He took out a fresh bison hind leg from the storage room in the small kitchen, which had just been replenished from the small station on the banks of the Dolinibara River, and threw it in front of the black wind that kept wagging its tail. After thinking about it, Claude took another small basin, poured half a basin of milk into it, placed it in front of the giant black wolf, and gave it another slap on the head: "Be good, and give it to me when you are full and full." Lie down here and don’t cause trouble for me..."
After settling the black wind, Claude filled a basin of hot water, took a clean towel, wrung it out and gently wiped the dust on the female magician's face. Soon, a pretty face with picturesque features that coincided with his memory appeared in front of Claude. It’s been more than ten years since I last saw her, but the flower-like beauty in my memory is now weather-beaten, her brows are full of alertness and fatigue, and there are even a few wrinkles on her forehead and corners of her eyes...
Claude stared blankly at the sleeping female magician, his heart filled with regret and the surprise of finding something. He had forgotten when he broke off contact with Silla, and remembered when he left Silla to go home to visit relatives and get married. He went to the royal capital to join the Ranger Regiment, participated in military academy training, and became a disciple of Marshal Michelchi. In those years, when he thought of Sheila, he often wrote to her, but there was no reply to all his letters. So, he gradually forgot to continue writing to her, and slowly buried Sheila in the depths of his memory. at...
Then, he followed the Rangers to the overseas colonies. More than ten years have passed now. Claude never thought that his first love in this world would appear in front of him so suddenly. He originally thought that he might never see Sheila again in this life, and this first love would only be Buried deeply in my heart.
The sky begins to lighten and the sun rises. Claude just sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the female magician on the bed. The giant black wolf was lying next to him. He looked up at Claude from time to time, then put his nose to sniff twice, carefully not to let go. Claude found out. Of course, Claude's thoughts were focused on his first love, and he ignored Heifeng's little actions...
There was a knock on the door, waking Claude out of his reverie.
"Report to the general, Harold Castle station is almost here. Look..." Major Mason Hughes came in, looked at the black giant wolf in fear, and then looked at Claude carefully, confirming that Claude I was relieved that everything was normal.
Claude rubbed his brow, stood up, shook his legs that were numb from sitting for a long time, and rubbed them with both hands to speed up blood circulation. If possible, he didn't want anyone to disturb his and Sheila's alone time, but such a big incident happened last night, so many people died, and even several of his own guards were injured. As a general of the military region, this As the most senior person on the train, he had to deal with the finishing touches.
"Let the train stop at the station for a day and notify the railway operator that there was a robbery by bandits last night. Most of the bandits have been wiped out. There may be a few bandits who have escaped. Because there are many casualties, let them send people to deal with the casualties. The staff and passengers will be compensated as much as they should be compensated. In the future, the security work of each train will be strengthened to prevent such incidents from happening again... "
Claude could only classify all the operatives of the kingdom's special department who were killed as gangsters who boarded the train to rob, and said it without any evidence, so as not to make the matter worse and involve his first love. The next step is how the railway operator will appease the unlucky passengers who encountered this incident. It is nothing more than how much money they will lose. They will try to reduce the impact as much as possible. They will postpone big things to small things and small things to nothing. After half a year, everyone will have forgotten about this incident. Train robberies are the best.
"It's up to you to handle this incident." Claude said. As the first person in charge of military power in the Dominion Military Region, it is not appropriate for him to come forward. Instead, it will make the incident bigger: "As for her affairs, keep them all confidential and don't get involved. Do you understand?"
"Yes, General." Major Mason Hughes, as Claude's personal adjutant, naturally knew who Claude was referring to. After saluting, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Claude again.
"Wait a minute, when we get to Harold Castle Station, get some more fresh beef and mutton, and get a bucket of milk and rye wine." Claude still remembered that Black Wind liked to drink rye wine.
"Yes, General." Major Mason Hughes looked at the black giant wolf again, and the black giant wolf gently waved its tail at him.
