"Are you awake?" Erin held a plate in her hand, which contained various medical equipment and medicines. It seemed like she was here to change Lisanna's dressing.
"Excuse me." Lisanna blinked.
Erin was very happy when she saw that Lisanna was in good spirits after waking up. She placed the utensils on the table and began changing Lisanna's dressing. Because she was severely injured before, Irene's movements have always been very delicate and gentle. The dressing change process that was originally very painful in Lisanna's eyes turned out to be easy.
"Are you Erin?" Lisanna smiled weakly.
"Huh? How do you know my name?" Irene tilted her head and looked at the girl on the hospital bed.
"I heard Mr. Regnar mention it," Lisanna said.
"Really..." Erin touched the scars on her face. It was too easy to identify her. The scars on her face were shocking. She was the ugliest one!
But Lisanna guessed Irene's thoughts, and she continued: "Mr. Regner said that the gentlest and kindest girl is you."
Erin's body trembled slightly, then she smiled at Lisanna and said, "Thank you, I'll inform others. If you need anything, you can call the guards here."
"Okay." Lisanna nodded.
…
A few minutes later, Alexander, Just, Regnar, Kordak, Vera and many members of the Golden Eagle Knights rushed to the ward. The originally empty special care ward was filled with people in an instant.
"It's okay." Alexander finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lisanna open her eyes. He gave Lisanna an encouraging smile, and then began to express his gratitude to Eileen. Under the leadership of the prince, many members of the Golden Eagle Knights also gathered around Irene to express their gratitude and respect to her.
"Huh, luckily you're fine. If there was anything wrong with you, I think Alexander would have gone crazy." Regnar walked to Lisanna's bed and said with a smile.
"I won't die that easily." Lisanna's face was pale, but her expression was very relaxed.
"Haha, it's not just Alexander. You don't know that when you were seriously injured, Xiao Lei was also as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He was already seriously injured, but in order to rush back to save you, this kid suddenly I rode on horseback for a long time and almost vomited blood when I came back." Kordak put his hand on Regner's head.
"Didn't I think that human life was at stake at that time..." Regnar scratched his head in embarrassment. The reason why he was so anxious was not because of how important Lisanna was to him. Just because Lisanna always gave him a very familiar feeling, her character was so similar to Irene.
So when Lisanna was seriously injured, Regnar almost unconsciously felt a sense of fear, as if the injured person was Irene. Therefore, regardless of his injuries, he forcibly rode his horse and ran back to Tamro Fortress with the large army without stopping.
But now, seeing that Lisanna was fine, he felt relieved.
Several people made a noise in the ward for a while, and then Irene kicked them all out on the pretext that the wounded needed rest. But before leaving, Alexander stayed at the back.
"Huh?" Vera couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she saw Alexander staying at the end. A smirk suddenly appeared on her lips, and then she grabbed the three companions who were about to leave.
"What are you doing?" Kordak frowned and said loudly.
"Shh~!" Vera covered Kordak's unshaven mouth with her left hand, and then made a silencing gesture with her right index finger. She pointed to the door of the ward and said with her eyes, "You understand."
"Sister Vera, you are such a gossip..." Regnar looked at Vera's excited face and couldn't help but feel speechless.
"Oh, nothing happened anyway, let's take a look." Vera whispered.
"Tch, I see that they are both innocent and have nothing to do, so you are the only one here worrying about it!" Kordak said that he was not interested, and then stood aside.
"Wow, Irene, why did you come over here?" Regner was stunned. In his impression, Irene was not such a nosy person.
"I want to prevent His Highness Alexander from saying anything irritating at this time. Miss Lisanna is a wounded person after all." Irene explained with a blushing face.
"Oh, I wrongly blamed you..." Regnar said awkwardly.
…
"Thank you very much this time." Alexander said to Lisanna.
"Lisanna is originally from the Guards, and it is my duty to protect the leader." Lisanna said without changing her expression, because this was not the first time she accepted Alexander's thanks. Moreover, she also knew that what Alexander really wanted to say next was what he wanted to say.
"Thank you very much... but..." Alexander hesitated for a moment, and then said: "However, I can't pretend that I don't know about your previous disobedience of military orders, so... after you recover from your injury, you will still have to accept the punishment... "
"Lisanna understands..." Although she was mentally prepared, when Alexander actually said these words, there was still a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"I'm really sorry, I don't want to do this." Alexander said hesitantly: "But... this is the army, I can't make any exceptions..."
"Captain, you did the right thing, Lisanna understands your difficulties..." Lisanna said.
"Bang!"
