Volume 2 The Triple Trial and the Awakened MONOCULUS Chapter 40 The Burden Called Wagbein
When he saw this diary, Alan instantly understood that there must be other secrets recorded on it.
But there was one question he hadn't figured out since then: "But what does treasure have to do with the dungeon?" The rumors about the treasure are all related to the twin spires, but none of the rumors say that the treasure is hidden in the dungeon...... And since you've been there a long time ago, you've probably looked into it carefully, there's nothing in there. ”
"There's really nothing there. Frey immediately said, "But I believe in the clues my father left me. I knew he was already eyebrow-raised, because that's all he had repeatedly mentioned in his diary: Room 101 of the Twin Spires, the dungeon, and Doug. And he wrote clearly in his diary: there are clues about the treasure in the dungeon. ”
"Doug?" Alan was confused again, and opened his mouth to ask, "What does it have to do with that madman", but after a little thought, it seemed that this was not the time to discuss the issue, so he closed his mouth and did not speak.
After a long time, Alan spoke again: "Then why are you so obsessed with finding treasures that so many people have not been able to find for so many years?"
"Heh, you must think that I'm just like those people in the Winslow family, greedy for money, power, and only have money in their eyes, right?" Frey suddenly shrugged his shoulders and said with a sneer, but at the same time there seemed to be a lot of helplessness in it, "I don't care what you think." ”
Alan looked at Frey in a daze, looking at each other, and he suddenly felt that Frey might have some sad past before.
"I have to get it anyway...... And only I am eligible for it. Frey added, "Because that's the only way for the Wagbein family to get back on their feet......
Hearing this, Alan seemed to understand a little why the boy opposite him was the same age as him, but he had a lot of maturity that even adults didn't have.
"Nothing you've done is for yourself, it's all for the Wagbein family......" Allen said.
"I don't know. Probably. "I just remember what my father and grandfather used to say, 'No one lives only for himself.'" ’”
Alan looked at him silently.
"Perhaps in your eyes, being born into such a large family is a gift from heaven...... On weekdays, you have no worries about food and clothing, no matter where you are, there are servants to take care of you comfortably, and I don't know what it feels like to be hungry and cold...... But in reality, I had no sense of happiness at all. Frey smiled wryly and said slowly, "I've been forced to do everything I don't like since I was very young. My father died young, and I grew up under my grandfather's care. But no matter which one of them is, the requirements for me are just as strict...... I'm reading while other people's kids are playing outside, I'm practicing magic while other people's kids are sleeping, and I'm being punished for failing my homework when other people's parents are traveling with their children...... This family, all the people in this family ask of me, there is nothing I like, I am willing to do. They never asked me if I liked it or not, and they imposed it on me in such a way that I could not refuse. ”
Frey was silent for a moment before continuing: "At that time, I hated my origins so much, and I complained all the time about why I was born into such a family, and I also wanted to enjoy freedom and enjoy childhood like other children. These pleasures, which are easy for you, have become luxuries to me...... Because of this, I have almost no friends. My mother was always in poor health, and she was bedridden all day long, and the servants were very respectful to me, and they were careful to open and close their mouths, and the only one who could talk to me was my sister Freya. ”
When Alan heard this, he finally understood why Frey seemed to be extremely doting on his sister, and everything was based on Freya's preferences, which turned out to be the only companion in his childhood.
"It wasn't until I read what was in my father's diary that I finally understood it. Speaking of this, Frey's tone gradually returned to normal, "Our family's identity is extremely special, and this is something that can only be known by word of mouth between successive family heads and heirs. But my father, as if he had anticipated his death, hastily wrote down everything he wanted to tell me in this diary...... He told me to protect the glory of the Wagbine family and protect my family, no matter what happens. That's when I really accepted my fate. ”
"Destiny ......" Hearing this word, Allen's heart also trembled, as if he felt that there was something similar to himself in Frey's body.
"Since I can't choose, let's go in the direction they pointed me out. Frey smiled wryly and said, "I try every day to be better, better, more reliable than I was yesterday, and whenever I feel tired or tired, I tell myself that I can't stand still, and if I give up, the Wagbyne family will be forgotten." ”
Somehow, it was clear that he was still plotting against himself just now, and Allen had a slight respect for him in his heart.
