Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 792

On the city wall, even though there were dozens of elites of the Royal Knights standing beside him, including Taireg, the sword of the empire, Xia Feng didn't have any intention of taking precautions.

Because he couldn't feel any killing intent from Verin at this moment.

Yes, it's just a kind of loneliness that no one can understand, and a confusion that I don't want outsiders to see through.

Seeing that Xia Feng didn't say anything, Wei Lin stood up from the wooden table holding the wine glass.

"You know what, I love this place."

"The city wall?"

"kindness."

Walking out of the shelter from the wind, Verin put her hands lightly on the stone bricks covered with traces of time.

"In today's era, with the technology of moving cities and the efficient operation of the army, the significance of the existence of the city wall has been diluted, and it can even be demolished long ago."

Indeed, this is also where Xia Feng was puzzled when he first came to Londinium.

Among all the large cities in Victoria, there are basically none, only Lentinium has a city wall that does not match the style of an international metropolis.

Stepping on the tens of meters high city wall, Xia Feng said calmly.

"Then why not tear it down."

"I said it because I like it here."

Verin gently stroked the cold stone bricks.

"Do you know who built this city wall? That's right, it is the ancestor of my royal family, and the first king who conquered this land."

Verin's voice was hollow and magnetic, drifting out with the night wind.

"Victoria is the land that my Aslans plundered from others. It is a history that has been erased. Today's children only know the strength, wisdom, and leadership of the king, but very few people know that today's Victoria It was built on the sacrifice of many people."

Looking up, Verin drank the wine in the glass again, and she wiped her mouth with her snow-white sleeve freely and freely, which was something she would never do when she was usually noble and elegant.

"This city wall was built after my ancestors took full control of this country. Its significance is not only to resist foreign enemies, but also to remind the descendants of the royal blood that no matter what happens, they must guard this country. The city wall There are countless corpses of soldiers and soldiers buried under it, some compatriots and some enemies, listen carefully, this city wall can speak, it wants to tell the rulers of the past generations, what price will be paid if the gate of the country is broken."

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes floating in the air are gradually getting denser.

Xia Feng listened quietly to Verin's story about the city wall, and already understood what Verin wanted to express in his heart.

When the spirit of a country cannot be unified, no matter who is right or wrong, some people will not understand the ruler's choice, which is inevitable.

However, Xia Feng still didn't understand why Verin made such a choice.

Quietly looking at Verin's side face, Xia Feng asked the doubts in his heart.

"Why, Verin?"

At this moment, Verin's eyes staring at the night sky became more and more confused, but in the confusion, there was a trace of tired firmness mixed in.

"Yeah, why?"

Wei Lin did not tell Xia Feng the so-called "truth".

It's not because it's a secret, but because something that the other party can't understand has no meaning at all.

Or maybe, with Verin's wisdom, she didn't fully deduce the inevitable result, but as a royal blood, she had to make a choice, even if it was wrong in the end.

Verin has no intention of explaining, and Xia Feng will not pursue it. At this moment, he doesn't even care about the "truth" anymore.

There was only one thing he needed to confirm with Verin.

"Verin, do you want to protect this country?"

"of course."

"Also guarding your people?"

"The people are the foundation of the country, and without the people, the country ceases to exist."

Under the night sky, above the city wall, Xia Feng asked the last question.

"The people in your heart, including the infected?"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past the city wall, and the overcoat on Verin's shoulders was blown up by the gust of wind, and her golden hair was also scattered in all directions.

Because of the wind, Xia Feng only saw Verin's lips move slightly, but didn't hear what her answer was.

But Xia Feng was very sure, and Verin's answer was not affirmative.

Some things don't need to be pointed out deliberately, Verin is a smart person, and Xia Feng in her eyes is the same.

The difference in positions has already determined that their future paths will diverge.

But at least now, they can still chat face to face, of course, only now, at this moment, only at this point in time, on this city wall under the night sky.

Stretching out his hand, Xia Feng caught Verin's coat that was blown off by the wind.

Under the watchful eyes of dozens of Royal Knights, Xia Feng walked slowly to Verin and helped her put the coat on her shoulders again.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Are you going back south?"

"Yes."

"You will come back."

"of course."

A strange look flashed in Verin's eyes, she closed her eyes gently, and raised the corners of her mouth.

"Is it because of her, my sister?"

Xia Feng's answer did not hide anything.

"Yes."

This is the first time Verin has brought up her sister Verna.

"That child is a little different from me. She is stupider than me. Don't get me wrong. What I mean by stupid is not a derogatory term."

On the edge of the city wall, Xia Feng stood side by side with Verin.

"Do you know her well, your sister?"

Verin shook her head slightly.

"Since I was born, I have never spoken to her, but knowing a person does not only require verbal communication."

"Because you inherited the wisdom of the previous king?"

Hearing Xia Feng's words, Wei Lin's eyes darkened for a moment.

"Xia Feng, you know her, but you don't know me. Wisdom is a double-edged sword, and the so-called inheritance is the same. I've never been blindly confident. On the contrary, the smarter I am, the more I hesitate sometimes."

"yes."

"kindness."

"Then do you hesitate now?"

"maybe."

Tightening the coat on her shoulders, Verin sniffed, and then breathed a sigh of relief pretending to be relaxed.

I don't know if it was because of the cold, the circles of her eyes were a little red.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, Xia Feng, do you want to have a drink together? It's a farewell wine to you."

"My pleasure."

Xia Feng once hated Verin because she turned a blind eye to the situation of the infected, and he even had the extreme urge to kill Verin.

But at this moment, when he looked at Verin's thin body and her reddened ears, he couldn't bring up any hatred at all.

Is Verin really greedy for supreme power?

Does she really want to hold the imperial power firmly in her own hands, remove some hidden dangers that threaten her rule, and ensure her status?

he does not know.

Perhaps, this first princess, who inherited the [wisdom] of the previous king, is also looking at the world from an unimaginable height.

Just like him standing outside this world.

In the cold wind, after drinking bitter wine, Xia Feng left silently.

There was no goodbye, no farewell. Under the watchful eyes of Verin and the surveillance of the Royal Knights, Xia Feng walked down the city wall built by the former King Victoria.

He didn't realize it until a long, long time later, when Xia Feng left Victoria and sat under a cherry blossom tree to recall the past.

At that time, he recalled every detail of his conversation with Verin that night, and he realized why Verin's eyes were red at that time.

At the same time, he also understood why Verin would let him go back to the south after the conflict had been determined.

until several years later.

Even if the dust settles and everything that happened in the past is over, Xia Feng still cannot be sure whether Verin's choice at that time was wrong or not.

He could no longer seek answers in person.

Because, the meeting he had with Verin on the city wall that day turned out to be the last time in his life.

After that, until the end of Victoria's Dark Ages, he never saw Verin again.

(End of this chapter)