Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 55 Knights
"Run away?" Lucia looked at the embarrassed Christopher in front of her, and said in surprise, "I remember that guy was still breathing in when I left yesterday. He could run all night after sleeping. Can't both of you find out?"

The young Gulong Knight blushed, coughed twice and said, "Your Highness is joking, I only go to help Tolisha occasionally, and I don't live there at night."

Lucia was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that the other party's focus had been misplaced, but thinking about what he said seemed to be ambiguous, so he had to laugh twice to remove the topic, "Then when he left, Didn't you leave a note or something for Tolisha?"

"This is indeed—" Christopher said, reaching out to unbutton the breastplate, and took out a roll of crumpled cloth strips from his inner pocket and handed it to Lucia, "He stuffed this thing under the pillow of the hospital bed, and on it There is also an ingot of gold pressed, you can take a look."

Lucia took the cloth strip and unfolded it. There was a line of big characters crookedly written on it with an ink pen. If he hadn't studied a little bit of runes, which mainly expresses shapes and meanings, he might not be able to recognize them.

"Doctor, knight, and that white-haired little brother, I asked the bastards in the room about you, thank you, this piece of gold is barely repayment-it is your misfortune to meet a guy like me, we are hereby Farewell, I hope we will never meet again in the future.”

God TM white-haired little brother!
Lucia complained angrily in her heart, as a son of Omen who has a high probability of royal blood, and is even a close relative of the Menggetmeng brothers, can you be more careful with the words, at least white and silver, hairy Let's make a distinction between each other, okay?

He frowned and looked at the handwriting on the cloth strip full of eye lethality, thinking that this young man is really a weird person, he casually took out this amount of money to thank others, and at the same time showed that he was almost full of blood between the lines. The overflowing inferiority complex, it is rare to meet a few human beings who are willing to treat him kindly in the outside world, but they refuse to heal their injuries and run away overnight. Isn't it too awkward?

But calm down and think about it carefully, my thinking mode is completely based on understanding the cause and effect of the omen, and treating them as normal creatures, for those children who have lived in the dirty and bloody gutter since childhood It is a blessing in misfortune not to grow into an old pervert like the later blood king Munger.

"Besides, there is one more thing to do to meet His Highness today." Christopher struggled to decide what to say, and after changing his expression several times, he chose to stand up and step back a few steps, and said with a deep bow, "I want to apologize for my I apologize to Your Highness for the presumptuous behavior caused by ignorance and madness."

"Apologize?" Lucia raised her eyebrows slightly, "Why?"

After overcoming the initial psychological barrier, Christopher has completely calmed down. He lowered his head, stared at the ground, and said: "Since His Highness came to the capital, I, like many colleagues in the Ancient Dragon Temple, have regarded His Highness as a A trouble imposed on Mr. Lance and the entire temple, yesterday in Tolisha's medical hall, I even uttered similar blasphemous words myself."

"You misunderstood," Lucia interrupted his statement, "I'm not asking about the mistakes you think you made, but the reasons that prompted you to change your mind."

He lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "As for the troubles - even if you don't say so, or even think so in your heart, as far as I am concerned, I will feel that I am indeed a trouble."

"Your Highness, you." Christopher was a little dazed for a moment. Before coming to the Valyrian Palace today, he had considered countless possibilities, and was even prepared to receive any form of punishment. However, at this moment, Lucia's reaction It still far exceeded his expectations.

"Oh, there's no need to be so nervous, it's just a casual chat." Lucia got up and came to Christopher's side, patted him on the shoulder casually, and signaled him to go back and sit down, while she continued to walk idly in the living room step.

"From the day I was born, I knew that I was the biggest trouble that the Ancient Dragon Dynasty had encountered in the millennium - the members of the Presbyterian Council and even the Senate were not sure how to treat me, and someone wanted to sell me to the Golden Dynasty for a fortune , someone wants to control me secretly so as to seize the power to compete with the two priests, and about half, or a third of them are still willing to continue their loyalty to my parents in me, but before witnessing my potential to be a king with their own eyes , the stubbornness and pride of the Dragon Clan finally made it difficult for them to surrender easily."

"It's even more so when it comes to you. Those knights who have only learned ancient dragon combat skills and are still loyal to the Golden Dynasty don't matter, but it doesn't matter to you, Christopher, to the hundreds of ancient dragon knights who are loyal to Sky City, and even For Sister Lance, I am indeed a big trouble that cannot be escaped."

"Before the Gulong clan had their own gods and men, the conflict between the temple and the new party was limited to some innocuous missionary rights at best. The big battle that killed most of Rodel ten years ago has passed, so there is no such thing as a small fight. It’s hard to get past it, but it’s different now—” Lucia spread her palms and smiled helplessly, “Sitting on the position of a god-man, whether I want to or not, I have to take charge of the law of the next era. work hard.”

"And all those who stand by my side either voluntarily or have no choice, for those fanatics who pursue fundamentalism, are obstacles that must be cleared on the road to practicing their beliefs." He pointed to the sky, "This is the destiny written by the supreme god for all of us, and no creature in the world can change it, and the same is true for demigods and gods."

"So—" He turned around and stared into the eyes of the young knight. The bright sunlight reflected from behind him through the floor-to-ceiling windows, as if to illuminate the deepest and most subtle thoughts in his heart, "I am such a With so much trouble ahead, why would you change your mind?"

"Because Your Highness was not worried about the trouble that the omen might bring you, and saved him." This time, Christopher stood up and looked at Lucia calmly, without any hesitation in his eyes, "Your Highness is One of the most noble gods and men in the world today, he is the son of the curse who is reviled by all, and you just answered his call for help like a mortal who rescued another mortal who is equal to yourself."

"Among the three types of people you mentioned, I am not a rebel with ulterior motives, nor a scheming strategist, let alone the stubbornness and pride of the dragon clan." He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I A knight, and only a knight."

"The knight's creed is only one - because he heard someone worth saving calling for help, so he must save him."

"For this reason, I came to the Ancient Dragon Temple, and I have carried it all the way to this day. If I am one of the people who have no choice but to stand beside His Highness," the young knight smiled gently and slightly shyly. , "Then this alone is enough."

　ps. There is another chapter in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)