About half an hour later, the train arrived at Harold Castle Station. Soon the entire station was alarmed by the gangsters' robbery of the train. The corpses of the gangsters and passengers were transported from the train and lined up. On the platform of the train station, injured passengers cried and recounted their experiences. People were coming and going throughout the station, and the local armed forces quickly took over the station to maintain order.
However, no one came to disturb Claude. Two squads of guards had set up a cordon outside the special box, and Major Mason Hughes came forward on behalf of Claude to meet with the station supervisor, the local patrol department and the head of the local garrison. Deal with and tell the detailed process of this incident.
The big man Germi finally appeared in front of Claude again, bringing the unfortunate news that the last two wounded gangsters had died of serious injuries. At the same time, Claude was given a black folder, which contained the contents of two stimulated gangsters. The confession records of the injured gangsters who were revived by sex drugs told the reasons why they hunted down the female magician Sheila.
"General, I have issued a silence order." said the big man Gemie, who was also shocked into a cold sweat by the confessions of the two kingdoms' special department operators. The Great Prince Hansback, who was also called His Majesty by these two people, was also Hansback I. He was actually assassinated to death by this female magician, and they, the operatives of the special department of the kingdom, hunted him down. This female magician has been around for two or three years...
Big Germi never thought that this so-called female magician turned out to be Claude's little lover Sheila when he was stationed in Squirrel Village during the five-year war in the eastern region. He had met Sheila back then and even helped transport her. Building materials, used to build cabins. He knew very well that if this news spread, it would set off a storm that would involve Claude, so he immediately issued a hush order, strictly prohibiting the several guards involved in the interrogation from mentioning the matter.
Claude nodded. It’s no wonder that the big man Germi made his own decision. The security squadron personnel responsible for the protection are all Claude’s confidants. They have been carefully inspected. There is no doubt about their loyalty to Claude, so they are naturally worthy of trust. of. And the fact that the big man Germi could bypass Claude and give orders directly shows that the situation involved in Sheila is very serious and complicated...
Opening the folder and scanning the confessions at a glance, Claude's expression finally changed. Sheila turned out to be the murderer of Prince Hansbach. How is this possible? But Claude immediately calmed down, no matter whether his eldest prince died in the hands of Sheila, Sheila was right in front of him anyway, and no one wanted him to hand her over. With Claude's current status, he doesn't need to be afraid of anything. It's easy to keep a Sheila.
After the big man Germi left, Claude returned to the bed again, staring at the sleeping Sheila dreamily, and secretly made up his mind that no one could let Sheila leave his side...
It was not until the evening that Silla finally woke up, but the pain on her body made her groan involuntarily.
"Are you awake? Sheila, it's me, I'm Claude." Claude arrived at the bedside immediately and lit the candles on the silver candlestick next to the bed so that Sheila could see more clearly. Own.
"Claude... is it really you?" Sheila looked at Claude blankly, reaching out to touch his face, but she retracted her hand halfway.
Claude reached out to grab her hand and put her hand on his face: "It's me, Sheila, I'm still your Claude..."
Sheila rubbed Claude's face with her palms and murmured: "K, Claude, you have changed so much that I almost can't recognize you..."
Claude was about to burst into tears. He held Sheila's hand between his own hands and cheeks. They hadn't seen each other for more than ten years. He had changed from the young captain officer who was passionately in love with Sheila to the person in charge of a powerful force. How could a great general not change? His experience on the battlefield and his scolding Fang Qiu had already transformed him into an iron-blooded handsome man. In the eyes of his subordinates, he was a victorious general. He no longer had the innocence he had when they first met... .
Apart from anything else, even now Claude is still the youngest general in the military region, less than forty years old, but in order to maintain his majesty in front of his subordinates, he deliberately left two mustaches on his lips to make himself stand out. Looks more mature and steady. If it weren't for the vague appearance of the past between her brows and eyes, maybe Silla wouldn't have recognized that the Claude in front of her was her first love.
