What exactly do you want
When Xi Ya came out, Reinhardt's last words were always lingering in his mind, as if he could not get rid of them. That young Reinhardt's last look seemed to have stabbed directly into one of the most peculiar places in Char's heart.
What the hell do I... want
Just like the anger he made to Philip today, as he said-what if he was really a person with no ambition
In other words, when I walked out of the mountain—the mentality when I first came out of the mountain, I just wanted to see the world, it was better than dying in that mountain nest, being a mercenary, looking more powerful, and walking more places , gain some knowledge, and when you are old, you can also have more wonderful memories, so that you will not feel that your life is too boring...
But it seems, that's all there is to it...
To be king and hegemony... That kind of thing seems to be very far away from me just yesterday, but today, it seems that this opportunity has suddenly fallen into my hands!
But... what do I want
Or... Are these things what I want
Xia Ya frowned. After he came out of the hospital, he led his horse and walked slowly on the long street.
It was night now, and Denzel City was under military control. At night, soldiers on patrol walked through the streets and saw Xi Ya from a distance. They all stood up and saluted immediately.
After Xia returned the salute slightly, she led the horse to Qian at will—he came to see Reinhardt tonight, originally to test this guy, but the result...
A test is a test. In other words, there is no need to test by himself, this guy has clearly stated his intentions. And... he even told himself bluntly that he would not be absolutely loyal to himself.
Damn, this kind of subordinate, I am afraid that only Laozi dares to accept it and dare to use it? Thinking of this, Xia Ya couldn't help laughing at herself.
"coward!"
Cold laughter.
"Um?"
Xia Ya was stunned before she realized that it was Dora's voice coming from her mind. He was a little annoyed: "What did you say?"
"I said it very clearly, if you want me to repeat it, I will satisfy you - coward!" Dora deliberately said the title again and again.
Xia Ya snorted: "I'm timid? A joke! I'm notoriously bold, I... "
"Yes, you seem to have a lot of courage." Dora continued to sneer: "You dare to enter Manninger's army alone as an envoy to cheat and deceive Manninger. Thousands of troops, You dare to charge up with a few hundred cavalry. The dangerous city is besieged, there are tens of thousands of Odin iron troops outside the city, and there are only a thousand people in your city, so you dare to stand at the front of the city and shout 'kill all the Odins' like this The slogan - if you say it like this, no one can say that you are cowardly, but I still want to scold you - cowardly! Little! Ghost!!"
Xia Ya couldn't help but get angry.
"What? Do you think I'm wrong? There is such a great opportunity in front of you... You are a man, don't you humans always follow the heroic spirit of some man? But now you have such an opportunity in front of you, but you hesitate, you Back off... hum, because you're scared!"
"... Joke! I'm not even afraid of death, but I'm still afraid of this..." Xia Ya just said this, and suddenly closed his mouth.
"Hahaha!" Dora laughed wildly: "I'm not afraid of death! The smart boy just said very well: Where in this world is there absolutely no one who is not afraid of death? Everyone is afraid of death, just need to need Is the sacrifice they sacrificed worth it? Char, so you are afraid! Because you know very well in your heart that once you embark on this road, you will go through unimaginable difficulties, overcome unimaginable difficulties, and bear unimaginable burdens in the future. Heavy duty... so you're scared! Because you know, none of these things are more overwhelming than death. So... you hesitate, because deep down in your heart, from the bottom of your heart—afraid!"
Xia was speechless, but Dora continued to speak in one breath.
"... You are afraid of a lot! You are not a sloppy, careless person like you appear on the surface! You are afraid of many things! You are afraid of death, you are afraid of loneliness, you are afraid that others will look down on you - the most important thing is, you Afraid that others will say you are afraid!"
The last sentence, "I'm afraid others say you're afraid", suddenly smashed Xiaya firmly in place like a hammer!
Xiaya stopped and let go of the horse's reins: "...What did you say?"
"You're afraid that others will say you're afraid." Dora continued to sneer: "Who are you? You are Xia Yaleiming, you fight bravely, you are extremely heroic, you are a famous warrior in the army, you lead the soldiers to fight and rush to kill. At the forefront, you won the heart of the army... But because of these things, you put yourself on the air of 'not afraid' all day long! Everyone thinks that you are not afraid, but you are a little afraid! And you I'm even more afraid of letting people know about this, so you…”
"All right."
