Episode 18 Once Upon a Road(1/2)
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(A less reliable deal was reached with Sberd, and Haven took his wife and daughter toward the location of Tus, but toward the Coros in the south. Maybe he wanted to go the previous path again.)
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"Dad, how long will it take for us to leave this forest?" Haier asked as she walked.
Hawen looked at the sky. "Maybe he'll be able to walk out in a few days. If your mother still remembers, she'll know more accurately."
Seidel answered her before Haier could ask. "I don't remember. Actually, as you said, I should have even weakened my ability to speak after taking that medicine. I really don't know how Sarah made it."
"Tears of regret? I know this. I was there when she made this medicine, and she also told me very clearly. Without a heart of regret, this medicine has no effect at all. It uses the power of regret to activate the body and clear the memory. Don't ask me what the power of regret is, she only said this at the beginning." Haiwen blocked the mouths of the two guys first.
Seidel asked another question. "Can you make it too?"
Haiwen's eyes suddenly felt a little lonely. "It's no longer possible to make it. Because Sarah used her own blood to make that bottle of potion for you, saying that it would only be taken if you want."
"You seem to have said that there is another person who has taken it, right? Who is that person?" Seidel was very interested in the person who had the same experience as him.
Haiwen kept silent. Even Haier felt strange. "Dad, it doesn't matter if you cheat me, but I don't think you should have something to hide from your mother."
"Okay. Actually, I am the other person who drank tears of regret. Unfortunately, what I forgot is a small part of my memory. Therefore, I...I waved the butcher knife to my brothers and friends without hesitation." After saying that, Haiwen sighed.
"Dad, is it because your mother killed so many people? You were secretly instructing her?" Haier felt that her father was even more terrifying than her mother who killed people with her own hands.
"The facts have become history, so what do they do?" Haiwen didn't want to write down the whole story of these things anymore.
Seidel was a little unhappy and grabbed Haven who was walking forward. "Are you using me?"
Hawen did not deny it and turned around and said, "Yes. And I not only used you, but also everyone. Do you hate me?"
Seidel wanted to say "hate", but he couldn't spit it out. She didn't understand what was stopping her and looked at Haiwen's eyes blankly.
Hawen does have the personality of liking to use others, and even he admits it himself. "Sedal, if you hate me, live well, and then laugh happily before I die. How about it? It must be very satisfying."
Haier stopped doing it immediately. "Dad will not die! Even if you have done bad things, you are still the father who loves me the most!"
Seidel looked at his daughter's expression and seemed to understand a little. She also said to Hawen: "Since you are using me, I will simply stick it to you and become your dagger that stabs the enemy. But you should also take care of this blood-stained dagger occasionally, right?"
Haiwen's eyes changed, no longer frivolous, no longer cold. "I owe you seven years of youth, I hope you really haven't hated me."
"Don't be too moved. Maybe I don't understand what hatred is now. Haha, as for love, I have already felt something in my daughter." Seidel picked up Haier from the ground.
Haier immediately said to her father: "Mom has lost so many memories, please help her recover."
Hawen laughed. "Okay. I'll continue my adventure story. Sooner or later, you'll get everything out of me."
Seidel asked curiously: "Am I the heroine in your story?"
Hawen scratched his head. "There are a few heroines, but unfortunately you are the only one who lives to this day. I know you are a jealous jar, but you should not eat the jealousy of dead people."
"That's hard to say." Seidel's face was slightly flushed.
Haier suddenly shouted. "Tell me quickly~!"
So Haven briefly told Seidel the previous story again, and then the story was connected to the part they went to the royal city of Crow...
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There was more militia captain Robin in Hawen's team, and it was smooth sailing to lead the way to King Crowe. However, there seemed to be one missing figure in the team, Seidel.
"Haven, let's find Seidel. Didn't she come with her?" Sarah has been tangling with Haven over this incident for the past few days.
