[Xin Wei] The old man never dies

seven,

With the passage of time and years of confinement, Alves' memory began to deteriorate.There was a rebellion in the royal capital, which was said to be initiated by the old and young of the previous dynasty, but it was quickly suppressed.But the news made him shudder. Occasionally, many years later, when he woke up in the morning, he still felt that his children were in danger and wanted to save them, and then he slowly remembered that this incident seemed to have passed.He can no longer tell what happened ten years ago from what happened 20 years ago.Yulia was married and brought the child to him. He hugged the red-haired child, thinking that he was holding her as a baby one day not long after they got married.

He is no longer dissatisfied with fate.The former majestic emperor has also become a soft-spoken, frail old man.Someone might have tried to find him when the rebellion happened, but seeing Alves' current state gave up their purpose.

Only in the presence of Singold did he occasionally revert to his former form.

"In your eyes, what do I look like now?"

"It hasn't changed much from before." Singold replied seriously.

"Do you take me for a confused old man?"

"Would you like to beat your back?" Singold asked him jokingly.

The cat is also old now, has lost a lot of hair, and has become very fat.It sat on Alves' lap and meowed lazily at it a few times.

"My cat will laugh at you now." Alves said, not knowing where he learned the language of cats. "I really feel like I'm dying now... Every time the season changes, I get a fever. The last time it lasted for several months, I always felt that I couldn't live anymore..."

Singold was silent.Every time we met, Alves would become a little older, and it gradually became like this.Condensing a person's life into dozens of days of memory... Even though every day is so ordinary, he still feels thrilling.The meeting in the capital is like a lifetime away.

"The next time we meet..." he said.

"There is no next time. This is the last. Please, I don't want you to see me die in the end."

Singold found himself not waking up in bed. He fell on the grass by the lake, his whole body aching like he had fallen from a horse when he was a boy.Dazed again, he slowly propped himself up and sat up, looking at the tranquil lake.The great lake of Verdan stretches as far as the eye can see, and the waves beat against the shore, like the sound of the tide that he was used to hearing when he was in Siaf.

He heard his horse neighing in the distance, and with the sound of hooves, another incredible person appeared.

"Ah...you're awake, that's great." The girl he saw in the forest last time seemed to be attracted by his horse.She lifted her skirt and walked carefully by the slippery lake, with the forest fog behind her.His eyes were also foggy.She looked only fifteen or sixteen, a little younger than he thought.

Singold only felt a splitting headache, and after a while, memory and reason slowly came to his mind.

"Are you Tia Dora?" he said. "Did you find me?"

The girl was stunned: "How do you know my name? I saw you lying by the lake earlier, maybe you were thrown off by a horse, and you have been in a coma. I have no way to treat it, so I can only think of going to the village to find it. people."

"...Actually, I am the knight of Gulan Bell. I came here this time to find you." Singold blushed a while when he was lying, but compared with the crime he was going to commit next, lying was really true. It's nothing. "I want to... take you to meet your loved ones. That's why I'm here."

"Dear one?" She was a little uneasy. "But I have no relatives."

"Your father is the Celtic prince of Granbell, and your mother is Duchess Xijun of Virtoma." He said things that he shouldn't know. "There should be Naga's stigmata on your body... So, staying in this forest will be dangerous, at least I will take you out."

"What you said is ridiculous, but I don't feel like it's a lie..." she murmured, touching her tiara. "My mother, they told me she died after giving birth to me, but there is a possibility that my father is still alive."

"Yes. He may encounter accidents at any time, at least go to meet him before then. And...you have an older brother."

"Huh? I still have a brother?" The girl looked surprised.

"...he must really want to see you..."

Tia Dora took him back to her hut.Singold vaguely felt that it was not good to just break into the room like this, so she had to go in after she joked, "It really is Mr. Knight".

The place where she lived looked modest, with nothing but the necessities of life, but the girl took care to make it look like a comfortable place.She weaves a ring out of grass leaves collected in the forest, and after drying, inserts colorful flowers in the middle of the hay.There are some small bottles and jars on the windowsill, and various wild flowers are planted.When Singold stepped into the room, he heard a hissing sound. He looked down and saw that it was a small snake, which got into the crack of the floor and disappeared.

