Under the escort of the Wood family, the Black Nightmare Army finally arrived in the town of Crewe.
They established a camp in the north of the town and took root here. They also brought back the property and weapons that they had thrown in the valley during their retreat and put them into the newly built warehouse. The fearful escape was finally over, and the war was still going on, but they could finally breathe a sigh of relief and have a good night's sleep.
Benjamin walked into the Crusad gate again.
"...I didn't expect you to send troops directly."
Standing at the entrance to the stairs of the main rooftop, he looked at Elizabeth who was looking into the distance and said this.
"Myers told me." Elizabeth turned around, shook her head, and said, "He discovered the changes in the Royal Army and noticed in advance that the Church was going to launch a surprise attack on you, so he suggested that I deploy troops to counter the siege. Unfortunately... The Church They seemed to have caught wind of the situation and withdrew very early, but we were unable to retain them."
When Benjamin heard this, he nodded and remained silent.
... In any case, Wood's army saved them, otherwise, they don't know how many more people would have died in the church's pursuit.
After thinking about it, he changed the topic: "I am very sorry for the death of the Duke. They were about to leave the tunnel, but the church detonated everything there. We didn't find many relics. I hope you won't be too concerned. sad."
Elizabeth didn't look too sad, she just lowered her head: "The dead are gone, the living can only carry on carrying their last wishes, right?"
"That's right..." Benjamin nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "On behalf of everyone in the Black Nightmare Army, I would like to thank you for your rescue. However, may I venture to ask? What is the Duke...'s last wish?"
Hearing this, Elizabeth raised her head and glanced at him.
"The Church of Revenge will completely eliminate the biggest cancer in this king - I believe this is what you want."
Is this so...
Benjamin touched his chin and did not answer immediately.
He could feel the respectful distance from the other person's tone. Although... they were not particularly familiar with each other, when they met this time, Elizabeth's eyes seemed to be a different person. It's like a junior high school classmate who hasn't seen each other for many years. In the past, you could chat and copy homework together, but when you meet again at a wedding more than ten years later, both parties raise their glasses, but there is only an awkward smile in their eyes.
In fact, they hadn't seen each other for years, but too many things had happened.
Benjamin didn't feel disappointed, just a little helpless.
After thinking for a while, he took the ring out of his pocket.
"What is this ring you asked Miles to give me...? I seem to have an impression of it, but I can't recall it. Can you remind me?" He put on a confused look and handed the ring to Elizabeth. Asked knowingly.
Elizabeth heard this and shook her head.
"Just put away the things belonging to your Riise family."
"What do you mean?" Benjamin did not give up.
"It's not interesting, I'm just giving back what belongs to you." Elizabeth sighed, looked away, and looked into the distance again, "They are all boring past events, it's okay if you can't remember them. A ring That’s it, if you don’t want to keep it, then sell it.”
"I am quite stubborn. If you say that, I will have no choice but to keep asking."
Elizabeth just turned her back to Benjamin and said nothing.
And when Benjamin even thought she was going to be angry, she suddenly spoke.
"That was the ring you gave me when we made the engagement - yes, it was the one you threw directly out of the window. Everyone was laughing at that time, and I had no choice but to sneak in at night Downstairs of the school, I groped around in the grass and it was hard to find. It was still raining that day. It took me more than two hours to find it. After I found it, I was afraid of being laughed at again, so I didn’t dare Tell anyone that this thing is preserved to this day.”
Benjamin was stunned when he heard this.
This... seems to be a bit beyond his expected answer.
Although he knew it was an engagement ring and that it was thrown out by "himself" at the time, he had no idea there were so many details behind it.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the ring in his hand and said, "Then... you asked someone to give it to me again. What do you mean?"
"Because the engagement has ended long ago." Elizabeth turned around, her expression surprisingly firm, "I was still young at the time, and I kept keeping the ring for some reason. But now, I have inherited my father's title. The engagement is terminated, and the woman It is the most reasonable thing to return the engagement ring to the man, so I will ask someone to return the ring to you... "
Speaking of this, she paused deliberately before continuing:
"It doesn't mean anything else."
After hearing this, Benjamin stood there holding the ring, not knowing what to say. The growing sense of distance was like a mountain range between the two of them, and this mountain was so difficult to cross that he couldn't even see the expression on Elizabeth's face.
He didn't even know how to face Elizabeth.
"... In short, thanks to your efforts, the church is now on the verge of collapse. It is definitely a wise choice for the Black Nightmare Army to join forces with us. As long as we attack together, the church will have no power to resist. Believe me, you will not regret this. decision."
Finally, with these words behind her, Elizabeth smiled and nodded, turned around and left the wide rooftop.
As a result, Benjamin was left alone on the rooftop, with the cold wind howling and his shadow stretched by the evening sun. At that moment, he felt a severe tightness in his chest. He took a deep breath and looked down at the ring in his hand, not knowing what to do.
Totally...did not anticipate this development.
He originally planned to come over, first thank the other party for the rescue, then establish a relationship, find out what Elizabeth said, whether she wanted to be king, and finally try to figure out what Duke Colin's overall plan was.
However, everything turned out to be like a prolapsed wild horse, galloping in the opposite direction, unable to pull back.
Thinking of what Elizabeth said and the past events that he had not done but seemed inseparable from, Benjamin had a headache.
"You are such a scumbag." The system suddenly said in his mind.
"Blame me?" Suddenly, Benjamin was so angry that he immediately retorted in his mind, "I didn't do those things to bully her. Those bad things were all done by the old Benjamin. What do you mean by scolding me? "
The system was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly imitated Elizabeth's tone and said, "It doesn't mean anything else."
“…”
Benjamin was speechless for a moment.