"It's just that the name brings me more than glory," Frey added...... "responsibility, pressure, accomplishment...... This may be something that you will never understand if you are not in this family, this burden called Wagbein......"
Allen's heart suddenly filled with emotion. If Frey hadn't been born into such a family, hadn't come in a year before him, and hadn't had this special relationship with Cynthia, they might have become very good friends, because they both had the qualities of mutual appreciation and too many similarities.
"But it's really ironic to say......" Frey suddenly smiled bitterly again, and shook his head helplessly, "Although I hate you, I have to help you everywhere......"
Alan was stunned for a moment, faintly sensing that there was something in Frey's words.
"Sometimes I regret that if you had frozen to death on the stairs of the library that night, or that rainy day, and you were hit by that rock, I probably wouldn't have had so much trouble now......"
Hearing this, Alan couldn't help but feel a tense in his heart, as if he understood something.
The night he fell down the stairs of the library, he did see a figure similar to Frey appear nearby, he always thought that the person who pushed him down was Frey, but now that he heard Frey say this, and remembered that Will had told him that someone had told the gnomes to save him, and he didn't want to reveal his identity, Alan understood that in fact, Frey was the one who saved him, and the real murderer was someone else.
And that rainy day, when he had just come out of the elemental tower and was almost hit by a boulder that fell from the sky, Frey was not far away, still holding a wand in his hand. Alan had always thought that Frey was dissatisfied with the way he and Cynthia were talking and laughing, but now it seems that the fall of the stone may have been caused by witchcraft, and Frey was the one who saved him.
And Will and Cynthia obviously knew or saw through the truth, but they didn't say it, probably because they wanted to take into account Frey's dignity.
"You saved me......" Alan suddenly sighed in his heart, as if he realized Frey's ambivalence when he made those moves to save him, although Frey's purpose was only to use him to find the treasure.
"But now, I can't pretend to be invisible to you anymore...... "Frey's face sank suddenly, and he said, "I never thought you would get so close to her, and it will get closer and closer...... If this continues, things may become irreparable......"
Alan was stunned for a moment, realized that Frey had really misunderstood something, and quickly explained: "My relationship with Cynthia is not as you imagined!
But Frey didn't seem to hear at all, and lowered his head not knowing what he was thinking, and murmured tremblingly, "I know she doesn't like me at all, but I still have to marry her...... For the sake of Wagbyne, I can only ...... this"
Alan was stunned again, and his heart was instantly mixed.
"I know what she thinks in her heart and why she's trying to get close to you...... But I had to stop her...... I can't afford to watch all my grandfather and my efforts go to waste!" Frey became more and more agitated as he spoke, and suddenly raised his wand to Allen, "Then I won't ask for forgiveness now!"
As soon as Frey's words fell, he heard a "whoosh!" when a black object flew past Allen's ear.
Alan didn't react at all, and heard a crisp "pop!", as if something had hit the tree. He looked back and saw that what had just flown past his ear was a palm-sized rock, now embedded deep in a tree.
Alan couldn't help but feel a little tingling in his scalp, if he was hit by such a stone at the speed he had just made...... He didn't dare to think about it......
It's just that Frey's heart still seems to be full of contradictions and hesitations when he does this, because with his level, it is easy to hit the unsuspecting Allen, and the blow just now seems to be just a warning.
"Whoosh" ...... Another rock flew in, this time at Alan's thigh.
With the warning just now, Eren was on guard, and just as the incantation of the barrier barrier was finished, an enchantment opened in an instant.
However, this barrier was so fragile in front of these stones that it was easily pierced and smashed heavily on Allen's leg after only a slight change in the path of the stones' flight path.
"Ouch!" Alan stumbled to the ground, and looked at the place where he was hit, it was already bruised and swollen.
Frey didn't seem to stop, muttering something as he flicked his wand from top to bottom.
Alan only felt that the top of his head was dark, and when he looked up, he found that a stone that was many times larger than the one just now was falling from the sky!
Alan wanted to get up and run away, but he only felt his right leg go limp, as if the injury was much worse than he expected, and he had no choice but to roll to the side.
And just as he rolled to the side, he only heard a "bang", and the place where he was just now was smashed into a deep pit by this stone......