At that time, he was just a kid with a big head and a dull face. Because his grandfather William needed some farm tools and a few animal traps, he followed Ken into Ken's blacksmith shop. Amidst the clanging sound of knocking, he saw
The dark-skinned man and the freckle-faced boy.
Although Ken was already fifty years old at the time, he had a body as strong as a rock due to his years of blacksmithing. He was naked from the waist up and wore a thick and torn blacksmith's leather apron around his waist. He had brown hair.
His hair was messily draped behind his head, and his face was full of smiles.
But Tom, like a little beast, bared his teeth at the strange big-headed boy who entered his territory.
Ken has a loud voice and his words sound like thunder.
As long as a customer comes to your door, his voice can be heard all over the street. He will enthusiastically ask you to sit down, listen to your request, and then use his loud voice to tell you how he will make the tools or weapons you need beautiful.
Beautiful and bright, every penny you spend will be worth it.
His gentle temperament was in sharp contrast to his powerful body. In the years of being in Bo Labelle, Roy had never seen Ken blushing with anyone. If the neighbors had any troubles, they had to do something.
But even if he is short of money, he will take the initiative to help, and the cost will be waived if possible.
His craftsmanship is the best in several nearby counties, and his popularity is also the best. The sound of hard work forging iron that rings every morning and lasts until night has become a part of people's life in Bo Labelle.
Because of his hard work, Ken lived a good life. The blacksmith's business was booming, his son Tom was also kind and sensible, and the family lacked everything except a woman.
Tom's mother died in childbirth while giving birth to him.
At that time, Ken was almost forty years old. He was both father and mother, raising Tom hand and foot. The father and son depended on each other. Although Ken was often glared at by Tom, Tom would occasionally receive a beating.
, but they both regard each other as the most important person in their lives.
Ken wanted Tom to be a blacksmith, but Tom wanted to be a knight. Ken always scolded Tom for daydreaming and complained about the lack of successors in the blacksmith shop. At the same time, after his son failed to become a knight boy in the baron's castle, he worked for nothing for a month.
He found a wandering knight as his teacher to help him continue his dream.
While Tom was practicing martial arts with the Freedom Riders in the backyard, Ken was forging iron in the blacksmith shop. He was sweating profusely and kept silent. He only glanced at the backyard during his break.
He is an ordinary man, and even the way he loves his son is the same as other civilians. They are taciturn and find it difficult to show affection to their sons, as if that would damage their dignity as fathers. They are clumsy.
, are not good at expressing feelings, but their love for their children is rooted in their bones.
The moment Tom was born, Ken's life had been integrated into his son's body in another form. It was his blood, the continuation of his life, and the mark he left on this world.
Looking at Ken in front of him, Roy was trembling with heartache.
Being fatherless and motherless, he and Ken share the same love as father and son. He enjoys working with Ken and Tom in the blazing blacksmith shop, working together in tacit understanding, and working together to make a good weapon. He enjoys Ken ruffling his hair.
Slap, enjoy and Tom waving wooden swords in the backyard, shouting and messing around. Enjoy the indulgence hidden in the dark face and stern eyes when Ken glared at the two "little bastards"!
But this life, all this, was completely ruined!
Destroyed! Can never go back!
Ken's hair has turned gray, his dark and cheerful face is full of deep wrinkles, and his bright eyes have become cloudy. He looks more than ten years older than he did more than a year ago.
Roy didn't dare to imagine that during these more than five hundred days and nights, how this lonely old man recalled every scene of his dependence on Tom in the dark night, how he silently called his name, and how he answered his every question.
Sitting alone in the dead silence, crying uncontrollably.
Every time this picture comes to mind, Roy's heart feels like it has been cut ten times, and his hatred for Alex, Augustus, the Holy See and the Knights Templar increases a hundred times or a thousand times.
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I don’t know how long it took for the old man and the young man to calm down under the tearful consolation of Hans and Sister Xiaolan. As soon as he woke up, Ken hurriedly hurried up and down and bought a bottle of good wine at home that he couldn’t bear to drink.
He took it out and was busy cutting bacon and sausages and baking bread. Roy wanted to help, but he stopped him from moving.
