Allen did feel lost. In his life, Lucy could be said to be the first real friend. After they have experienced a short but thrilling journey together, this girl has left an indelible silhouette in Alan's heart. But now, she was traveling far and wide, it would be a lie to say that she was not sad. He is still just a teenager, even though his heart has become stronger than steel due to the hardships of life, there are still some soft and warm places.
The three fingers suddenly waved in front of Alan, and Lucy said loudly, "Three years! Alan, I will come back to you in three years."
She scratched her hair in embarrassment again, and stuck out her tongue: "The commotion this time is indeed a bit big, the old man will definitely ground me. But it doesn't matter, I will definitely come to you in three years. Don't let me People should be killed in advance."
"No... no way!" Allen's eyes gradually lit up, and he said, "You too, don't let someone kill you."
Lucy laughed "hehe" for a long time: "In Ida Huaxing, the person who can kill me has not yet been born!"
Although she was smiling wildly, the faint sadness in the corners of the girl's eyes was hard to hide. After she stopped, she gently took off the necklace around her neck: "This is the tear of Elusa. Elusa is the moon god we worship. I will leave it to you for safekeeping temporarily. At night, put it in the moonlight, and you can see me in the moonstone."
Lucy took Alan's hand and put the pendant on the boy's hand. Allen could feel that the pendant still carried the girl's body temperature.
The door of the theater opened at this moment, and Metalon stood at the door and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, it's time."
"Got it." Lucy lowered her head, not wanting Alan to see her red eyes. After giving the boy a hug, she grabbed the tiara that had fallen beside her and left. When she walked far enough away, she turned her head and blinked and said with a smile: "I'm leaving Alan, see you in three years!"
"Sure!" Allen said vigorously.
Lucy nodded, and then walked out of the theater with Metalon. Allen could still hear their conversation, and Metalon gasped as soon as he left the theater and said, "Your Highness, where are the tears of Elsa?"
"Give it to Allen for safekeeping."
"That's the tears of Elsa!"
"Oh, it's just a pendant. Teacher, you are making a lot of fuss."
"That's no ordinary pendant, it's..."
As the voice faded away, Allen smiled at it. He spread his hands, looked at the pendant in his palm, and sat down on the armchair in the theater. The workmanship of the pendant is fine, ranging from the carving of the crescent-shaped gemstone to the small pattern of the fine silver threads, all implying the extraordinaryness of this pendant. Allen held it tightly tightly, and vowed to put it back on Lucy's neck with his own hands in three years.
"What an independent lady, isn't she?" Suddenly a voice sounded beside her.
Allen jumped up as if an electric current had passed through his body. Although he was distracted by Lucy's departure, he still didn't know when his vigilance was so low that someone touched him. You must know that if the other party has malicious intentions, I am afraid that you have become a corpse now.
Jumping to a row of chairs in front of him in an instant, Alan bowed his body, put the pendant in his pocket, and made a gesture that he could pounce at any time. Then I saw clearly that there was a silver-haired old man next to my position just now. He was wearing a well-made suit, with his hands resting quietly on his knees. His rigorous and perfect sitting posture made Allen see a handsome gentleman
.
"I'm sorry to scare you." The old man looked at Allen and said sincerely, "Please allow me to introduce myself first. I am Horn, Horn Bethkind."
"Alan."
The old man nodded and said with a smile: "Then Mr. Allen, are you planning to squat down and talk to me? That's not very polite."
Allen jumped down from the armchair in embarrassment. I reached out and patted his position just now and said, "Don't be nervous, sit down, let's chat casually."
At this time, the teenager didn't know the meaning of Beth Kede, so naturally he didn't know Horn's identity. He walked over as promised and sat beside Horn. Alan didn't know that it was not easy to sit next to this old man. Even for those direct descendants of his own family, if they want to see Horn, they need a lot of walking and arrangements to get such a rare opportunity.
If you let them know that Allen just sat next to the old man casually, I'm afraid those people will be very angry.
"I have to thank you, Mr. Allen." The old man said indifferently: "You won the game, and at the same time you won me a rich return."
Allen nodded: "You're welcome."
He also heard that the participants in the death ring would be betting targets. In Allen's understanding, the old man in front of him must have invested in himself and got a return. But what Allen didn't know was that, even in terms of Bethkind's strong financial resources, winning 50 million federal coins from him overnight was a fortune.
This is because Allen ranks first, and the odds are one to one. Otherwise, Horn's return will be even richer.
