A true hero marries a man by his appearance [Comprehensive]

Not at all unexpected, just because of a chance encounter with nothing involved, a certain man who would always be entangled by little ghosts, inexplicably, went with this group of people again.

The general dialogue is as follows:

"Brother Eddie, where are you going to go next? What, no goal, just a casual walk? That--that's great! If possible, how about being our traveling companion?"

"I still want to find someone squatting who knows where... Well, close your eyes and stop looking at me so expectantly!"

Eddie was actually not so easy to talk to.

Once there was a kid who clamored to challenge him, but he didn't answer him for a long time.

However, the real reason for the slight difference in attitude may be identified by the restless boy.

——Compared to a boy who can be beaten at will, Eddie is not good at dealing with women, especially female human beings in their infancy.

The lively and shy Nefertari had already made him helpless, and he even wanted to pamper her. The one he met now—the overly lively Artoria Pendragon It is his nemesis in the true sense.

So, there is no way.

Originally very free, Eddie could go wherever he wanted, so he could only wander around with the small team headed by the kid.

After all, Arturia and the others don't actually have a fixed goal. The so-called travel means wandering around.

It should be noted that although Eddie followed them, most of the time he did not interfere with their affairs.

He was more observing, and it didn't take long before he saw the behavioral patterns of these people——

Artoria, who is the main body of the team, has been doing good deeds to help each other when confronted with injustices due to the influence of her personality. Of course, she also caused many misfortunes.

Merlin usually never interferes, and even unceremoniously adds fuel to the trouble after the student has caused trouble, making the trouble even bigger.

It wasn't until the end, when the troubles were running out, that it was Kay, who was speechless, to clean up the mess.

The whole journey is basically in such a fun and relaxed style. If the real purpose of their trip is ignored, it really looks like a simple trip.

The blond girl in a silver armor and white dress always walks in the front with enthusiasm, and her ponytail with a bow tie flicks and flicks with light steps, really like a golden butterfly.

Although the back of the young man who had just solved a trouble independently was still straight, but when he turned to the front, there was still a little helpless tiredness on his face.

He couldn't help but start educating the girl who couldn't restrain her impulsiveness again. At the same time, he didn't forget to point the finger at the magician who suddenly interjected to provoke a deeper conflict and then quietly ran away.

"Merlin, it's fine if you don't stop Arturia, why do you want to provocateurously, and run away immediately after provoking!"

"Stop? Can it be stopped? I won't do such meaningless things. Ah, by the way, when have you ever seen a weak magician face the point of a knife? It's about to fight, of course I want to run Let's fight for you at the end."

"Thick, brazen—"

Noisy, but unexpectedly harmonious, the three of them seem to have been moving forward in this atmosphere.

Eddie's eyes came from behind, and at first they fell on the back of the blond girl for a long time.Occasionally it goes to Kay, but it really doesn't matter because he's always thinking about the same thing.

——It’s impossible to make a mistake, right? Impossible, the meaning is so obvious.

——But... what kind of performance is this.

Life has been arranged since birth, and people who are determined to "be so and so" in the future are so innocent and innocent, and they don't seem to have any complaints in their hearts?

Arturia Pendragon aroused his rare curiosity.But the more obvious emotion than "curiosity" is still the "dissatisfaction".

Ignoring one's wishes, arbitrarily using the so-called responsibility or expecting to frame a person to death, Eddie hates this situation the most.

This has a lot to do with his own experience, but there is no need to elaborate further here.

This is the main reason why he observed Artoria and his favorability towards Merlin immediately dropped after rising a little.

In Eddie's eyes, Merlin was once again suspected of deceiving a pure girl with rhetoric.

If not, how could Artoria maintain such a positive attitude, without even the slightest bit of fatigue or irritability.

In the past, because the more he looked at Merlin, the more he disliked him, he had the urge to beat up this guy again, and then explain the truth to the coaxed Artoria.

"Almost," of course, Eddie apparently held back.

"No, we have to observe again."

he said to himself.

"You can't judge him for other crimes so easily just because you have prejudice against that idiot. Although—it still feels annoying."

