519 Confession
Xia Lan didn't know why Niniluo appeared in Fei'an Town, didn't know whether she recognized her, or the purpose of her saying that to her. ═┡╞┝0000 ┝000 ┢┠┠┠┠.
If his encounter with Niniluo was a beautiful accident, then the Heather Empire's invasion war on the border of the Angrien Kingdom at Kaglas is a cruel reality.
The news was told by Joanna when she returned from the Farmers' Market.
Merchants are undoubtedly the most well-informed type of people, because an important piece of news can often determine the success or failure of their business, and sometimes the sensitivity of merchants to war is difficult to match even at the national level.
What does war mean?
Civilians see disaster, soldiers see glory, politicians see interests, and businessmen see business.
Where there is war, there is business, and where there is business, there are merchants.
Greedy businessmen who have raised prices and suffered wealth have been greedy since ancient times, and there are no exceptions to this day.
Xia Lan was stunned for a moment after hearing this news. In the vague memory deep in his mind, he remembered that the Heather Empire invaded the Kingdom of Angrien should have been born in the Warlandson Holy War of the full Western Expedition twenty years later. Before that, the two countries had maintained a peaceful situation and had never heard of the Heather Empire provoking a war on the border!
Did he remember the mistake and miss it? Or was the butterfly effect he induced changed the direction of history?!
Thinking of this, a familiar name came to my mind.
Adrina—
No, the right one should call Him Galbod.
There was no reincarnation and rebirth of Galbod in the original historical trajectory. If we were to use game terms, Galbod's rebirth should be an epic hidden task that Xia Lan accidentally started, which led to a change in history.
As the object of subverting Fang's worship, Gal Bode is undoubtedly the leader of subverting Fang's naturalness. With his crazy style in the twilight of the ancient gods, Xia Lan has reason to believe that after he settled in the position of overturning Fang, he would definitely control the Heather Empire to launch a new round of faith wars that swept across the Great Six!
In just three years, I didn't expect that the Willanson jihad revealed its clues in advance. (《.c》
He would not be unaware of the consequences of the Warlandson jihad, which was a major event that affected the entire Elderland 6. Even the Warlandson jihad can be regarded as the ending event of the game. Basically, more than 90% of the countries in the Greater 6 were involved in the long-lasting war quagmire of the Warlandson jihad, and for a while chaos and darkness became the themes of the times.
Joanna and Guy in the store looked very good. On the one hand, they were the group of black-hearted grain traders who jointly raised prices. On the other hand, they were uneasy about the shadow of future wars.
No normal people like war, only madmen and paranoids are keen on war.
"Boss, do you think Heather Empire will call me?" Guy, who was busy unloading and transporting the goods, looked worried and asked Joanna, who was keeping the bills at the counter.
Joanna put down the quill in her hand, shook her head and sighed: "I don't know. I had chatted with Boss Grambo before about the war ahead. He seemed to be confident in the war. I heard that he often had trade with the border garrison. I guess he knew the strength of the border garrison than we all knew. And have we defeated the border invasion of the Heather Empire in the Year of the Frozen Rain? Maybe this time it will be the same."
"I remember it!" Guy, who was worried, suddenly exclaimed excitedly. "Mr. Marksius, who defeated the Heather Empire on the border in the year of freezing rain, was in Feane. I actually forgot this noble master! As long as he is here, we can definitely defeat the Heather Empire again!"
In fact, many people in the townspeople who heard the Heather Empire invaded the border and were anxious, like Guy, recalled Viscount Markius. The low-key that the Viscount finally created finally disappeared in an instant, but after the Heather Empire invaded, he no longer had to keep a low profile. At the beginning of the war, Markius had begun to convene his knight army continuously and was always ready to accept the orders of the king to go on the expedition.
The mentality of the villagers in Fean Town gradually changed from pessimism to optimism, as if they believed that Viscount Marksius would definitely defeat the Heather Empire again.
Xia Lan can only sneer at this, and it is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to pin her hopes on others.
He remembered that after the outbreak of the Willanson Holy War, the Heather Empire took only one month to conquer the rich land of Windsor Plain, and directly cut off the connection between the north and south of the Angrien Kingdom. In terms of military strength, although the Angrien Kingdom was slightly inferior to the Heather Empire, it had an extremely strong will to resist and was not afraid of head-on confrontation at all. ┞┠═.〔[.c(o{m{
According to normal circumstances, the Kingdom of Angrien could not be defeated so much. The problem is that a large number of believers who subverted the secret of Fang Fang lurking in the Windsor Plain collectively rebelled. Inner Counterfeiting and Assassination were continuous, which immediately disrupted the overall strategy arranged by the Kingdom of Angrien, which directly led to the defeat of the front-line army.
