Lorraine Hill untied the hood on his head, revealing his original face, and his hair changed from gold to the color of silver snow. Under the light of the only two candles in the room, it looked somewhat hazy and beautiful.
Looking at the still beautiful eldest lady, Bud also sat down. Compared with the inferiority and timidity in the past, he is much calmer and calmer now.
This once short and cowardly boy had grown a lot taller without realizing it. He was taller than Lorraine Hill, and his body was extremely strong. His thick and well-defined muscles could probably kill a cow with one punch.
"You have grown a lot taller." Lorraine Hill looked at the changed Bard with some emotion in his tone.
"Yes." Looking back on his journey, through long distances, across half of the country, and finally found Gretel's family in this small village, Bard also experienced a lot and grew up.
My mind is no longer as narrow-minded and naive as before, I feel less inferior and more calm.
"There are many dirty and despicable people in this world, but there are also some simple and kind people." Bud said his feelings.
"Not everyone is suitable to fight and fight, but they are still worthy of my protection. I want to contribute to this mountain wilderness."
"Gretel once said that he wanted to be a hero."
"Although I am not strong enough today, I will try my best to move in this direction, become a hero in my mind, and protect those I love. I may be injured, encounter failure, and lose my life, but today's
I am no longer afraid."
"I don't understand many complicated truths, and I don't know what justice and correctness are, but looking at the stable lives of those people, I feel a sense of peace and satisfaction."
The young man who once longed for the novel and novel outside world, yearned for the glorious and wonderful adventures, and listened to poets singing outside the country tavern, has now grown up slowly. After walking through the outside world for a period of time, he has understood the meaning of his life.
Meaning, this is the dream buried deep in his heart.
In the hut with flickering lights, Bud talked about his beliefs. After experiencing the Hopeland Rebellion and traveling across thousands of mountains and rivers, he finally found his destination.
"Bard is a gentle man." Lorraine Hill said this with a slight smile on his face.
"However, blind protection is not enough. This will make them rely too much on you and make them weak."
"What you want to do is not to be a meticulous protector, but to lead the lion so that they can gain the same courage and strength as you."
"The mountains and fields of Nied County are so vast. There are countless villages like this. It's hard for you to take care of them all. And even you need to take a rest sometimes."
Lorraine Hill spoke his thoughts, and the young man opposite him slowly raised his head.
"Just tell me, Miss Lacey, you have given me everything. If there is anything I need, I can do it."
"Although I have given you some help, I don't want to use it to blackmail you into doing things. That's not what I want to see."
"I'm just making a proposal, or an invitation that can be declined." Lorraine Hill considered the words.
"I hope you can become the leader of a knighthood, train and lead them, and guard this land." The girl's burning eyes were particularly bright under the candlelight.
After inspecting the situation in Nied County, she felt more and more that the local area needed a protective force, not only to protect this land from the monsters in the mountains, but also to serve as local border troops to guard the country's borders.
It is also best for such a legion to be trained and armed locally, so that they will be more familiar with the local area and will not cause conflicts with regional discord. At the same time, their will will be extra strong when defending their hometown.
Now that Crancia has just been established, it is difficult to allocate sufficient power to support various remote areas. In this way, it becomes a better choice to let the local people become stronger spontaneously.
Of course, there is no need to worry about being separated from the central command. With the improvement of transportation and the construction of talent training system, the cohesion of this country will only become stronger and stronger.
"I'm not very smart, and sometimes I can't turn corners. Wouldn't it be good for me to be the leader..." Although the obstacles in his heart have gradually dissipated, he still hesitates when facing unfamiliar fields.
"No, Gretel must have been younger than you now. He was able to organize so many people without any extraordinary strength. I believe you can do the same."
"But..." Bud still hesitated.
Lorraine Hill interrupted the young man and said directly.
"Bud, don't overestimate those who sit in high positions. They are intimidated by the bright throne. Everyone learns and grows step by step. Before the big tree grows tall, it is just an inconspicuous and fragile seedling.
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"There is never any noble blood or irreplaceable talent. Maybe some of them are smarter than you, but as a leader, what is more important is the belief and will that infects everyone."
"You don't have to be the brain that thinks about everything, but you must be the backbone of the team. Only in this way can you truly build an indestructible steel army."
The candle-lit cabin gradually became quiet, and Bud looked at the rough table top, with dark brown fibers tightly arranged, and occasionally some burrs protruding.
Wood is a common and fragile thing, far less hard than stone, but even if it is such a thing, as long as one of its fibers is lifted up, it can penetrate into unsuspecting flesh and bring out a trace of blood.
As the candle burns, the wax oil becomes less and less, the height becomes lower and lower, and the scope of its reflection becomes smaller and smaller, shrinking from the periphery of the table's growth rings to the middle.
For some reason, Bud suddenly remembered that distant afternoon when Gretel took him to protest in front of Nissos' house.
"Wouldn't that put you in danger?"
"Haha, I have my own way. There is always someone to do these things, right?"
"Well, actually everyone has this mentality. They always think that others will stand up for them, so that they don't get hurt."
"We all want to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, keep obeying, and dare not resist. Just like this, we take one step back and one step back until we give up everything."
"Individuals are lonely and weak, but if they unite together, trust each other, and warm each other, they will gain great courage."
"I'm not fighting alone."
"This sentence is simple and simple, but it makes me feel extremely at ease. Maybe this is the power of unity."
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After a long time, the candle has burned to the bottom, and the area illuminated by the candlelight has shrunk to the center. That is where the heart of the tree is, which is the annual rings left in the first few years of the tree's growth. The fibers are tightly arranged and extremely hard.
Bud slowly raised his head, his dark face showing swaying shadows in the candlelight.
"I agree to your invitation and hope that I can become a force for Crancia."