Mount and Blade

"Ninety-eight!" "Ninety-nine!"

"Shua!" "Shua!"

"One hundred!"

"Ha... huh, huh."

Gus, sweating profusely, sat slumped on a rotten tree trunk beside him, leaning on his sword. Green also swung his sword and lay flat on the grass, looking at the blue sky and the birds circling. It seemed that he hadn't appreciated such a beautiful scenery for a long time.

"It seems that when I swing this, I don't have to think about anything." Gus panted and said something true.

"Yes, my whole brain is relaxed!" Green agreed very much. He raised his hand and looked at his palm. There were blisters on it. Sure enough, no matter how you practice in the trial realm, physical experience will not lie. Sword calluses still need to be honed through practical practice.

Gus's situation is not much better. Shocking calluses and blood bubbles have been rubbed out on his pink and tender hands, and because of the constant swinging of the sword, they look a little bloody.

A series of heavy and powerful footsteps sounded from the jungle, and the two looked up.

"If it's just to fetch water, it will take too much time!"

"Gambino...!" The two said in unison.

Looking at the swords of the two little guys stuck in the ground, Gambino understood in his heart, and seemed to still feel a little dissatisfied with what happened yesterday.

"Hmph..."

"Take it." Gambino casually threw a scallop shell into Gus's arms.

"It's medicine. Apply it on the wound."

I don't know if it was to make up for the slight guilt in his heart, Gambino said this and prepared to leave.

"...Hmm?" Gus was a little stunned.

"Hmph!" He glanced at Gus a little awkwardly and turned away.

"Gan...Gambino!" Gus stood up and called him after realizing it, and Gus felt that he had to say something.

Seeing Gus calling him, Gambino turned around and looked at him again.

"..."

"...Thank you..." Gus pouted and thanked Gambino a little embarrassedly.

Gambino was no longer as resentful as he was at the beginning, and turned away.

"Hurry up and prepare the meal!"

Seeing Gambino walking away, Gus sat back awkwardly, holding the medicine given by Gambino tightly in his hand, as if he was shy?

Green couldn't help but feel a little funny, walked over and put his arm around Gus's shoulder and teased him.

"You're not shy, are you, Gus?"

Seeing this, Gus hurriedly protected the medicine in his hand, stood up and blushed, a bit like being angry after being exposed.

"No way!!"

"Hahaha!"

"What are you laughing at! Be careful or I'll hit you, Green."

"Well, but Gambino is really kind-hearted. Let me see what the medicine here looks like! Is it packed in clam shells!"

"Humph!"

Gus took it out of his hand. It was packed in a scallop shell, and there was a milky white ointment inside. It was rare. The white ointment in such a backward world should be worth a lot of money.

"It seems that Gambino still cares about you, Gus. This ointment doesn't look cheap."

"Humph, who knows."

Gus said awkwardly, but his hand honestly applied the ointment to the wound on his nose.

"Hiss,... it hurts!"

It seems that the effect of the medicine is a bit strong. Gus grimaced in pain as soon as it was applied.

"Maybe it's just to relieve his guilt. Let's go, let's go cook, Green." Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, Gus took Green to prepare breakfast for everyone as usual.

...............

Four months later.

"The superiors asked to select suitable people to go to Midland as spies to deliver messages. I remember that you have two little kids in your legion, right? Gambino."

"Uh... yes, sir, but..."

"I know, there is no need for two together. If I remember correctly, they are your adopted sons, right?" The burly commander Jodah interrupted Gambino's speech. He didn't use a particularly forced tone with only one eye left, but it was still hard to resist.

"Yes... sort of."

"Well, I don't want such a young child to bear such a heavy responsibility, but the world is like this, don't worry, I won't let him do too dangerous tasks, it's just that children are more likely to lower the enemy's vigilance."

The burly man stood up, looking much taller than Gambino, and even Gambino's head was only about the man's chest.

"Well..." Gambino responded reluctantly.

"Here, I won't let you work in vain."

The man patted Gambino's shoulder and handed him a bag of money.

Seeing that there was money, Gambino's face instantly improved. He opened the purse and checked it. It was a bag of silver coins! Enough to eat for a long time! !

"Ah, hahaha, you are too polite..."

"Haha, I think your adopted sons performed very well on the battlefield..."

The two began to brag about each other's business. Maybe it was too eye-catching to bring two children on the battlefield, and the direction of history began to change slightly. .

............

"Hey! Green, are you there?"

Whichever of the two children goes there is likely to die on the way, but as long as they enter the Midland capital of Windham, there should be basically no danger.

But on the way back, Gambino was a little annoyed. No matter what, such a young child is still very likely to die. But since he has taken the money, he can't not do it. After thinking about it, Green, who has been smart since childhood, is more suitable to go. If the situation is not right, the chance of survival is also greater. Although he has made some achievements in swordsmanship, he is still a child after all. He has no deterrent power when he picks up the sword. He can only pray that the child has better luck.

"Here! What's wrong? Gambino."

The two brothers who had just finished bathing in the river heard that Gambino seemed to be calling them and ran over.

"Well, the weather is a bit hot, and you are not afraid of encountering danger when you take a bath so late."

"I know, we will be careful." Gus said reluctantly.

"Well, pay attention next time, Green, come with me." Gambino turned around and motioned Green to follow.

The two brothers looked at each other. It seemed that they had never had such a situation before. Usually, the two brothers were together.

"Go back and rest first, Gus. I'll be back soon."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

At this time, the two of them didn't know that they were about to part ways with each other. They just thought it was a trivial matter in daily life. After all, they were occasionally called to work together, but it was the first time that they were called out alone at night. Gus looked at Green's back and went back to the tent. He always felt a little uncomfortable.

...............

Gambino took Green to the hillside, sat on a stone casually, looked at the camp below, and told Green the plan of the upper level of the Judas with a slightly complicated mood.

"Do you know why you were called out alone?"

"I don't know." Green answered truthfully. He didn't want to think about it now. After all, there were not many plots of Gus' childhood in his memory. He only knew some of them after watching the animated version, but they were all painful things.

"Because you are more suitable than your brother."

Gambino rarely looked at someone with such a serious look.

Green looked at him, as if he had noticed the potential danger of this matter, and maybe he would never come back.

The late summer night was slightly cool, and the breeze blowing across the freshly washed skin felt pleasant. The breeze in this world could still bring a hint of coolness to people from another world. Perhaps they did not belong to this world. Green was surprisingly calm.

"Of course, I will go."