such a big fuss at that time, and I was also in the convoy, so it was hard not to notice you......"

At that time......

"Please don't talk about that again!

The young man almost knelt down with a sad face and begged the housekeeper - now that I think about it, what I did at that time was completely smearing the face of my dead friend, it was not revenge at all, it was just the level of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, right?

"This is because of the mistakes made by young people~"

"You...... Have you seen them all?"

"If my eyes weren't good, the eldest lady wouldn't be alive now......"

The old butler said casually words that made the young man's back chill.

"Speaking of which, it seems that I am not as impulsive as I used to be when I see you this time. ”

"Ah, this...... Anyway, a lot has happened......"

The young man's face suddenly became a little depressed and helpless, for him, something had happened in the past few days that was enough to change his cognition - the experience of being wasted and saved by a certain girl was one of them, but the impact on him was more an incident that happened yesterday.

"The enemy, whom I couldn't fight with all my might, was so easily killed by the orcs...... This kind of thing is even more difficult to adapt to than when I was beaten to the ground and humiliated by the other party. It feels like my previous obsession and hard work, in the face of reality, are so small and ridiculous. ”

I was just working hard to become stronger and grow, but as a result, I was infused with countless efforts and obsessive goals, in the environment of the Great World Realm, I was simply a small existence that was insignificant, and my efforts and will were like a punch in the air.

"......Haha

The young man was also stunned by the butler's actions, but he didn't feel angry about it—he couldn't have imagined that he wouldn't be angry when he was teased at this time.

"Laugh if you want, I think it's ridiculous anyway......"

Although I feel a little sorry for my dead friend when I think about it, I think that the other party will forgive me for such a development, right?

"Not all of this world operates according to one's own ideas, so if you look at it from a self-centered perspective, such a situation is inevitable. Life is like a play, that's it - for individuals who are limited in their eyes. Whether there will be a tragedy or a comedy, a drama or a farce in the next moment, this is not something we can guess. ”

"It's the worst farce...... There was a feeling that the mind was being toyed with. ”

This feeling of punching in cotton. The young man still can't let go of his feelings for a while.

"Suddenly, I felt that my past 'persistence', my self-righteous 'enlightenment', and the fact that I was just unilaterally escaping the general 'hatred' were so naïve - but this kind of thing, logically speaking, should not take almost ten years to slowly hone myself. Growing up and becoming conscious?"

It's so unreal.

The taste of ruining one's outlook on life overnight is too weird. Although this state seems to be good now, there are too many steps skipped at once. The youth still felt something as dreamy as unreal.

"Be content, no matter how weird the process is......"

"Not at all, I think it will take me a while to get used to, right? Because it's normal for hatred to go from a good old man to a vengeful ghost overnight, but it's the other way around. A little kid who was always bitter and hateful began to get used to bitter smiles and helplessness overnight...... It's very incompatible to think about, isn't it?"

The expression on the young man's face now. It feels like I've been played badly.

Rao is a rich housekeeper with rich life experience, and he doesn't know what to say for a while. I really don't know the way, should this be said to be the malice of the world world, or goodwill?

"So what are your plans for the future, and if you're interested, how about coming to me?"

"Hey, is it really okay to dig into the foot of the wall?"

"I think it's a waste for you to be a mercenary like this...... Well, what a waste. ”

The butler specifically repeated the phrase "waste" twice. It made the young man wonder a little - what did he like about himself, and how could he think that he had a talent that should not be wasted?

"Forget it. Although I don't know your identity, Mr. Lu Dao, and I don't know what kind of future I will have in the future if I promise you, but after all, the most important person to me is in the mercenary group, although he is dead, and I have no ability to avenge him, but it is still a little unreasonable for me to leave like this. ”

If he succeeded in avenging him, it would be natural, but now......

"Continuing that person's share, that's probably it. ”

The old butler also sighed regretfully.

If the other party doesn't agree to him, there is no way, he still has to find another candidate - he doesn't have much time, although Liliah may no longer need a housekeeper like him in the future, but when people get old, they are easy to become more worried, from his point of view, he still hopes that he can have a successor.

"What a pity......

"Wait, why did you suddenly show such meaningful eyes......?"

The old housekeeper's eyes contained many emotions such as regret, sigh, surprise, and helplessness, but there seemed to be some other meanings mixed in them, and these elements made the young man unexpectedly feel the chrysanthemum cold.

"Obviously, you had the opportunity to get close to an eldest lady, but you still chose the dead Ji-best friend? ”

"Just now...... Seems like a wonderful word has drifted past, right?"

"Don't care about the small details~ I actually want to see the eldest lady find a home before I enter the coffin...... Although for now, it is basically impossible. Thinking of the unexpectedly heavy thing of fate that Lilier carried, the butler also understood that without talking about Liliet's own orientation, she would not be able to find an ordinary home like an ordinary girl in this life. The old butler was also very helpless about Liliye's strange tendency to develop a strange tendency, although he himself was not resistant to this kind of thing, but if it was his own master, it would be better to be ordinary and normal, right?

"But you're undoubtedly cheating on me, aren't you? Obviously, you yourself know the Tao, and this kind of development like a best-selling knight novel is impossible, right?"

It's a pity that the young people on the other side are not at all cooperative.

"The eldest lady of my family is very beautiful, and her personality is also very good~"

"No, even if you say it in such a pyramid scheme, I won't agree - do you think I look like that kind of person?"

"That's right. The butler sighed knowingly, "After all, you're the kind of person who values your best ♂ friends of the same sex......"

"The word 'same-sex' is redundant!"

......

"The eldest lady of my family is not a person who can put people at ease, so you can forgive me for being nagging on this issue......"

"Why do you say that all of a sudden? Didn't you say she had a good personality?"

"It's not that in this regard, if it was just a personality that makes it difficult to serve, I wouldn't have such a headache...... As you may have noticed, from the few words I mentioned earlier, the environment around the eldest lady is somewhat complicated, including danger and conspiracy. And the eldest lady's mother left for this reason. ”

“......”

"However, if this is all there is, it is not a great headache, but the big deal is that I have a hard time—the trouble is that the eldest lady is very smart, and she has not been able to hide these things from her since she was a child, and at the same time, she loves her mother very much, and she will never swallow her anger in this matter, and the worst thing is that she is very good at restraining her emotions, and for nearly ten years she has not let anyone else discover the fire boiling in her heart...... She's not an adult this year, you know, what that means. ”

“......”

If this had been promised to the other party just now, this would not have been a chance to climb to the top at all, but it would have been a huge fire pit at all—even if I had only heard about it, I would have already felt a sense of oppression that was about to come by storm.

"Such a young lady, you should assist yourself, I will definitely die...... I'm going to die!"

"No, you misunderstood, I'm not worried about the eldest lady......"

At this, the butler's voice became a little shaky.

"I'm worried about the other side...... I can't guarantee what the anger that has been accumulating since childhood will be released once it is vented - although the eldest lady I know is not the kind of person who will let her anger spread to the innocent, but, you know, she is a girl, and the consequences of a woman's madness ......"

“...... But it's very serious~ (laughs)"

“......”

“......”

The old butler turned his head awkwardly and saw Lilier with a happy ♀ smile on her face. And beside her, Aisha also covered her forehead helplessly, as if she was feeling sad for her careless words and deeds.

How did they end up here?

The old butler didn't have the heart to think about it now.

"Because I was worried about you, Grandpa Mao, I finally pulled Aisha over to check on the situation, but as soon as I arrived, I heard some topics about me...... However, I haven't heard it before, but I'm still very curious, Grandpa Mayo, it seems that he has a unique and profound insight into women......'s madness.