The Book of Hibernation
Chapter 93
Lane came back and took a coat from the hanger and wrapped it around Dorin.Dorin didn't know, so Ryan didn't explain much, and directly hugged Dorin from the bed and walked to the door.
"Let's go, we can't keep them waiting too long," Ryan said.
"What? Where? Who's waiting?" Dorin asked.
Ryan didn't hide it.He told Dorin that they were in the Council Tower now, and they were going to meet the members of the city-state council and the high-ranking priests from the Great Temple of White Lake City.
Dorling was still confused, but there was no time to ask further questions.Ryan had already walked through the corridor, walked into the double doors, and led him to a high-domed rotunda.
There were many people sitting in the rotunda, most of them were northerners in luxurious robes, and there were also some knights in sacrificial robes.
Most were strangers, except for two faces Dorin knew: one was Aldin and the other Glora.Dorin met Glora after arriving in Fesisit, and didn't know much about her, only that she was a member of the council.
Judging from the atmosphere in the hall and the attitudes of the people, a long meeting was already going on here before Ryan and Dorin arrived.
They didn't ask Ryan and Dolin's identities, and they weren't curious about Dolin's weak appearance. It seemed that they already knew the basic situation.
Ryan put Dorin on a high-backed soft chair and went to sit far away by himself.Dorin wanted to look back at him, but was blocked by a strange figure.
The visitor was also a day knight, not wearing a battle armor, but wearing a sacrificial robe for simple rituals. He was older and stronger than Ryan.
When he walked to Dorin's side, he noticed a little fear in Dorin's eyes, so he half squatted and half knelt down, lowered his gaze, and raised his head to talk to Dorin.
"Hi, I'm Raynor Patrolman," Captain Raynor stroked his chest with one hand, and bowed slightly, "I've heard of you, your name is Dorin, and you're a friend of the execution team, right?"
Dorin nodded.
Renault asked again: "Are you okay? Is there any discomfort in your body?"
Dorin shook his head and said softly, "I'm fine..."
Next, Renault asked him a few questions.First of all, he asked about the general process of his kidnapping by the necromancer, and then listed some names for him. These people were all hostages captured by the necromancer, and asked Dolin if he knew them.
Dorin realized that not all the hostages were on the list, but those who had not been released so far.However, Deris was not mentioned in the list, nor was "Rosen", but De Carlo was mentioned.
Then Raynor asked about the raid of the dead hunters.When he asked questions, his tone was soft, and he would say things like "Don't be afraid" and "It's a pity" from time to time, which was very different from the young knights Dorin knew.The young knight spoke bluntly, always a bit like ordering others, while Renault's attitude was very gentle, more like doctors and nurses comforting the wounded who had suffered.
The more this is the case, the more difficult it is for Duolin to control his emotions.He remembered the horrible scene in the tunnel that day, the chats De Carlo had with him, the letter that De Carlo asked him to send to his hometown, and everything he had experienced in the Gem Forest...
He couldn't help but bend down and shed tears, and then realized how shameful it was to cry in front of so many people, and hurriedly gritted his teeth to wipe away the tears in vain.
Renault didn't laugh at him, nor was he impatient, but continued to ask questions methodically while comforting him.
Not far away, members of the city-state council were whispering.Glora was talking to an older woman dressed as a priest, and both had regretful expressions on their faces.
Aldin didn't speak.Dorin noticed the look in his eyes. He seemed to be looking in the direction of the rotunda door.
At first Dorin didn't know who Aldin was looking at, but on second thought, he might be looking at Ryan.
Dorin suddenly understood.He understood why he was here, and also understood the purpose of this inquiry.
As soon as Dorin thought of Ryan, Ryan appeared.He came up and gave a brief salute to Captain Renault.Renault also nodded to Ryan, and put his hand lightly on his shoulder.
"We basically understand, thank you," Renault said, "We still have to continue the meeting, you two should go back to rest first, and take good care of your friend. May the care of Ms. Baitian always be there."
"May the care of Ms. Baitian be always there." After Ryan finished speaking, he thanked Renault in his personal capacity and saluted again.
Ryan was going to hug Dolin again, but Dolin resisted a little and insisted on walking by himself, but the influence of the potion was still there, his feet stepped on the ground like cotton, and he couldn't stand at all.So Lane picked him up again and strode out of the rotunda.The double doors closed behind them.
