messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 118 Remember to return the things you accidentally take away

The knight has returned from afar, but she knows she will only stay for a short time.

Roland also came to see her the next day, and the silver knight silently patted the black knight on the shoulder, just like he did on the battlefield.

As for Sid, it took her a long time to accept that Chu, who looked like a young girl, was the Black Knight back then. She knew Chu's origin, and Hillman never concealed it from her.

And she finally realized her childhood wish to let the black knight teach her swordsmanship.

Of course, it turned out that Chu didn't show mercy, which made the girl get hit hard.

On the third day, Chu told Hillman that he was leaving. Hillman was not surprised, or she had expected it.

In the evening, she took Chu Chu for a walk in the garden of the palace, and the Hillman flowers were still in full bloom.

In the garden, Hillman turned around. She looked at the eyes that were out of focus at first, and raised her hand to gently stroke the corners of her eyes.

"I am forever grateful to you for everything you have done for me and for all the good you have done for this country."

Thank you forever, for taking away all the evils of blood and fire before this beauty.

"But." Hillman took a step forward slowly. She stood in front of Chu, and pressed her forehead against Chu's.

"I'm also extremely sorry for asking you to take away our sins..."

I want you to endure that inhuman torture for us.

She once felt the pain she experienced for the first time through the contract, which was a pain she couldn't bear at all.

In the golden sunset, two plates of flowers swayed in the wind, and Hillman finally expressed his apology.

But at the beginning, I could only listen silently, and could not be relieved.

On the last day before Chu leaves, Sid finds her, and she takes her to his palace.

Sid ordered someone to bring a large pile of black stones, each of which is so special and has its own different carving patterns, which she has collected in recent years.

She stood aside and asked Chu earnestly, if there is one piece of it that can summon you.

Chu shook his head. Obviously, since she was here, it was impossible for the stone that summoned the messenger to appear.

Sid fell silent. She stood beside Chu and bowed her head. After a while, she said.

"Why can't you stay? My mother definitely wants you to stay, and so does my teacher, including the people of this country. Why do you still have to leave? Aren't you a knight of the empire?"

Chu couldn't speak anymore, even if she could, she couldn't answer, she just put her hand on Sid's shoulder.

Sid didn't look up, just continued to question.

"What about your chivalry, shouldn't you be loyal to death?"

Unfortunately, many things in the world are not that simple.

The black knight left anyway, in a silent night, and she would not come back, because she had already returned what should be returned.

She gave back the glory that was once upon her, and she gave back the oath that preceded the kingship.

Because the road behind her was extremely dark, and there was no glory to speak of.

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It's another New Year's Eve, and there is light snow in Shanju Village under Sakura Mountain.

Crystal white snowflakes fell from the sky, with a little coldness falling on people's shoulders and cheeks.Be it the adults or the kids, there are smiles on the faces because the new year is fast approaching.

It was getting late, and the evening bell rang in the village.

Every evening, a bell rings in the village, echoing and drifting far, far away. Almost every child has been taught by adults that when they hear the bell, no matter how far away, they must go home up.

Unfortunately, there will still be people who leave the village, and no matter how many times the bell is rung, they never come back.

But there is no way, isn't it, there are always people who want to leave.

The bell was rang by the only temple in the village, which was called Qingxin Temple, and there was only one monk and one female monk in the temple.

She is a beautiful woman. It is said that she wandered to this village when she was very young. No one knows why she became a monk and lived such a boring life every day.

However, whether life is boring or not depends on one's own thoughts.

At least for this female monk, maybe this kind of life is just right.

After another day of ringing the evening bell, Sakurako walked back to the temple in her baggy monk's robes, and she shaved off her hair, after her revenge.

She has been here alone as a monk for many years.

She locked the rusty knife back into the meditation room, and hung the Zen character on it. ,

She also began to comprehend that character, but like the old monk, she couldn't comprehend it.But I don't know if I can't break it, or I can't let it go.

The swallows in spring come every year, the cherry blossom trees in the yard bloom every year, and she waits here every year.

One day, she might be able to wait for the person she knew would not come.

Yingzi opened the gate of the temple, and the wide hem of the monk's robe passed over the snow-covered ground, leaving a trace.

In the courtyard of the temple, there is a cash box with a rattle tied to it.

This is the old wishing box, which has not been changed for so many years.

After all, it was the New Year, and Yingzi moved it out again, and it was still the same as before, one copper coin, one prayer.

Basically everyone in the village will come, and no one is pointing out that the wish can really come true, that is, just asking for a thought.

Looking at the empty temple, Yingzi stopped, and there was snow in the sky. She looked at the cash box, the old tree, and the small courtyard, probably recalling something.

After a while, she lowered her head, put her palms up in front of her body, and whispered a Buddhist saying.

She thought that her cultivation should still not be enough, so she had distracted thoughts again.

Yingzi walked into the temple, made a cup of warm tea in front of the hall, sat cross-legged, drank it quietly, and looked at Xiaoxue outside the hall.

It's another year.

She raised her head, and the breath from her mouth condensed into a faint white mist in the air.

It should be that when she was about to finish a pot of tea, a person walked in outside the door.

It was a strange man, his whole body was wrapped in a brown robe, even his face was tightly wrapped.

But Yingzi has seen many strange people, so there is no surprise.

"Are you here to pray?" Yingzi looked at the strange man who walked in, smiled lightly, and asked.

In front of the door, the strange man froze for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Under the brown robe, she looked at Yingzi with a pair of dull eyes.

She didn't want Yingzi to recognize her, because she didn't want to see Yingzi showing apologetic eyes to herself like Hillman.

She just came to return things.

The weirdo walked into the yard and stood in front of the wishing box.

She remembered what happened a long time ago, she condensed a coin in her hand with evil, and threw it into the box.

The coins condensed by evil jingled in the box, and the weirdo stood in front of the box, silently returned his wish, and then rang the bell.

The bell rang crisply, as if it was carried into the sky with a wish.

"May your wish come true." In front of the courtyard, Yingzi smiled and blessed.

The weirdo silently nodded again.

"I may wish this year." Maybe it was the strange man's silence that made Yingzi talk a little more. She looked at the tea in her hand and whispered as if she was talking to herself.

"I hope my family can come back once."

She's been waiting a long time.

The strange man's body froze, and his dull eyes narrowed slightly.

But in the end, she still didn't say anything, didn't do anything, just turned and left.

She had returned her wish and should have left.

(End of this chapter)