【Gillay】Beauty and the Beast

The location of the house of Gilfies and his wife is far away from the village.

Specifically, after leaving the only blacksmith's house at the very edge of the village, it is still necessary to ride a horse for a whole hour and a half to see a tall jujube tree and the not-so-tall house next to it, on the second floor. There are orchids on the balcony.

This is an unfortunate family from the imperial capital. The villagers only know that their arrival is due to an imperial order, but more things are neither explained nor inquired about.

Happy lives may all have something in common, but unhappiness has its own misfortune.Along with the arrival of this unfortunate family of three, there are successive laws and increasingly heavy taxes, and the property, food and daily necessities that the villagers can keep for themselves are decreasing day by day.

Probably in the second spring, the snow had just melted, and the creek started to make a "gudong gudong" sound.Mr. Gilfies plucked up his courage and came to the elderly village head's house to discuss.

In fact, even with all their calculations, it was exhausting for their family to survive this winter with their only savings and luck.If they can't find another way to survive, they can only sing the song of falling and dying in the next winter.

Fortunately, the villagers accepted them.

The red-haired Mr. Gilfies can do some financial-related work in the village, and anyone who knows this gentleman knows that ten hunting Mr. Gilfies is not as good as one Mr. Gilfies who settles accounts and socializes.They managed to communicate with several nearby villages, and carried out some economic activities that are a little dangerous under the current situation, in order to ensure normal life.

Fortunately, plagues and natural disasters seem to have forgotten this small corner, and rarely visit this area, so that people only need to think about breathing in the army and poverty.

In this way, five years have passed quietly and orderly.

Generally speaking, those orderly and consistent lives will not arouse the interest of authors and recorders. Only those thrilling and frightening stories will bring up the nature of people, so we can only describe the past five years in this way at most.The only predictably good thing that could happen in five years was that Mr. Gilfies' wild orchids would bloom.

Just when everyone thought life couldn't get any worse, the saddest thing happened as naturally as the snow melted.

The nightmare landed on the family of three again. It seemed that it wanted to take away the old Mr. Gilfies, but in the end it took the young red-haired hunter away.

On the first night, the lady watched the child who had left alone ride away on a horse and disappeared from her sight.Leaning against her emaciated husband, she couldn't hold back her tears.For Odin, no one knows what will happen to her child and what the consequences will be.

But just as the couple spent the night with insecurity, a letter suddenly appeared on their bedroom table.It was a rather delicate letter, the paper was smooth yet hard milky white, the square envelope was decorated with gold thread and shredded silver foil.In the center there is dark red melted wax on which is stamped a coat of arms with a squiggly "R" in the centre.

When the owner of the family opened the letter, a light golden light overflowed, illuminating the dark room that was kept to save resources.Mrs. Gilfies tightly covered her mouth, while Mr. Gilfies held the envelope with his hands, watching the letter float out of it by itself, floating in a position suitable for the two to read.

Dear Mr. Gilfies:

You kept your word, and I will not hold you accountable for your reckless mistakes.

Reinhardt

"what!"

Mrs. Gilfield gave a cry, and she pointed forward with trembling hands, and saw that the letter became brighter and brighter, and finally spread out, turning into a mirror in the middle, which they were proud of (still carrying full of reluctance and guilt), his son was lying on a big comfortable bed, sleeping peacefully in the gentle light of stars.

At this time, the couple who had grown old suddenly in five years finally let out a long sigh of relief, and they looked at each other.Mrs. Gilfield's tear-stained face finally showed a light smile.

Even if the unease and fear don't completely subside, life, like a river, must continue to flow.But the light gold mirror over there didn't disappear, and when the couple was upset, it would reflect the figure of their child.

Although the sound could not be heard specifically, the expression of little Gilfies was undoubtedly healthy and active.Even more miraculously, every morning when Mr. Gilfies goes out, a small box will appear at the door. The contents inside are different every day, including coins, ammunition and more expensive daily necessities.

On the morning of No.13, after Mrs. Gilfies finished her simple breakfast and cleaned up her room (including her child's room), she heard the crisp ringing of the doorbell outside.

who can that be?

With such doubts in mind, the hostess opened the door, and her tall child was smiling and looking at her shyly.

"Mother."

Little Gilfies stood there, and after being hugged tightly by his mother, he gently patted the woman who was already a head shorter than his child.

"Oh...my Chigurh."

