"Is it to defend the country..."

"It doesn't seem to be true. I'm not so great or so ambitious."

"Is it to gain great fame, to leave a name in history, and to be popular among beauties...?"

"It doesn't seem to be... I'm not interested in fame and reputation, and the fact that I have been named in history. I'm welcomed by beauties... My reason for fighting doesn't seem to be so superficial..."

Speaking of this, Roche fell silent again.

It seems to be rethinking.

Re-thinking the question Barrister had just thrown at him.

And Barrister was not in a hurry.

Waiting silently for Roche's thoughts.

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"Now when you think about it carefully, it seems that the reason why I tried so hard to defend this country is not for such a great reason."

Roche finally spoke out and broke the silence.

"The reason why I have fought all the way to this day is that I have been infected by those old seniors..."

"Old senior?"

"Um."

Roche seemed to recall something beautiful, and a soft smile appeared on his face as if he was calm.

"In the army, there are three seniors who are good at me and I respect very much."

"Those three old seniors are enough to be my grandfathers in terms of age."

"At such a big age, I am still fighting bloody battles on the frontline of the battlefield, giving all my efforts to this country..."

"It makes young people like me feel inferior to themselves..."

"I have a lot of longing for these old seniors."

"I look forward to their heroic attitude of being at their age and still willing to stand on the frontline of the battlefield for their respective beliefs..."

"Maybe it was my longing for them that turned into my motivation."

"When I think of the old seniors who are so old, they are still burning themselves."

"How can a young man like me fall behind?"

After saying that, Roche broke the branch in his hand that had been using to fiddle with the bonfire since the beginning, and threw it into the bonfire.

"So..." Barrister whispered, "Is it because you are looking forward to those old seniors that you have been fighting to this day?"

"Well, I can say that."

"It feels a bit boring," Barrister said in a half-joking tone. "I thought the reason why you have been fighting bloody will be more magnificent, such as to protect the health of the people of the empire."

"Don't think of me too great." Roche smiled bitterly, "I said just now-I'm not so noble."

"It feels like it's really worth it to fight for life for such a reason..."

"Hmm? Why do you say that?"

"If it is to protect the people of the country and to fight bloody battles to drive away the invaders with high-end reasons, it is easier to accept."

"I just want to look forward to the figures of my predecessors and don't want to fall into it, so I have to fight for my own lives... I really can't understand..."

"It's like betting on your own fingers and betting on a freshly baked bread..."

As soon as Barrister finished speaking, Roche laughed a few times.

"It's normal to find it difficult to understand."

"Humans are a very strange creature."

"There will always be an impulse for no reason to do something that is difficult to understand in the eyes of ordinary people."

"...I am a person who has received higher education." Barrister sighed softly, "I can always say something that is difficult to understand..."

After Roche made a haha, he threw the last piece of wooden branch in his hand into the bonfire.

Then lie on the side.

"Okay, let's stop chatting and go to bed. We will continue to rush tomorrow."

"Well, I just happened to be tired...well?"

Barrist suddenly realized something.

He raised his hands.

"Hey, don't you tie my hands back?"

After encountering the armed merchant group today, Roche, who mistakenly thought that the armed merchant group would cause them to cut off the hemp rope that tied Barrister's hands.

Since then, Roche has never tied Barrister's hands up.

It was not until just now that Barrister realized this.

"how?"

Roche asked Barrister in a half-joking tone.

"Do you want to be tied up by me?"

"Of course I don't want to!" Barrister denied without thinking, "Who would like to have their hands tied up all the time! If you agree not to tie my hands, I am naturally very welcome! I'm just curious why you didn't tie me up!"

“There is no complicated reason.”

Roche, who was lying on the ground, shrugged.

"Just because I don't have a rope on my hand."

"and--"

"For some reason, I always feel weird."

Roche looked at Barrister with a soft smile.

"I feel like you won't run away anymore."

"Ha?" Barrister raised his eyebrows unhappily, "What do you mean?"

"It's just literal."

"Okay! I'll run for you now! I'm so eager to return to my hometown even in one second!"

After saying that, Barrister stood up and walked towards the darkness that could not be shone by the light of the bonfire.

However, before walking a few steps, Barrister's steps stopped.

"...Don't you stop me?"

"Sorry, too many things happened today..."

Roche raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, his face full of fatigue that could not be concealed.

"I don't have the strength or energy to stop you anymore...I just want to lie down now."

"It would be better if you don't stop me! Then - sir, let's go forever."

After saying that, Barrister rushed into the darkness that the light of the bonfire could not reach without looking back.

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Then not long after...it took about a few seconds, and Barrister returned to the light of the bonfire.

Then he quickly lay on his side next to the bonfire.

Roche, who was lying not far from Barrister, opened his eyes and cast a fun look at Barrister.

He asked Barrister in a half-joking tone:

"Why are you back?"

"...It's night now, walking alone on the night road is purely seeking death in such a dark night when you can't see your fingers."

"And I'm worried about your sword."

"I always feel that you will secretly follow me while I run away and then give me a sword."

"I'm back for my life."

"It's better to keep being a prisoner for you than to be a cold corpse."

I won't secretly take you to take a sword while you are running away - Roche originally wanted to say that.

But after opening his lips and hesitating for a while, he chose to close his lips.
Chapter completed!