"But I want to correct one of the fallacies in what you just said."
"That person was not my companion just now."
"He's just my captive."
"And it's just a prisoner I just captured."
"I forced him to do something he was quite reluctant to do."
Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Roche's face.
"So it's my turn to do something for him that I'm not willing to do."
After saying that, Roche put away the smile on his face.
He slowly raised the sword in his hand.
"Let's just talk about this first."
"When I think I'm going to die soon, I don't have the mood to chat with you slowly."
Looking at Roche who was ready for battle, Scarface raised his hand.
The bandits who received the Scarface order immediately picked up their weapons and surrounded Roche.
"Before dying..."
Scarface said in a deep voice.
"Is there any last words?"
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“… May the stars protect this country.”
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It was not until the horse was tired of running and had no strength to run again that Barrister was finally able to get off the horse's back.
"Hahaha......"
After falling off the horse's back, Barrister immediately lay invisibly on the dusty mud.
It was not until this time that Barrister finally had the opportunity to take a look at what Roche had stuffed into his arms before jumping off the horse.
It is a piece of paper, a pocket watch that looks very expensive and a silver-white identity card.
Expand this piece of paper—on it is a simple map from Orleans to Tuli.
It can be seen that the people who are responsible for drawing this map are very careful. Even people like Barrister who have not received any serious education can understand this map.
There is a sentence written in the lower right corner of this map.
However, because Barrister was illiterate, he couldn't understand what the sentence in the lower right corner of the map meant.
Putting down the map, Barrister picked up the pocket watch that was stuffed into Barrister's arms along with the map.
Barrister has an impression of this pocket watch.
While the two were chatting a few days ago, Roche showed this pocket watch to Barrister.
According to Roche, if his pocket watch is taken off, it will prevent a family from worrying about food and drink for 10 years.
After listening to Roche's description of his pocket watch, Barrister was very envious.
At that time, Barrister said bluntly that after Peace arrived in Tuli, could he give him the property equivalent to this pocket watch as Barrister followed Roche to Tuli's travel expenses and remuneration.
Roche agreed generously to Barrister's request, which seemed a bit rude.
Nodding to indicate that if you arrive at Tuli, you will give him a huge amount of money equivalent to this pocket watch.
Finally, Barrister fixed his eyes on the last thing Roche gave him - the silver-white identity card.
To be precise, it is Roche's identity card.
Identity card - a thing that everyone in Luolin's army carries with them, which records the holder's name and basic personal information.
The reason why everyone in the army brought this identity card was to facilitate the recognition of some corpses who were whom they were...
At this time, the identity card lying quietly in Barrister's hand was Roche's identity card.
It is engraved with Roche's name and where Roche's hometown is.
Barrister has one too.
However, the northern border army was wiped out, and he decided to abandon his identity as a soldier. After returning to the village, he threw away his identity card.
Like that pocket watch, Roche mentioned his identity card to Barrister during a chat.
Roche solemnly told Barrister: If he fell on the way to Tuli, he would take away his identity card.
After arriving in Tuli, displaying this ID card with the name "Roche de Sanchez" engraved to prove that you are indeed the messenger of Orleans.
Only in this way can the central monarch and ministers believe that there are really Orleans messengers who have arrived in Tuli, and that Tuli has not fallen.
Looking at the map in his left hand, the pocket watch and identity card in his right hand, Barrister remembered what he said to him while stuffing these two things:
"I'll ask you for the future of this country."
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"What country's future!"
Barrister curled his lips unhappily.
"What will happen to this country in the future? What does it have to do with me!"
"I just want to go home soon and live a stable life with my wife and children!"
After tucking the map, pocket watch and Roche's identity card into his belt, Barrister tightened the bags of water and dry food tied to his waist.
Roche and Barrister both had half of the water and dry food.
In other words, Roche and Barrister each brought half of water and food.
The two brought half of the water and food each - this was Roche's idea.
Although the obvious purpose of doing this is to be fair.
If the two of them carry half of the water and food, no one will feel dissatisfied.
But the actual purpose is to have enough water and food for him to complete the remaining journey when someone can no longer go to Tuli.
"Let me see...this is the East...this is the South..."
Relying on the sun in the sky, Barrister looked for the direction and the direction to go home.
After identifying where the south is and where the east is, Barrister quickly realized the direction of his return home.
"We can finally go home!"
Barrister said loudly in an uncontrollable tone of excitement.
Barrister has a wife and a son who just turned 6 this year.
When Barrister thought that he finally didn't have to go to Tuli anymore and could go home to meet his wife and children, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Barrister has already figured out how to act in the future.
Let’s go home first and meet your wife and children whom you haven’t seen for a long time.
Then go to the nearby big city and sell the pocket watch that Roche gave him in exchange for a large sum of money that their family has squandered.
Then, relying on this money, they can live a better life for their family.
After simply estimating the distance from here to hometown, his footwork, and weighing the bags of water and dry food around his waist, Barrister concluded that the water and food he is carrying now is enough to support him to go home!
Barrist, whose excitement in his chest became even stronger, couldn't wait to step open his feet and walk straight towards the direction of his return home.
Although it was the direction to go home, it was also far away from Tuli...
Although I feel a little sorry for Roche to do this, in order to make my heart feel better and to relieve my guilt, Barrister said in his heart over and over again:
——Your Excellency, don’t blame me.
——I never thought about going to Tuli from the beginning.
——You forced me to pull me.
——I told you at the beginning that I would run away and return to my hometown whenever I had the chance.
——Now I finally give me a chance to come and go home.
Chapter completed!