girl knight zero

Chapter 407 The Paper Crane in the Rain

The next morning, except for the seriously wounded, all the knights in the station came to the knight cemetery to participate in the collective funeral of their sacrificed teammates.

The corpses of the sacrificial knights had been put together overnight, the blood was wiped off, and they were put on clean uniforms, trying to keep them as dignified as possible.

Cang Ling held a large handful of lilies in his hand, and followed the team slowly past the rows of coffins.

Every time they pass a coffin, everyone will put a lily in the coffin.

When passing by Madeleine's coffin, Cang Ling deliberately stopped.

Madeleine lying in the coffin has a very peaceful face, her eyes are closed, her hands are folded on her abdomen, and she is wearing a white wedding dress.

It is said that Madeleine once told the regimental commander and the sergeant major that her greatest wish in life is to get married and have children.

And now, this ordinary dream can never be realized.

In order to help her realize this last wish, the people of Lagrange stayed up all night to help her make this wedding dress, and several married women even donated their dowry jewelry, so that she could bid farewell to the world with a perfect posture.

"Thank you, Madeleine. May you be a real bride in the next life." Cang Ling bent down and gently put a lily in Madeleine's hand.

Then walking forward, Cang Ling saw Edmund again.

Edmund's face was covered with a white handkerchief, because his face was torn apart by Arras. The Silver Knights searched hard for a long time, but they couldn't find all the skin, so they could only use the handkerchief to help him cover the incomplete face. .

Although Cang Ling didn't have much contact with Edmund, he heard a lot about him from other people.

For example, he only sleeps for four hours a day, and he can't be shaken; and he likes to smoke, and almost all his salary is spent on buying cigarettes.

Because of this, his coffin was filled with all kinds of tobacco, as well as some very expensive cigars.

Cang Ling also prepared a cigar, but he didn't buy it, he rolled it himself with tobacco and paper, because Lagrange's cigars were all bought by the knights.

Now, the best cigars in town are in Edmund's coffin.

"Leader, rest assured! I will definitely guard Xinghai..." Cang Ling knelt down and put the cigar next to Edmund's pillow.

Next to Edmund was Sergeant Major Chico.

Chico and Edmund were classmates, good buddies since Condon.

When the taciturn Edmund was bullied in Condon, it was Chico who stood up to defend him.

Afterwards, the two were admitted to Hurricane again, went through life and death together, and made countless illustrious military exploits.

Now, they can continue to be friends in another world.

"Sergeant Major, please rest well, and leave the rest to me." Cang Ling put the lily on Qi Ke's chest.

After walking through a few more coffins, Cang Ling finally saw Diego.

Before that, she still had vague expectations, hoping that Diego was not dead, that he was just in a coma.

However, seeing Diego lying quietly in the coffin, his lips as white as paper, Cang Ling's last hope was finally completely shattered.

"Diego, why are you lying here?" Cang Ling held back his tears and said, "Shouldn't you be standing by my side? There are still many tasks waiting for you, how can you just rest like this?"

"I will complete his task." At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Cang Ling looked back, and it turned out to be Kali.

"In the past few days, I have been thinking about one thing. What is the real power." Kali said while holding Lily, "I used to think that being strong was tied to killing, and the more powerful you are, the more life you will be deprived of." Many. But now I have changed my view. The definition of being strong has never been killing and destroying, but protecting. The real strong is one who brings people hope and is capable of fighting for and maintaining peace. From now on, I will not No more pursuing violence and death, instead I want to live to protect everyone, I want to be a guardian!"

After finishing speaking, Kali sprinkled all the flowers in Diego's coffin: "Diego, you and Clive's legacy will be inherited by me. I swear, I will definitely guard Xinghai. A promise you made."

After speaking, Kali saluted Diego solemnly.

Cang Ling looked at Kali as if he didn't know him, and after a long time, he showed a gratified expression.

The girl who complained about the lack of pleasure in killing prisoners on the boat and longed to find "passion" abroad finally found her own direction in life.

From then on, her every day will be full and meaningful, because she already has a clear goal.

After paying homage to the remains of all the victims, the priest asked his assistants to close the coffin and carry it into the grave dug in advance.

Everyone went forward and sprinkled soil on the coffin, so that the victims could be buried in peace.

Just after the burial was completed, there was a light rain in the sky, and soon the rain became heavier and turned into a torrential rain.

"A few years ago, it rained heavily like this at the funeral of the Migratory Tide Battle." Cang Ling raised his head and said, "The gods must have felt sad, so they shed tears."

"If gods really existed, they wouldn't be allowed to die." Charlene choked back and said.

After listening to the priest's speech in the rain, everyone observed a 3-minute silence, and then left the cemetery one after another.

Before leaving, Cang Ling looked back, and suddenly found a paper crane flying in the air.

The paper crane's wings were wet by the rain, and it was extremely difficult and wobbly to fly in the air.

It struggled through the heavy rain, flew to Edmund's tomb, and circled the tombstone several times.

"Is it Murphy? By the way, she still doesn't know about the death of the leader, right?" Cang Ling stared at the paper crane and thought, "She must be in a panic, so she put the paper crane away before nightfall, regardless of the danger. Come out. But the leader has never been able to respond to her..."

After the paper crane flew around the tombstone a few times, it let out a shrill cry, and then slammed into the tombstone desperately.

Once, twice, three times... The paper cranes kept hitting, as if they wanted to get into the grave.

Soon, the paper crane broke its wings and fell to the grass, letting the heavy rain hit it.

But not long after, several origami cranes flew over again, all the way through the wind and rain, singing and rushing towards Edmund's tombstone.

Cang Ling looked at the paper crane that hit the tombstone, and couldn't help but shed tears again.

Edmund still has a tombstone anyway, and Wolfe?He doesn't even have a grave.

Because Wolfe had left a will a long time ago, if he died one day, neither a grave nor a monument was erected, because he hoped that everyone would forget him.

Just like what he once said to Cang Ling: Don't commemorate, don't sweep my grave, let alone remember.Let me completely disappear from your life, as if you and I don't know each other, and as if I never existed.

(End of this chapter)