The Supervision Office, which the Kingdom of Angrien was once proud of, had long allowed the subverted fangs to penetrate, and when the war broke out, it did not play its due role.
Xia Lan didn't know if the war would be exactly the same as the early stages of the Willandson jihad in his previous life. Maybe, maybe not, so what? Because he had decided to leave the Kingdom of Angrien.
Before that, he would Joanna confess his goodbye.
Unexpectedly, Joanna had the same thoughts, and the invasion of the Heather Empire constituted the best opportunity for her to showdown.
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In the early morning, Joanna, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened her eyes. She looked at Nina who was sleeping sweetly beside the pillow, then tiptoed to get up from the bed, reached out to take the coat hanging on the hanger, and quietly left the room as if she was a thief.
Put on her coat and walked down the stairs, she suddenly realized that there was a faint candlelight in the living room.
"Brother Alan, why haven't you been sleeping yet?"
She was alert and immediately looked into the living room carefully, but it turned out that it was a false alarm. It turned out that the person who lit the candlelight in the living room was Alan sitting alone in the sand.
Xia Lan glanced at Joanna outside the door and raised her hand to point to the sand opposite her.
Joanna was stunned, because Alan's actions were a little beyond her expectations. It seemed that Alan had something to say to her.
"Joanna, I'm leaving."
Before Joanna could sit firmly, a hoarse and unpleasant voice sounded in her ears. She widened her eyes and stared at Xia Lan who was speaking opposite her. The expression on her face temporarily frozen. For a moment, she smiled bitterly, and leaned against the sand as if she was free.
"Brother Alan, are you finally willing to speak?"
"I have never thought of lying to you. If possible, I would not speak again in this life." Xia Lan said calmly.
"Brother Alan, I have a question that has been buried in my heart. Now I hope you can tell me honestly." Joanna bit her lip and looked at Xia Lan and said, "Why are you always with us?"
"Repay kindness." Xia Lan said: "Maybe there is another reason. I want to live my life simply and peacefully."
"That's why you've been with us all the time?" Joanna said in a little unbelievable.
Xia Lan nodded and regarded it as an answer.
"Brother Alan, who are you?" Joanna asked quietly after a while of silence.
“…”
Who am I?
Killer? Assassin? Wanted criminal?
Xia Lan asked herself in her heart, and it was only then that he realized that he didn't know who he was.
His silence was regarded by Joanna as an unwillingness to answer, so she did not pursue it, but continued to ask: "Brother Alan, thank you very much for your help to our mother and daughter over the past two years. Are you going to leave just now? Are you going to leave me and Nina?"
"Yes." Xia Lan said.
"Why?" Joanna said.
"Because the Kingdom of Angrien is no longer suitable to stay." Xia Lan said indifferently: "The war will sooner or later come here. Today I decided to speak to you and tell you about leaving, and at the same time I want to tell you about this."
"Couple Alan, don't you believe that the kingdom can resist the invasion of the Heather Empire?" Joanna was stunned.
"If you are willing to believe me, leave Fian Town and go back to Galves, at least it is safe there." Xia Lan said.
He remembered that in the game of his previous life, Gelves directly chose to surrender in the face of the invasion of the Heather Empire. The main reason was that the local ruling officials were all secret men who subverted the Fangs, so Gelves was not invaded, and the peace lasted for many years.
"I used to vow that I wouldn't go back to Galves!" Joanna said firmly.
"Are you willing to be in war with Nina from now on?" Xia Lan asked.
Joanna lowered her head and said nothing for a long time.
"I will leave tomorrow morning." Xia Lan shook her head and said when she saw this.
"Brother Alan, are you willing to separate from Nina? Are you willing to live with the ordinary life we used to be with?" Joanna suddenly looked up and said to him.
Are you willing to give up?
Once again, Xia Lan asked herself.
I don't want to let it go.
His heart gave the most honest answer.
But so what if he is reluctant to let go? Sooner or later, he will leave them, mother and daughter, and this farewell will be a forever farewell.
"Brother Alan! Take Nina and me." Joanna said.
Xia Lan looked at her in a daze, and from her eyes, he saw Qi Ji.
"Why?"
His voice was extremely dry.
"Because Nina and I believe in you!" Joanna said.
believe--
hehe--
It turns out that I will believe it now.
He thought to himself.
In the past, someone believed in him, and he attributed everything to the power he had. If there was no power, would others still believe in him?
He didn't know, maybe there was, but in the end, no one who believed him had a good result.
"Have you really decided?" Xia Lan said.
"Yes." Joanna said firmly.
"Pack up your things and leave as soon as possible." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!