[Through Middle-earth BG Lord of the Rings Fans] A Different Life Das Leben der Anderen

Slowly opened my eyes, the dim light blurred the scene in front of me, I blinked suspiciously, then sat up slowly.

The sun shines into the house through the small window full of dust and dirt. The narrow room is full of bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets and porcelain bowls and jars. The only furniture may be the piece of wooden boxes under me. As a result, it can be called a bed at best.

This is... really a... poor little house... I looked around and thought silently, with nowhere to stay.

"It's so simple, I'm really sorry." A clear voice came from the door.

I looked around and saw a young man. He walked into the impenetrable shabby room and looked at me regretfully: "There are so many things piled up, it's very inconvenient."

"Oh, no, I interrupted you." I quickly replied, and deeply reflected on myself: I must have stayed in the elf kingdom for too long and got spoiled, and now I am picky about the shelter that kindly took me in. .Extravagance!Shameful!shameful!I don't know that hard work and thrift are the highest state of life!It seems that my practice is far from enough.God, from now on I will be more strict with myself, vowing to become a noble person, a pure person, and a person who will benefit the people of Middle-earth!

"I was really shocked that someone would float over from the Anduin River. You must know that the current is so fast that people can't swim in it. Fortunately, the current in this section of Saengbier is already very slow. Slow down before I can fish you up."

fishing?Do you think I'm an octopus? ... No, no, don't be so rude to your savior, maybe he is right!After waking up in the river many times, I may have unknowingly transformed into an aquatic animal...

He noticed my silence, and he didn't know what he thought of. He looked at me with pity and said, "If you have no other place to go, then you can stay here. Because... I am very We're leaving soon."

"..." Why does the look in his eyes make me feel a little...um...unhappy...Could it be that he made up a series of my bitter history by himself? ……etc!He is leaving? "Where are you going...?" I asked curiously.Where can he go in this turbulent age?Anywhere is a good place to be a goblin for dinner.

Hearing my question, his ordinary eyes suddenly flashed with a strange brilliance, which made his unremarkable face shine. He said firmly, "I'm going to join the army!"

"..."

ha?

Oh……

Hey?

uh...

yeah? ! ! !

"Join, join the army?" I raised my voice and asked incredulously.

"Yes! The war is about to start. All the people of Middle-earth should contribute their own strength in order to defeat the evil as soon as possible and live a peaceful and happy life."

"...Hehe, you are really a young man with ideals and ambitions!...Hehe..." I laughed dryly.

"My family has been a healer for generations, and I have also inherited the mantle of my ancestors. Although I may not be able to take up a bow and arrow and go to the battlefield, I can help wounded soldiers heal their wounds."

"..." Doctor, there used to be a doctor who took me in as a newcomer, the old quack Aesop, I don't know if he has been reincarnated...

The aspiring young man suddenly turned his shining eyes to me, which made me tremble.He asked me expectantly: "What about you? Do you want to come with me?"

"..."

Uh……

What type of situation is this?

"...Ah um, what did you say? The wind was a bit strong just now, I didn't hear clearly." God, actually, I never thought of being so noble...

"Join the army with me! You are homeless, and now it is a troubled time. As a young man, shouldn't you fight for a better future? Although you don't look strong enough, you may not be able to go to the battlefield, but even if you are just Doing a little bit in the back kitchen also proves the value of your life!"

"..." Young man, no matter how impassioned you are, I won't get excited.Moreover, what value of life does it reflect by going to someone else's battlefield to be a helper in the kitchen?

"What do you think?" The aspiring young man's eyes sparkled.

"...Ah, I think this sounds really good..." I expressed tactfully, "But, I am not homeless, in fact, there are still people waiting for me to go back..."

The vision of the aspiring young man dimmed instantly, and he apologized: "I'm really sorry, I just mentioned that I was too excited to join the army, and I didn't want to embarrass you."

I smiled, and suddenly thought that I still don't know the name of the young man who saved me, so I asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

"Ah, by the way, my name is Allen."

"Coincidentally, I'm Erin, our names sound like relatives." I joked.

"Yeah, it's just that your name is too girly." Allen also joked.

"..." So I could only laugh dryly.This is the first time, I was treated as a boy?Is my hair long enough?Even if it's only a short 2 centimeters... Is it so long that you can't tell the difference? !If you look at other elves, you can never make a mistake, what a vision!

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Allen, who was about to join the army, was busy every day and didn't know what to do.It was not until the evening of this day that he finally had time to come to me.

"Irene," Allen called me, "When I rescued you that day, you carried it on your back. I was too busy recently and forgot to give it back to you." Backpack.Every rebirth has it, even the dog skin plaster does not have this "reincarnation with bonus" function.

"Well, thank you." I took it with a rather complicated mood.

"Irene, I'm going to the town tomorrow, where the newly recruited soldiers will gather and then head to Mordor."

I couldn't see the expression on his face lit by the fire, "Oh..."

"I was the thinnest among my peers in the village since I was a child, so I never thought that one day I would step on the battlefield."