The girl laughed behind him: "Does it scare you? There are often snakes in this place, but they don't bite."

Singold explained her life experience and situation as much as possible, except for some parts he didn't understand, Diadora should now have enough information.She hesitated for a long time, saying that the rule of the clan is that she is not allowed to go out, and as long as she leaves, she will bring disaster to others... She has been educated like this since she was a child.Singold could only put on a serious preaching attitude, saying that such things are superstitious, that your father and brother will definitely want to see you, and you are not a disaster to them.

Saying this seemed to have an effect—she softened, and soon agreed to leave the forest with him.

When Singold helped her to the horse, the girl lowered her head and looked at him tenderly.

"My existence can bring happiness to others... You are the first person to say that to me."

Singold was still thinking about it when he left Verdan, and he was also thinking about Alves.This isn't a farewell... I'll be back, he thought.After the war has begun, there is still a chance...

Everyone who can notify has notified, but the war still broke out after returning to Xi Yafei.Byron blamed him for coming back too late. If it was any later, His Excellency the Duke would follow the prince to fight against Yitzhak.Knowing that the prince had left, Singold had no choice but to place Tiadora in the city of Xiafei.Forced by the situation, he was not at ease sending her to a place as far away as the capital.

The letter to Alves fell into the sea, and no reply was even received.During the war years, letters were often lost on the road.There was nothing he could do.Soon after, he took the rest of Shiafei's army to the aid of Urgwi.Since they set off earlier than they should have gone, they did not wait for backup, and the battle became very difficult. After recapturing the city of Uguvi, the army informed him that an envoy from the capital of the king had arrived from Bahara.

Singold got ready early.Alves entered the city, and was immediately invited by Singold to his room. Everyone left, and only the two of them looked at each other.

"I'm curious, what 'personal' words do you have to say to me, the envoy of the king?" Alves said. "I'm just conveying His Majesty's will."

When he was in the capital, Alves also met this young man several times, and he could feel that Singold was very eager to get to know himself.However, according to Alves' temper, the more he was like this, the less interested he was, so he didn't care about Singold in the end.He didn't pay much attention to Yuguwei's war, it was just a simple war with the barbarians...

Just as he was thinking, Singold grabbed his hand.

Alves had never been touched so boldly before. Before he could react, he was already tightly hugged by Singold.His shock quickly turned to surprise.Singold buried his head in his shoulder, sobbing like a child.Such a warm touch made him suddenly soften his heart.

"What's wrong?" Alves thought, could it be because the kid was too stimulated when he went to the battlefield for the first time?

"Alves, I finally met you..."

Alves didn't push him away in the end.

He thought he would, the Duke of Veltomart is a very cold person, no one has ever dared to get close to or please him, let alone hug him like this.In other words, Alves has absolutely no experience in dealing with such emergencies.

"What's the matter?" He remembered the tricks he used to coax his younger brother before, so he had to give it a try. "Did someone bully you?"

Singold was being bullied by others... It didn't sound right.Alves thought as he patted the opponent on the back.

"It's all your fault, you always leave me alone."

"I don't remember doing this kind of thing myself, you are talking about someone else." Alves thought for a while. "Or someone who looks a lot like me. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it never happened."

Singold gradually calmed down, he let go of Alves, and looked at him carefully.Long crimson hair draped over her shoulders, a thin face, and delicate eyebrows raised slightly, she seemed to be thousands of miles away from others, without any feeling of intimacy.

"I'm not..." Singold said bitterly. "It's not about admitting the wrong person."

"Then when did I get drunk and abandon you at a banquet?"

"Have you ever been really drunk?"

Alves sighed: "No, no."

"So, are you planning to go back to the capital?"

"I'll go back tomorrow."

"Then even if I lock you up here, I will keep you here."

"Wait, what happened?" Alves was shocked, and a lot of conspiracy theories flashed through his mind, such as the holy sword master blatantly detaining the envoy, which is the rhythm of rebellion, and the king's capital Bahara has no leader if Singh The consequences of Germany's rebellion are disastrous... and so on and so on.He must be wrong, for Singold was watching him quietly.

"There's a lot going on..." he said. "But first, I need you right now."