After hearing Austiner's words, the expression on DeWitt's face became embarrassing.
"I'll take care of it," Austin added hastily.
"Your mission is to protect the safety of yourself and your comrades. How can you take care of a foreign vagrant?" Claremont said seriously, standing aside.
"I" Austin was at a loss for words for a moment, unable to think of what he should say.
"Didn't you say you didn't want to go back? Why did you change your mind now?" Abel took a step forward and asked Gilbert.
"...Actually, I have always wanted to go back." Gilbert was silent for a while, and continued: "I want to get back what I should have."
Upon hearing this, Abel exchanged glances with Claremont and nodded secretly.
DeWitt focused his gaze on Gilbert, and said meaningfully: "If you want to use us to return to the territory of the goblins, you must be mentally prepared to pay something."
"Understood." Gilbert looked at the ground and nodded, "I will tell you all the news I know."
"Including news about the goblins?" Claremont confirmed.
"Hmm." After a while, Gilbert nodded.
"Then, Austin, you will take care of Gilbert in the future." DeWitt promised Gilbert: "Don't worry, we won't force you to tell us any unnecessary news."
"Great!" Austin exclaimed. He happily put his hand on Gilbert's shoulder.
"Austinger, take Gilbert to the logistics to get a pair of smaller shoes. Hurry up and don't delay the march," Claremont confessed.
"Yes!" Austin replied, bending over Gilbert's shoulders and leading him out.
"I didn't expect that Captain DeWitt would really agree! I obviously didn't have time to say anything." Austin said emotionally, and turned his head to find that Gilbert had kept his head down and remained silent. He immediately expressed concern : "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
"Nothing." Gilbert stood up and shook his head.
"The captains of DeWitt are all very considerate people. To be honest, they are kind. They won't have the heart to do anything to hurt you." Austin reassured: "I am also very happy to be able to walk with you in the future." happy."
Gilbert looked up and saw the dazzling smile on Austin's face, and he also bent his mouth: "Yes."
"Everyone gathers!" Abel stood outside the gate of the dismantled camp and shouted in a loud voice.
The scout army, including Gilbert, quickly lined up in front of him.
"Today we will strive to get out of this flat land, and everyone must not relax." Abel said.
"Yes!" the soldiers responded.
A group of people set off officially. When Abel led the team, most of them walked in the front, looking at the map to find the route. I don't care much about the soldiers behind me, how about the marching discipline. Indeed, the elf soldiers are still walking quietly in this situation, and they don't know how to talk to each other, which may be the case with their inherent lazy character.
The Calradian soldiers are not so disciplined, and they will talk a lot when they are in a good mood. At this time, Austin brought a fresh guy into the army, and many Calradia soldiers couldn't help but surround him curiously.
"Is this the guy you crushed that day?" a soldier said.
"I heard Captain Dewitt say that this little guy is a goblin." Another soldier added.
The topic of Gilbert became popular among the soldiers.
"How did you come up with the idea to bring it?" asked one of Austin's teammates.
"Isn't his home near our destination?" Austin replied casually, "If this little guy stays in the wilderness for a few more days, he probably won't be able to survive. Why don't we take him home for a while?"
"So that's the case." Austiner's teammates nodded, and then showed a friendly smile to Gilbert.
In fact, Austin did not know why he insisted on bringing this little guy with him.
It took me a long time to think about it in my mind just now before I compiled this reason.
Thinking of this, the line of sight naturally shifted to Gilbert.
Even though the people around were noisy, this little guy still looked indifferent and had nothing to do with it.
It's just that as the trek lengthened, the lip line became tight.
"Tired?" Austin asked, leaning over.
"Hmm." Gilbert squeezed out such a syllable from his throat.
Austin put his hand on Gilbert's arm and suggested, "Let me carry you."
Gilbert didn't try to be brave anymore, and then the strength of Austin's arm climbed up his back, and he sat down securely.
Austin raised his head and glanced at the sky, thinking in his heart: After all, he is a thin child, he must be really tired after walking all morning.
Gilbert got a resting space and fell asleep unconsciously on Austiner's back.
"From the back, you two look like a father and son." A passing soldier commented on Austin.
"Don't talk nonsense." Austiner glared at the other party: "Have you ever seen such a young man holding such a big son?"
"Hey." The soldier smiled and said nothing.
As Austin raised his feet forward, he thought silently in his heart: I must find a beautiful wife in the future and give birth to a lovely child. Let others envy you.
"Fifteen minutes rest," Abel ordered.
The soldiers found a lawn and lay down casually.
Austenger worried that his movements would wake Gilbert on his back, so he kept standing near the lying soldiers and chatting with them.
DeWitt came over and said, "Why are you taking care of him so much?"
"Hey," Austin said with a sigh, "I don't know either, I just think he's like a careless and willful child with no family or companions around him. It's really hard."
"If that's the case, you shouldn't take care of him like this." DeWitt shook his head and said, "Going from complete pain to complete doting will make people even more vulnerable to wind and rain."
"Is that so?" Austin looked back at Gilbert, who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, and said softly, "Captain DeWitt, you are really amazing. It made me suddenly realize that I just gave him a different look." extreme environment."
"Nothing." DeWitt continued: "If you choose to be a kind person, it proves that the person who makes the choice is very smart. It's just that the world is so big, and the meaning of kindness in different places is also different."
DeWitt just wanted Austiner to be less emotional during his time with Gilbert.
(end of this chapter)