Longmen Memoirs

Sakaz was silent for a moment, gritting his teeth and neither refuting nor admitting.

After several seconds, he suddenly raised his head and stared at the doctor.

"Who are you talking about?" he asked.

The doctor shook his head.

"They didn't wake you up or incite you to make me listen to these bluffs. They just wanted to know what Theresa said and how I reacted."

"you……"

"I was not within the committee's expectations." The doctor said: "He must admit this. He is worried about whether Theresa has gained other powers and whether it will affect the situation on both sides of the balance. "

"What on earth do you want to say? Tricks, nonsense, to lure me into confessing the crime of defection, just to put on a good show in front of Scout?" Sakaz spat in disdain: "Put away your hypocrisy and pretentiousness You don’t have to do this trick.”

"No, Sarkazi."

The doctor's answer surprised everyone.

"I want you to get out of here alive."

"What did you say...?" Sakaz was stunned, and then his reaction became more intense: "Are you kidding? Whose joke is this!"

"Whoever can lead people to live is the king in their hearts." The doctor suddenly said. The meaning of this sentence seemed unclear, but Sakaz in front of him suddenly became quiet.

"I know you, traitor. Before you were called this, you were the one who carried the wounded Askaron back to the camp that night, and it was you who brought the last fallen soldier's message to the scout team. Notify the entire army of your location, so I am willing to give you this opportunity."

"..."

"Impossible...why should I believe you?!"

"Look at the current situation, traitor. No matter what the doctor said, you can only believe it now. Do you think you have any other way to go?"

Scout finally couldn't bear it anymore. In fact, the scene in front of him made him feel angry, not only against the Sakaz people, but also against the indisputable and ignorant behavior of his former comrades and companions.

Scout's words seemed to suddenly wake up Sakaz in front of him.

He began to become a little panicked and confused.

"No, no! Scout! Don't be deceived by this person. He only let me go for better slander, so that he could perfect his reputation and deceive you. No, no, I won't leave. I won't go anywhere. go!"

The look he looked at the doctor was vicious and ferocious, full of ridicule and unwillingness.

"You want to slander me as a spy for Tracy!? You have no idea what I've been through...but I..."

"……enough."

Theresia's appearance interrupted Sakaz's words, and at the same time, everyone present fell into a brief stagnation.

Her arrival was so unexpected.

"Your Highness!"

"Doctor...are you injured?"

"No."

"Your Highness, what happened suddenly was because I failed to notice the situation in the team." Scout said.

"No, it was me who told Scout to stop, otherwise this Sakaz might have died."

Theresia took a breath and nodded slightly.

"I understand." She turned to look at Sakaz on the ground.

And he no longer knew what to say.

"Your Highness, Your Highness...I..."

"Ah, it's you." Theresia recognized the identity of the assassin almost at a glance. She sighed softly: "...Yes, you were standing below when I was preaching. You are one of many of the same race. One of the people."

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Sakaz lowered his head in shame.

"I'm just, Your Highness...I, but..."

"You... don't trust me? Marco." Theresia asked in a low voice, "You who have saved so many compatriots and brought us information from the most dangerous places, now you are no longer willing to believe it. Me?"

Sakaz, or Marco, hurriedly wanted to defend himself, but His Highness's words made him feel more flustered than ever before.

"No, no, that's not true, Your Highness, I just...I..."

He didn't even dare to raise his head and look into Theresia's eyes, nor could he say a complete sentence.

Regret filled his heart, but he could no longer look back.

"Your Highness." Scout said: "You interrogate him directly. It seems that there will be no progress. The evacuation is imminent and the situation is serious. We must immediately confirm whether there is anyone in the team who is dissatisfied with you...or, A spy for Kazdaele.”

He glanced at Marco.

"Please hand him over to Askaron."

"Well, but before that, Doctor." Theresia looked at the Doctor: "Can you tell me what he just did to you?"

"He didn't do anything," the doctor said, adding: "It may have been an assassination, but not necessarily. It was more like he wanted an answer, but he went about it in the wrong way."

Scout wanted to object, but Sakaz didn't expect the doctor to be willing to argue for him.

The doctor looked at Theresia, and then at Kelsey who came in later.

"Theresia, if I said that so far, he is the most innocent one, would you believe it?"

"Doctor, there is no need for funny jokes here." Kelsey said coldly: "Scout will not think that he has been involved in a funny joke."

Kelsey said, but as she said this, she looked at Marco on the ground.

"But at least, this Sakaz is indeed not on the list of spies previously captured for human use, Theresia."

"A foreigner!" Marco shouted: "You actually called His Highness by his first name!"

"So, you hate Kelsey and the Doctor?" Theresa asked: "Just because they are not Sakaz, not because of what they have done and what they will do?"

"Yes, that's it, Your Highness!" He said, at least this could clear him of the suspicion of being a spy. He couldn't bear to die with such a name on his back: "There are so many outstanding people around you, why do you want these two foreigners to do it?" Clan members…”

"shut up!"

Scout scolded, but Marco still looked directly into Theresia's eyes.

"Well, I understand what you mean." Theresa seemed to understand something: "Allow me to ask one more question, Scout, what is your judgment?"

"I respect the doctor's and your judgment, but in my opinion, he should be taken into custody immediately and put in a cell." Scout's words were cold: "If you follow military law, he will be dead."

"Yes, but this is just a choice." Theresia sighed: "We are always faced with countless choices. No matter what plans and thoughts he has, he will ultimately be unable to resist this ending."

"This will not be the last time." Kelsey reminded: "Theresia, if your indulgence this time has unwanted consequences, it will also threaten your safety in the future."