This time, Ryan did not take Dorin to the room where he was resting just now, but carried him all the way out of the parliament tower.
Outside the Parliament Tower, a carriage was waiting for them.After getting into the carriage, Ryan knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the driver began to urge the horse to move forward.
The effect of the potion on Duo Lin's body has not subsided, his limbs are weak, and occasionally he will be a little unstable when encountering bumps. Ryan quickly protected him with his arms and fixed him by his side.
Ryan looked ashamed: "I'm really sorry, I'm not very good at potions, maybe the dosage I used is not right... But don't be afraid, just rest for a few more days."
"Ryan, what on earth are you trying to do..." Dorin asked weakly.
Ryan said: "We're going to the Gray Goose Inn. You lived there when you first came to Fassisette, and your luggage should still be stored in the room, right? We renew your room fee, and you continue to live there. The matter is over." Don't go out until now, someone will take turns to protect you."
It is said to be "protection", but in fact it is probably "guardian".Although he learned about the accommodation arrangement, Duoling obviously didn't ask about this.
He muttered in a trance: "Is this the behavior that a temple knight should do..."
Ryan thought for a while and said seriously: "Oh, you are not asking where we are going, but are you still asking about the potion? Don't worry, this potion will not hurt you. The formula comes from my brother. We used to use it I've done it many times. Back then I was young and had no fighting skills, and my brother wasn't good at bows or anything, so we used this method to deal with animals. I know every ingredient in the potion, and I can guarantee that it is definitely not poison. After all, we can't use poison to hunt animals. And there are no contraband in the ingredients of the potion, using it is not poisoning or assassination, and it does not violate the Temple Knights' Code of Conduct."
Dorin shook his head: "I don't mean potion either."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Everything," Dorin said, looking down, "I mean everything you do."
"what did I do?"
"You are cooperating with the dead hunters... They only want to kill the psychic, and they don't care about the life and death of the hostages. You clearly know this..."
First of all, knowing that the hostages will be killed together, they secretly help the hunters and induce them to attack the necromancer.
Then, deliberately concealing the death of the hostages in order to complete the second exchange, release a group of necromancers who were originally imprisoned, and let them return to their companions. The sick and wounded slow down the efficiency of all their actions.
Then, before the last hostage exchange, the hunter raid was exposed, and the city-state knew that the remaining hostages were dead, and the last exchange could not be achieved at all...
In this way, on the day of the final transaction, the city guards, the private soldiers of the chamber of commerce, the execution team, and the White Lake City Knights detachment who came to support can directly launch the attack without any objection, no one or scruples, and they can take The necromancers caught them all.
The point is, it's legitimate to do so.The necromancers want to exchange, but now they can't hand over the hostages, so it is obvious that they broke the contract, not the city-state and the temple.This fight will not damage anyone's reputation.
What's more, by then, the Hunter of the Dead will also appear.
The hunters are so focused on killing the Healer that they rarely think about other things.They probably don't know that this time they too will fall prey.
For the city-state and the temple, they had evidence in front of them that it was the hunters who killed the hostages.So the hunter has to pay the price for this crime.It would surely be a grand slaughter, and the frozen ice of the Khiva might be blackened with blood.
The problem is, this kind of thing doesn't have to happen at all.If the three hostage exchanges can be successfully completed, the necromancer will withdraw from the forest. At that time, Fessisit will use various forces to strengthen the defense line... Duolin originally thought that this would be enough.
Dorin didn't really want to condemn Lane.Just now he asked Ryan, is this the behavior that the temple knights should do?In fact, he just said it casually.
After speaking, he himself realized that what Ryan did was quite correct, as if there was really nothing that violated the knight's oath.
Lane did nothing evil.The kidnapping of hostages was done by necromancers, and the indiscriminate killing of innocents was done by dead hunters... In addition, there may be one more thing to add: I am afraid that various ideas were thought up by people from the chamber of commerce.Or to be more precise, it may have been Aldin's idea.
As for Ryan, he just passed on a little news, he didn't betray or attack anyone.
Dorin bowed his head in silence for a long time.After a while, Ryan asked: "You hold back your words. Why didn't you say it in front of everyone just now?"
Dorin looked at him suspiciously: "What?"
Ryan explained: "I can see that you have a lot of complaints about my behavior, so why didn't you say it just now? You should tell the detachment leader directly and tell him everything you know."