He really wanted to know the reason why Artoria was still so lively, because apart from intuitively loathing being controlled by her life, there was also something strange that he was vaguely aware of.

It seems that there are more complicated inside stories.So, take another look and bear with it.

So, inevitably, and with very little time left, Eddie's eyes would be cast on the back of the magician who was following closely behind the young girl.

It was really an eyesore.

Sure enough, I still feel very out of tune.Apart from being useful in teaching students, I haven't seen this guy doing anything serious.

He also heard Kay whisper that the fluffy white-haired nightmare had a dark history with womanizing—

"Ha ha."

"…………Oh!"

A certain nightmare who was walking in front suddenly shivered, and felt his whole body - especially his back - soaked in a freezing cold.

This feeling of being stared at viciously...

Merlin knew what was going on without looking back.

He didn't really want to look back—but he did.

Holding the idea of ​​regaining goodwill through little details bit by bit.

The white-haired magician smiled eagerly at the last man, and there were small flowers floating around his body just right.

however.

The man who looked at him coldly didn't even snort coldly, he kept walking, and passed him directly, let alone the corner of his eye.

Merlin instantly became the last one at the bottom.

Just at this moment, Artoria turned around and saw Mr. Merlin who was dragged far away and was still standing there stupidly, so she opened her hand to her mouth and shouted loudly:

"Mei-Lin-Old-Teacher-you are so long-winded! It's getting dark, don't waste time, hurry up and catch up!"

Merlin: "..."

Injustice.

What a shame!

*****

For quite a long period of time... about two or three months, Eddie has always had a bad impression of Merlin.

However, there is a little surprise.

He patiently observed Merlin with cold eyes. It was obviously difficult to give Merlin so many eyes in a day, but he insisted on seeing something unimaginable in such a short period of time.

This guy is very good at disguising.

This is the first discovery.

This guy, omitting the flaws of being fond of beauty and keen to tease people, in essence, he can still be relied on.

The more he watched, the more Eddie found that both Artoria and Kai, who occasionally complained about Merlin's cunning and unreliability, had a lot of trust in Merlin.

This trust, sometimes, can even surpass their own wishes.

They are magicians who believe from the bottom of their hearts that this is not a human being, and seems to be hiding some deeper plan.

Eddie was even more incomprehensible.

He might be able to realize that his purely negative impression of Merlin has also quietly changed during his continuous observation.

It cannot be said to be better, it can only be said to be "change".

How to describe it, think about it first...

Oh, I see.That's what it means.

In other words, the deepest impression of Merlin on Eddie today——

Hiding his emotions, thoughts, and purposes with disguises, the kind smile that this guy often hangs on his lips is not so much to bring people closer, but rather to connect all kinds of human beings he comes into contact with with the real one. Isolate myself.

Under normal circumstances, Eddie would not have noticed so many hidden details. After all, his sensitivity only exists in a very narrow area, and he is very bad at observing people's hearts.

And this time...

Although it made him feel a little uncomfortable to say it, it was the truth.

Out of a sense of resemblance that was particularly fitting in one way - Eddie found it.

The slight change in his impression of Merlin started from the day when he encountered the flood.

When Arturia and her party passed by this small village by the river, it had been raining continuously for ten days.

The region is shrouded in cloud many days a year, but never has it been raining non-stop like recently.

For ten days, there was still a heavy rain that was shocking just by the sound of the rain. The villagers trapped at home had a vague premonition of ominousness.

But they thought that there was still enough food at home for a few more days, and there was a dam built in the upper reaches of the river to divert the flow. The rain stopped.

After all, no one wanted to go out in such heavy rain, nor did they want to leave the village.

However, crises always appear when people are lucky.

It was on the night of the tenth day that the river, which had accumulated infinite pressure upstream, accumulated more and more before it could be evacuated. The moment it crossed the critical point, the embankment broke.

The river—or the flood—would have had the power to break through the interrupted woods with a terrifying roar, and within a short time would swallow up the flat lower reaches.

It was still raining at that time, and the village was pitch black. Except for four people who happened to pass by, all the villagers were asleep.

It seemed that in just a second, the house was washed away.