Horn smiled slightly, without explaining, he spread his hands and said: "Look at Mr. Allen, although our Bethkind family is not the largest family in Babylon, we still have a bit of reputation. Your performance in the death ring is remarkable, I The family welcomes a talent like you. I don’t know, are you willing to accept an old man’s invitation to join our Bethkind family?"
Alan Yizheng, although Tonisf also said that the winner of each death ring has a chance to be favored by certain families, but he never thought that this invitation would come so soon. But Allen has no plans to join a certain family immediately. Before that, there are two things he has to do by himself.
The boy shook his head: "Thank you very much for your invitation, Mr. Horn, I..."
"Oh, don't rush to refuse. Maybe after reading this, you will change your mind." The old man suddenly took out a pocket watch from his pocket, opened it, and there was a yellowed photo inside. He handed the pocket watch to Allen.
Allen took it in doubt, and his eyes fell on the photo. In the photo was a delicate girl with a stubborn face, whose outline was somewhat similar to Allen's. When seeing this photo, Allen was slightly shocked. At this time, the old man next to him said: "I have four sons and two daughters, the girl in the photo is my youngest daughter, and also my favorite one..."
"I would give her everything if I could. I want her to know how much I love her as a father. But I'm also a father to other children, so I can't be too partial, so I'm always strict. Perhaps Because of this, she gradually alienated me, allowing a man to take advantage of me. The child who regards me as a treasure, just take it away from me." Horn closed his eyes slightly, and his face was full of Painful expression: "If time can be restarted, maybe I should have a good talk with her instead of throwing her away in a fit of anger.
Removing her name from the family will prevent her from returning to me forever. "
"Now you may not understand how painful this is for a father." Horn looked at Allen, his eyes softened: "I thought I would never get her in this life." News, until the start of this death ring, I saw you on the live show. Alan, do you know? I believe it is God’s guidance, and he sent you to Babylon. So can you tell me, you Is your mother's name... Lanny?"
Allen's whole body shook again, and the pocket watch in his hand fell to the ground. He looked at Horn, breathed heavily, and said in a voiceless voice: "Are you... my grandfather?"
Horn stretched out his trembling hand and landed on Allen's face: "Yes, my child. Your mother, Lanny, her full name should be Lanny Bethkind. God, my child, what is she doing now? So, how are you doing?"
"She..." Allen's vision suddenly became blurred, and the black snow and silver ring flashed in front of his eyes again. He couldn't say anything in the end, Allen lowered his head, not wanting others to see his weakness at this moment.
Even if it is his grandfather in front of him.
Horn closed his eyes, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he sighed after a long time: "She really left, didn't she? I think so, otherwise, she wouldn't let her child participate in the death ring."
"Five years ago, a group of predators attacked the town where we lived. Mother, she..." Alan picked up the pocket watch on the ground, and looked at the mother who was similar to his own age in the photo: "On that day, she was forever leave me."
"Predators!" Horn's eyes were wide open and his eyes were shining brightly: "Okay, I will make them regret being born in this world!"
"No!" Allen jumped up and said loudly, "I want to avenge this revenge with my own hands, with my own strength!"
Horn looked at the child in front of him carefully, and the old man sighed softly: "You are indeed Lanny's child, just as stubborn and persistent. You can take revenge yourself, but child, do you have the strength?"
"Finding the predators is not an easy task. The surface is so large, and the manpower and material resources to be used are definitely not what you can have now. If you want to take revenge with your own hands, then I suggest you go back to the family, back to me by your side." Horn's voice grew louder: "I can't give you great power or wealth right away, but I can pave the way for you, a road to the pinnacle of power. When you become the Bethkind clan When you are the head of the family, you can freely use all the power of the family to do what you want. You just need to remember that if you ask for something from the family, you must contribute. This is the obligation of every patriarch. "
"Of course, this road will not be easy. I can even tell you that once you accept the invitation, you won't be able to gain power immediately, but you will gain many enemies immediately. I can't even put you in the sequence of heirs right away Here, I can only help you, but you have to rely more on yourself."
Speaking of this, Horn took a deep breath: "Then tell me, Lanny's child. Even so, are you still willing to accept my suggestion?"
Allen didn't think for too long, he looked at the old man and said solemnly: "I am willing!"
Maybe he doesn't know what this sentence means to him now, until many years later, when he looks back at the past. Only then did Allen realize that these three simple words had completely changed his life!
[The first volume if you were young at that time (end)]
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