At night, in front of a slightly rundown small bar in the old neighborhood.
"Well, it's not here yet." Daniel, the young black iron knight, looked at his watch. The time displayed on the watch was eight o'clock in the evening.
He had originally arranged to meet up with several other knights here, and then they would go together to meet the family members of Dore, the black iron knight who died in the line of duty, and apologize to Dore's family members.
He originally planned not to join up with the other knights, but to go to Dore's family alone to apologize.
But he thought about what the Black Iron Knight Tarkas said before. If he went alone, he would probably only make the matter darker and anger Mr. Dore's family members.
And, the most important thing is that he is a little scared now.
I have no confidence in my heart.
Daniel felt a pang in his heart when he thought that he would be resented by others and that nothing could be done to resolve the misunderstanding.
Sure enough, it would be better to wait for the others to arrive and then go find Mr. Dorey's family members after regrouping.
However, he waited and waited and still didn't wait. He waited from six o'clock in the evening to eight o'clock in the evening. His patience was almost exhausted.
Could it be that Tarkas and the others were delayed by official duties? Again?
The young black iron knight sighed.
Just when he was hesitating, not knowing what to do next, a burst of singing interrupted his thoughts.
"The night is long, and the shadows are silent and empty.
The nights are long, and drunken shadows disturb dreams.
Like shivering, the night breeze is cold.
May I comfort you tonight and extend your arms."
The familiar song was the same as the one I heard at noon today. It was full of loneliness and sadness, but it perfectly matched this long night.
"
The heart is empty and cold, and the dream shadow is drunk.
I was very sad, so I drank to relieve my depression.
Like shivering, the night breeze is cold.
May I comfort you tonight and extend your arms."
There was a faint hint of warmth in it, but it inexplicably touched the heart of the Black Iron Knight boy.
"
Why sigh, this body is cold.
I wish you comfort tonight and extend your arms.
"
The singing ended temporarily, followed by a cold and vague applause. The singing came from the tavern downstairs of Mr. Dorey's house, and the sound was also the one Daniel had seen at noon today.
Sung by a young girl.
Then the boy suddenly remembered another agreement today, that he should go to support the girl in the evening when the tavern was open.
The other companions have been waiting and waiting but haven't come yet, and Daniel has nothing else to do now, so why not?
Daniel slowly walked into the bar in a low-key manner. It would be easy for a young man of his age to attract attention when he walks into a bar, not to mention that he is wearing a knight's armor. However, he walked low-key enough and was full of people in the bar.
The civilians who were drinking and listening to music had no time to talk to Daniel, so until he found a place to sit down, everything seemed fine.
"So you're finally here." I don't know how long it took, but a girl walked to Daniel's table and smiled in the dark environment.
"I'm here." The young man replied shyly: "Your songs are very, very nice."
"Thank you." The girl leaned into Daniel's ear and whispered: "I think you should order something to drink. You keep sitting here without ordering anything. The boss is not happy and wants me to ask you to leave."
"Here, give me a glass of juice," the young man took out a gold coin and said.
"How much is a whole gold coin? This is enough to make you fat with juice." The girl said jokingly, "But okay, I will be responsible for swallowing the rest of the money, and your juice will be sent to you right away."
Daniel couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The girl was about to get a drink for the boy, but Daniel suddenly thought of something and stopped the girl: "Uh, if you can stay with me for a while."
"Oh, little pervert." The girl looked at the black iron knight boy with a funny smile: "Okay. Anyway, I just changed my shift, so I can accompany you during the break. For the sake of this gold coin, boss
You shouldn't make things difficult for me. Just wait for me there."
Daniel nodded.
Just a few minutes later, the girl came over with a drink. Although Daniel ordered a glass of juice, he couldn't understand the inexplicable juice. It looked like a mixture of fruit and soda.
, the lower layer is crystal clear sparkling soda water, the upper layer is orange-red juice with even pulp, and there is white cream on the top.
"I'm more afraid of drinking things that are too sweet," Daniel complained in a low voice while holding a glass cup filled with juice.
"This won't be very sweet. This is my confident work. It's guaranteed to be delicious. Try it." The girl sat opposite Daniel and smiled sweetly. Maybe this juice soda is really not sweet, and she needs to give it a try.
Daniel adds sugar.
At the same time, the voice of another singer also sounded on the small stage of the bar. Judging from the mature singing skills and voice, the singer should be a middle-aged woman in her thirties.
"It turns out someone else is singing." Daniel couldn't help but said curiously.