Xia Ya suddenly said coldly, "You've said enough."
"Actually... you're just a little dazed."
Dora suddenly slowed down: "Suddenly faced with such a big event, you will inevitably feel guilty, you don't know if you can do it well, you don't know if you can do it, you don't know if you can lift such a big burden. ... There are so many things you don't know. So, you're not afraid of death, not of one specific thing, but of 'the future', the unknown future."
Xia Ya was stunned by Dora's last few words, and then touched her chin at the end, and asked curiously, "Yi? How does a female dragon of yours know so much?"
"Little Turtle."
Dora suddenly called out to Xia in a deep voice, her tone was unprecedentedly serious.
"… what?"
"Have you ever thought about a question?"
"what?"
"Your destiny." Dora's voice gradually became a little more feminine, even a little vague: "Fate! Destiny is something you can't see or touch. But... it always exists. You think about it. I think, God brought you into this world, gave you such a strong physique, taught you such profound skills, and arranged for you to walk through these roads step by step, and put so many dozen after another. Opportunity pushed to you..."
Having said that, Dora sighed: "Having such a fortune, you said that you just want to be a little mercenary who eats and waits to die. If you do, you will be punished by God."
"Uh..." Xiaya was speechless.
"Hasting, the first general on the continent, is your senior brother. The first female magician of the human race is your adoptive mother. You stood at the pinnacle of the ninth-level warrior before you were twenty years old, and you also learned about the legendary dragon. The knight's dragon thorn stunt, but also has an extraordinary ability, there are generals like Green under his command, as handsome as that Reinhardt, and there are so many troops serving you... At this time, you are still swaying, pushing three and blocking four. , looking forward to the future, to be honest... I just want to slap you to death!"
Xia Ya tasted the taste for a while, but didn't get angry, but smiled openly: "Yes... If it was someone else, I would want to kill that guy."
Walking like this, talking to himself all the way, Xiaya didn't go out of the city again, but strolled casually on the streets of Denzel City.
He was full of worries, and he relied on such a walk to dispatch the depression in his heart.
Walking and walking, but came to the east of the city.
Denzel City was originally small, but it was a courtyard left by an unknown chamber of commerce. After the war broke out, the chamber of commerce had dispersed, leaving the yard, but it was taken over by Xia Ya.
At this moment, the people living in this yard are not others, but those "relatives" of Xi Ya who used to live in the city guard mansion.
Although he is not married, Yulia, the widow of bald man Kevin, has been living in the castle guard house. The arrival of Merlin these days has occupied the back yard of the city guard mansion, and Xiaya moved Yulia to live here. Yulia's due date is approaching, and she is living here to give birth.
Mmmm... And that one, Crown Princess!
When Daphne came to the city, he was seriously ill all the way. After many days of recuperation, he finally got better. Xia Ya is also quite a headache for arranging this crown princess. In terms of status, Daphne is the most honorable person in the city. She will be the mother of a country. With such status, Xiaya should immediately give up her city guard and move to another place to live. .
But it was a time of war at the moment, and Xia Ya was not a Byzantine, so he naturally had a little less respect for the wife of the crown prince who saw him wrongly. However, since she was the daughter of Duke Minas and the younger sister of that guy named Rhodey, Char still took good care of Daphne. She and Yulia were originally arranged to live together, but these days, they were both driven out by Merlin...
Daphne has a special identity. When he lived here with Yulia, Xiaya divided half of his personal guards and guarded them here.
Xia treated Yulia very well, treating this Kevin's widow as his own sister. Even these days, he came to ask Yulia every now and then.
But what is very subtle is that although he lives in the same house, every time Xia Ya comes, His Royal Highness, the princess, hides in his room and never comes out.
Thinking about it carefully, since coming to Denzel City, Char has not officially taken a photo with Daphne once.
As the highest officer of Denzel City, it is extremely strange that the imperial concubine came to her own city, but she never visited her once.
(How did you get here.)
Xia Ya looked up and saw the courtyard gate here, and couldn't help but smile, maybe... Every time I come here to visit Yulia, see Yulia's big belly and a calm and gentle smile, I will make myself There is an inexplicable feeling of warmth and home in my heart.