"Don't worry. If you know her so well, you should know that she will not fall behind. This is called caring and being confused. You have to calm down." Havan would not suspect that Seidel ran away. Sarah was the only person she was close to, and she must be nearby.
Sarah had to give up and think of other ways. Tauni happened to think of something and ran towards them. "Brother. No one of us has money. Where can we live after entering the Royal City of Colo?"
Hawen had long thought about this. "It might be a little difficult at the beginning, but as long as the situation is opened, there will be no problem. Seidel must come back first, otherwise we won't go into the city."
"Robin said he will be there in two days. Seidel will not deliberately make bad things, right?" Tauni was a little worried that Seidel would act alone without knowing the depth.
"This shouldn't be a problem. As long as Sarakan screams, Seidel will definitely pop up." Hawen really knows how to come up with an idea.
Tauni was so happy when he heard this. "Haha. Brother, are you scaring Seidel. Be careful that she knew it was you who came up with this idea, and give you an iron helmet."
Haven rubbed his back and looked back at Sarah. "You won't let her give it to me again, are you?"
Sara also laughed. "You just like pranks. Seidel will know you sooner or later, and then she will not blame you like me."
"I don't plan to let that weird girl know me." Hawen grinned as she said, afraid that Seidel would really mess with him.
Sarah took a deep breath and suddenly screamed. "Sedel!!!"
Sure enough, a black shadow suddenly rushed out of the forest on the roadside. It was Seidel with a dirty face, and his hair was also messy. "What happened? Sister Sarah?" Her concern was written on her face, and there was no falsehood at all.
Sarah hurried forward and pulled her. "You are willing to come out. It seems that Haiwen's method is the most practical."
"Ah?" Seidel then realized that he had been deceived and turned to look at Hawen.
Seeing that her eyes were very unfriendly, Hawen took a step back. "Don't look at me like this. Sarah asked me to find a way, and I came up with this idea. Don't hit me with an iron helmet, otherwise Sarah might no longer like you."
Seidel turned his head back with his mouth flattered. "Sister Sarah, why did you let him come up with an idea? This person is so bad. Don't listen to him in the future."
"Haha. At least he found you with his method, right? Look at how you look now, it is to be loved by girls who are dressed up cleanly and beautifully. You must remember it." Sarah used her hands to help her hair.
Tauni immediately tactfully brought a wet towel, and Sarah wiped Seidel's face. The team stopped in the forest, waiting for Seidel, the so-called princess, to organize her image.
Seidel cooperated quite well in front of Sara, and was not embarrassed because there were too many people. "Sister Sara, can I give you that position after I get the throne?"
"Stop talking stupidly. I don't have the blood of the Crow royal family. Even if I can get into that position, no one will listen to me. You must sit in that position to be justified." Sara said while rubbing her forehead.
Seidel didn't take it to heart. "Isn't it just a king? Whoever comes to be the same as you do. I may not be better than the king now."
Hawen quickly stepped forward to stop her remarks. "You have to fight for this position and don't give up casually. Don't you want to go and compete with Burundi?"
"This is..." Seidel began to hesitate again.
Robin came to them at this time and bowed directly to Seidel. "Miss Seidel, you are the star of hope for our Croo tribe and will bring vitality to the entire Croo tribe. I believe that as long as you appear on the streets of the Royal City, you will immediately become the focus of everyone."
"Why?" Seidel didn't understand why he was in the spotlight.
"Of course it's because of the Iron Helmet of God you are holding. It's a symbol of the king, not everyone can have it. And there has always been a legend among the people of the Collo people that the Iron Helmet of God can lock the soul of the wearer and make it immortal. Unless that person takes off the Iron Helmet of God, it will be an immortal body." Robin became more and more mysterious as he spoke.
Haiwen didn't believe that something could be so powerful. "It's ridiculous. If it were really as you said, would the king who once wore it to fight a war fail? Even if he encountered several other artifacts, he would at least tie it. Why was he forced to escape in the end?"