People who were sleeping were directly drawn into the cold and turbid water, woke up suddenly, and then fell into the fear of drowning, struggling feebly in the water like a leaf.

"Save—Gulu... Gulu..."

"My child, my child... my child!"

"how so……"

For a while, those who barely surfaced were calling for help, and those who were lucky enough to hug a piece of driftwood were crying in despair. If there was no miracle, they would surely sink in the flood that was still rushing forward.

Fortunately, among the few people passing by, there were righteous people who would never stand idly by.

In the end, the original plan to find a village with people to live in, naturally evolved into a rescue plan.

Eddie didn't even lift his eyelids, and froze the flood that was about to rush towards him and the others into ice sculptures.

Artoria and Kai rushed forward and dug out the people one by one from the ice.

It was really a lot of work. There are so many people in the whole village. With only two young people, I am afraid that they will not be able to dig out all the people until tomorrow.

So, after a moment of stupefaction before leaving the brink of death, the people who were rescued first stood up one by one, with trembling legs, imitating the appearance of those two young people, to save the still alive of the villagers.

I don’t know when the torch was lit. There was only one point at first, but as time passed—the river bank submerged by the sudden flood was full of shining lights like stars falling to the ground.

"It's... a miracle! Thank you so much, thank you so much!"

There are more than a hundred people in the village, it is really like a miracle, including the most delicate baby, no one died, at most they got some scratches in the water, and all of them survived.

Before the ice slowly melted, the flames formed a line, staggering but resolutely taking refuge on the mountain not far away.When they reached the top of the mountain, they quickly gathered together and formed a circle layer after layer, surrounded by the teenagers and girls who worked the most and were also sweating profusely at this time.

The villagers expressed their sincere gratitude to them, and their faces, whether young or old, were all full of joyful smiles.

At this time, they were not immersed in the tragedy of the village being destroyed, but were more moved by their luck and the kind adults who were willing to help them.

This is the place illuminated by the flames, however, behind the layers of flames surrounded by layers of flames, there are dark shadows deliberately avoiding them.

The white-haired magician stood in the shadow.

Far from the top of the mountain where people stayed, he stood alone under the tree, the hood slightly covered his eyes a little, but did not cover the smile that seemed to be gratifying on his lips.

"Well, not bad." He looked ahead, and when he talked to himself, his tone was quite brisk: "The reaction is much faster than before, and I have learned to observe and think first before judging how to save people. To have such a harvest , they have satisfied me."

"And then there is the part of accepting thanks that will never be missed every time. Judging by their appearance, it has to be delayed for a long time... Well, I haven't done anything, so I can continue to be lazy here with peace of mind."

After the words fell, he seemed to want to hide his figure in the darkness that no one could notice, but he didn't want to. At this moment, a person walked past him and stopped at the place where he was currently. place.

At this moment, Merlin didn't dodge, but turned his head. The man came over, and their eyes coincidentally met.

Eddie: "..."

Merlin: "..."

Eddie didn't speak, and didn't even look at him except for that exchange of glances. This is the most normal attitude, and Merlin has long been used to it.

But, inexplicably.

Merlin had an embarrassing feeling of being bumped into after doing something he didn't want to be discovered by. He paused, and suddenly felt that he should say something.

"Aren't you going to go?" His voice was very gentle, "You are a great hero who saved the lives of the villagers. Compared with you, the brats are still far behind."

That is, as soon as this sentence came out.

The man who had been hostile to him for several months, it should be said - for the second time, took the initiative to take a look at him.

The gaze was very cold, as if there was no warmth at all, but Merlin, who was stared at by such gaze, felt inexplicably that the gaze cast by the man this time was no longer as cold and piercing as before, and he regarded him as disgusting. Things are directly ignored.

It's more like an inquiry.

Explore what he is thinking under the smile.

—Of course, Eddie didn't find out anything.

He still didn't speak, because facing this fake face, he didn't have any interest in talking nonsense.

Eddie just hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't directly tell what Merlin did secretly, and asked him why he didn't go there.

With his current strength, it is only a matter of a blink of an eye to freeze a mere area of ​​flood. It is no problem to be a little careful and not to freeze the people in the water so simply.

