Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 12 The Long Farewell

After hearing Xia Houyan's final decision, Master Laurie and the guards looked at each other and were speechless.

To live and die with the people in one's own territory is of course a choice that fully conforms to the moral and ethical choices of the aristocratic lords - when the demons invaded 500 years ago, a large number of border lords in the empire refused to retreat and eventually died in battle on their own land. On the territory, died in battle among his own people, and forged a city wall of flesh and blood for the empire!
The most famous among this group of nobles is the legendary "Empire Light" Count Olaf!

——But having said that, the "Doomsday War" where the demons invaded on a large scale is already 500 years ago!
In today’s imperial aristocracy, although nominally it still promotes a set of ethics and morality such as the ancient “noble duty”, but behind the scenes, which of these noble lords are not cowardly and stingy people who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, protect themselves with prudence, and buckle their eyes and suck their fingers. ?

An "old-fashioned" lord like "Light of the Empire" who truly abides by the nobility's creed and advances and retreats with the people in crisis, in today's increasingly corrupt imperial aristocracy, even if they pass the sieve three times, they will not be able to shake it. a species!

This is exactly what Master Laurie wondered about:
Lord Elliott Igor may have a high title, but after all he is only a 19-year-old kid who spent most of his life in the Mage Academy!According to the gossip from the academy city, Elliott's behavior in the academy is completely like an idle playboy!

——Why does the lord seem to have changed his sex today, suddenly he is so upright, and he decides without hesitation that he wants to dedicate himself to the funeral for the five hundred people under his command?
As a result, being acted like this by the lord, it made it even more apparent that Master Laurie and his group of escaped factions simply abandoned the lives of the people. It was really low morality and outrageous!For a time, both the master and Alice bowed their heads and felt ashamed!
Master Laurie was about to cry: Lord Elliot, did he take the wrong medicine, or was he caught by a ghost?

——How could he occupy the commanding heights on the mountain of morality so quickly at such a young age, and then he unbuttoned his pants and urinated at everyone down the mountain, pouring a chill on Master Laurie, who was usually kind and gentle. !
Before Master Laurie had turned his head, Captain Alice beside him had come to his senses—the female swordsman raised his head proudly, gave a military salute to the lord, and said loudly:

"Lord Elliot, I, Alice Comstock, is your captain of the bodyguard, and I unconditionally obey all your decisions! You don't go, I won't go, where you are, I will be - if If you choose to die, then I will surely die by your side!"

The guards behind Alice looked at each other, followed their captain, and saluted the lord.

The guard, who is known for his wit and loves to tell bad jokes, smiled heartily at the lord:

"Lord Lord, I, Tom Lawrence, was originally a dead man, and it is your reward to be alive-since you gave me the extra few days of life, then I will accompany you to finish it!"

Alice and the members of the guard team expressed their support for Lord Lord, so everyone in the tent focused on the embarrassed Master Laurie.

The master gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, and then, in the eyes of everyone's astonished eyes, he pointed his middle finger to the lord, and roared, "You'd better promise me, wait for me to accompany you in the corpse tide. In hell, you can find my erotic novel!"

"That's called the 'Yellow Book'..." Guard Lawrence muttered.

"Fuck off!" Master Laurie scolded, then shook his robes and followed the Lord Lord out of the tent angrily.

Alice saw at the same time, there was a smile in the corner of Lord Lord's mouth, and there were tears in the corner of Master Laurie's eyes.

……

When Xia Houyan and Master Laurie parted in the middle of the camp, their emotions had calmed down.

"Master, I'm sorry I didn't follow your advice." Xia Houyan looked at his chief mage and said softly, "I know you're doing it for my own good, and your advice is the most sensible choice at the moment, but sometimes people just have to do it. Make some irrational decisions."

Master Laurie shook his head silently and smiled bitterly: "I am your chief mage, of course I must respect your decision."

Xia Houyan sighed softly, while Master Laurie licked his lips and suddenly whispered:

"Elliott, you grew up watching me."

Xia Houyan warmed his heart, smiled and nodded.

"It's too late, you can go back to the tent and go to bed." The master looked like he had unloaded some burden, and his wrinkled old face was both tired and relieved, "I'll take a walk by myself."

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Xia Houyan asked.

The master turned around, looked at the mountains in the north, and sighed leisurely: "Since tomorrow is waiting for me to sleep forever, why should I go to bed too early today?"

North... North Look County.Xia Houyan suddenly realized that this old man was looking in the direction of his hometown.

A hometown that is hard to return to.

After the two said "goodbye" to each other, Xia Houyan carried the lion and lantern alone and walked slowly to his tent; the resurrection technique had been fussing all night, and now it was three or four in the middle of the night, and the camp was dark. Silence, the occasional call of an owl sounded out of nowhere.

When he opened the tent's curtain, Xia Houyan found that the oil lamp was still lit inside: his maid, Anjie Randall, sat cross-legged by the lamp, looking down to mend something; when the lord came back, the little maid immediately raised her head, slightly squinting. Blame the tunnel:
"Lord Lord, where did you go so late?"

Xia Houyan possessed himself and put the lion lantern aside, helplessly smiled and said:

"Anjie, you can never imagine how much happened this night..."

"What happened?" The maid's little face was full of curiosity.

Xia Houyan pondered for a while, and picked up the most representative deed:

"Master Laurie lost a yellow book."

The little maid blushed and spat lightly, stood up, and served Xia Houyan and changed into pajamas.She watched the Lord get into the sleeping bag and suddenly asked:

"Then, tomorrow... are you going to leave the infected area?"

"No, I rejected Master Laurie's proposal." Xia Houyan turned his back to An Jie in his sleeping bag, "I will stay with you all the time."

An Jie was stunned: "So, you will die with us, right?"

Xia Houyan was silent for a moment, and then said "um".

Anjie lowered her body staggeringly and slumped down beside the lord.This close-fitting maid, who is a few years younger than the lord, clutched the newly sewn clothes tightly in her hands, and finally couldn't control the tears in her eyes:

"My lord, we are all going to die...I...I really miss Eagle's Rest, I really miss Mrs. Anna, I still have a lot of things I want to do...Lord Elliott, I...I just 17 years old, I'm not married yet..."

The maid An Jie blushed slightly, turned her head to look at Xiahou Yan, but found that there was a loud snoring sound from the Lord Lord's sleeping bag.

(End of this chapter)