Travel through the city of orcs

"Warren, are you too tired? Why doesn't your face look good?" Adair asked with concern looking at Warren who was in a state of depression.

"I'm fine, Uncle Adair, don't worry." Warren turned his head to meet Adair's concerned gaze, smiled and replied.

"Well, don't worry, take your time step by step. Back then, your father, the old city lord, walked over like this." Adair poured a cup of hot tea for Warren and encouraged him.

"I know," Warren nodded, "I'm much better than Dad, at least I have you, Uncle Jeff, Mr. Felix, and Mr. Arthur helping me."

"That..." Hearing Warren mention Felix, Adair frowned slightly, and said in a deliberate tone, "Warren, we exist to assist you, and you are the one who really decides everything. So, I think, you have to learn to make the final decision on many things, so that you can grow up quickly and steadily."

"Well," Warren nodded in a good-tempered manner, "I know, but now I still don't know many things, so I have to rely on your experience to make a decision, so that I can learn from behind. Don't worry, I'll take it over by myself slowly."

Warren had already talked to this point, and Adair couldn't say anything more, and left after only a few words of advice.

Walking out the door, Adair looked even more worried than in front of Warren just now.Warren has changed, he has become gentle, he has become easy to talk, and he has become willing to listen to other people's opinions.If Aubrey hadn't left, Adair might be happy for Warren's change, but now, Adair only has deep worries in his heart, because Warren's change is too abnormal.

Rather than saying that Warren has become gentle and talkative, it is better to say that Warren is now in a state of passive coping with the flow.He had just become the lord of the city, and it was of course right to listen to the opinions of the elders around him, but Adair felt that the current Warren seemed to have given up all the rights to the four of them.Whether it is Adair himself or the other three, as long as they make a request, Warren has never objected, and they will all comply.When I asked his opinion, he would always say with a smile like that, you can just decide.

After such a long time, Adair himself and Jeff can say that Arthur, who has always been indifferent to everything, can not care about it. The only thing that worries Adair is Warren's father-in-law - Felix s.His ambition can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. It is also well known that Warren has a lot of power in his hands through his attitude of giving and receiving. I trust each and every one of you and it's okay.

Every time Adair thinks of these current situations, Adair complains to Jeff. If he hadn't shown the letter to Warren, Warren probably wouldn't have changed from an unruly and confident young man to a round stone that has been polished off all its edges and corners. .Adair, who had watched Warren grow up, knew Warren too well. The letter crushed all of Warren's pride, and the result of falling from the clouds was that he lost the slightest confidence in himself.

But thinking of the stern and serious Jeff, Adair also wanted to sigh, blaming him for not showing Warren the letter that he promised to be sealed forever. His answer was just, I can't let anyone insult me. The city lord, his son can't do it either. My life was saved by the city lord back then. My mission in this life is to protect the city lord, whether it's reputation or life.Seeing Jeff's reckless look, Adair was helpless.

Adair, who was worried and thought a lot along the way, finally decided, maybe he can talk to Arthur?

After Adair left, the smile on Warren's face also disappeared, and he waved his attendants tiredly to let the attendants leave the room. After he was the only one left in the room, Warren sat down on a chair with a sullen face. Preoccupied.

It has been a long time since he became the new city lord, but Warren just feels more and more tired every day.Those affairs that came one after another, those nobles who constantly looked at themselves with evaluation eyes, the figure who looked back and thought he would smile at him behind his back but never appeared again, and the general who suddenly jumped into his mind The letter I drove into the quagmire...everything made me feel overwhelmed.

Warren felt that he was not qualified, not qualified to be the city lord, and not qualified to have all of this. The most qualified one was Claude, and he just picked up what he didn't want.Tortured by such thoughts, Warren retracted into a thick shell unconsciously, because it didn't matter, so it didn't matter, because it didn't matter, so he accepted any suggestion from anyone.It's not that he can't see Adair's worry, it's not that he can't see the ambition that he thinks is hidden in Felix's eyes, and it's not that he can't see Arthur's half-smiling eyes.All of this, he pretended not to see, he pretended not to know, he just treated everything negatively like this, those past anger and absurdity became Warren's sins on himself, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to do. Who can pull himself out of the mud, he wants to ask his father what to do, but no one will give him an answer.

Warren's life seemed to be a stagnant pool, and nothing could make a ripple.

Warren's inaction has fulfilled Felix's expansion, and perhaps the sky will change in an instant.

When Warren woke up again, it was not the squire who usually served him, but Felix's frantic face standing in front of him.

"Why are you here?" Warren, who was lifted on the chair at some point, wanted to get up, but found that he couldn't move at all, and he asked Felix calmly with some understanding in his heart.

"Oh, of course, today, I'm going to come." Felix's smile was so bright that Warren felt dazzled. "Today is a very important day..."

"Really? Why didn't I know?" Warren's face was light.