But that was the case before.

After freezing the flood, Eddie discovered that it was such a coincidence that the submerged people did not sink to the bottom of the water, but just floated their heads out of the water.

Moreover, in direct contact with the ice, even if Eddie controls the temperature a little bit, some people with weak bodies may not be able to last for a long time.

But after all the rescues were over, no one trembled. When the most vulnerable babies were found, they happened to be lying in the floating wooden barrels without any injuries.

Even the person involved didn't notice this strangeness, and they were all attracted by the aftertaste of the aftermath of the catastrophe.

Eddie, however, noticed.There were obvious traces of other people's small actions, and it was impossible for him not to notice.

What is meant by "you are the great hero", even if I don't like you, I can't pretend that you don't contribute - according to his temper, the worst thing is to be so outspoken.

Just now, Eddie stayed behind for a while before walking forward.

At first glance, he didn't notice the fire on the top of the mountain, or the young man surrounded by the fire and people's laughter, but saw Merlin directly.

It was still the same magician, and the same back figure, obviously unchanged, but he was stunned, and he was poked into a string that had been silent for a long time in his heart.

Is that eerie feeling "familiar"?Anyway, he probably felt very uncomfortable.

The humans ahead, the darkness, Merlin in the darkness.

The distance between Merlin and them was obviously not too far, but it just added to the sense of alienation that was incompatible with human beings.There was relief in his smile, and it seemed that there were also emotions that he hadn't noticed.

It was precisely because Eddie was also a person who didn't fit in with the crowd, and he was quite similar to Merlin in this respect, that he discovered it.

Finding something different from what he guessed made Eddie inexplicably agitated, which made him wait until everyone dispersed and Arturia came over and asked them if they wanted to go to another nearby village to temporarily settle down. Asked what I wanted to ask a long time ago.

He has always spoken directly, so Arturia heard it unexpectedly, and was taken aback for a moment before returning to her senses.

Her ponytail had fallen apart a long time ago, and there were still some small marks scratched by ice slag on her hands. Her exhaustion did not easily discourage this always energetic girl.

"Brother Eddie, your question surprised me, and I don't know how to answer it. Because, whether it's becoming a king or saving Britain... I didn't think too much about it."

"No one forced me, whether it was my father or Teacher Meilin, they all put this choice in front of me, and then, I made the choice happily."

"As for whether this choice is right or wrong, I haven't thought too much about it. All I know is—"

In the girl's blue eyes, there was a light that was warmer than the firelight that gathered together before.

A particularly cheerful smile bloomed on her face, like a pure lily blooming at this moment, enough to dispel all the haze: "Brother Eddie, have you seen the expressions of the people we rescued?"

"Whether it is right or wrong, what will happen in the future. I saw people laughing, so, I think, this choice should be correct."

……

There's been a slight shift in opinion about this guy.

But.

Even if he found this guy, there are advantages, but it is not enough to offset the part that disgusts him.

Moreover, the one that dissatisfied him the most has already surpassed the insults and offenses he had done to him, and became one of them—this teacher who wants people to learn even in his dreams, suppresses Artoria too much!tight!up!

then……

"—Look at this one. Do you like it? There are other things you don't like."

Not only was the surprise unexpected, but the knight girl who was stuffed into a dress or a skirt blinked her eyes, and before she could understand what Eddie meant, she saw the elder brother raised his hand, causing the same confusion De Kai: "I heard that there is another festival today, and people outside are celebrating, so go play at night."

Arturia: "Huh?"

Kai: "Huh?"

Eddie didn't bother to explain to the little ghosts a second time, and directly urged Artoria to change into the skirt he prepared for her, and then went out.

He had just bought those skirts from the street.

He didn't know what styles and colors the little girl liked. He felt dazzled when he entered the store, and after turning around, everyone would be dizzy. He simply asked the boss to help pick out some nice long dresses, and when he brought them back, he let Al Toria chooses herself.

"But, Teacher Meilin said that he will practice swords at night..."

"Don't care about him, go play."

"Then, that, that, why do you want to change..."