Sister Xiaolan and Hans on the side quietly looked at the old man's busy and somewhat flustered figure, his face that was bloody with joy and his eyes that became bright, and they looked at Roy like a follower.
Usually following him, the father and son were arguing about the work, looking happy but having a sore nose at the same time.
This day was so hard to come by.
Only they understand the feelings between Ken and Roy, and only they understand how happy and relieved Ken is at this moment.
He is already old. After Tom died, all his hope in life was to hope that Roy, whom he regarded as his biological son, would come back alive. For more than a year, someone may have argued with Miss Xiaolan and Hans about Roy's life and death.
, but no one has ever had the heart to dash this old man’s hope.
He firmly believed that Roy was still alive, and that one day, the big-headed boy would walk into his blacksmith shop one early morning, smile at him, and call him daddy as usual.
In his mind, Tom and Roy had become one on that cliff.
That was the only motivation for him to survive, deep in this silent alley, swinging the hammer again and again alone, and persisting until now amidst the flying sparks!
And this day has finally arrived.
When Roy stood in front of him alive, the old man seemed to have come to life. Yes, he came to life. Like a fire, which was flickering and extinguishing, suddenly lit up. It made people feel real.
Feel the power of life, a kind of excitement coming from the bones!
"Come on!" After finally preparing a table of food and sitting down, Dad Ken put a bowl of wine in front of Roy. He rubbed his head with his big and generous hands, "Little brat, you have grown up.
You can drink now!”
Roy lowered his head with red eyes.
He couldn't help but think about the past when he and Tom stole wine in Ken's wine cellar, and as a result, the two little bastards slept with red faces for a whole day. In his mind, the two boys ran barefoot out of the blacksmith shop,
The scene of running away amidst Ken's roar as he returned home seems like just yesterday.
Seeing Roy's appearance, Hans and Sister Xiaolan both looked at each other and sighed.
They knew that Roy could never get over the hurdle in his heart. Tom died because of him, so there was a deep sense of guilt in his heart.
"Don't cry sadly!" In the silence, Dad Ken patted Roy on the shoulder and said, "I know you miss Tom and feel you owe him and me. But, I have to tell you today, you don't have anyone.
Ow! If it weren’t for you, let alone Tom, it would be me, Hans, Xiaolan and most of the bolabella people in this city, and they wouldn’t be alive today!”
He turned to look at Hans and Xiaolan: "Am I right?"
Hans and Sister Xiaolan both nodded.
Every Bo Labelle person remembers Roy turning around and fighting back, remembering that he led everyone to escape, and remembering that he fought hard with Buck and others at the pass. To say that he saved everyone is not an exaggeration at all.
"Tom is my son, a stupid boy. His actions in front of you are even more stupid." Ken looked at Roy and said in a slow voice, "But... Roy, look at me."
Roy raised his head.
The old man and the young man stared at each other, Ken's tears rolled in his eyes, and he smiled in his tears: "You have to know how proud I am of him."
The courtyard was silent.
"I admit, I think about him every day." Ken took a deep breath and tried to calm down his emotions, "He is my son, and I can't help but think about him. I miss that brat coming back to life and following me.
He had a bad mouth and rolled on the floor when he was beaten. But what I wanted most was to say a few words to him."
"I want to say I'm sorry to him. After all these years, I didn't know that my son was so good and he took a deep breath so hard. Ke Ken couldn't help but shed tears: "I also want to tell him face to face.
One day, his little bastard looks like a knight more than anyone else!"
Ken's voice echoed in the deep courtyard.
No matter Roy, Hans or Miss Xiaolan, they all looked at this proud father infatuatedly, and before they knew it, tears were streaming down their faces.
"In this case, why are we crying anymore?" Ken wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, raised the wine bowl, and said to Roy, "Drink a bowl with me."
Roy picked up the bowl, touched it hard with Ken, and drank it with tears mixed in. The burning feeling in his throat made him feel as if his whole body was on fire.
"Come again!"
"Hans, Xiaolan, why are you still standing there!"
"Come!"
Bowl after bowl. That night, Roy didn't know how much he drank.
