The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Oh! So the one standing next to you today is Knight Cadigoya!" Soran said with sudden realization: "I thought he was your father, Lord Marquis Barbatos!"

"But luckily, I didn't scream out loud, otherwise it would have been really embarrassing!"

Upon hearing this, Kzerovinia looked at Soran with disgust, and then said in a strange tone: "If you can't use your eyes, throw them away!"

"How do you know that Uncle Kedigoya is my father's?"

Soran knew that he was in the wrong, so he could only smile awkwardly and did not respond to what Kezerovinia said...

"But seriously, where is your father the Marquis? Didn't he come with you?" Soran asked curiously.

"Him!" Kzerovinia said, as if recalling some unforgettable memory, and then paused.

After a while, he said in a somewhat dejected tone: "He may have died in the battle now!"

"What do you mean?" Soran was stunned, his face full of confusion.

Kezerovinia seemed to have let it go, and said indifferently: "When the Kingdom of Essex attacked, my father responded to the call of His Majesty the King and personally led 2 troops to the southern defense line to participate in the war and support the front line!"

"Later, the southern defense line was breached by the Kingdom of Essex, so they retreated to Fort McClelland in the Netherlands County and continued to resist the attack of the Kingdom of Essex together with Duke McClelland."

"Later on, only Grandpa James came back to Cassel County from the battlefield with a letter, and told us to pack up our things and flee to the Principality of Glia."

"The letter said: As a vassal of His Majesty the King and the patriarch of the Barbatos Marquisate, his duty is to protect the safety of the kingdom and the inheritance of the family;"

"But now, the fierce offensive of the Kingdom of Essex has become unstoppable, so the destruction of the Kingdom of Midburg has become a foregone conclusion;"

"The kingdom is about to fall, the heritage is about to be lost, and my father feels that he has failed in his duty, so he no longer intends to live in the world, but chooses to hold his ground and resist the attack of the Kingdom of Essex to the death."

"But the family name and bloodline of the Marquis Barbatos family cannot be cut off, so he asked Grandpa James to take me and my sister and others to flee to the Principality of Glia, or even the Chaos Empire, to leave a trace of the Marquis Barbatos family's bloodline."

"So in the end, I never saw him again!"

"Ugh……"

Although the last sigh from Xerovinia was so small and almost imperceptible, Soran still heard it keenly.

Therefore, it can be seen that his true inner feelings are not as indifferent as he appears now.

“Sorry for bringing up your sad story, brother!” Soran really didn’t know how to comfort a man, so he could only choose to apologize to ease the embarrassment.

"No problem, this is my father's own choice!" Kzerovinia responded, and then asked: "Soran, do you know why I came to you so late?"

Soran shook his head, indicating that he didn't know!

Could it be that the other person really came to see me because he couldn't sleep?

Soran doesn't believe it!

"Because to some extent, we have the same background and experience!"

"Although I am an illegitimate child and you are the second son, we were both neglected people. In the end, for various reasons, we had to leave where we lived and go to the Donbass Knight Academy to study."

"Now, through our own efforts, we have finally gotten rid of the shackles of the past and have achieved some success!"

"Now, even our respective fathers have sacrificed their lives for the country and died a martyrdom!"

Kzerovinia looked at Soran firmly: "So, I actually understand your current mood. I know you will definitely not fall asleep tonight! Right?"

Soran nodded!

After all, that's the truth!

"I don't know how close you are to your father, but I couldn't sleep the night I knew my father might die in battle!" Kzerovinia said to himself, "But I can be sure that I am not like this just because of his death, because I know that the relationship between him and I is not that deep!"

"But now, I understand! I couldn't sleep because I lost a supporter, or because I didn't know whether to be happy or sad!"

"So you are trying to enlighten me?" Soran asked.

"No!" Kzerovinia refused directly: "I'm just telling you some of my worries! After all, these things weigh on my heart, and it's quite uncomfortable!"

"Of course, if I can enlighten you, that's fine!"

Soran gave a fake grin!

Don't tell me!

After hearing what Kzerovinia said, he realized that it was true in his thoughts!