The guards who were standing outside the yard saw Xia Ya, and someone in the distance raised a weapon and was about to ask questions. When they saw Xia Ya approaching and recognized him, they put down their weapons and saluted.
"It's been hard work." Xia Ya looked at the guards who were watching the night.
"Everything is fine, my lord." The leader of the guards replied solemnly, "Please rest assured!"
Xia Ya snorted, and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly saw the light on the upstairs of the mansion in the yard. Obviously Yulia hasn't rested yet.
Xia Ya thought for a while, it was still early, so he simply handed over the horse to the guards and went in to visit Yulia.
Walking into the yard, the house is not big, but it is very clean. There are several flower beds in the yard, all of which are neatly built. Although the arrangement is not very colorful, it is better than clean.
He walked into the yard and was about to enter the hall of the house when he suddenly heard an exclamation from the side.
At night, there were naturally no lights in the yard. When Xi Ya walked by, the movement he brought up immediately alarmed a person.
With a short exclamation, Xiaya looked around and found that it was none other than Daphne who was frightening.
Daphne was standing by the yard, to be precise, in the corner of the yard, where there was a stone bench.
Daphne was sitting there.
At this moment, the night was gloomy, and the summer night was breezy. Daphne was sitting there, with her hands on her cheeks, resting on her knees. Her long hair was hanging down, and it was scattered on her body so casually. The golden hair was slightly curled, like a golden waterfall, and the dim moonlight made her skin glow with a faint ivory-like luster.
Daphne was barefoot, wearing a thin silk robe, and just sat there, as if in a daze, thinking about something, but was interrupted by the arrival of Xi Ya.
When Xia Ya saw that it was her, after a little stunned, she simply walked over - after all, the identity of the other party was there. Before, you could pretend to be confused if you didn't meet, but now that you meet, it would be too unreasonable if you don't go to see him. .
"...I have seen Your Highness." Xia Ya walked over, nodded and saluted.
Daphne's face was originally pale, but at this moment there was a bit of blush, the soft eyes floated across Xiaya's face, and the voice was as cold and soft as this moonlight: "General Xiaya... Is it? Do you scare me a little every time we meet?"
To be precise, this is the second "official" meeting between the two.
The last time they met, the two were at the lakeside of the Royal Hunting Ground outside Osgilia. The appearance of Charya at that time also frightened the princess.
Xia Yaluo smiled: "Sorry, Your Highness, I didn't know it was so late, you were in the yard."
He thought in his heart: If I had known you were here, I would not have come in.
Daphne looked at Xia Ya with her soft eyes, but said in a low voice, "Well, if you had known that I was here, you would not have come in, right, General Xia Ya?"
Xia was stunned—could this woman be able to read people's minds
Daphne seemed to bow her head to think for a while, then she looked up, with a faint smile on her face - under the moonlight, her beauty was so amazing!
She is not the kind of beauty with strong sentimentality, nor the kind of stunning that makes people feel ecstasy... Daphne's beauty is like this moonlight, quiet and soft , so that you seem to be unaware, but it has already spread into people's hearts.
Facing Daphne's smile... Even a guy like Char who is a little confused about the standards of beauty is irresistible.
He even had a brief absence.
It was summer, and the silk robe on Daphne's body was extremely thin, and she looked lazy again. Originally, he was just recovering from a serious illness, but the eyebrows on his face actually increased by three points, which made people couldn't help but feel pity.
Especially the body seems to be a little thin, but the thin silk robe still can't completely cover the slender curve of the body, the slender waist is hard to grip, but the chest is full... The beauty of the young woman's curves is in general. In this way, there is no doubt that it will be shown on this beautiful princess.
Even if Xia Ya, who was nurtured by some unscrupulous old guy, likes the quirk of having a thick waist and a big butt to give birth to women, seeing this His Royal Highness Daphne in front of him, he couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart: Actually ... The woman's waist is thinner, it seems to be really good-looking.
"General Xia Ya, since you're here, why don't you just talk to me, okay?" Daphne's voice was very easy-going, but he immediately woke Xia Ya from his reverie: "Speaking of which, come to Dan We haven't officially met in Zell City until now."