"Don't talk yet. I specially made egg porridge for you to fill your stomach first. Then I will change your dressing. You can recover well. We will have more time in the future. If we have anything to say, we can chat slowly... .." Claude reluctantly put Sheila's hand back on the pillow, got up and went to the small kitchen of the special box to get his oatmeal and egg porridge that had been heated for a long time.
First, he fed Sheila porridge, then changed the medicine and bandages on her body, and used cleaning spells to help Sheila clean the dirt on her body. Sheila, who had been tossing for a long time, fell into sleep again, but she still held Claude's hand tightly even though she was sleeping deeply. Claude simply lay on the bed and held Sheila's hand and dozed off.
At about two o'clock in the middle of the night, Sheila woke up and let go of Claude's hand. Claude fed her another bowl of egg and meat porridge, helped her to the small bathroom, and then carried her to bed. But Sheila was in good spirits and pestered Claude to tell him about his experiences after the separation. Claude briefly recounted his experience, which was nothing more than preparing for war, defeating the enemy, and continuing to prepare for war...
Sheila suddenly realized: "No wonder I haven't been able to find your whereabouts. It turns out that you were sent here to fight in the war for more than ten years..."
"Huh? Are you looking for me? No, it should be easy to find. Our colonial war with the Kingdom of Hicks has attracted the attention of many countries, whether it is the countries of Farea Continent or the colonies on the west coast. Many newspapers are reporting on this war, and my name is often published in the newspapers. You can tell at a glance that I am in the overseas dominion." Claude was puzzled.
"Sorry, Claude, I always thought that the General Field mentioned in the newspaper only had the same surname as you. I never thought it was you. Moreover, the newspaper only published your surname and did not mention your name. In addition, the name mentioned in the newspaper was the same as Xi's. The two legions of the Overseas Directly Administered Territory fighting in the Kingdom of Kes are local second-line legions, and you said in your letter that you joined the Ranger Legion and were the guards of King Sterling's division... "
Sheila's answer made Claude understand. It was indeed true. Even if all newspapers mentioned the generals on both sides of this colonial war, they would call them by their last names to show respect. In the military area, people who know Claude will call him General Claude or Your Excellency Claude to show their closeness. However, in order to avoid disputes, newspapers always use the surname as the main name, so Claude became General Field. People who are not familiar with him would not know that General Field refers to Claude.
"But I wrote you so many letters in the past two years, but you didn't reply to any of them..."
"I only received three letters..." Sheila said aggrievedly: "At first, I resented you for leaving so simply and didn't want to talk to you anymore. But two days had passed when I received your third letter. In the year, the letter said that you had joined the Royal Capital's Rangers. I couldn't even reply to the letter. Because the old village chief died, Squirrel Village was gone, and there was no one on the mountain road. I later wanted to buy some daily necessities. It takes several days to walk to other towns to buy..."
"Why did Squirrel Village disappear? How did the old village chief die?" Claude was very surprised.
Sheila told Claude that in the second year after Claude left, it seemed that the war was over, and the garrison stationed in Squirrel Village would also evacuate back to the kingdom. Then a new brigade arrived to set up checkpoints on the mountain crossing to collect tolls. They were also stationed at Squirrel Village. The new captain was very greedy and forced the old village chief to give him half of the shares in the village tavern, so he could eat and play for free in the tavern every day.
As a result, the business of the tavern plummeted and they were unable to make ends meet. The captain blamed the old village chief and the others for not running the tavern as hard as they could, and forced him to sell the shares of the tavern back to the old village chief. All his savings. Then he continued to stay in the tavern, eating and drinking for free and paying bills, which eventually forced the tavern to close down.
Without the tavern, the captain once again had the idea of selling mountain goods from the villagers. He used the checkpoints set up by his subordinates on the mountain to prevent the mountain people from going out to sell the goods privately. He could only send people to sell them at very low prices. Purchasing mountain goods from the hands of mountain people can be seen as robbing them, which eventually made it impossible for the mountain people to live in the mountains, and they fled and moved to places far away from the mountain trails. The old village chief was furious to death at that time.
