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

"You seem a little different from what I thought."

When the person who came by chance made such comments, King David just ordered the palace servants to bring fine wine with his usual face.

All kinds of food and wine that can only be enjoyed in the palace were put together in exquisite vessels made of gold, and delivered up like flowing water. At this time, the other party's follow-up text also arrived.

"There is no doubt that he is an irresponsible father, but why do you think that you, besides being a jerk, are so pleasing to the eye?"

"Oh, that means that aside from the fact that I'm an asshole father, personally, we two are actually very speculative."

David spoke up very naturally, and the reason he gave was heard by others, which inevitably seemed a bit thick-skinned.

But at this moment, the guest he entertained never took the usual route.

He came here with the intention of looking for trouble, but the final result was completely opposite.After hearing what David said, he didn't show the slightest anger on his face. Instead, he laughed as if he was persuaded, and then sat down quite unceremoniously.

No surprises, tonight will be drinking with the King of Israel.

This "guest", who was a surprise to King David, was, of course, Eddie.

How many times have you been personally entertained by the honorable lord of a country?Ah, I'm too lazy to count, anyway, it doesn't make any difference to him no matter who he is drinking with, whether the place is a tavern in a remote corner or in a bright and bright palace.

"Well, this wine is not bad."

Eddie rarely expressed admiration for the liquid in his mouth, probably because he had drank bad wine for so long that he had forgotten the taste of good wine.

"There are only two bottles in total. One of the bottles is here, and the other bottle is taken with you when you leave." David also took a sip of the wine in the glass leisurely, closed his eyes quite intoxicated, and looked at the bottle. After recollection, he opened his mouth and said.

"Okay."

There is no reason not to accept the good wine delivered to the door, and Eddie deserves it very readily.

"Oh, these dishes are also good. You really enjoy it."

"That's right, wouldn't it be a pity if you don't spend your hard-earned wealth on your own enjoyment. How about it, if you are interested, the chef can also take it away with the wine."

"It makes sense, but let's just do that. It's too troublesome. I don't envy you."

The communication was extremely harmonious, so harmonious that those who didn't know it might not hesitate to believe that these two people were not meeting each other for the first time, but friends who had known each other for many years.

Although, these two people are very strange, as if they are not in the same world.Whether it is the appearance or the inner character, it gives people a completely different feeling.

Even if he is still heroic, today's David is already an older middle-aged man.But Eddie, whose real age is unknown how many times older than him, is always in his 20s.

As a king, David has the majesty of a country's lord, but in informal occasions, the romance between his eyebrows is indispensable.In stark contrast to the former, Eddie's nature is ostentatious, but the impression he usually leaves on people is cold and unapproachable.

With such a huge gap, they can sit together and chat in harmony like now——

It had to be said that this was a development that Eddie hadn't expected at all before he came.

Just like what he said before, he knew that he was meddling in his own business, meddling in things that were only bad for him and not good for him, but seeing such a boring kid with a human body but a human soul, he still couldn't help it. sit idly by.

Minding your own business doesn't conflict with Solomon being his enemy in the future.

Eddie never cared about prophecy or fate, the purpose he upholds has always been to obey his heart.

So here he is.

For the purpose of figuring out why Solomon is in such a virtuous manner, when necessary, he would not mind threatening King David, who lost his son but did not know it, with force...

Well, actually Eddie just wanted someone to vent his anger on.It's just that he didn't expect that after officially meeting the King of Israel who was having fun with a beautiful woman, he temporarily changed his mind because of a slight strangeness shown by King David, who had a bad impression.

David is a very irresponsible father. He doesn't need others to evaluate him secretly, he himself admits it.

After eating and drinking for so long, he was in the mood to introduce the beauty of each new dish to the "guests", but he seemed to have completely forgotten the really important things, and didn't even mention a single word.

Eddie ate a few casual mouthfuls of food and mostly drank.Listen, listen, before David was about to go from the introduction of fine wine and food to the beautiful maid who came with a gold plate, he finally brought up the matter on his own initiative.

"Aren't you worried about your son's life?"

Eddie tapped the edge of the empty plate with his index finger, "I took him away from your palace, and he is being abused by me..."

David (without hesitation): "Oh, no way."

Eddie (surprised): "What?"

"My son, um, Solomon, must be alive and well." David said confidently, without any doubt.Moreover, Eddie, who was about to make a statement, was abruptly blocked back with a more determined second half of the sentence.

"Otherwise, why did you come to trouble me today?"

"..."

"Ah, speaking of it, you were so fierce when you first showed up. I almost thought I was about to be assassinated by an assassin. Now, you're all right now, you'll be ashamed to do anything after drinking my wine and eating my food."