"Have a good time, what does it look like in white and armor. Don't hesitate, change quickly."

Artoria shut her mouth tightly, and went to change her skirt obediently.

When she quickly finished changing her skirt and came out, Kai was stunned when he saw her.But afterward, he temporarily changed the words on the edge of his mouth, and replaced them with praise mixed with appreciation: "Yo, not bad, you finally look like a girl."

Then, as an older brother, he said, "It's really beautiful, Artoria."

Putting on a long blue dress, the girl who still tied her blond hair with a bow still hesitated about her current image, but after hearing Kai's compliment, her cheeks were slightly flushed, but her heart became more confident.

"Although I didn't see Mr. Meilin who agreed to give me special training, but if we quietly left him and went to play in the street... Mmm! I don't know why, but I'm really happy!"

"So, leave him alone and enjoy the joy of the festival."

Eddie looked at Arturia who took off his armor, just like an ordinary girl, his eyes stayed on the blue dress for a while, and soon he brushed away the trace of absent-mindedness in his heart.

He led the two little ghosts out.At this time, the small town has become lively.

People poured into the streets, cheered and sang to the accompaniment of the music, and the freshly picked flowers were placed in the wooden blues for anyone to pick up, and the petals were blown by the wind and fluttered above the bustling people.

Eddie took them around the whole street, and when he saw something novel, he bought it and stuffed it into the hands of the little devils. eat up.

"It's delicious——ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh which sees the festival, but it's the first time to participate in it in person."

"...I'm better. I've had a meeting with my family before." Kai said.

"Speaking of which, Brother Eddie, what about you?"

Eddie didn't expect that the topic would involve himself.In other words, at the very beginning, after he was brought into the festive atmosphere, he was in a state of involuntary thoughts drifting away.

Thinking of a long time—a long time ago.

It's also festivals, it's hilarity, it's music, it's flowers, it's so many people.

Even, there are... people who can be regarded as caring.

"Counting today..."

After a long time, he said, "Twice."

The young people are still unable to capture the almost painful sadness from the faint voice, they only know that Brother Eddie impatiently stuffed the candy he just bought into Artoria's mouth as soon as he finished speaking, and then, Instructed Kay:

"Is it going?"

"Like what I did just now, take your sister to play."

——It is a "sister", not an object of protection, nor a "king" who will be loyal in the future.

Before Kai could speak, he placed the last thing on top of Artoria's head.

The few flowers I picked up from the flower basket were woven into a wreath quite familiarly.The color of the garland is the most suitable for the girl's blond hair.

Then, he pushed the two stupid children, so that they were dragged by the moving crowd, unable to retreat, and could only walk forward.

Soon, the figures of the two were submerged in the crowd, and they could no longer be seen clearly, only the man remained in place.

He stood there for a long time.

All kinds of people walked by without stopping, and even had to quicken their pace.

He looked at the hustle and bustle of the street. If it weren't for the obvious difference in architectural style and those houses with vague memories, he almost thought he had returned to Uruk more than 2000 years ago.

No, he was shaken so easily, did he go back as he lived?

This was not Uruk, nor was Enkidu by his side.

Eddie felt dull for a moment, no matter how lively it was, the fresh breath couldn't contaminate him.

Therefore, he turned around in a particularly boring manner, preparing to go to a less lively place to be quiet.

Turn around—

Merlin: "Whoever sees has a share?"

Eddie: "..."

Fortunately, he controlled his anger and didn't break the claw that was stretched out in front of him.

"Oh yeah, don't stare at me so fiercely. I'm not here to be a bad guy who forcibly stops the children from enjoying the festival. Of course, I'm not here to join in the fun."

In such a crowded and complicated place, the magician still wears the same cumbersome robes, which are neither hot nor heavy.

He can now behave quite comfortably in the cold of men.

By the way.

At this moment, the corners of Merlin's mouth curled up, and a very pleasant smile appeared in his purple eyes.

It was a real smile, it seemed, not a disguised shell.

He just spoke:

"Just exchange a garland for a miraculous magic?"

Being able to meet a dead friend——magic.

After preparing for so long, thankfully, I finally found it.