The mother choked up and kissed the red-haired boy's cheek.Gilfies was also moved by the atmosphere of such a reunion, and put his arms around his mother's shoulders.

"Let's go in, Mom."

Unable to say any more words for the time being, Mrs. Gilfies nodded.

Skillfully using the hot water bottle at home, little Gilfies handed his mother a hot towel to wipe his face, and hoped that the other party didn't notice his reddened eye sockets, and secretly washed his face with cold water.

"Look at me, it's really outrageous."

"How come, mother."

Mrs. Gilfies shook her head. Even the heavy housework and life did not make her rude, and her upright posture could still see her discipline.

She finally laughed out, looked at her lost and recovered child with bloodshot eyes for a while, and continued, "Let me bring you something to eat, Ziggy."

Gilfies nodded, he knew that both his mother and himself needed a little time to get used to it.

In fact, he has already made up his mind to tell his parents about his wishes and choices, but as far as the current state is concerned, Gilfies thinks that he still needs to make up his mind again.

After a while, the hostess of the house brought a plate of dried persimmon cakes and a cup of hot apple milk tea.

"Thank you, mother."

Gilfies said sincerely.He looked around and knew that his mother had finished cleaning for the day. Generally, in the past, he would have been out hunting by this time.

Although only ten days have passed, Gilfies feels that such days have been away from him for a long time.

Even though he had just had a rich and unusual breakfast, it didn't affect Gilfies' taste of his hard persimmons and milk tea with relish.

"Did Dad go to the village?"

Gilfies' father would go hunting with his children a few years ago. Until Gilfies was completely independent in this profession, this father who seemed to be holding back his children rarely picked up a shotgun. up.

However, due to the departure of Gilfies and the Emperor's order, maybe my father will have to engage in this profession again.

Mrs. Gilfies nodded, her face seemed to be a little troubled, she put her hand on her cheek, she hesitated and then said: "Yes, but your father went to the village yesterday, this is already the second God."

This incident was obviously beyond Gilfies' expectations. He originally planned to explain his future intentions to his parents after his father returned home in the evening, but it seemed that he had to postpone it at this time.

And on the downside, his father never stayed out all night without saying hello.He fell into thinking immediately, and then he stood up, but just as he was about to move on, he saw his mother's hands clasped tightly.

"I'm sorry, Mom. First me, then Dad, you must be freaking out..."

The woman in front of Gilfies shook her head.In her body, there is a precious and strong quality.

"Don't apologize, Chigurh. We're a family, and we're never in debt to each other."

She said so, and, in fact, we knew that you were fine after you left.

Mrs. Gilfield looked at her child's face and told what happened after he left, and took him to look at the mirror with a soft light.

"Lord Reinhardt..."

Gilfies gently stroked the magic mirror that gave hope to the desperate couple, and murmured.

"Mother."

Gilfies turned to his mother, and he said firmly: "I'm going to pick up my father, you are not in good health, just wait here for us to come back, when we come back together, I want to announce something to you thing."

The lady looked at her child.Although he was always by his side, Ziggy seemed to have grown up, suddenly became independent, matured, and no longer dependent on his parents.

Suddenly, he chose his own future path.

The mother nodded and looked at the child who had to raise her head to look at her.

She knew that her child would always make the best choice, and now he was about to walk on the path he really chose, and she only hoped that her Siegfried could get what she really wanted.

Odin the most sublime, please don't take anything more that belongs to this child.

"I see, but at least take some bread with you, Chigurh."

The teenager nodded.In fact, he came back by riding Barbasaro, and in just a moment, he was back at the door of his house, so even if he went to the village, it was just another moment.Although he wasn't sure whether he should just take Shenjun away like this, but he was really worried about his father's situation.

However, in order to relieve the mother's uneasiness, it is nothing to bring an extra package of food.

So Mrs. Gilfies rushed into the kitchen immediately, took out the hard bread stored at home, found a tablecloth and quickly wrapped it up.

"Mother……"

Just when Gilfies hoped to persuade her mother not to panic too much, the doorbell rang for the second time today.The one who entered was a flustered young man in his early twelfth and thirties.

Particles of panic covered his whole body, his clothes were messy, and there was even blood oozing from his forehead.

Of course Gilfies knew him. On one night when the little boy was eight years old, he and Basa sent him to the next village overnight to treat his sudden asthma.

The embarrassed young man staggered into the room. Looking at the two people in the room, he couldn't seem to grasp who he should talk to, so he could only shout in front of him in desperation: "The king's army is coming!"