"........."

Eddie was shocked.

He has never met such a person—no, this kind of person who digs holes for others without changing his face or beating his heart. Although the degree is not the same, he has obviously encountered it before, such as Mei Helin.

There was a deeper understanding of David's nature that he just didn't expect.

"...Thinking too much, if your answer doesn't satisfy me, I'll still beat you." Eddie didn't give the King of Israel any face either.After drinking and eating, do you still want him to spit it out?

Go directly to the topic.

"What's up with your son Solomon. He was born that way, or—"

"Although I say this indifferently, it may make you unhappy, but the fact is like this."

David's expression still didn't change significantly.He drank on his own, and for a moment put aside Eddie, who had such a strong sense of presence, and said in a casual tone: "He was born like that, even his biological father is not interested in him, let alone Eddie. Tell someone else."

This was said with the utmost indifference.

When the voice came to his ears, Eddie frowned, and a shadow of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.However, thinking about what David would have to say in the future, he suppressed his inexplicable anger again.

Sure enough, David then said: "To be honest, I never thought that someone would take that child away, let alone that such a bold guy is actually a man like you."

"It's very surprising. I was even more surprised when I found out that you came to the door because of that child who couldn't make people feel emotional."

"Because you are really interesting and I like it. Then, some details that should not be told to you—ah, I seem to be drunk. It's up to you whether you believe the drunken words or not."

"...Well, let's hear it?"

From this moment on, they can be considered to have really entered the topic.

— Solomon is my heir dedicated to God.From the moment he came into the world, he was not 'my' child.

With an unclear expression, David only said this sentence.

At first, Eddie didn't understand at all, and asked David directly what it meant.

But David shook his head, avoiding the straightforward statement, and only vaguely said that Solomon had a mission that he had set before he was born.

"So, I don't need to do anything, and I don't need to take care of anything. I just need to live a happy life with peace of mind, and wait until the moment when God gives a reminder, and let Solomon take over from me to complete his task."

"Wait a minute. You don't need to worry about him having a mission—isn't that just shirking responsibility!"

"You're right to think so, just take it as it is."

Eddie, who was a little more angry, frowned, but was surprised to find that when he said what seemed to be perfunctory, the King of Israel slightly shifted his gaze, and his tone seemed to soften a little imperceptibly.

"This is a revelation given to me by God, of course I won't question it, but..."

"but?"

The most important thing is after the "but", Eddie already has a premonition.

For this reason, his expression sank after he had endured it for a long time, and the gaze he looked at David was even more dignified and sharp.

David didn't disappoint him.

Today, Wang, who can still see his former style, restrained the laziness he had suffered from years of luxury, and his eyes became sharper.

The two men who were chatting happily like friends just a moment ago looked at each other in the air. Where the invisible eyes collided, it seemed as if intense sparks were flying, which suddenly suppressed the atmosphere a bit.

The corners of Eddie's lips were slightly raised.

The King of Israel is not afraid of his gaze, and being able to look at him without deliberately restraining his intimidation is enough to make him look forward to what key content the other party will say next.

So what exactly is it?

Didn't wait too long.

In an atmosphere that not only did not relax, but became more oppressive as time went by, the green-haired King of Israel raised his hand, supported his head lazily, and looked over sideways.

"Anyway, even if Solomon is thrown aside, he can grow up smoothly. I won't care about him. If you are willing to help, then thank you very much."

Eddie was taken aback by the huge contrast between imagination and reality: "...What did you say?!"

David, who put his head on his other hand, continued lazily: "That's what it means, if you want to take that kid away, just take it away, and send it back for me to take a look at it, or you don't have to look at it, it's all right." it does not matter."

Eddie: "I don't seem to hear clearly, can you tell me again???"

David: "Beforehand, I will definitely not pay more. The meal just now, plus the bottle of wine you want to take away-is it enough? Aren't you a king too? , even if it is a small country the size of a corner, there is definitely no shortage of money, so a small child can't eat much food, at most I will give you a few bolts of cloth..."

Eddie: "..."

Eddie: "I'm fucking - fuck you!!!"

Loud bang.

There was a sudden shock from inside the palace. If the roof and the ground were not broken, the terrified palace people would almost mistakenly think that the ground had collapsed.

Actually, nothing terrible happened.

But... a certain man who came with a heart of anger and left with even more scorching anger, before leaving, slapped the long table made of hard marble It was shattered into pieces without a single scum left.

The table, all the expensive utensils on the table, disappeared.

Facing the empty King David, he sat still and felt at ease--of course, if you don't look at his faintly trembling fingers holding the wine glass, and his pale face for a moment, he really looks calm and calm in dealing with things .

