Travel through the city of orcs

"The city lord's coffin will arrive at the Pato town cemetery tomorrow morning, please get ready."

After a guard that Cheng Chi had met with Aubrey suddenly appeared at the door of his house at night and left this sentence with sad eyes, the whole house fell into silence.

"Daddy, what is the coffin? Is grandpa coming?" Ian, with sharp ears, ran down excitedly after hearing a few words upstairs, came to Cheng Chi's side and took his hand and asked happily.

"The coffin... the coffin is..." Looking at Ian's pure and innocent eyes, Cheng Chi felt as if something was stuck in his throat. He repeated it several times and didn't know how to explain it. Looking up, he seemed to be sucked away. Claude, who lost his soul and stood aside, his eyes were full of worry.

Ian, who didn't get an answer from Cheng Chi, turned around and wanted to ask Claude, but he stopped after touching Claude's pale face, and after a while, he walked slowly to Claude and stretched out his hand He took his finger and shook it, "Dad, are you uncomfortable? Why do you seem to be suffering?"

Claude looked down at Ian who was looking at him worriedly, reached out and touched his little head, and said in a hoarse voice, "Baby, Dad is just a little tired, not uncomfortable." After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked heavily Upstairs.

"But Dad seems really uncomfortable..." Ian felt that Claude's performance was a bit different from his own definition of tired, and turned his head to look at Cheng Chi suspiciously, hoping to get an answer.

"Baby, come to Daddy, Daddy has something to tell you." Cheng Chi took a deep breath, and waved to Ian who was standing not far from him.

By the time Ian, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, was coaxed to sleep, it was already late at night. Cheng Chi, who couldn't hide the exhaustion between his brows and eyes, returned to the bedroom with his back on his back, and found that Claude was already lying on the bed with his back to him, as if sleeping. caught.

Cheng Chi took two steps forward and stretched out his hand to touch Claude, but stopped in the middle of it. After thinking about it, he withdrew his hand, changed his clothes slowly, and lay down on the bed. Before going to bed, he lowered his head and kissed Claude's temple. After a while, he said softly, "Honey, no matter what, you still have me and the children."

Claude seemed to have really fallen asleep, his eyes closed without any reaction.

Cheng Chi looked at Claude like this, pursed his lips, and lay down.Although the incident was too sudden and heavy, and everyone in the family was hit, Cheng Chi, who had a big belly, still couldn't resist the invasion of sleep, and fell into a deep sleep after a while.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Chi was woken up by the pain in his cramped calf. It took a while for the pain to gradually disappear. This time, Claude did not massage Cheng Chi as usual, because Cheng Chi, who had recovered, turned his head to look at the position where Claude was sleeping. , found that there was no one there, touched the mattress, it was cold.

Cheng Chi didn't think much about it, he just stood up by himself, put on a coat and walked out the door.

Walking slowly to the top of the stairs, Cheng Chi saw Claude sitting on the floor of the living room, looking at the rocking chair in front of him in a daze, the bright moonlight shining on Claude through the window, let Cheng Chi see Claude. The tear stains on Lauder's face.

"Honey, can't you sleep?" Cheng Chi carefully walked downstairs to Claude while holding the handrail of the stairs, put his hand on Claude's shoulder with difficulty, and asked softly.

The sudden weight on his shoulders brought Claude back to his senses. He glanced sideways at Cheng Chi, then quickly turned around and wiped his face twice indiscriminately. Then he stood up and helped Cheng Chi with red eyes, "You How did you get up? Did you wake me up?"

"No, I woke up by myself. I saw that you were not in bed, so I got up to see where you are." Cheng Chi waved his hand and rejected Claude's suggestion to help him sit on the chair, and only pulled Claude on the spot together. Sitting down, there was a blanket on the floor, and it wasn't too cold.

"Dad, he..." After Cheng Chi sat down with Claude, the two looked at the rocking chair that Aubrey used to lie on when he lived here for a while, before Cheng Chi turned his head and put his hand on Claude's. Looking at Claude with gentle eyes, he said softly, "Actually, I don't know what to say, and I don't know how to comfort you, but I hope you cheer up when you are sad, okay? I and the children are by your side."

