Chapter 26: mood

After the elder brother left, Bran was silent a lot, just daily exercise and study. A few days later, the two attendants of the elder brother came back. There was not much information, except that the two had entered the wasteland.
At noon that day, Bran stood on the third floor of the villa and looked at the distance, full of thoughts. Dani asked: "Miss your brother?"
"No, you know that my relationship with them is not close, or even distant."
"They are your brothers anyway."
"Yes, I'm just a little worried." Bran hesitated, then continued: "I think more about myself."
"The Lord Duke is not going to let you participate in the trial."
"I know, in fact, compared to them, I have already felt. The requirements for me, training, etc.." Bran smiled bitterly. "I am too far away from them. But one day, I will also hear the call of the wasteland. What will happen to that day?"
"I will leave the Northland with you, forever."
"I knew it was like this." Bran said with a bit of anguish: "They will send me away as long as I can live. It's just my external identity? Can I still call myself a Northlander?"
"No."
"Where are they going to send me?"
"It doesn't matter where you go, but now, I won't take you too far." Danni smiled.
"I always have some uses, ha."
"Don't frown at me, Danni. I have nothing to dissatisfy. This is Northland. Many things are taken for granted here. Weak babies may be killed at birth, and those with disabilities are even less likely to survive. I I should be lucky to survive.
I know what the people in the castle were talking about before, I know how much pressure my parents endured in those years, and I know they love me very much.
I also know what the trial means to people in the North. Just look at you and you will know that you are much stronger than my two brothers, and it is a bit unreasonable. You and them remove the age, then the biggest difference is that you have completed the coming-of-age ceremony.
Power? You can't get it out of thin air, you always have to pay.
But is it worth it? "
Danni was silent. She thought of her two white wolf partners. Is this the price? She made a wish, and if she could come back alive, she would agree to the Duchess' request to become an attendant to her idiot son. Is this also a price? No, at least not being a servant. She likes this child, the kind of cleanliness, the intimacy in the plain, the inexplicable things he says around him, the way he yells at Danny, and she likes the feeling of home. So she affirmed: "If there is a return, then everything is worth it."
If there is a return, Bran considers it, does the strength increase after the coming-of-age ceremony? I don't seem to need this kind of power. Although it is better, it doesn't matter if there is none. But looking at Dani's expression, it didn't seem to be talking about power. Sister, you should brighten your muscles at this time and give a hint.
...
Bran is a little worried, although this worry is more of his own conjecture. The call of the wasteland is not a fixed age, but an age stage. Why is there such a difference if the blood is removed?
At first he thought it was the difference caused by the growth of the body, but when he saw his two brothers, he overturned this guess. Now he thinks it is the reason that the mind and the body are working at the same time, so he has a hunch that the call from the wasteland will happen to him in advance, which makes him a little anxious.
"Take me out every day from now on, and tell me more about the field." Bran demanded.
"Well, by the way, take a few white wolves for rotation. It's time to familiarize them with their surroundings."
...
When they came back from outside, Bran and Danny discovered the fact that their family had recruited a thief, which made Bran, who had just been in a state of excitement, very helpless.
It wasn't that he couldn't catch the thief but he had no choice but to take the thief. The reaction of the White Wolf staying at home, and the falcon in the sky did not warn, this must be an acquaintance committing the crime. You can know who it is without guessing.
The cause of this incident was that Bran was trying to relieve his irritability, perhaps to convince himself from another angle that strength is not important, he made a more sophisticated hand crossbow, a hand crossbow that can be fired continuously. The principle is not complicated, but a magazine is installed above the crossbow, which can pre-install 5 crossbow arrows. When the lower crossbow arrows are shot, the upper ones fall in turn, and with the winding device of the crossbow, it can barely be regarded as a killer.
With an attitude of harming only when there is contrast, Bran took Dani to the martial arts training ground of his sister, and showed his power. With Dany's escort, Bran yelled not to touch you. In the eyes of her sister's envy and hatred, he left with a refreshing spirit. It's a pity that the world report is coming soon.
"Dani, ask you a question."
"Say."
"Can you beat my sister's attendant?"
Dany said nothing, not going to pay attention to Bran.
Bran frustrated: "I knew it was like this."
...
With Bran's temperament, he just took things, he didn't care much, it was just a means to adjust his emotions. But he didn't want things to pass like this, and he was indeed a little anxious lately, so he wanted to vent or find a punching bag.
So Bran, accompanied by Danny, blocked his sister in the martial arts grounds of the castle. Bran looked at her elder sister who was a little evasive, and suddenly felt soft. Thinking about the coming-of-age ceremony and the possible risks, the words changed: "I originally wanted to give it to you, but I shot a few arrows and found that it could be improved."
Watching his sister visibly relax, Bran smiled.
"How did you climb up such a high wall? I guess the attendant brought you up. Actually, there is a tool that can help us climb. I will make one for you someday."
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On the way back, Dany smiled and asked, "When you came here, you seemed to be asking for sin."
"Suddenly I realized that I couldn't bear it. Are you dissatisfied?"
"No, that's good. It just doesn't look like a Northlander."
"Go to his Northlander,"