Perhaps Hayes was really lucky. After the blessings were over, the big families in the town announced that to celebrate the return of their children, a free banquet would be open to everyone, right in the square in front of the church.
Afterwards, all kinds of food and wine were taken out one by one, and the tables were connected together for a hundred meters long. People from all identities gathered in the town, and bands were playing on the side.
Of course, the most popular ones are various "fish". They are cooked in various ways, including but not limited to boiling, steaming, baking, etc., eliminating the odor as much as possible, retaining the tender and juicy flavor, but Hayes can't eat it again after eating it a little.
There was laughter and joy around him, but his heart was cold, and there was a fire-like anger mixed in it.
While everyone was feasting on the food that others earned with their lives, those who were really working were turned away, especially when the fat bishop showed off his new, golden, gem-filled scepter to those around him, Hays really wanted to shoot him.
Where did the bishop in a poor area get the money to buy such a luxurious scepter? You can even think about it with your butt.
I don't know how many blood of the dead soldiers were stained with that scepter.
Hayes immediately lost his appetite, and after eating something simple, he returned to the hotel with his wife.
"...I hate those upper class people who spend a lot of money, the minds of every household, and the priests who only promote the glory of the emperor on their mouths, but before everyone thought that without them, we could not fight against the enemy at all, but after everyone bleeded, I found that I could not protect what they loved.
"Haes, it's not actually the case in all places."
"Maybe."
Hayes was half lying on the bed, staring at the gray and moldy ceiling.
"I just feel disgusted with all that, seeing these cruel things, sometimes, you forget about the better things."
“The good things always exist.”
"Maybe, the priest in the battle group is brave. He has always been the bravest ones I think, but he cannot keep death and pain out. When bullets hit, faith failed to save him."
Anlina poked Hayes's face.
"I don't like listening to you."
"Yes, I don't like it either."
Jalinna reached out to Hayes's face and stroked the faint scars.
"We can't have no faith, it's something that will keep people alive every day."
"Honestly, I think of you in the last moment, not the throne."
Hayes hesitated for a moment.
"If a person's soul goes to the throne, and his family and loved ones are to suffer in reality, what's the point?"
"Where did you learn these words?"
"My company commander, my battalion commander."
Jialinna hugged him tighter.
"Haes, this is a vast and lonely universe. We don't matter. We will disappear soon and become a speck of dust in the starry sky. But now, at this moment, there are only me and you, and Sister An, who are what I stick to."
She looked at Hayes's only eyes.
"No matter what, the throne is still kind to us, and don't be obscured by those ugly things."
"I see."
The next day, the three of them left Linhu Town and went to the place where Habrey's house was located. It was not far from Linhu Town. Although the bottom nest was not peaceful during this period, it was relatively better under the "special period" of the Ministry of Justice. They followed the convoy to the place called Tiecong Town.
Although it is a town, it is actually very large in scale. Its origin is said to have come from a serious accident. A factory in the lower nest and surrounding neighborhood collapsed directly to the bottom nest and fell heavily on the wasteland, forming a settlement composed of a large amount of metal debris and garbage.
Garbage in the bottom nest means treasures and resources, thus attracting a large number of scavengers.
Habrey and Peak both came from this place, but unexpectedly they didn't know each other. It can be seen that the size of this place is almost a small city, with various simple sheds and tents densely packed like parasites attached to a crab's body. The prosperity of people coming and going is no worse than that of some neighborhoods in the lower nest.
However, when Hayes followed the address and asked a bunch of people to look for it, the only thing that caught his eye was a pile of charred ruins at the end of the alley.
"Who are you... looking for?"
This is, an old man with a broom walked out on one side of the alley.
"Where is the Habrey family?"
When Hayes mentioned Hays, the old man was stunned at first, then shook his head, sighed, and walked to the ruins.
"Little Habrey is a good boy. Why do those bastards beg him to join the army..."
"Is this—"
The old man wiped his tears and shook his head.
"This is the home of the Habreys... The couple is in poor health. Mrs. Habrey has been ill in bed all year round. After Little Habrey was arrested, Mrs. Habrey sat at the door every day waiting for him to come back. Old Habrey had to take care of her and pick up the scattered family... As a result, a year after Little Habrey was arrested, it was said that the stove might have caught fire. When everyone was sleeping, the fire was already big... The couple couldn't run out. When they were found, Old Habrey was still holding his wife tightly. Maybe she fell down a few meters away from the door. Oh, it's a pity. They also had a photo with Little Habrey in their arms. It was a very filial child when they picked up a recycling motor and asked someone to take photos of the couple. He was really a very filial child. I don't know how uncomfortable it would be when I came back. Uh, you guys..."
Hayes clenched his fists tightly, and suddenly, he turned around and hit the wall beside him.
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He roared and beat the wall, as if he was hitting a non-existent enemy, frightening the old man and retreating several steps with his head shrank.
"Hays! Hayes!"
Jalinna and Andina quickly pulled him from left and right. At this time, the wall had been smashed into a shallow pit by his prosthesis. The white lime peeled off and exposed the bricks inside, and there were still blood stains left. It was left by Hayes's other fist.
"Don't do this, Hayes..."
"Why, wuwuwu—why is this happening—"
Hayes lowered his head and sobbed, his forehead against the wall, and slowly fell to the ground.
"It shouldn't be like this. Everyone, everyone sacrificed and dedicated it, it shouldn't be like this..."
His two wives squatted beside him and watched him like this, and she burst into tears with pain, but she still tried her best to comfort him.
After a while, Hayes asked the old man about the location where the old couple was buried. After the other party knew that Hayes was Habrey's comrade-in-arms and the death of Habrey, he insisted on taking him there in person.
It was a desolate cemetery, with unattended souls buried. The couple even shared the same tomb, and their tombstone was also made by the old neighbors. It was just two very simple crosses, and the photo they protected until death was nailed to Mrs. Habrey's tombstone.
After taking the photo of the mottled and charred traces, Hayes saw a kind couple sitting on a chair, with furry covered in leather jackets, standing behind the couple with a smile, with hands on their adoptive parents' shoulders.
Hayes took a deep breath, took out Habrey's expedition manual and his nameplate, and the savings he had saved for his adoptive parents, squatted down, threw a pit on the ground with his hands, put the things inside, and buried them again with soil.
Chapter completed!