Xia Ya took a breath and concentrated: "Well... that, I was busy with military affairs and didn't come to see His Highness, it was me... "
"I didn't mean to blame you." Daphne said, but stood up and bowed, which was considered a half-salutation: "You are working hard on state affairs, so many important military affairs need you to handle, at this moment. When the national situation is in crisis again, how can you delay your time for such an insignificant woman as me. Please don’t mind.”
Daphne said this, but it made Xi Ya a little helpless.
Daphne was actually a little shy, and his face was a little crimson, but it was covered up by the moonlight - this General Char's eyes were too unscrupulous.
Although Daphne has been a famous beauty among the imperial aristocracy since childhood, countless young dignitaries have fallen under her skirt. In the imperial capital, people who admire her can line up from the Arc de Triomphe to the pier. From a very young age, Daphne has been accustomed to being watched by all kinds of men with eyes that are either admiring, coveted or amazed.
But... those guys who look at themselves, based on their identity and status, as well as their own background, are still restrained, and there is absolutely no one who will look at people like this Mr. Xia Lei Ming in front of him... He is simply unscrupulous! Where did he see women like that? And... and...
And also specifically staring at "certain parts"...
Daphne was a little embarrassed, but she endured it. She looked at Xiaya: "Lord General, I heard... You are going to marry Adeline, right?"
"… "
This question was the most troublesome thing for Xia Ya. For a while, he really didn't know how to answer it.
Seeing that Xia Ya didn't speak, Daphne had the wrong idea. She smiled lightly: "You don't have to be nervous, I don't mean to blame you... Adeline really likes you in her heart, and I'm very interested in that. Clear. You don't have to worry about it... Although she... um, she is not an official princess after all, so you marry her, it is not a violation of law... "
Her words were originally intended to reassure Xia Ya.
Xia Ya still didn't speak, just smiled slightly.
"Well, General Char." Daphne's voice was still so soft—Char had to admit that this woman's voice was really nice, especially the title of "General Char", which came out of her mouth. She shouted out, soft and not frivolous, soft but with a bit of dignified charm - so much that Xiaya almost narrowed her eyes.
"… Uh? What? Your Highness?" Xia coughed.
"Adeline, she..." Daphne sighed softly, and the resentment in her voice became more and more pitiful: "Adeline, she has always been bitter... She has never lived a truly happy and comfortable life over the years. . I really hope she can be happy. And... I can feel that every time she talks about you, her eyes will really show that kind of happiness. That time, she ran out and came back, the whole People are so different. I know it's all because of you…”
Xia Ya was a little embarrassed and scratched her hair: "This... I... "
"Hehe, you don't have to worry. The friendship between men and women is a common sense. If the two of you can have a good result, I am also happy for her and for you. I will silently pray to the gods in my heart every day..."
Xia still didn't know how to answer, so he continued to smile wryly.
But Daphne said this, but his tone gradually revealed a bit of worry: "But, Lord Char, I am worried about another matter. Adeline is innocent, she doesn't have much scheming, I'm afraid You can't think of these things, so I need to remind you, lest you be unhappy in the future... "
"... Your Highness, please speak."
Daphne seemed a little embarrassed, and took a deep breath: "Adeline... After all, her identity... is a bit special."
When she was talking, Daphne seemed a little embarrassed and her words were vague. Fortunately, she was relieved when she saw a trace of clarity in Xia Ya's eyes - it seems that this guy knows, he knows the situation well, I can explain it to him myself, otherwise, I really don't know what to say.
"Well, so, because of her special background, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor has never been particularly fond of her..."
Not particularly fond of...
Char Ya tasted these words carefully.
Looking back, I didn't particularly like it.
Then, when they were on the wildfire, the cavalry who chased and killed themselves...
Hmph, depending on the situation, it's not just as simple as "not liking it", right? !
Thinking of this, Xiaya suddenly burst into anger!
This anger is purely because of knowing that someone is going to do something dangerous to the poor bastard...
Poor bastard... That, that, that's also the poor bastard of Lao Tzu! Even if it is bullying, it can only be bullied by Lao Tzu!