How could I possibly say... Dorin shook his head.The people in that room probably have the same standpoint and the same idea, but everyone plays different roles and maintains different appearances.
Not only was the potion debilitating, but Dorin gradually began to suffer from headaches.He bent forward, folded his arms, and lay on his knees.Ryan put his hands on his back and patted him soothingly.
Dolin didn't feel any better, but even more dizzy.
He doesn't understand, really doesn't understand.He found that everything changed and became difficult to understand.
When he was in Harbor City, he was very afraid of Kanai and thought he was a cruel thug; it didn't take long for Kanai to sacrifice himself in order to catch dangerous monsters, and now everyone says he is a mage hero.
And Ardin, who is called the Anaconda, is like a poisonous snake entrenched in the harbor.Dorin will always remember the boat that failed to land, and he still doesn't know what happened to the island elf rescue team.
During the days when they first left Harbor City, Ryan and Dorin often held long conversations.Not only Dorin hated Aldin, but Ryan also hated the man.
But what's going on now?Why did Lane and Aldin seem to be allies?Not only can they coexist peacefully in the same room, but they can even share intelligence.
Lion and Aldin, whoever came up with those terrible ideas first, the other didn't object anyway.
Why Ryan would be willing to do this... Dorin couldn't figure it out.
Dorin began to try hard to recall, recall every detail of getting along with Ryan, when did Ryan start to change...
He was surprised to find that if he compared Ryan at this time with the first meeting, the "two people" seemed to be very different; but if he recalled every time they got along since they met, he felt that everything was different. Coherent, everything is going with the flow, and nothing noticeably changes in Ryan.
He heard Ryan sigh softly.He looked up and Ryan was looking at him too.
Ryan met his gaze, frowned and sighed: "To be honest, Dorin, I really don't understand your thoughts."
This is amazing. Dorin was about to say that about Ryan, but Ryan didn't expect to say it first.Dorin didn't think his words and deeds were difficult to understand, but Ryan was.
Ryan said: "When I first met you, I thought we would hit it off...I didn't expect you to be like them all."
"Who are they referring to?" Dorin asked.
"Anyway, it's you guys. You, Winter Thistle, Kanai, Aldin...and many others."
Dorin was taken aback.This is strange, what else can he and Aldin have in common?"What happened to these people?" he asked.
Ryan said, "I don't get it, what the hell are you guys trying to do?"
This made Dorin even more confused.
Ryan said: "I told you about my childhood, that is, the murder of my father Haman. Then I grew up, and Winter Thistle and I went to investigate, and we really found something...Then what? Then It's over. Haman is dead, the killer is dead, and the person who sent the killer is dead, and this is the end. Is it really that simple? Haman's reputation, grievances, and experiences before death... Is it so light and unimportant? In fact, I can see that Winter Thistle didn’t want to check at all, he just pretended to be casual. In the end, I was the only one who paid attention to this matter. But what’s the use of paying attention? ... nobody understood what I wanted, and I didn't get anything in the end."
Dorin understood carefully.He could hear that Lane didn't mean material gain by "anything".
He wants to pursue something, but those things are too ethereal.It may even be difficult for him to describe himself.
"The older I get, the more I don't understand Winter Thistle," Ryan continued, "He seems to want to know about Haman's life, but he doesn't seem to want to; he's afraid of the necromancer, but he helps the necromancer .Later we met the hunter of the dead. That female hunter of the dead was also very strange. She wanted to kill the psychic and send March back to her hometown... Isn't the hunter punishing those who blaspheme life? But she killed and never committed a crime The clergyman... Winter Thistle is so strange in it too, Winter Thistle is so afraid of her, but indifferent to her behavior. He is neither supportive nor angry with her... I don't understand, I really don't understand, they What do people really want?"
Ryan also said this before. At that time, he only talked about the objective events themselves, and didn't talk much about his personal feelings.
Listening to Ryan talking about it now, Dorin also felt that "things are strange."But he didn't think these people mentioned by Ryan were strange, but what Ryan felt and thought... was getting more and more strange.
Duolin vaguely felt a kind of secretly surging resentment, or it could be said that it was fragmented anger.
Ryan looked at Dorin with growing sadness. "You know what happened later, and you were involved," Ryan said. "You wanted to help the Elf Rescue, and so did I. But we failed, and we failed terribly. That's when I finally understood, Winter Thistle and I Not the same. Although we are a family, but he is completely beyond my understanding of the kind of people. He and Aldin is the same kind of people. At that time I had a kind of hope in my heart, I thought, maybe you are different, you It's more like my thoughts..."