"He just made a regrettable choice." Theresia answered, seemingly having a result.

"No, Your Highness...!" Marco seemed to already know his outcome: "Please, please listen to me..."

He wanted to argue, but he couldn't accept that he had betrayed Theresia.

There was a cry gradually rising in his voice.

"I am Sakaz, Your Highness, I am Sakaz from Kazdaele! I just don't want to see you... and the Tower of Babel so far away from Kazdare!"

"At first, this was the thing I resisted the most. Tricks, strategies... If it wasn't for the only way to the final peace, it would be difficult for me to accept it." Theresia suddenly said.

"But the Sakaz have been waiting for too long. In the endless war, they still have to use such a war, together with tens of thousands of lives, to open up this land and understand his emotions."

She looked at Kelsey and the doctor who were following her.

"Kelsey, Doctor, this will be my attitude towards you. We have the same beliefs and can complement each other, so I choose to respect the Doctor's choice." She said: "So Doctor, please tell me your conclusion."

The doctor didn't answer.

As if confirming Theresia's words, he spoke after a long time.

"This Sakaz... he committed an act of betrayal, not to us, but to Theresa, who had disappointed him in his heart."

"He cannot be called a traitor. From what I see, since Her Highness Theresia is willing to give freedom to so many people, why not exile this Sakaz who has made great military exploits and see how he chooses?"

The doctor whispered: "Let him fend for himself on the earth. Maybe he will pick up a new belief, whether it is yours or someone else's."

"I object." Kelsey retorted: "Even if the existing evidence cannot prove that he is involved with the military commission, I don't think there is any benefit in letting go of a soldier who openly attacked the commander."

She looked at Theresia, wanting to remind her.

"... Theresa."

"...Military merit." Theresia whispered, looking at Sakaz on the ground: "Yes, Marco, you are... a Sakaz mercenary. The Tower of Babel will condemn you, Ah. Skalron will condemn you, and since you still think you are Sarkaz, you cannot leave."

Marco stared blankly at Theresia's figure. For some reason, that figure actually made him feel strange.

"Your Highness! Do you want to execute me?"

Theresia didn't answer.

"Scout, before he gets too emotional, let him..." Kelsey said suddenly.

"No!" Marco struggled, and his eyes gradually gathered new faith when he looked at Theresia, even...crazy.

"No! No! No! You, you did the right thing, yes, kill me! That's what you should do, and to hell with your indecision!"

He shouted excitedly: "You were a hero of war! Executing a traitor and a mediocre person like me is what you really should do!"

"Be honest!" Scout pressed hard on Marco's shoulders as he tried to get up.

Marco was still yelling.

"I was wrong... I was wrong, Your Highness, you still retain the side of us that we have longed for, and we have been listening to the stories for decades! The flags of the six heroes are still flying, and how many people are listening to you leading Sakaz against foreigners? The story of the invasion has grown up! How many people are waiting for that era to come again!"

"I'm waiting, we've been waiting!"

"We are still waiting for those legends to reappear, waiting for those histories covered with blood to burn! This is how Sakaz should be, this must be how Sakaz must be!"

"Your Highness! This is right, you are the right one!"

How many people know that when Marco was madly venting his inner longing, Theresia in front of him hoped that someone would appear and someone would tell him what she should do to save these crazy Salas? Kaz, where should she go to lead her people and her ideas to take root on this land.

Kelsey couldn't tell her.

The doctor couldn't draw up a blueprint for her either.

They are all just witnesses.

No one told her what to do, no one stood over her and asked if what she was doing was right.

June 1090, 4, Crystalline Era

Inside the office at the Tower of Babel.

Kelsey slowly finished the report on the process.

"...The current situation is like this. The mercenary group that can be contacted will arrive in two days."

"Whose team?"

"Hedley."

"Hedley, he is an excellent commander, but he seems to hate war even more than he appears." Theresa was a little surprised that Kelsey would choose this mercenary.

"I'll make sure he gets there in time."

"Thank you, Kelsey. Maybe one day, Sakaz can really stay away from disputes and meaningless sacrifices."

"Your expression is very sad. Are you remembering something?" Kelsey asked.

"Well, Marco, we decided to evacuate the road to Kazdaele, do you remember that?"

"Remember." Kelsey nodded and added: "It is very clear that he later committed suicide out of fear of crime. The doctor said that he did it to prevent his king from being embarrassed. You were silent for a long time at that time, and finally just replied, you know it. .”

"I just thought of him and saw a microcosm of him. I remember he said he would do all that just because he didn't want to see me and Babel leaving Kazdale. Now we have decided to come back, but he No more." Theresia said: "The road is still long, Kelsey."

"It's too far, Theresia." Kelsey shook her head: "So what your people want is an answer right before their eyes."

"Ah, this sentence, Kelsey, I have been confused since that happened. I don't know if my choice is correct. How many Sakaz are like Marco in the camp? What I did And whether the choice will make them have the same idea, I don't know." Theresia said: "It was then, in those few months, I met Mr. Chen Mo, and he said the same thing as you, in Without knowing anything about Sakaz or the Tower of Babel, he spoke of ideas that we had imagined but could not see through."

"So...what do you want to ask me?"

"Well..." Theresia was speechless for a moment.Like a little girl who was discovered.

Kelsey looked at her helplessly.

"I heard that you were doing some...fashion design last night?" Kelsey asked with a headache. "For example, you have secretly asked your escort to provide you with advice and serve as a mannequin, and you even quietly encouraged him to take you sneaking out for shopping, and now you are trying the same behavior on Amiya."