Seeing that Xia Ya didn't speak, Daphne continued: "Your Majesty has always had some... prejudice against Adeline. So, what I want to say is, Lord Xia, you are young and promising, and you did it when you were less than twenty years old. The head of a county, and I heard that Your Majesty also appreciates you very much. At the hunting party, there was also a story of drinking oath. In general, you are already a baron. At the age of thirty, even if you are a It is not surprising that you are an earl. Even if you enter the army and serve as a general of a corps, it is not extraordinary. Your future is very good, but... You marry Adeline, I am afraid that your majesty will also let your majesty. The prejudice that affects you... I'm afraid, it will also affect your future."
Having said that, Daphne stared at Xi Ya carefully, as if trying to capture any change in expression from Xi Ya's face.
However, Xiaya just smiled lightly, and instead looked at Daphne curiously: "Your Highness... You said something like this, saying that what would happen if I marry her. Are you trying to persuade me not to marry her? "
"Ah, of course not!" Daphne didn't see a trace of disgust or fear on Char's face, and she was instantly overjoyed - what she said just now, she was just testing Char and testing this guy's Ed How many thoughts does Lin have? If this guy shrinks when he hears that it affects his future, then he has to stop Adeline from marrying such a famous and snobbish man!
Seeing Xia Ya's indifferent face, as if he didn't care about these things, this kind of performance suddenly made Daphne's perception of him greatly improved.
A man is willing to care about his career and future for the sake of a woman. This kind of feeling is called true love... It's a pity that as a woman, she has never felt such a taste, but Adeline can encounter such a value. her man...
Thinking of this, Daphne couldn't help but feel a little bit of self-pity.
How does poor Daphne know that Xiaya doesn't care about the future at all... To put it a bit harsher, he has a very indifferent attitude towards the wedding itself.
As for the future... Che, he has a forged order in his words, as long as he announces it tomorrow, he will be the boss of the counties in the northern border of the entire empire! Once it becomes a fait accompli, the imperial capital can only see his face.
Does he need to care about what Daphne said
"Then what does His Highness mean by saying this?" Xia Ya's eyes suddenly lit up: "Ah! Are you representing the royal family and expressing your disapproval of this wedding?"
Xia Ya wished that someone would jump out and disapprove! Disapprove! If you have the ability to deal with that old witch Merlin, I will kowtow to you!
"No, it's not..." Daphne seemed a little weak when pressed by Xi Ya, but then she shrank back, stabilized her mind, raised her eyelids and looked at Xi Ya: "General Xi Ya, since you are really I don't care about it, then I'm naturally happy for Adeline, I love her very much, and regard her as my own sister, and I just hope that she can find happiness in this life. Since you can value her so much, I only Would have great admiration for a man like you. Not to mention…”
Speaking of this, Daphne blushed: "You even saved my life."
When it comes to saving the life by the lake that time, both of them have embarrassed expressions. Xia Ya's expression was embarrassed because he acted stupid afterwards and didn't want to be involved in the secret dispute of the royal family.
And Daphne blushed because... This guy just stared at him recklessly... And he was still looking at that kind of part, he, he... Last time, it seemed that his hand touched his... there...
Xia Ya laughed dryly: "Your Highness doesn't need to talk about what happened in the past, um, that time I just happened to do it by accident..."
In this "unintentional hand", Xiaya was talking about saving people, but Daphne had a different feeling in his heart, his face was even more red, and he coughed hard before he stabilized his mind and restarted. Taking a breath, looking at Xia Ya...
"Lord General. I know that men always have some aspirations. You love Adeline now and have a good relationship, but I worry that one day in the future, you will see your future declining step by step, and you will always feel unwilling. When the time comes, maybe you will be angry with Adeline and be bad to her..." Daphne said here, gritted his teeth, and whispered: "If you do something like that to her in the future, I... I Naturally, I won’t just sit back and relax with poetry.”
This sentence seems to be a threat... But in a woman who speaks so softly and gently, how can there be any sense of threat
When Xia Ya heard it, she was happy.
So this is what the princess meant when she talked to herself
It's like when people get married in many places, the relatives and brothers of the woman's family will find the man and say something like "be good to my sister in the future, and if you dare to bully her, I will beat you up".
However, these words came out of the gentle Daphne in front of me...
Xia knew that she couldn't get the results she wanted in Daphne, and after being disturbed by her like this, she no longer wanted to go in and visit Yulia. She smiled casually, and then she bent over and saluted to find someone. The excuse is to say goodbye.
"General Xia, please, wait a minute."
Before taking two steps out, Daphne called out to Xiaya.
