messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 5 Sure enough, the king needs knights
After dinner, Hillman sat at his desk and began to deal with government affairs. Perhaps as a king, he must be so busy.

And Chu just stood beside her, silent.

Looking out of the window when nothing happened, the stars and moon in the clouds and the lights in the royal city reflect each other, illuminating the slightly deserted night, which is a bit bleak and a bit moving.

She couldn't remember how long she hadn't seen such a scene. On the Apostle Wasteland, she could only see the dark sky that would never change and the corpse lying on the ground.

Time passed slowly in silence like this. Apart from the wind outside the window, the only sound in the room was the gentle stroke of Hillman's pen tip on the paper.

For ordinary people, it was a normal period of time, but for Chu Chu, it suddenly made her a little at a loss.

The Apostle Wasteland made her get used to being on guard forever, killing every person or creature she saw, enduring the scars on her body, hiding in cold corners, and spending nights of killing and surviving alone.

Such a peaceful and peaceful time made her not know what to do.

I don't know how long it has passed, it may be an hour, or it may be two hours.

"At the beginning, I have some cold, can you close the window?"

It should be late at night, and the wind outside the window is starting to pick up. Hillman pulled the cloak on his shoulders and said to Chu.

"En." Chu stretched out his hand and closed the half-open window.

Hillman glanced at a clock on the table. She had a very regular schedule. She had a clear division of when to start dinner, when to work, and when to rest.

Putting down the pen in her hand, Hillman sat at the table and moved her somewhat stiff body. Now she should rest.

She turned her head and looked at Chu on the side, with a special look in her eyes.

She felt the complexity in Chu's heart just now through the contract.

Who would have thought that this young girl who looked a little thin would bear such a fate, maybe it was the same as the scar on her face, and it shouldn't have fallen on her.

However, Hillman didn't care about these.

"At the beginning." She said: "From now on, you will temporarily serve as my guard knight, and you are only responsible for protecting my personal safety. As for other tasks, I will inform you when necessary."

Guardian Knight...
To be honest, Chu is not good at protecting people, but she is better at killing people in comparison.But she still lowered her head and said respectfully.

"As ordered."

"As for your weapons and armor, I will have someone deliver them tomorrow." Hillman glanced at Chu's body. As a guard knight, that black robe was not enough.

"Your Majesty." Chu lowered his head and said, "I don't need to trouble you to prepare armor and weapons."

"Oh?" Hillman was surprised.

The next moment, the person standing in front of her changed.

The black robe on Chu's body suddenly spread out, turning into a cloud of black mist that wrapped Chu's body inside. The black mist surged, revealing the figure inside vaguely. The mist seemed to form something Covered on top of that figure.

A few seconds later, in Hillman's eyes, the mist slowly dissipated, and Chu Chu, who was standing there, completely changed his appearance.

On her body, the original robe became a set of black knight armor, which was a very deep black, as if the light falling on it would be absorbed into it.

The style of the knight's armor is very special, it covers Chu's entire body inside, and even the joints are connected with armor plates.The helmet even covered her entire head, only revealing a pair of black and white eyes under the shadow.

This thick armor did not make her look bulky at first glance, but instead made her look much slender and taller, with the unique charm of raw and cold steel.

Chu's hands were crossed in front of him, lightly swinging on the hilt of a two-handed knight sword.This sword, together with the armor on her body, was condensed from that kind of black mist. From the outside, it was just a large knight sword, but the whole body was black, and it was gathered in the scabbard. Can't see its sharpness.

Standing in front of Hillman with a long sword and armor, Chu looked like a real knight.

"Your Majesty." The first voice under the armor asked, "Are you satisfied?"

Hillman came back to his senses, smiled lightly, and said.

"not bad."

I have to admit that Chu is a worry-free subordinate.

Hillman glanced at the time on the table again, stood up and took off the cloak on his shoulders, hung it on the hanger beside the table and said.

"Okay, Miss Knight, now I need to rest."

It was time for her to go to bed.

"Yes." Chu bowed slightly: "Good night, Your Majesty."

"Then what about you?" Hillman turned his head and looked at Chu.

With my current status, I have no other place to go, so I can only stay in this room for the time being.

"I will be here waiting for you to wake up."

Saying that, Chu bowed his head and took a step back, retreated into a shadow under the corner of the wall, and closed his eyes.Just as she doesn't need food, she doesn't need rest and sleep either.

"That's it." Hillman said flatly, and turned off the lights in the room.

The lights dimmed, but Hillman's gaze remained on Chu.

In the dark room, Chu stood there quietly wearing black armor, like a sculpture, cold and lonely.

The contract allowed Hillman to clearly feel the strong sense of loneliness and deep numbness that shrouded Chu's body.

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Looking at her, or it, Hillman was silent for a while.

After silence, Hillman called Chu by his name: "Chu."

The armor opened a pair of eyes, without any emotion in the eyes, looked at Hillman and asked.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

"Just rest with me tonight."

Hillman said, then turned around and headed towards her room. There shouldn't be any problem sleeping two people in her room.

"Your Majesty, as an apostle, I don't need to rest." Chu's voice came from behind her.

Hillman didn't look back, but just said something lightly.

"This is an order."

(End of this chapter)