"Warren, although you are my son's partner, I still have to say that you are not suitable to be the master of this city." Felix walked up to Warren, put his hand on Warren's shoulder, with a serious expression It was regretful and distressing, "What we need is a capable and powerful city lord who can lead us to a higher peak. Not like you, Warren, who is absurd, undisciplined, not doing business properly, or even—" Felix lowered his voice at this point voice, but the malicious smile on his face is so obvious, "Get together with my own brother's partner, tell me, who would tolerate such a ruined and unreliable city lord?"

"Really, then, who has the ability to be the castellan?" Warren asked calmly. He knew that what Felix said was true, and he couldn't refute it, and he couldn't refute it. "You?"

"Of course not!" Felix Huo stood up and denied, with an angry expression as if Warren's words deeply insulted him, "Do you think I'm the kind of careerist who wants to usurp the throne? Warren, you You are insulting me, insulting an old man who has to drag his no longer young body around because he doesn’t want to see the city destroyed by a fatuous city lord!”

"Ha," Warren looked at the addicted Felix who was acting on his own, and chuckled, "So, I didn't know you were so devoted to this city. So, what are you going to do?"

"Warren, you are the child I watched grow up, and you are my only son's partner. I think you are still a good boy, but, what you have done before is so chilling and untrustworthy. Alright," Felix made another embarrassed expression, "those nobles asked you to step down one after another. It was I who tried hard to prevent them from launching a coup. , the result is good for this city, do you want to hear it?"

"Speak," Warren said without emotion, "I'm listening."

"They decided—" Felix was very satisfied with Warren's cooperation, so he no longer kept it a secret, "and decided to let Carter be the lord of the city."

"Carter?" Warren raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, Carter," Felix nodded, beckoning the young man who had been waiting outside the door to come in, "After many selections, we finally selected this child from the Black Panther family. Children can lead us to a better future, don't you think, Warren?"

Warren looked at the descendant of the Panther who was holding the shoulder and wincingly with erratic eyes. He smiled and said nothing.

Felix didn't care about Warren's silence, he smiled and patted Carter on the shoulder kindly, "I have also investigated Carter, he is a good boy, motivated, hardworking, and extremely responsible, I think he will He is a qualified city lord."

"Yes, yes, yes," Carter stammered as soon as Felix finished speaking, "I, I will be a qualified castellan just like what Mr. Felix said!" As he spoke, he cast his eyes on the seat under Warren, his eyes wild.

Becoming the lord of the city was something that Carter had never thought about. Although he was born in the Black Panther family, he was just a descendant of a declining descendant.Carter, who had thought that he would spend his whole life doing nothing, never dreamed that those wealthy and nobles who were usually aloof would find him and tell him a news that he thought they were all crazy—to make him the lord of the city.

Carter's first reaction when he heard this was to stammer and ask if he was joking with himself again. You know, regardless of Aubrey's biological son Warren, there are so many young panthers who are stronger than him. Even if you don't choose Warren as the city lord, it won't be your turn, right?

However, the tone of the nobles was so firm, and Carter began to believe the repeated persuasion of the male orc who was the leader, who was Warren's father-in-law, and a certain part of his heart became eager to move.I am also a member of the Black Panther family, why can't I be the city lord?Why can't I sit on the throne overlooking all living beings?Now, the opportunity is in front of us, whoever gives up is a fool!

So he came, and he stood in front of this young man who he could only look up to and told him, I will take your place.

Like a spectator, Warren watched Felix perform the heart-wrenching and heart-wrenching routine in front of him, watched him announce that he would announce his retirement from Carter in three days, and then triumphantly said that without waiting for his answer. Puppet Carter took away.

Unable to move, Warren closed his eyes. Very well, he finally lost everything Aubrey once guarded. He really is a waste.

From this day on, the attendants around Warren changed a group of people. Everyone seemed to have their tongues pulled out and never said a word. They just silently waited for Warren to rise and fall. Jeff's whereabouts fell on deaf ears.

Warren doesn't know what's going on outside, but he can often hear that hyena giggle.

Warren has thought more than once that the day he abdicates is probably his own death day. Regarding death, Warren finds that he is not as afraid as he imagined. Perhaps death is the best relief for him.

"Let's all go down." Percy appeared in front of Warren on the third day. He waved away the guards and looked at Warren who was looking at him quietly.

"You're here?" Warren looked at the expressionless Percy and said with a smile.

Percy didn't answer Warren, but silently walked up to him and carefully washed his face and wiped his hands with a towel.

Warren looked at Percy's side face, tight lips, curled eyelashes, and straight nose, and he realized that it had been too long since he had looked at this person who was facing him day and night.

"After tomorrow, you can get everything you want." Warren said watching Percy's movements.

But Percy just paused for a moment, and then continued with his hands as if he didn't hear anything, until he finished scrubbing Warren, then silently dragged a chair and sat beside Warren.

After a long time, Percy said, "I have forgotten how long it has been since I sat quietly with you like this."