He stopped and shook his head: "In the end, I was wrong again. I can't even understand you."
Dorin mustered up his courage and said in a low voice: "For me, you are the one who is hard to understand...I don't know why you are like this."
"Is it hard to understand?" Ryan frowned and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He often makes this look when he's confused.For example, when Winter Thistle told him not to do something when he was a child, or when he was chatting with Dorin, when Dorin talked about all kinds of wonderful elf customs.
"Is it really hard to understand..." Ryan repeated, "What I want to do is obviously very simple. I have principles, just like the knights have oaths. I have a goal, and then I want to accomplish it , want to follow through. That's all. But you are not like this, you never do what you should do to the end, you suddenly want to do something, and then change again. You are always vacillating, always changing position."
Dorin looked at Ryan and couldn't answer a word.
His feeling just now was right... It's not that Ryan has changed, maybe Ryan has always been like this, it's just that he doesn't understand enough.
Like a tree root that breaks a floor tile.The trees seem peaceful and stable, but their roots are growing silently and wildly.It didn't just pop out of the ground all of a sudden.
After expressing himself well, Ryan leaned back on the cushion and raised his head slightly.His eyes passed through the roof of the carriage and focused on something farther away.
He murmured: "So, why are you always right? But what I want to do is always wrong? I want to find out the cause of my father's death, I want to punish the hunter who killed the priests indiscriminately, I want to save the slaves, I want to get rid of the necromancers who brought disaster... Obviously you all want to do these things too, but you will change your mind and compromise again, and finally make it seem like I was wrong and I was just looking for trouble... Can't I be right once, can't I put an end to these evil deeds cleanly?"
Dorin shook his head lightly: "It's not a question of right and wrong, not everything is..."
"Dirty." Ryan interrupted him.
"what?"
Ryan said: "Your point of view is also reasonable, I can understand. Indeed, not everything can be divided into right and wrong. For example, Chamber of Commerce, such as Aldin, and dead hunters, what they do is not necessarily wrong, but It's all dirty."
"Are your methods clean?"
Ryan replied seriously: "It's not clean, but it conforms to the order. Right and wrong are complicated, and the order is simple and easy to understand."
"Let's go, we can't keep them waiting too long," Ryan said.
"What? Where? Who's waiting?" Dorin asked.
Ryan didn't hide it.He told Dorin that they were in the Council Tower now, and they were going to meet the members of the city-state council and the high-ranking priests from the Great Temple of White Lake City.
Dorling was still confused, but there was no time to ask further questions.Ryan had already walked through the corridor, walked into the double doors, and led him to a high-domed rotunda.
There were many people sitting in the rotunda, most of them were northerners in luxurious robes, and there were also some knights in sacrificial robes.
Most were strangers, except for two faces Dorin knew: one was Aldin and the other Glora.Dorin met Glora after arriving in Fesisit, and didn't know much about her, only that she was a member of the council.
Judging from the atmosphere in the hall and the attitudes of the people, a long meeting was already going on here before Ryan and Dorin arrived.
They didn't ask Ryan and Dolin's identities, and they weren't curious about Dolin's weak appearance. It seemed that they already knew the basic situation.
Ryan put Dorin on a high-backed soft chair and went to sit far away by himself.Dorin wanted to look back at him, but was blocked by a strange figure.
The visitor was also a day knight, not wearing a battle armor, but wearing a sacrificial robe for simple rituals. He was older and stronger than Ryan.
When he walked to Dorin's side, he noticed a little fear in Dorin's eyes, so he half squatted and half knelt down, lowered his gaze, and raised his head to talk to Dorin.
"Hi, I'm Raynor Patrolman," Captain Raynor stroked his chest with one hand, and bowed slightly, "I've heard of you, your name is Dorin, and you're a friend of the execution team, right?"
Dorin nodded.
Renault asked again: "Are you okay? Is there any discomfort in your body?"
Dorin shook his head and said softly, "I'm fine..."
Next, Renault asked him a few questions.First of all, he asked about the general process of his kidnapping by the necromancer, and then listed some names for him. These people were all hostages captured by the necromancer, and asked Dolin if he knew them.
Dorin realized that not all the hostages were on the list, but those who had not been released so far.However, Deris was not mentioned in the list, nor was "Rosen", but De Carlo was mentioned.
