: The fifth year story 036, the memory of the riot

"It's such an'accidental' meeting between Master and I."
Gaia tapped the rusty sword hilt on his waist with his fingers, and said blankly.
"To be honest, I thought about it for a long time at that time. Because I really don’t know if I have the confidence to be his apprentice. So when he spoke, I didn’t immediately agree. Because he said, once you become him His apprentice, he will take me away from the Black Dragon Empire, from the orphanage, and from the princess. Although I can voluntarily abandon all of this in order to achieve my goal, but..."
"For me at that time, the orphanage was almost my home. I feel more and more that as long as I can live peacefully in Ash City, there should be no regrets in my life. But he..."

"He refused."
"I can see that he likes Ash City very much and doesn't want to leave. But I told him that if you want to be a guardian knight who can protect the princess, you must become stronger. And continue to stay in this orphanage, You will never be strong. You will never be the guardian sword that protects the Black Dragon Princess."

"Finally, I... followed him. Since then, I have also started to call him a teacher."
A wry smile appeared at the corner of Gaia's mouth, a wry smile like self-deprecating. The little bread shrank in the corner, watching with those big emerald eyes. When she was young, she might not be able to understand the thought fluctuations in Gaia's tone, but with the feeling of this little girl, she slowly felt that the uncle in front of her no longer seemed so scary.
"Huh......after that day, I said goodbye to the orphanage and Ash City. Originally I wanted to say goodbye to the princess, but how could I see the princess as I was at that time? Well... speaking of it, I saw the princess It’s only that time. I want to see it now, but I can’t see it anymore."
Gaia left the room and came back again five minutes later, holding some candies and preserves on the table. After the bun buzzed twice, he finally ran over to grab the food and ate it. Seeing her eating, Gaia's mouth was filled with a faint smile, and he continued--
"When I came to the Bucks Empire, I followed my teacher and started practicing everywhere. The teacher also took time out of busy official duties to teach me swordsmanship. I worked very hard at that time, I just wanted to learn earlier and make myself stronger. Stronger. Even better than the teacher. For the swordsmanship I have learned now, I have even lost sleep and food. My hard work seems to have quickly paid off. After 2 years of learning, I finally practiced it. One of the first swordsmanship. In another three years, I learned how to sing insects."
"At that time, I... met the teacher's daughter..."
Gaia raised his head, fisted right, and squeezed tightly.

"Perhaps because I was still more distinguished at that time, plus I wanted to be my student. There are not a few people who learn my swordsmanship. Kona's husband is one of them, and his talent... To be honest, also It's really high."
Having said this, Kena's complexion changed a little, lowered her head, and kept beating the medicine. The idiot who hadn't been looking at this place all the time suddenly turned his head slightly and glanced at her.
"At the time, Kena was 13 years old, and my son-in-law was 16. He was the son of a famous general instructor, and his future is bright. But Gaia's child is an orphan, and he is from another country. But the problem was a friendship. Gaia defeated my son-in-law with just one sword. They used a wooden sword at the time, but my son-in-law’s breastbone was broken. He recovered after lying in bed for half a year."
The idiot kept staring at Kona, watching the changes in her complexion. After a while, he turned his head to look at Zart's face. After a long time, he withdrew his eyes.
(Hey, it’s interesting. Generally speaking, the plot here should be about two men fighting for one woman, right? Beautiful young ladies are in a dilemma. On the one hand, the fiance who has been appointed since childhood is handsome and liu suave, and has a bright future. Brother son. On the other hand, he is a poor orphan, but he is capable of overwhelming the crowd and is terribly tough! Well, according to the preferences of ordinary people, everyone hopes that this beautiful lady will choose the orphan and give up that. A young man, right? Hahahahaha! Hey, human boy, what do you think?)
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"Since that war, that child has become a target of public criticism. But at this time, my daughter did something...that shouldn't be done."
Zat looked at Kona, his eyes full of blame. But Kena lowered her head in horror, not even daring to raise her head.
"What did she...do?" Walnut asked carefully.
"Huh, she." Zat snorted heavily and said, "She watched her fiancé be defeated and felt uneasy. As a result, he spilled anesthetics on Gaia's meal that night. Wait until Gaia's child fainted. After that, she called some doctors to treat this child's..."
"A kidney was cut off abruptly."

"Seriously, I really hated the teacher's family at that time."
Gaia's fists kept squeezing, loosening, squeezing, and loosening. The more I said, the anger in his heart became more surging, and his actions became less stable. He didn't breathe out deeply until he saw the little bread shivering again, and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Do you know? I want to kill her... Every night I dream, I dream of killing these people with my own hands. Especially the teacher, the hypocrite who taught me swordsmanship. At that time, I was always thinking about waiting for me one day. After becoming stronger than you, I must let you taste what you did to me! I will kill him, and also kill his daughter, so that he will also taste the pain I have tasted!"

Walnut covered her mouth, her eyes widened, and the two girls all looked at Kona who was sitting in the corner with the medicine. But Kena lowered her head and gritted her teeth, looking too scared to speak. Only when the two girls turned their eyes, she secretly stroked her stomach and gasped for breath.
Zart lowered his head and shook weakly. The cave fell silent for a while. After a long time, he said again--
"I have a great responsibility for the harm Gaia suffered. I did not discipline my daughter and son-in-law, nor did I protect him. Over time, the relationship between the Buck Empire and the Black Dragon Empire has also changed. It started to become more complicated. For safety's sake, I couldn't keep him anymore. So, I gave him some money and let him return to Ash City to do it for himself."
"Since then, I haven't heard from him for a long time. It wasn't until the war between the two countries last year that I heard rumors about the king's warrior. According to the legend, the king's warrior obviously used it. It was the sword technique that I taught. After learning that not only did he not fail, but became the "sword emperor" that people talked about, I was really relieved... I'm sorry, princess. I know, I shouldn't have this idea of ​​approaching betrayal."
Walnut shook her head quickly. Although she said that the other party was an enemy, after listening to Gaia's story, she also began to feel that this person was not a bad person. Enemy with her is just because of a different position. He himself...should be considered a good person.
"Humph! Regardless of his behavior, he is always an enemy!"
Dai Lao patted his thigh, gave Zart a fierce look, and continued: "Then what's next? How did he get to your teacher?"
Zat was silent for a while, then, as if made up a lot of determination, he said, "Sorry, princess, master. Here, I lied."
"That kid didn't lead the troops to attack Yinjuan Town. It was... I thought of the mentor and apprenticeship back then, hiding him from the Empire..."

"That really was the saddest day of my life."
Gaia shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"The hatred of subjugation has turned into a rebellion against the party. Everything that was good in my original life disappeared because of the sudden aggression of the stags. Overnight, I became a wanted criminal, risking death and rushing to various battlefields. With the mission of nine deaths and a lifetime. I don’t understand the grievances between the princess and the stag king. I only know that someone has killed our people, and I must stand up and make a way out for our people."
"It's just...hehe, in the end, I still failed. After the failure, I came to this Silver Roll Town with those people just like I just said."
Gaia put his head in his hands and sat in a chair. After thinking for a while, he slowly exhaled and said the sentence that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time-
"That is at that time, I...under the persuasion of the devil...to slaughter the seabird harbor."