After the death of the old village chief, the villagers of Squirrel Village also left one by one. In the end, there was no one left in Squirrel Village. After it was abandoned, the brigade could no longer stay in Squirrel Village, and they withdrew after a few months. After going back, the entire mountain crossing was abandoned and became an uninhabited area...
So Sheila never received a letter from Claude. She stayed in the mountains and rarely went out. She often only went out once a year or two to buy some necessary daily necessities. And from the secluded place in the mountains to the outside of the mountains, even with magic, it would take several days to leave the mountains. Under such circumstances, Sheila could not reply to Claude.
Sheila lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for seven years, making herself a five-ring natural mage. She completed all the spells left to her by her mother, and the big black wolf Heifeng's spiritual enlightenment technique also advanced, with an additional form change. , can transform into a three-month-old puppy, and can finally be carried by Sheila in the town without worrying about the giant wolf-like black wind frightening others.
Only then did Sheila decide to go out, and her first decision was to go to the royal capital to find Claude. It's just that after she arrived in the royal capital, she couldn't find any news about Claude at all. When she mentioned the Rangers, everyone who heard her looked at her with pity, sighing that the trash of the Rangers had harmed a simple good girl again.
Sheila finally found out the truth. It turned out that the Rangers had a very bad reputation in the capital. It was a gathering place for the peripheral children of the Sterling royal family. They never trained and had no military discipline. People in the capital hated ghosts. I am tired of making big and small mistakes, causing harm to the ordinary people in the capital every day.
Sheila then went directly to the station of the Ranger Regiment. Seeing her beauty, several peripheral children of the royal family tricked her into entering and wanted to use force. The result is self-evident. They were all weak chickens who could not bear Sheila's blow. In order to survive in the black wind To save their fifth limb from the bloody mouth, they almost turned the Ranger Division upside down. They placed all the personnel files in front of Sheila and confirmed that there was no one named Crow in the Ranger Division. A German civilian-born captain or major officer...
These newly joined peripheral children of the royal family did not know the previous experience of the Rangers. Claude was speechless. By the time Sheila came out of the mountain, Claude had become the supreme commander of the war zone in the overseas territories directly under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Thunder Division. The division commander of the regiment, Major General Wang Guo. The two missed each other like this. If Sheila had met someone in the capital who knew the origins of the Rangers, she would have known that Claude was in an overseas territory.
Sheila, who couldn't find Claude, decided to go to the west coast of the Nubisia continent, where her mother and other magicians went to explore the ruins. She suffered a lot and finally reached the west coast. With the help of several wild magicians she met along the way, it took her nearly three years to finally find the whereabouts of her mother and the magical relic. However, her mother had already died.
Having lost her loved ones, Sheila decided to return to the secluded place on the Farea continent. However, when her ship arrived at the port of Florik in the newly occupied territory, she happened to encounter Prince Hansback leading his troops back from White Deer City in the kingdom's mainland. . Sheila remembered that Claude once said that the eldest prince valued and promoted her, and she hoped to see the eldest prince and get the whereabouts of Claude from the eldest prince. Because she was a beauty, she met the eldest prince easily.
God knows what the eldest prince was thinking at that time. Maybe it was because of the defeat, or maybe it was out of resentment towards the five generals in the overseas territorial theater who betrayed him. He did not know that Sheila was a magician, but regarded her as a magician. A beautiful woman who had been waiting for her lover for a long time and never returned, took her as an object for him to vent, which made him make the biggest mistake in his life.
The eldest prince did not tell Sheila that Claude was there, but scolded Claude and others in front of her for betraying his trust and becoming traitors to the kingdom. He would one day lead an army to eradicate Claude and the others. The person who betrayed him, etc...
Because of drinking, the eldest prince began to move his hands and feet towards Sheila. After three years of adventure, Sheila had already become a decisive female magician. She directly pierced the eldest prince's head with a magic arrow, and then picked up the exquisite weapon that the eldest prince put on the table. The revolver gift box escaped...