I looked at him and asked uncertainly, "...are you scared?"

Allen thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "...I don't know..." He paused for a while, and then said, "...I really shouldn't think about these things before going out."

"...Alan, do you miss home?"

"... Maybe... But I still want to do something I can do."

"..." For some reason, looking at him, I suddenly felt that I was so weak compared to him.

"Tomorrow, will you come see me off?"

"……okay."

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The next day, we hit the road early.We went over a mountain and another... well, just little hills, but that was my limit.With my physical ability, you still want me to join the army?Isn't this talking in a dream...

"Irene, I'm going to fetch some water."

Panting, I waved my hands in response to him, and then immediately slumped on the ground, absorbing the oxygen away from me.

After resting for a long time, there was a feeling of resurrection.I breathed a sigh of relief.Then I thought, Allen seems to have been away for a while, so it doesn't take so long to fetch water.

Just wondering, I heard a rustling sound from the bushes behind me, I thought, finally came back, and was about to turn around to complain to him, but saw two half-orcs in broken armor.

"Irene, run away!" Alan shouted anxiously from the woods.

Brother, it's not that I don't want to escape, it's that I can't move!

It stands to reason that this is not the first time I have encountered creatures like half-orcs. I even knocked out a few of them myself during the battle of the fall of Gondolin. The two in front of me just escaped from nowhere and were exhausted. A single half-orc, theoretically speaking, has no combat value.But the problem is, after today's mountain climbing exercise, I really don't have the physical strength to do such difficult moves like knocking them out.

Seeing the two half-orcs seem to have found their long-sought prey, they swung their big knives at the girl's head, but the girl could only watch helplessly, unable to move away.

I've started praying that I'll live a little longer next time...

Just as I was about to resign myself to fate, a black shadow stood in front of me, it was Allen!He threw a huge stone at a half-orc. I didn't see what he did, but the half-orc who was hit wailed and remained still, and the other half-orc slashed at him angrily.Only then did I see clearly that he was holding a dagger in his hand, it should be a sharp dagger, I sometimes saw him take it out to sharpen it.

I stretched my sore legs and tried to stand up, trying to help him.Then I saw that scene, Allen didn't escape the powerful knife, red blood flowed down his forehead, and the half-orc was even more excited to give him a fatal blow.Allen ignored the serious injury on his forehead, but instead used all his strength to insert the dagger into the half-orc.He poked hard until the orc could no longer move.

"Alan..." I looked at the young man lying on the ground covered in blood, and his hand holding the knife was still shaking.

I didn't realize it until he wanted to stand up, and immediately went up to stop his movements.

"Irene, I'm fine, look, am I still talking properly?"

It's such a time, and you still want to comfort me.I blinked, trying to shake the moisture out of my eyes, and carefully examined the wound on his forehead.

Allen smiled pretending to be relaxed: "It's okay, if the head is broken, just sew it on."

"..."

It's not a suture problem...it's an acute epidural hematoma...if you don't have an operation right away...

I looked around anxiously, this kind of barren mountains and wild mountains, even no passer-by could see, where can I perform surgery on him?

"Irene, can I not go?" Allen asked me calmly.

I reluctantly smiled at him: "What are you talking about, you have to save more people, don't you?"

Allen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Although I am very unwilling, but maybe, I can only go here..."

"..."

"Irene," Allen held my hand tightly, "I really envy you, you have family members waiting for you to go back...you want to live well...even with my share..."

"..."

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"...Alan?" I called softly to Alan who was silent, and I felt my chest tightening up and down, as if someone was holding him tightly.

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Crowds surged in the square of the small town, all of them were young people who were going to Mordor to participate in the Alliance War, and some of them hadn't even faded away from the youthful youthfulness on their faces.

I don't know how many of these people will come back...

I shook my head, trying to put those negative thoughts behind me.

In my hand is Allen's military license.This should have been his ideal, his hope, his future...

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On the high platform of the square, Gang Duo's lieutenant general had already taken the list and began to roll the roll.

"Nyolas!"

"Yes!" The young man who was called in the crowd walked towards the registration desk by the stage.

"Sassius!"

"Yes!" Another young man walked towards the registration office.

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"Ellen!"

"..." I clenched the enlistment permit in my hand.

Seeing that there was no answer, the deputy general looked around the audience and shouted again: "Alan!"

"Ellen!"

"..." For some reason, my heart suddenly beat so fast...

I remembered the first scene after this rebirth, and the person who walked into that small room against the light...

If you have nowhere else to go, you can stay here...

I'm going to join the army...

I still want to do something I can do...

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Do something... what you can do... eh?

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"Alan!" The lieutenant's voice revealed impatience.

I took a deep breath: "...to!"

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"Alan, isn't it?" The soldier at the registration office confirmed the enlistment permit I handed him.

"...Maybe there is a little problem with this, my name is Erin, I think it was spelled wrong when I registered."

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I don't know if this decision is wrong, but at least at this moment, I want to do something with this determination, with the courage I once wanted to protect Elios and Celebrian, what i can do.

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