Then Raynor asked about the raid of the dead hunters.When he asked questions, his tone was soft, and he would say things like "Don't be afraid" and "It's a pity" from time to time, which was very different from the young knights Dorin knew.The young knight spoke bluntly, always a bit like ordering others, while Renault's attitude was very gentle, more like doctors and nurses comforting the wounded who had suffered.
The more this is the case, the more difficult it is for Duolin to control his emotions.He remembered the horrible scene in the tunnel that day, the chats De Carlo had with him, the letter that De Carlo asked him to send to his hometown, and everything he had experienced in the Gem Forest...
He couldn't help but bend down and shed tears, and then realized how shameful it was to cry in front of so many people, and hurriedly gritted his teeth to wipe away the tears in vain.
Renault didn't laugh at him, nor was he impatient, but continued to ask questions methodically while comforting him.
Not far away, members of the city-state council were whispering.Glora was talking to an older woman dressed as a priest, and both had regretful expressions on their faces.
Aldin didn't speak.Dorin noticed the look in his eyes. He seemed to be looking in the direction of the rotunda door.
At first Dorin didn't know who Aldin was looking at, but on second thought, he might be looking at Ryan.
Dorin suddenly understood.He understood why he was here, and also understood the purpose of this inquiry.
As soon as Dorin thought of Ryan, Ryan appeared.He came up and gave a brief salute to Captain Renault.Renault also nodded to Ryan, and put his hand lightly on his shoulder.
"We basically understand, thank you," Renault said, "We still have to continue the meeting, you two should go back to rest first, and take good care of your friend. May the care of Ms. Baitian always be there."
"May the care of Ms. Baitian be always there." After Ryan finished speaking, he thanked Renault in his personal capacity and saluted again.
Ryan was going to hug Dolin again, but Dolin resisted a little and insisted on walking by himself, but the influence of the potion was still there, his feet stepped on the ground like cotton, and he couldn't stand at all.So Lane picked him up again and strode out of the rotunda.The double doors closed behind them.
This time, Ryan did not take Dorin to the room where he was resting just now, but carried him all the way out of the parliament tower.
Outside the Parliament Tower, a carriage was waiting for them.After getting into the carriage, Ryan knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the driver began to urge the horse to move forward.
The effect of the potion on Duo Lin's body has not subsided, his limbs are weak, and occasionally he will be a little unstable when encountering bumps. Ryan quickly protected him with his arms and fixed him by his side.
Ryan looked ashamed: "I'm really sorry, I'm not very good at potions, maybe the dosage I used is not right... But don't be afraid, just rest for a few more days."
"Ryan, what on earth are you trying to do..." Dorin asked weakly.
Ryan said: "We're going to the Gray Goose Inn. You lived there when you first came to Fassisette, and your luggage should still be stored in the room, right? We renew your room fee, and you continue to live there. The matter is over." Don't go out until now, someone will take turns to protect you."
It is said to be "protection", but in fact it is probably "guardian".Although he learned about the accommodation arrangement, Duoling obviously didn't ask about this.
He muttered in a trance: "Is this the behavior that a temple knight should do..."
Ryan thought for a while and said seriously: "Oh, you are not asking where we are going, but are you still asking about the potion? Don't worry, this potion will not hurt you. The formula comes from my brother. We used to use it I've done it many times. Back then I was young and had no fighting skills, and my brother wasn't good at bows or anything, so we used this method to deal with animals. I know every ingredient in the potion, and I can guarantee that it is definitely not poison. After all, we can't use poison to hunt animals. And there are no contraband in the ingredients of the potion, using it is not poisoning or assassination, and it does not violate the Temple Knights' Code of Conduct."
Dorin shook his head: "I don't mean potion either."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Everything," Dorin said, looking down, "I mean everything you do."
"what did I do?"
"You are cooperating with the dead hunters... They only want to kill the psychic, and they don't care about the life and death of the hostages. You clearly know this..."
First of all, knowing that the hostages will be killed together, they secretly help the hunters and induce them to attack the necromancer.
Then, deliberately concealing the death of the hostages in order to complete the second exchange, release a group of necromancers who were originally imprisoned, and let them return to their companions. The sick and wounded slow down the efficiency of all their actions.
Then, before the last hostage exchange, the hunter raid was exposed, and the city-state knew that the remaining hostages were dead, and the last exchange could not be achieved at all...