The door to the ward was pushed open, and the two people in the room who were originally a little embarrassed were startled. When they turned around, they found Regnar staring at Alexander with an angry look on his face.
"Punishment? Huh? Punishment?" Regnar suddenly became angry for some reason. He stared at Alexander and said coldly: "Lisanna came to save us regardless of her own safety, and almost lost her life for you? Tell me, where did she go wrong? And how do you plan to punish her?"
"My order was for her to retreat, but she disobeyed my order and ran back, so I have to punish her." Alexander did not give in. He looked directly at Regner and said, "As for the punishment, it should be twenty Army stick.”
"Twenty military sticks?!" Regnar became even more angry after hearing this word. He had stayed in Costa Fortress for several months, so he knew exactly what twenty military sticks meant. If it is a normal person without any fighting spirit, one blow with a military stick can usually bruise the person's back, three blows with a stick may damage his bones, and five blows with a stick may break his spine!
And now, Alexander actually said that he would punish Lisanna with twenty military sticks? ! Even if she is now a quasi-high-level warrior, Lisanna may have to stay in bed for another month if she continues to fight like this.
"Xiao Lei!" Kordak reached out to pull Regna.
But Regnar slapped Kordak's hand away, and Vera on the side also pulled Kordak with an angry look on her face. Her intention was very clear, that is, to let Regnar continue talking. Eileen on the side frowned with incomplete eyebrows, obviously not liking Alexander's approach.
"Do you know what you are doing?" Regnar gritted his teeth and said.
"You know, I am punishing subordinates who violate my orders. This is very common in the army." Alexander said seriously.
"Wrong!" Regnar said word by word: "You are hurting someone who values you, cares about you, and will help you even if you risk your life! You are not only hurting her body, you are also hurting her heart! !”
"..." Alexander was silent. Why didn't he want to turn a blind eye and let Lisanna go? But the knights who went back with Lisanna all saw her ignoring Just's obstruction and forcibly borrowing horses and dry food to go back to find Alexander. He can pretend not to know, but not everyone can pretend not to know. If he lets Lisanna go at this time, it will definitely cause the Golden Eagle Knights, who have always been strictly disciplined, to loosen up.
Compared with Lisanna's personal feelings, Alexander still feels that the overall discipline of the Knights is more important.
But what Regner said was good. What he did would undoubtedly make Lisanna sad. Therefore, the second prince held it in for a long time, and finally he could only say one sentence: "The army has rules..."
"Fuck the rules!" Regnar cursed and said, "Rules? Those are just words! Huh, this is the world. The lower ones obey the rules, the middle ones try to break the rules, and the upper ones try to break the rules. The other person makes the rules. You are the boss of the Golden Eagle Knights and the second prince of the empire. With your status, can't you even let go of a companion who helps you? It's not that you can't do it! You just don't want to do it! You just don’t want to do it!”
"It has nothing to do with this!" Alexander said: "You are not in the army, so you don't know the importance of discipline to the army! Even my father, he cannot do whatever he wants!"
"Really?" Regnar asked coldly: "Let me ask you another question, why did you ask Lisanna and the others to retreat before?"
"To protect them and prevent them from dying at the hands of Saron." Alexander said.
"Ha! You still know? I thought you had forgotten it a long time ago!" Regnar said sarcastically: "You wanted to protect them, so you let them do this, and now Lisanna has disobeyed your order. , but she still came back alive. And you beat her to death because she disobeyed? In order to protect her, you beat her to death! Don’t you feel very contradictory? "
"I..." Alexander didn't know how to answer. Although Regner's words sounded a bit nonsense at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it actually made some sense.
"Mr. Regnar, thank you." Lisanna suddenly spoke, and she said softly: "But I did disobey the commander's order, so it is normal to be punished now. I had already thought of these when I disobeyed. So, I have no complaints about this. I appreciate your kindness, but please don’t embarrass the leader anymore."
"Do you really think so?" Regnar turned his head and looked at Lisanna.
"Yes." Lisanna said seriously.
Regnar stared at Lisanna for a moment, and then spat angrily: "Well, this is just your internal matter, and I am just an outsider in the end. You can do whatever you want!"
After Regnar finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but before going out, he still felt a little unwilling. So Regnar turned to Alexander and said, "I originally thought you were an open-minded and enthusiastic person who was considerate of his subordinates."
"Huh?" Alexander was stunned.
"But now it seems that you have something more important than your companions." Regnar put on a look of disdain: "I don't know what kind of values are more correct, but this does not prevent me from despising you. I can tell you clearly that I despise what you did today, very much!"