"Originally, I planned to visit him in the next two days..." Claude nodded, without taking his eyes off the now empty recliner, "I want to tell him that if he is no longer the city lord in the future, he will come to our Live here. He can lie on the rocking chair in the sun every day, doze off, take Ian to the town, and chat with Uncle Sam and Uncle Wilbur. I can go to the jungle to hunt different game for meat Give him candied meat, not too much every day, just let him enjoy his mouth. At night, we can chat in the back yard together. I can tell him what I encountered when I was hunting, and I can tell him about Daddy things..."

As he spoke, Claude's tears overflowed from his eyes again, and his tone became choked up. Regarding the vision of the future, Claude had already involuntarily added Aubrey into it, but it hadn't been realized yet. The old man who squinted his eyes on the rocking chair and ordered Ian and Tangyuan to steal meat jerky for him has left. For the first time, Claude experienced the pain of what Cheng Chi once said, "the child wants to raise but not to be loved".

Seemingly exhausted, Claude lay down on Cheng Chi's lap, curling up his legs like a helpless child, "But...why won't he give me the time? , why didn’t you give me this opportunity to let me have a taste of having a father? In fact, I also resented him when I was young, because other people had fathers, but I didn’t. At that time, I really felt very hard and felt that If he was here, I wouldn't have to work so hard, and Daddy wouldn't have to work so hard. But when he really stood in front of me, at that moment, I realized that in fact, the longing in my heart is greater than the resentment. As long as he can come, I am very happy. He is old, he can't do anything for me, he can't teach me anything, but I am still happy, as if the empty piece in my heart has been filled. It seems that no matter what you do, there is always something It's like someone is supporting you behind. It turns out that this is the feeling of having a father. It's really good, isn't it? But why, good things are short-lived, and the short ones make me think this is a dream..."

Cheng Chi leaned against the rocking chair and stretched out his hand to stroke the hair roots of Claude's neck slowly up and down, listening quietly to him whispering those feelings and regrets while pillowing on his lap. Cheng Chi knew that Claude Duk needed a way to vent his grief.This is the first time Cheng Chi sees Claude cry. This burly, stable and seemingly omnipotent man who seems to have nothing to defeat and hurt him is the first time he is like a man who has lost his most precious and favorite thing. The child cried like a child, and the cry was so sad, and Cheng Chi was also sore and unbearable when he cried.

Cheng Chi knew that what he could do now was to stay with Claude, spend this sleepless night with him, and listen quietly to what he said that he had kept in his heart for a long time.

Claude talked for a long time, and then gradually fell silent, just holding Cheng Chi's hand that was caressing his hair roots, without saying a word.

At this moment, Cheng Chi felt that his legs seemed numb and not like his own, and his back began to feel a little sore. He moved slightly to make his waist feel more comfortable, and then tightened the hands interlaced with Claude. , said softly, "Dad, he... just stayed with us in another way, as long as we want, we can visit him at any time. And, you see, after so many years of separation, Dad and Daddy are together again .This is Dad's wish. I think Daddy will be happy too. What do you think? Dad must be very tired after working hard for so long. Now, he can rest well and have a lot of time with Daddy. Together, this is also good, right? As long as we still miss Dad, he will always live in our hearts, just like Daddy." Cheng Chi turned Claude to face him, and pulled him Putting his hand on his stomach, "What we have to do is to live a good life and live a serious life. Only in this way can we not worry Dad and Daddy, right? All life cannot escape birth, old age, sickness and death, so we must grasp and cherish life. Every moment in. Dad fulfilled all his missions in this world, and now, he can live his life in another world. So don't feel alone, you have me, you have Ian, you have this A new life that has not yet been born. My mission is to live a good life with you and the children, love you well, and stay with you until the end. Daddy is accompanied by his father, and you, with me, OK?"