In this way, on the day of the final transaction, the city guards, the private soldiers of the chamber of commerce, the execution team, and the White Lake City Knights detachment who came to support can directly launch the attack without any objection, no one or scruples, and they can take The necromancers caught them all.
The point is, it's legitimate to do so.The necromancers want to exchange, but now they can't hand over the hostages, so it is obvious that they broke the contract, not the city-state and the temple.This fight will not damage anyone's reputation.
What's more, by then, the Hunter of the Dead will also appear.
The hunters are so focused on killing the Healer that they rarely think about other things.They probably don't know that this time they too will fall prey.
For the city-state and the temple, they had evidence in front of them that it was the hunters who killed the hostages.So the hunter has to pay the price for this crime.It would surely be a grand slaughter, and the frozen ice of the Khiva might be blackened with blood.
The problem is, this kind of thing doesn't have to happen at all.If the three hostage exchanges can be successfully completed, the necromancer will withdraw from the forest. At that time, Fessisit will use various forces to strengthen the defense line... Duolin originally thought that this would be enough.
Dorin didn't really want to condemn Lane.Just now he asked Ryan, is this the behavior that the temple knights should do?In fact, he just said it casually.
After speaking, he himself realized that what Ryan did was quite correct, as if there was really nothing that violated the knight's oath.
Lane did nothing evil.The kidnapping of hostages was done by necromancers, and the indiscriminate killing of innocents was done by dead hunters... In addition, there may be one more thing to add: I am afraid that various ideas were thought up by people from the chamber of commerce.Or to be more precise, it may have been Aldin's idea.
As for Ryan, he just passed on a little news, he didn't betray or attack anyone.
Dorin bowed his head in silence for a long time.After a while, Ryan asked: "You hold back your words. Why didn't you say it in front of everyone just now?"
Dorin looked at him suspiciously: "What?"
Ryan explained: "I can see that you have a lot of complaints about my behavior, so why didn't you say it just now? You should tell the detachment leader directly and tell him everything you know."
How could I possibly say... Dorin shook his head.The people in that room probably have the same standpoint and the same idea, but everyone plays different roles and maintains different appearances.
Not only was the potion debilitating, but Dorin gradually began to suffer from headaches.He bent forward, folded his arms, and lay on his knees.Ryan put his hands on his back and patted him soothingly.
Dolin didn't feel any better, but even more dizzy.
He doesn't understand, really doesn't understand.He found that everything changed and became difficult to understand.
When he was in Harbor City, he was very afraid of Kanai and thought he was a cruel thug; it didn't take long for Kanai to sacrifice himself in order to catch dangerous monsters, and now everyone says he is a mage hero.
And Ardin, who is called the Anaconda, is like a poisonous snake entrenched in the harbor.Dorin will always remember the boat that failed to land, and he still doesn't know what happened to the island elf rescue team.
During the days when they first left Harbor City, Ryan and Dorin often held long conversations.Not only Dorin hated Aldin, but Ryan also hated the man.
But what's going on now?Why did Lane and Aldin seem to be allies?Not only can they coexist peacefully in the same room, but they can even share intelligence.
Lion and Aldin, whoever came up with those terrible ideas first, the other didn't object anyway.
Why Ryan would be willing to do this... Dorin couldn't figure it out.
Dorin began to try hard to recall, recall every detail of getting along with Ryan, when did Ryan start to change...
He was surprised to find that if he compared Ryan at this time with the first meeting, the "two people" seemed to be very different; but if he recalled every time they got along since they met, he felt that everything was different. Coherent, everything is going with the flow, and nothing noticeably changes in Ryan.
He heard Ryan sigh softly.He looked up and Ryan was looking at him too.
Ryan met his gaze, frowned and sighed: "To be honest, Dorin, I really don't understand your thoughts."
This is amazing. Dorin was about to say that about Ryan, but Ryan didn't expect to say it first.Dorin didn't think his words and deeds were difficult to understand, but Ryan was.
Ryan said: "When I first met you, I thought we would hit it off...I didn't expect you to be like them all."
"Who are they referring to?" Dorin asked.
"Anyway, it's you guys. You, Winter Thistle, Kanai, Aldin...and many others."
Dorin was taken aback.This is strange, what else can he and Aldin have in common?"What happened to these people?" he asked.
Ryan said, "I don't get it, what the hell are you guys trying to do?"