He only remembered that the demon moon in the sky was extremely bright, and the stars above his head were as dense as sand. In the small courtyard, four people kept drinking, talking, crying, and laughing.
Sister Xiao Lan hugged him and proudly told Father Ken how stinky and majestic he was when he came today. Hans told how embarrassing the police captain who framed him was. Father Ken pulled him and his face was red.
Guangdi talked about his newly developed craftsmanship skills, and he himself talked about his experiences in the past year or so after jumping off the cliff.
He told them how he was washed to the shore by the river, how he found Oliver and Malt, how he defused the pursuit of the Knights Templar, how he strayed into a desperate situation, and how he saved Philip...
What he said shocked everyone.
When she heard that he was already a five-star Langxing mage, Sister Xiaolan opened her mouth wide.
When they saw the light of the battle ring coming from his body, Hans and Father Ken jumped up like two old children, in disbelief.
And when they heard him talk about the battle of Meiding City and the killing of Matthew, everyone was dumbfounded. They never dreamed that the legendary mage was Roy. They never thought that the culprit back then was
Matthew, one of the culprits, has been sent to hell by Roy.
After coming over for a while, they were crying and laughing, and hugged him one by one.
Later, he was so drunk that he couldn't see clearly.
He only remembered that he wanted to buy them a large manor, and in the future, he wanted to have a territory and a city that no one could conquer again.
He wants to open a tavern for Hans in the police station so that he can drink while on duty every day. He wants to buy a castle for Miss Xiaolan and let her and her sisters wear the most beautiful clothes every day and live their best life.
Envying the life of a rich lady, open the most luxurious weapons store for Dad Ken, name it Tom, and make the weapon engraved with that boy's name become the treasure that every knight dreams of!
Before he completely lost consciousness, he heard someone talking to the Baroness, Les and Anne about the first training camp in advance, but the next second, he was already unconscious.
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The Virgin's Hill is located in the northern part of the Pompeii Empire, more than 200 kilometers away from Vatican and the Holy See.
For three hundred years, this sacred mountain range has been famous for its beautiful scenery. She is like a graceful figure, exuding magical charm. Even if it is surrounded by mountains, people will always be unaware of it.
He was attracted by her and admired her beauty.
The Hall of the Holy Lady is located on the main peak of the Holy Lady Mountain.
This is a huge white building complex with the central circular hall as the center, standing on the cliff. All buildings are made of pure white boulders. A large number of carved statues on the walls, eaves, and corridors give the building a unique look.
It is a delicate beauty, and the towering spiers and the stone walls integrated with the steep cliffs give it a majestic momentum.
But the most mysterious thing is that on this peak where the snow never melts all year round, not only is there not a single snowflake to be seen in the Holy Maiden Hall, but it is also covered with flowers all year round and is as warm as spring.
Alessia was sitting on a boulder protruding from the mountains. A huge snowfall fell from her side, falling like white sand into the abyss below the boulder until she was swept by the strong wind that crossed the abyss.
As soon as it was blown, it dispersed and turned into a piece of white méngméng.
The boulder is like a huge eagle's beak, sticking out from the edge of the cliff.
Standing on the boulder and looking around, you will see the mountains all around and the vast clouds in the distance. The abyss beneath your feet is like a wrinkle on the vast land.
Alessia slowly withdrew her senses, and the surging spiritual power of heaven and earth slowly receded like a tamed beast.
She turned her head and smiled brightly at a middle-aged woman behind her.
The middle-aged woman was wearing a white mage robe. She was about fifty years old and tall. Although her face looked a little cold and there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she could vaguely see the beauty of her youth.
She is Alessia's master and the third elder of the Holy Maiden Hall, Xia Xi.
Seeing the gaze cast by her lover, Xia Xi's iceberg-like cold face revealed a smile and nodded approvingly.
"Yes, in just over a year, you can be promoted from an ordinary magic awakener to a two-star magician. No wonder the Temple's Star Search Hall has always ranked you third among all the candidates who want to be recruited.
.Such a talent is simply terrifying.”
"Talent..." Alessia sighed silently in her heart.
For her, her outstanding talent and her status as a princess are just a rope that binds her. If she had a choice, she would rather be an ordinary little girl. However, she felt a little curious about Xia Xi's words.
