People in Mond, arrogant sun, not hated

"Go find people like me, go meet people who also want you to live, [humans] are such creatures, only by supporting each other can we live in this cruel and beautiful world."

"It's like carrying a weight, carry [weight] that keeps your feet on the ground."

Elmes' eyes widened.

He put down his half-drunk glass and stared silently at his own reflection in the golden liquid.

A few seconds later, he suddenly touched his cheek with his hand.

Before I realized it, something slipped down.

But it was not because of what Falja said just now, but because of what he understood at that moment.

The last words they sent themselves.

[live well]

"It turns out that you... hope that I can live [well]?"

He uttered a question that he didn't know who he was asking.

then--

Under Falga's puzzled gaze, Elmes held his hand tightly.

"In exchange, Falja, I also hope you can live."

"This is the [contract]."

He decided to live.

to live in the city.

Find the [weight] you need to carry in order to live.

so......

No more fear.

There is no need to refuse any more.

Elmes closed his eyes lightly.

"Oh~~"

Falja slowly opened his mouth wide.

It's just that I can feel the strange changes subtly, like seeing cracks slowly appear on a snow-white cicada pupa, and beautiful butterflies emerge from the pupa bit by bit.

The appearance has not changed.

His expression didn't change.

The action hasn't changed either.

But just in every second of breathing, every second of slowly opening eyes, you can clearly feel the extremely vivid changes.

It was a strange growth Falja had never seen before.

But one can feel a strange sense of beauty, which is the beauty of life transformation, comparable to the miracle of evolution.

The original puppy-like temperament slowly faded like a mirage, and then slowly changed bit by bit, and finally formed an appearance that only belonged to him.

It was at this time that the ghost abandoned by the world finally chose to move from [negative number] to [0].

When the other party opened their eyes again.

A boy sat in front of him.

"The trainee knight of the West Wind Knights, Elmes Youlin, Grandmaster Falga..."

Looking at the sluggish Falga, Elmes had a wicked smile on his face.

"From now on, please take care of me."

Chapter 74: A man must stand upright until he dies

"Ah! It hurts, hurts, hurts!!!"

In the infirmary of the knight order, the man's screams could not be concealed.

After treating the last wound, Elmes sighed speechlessly, staring helplessly and chattering.

"Don't suffer such a serious injury if you know it hurts. I really don't understand what you think."

"Slightly... lightly! Hiss—"

Falja turned his head to look at this brat who had become more and more vicious recently.

Since the transformation that night a month ago, the other party's behavior, words and deeds have become more and more mature, and his mouth has become more and more dexterous.

Ability and mentality are much stronger than some adults.

"If you are in our line of work, it is inevitable that you will get stabbed a few times, and you will know it in the future."

"I don't want to be clear about that kind of thing—and please don't call knights the same as [the underworld]? We're government jobs."

Sometimes some strange nouns come out of my mouth, and I also understand some messy knowledge for no reason.

Really curious.

But Elmes ignored this, he poked Falga's wound angrily, and said angrily with his palms on his face while he was yelling.

"Hey, obviously you don't need to get hurt, who told you to be brave! Whether it's letting go of that Fire Ax Qiuqiu thug, or don't worry about those two idiots who rushed up to grab credit, as long as you do any of these things, you won't be injured. occur."

During a mission yesterday, Falja led a team of inexperienced knights to accumulate experience in order to expel a large Chuchu tribe that had gathered recently.

Originally, the overwhelming disparity in strength between Falja and the Qiuqiu people would not have been surprising at all.

After easily defeating more than 100 Qiuqiu people, the strongest Qiuqiu thug in that tribe saw the difference in strength and prepared to run away without hesitation.

Originally, there was nothing here. After all, the measures taken by the Knights against the Qiuqiu people were not to kill them, but to expel them.

This result is gratifying.

But there is——

Seeing how easy it was to fight, two Sand Sculpture Vegetarian Chickens immediately got carried away, and rushed forward to kill the strongest Qiuqiu thugs to show their presence.

As a result, their hands and legs were easily slapped off, and they lay on the ground crying as if their balls had been cut, and when they were almost split in half by an axe.