This made Dorin even more confused.
Ryan said: "I told you about my childhood, that is, the murder of my father Haman. Then I grew up, and Winter Thistle and I went to investigate, and we really found something...Then what? Then It's over. Haman is dead, the killer is dead, and the person who sent the killer is dead, and this is the end. Is it really that simple? Haman's reputation, grievances, and experiences before death... Is it so light and unimportant? In fact, I can see that Winter Thistle didn’t want to check at all, he just pretended to be casual. In the end, I was the only one who paid attention to this matter. But what’s the use of paying attention? ... nobody understood what I wanted, and I didn't get anything in the end."
Dorin understood carefully.He could hear that Lane didn't mean material gain by "anything".
He wants to pursue something, but those things are too ethereal.It may even be difficult for him to describe himself.
"The older I get, the more I don't understand Winter Thistle," Ryan continued, "He seems to want to know about Haman's life, but he doesn't seem to want to; he's afraid of the necromancer, but he helps the necromancer .Later we met the hunter of the dead. That female hunter of the dead was also very strange. She wanted to kill the psychic and send March back to her hometown... Isn't the hunter punishing those who blaspheme life? But she killed and never committed a crime The clergyman... Winter Thistle is so strange in it too, Winter Thistle is so afraid of her, but indifferent to her behavior. He is neither supportive nor angry with her... I don't understand, I really don't understand, they What do people really want?"
Ryan also said this before. At that time, he only talked about the objective events themselves, and didn't talk much about his personal feelings.
Listening to Ryan talking about it now, Dorin also felt that "things are strange."But he didn't think these people mentioned by Ryan were strange, but what Ryan felt and thought... was getting more and more strange.
Duolin vaguely felt a kind of secretly surging resentment, or it could be said that it was fragmented anger.
Ryan looked at Dorin with growing sadness. "You know what happened later, and you were involved," Ryan said. "You wanted to help the Elf Rescue, and so did I. But we failed, and we failed terribly. That's when I finally understood, Winter Thistle and I Not the same. Although we are a family, but he is completely beyond my understanding of the kind of people. He and Aldin is the same kind of people. At that time I had a kind of hope in my heart, I thought, maybe you are different, you It's more like my thoughts..."
He stopped and shook his head: "In the end, I was wrong again. I can't even understand you."
Dorin mustered up his courage and said in a low voice: "For me, you are the one who is hard to understand...I don't know why you are like this."
"Is it hard to understand?" Ryan frowned and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He often makes this look when he's confused.For example, when Winter Thistle told him not to do something when he was a child, or when he was chatting with Dorin, when Dorin talked about all kinds of wonderful elf customs.
"Is it really hard to understand..." Ryan repeated, "What I want to do is obviously very simple. I have principles, just like the knights have oaths. I have a goal, and then I want to accomplish it , want to follow through. That's all. But you are not like this, you never do what you should do to the end, you suddenly want to do something, and then change again. You are always vacillating, always changing position."
Dorin looked at Ryan and couldn't answer a word.
His feeling just now was right... It's not that Ryan has changed, maybe Ryan has always been like this, it's just that he doesn't understand enough.
Like a tree root that breaks a floor tile.The trees seem peaceful and stable, but their roots are growing silently and wildly.It didn't just pop out of the ground all of a sudden.
After expressing himself well, Ryan leaned back on the cushion and raised his head slightly.His eyes passed through the roof of the carriage and focused on something farther away.
He murmured: "So, why are you always right? But what I want to do is always wrong? I want to find out the cause of my father's death, I want to punish the hunter who killed the priests indiscriminately, I want to save the slaves, I want to get rid of the necromancers who brought disaster... Obviously you all want to do these things too, but you will change your mind and compromise again, and finally make it seem like I was wrong and I was just looking for trouble... Can't I be right once, can't I put an end to these evil deeds cleanly?"
Dorin shook his head lightly: "It's not a question of right and wrong, not everything is..."
"Dirty." Ryan interrupted him.
"what?"
Ryan said: "Your point of view is also reasonable, I can understand. Indeed, not everything can be divided into right and wrong. For example, Chamber of Commerce, such as Aldin, and dead hunters, what they do is not necessarily wrong, but It's all dirty."
"Are your methods clean?"
Ryan replied seriously: "It's not clean, but it conforms to the order. Right and wrong are complicated, and the order is simple and easy to understand."
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