Gilfies looked at the chest of the other party who was panting violently, and stood in front of his mother as if to isolate the panic, and asked calmly, "Philip, what's going on? Can you speak slowly and clearly?"

In fact, it is not uncommon for the king's army to plunder wealth like a lottery, but it is a natural phenomenon that appears from time to time like rain.

The boy waved his hand in the air: "The grown-ups have all been caught—a, a lot of soldiers, and the magician group—" His tongue seemed to be unable to move normally, and his whole face was flushed, And the eye sockets have been completely swollen, and the eyes are also very free, it seems that he is really frightened.He shut his mouth abruptly, and stepped forward, trying to pull people away.

"Philip."

Gilfies stepped forward, and he pressed his hands on the other's thin and trembling shoulders.Under the gaze of those warm jade-like blue eyes, the young man finally didn't look so relapsed from asthma.

"It's okay, you are very brave, thank you for coming."

"Brother Zig..."

"Mother."

Siegfried turned around, he looked at his mother firmly, and then he called his partner who came with him just now.

"Barbarossa."

The scarlet god horse came in response to the sound and bowed to the three of them.

"This is my unfeeling request, I am very sorry, please take good care of them."

Gilfies said quickly and steadily, he turned around and asked the boy who was gently hugged and comforted by his mother: "Philip, where is the horse you were riding when you came here?"

The boy pointed in one direction, his hands still trembling uncontrollably.

"Zig!"

"Mom, I..."

Mother shook her head, her eyes were filled with tears when she looked at Siegfried, but she did not shed tears.

"Go, Chigurh. I know, my child is born extraordinary, you are a special child, do what you really want to do!"

The boy on the horseback nodded gratefully and said goodbye to his mother.

He didn't know what he was going to face, at least his mother's bread was going to come in handy.

Old Mr. Gilfies felt that there was no part of his body that was not in pain.

He once accidentally fell while lurking a rabbit in the past, breaking an arm in doing so.But now the pain he endured made him feel that his limbs had been twisted into several sections.But he was not injured anywhere, and all the pain came from the power of the magicians under the emperor's command.

"Everything in this world that is illuminated by the sun and the moon belongs to His Majesty. You guys who are nothing but caterpillars dare to exchange your Majesty's belongings at will. Even the deepest pain in the world can't offset your sins." !"

The people below were all huddled together in pain, and the soldiers shouted happily: "Peteralis! Caterpillars!"

After a while, the subordinate who was inspecting the population ran over, his fat chin was still dripping with sweat, and he shouted respectfully: "Your Excellency, there was indeed a person who escaped on a horse this morning, and there are still people in this village. A family of hunters, only men are here, women and children are not here."

"Hmph, there are some tricks, as expected, they are all things that dare to exchange items."

The fully armed magician laughed. He seemed to be saying something heinous, but there was a quite qualitative part in his tone, as if he was a cat chasing a wounded mouse.

With a wave of his hand, it condensed into a bow and arrow that radiated light.

"On a horse?"

He smiled and glanced at his subordinates who kept smiling and nodding from the corner of their eyes.After drawing the bow to its full capacity, the arrows made of rays of light flew out as if consciously.

"Where was the Orion just now?"

After lazily asking, he watched a red-haired man struggling to stand up.So the black magician raised his hand kindly, and the pain in the man's body was slightly relieved.

"Use your dog's nose to smell where the prey I just caught are, and then lead us to your kennel."

It seemed that they heard something particularly funny, and several magicians and cavalry burst out laughing upon hearing it.Then he booed and chased the trembling man onto the horse's back.

Old Mr. Gilfies prayed that little Philip would be safe, and thanked the army for its not strict discipline. It was already noon, and he should have arrived at the house by the forest.

But with the power of the omnipotent legion of wizards, escape seems impossible.

Unless there is help from that person...

Mr. Gilfies thought about it, he knew that there was a forbidden force, but he had no more choices.

The flames of hope are only momentarily extinguished by huge, viscous despair.Even Odin seemed to be snickering at some overly good delusion at this moment.

No sooner had the group stepped out of the village than the leading man laughed and announced that his mousetrap had caught an escaped riding mouse.

Then Mr. Gilfies saw the boy lying in a pool of blood amidst his own violent heartbeat.

The young man's red hair almost melted into the blood, and the golden arrow pierced his heart.

TBC