"Of course it is. If I have to sing all night, I will become mute in a few days." The girl complained.
"But she can't sing as well as you." Daniel blushed and whispered, "Her singing skills are very good, but, well, there is no emotion in her singing."
"Shh, keep your voice down!" The girl interrupted the boy: "Sister Lisa is very vindictive. If you let her hear such words, I will have a hard time in the next few weeks!"
"Yes, I'm sorry." The young black iron knight scratched his head in embarrassment.
"So, what are you here for?" The girl relaxed on the back of the chair and began to ask: "It seems that you are not just here to listen to music. I saw you at noon, and you looked like
It’s like I’m lost.”
"I'm not lost"
"Either you are lost, you are lost." The girl suddenly said something that seemed very philosophical.
Daniel couldn't argue.
"Hoho, relax, I'm not interrogating you. It doesn't matter if you want to say it or not. No one is forcing you." The girl looked at the boy with interest: "But this is a bar, a place where people can be excluded.
A place to relieve your worries. You are a minor, and I can’t give you wine to relieve your worries. In this case, why don’t you try to talk out your inner worries and let others listen? Maybe you will feel better after you talk about it? "
Daniel blinked, and suddenly felt that his eyes seemed a little moist. Fortunately, the lights at the scene were dim, and he was sure that his face that wanted to cry but couldn't cry would not be seen by the other party.
The young man replied in a low voice: "I'm a little worried."
"Tell it and listen?" the girl continued: "But you have to keep it short. I still have (she turned to look at the clock on the wine table) Well, I still have five minutes of rest time. As an outsider, maybe
I can give you some advice."
"Okay." Daniel sighed: "I came to the nearby city this time actually to apologize to the family of a colleague who died in the line of duty."
"Huh?" The girl looked a little surprised, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she continued to look at the boy with gentle eyes, encouraging him to continue talking.
"My colleague died in the line of duty recently. It's all because of me. Because I don't have enough strength to protect them and everyone. I thought that all the battles, all the injuries, and all the pain would be nothing."
Just let me bear it. I thought that as long as they didn't show up and I could handle everything on my own, I failed. I couldn't even sacrifice myself. I couldn't save others, I couldn't.
I even dragged my colleagues down. I am really a useless waste."
The other party had been listening attentively and did not make any comments. It was not until the end that the singer girl suddenly asked: "So, you feel that you did not do a good enough job and killed your colleagues. So, you feel that you owe a debt."
His family members?"
"That's probably what happened." Daniel took a sip of soda water and replied. Even the soda water, which was originally sweet, seemed to have a hint of bitterness.
"Your colleague who died because of this, what did he say before he died?" the girl asked again.
"I don't know. I lost consciousness at that time." Daniel was actually petrified at the time, but he simplified the truth for the sake of explanation.
"But I heard from other companions that he seemed to be thanking me at the end."
"Thank u?"
"I don't know what he was thinking. Why did he sacrifice himself for me, but still thank me?" The young black iron knight smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's just so that I can hear it after I wake up, so that I won't be so sad."
He is really a very gentle person."
"I couldn't agree more about his gentleness." The girl muttered in a low voice, "But I don't think he necessarily thanked you just to make you not sad."
"Maybe. But I will never be able to figure this out." Daniel smiled even more bitterly.
"Daniel, you are here!" A voice suddenly interrupted the conversation between the black iron knight boy and the singer girl: "Oh my God, I'm looking for you everywhere, but you are picking up girls in the bar! How disgusting!"
"Mr. Jefferson" Daniel was a little surprised, "Uh, where is Mr. Tarkas?"
"He can't come. That guy Vincent seems to have received some information. He just refuses to let Tarkas off work. He is still looking for various reasons to keep Tarkas." Jefferson said helplessly
: "It seems that I am the only one who can accompany you. I still disobeyed the order and sneaked out."
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Daniel couldn't help but look guilty.
"Uh-huh, my rest time is almost over. Let's chat slowly. See you later?" The girl stood up from the chair and left in a hurry.
"See you later." Before Daniel could say goodbye to the girl, she hurried away.
"Hey, that girl is pretty. You have good taste!" Jefferson looked at the back of the singer girl who was walking away and talked to Daniel in a low voice.
"The songs she sings are very nice, and she is a good listener." The young man replied casually: "But that's all, I'm not picking up girls, thank you. Let's go. It's time to meet Mr. Dorey's family."
Already."
Daniel picked up the mixed juice in his hand and drank it in one gulp.