I became a mage and was recruited by the lord as his son-in-law

Chapter 112 Bird of Paradise on the Chest

The orcs did not pursue, and the knights slowly slowed down until they stopped in a valley.

"The orcs didn't chase us."

"Our trap was laid in vain."

"It doesn't matter. The original goal wasn't to kill the orcs. Just delaying them is enough."

All the knights breathed a sigh of relief, except for one God-given knight who did not look relaxed but sighed heavily instead.

"Alas, I don't know which city will be affected this time."

The leading knight turned his head and slapped the sighing knight in the face.

"Shut up, they are not God's people and should not be saved."

The knight covered his face and didn't respond, but there were more white hairs on his head.

……

The orcs' advance could not be stopped, but what should they do without food? The cities along the original route were very far away.

There was no other way but to attack the surrounding cities. The leading orc had a gloomy face. This was not the first or second time that the church knights had done this. Their purpose was clear, which was to slow down the speed of the orc army.

"Have you reported this to the Great Chief?"

"I've explained the situation, but the chief is injured and can't help us solve the problem. Everything has to be decided by ourselves."

The leading orc angrily pounded his fist on the stone that served as a table. He had no other choice. The other side was fighting guerrilla warfare with him, but he didn't have a map of the nearby area. Even if he did, he couldn't understand the twists and turns in it.

He was a warrior from the grassland with limited cultural level. The styles of orc maps and human maps were completely different.

"What do we do now?"

"What else can we do? The old way, rob."

The orc army invaded the human city again, but this time they didn't get much food. After all, those who could run had already run away, and the remaining people didn't have much food.

With no other options, the orcs once again added the "two-legged sheep" to their reserves of dried meat.

But the production of jerky requires baking time, which slowed down their efforts.

On a nearby mountain peak, the knights looked down at the city not far away. There was no more crying or shouting from inside. The orcs were slaughtering the city without mercy, not even sparing children.

Of course, the same is true for humans and orcs. This is a fight for survival. Even if the orcs' purpose this time is not to fight for survival, they still have an absolute attitude towards humans.

One of the knights asked the leading knight:

"What if the orcs no longer store food? Do we really have to follow them all the way and watch them destroy cities one by one?"

"That is not God's territory, and those in it are not God's people."

"But they can become God's people."

"Then wait until they are."

The knight stopped talking and just looked at the burning city in the distance quietly, wondering what he was thinking.

……

The next morning, the leader of the orc army began to check the drying of the jerky from last night.

The situation is very good. The long strips of dried meat are very easy to carry. Just tie them with a straw rope and the soldiers can carry them directly on their backs. Of course, the soldiers have a big appetite, and carrying too much will affect their movements.

But the orc leader did not intend to let the orcs carry so much, as long as it was enough to reach the nearest city.

He had given up the idea of meeting up with the chief as soon as possible, and instead planned to plunder cities along the way. He would no longer carry food and would go directly to human cities to replenish it each time.

Under the supervision of the church knights, the orcs no longer advanced quickly, but instead started killing people in the city along the way.

……

In the royal capital, the king read the letter from the church and his heart couldn't stop bleeding.

Allen, no matter how much the king dislikes him, he is the king's confidence in turning the situation around. Now, this confidence is gone.

The king handed the letter to Allen, and for the first time his eyes were no longer cold.

Allen took the letter, looked at it for a few seconds, and said directly:

"I'll go."

The king nodded and never looked at Allen again. The king's back was a little hunched, and Allen couldn't tell anything from his back.

He opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. He just put the sword at his waist on the ground and left the cold and empty king's study.

The royal capital was always very peaceful during the day, with only a few servants coming in and out of these tall castles. In Alan's heart, the royal capital was the most beautiful at this time. Once night fell, all the darkness and filth would be revealed.

Nobles probably can't appear under the sun. Alan suddenly felt that these nobles were actually the same species as the vampires in novels. They were all good at sucking blood and only traveled at night.

He did not rush to leave the capital, but went to the princess's grave.

The royal family members have their own special cemetery, but the princess was not buried in it. She was buried behind the castle, probably to remind Alan to abide by the agreement he made with the princess.

A space crack opened and the Archmage appeared behind Alan.

"Alan, Bennett asked me to give you a ride."

Alan picked two bird of paradise flowers, placed one in front of the princess's tomb and put the other in his chest pocket.

"Master, why did you stop me from entering the capital?"

There were some signs of recollection in the blue eyes, and a hint of sadness on the Archmage's face.

"A princess placed a bird of paradise in front of me and asked me to help."

"Do you think that what she feels for me is love?"

"Is it really that important to you and her?"

A princess, a top class of female nobility, would she crave for love? Perhaps she herself knew that she was not qualified to talk about love.

Alan's feelings for the princess are tainted, but they are genuine and he is willing to give everything for them.

"I don't care. I just want to know if she cares. Has there ever been a moment when she felt that being with me was a good thing?"

The great wizard took out a bird of paradise from the space crack and handed it to Alan.

Alan took the flower. In the center of the flower were a few candies. These were the candies that the princess often fed him. They had been discontinued for a long time, and he had never eaten them since the princess died.

"She begged me with this flower, saying it was her most precious thing. If you back out, let me give you this bouquet of flowers. Maybe she doesn't love you that much, but she is happy to be with you."

"Perhaps, this is enough."

Alan put a candy in his mouth and it still tasted the same.

"Is there anywhere else you want to go?"

"Let's go outside the city."

This season is the time when flowers bloom, but no matter how big the sea of flowers is, it cannot bury the loneliness in front of the grave.

Alan placed a bunch of white roses on the bulge and said to the grave:

"wait for me."

The Archmage opened the space crack and asked Allen:

"Won't you let the princess wait for you?"

Alan didn't look back and stepped directly into the space crack.

"She doesn't want to tie me down anymore."

The rift closed, and the archmage became distracted.