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"The third person in Xunxing Hall, who are the first two..." Alessia asked curiously.
The Searching Star Hall is an organization within the Holy Lady Temple that is responsible for searching for talented disciple candidates. Most of its members are not on the Holy Lady Mountain, but go deep into the folk to look for geniuses worth absorbing.
On this continent, the status of the Saint's Palace is on par with that of Vatican's Holy See. No matter the strength or prestige, there is no concession. Three hundred years ago, when the Holy See existed, there was the Saint's Palace. Its heritage is profound.
It is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.
Take Aleshia herself as an example. If it were not for Xia Xi's teachings in the Holy Maiden Hall, and the support of the temple's abundant resources, it would be unimaginable to be promoted to a two-star mage within one year.
Not even the Solan royal family can do it.
And for such a person who is attracted by such a palace that people would only dream of entering, there are actually two higher ones, which has to make her curious. She has taken advantage of her royal status to some extent, and those two if they have ordinary status
If so, I'm afraid the talent is truly astonishing.
More importantly, Alessia knew that since she entered the Holy Lady's Hall, she has been regarded as the first among the third generation disciples of the Holy Lady's Hall.
Although she herself did not care about such a false reputation, neither her status as a princess nor the importance the temple attached to her naturally resulted in a situation where three generations of disciples were led by her. Even those who joined earlier than her,
The same goes for disciples with higher strength.
This also means that the other two geniuses who were favored by the Holy Lady Temple did not join!
"Are you curious? I can't understand who is more arrogant than you, the princess of the Solan Empire, who doesn't join the Holy Maiden Hall?"
When I saw it, I couldn't help but smile.
A trace of powder flew up on Lesia's face.
"Actually, the reason is very simple..." Xia Xi looked into the distance and said calmly: "They are men."
Alessia let out a soft sigh.
The answer was indeed simple and beyond her expectation, but it did not solve her dilemma. On the contrary, it made her even more confused.
You know, in the past three hundred years, the inner hall of the Holy Girl Hall has never admitted a male member, and the opponent is so talented that he obviously will not join the outer hall, so why does Xunxing Hall still list them as candidates?
people?
Xia Xi's next words solved her dilemma: "The world is vast, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. There are countless geniuses among them. However, at least among the people we know, the talents of the three of you are so rare that they can only be found once in a hundred years."
See"
As she said that, she turned to look at Alessia and said: "It's a pity that among the three of us, not only are you the only girl. Moreover, we have tried to take you away several times, but your father, His Majesty Edward, did not agree. Back then, His Majesty
The Lord even considered breaking the rules of the Holy Lady Temple for them. However, he gave up in the end."
Aleshia was extremely surprised. The system of the Holy Maiden Hall was so strict that even as a royal princess, she often felt depressed and sad. But she didn’t expect that for those two people, the master of the hall actually wanted to destroy the most fundamental foundation of the Holy Maiden Hall.
The iron law. Even if it is just an idea that is not realized in the end, it is too unbelievable.
"Who are they?" This question swirled in Alessia's mind, and her intense curiosity drove her to blurt it out unconsciously.
"You should be able to think of one of them." Xiaxi looked at Aleshia with a strange look and said, "Apart from that person, who else has a higher talent than you?"
"Augustus..." Alessia understood, and when she mentioned this name, her face turned a little pale.
She should have thought that in this world, when people mention genius, the first thing people think of is Augustus.
Among the young knights, if an ordinary person is a fierce tiger and a lion, he is a dragon soaring in the nine heavens. If an ordinary person is a ball of fire, then he is the son of the sun. He is the brightest star in the world and the idol of all young people.
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"Who is ranked second?" Alessia didn't want to mention him again and didn't let the topic continue on him.
Xia Xi looked at the girl who was dressed as white as snow and as clear as crystal, her eyes flashed: "The second in line is Augustus."
Alessia's beautiful eyes widened.
Augustus came second?
So who is the first person?!
"The one who used to be number one..." Xia Xi's soft voice came to her ears, "it was your former fiancé... Roy."
I'm stuck on entering the academy. It's very painful.