Claude raised his head and looked at Cheng Chi with warm and firm eyes, feeling the fresh life in the warm stomach under his hands, his nose was sore, and he leaned on Cheng Chi even tighter, stretched out his arms around his waist, and wrapped his arms around his waist. Putting his ear on Cheng Chi's stomach, he murmured, "Okay..."

After getting this answer, Cheng Chi showed a smile on his face.

When it was just dawn, Aubrey's coffin had arrived at the cemetery in Pato Town.

Claude and the potbellied Cheng Chi took Ian to wait at the door. When the team arrived, Cheng Chi was a little surprised to find that apart from Adair who looked haggard and sad, Warren who looked expressionless and Percy who looked worried. Came with the escort team.

"My child, please don't be sad. The city lord walked away very peacefully." As soon as the two met, Adair stepped forward and gave Claude a comforting hug.

"I..." Claude wanted to speak, but when his eyes touched the black coffin, his chest hurt as if he couldn't breathe, and he said hoarsely after a long time, "Thank you..."

Adair patted Claude on the back hard, and then turned to Cheng Chi, "Please take good care of Claude, and please also take good care of yourself. Before the city lord, I have always missed you very much."

Cheng Chi looked at the bloodshot eyes of Adair, nodded, stepped forward and hugged him, "Please also pay attention to your body."

When Adair walked in front of Ian, Ian raised his tear-filled eyes to look at the old man who was always serious in his heart, and pointed to the long coffin with his mouth puckered and asked, "Where is Grandpa inside?" Is he really not going to wake up again?" This was the first time that little Ian felt death so close, which made him unacceptable.

Adair looked at Ian whose eyes were red and swollen and tearful, sighed, reached out and touched his head, "The city lord, he is tired, he needs to take a good rest."

After hearing this, Ian burst into tears and didn't speak any more.

"Hurry up, the sky will be bright later." Warren looked at the few people who comforted each other, and said with no expression in his eyes.

Warren's utterance drew everyone's attention to him, but he seemed unaware of it, and just said to himself, "Let's get down to business first."

Hearing what he said, Adair also nodded, "Yes, let the city lord rest in peace first, and talk about other things later."

After finishing speaking, he commanded the guards to start digging beside the place where Bernie was buried. Claude walked to the cold and lifeless coffin at this moment, and stretched out his trembling hands to touch and caress gently. As he spoke, he opened his mouth to speak several times, but his lips trembled and tears flowed silently.

Warren, who was standing aside, looked at Claude like this, without saying anything, his eyes were indifferent, as if everything had nothing to do with him, and he was just an outsider.

Warren's attitude made Cheng Chi a little strange. He turned his questioning eyes to Percy, who had been paying attention to Warren, but Percy was so focused on Warren that he didn't notice Cheng Chi's movements.

When he was putting the coffin containing Aubrey into the dug pit and preparing to fill in the soil, Ian stepped forward and put a small cloth bag on the surface of the coffin before letting others continue to fill in the soil. Cheng Chi knew that it was Ian En small pouch for jerky.

The entire burial process seemed quiet and solemn. Cheng Chi held Claude's cold hand and watched with him as the coffin was covered with soil, flattened, and covered with turf. The former ruler of the world was so quiet. Sleep here forever.

After the burial was completed, Adair left without staying long. Only then did Cheng Chi know that a grand funeral had been held for Aubrey in the main city. In the eyes of the world, the deceased city lord had been It was buried in the cemetery where the city lords of all dynasties in the main city finally lived. Only these followers and cronies knew that it was just a tomb of clothes.Aubrey's final resting place is the quiet town he has been thinking about.That's why I chose to arrive here in the early morning when everyone was asleep, and let Aubrey go to the ground before everyone woke up.

Adair left in a hurry with a few entourages, while Warren and Patsy stayed in the town to rest and adjust.

At night, there was a knock on the door outside the house where Warren and Percy were resting. Warren, who was left alone downstairs, opened the door and saw someone coming. He raised his eyebrows, "Is that you?"