"I thought you didn't care where I was. For you, the rights I represent are what you pay most attention to, don't you?" Warren said calmly.

"So, are you willing to make a contract with me?" Percy turned his head and asked Warren word by word.

Warren was not surprised at Percy's request, he nodded, "I do."

Hearing those three words, Percy didn't show any expression, his eyes were as dull as stagnant water, "I am willing too."

After finishing speaking, Percy felt that the letter he had been wearing next to his body became a little cold, and then, as he expected, he easily took off the letter.

Putting the letter on the table, Percy stared at it blankly, and said softly, "How can you be sure what I want? How can you be sure what I pay attention to the most? Now you , probably don’t know anything about me.”

"Isn't our union meant to get what we need?" By now, Warren was able to calm down and chat with Percy. He talked about his relationship with Percy as if he were talking about other people's affairs relationship.

"In the past, I thought it was like this too," Percy was a little dazed, and his thoughts flew far away, "You also understand that when children like you and me grow up, we bond with our partners not so much because of love. Rather, it is for the maximization of interests. Everything is for the family. Like other females, I learned how to make the family stronger through marriage and future married life from elementary school etiquette. At that time, I did not I know who my partner is, but I don’t have much expectation. I still choose among those noble males. Then, I met you, and you took me to play around the city, eating those that I couldn’t even touch. Food, we laughed and ran in the streets and alleys, sweating and smiling freely, thinking about it now, that was probably the happiest period of my life so far," Percy, who was immersed in his own memories, had a long-lost smile on his face , "It was you who brought me to experience a life I had never experienced before. It was you who brought bright colors to my life. So I found out later that it was you who became my partner. I was really happy. Because in my opinion, there is nothing more perfect than being a partner with an orc that I like and can bring benefits to the family. In fact, speaking of it this way, my liking for you was not pure at first, and I took it for granted I began to calculate the glory and benefits that the noble status behind you can bring to my family, because most noble couples do this. But at that time, I still felt that we were different, I think I can live a little happier than those females, a little happier, because we have spent those happy times together. But, I realized later, I was still too naive," Percy turned his head and listened carefully Warren who speaks for himself, "You will never realize how angry I am when I watch you promiscuously go around in the city, how much I hate you, how much I look down on myself, and I naively think that I can get nothing but benefits and much more.”

"Percy..." Percy said hate in his mouth, but his eyes were already indifferent, which made Warren feel a little sour in his heart, and murmured.

"But then, I got used to it," Percy didn't respond to Warren, but quietly said what he wanted to say, "Without hope, naturally there will be no disappointment. I started to watch you live like a bystander. Life like children, these have nothing to do with me, we each get what we need, you go to pursue your so-called freedom, I will seek benefits for my family, until Lance appears," Percy's eyes still remained when he mentioned that name. There is hatred, "Because of him, I realized that I actually still care about you, and it is because I care that I am even more angry. You are messing with the partner who should be your brother. You make me feel that you are severely humiliating me." I, so, I sent someone to kill him..."

Fangfo recalled the days that made him hate and anger the most, and Lance's protesting face. It took Percy a while to calm down, "After that time, I found that we have gradually drifted apart. It was far away until we went to Pato Town. Looking at the lives of Claude and Achi, I actually felt envious. I found that nothing like such an ordinary life makes me feel peaceful. Satisfaction. In those days, Chi and I talked a lot, and I began to reflect on whether the things I pursued from the beginning were all wrong. I want such a peaceful life, I want such a plain but only love, I understand, I love You are deeper than I thought."

Percy sighed, and continued, "So I listened to A Chi's suggestion, treat you with sincerity, try my best to narrow the distance between you and me, and get my love back. But, I won't know until I practice it. How difficult it is. The distance between us has become a gully. You can see that my eyes have no warmth. I can’t see the future, but I can’t let go of the initial happiness and warmth, so I’m struggling. But I’m not made of stone Yes, I will be tired, and I will also be desperate." Percy picked up the letter and stood in front of Warren, bent down and put the letter in his hand, "I love you, in the end, it has nothing to do with interests, I Let go, not because I got everything you thought I wanted, but because I was too tired, too tired to support a future that could not see the light of day."

After finishing speaking, Percy, who turned and left, stopped halfway and did not look back, "I will let you out when they hold a celebration banquet for the new city lord tomorrow. From now on, you can live a good life."

Unable to move, Warren looked at Percy's leaving back, and suddenly felt as if a piece of his heart was broken, and the pain spread all over his body, making him unable to say anything, and could only stare blankly at the piece of letter that had lost its warmth. wear.

This night, for some noble people in the main city, it was a sleepless night.

Maybe it’s the ecstasy for the great fortune, maybe it’s the excitement of planning for many years and the fulfillment of the wish, maybe it’s the sadness of giving up a hopeless persistence, maybe it’s the first time to recall the past so clearly Bit by bit and sad.

Life is full of flavors, joys and sorrows, ups and downs.