Falja rushed up as fast as he could.

During that time when no one could react, those two idiots were saved at the cost of being hit with an ax on their backs.

Then he slashed his sword to end the battle.

Compared with elemental creatures, human beings are a typical race with high attack and low defense. Even a strong person like the grand leader is a crispy skin compared to the same level.

He really bled all over the place on the spot, and he was so angry that he almost chopped off the future of those two guys after the end.

"Hahaha, it's the leader's duty to protect the members. They are just immature. Everyone has this kind of time. Don't be too harsh on the newcomers."

Elmes' gaze remained unchanged.

"Oh, really? Those two idiots are crying and trying to quit the Knights now."

"Ahahaha, this... can't be helped, after all, not everyone can adapt to fighting..."

"Hey! You have to limit yourself to a good old man! Putting aside professional ethics, you don't know those two fools at all."

It may sound noble to risk your life for someone you don't know, but for someone who cares about him, this is simply the most hair-raising behavior.

"and also......"

Elmes slowly clenched his fists, his eyes became extremely serious, and he said in a low voice.

"Compared to two people I don't know, your life is definitely more important to me and most people."

"Falga, you are the head of the Zephyr Knights, please pay more attention to yourself."

Those purple eyes stared at him clearly, and the two just stared at each other in silence.

Falja scratched his head with a dry smile, sighed, then reached out and poked his head violently.

"It hurts! What are you doing?"

"Hahaha I just didn't expect you to care about me so much, but I told you in advance that if this situation still exists, I will probably still do it."

He wasn't going to make false promises to the kid.

"why?!!"

"It's the same as what you said, because I am Falga, the Grand Master of the Zephyr Knights."

"When the members of the regiment are facing a crisis, and even Mond is in crisis in the future, if even I, who is standing at the [highest point], dodges backwards, who else can stand up?"

Falja said with a smile, there was no haze in that posture and eyes.

"Ermes, listen up. I told you in the past about three reasons to live in this world."

Elmes nodded.

"It's instinct, desire, and belief."

"Yes, for me, my belief is to protect the peace of Mond and the tranquility of the people. This is what I have to do even if I suppress my instincts and desires."

"When the sky falls, tall people will go to the top. Before Lord Barbatos wakes up, I am the highest point of Mond. The tallest person has to bear the heaviest weight. This point, I’ve already made up my mind before I get to this position.”

"......."

Elmes clenched his fists and remained silent.

Do not understand.

If you stand at the highest point and protect others, then no one can protect you.

Can not agree, can not accept.

It's just the so-called [power]...

I always—

"Don't think about it! I won't leave you behind."

Falja snorted dotingly, and stroked the other person's head like stroking a cat. Falja seemed to recall something in a trance, and he said softly with a bit of nostalgia.

"It was the same with [him] back then, just to save a child who was clearly a stranger... But he carried out his beliefs until death, hum, I don't want to lose to him."

Elmes lowered his head, and suddenly put his hand on the hilt of his sword, a hollow light seemed to flash in the depths of his eyes.

he read softly.

"Falja, do you want me to be like him?"

A knight who can sacrifice himself for others and illuminate his surroundings like the sun.

Now recall.

For him at that time, Falja's words had an impact on him all the time, if the answer at that time was yes.

Then he will definitely do it.

but---

"of course not."

"what?"

Elmes looked up blankly.

Falja tapped his head again with a knife in his hand, and put his hands on his hips helplessly.

"What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of things do you want to do in the future? These are your own choices. Don't forget that this is a [free] country, and everyone has the right to choose. I hope you realize that too.”

"To broaden your own path, to live out your own life, to create your own beliefs, and to puff up your chest and laugh loudly until you die. This is my most sincere expectation for you."

Falja poked his forehead with two fingers like a well-known ninja, and once again showed his symbolic bold laughter as if to sweep away the atmosphere.

"But as a man, you must keep your promises, and don't succumb to violence, don't make girls cry, then you will be a man in vain. You must stand up until you die."

"Live proudly with a smile on your face."

Chapter 75: May the Torch Be Passed on, Virtue Is Everlasting (7/24)