"Your Highness?"
Daphne took two steps up slowly, her snow-white bare feet stepped on the soft green grass, her face was a little sad, the pair of beautiful eyebrows, but it made people feel distressed. .
"Sir General, I heard... The Rodriguez cavalry has come to Denzel City?" Daphne's voice trembled slightly, slightly frightened: "The Rodriian cavalry, not... in Osgilia City. The field king? How could…”
Xia Ya immediately grasped the worry in the girl's heart, he immediately made a reassuring smile, and said slowly: "Your Highness, don't worry... Until now I have received the news that Osgilia has not fallen. The imperial capital, Not yet taken by those rebels."
Daphne sighed in relief: "Then..."
Seeing that Daphne wanted to ask questions, Xiaya was a little embarrassed, and smiled bitterly: "The current news, I'm afraid it can't be accurate, but..."
He hesitated for a moment, looked at Daphne, and looked at the worried look on the girl's face. He was afraid that if he didn't tell her, she would really not be able to sleep or eat well... But if he told her, I'm afraid it would be the same...
"The cavalry that came to Denzel City is just a partial division of the Rodriguen Corps." Xia Ya weighed it and said it. After all, she is a real prince concubine, and... I am afraid she is now the queen !
"The last news this cavalry got before they set off was... In Osgilia City, His Majesty Cantos was critically ill, and summoned His Royal Highness to enter the city urgently to take the throne... Rodia's main force escorted the Crown Prince into the city, and Yu Bu then went north and came here to help me resist the Odins... Your Highness, this news is only rumored, there is no official document to pass it, and no one can confirm this news, after all, if Your Majesty really went, it would be so big You can't just listen to rumors or guesses, there must always be an official announcement from the Imperial Capital... However, what I want to tell you is... I personally think that this news is probably true, that is to say, your current At this moment, I am afraid that she is no longer the Crown Princess... but, Her Majesty the Queen!"
When he heard the words "Your Majesty the Queen", Daphne's face suddenly turned pale, and then his body swayed, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground!
Xia Ya stood very close to her. Seeing her fall, she quickly reached out to help her. With such help, she felt that Daphne's body was light and soft, as if there was no weight at all, and she fell so softly. In her arms, her whole body seemed to be trembling, and she didn't know what she was afraid of.
The worst part is...
Damn, his two hands wrapped around the waist of this "Her Majesty the Queen", just supporting her body to prevent her from falling. But in this way, this posture becomes as if the two of them are "lovingly embracing"...
The pair of small breasts that Xia Ya couldn't help but look at and looked at just now were pressed tightly against Xia Ya's chest. Through the thin clothes, Xia Ya seemed to feel a soft and soft feeling. Subtle feeling of fullness…
The worst part is...
Because both hands are wrapped around each other's waist, and Xiaya has no experience in hugging people, so the two arms are wrapped around each other's waist, and the palms naturally hang down...
The two big hands, but it happened that they were holding onto Daphne's two buttocks!
It's a pity that this turtle seems to have unconsciously retracted his fingers and pinched it twice.
Swear to the gods! This pinching action of Xia Ya was definitely not intentional! It's definitely just an instinctive conditioned reflex action of a male! (If it was you, you wouldn't be able to hold back, would you?)
But the problem is, this pinch, Xi Ya suddenly woke up!
good guy! The one who is hugging and touching now is the queen of the empire!
Uh... The last time I squeezed my chest, this time I even squeezed someone's butt, how can this be good...
Xia's scalp suddenly numb...
With their bodies sticking together, Xia Ya was stunned, while Daphne was stunned!
She never thought in her life that she would be taken advantage of by a man like this...
She has only been touched by the opposite sex twice in her life, and she has only taken advantage of it twice! And most importantly, it was the same person twice! More importantly, this person is not her legal husband!
Instead, this "General" in front of you!
Daphne could hear her heart beating like a drum, and she went limp—completely frightened.
She seemed to want to push Xiaya away, but she couldn't use her strength, so she could only beg in a low voice: "You... Lord General, you, don't you let me go... Please, please don't... "
When he felt that his buttocks were wrapped by this man's two big hands, he seemed to squeeze twice, and suddenly, following this thing, Daphne's mind suddenly went blank!
How dare he! ! !