holy flame

Chapter 018: Sleepless Night

Samuel left the City Lord's Mansion. Although the smell in Julian City is not very good now, at least the air outside is circulating and the smell is acceptable.But when he came out, Samuel borrowed a cloak from the servant. It was not a gorgeous and expensive cloak for the lord of the city, but a cloak used by ordinary servants to keep warm. The servant was very enthusiastic, and Samuel went What happened when he came to the banquet has already spread among the servants, and he also knows what the knight master wants the cloak for.So he didn't refuse, and quickly found five or six pieces for Samuel.Samuel thanked the servant, picked out a shabby but clean cloak, and then told the servant that he would order his entourage to fetch the horse tomorrow, then wrapped himself tightly and left through the small gate.

Samuel's disguise was quite successful. Although there were still a few young men and women wandering across the street who refused to leave, no one recognized him.In the world Samuel lived in in his previous life, where entertainment was extremely rich, many people worshiped idols crazily. In this world where entertainment is extremely scarce, their behavior is not difficult to understand.But understanding is understanding, Samuel will not meet their needs.

Finally back in the tent, Eric was sitting outside by the bonfire watching, writing and drawing on the ground with a stick - although this was in the city, and Samuel's identity also had a deterrent effect, Be careful, there is no big mistake. During this time, three people have been keeping vigil in turns.Seeing Samuel coming, Eric threw the stick into the bonfire in a hurry: "My lord, you are back."

"Well, I will guard the rest of the time, you go to sleep. By the way, is there any food left?"

"How can I make the adults watch the night? There is still some hot soup, but it is already cold." Eric took an iron pot from one side, and there was still a little soup in it.

"No more bread and roast?"

"It's gone, there's only half a pancake left." Eric frowned and took out half a pancake, obviously he felt guilty because he couldn't make a feast for Samuel.

"That's fine, thank you, you go to sleep." Samuel didn't mind, took the pancake and put it on the lid of the pot, turned around and started to stir up the bonfire.

"My lord, this is my vigil. I can't let you replace me." Eric refused to budge, and also took a small wooden stick to help Samuel pick a big flame.

"Okay then." Although Samuel didn't understand why he had to fight for this kind of thing, he didn't insist anymore. Instead, he sat by the fire and stared quietly at Eric as he boiled the soup until it softened. bread, put the food in a wooden bowl, and served it to him.

When Samuel was silently eating hot soup and biscuits, Eric, who was also sitting on the side, didn't know what to do.He wanted to practice calligraphy on the ground again, but he felt a little embarrassed for some reason.In the end, he began to stare at the bonfire in a daze for no reason—it was his father who sat by the bonfire with him, and his father was a well-known hunter in the village and even the entire Julian City. I didn't see the last side of...

Samuel took two bites when he found Eric sitting there with his hands on his knees, whimpering softly.

"What's the matter?" The subordinate's mental state is not good, and the superior should ask whether it is sincere or false.

"It's nothing." Eric was startled, he didn't seem to realize what he was doing, he hurriedly wiped the tears off his face, and sat up straight.

"..." Samuel took two more bites, and the more he said it was nothing, the more he had something. The mission assigned by the holy court this time was not as dangerous as the undead siege, but it was not much less. Samuel didn't want to take it with him. with an uncertain factor.And for such a half-old child, you don't need to analyze it, you just need to think about it to know what he is crying, "Are you homesick, miss your father?"

"...Well..." Although he didn't want to admit it, Eric didn't choose to lie in the end, "Am I cowardly?" As a knight's entourage, he was an adult, and he was an adult with some status. In Eric's perception, such a person should not be weak enough to be homesick, let alone cry in embarrassment.

"No, this is good." Samuel stirred the wooden spoon twice, raised his head, and poured all the paste-like things in the bowl into his mouth, "You love him, that's why you miss him and suffer , will cry. That's good." Samuel repeated "good" twice, because this kind of true feeling is really good.

Putting down the bowl, Samuel sat next to Eric and patted his shoulder: "Cry if you want to cry, and laugh if you want to laugh. I don't think smiling is brave, and tears are cowardly."

"Thank you, Lord Samuel." Eric looked at Samuel excitedly, with tears in his eyes, and a look of admiration and admiration.

"It's nothing to be thankful for." Samuel smiled slightly and ruffled Eric's hair.It's not the greasy one, but it's smooth, softer than a horse's mane, like...Suddenly, Samuel froze for a moment, because a picture from a long, long time ago flashed before his eyes—— Was that still in the previous life, or when he still had feelings in the previous life, as if he had hugged such a fluffy and warm thing many times, it seemed like a big dog?

Samuel, who suddenly fell into memory, "smoothly" hugged Eric in his arms. In fact, the two were about the same height. Although Eric was a little shorter, he inherited the thin figure of Samuel, who was an elf. But it was a little thinner than him.So such a hug looks a bit awkward from the outside, and the person who was hugged was also taken aback.But Samuel, the one who "hugged" him, didn't know it, because the dog in his memory was much taller than him, and the feeling of being hugged overlapped virtually with today's!

"Cough! Cough cough!" A cough did not wake Samuel up. Of course, even if he was woken up, he would not let go.But it was indeed frightening for a day at all, but Eric, who didn't dare to break free due to the situation, jumped out of Samuel's arms in an instant.

"Sorry, did I bother you?" Julian looked at Samuel with a weird face, and then looked at Eric from head to toe with an even weirder face—is this the type that Samuel likes?Or maybe he likes things younger than him?

"Well, you are interrupting me." Samuel replied without blushing and panting. Eric, who was already hiding in the corner, jumped up in fright, but he was shaking left and right, but he didn't know that he could hide. No matter where you go, you can only stand there with an embarrassed face in the end.

Eric squatted next to Samuel: "Can you tell me, what happened in the short few hours that I don't know, so that you can make rapid progress?"

"No, that's my secret!" Samuel shook his head, and then showed a smile that stunned Zhulik beside him and Eric who was a little far away-the kind that only appears on children Yes, pure and flawless, just laughing happily because of happiness!

"I'm jealous of you, kid." Julian turned his head and said viciously to Eric.

The strange ambiguity just now made Eric a little scared subconsciously, but he was also a little happy.Hearing Julian's "screaming", he didn't know what to do, so he could only squat in the corner foolishly.As a result, the night when there should only be one person vigil turned into a three-person vigil, and only the big man Bahn slept well all night in the tent.