Robin smiled, as if he really knew the reason. "I'm afraid you don't know what kind of body the king escaped. With the description passed down from my family's ancestors, the king had been pierced by the enemy at that time. Who can escape for a few months when he lost his heart? "
Hawen still doesn't believe in the legend, but he is very interested in what Robin said. "Did your family not tell this?"
"Of course. The other soldiers who escaped alive are also elites among the elites. No one understands that it will inevitably die if they say it. So only the people inside the family know about this, and no one dares to say it to the outside world." Robin gave a positive answer.
Haven looked at the iron helmet in Seidel's hand. "If this thing is so powerful, why didn't you King Crow of all generations find it back?"
This time the answer was Seidel. "They have to dare too! With our Shadow Clan guarding the iron helmet, who dares to fight?"
It was obviously the first time Robin heard her say this. "Shadow Clan?"
"Yes, I'm from the Shadow Clan. You added the title of descendant of the king to me." Seidel had no good impression of this person who bowed toward him.
After hearing this, Robin was happier than hearing Seidel admit it. "You are indeed descendants of the king. Maybe you don't know yet, in fact, the Shadow Clan is the royal family of our Coro." This time he simply knelt on one knee on the ground.
Seidel himself was stunned. "Isn't it true? Do you like to lie like Haven?"
"Do I like to lie so much? You understand me more and more..." Haiwen sneered.
Seidel's eyes immediately became eager to kill. Sarah grabbed her. "Okay. Hawen is joking with you, don't take it seriously."
"Not funny at all." Seidel's disgust for Haven reached a new peak.
Hawen himself was also worried. If Sarah really couldn't stop her, she was probably already walking on the underworld. It seems that it would be better to mess with her less...
The group set off again. Hawen took advantage of Seidel's chance to run to the front of the team and whispered to Sarah: "I discovered something."
"What's the matter?" Sarah asked curiously.
"Sedal is from the darkness, and you may be the only one who can illuminate her heart." Hawen's voice was almost invisible.
Fortunately, Sarah was listening carefully. "You are wrong. As long as you are willing to care about her, everyone can illuminate her heart. Why don't you give it a try too."
"Forget it. I won't take this risk. I really don't know how you practiced it..." Hawen said while observing what Seidel was doing.
Sara covered her mouth and laughed secretly. "Haha. Although Seidel is as old as me, she is just a child psychologically. How can you not tell if you are so smart? Get in touch with her more and don't always hide from her."
"Just because I am a child, my thoughts are elusive. Maybe I will go crazy at any time, and I will kill anyone who doesn't like you. I don't want to be a victim." Haiwen still doesn't want to take risks.
"Then you should be able to accept her as me when I was a child?" Sarah looked at him with a smile.
Haven began to stare at Seidel in the distance, recalling Sarah in the past. "She is indeed a bit like you... she is a silly girl who likes to hide her inner self..."
Sarah put her arms around Havan's arm and leaned her head against his shoulder. "If it weren't for being similar to me, how could I know her so well? Try to get along with her. This is my request to you."
"Okay. You really haven't asked me to do anything. Since it was your first request, I'll agree to make you happy and coax her by the way." Haiwen finally lowered his high head to his beloved wife.
Although it is only two days left before the King of Kroo, it is too long for some people. It is night...
"Sedal, are you listening to me?" Hawen deliberately chatted with Seedal, but the others ignored him at all.
Sarah also came to be a friend. "Yes. Stop making trouble. Hawen knew that he was not good to you before, so he was here to make up for these things. If you have any requests, please give him."
Since Sarah said, Seidel finally spoke. "If he completes the three questions I gave, I will forgive him completely."
Haiwen was so angry that his nose was crooked. "Isn't this difficult for me? I agreed to complete it before I take revenge. Why did you suddenly let me finish it now?"
Seidel also felt a little slutty. "Okay. Then you can prove your sincerity."
To be continued...