After the angry man left, it took a long time for David to slow down.

"God, this guy is really scary. Just one slap? Just one slap, and there is such a big fight?"

With emotion, he reluctantly drank the last bit of wine in his glass.

He lost a son, and also lost two bottles of rare wine that he had kept in the wine cellar for a long time and was reluctant to drink.

Such a deal, on the bright side, he seems to have lost a lot.

However, King David, who held the empty wine glass in the palm of his hand and kept his eyes on the glass, seemed to be looking at something else, slowly smiled.

There is no dissatisfaction or disappointment of having suffered a big loss, and some are all satisfied after the success of the calculation. There is no doubt that this is the smile that can only be shown by a man who is best at doing business.

"Well, it's really a big profit. Now, I can finally have fun with peace of mind."

David is a very irresponsible father, this has been said countless times, and it needs no emphasis.

On the other hand, a more important point -

David was a faithful believer in God.

He listens to God's revelation, follows God's orders, and his faith will never be easily shaken.

But, but.

Because he believed in God without question, he didn't worry about Solomon.Solomon still had to complete the important task God gave him, so he would grow up smoothly.

Just because Solomon doesn't need anyone's discipline, he can naturally become God's spokesperson in the world——

As a father, David doesn't care about him, so it's not impossible to let someone else who likes to meddle in his own business.

This is the real content of the deliberately avoided "but".

This is possible, that is, an irresponsible father can give a tiny bit of care to his son who does not need to worry about himself under the premise of his ability.

With the increase of followers of Yahwehism, God’s control over the human world was weakening day by day. At this time, David could only achieve his goal by sending down revelations.

God is no longer omniscient, and can only perceive the strong desire of a large number of believers to gather together, or, very few human spokespersons selected by God can pass on their thoughts to God while praying .

The current spokesperson is David.If he wanted to, he could report to God that a man who was too strong and seemed to be interested in the next spokesperson appeared.

But David did not do this, but chose to conceal it.

Don't delve into his deeper purpose - just know that the palace hasn't changed after a child who no one cares about quietly disappears, and King David is still indulging in pleasure.

……

Why is it so easy and hasty to believe in a man who has only met once and is particularly dangerous?Didn't I say not to ask?

OK, OK.

Since it was decided to completely shirk responsibility, then, of course, it must be pushed to an unlucky person who can be responsible to the end.

There is only an empty shell, and Solomon, who has not even learned how to pretend, is not loved or cared by people.

David may have tried, but the final result is here. He failed to develop affection for this child, which was obviously a failure.

He thought that what his own father could not do, it was even more impossible for others to do, so he had to ignore it.

however--

"It was a surprise."

"Idiots who can accept even empty shells without a heart...so they really exist."

Obviously it looks like a threat, but actually.

That man really regarded Solomon as a "person".

He did what David couldn't, he probably—

...can make that kid change a little bit.

No one can guess how the future will change because of this reckless move until the day it is confirmed.

*****

"Do you understand?"

"Your dear father, sold you to me with a bottle of wine!"

"Heh, just a bottle of wine—although the wine is still very good—do you know what I mean, Antasya, explain it to him again!"

"Anta... Antaxia? Wait, why are you crying? Hey, wait a minute, you—"

To explain first, Eddie didn't intend to scare the heartless brat.

He just sat down on the throne with a cold expression, crossed his legs, raised his cheek with one hand, tilted his indifferent golden eyes to the side, and glanced at the person who was brought to him again under a few steps with special indifference. Solomon.

What he said was the truth, and his tone was neither salty nor weak.

He himself felt that his attitude was good enough, so he didn't immediately take the brat who took up space and wasted food back to Israel and handed it to his extremely irresponsible father, but he was a little irritable and planned to go with him The kid who didn't know how miserable his fate was, explained the situation clearly.

However, the "situation" was very rough, and the kid who was looking straight at him didn't respond, but Antaxia, who was in charge of taking care of Solomon, cried first.

"Woo... This child was also abandoned by his family..."

Antaxia knelt on the ground, hugging the white-haired child tightly into her arms, her voice trembling slightly, and there were still tears in the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Wang, I have already given everything to you, but I still cry because of the past I gave up... Please rest assured, there will be no next time."

"What happened to this child made me sad, but, because of this, I once again felt the kindness and tolerance of the king!"

Eddie, who was slightly taken aback by the girl's sudden tears: "..."

Kindness and tolerance?Absolutely not.

Where did Antaxia see it from?

No, it should be said that he couldn't understand what this girl was thinking more and more.

No matter what he did or said, Antasia would discover the advantages in him that Eddie didn't think existed at all, and would sing his praises with emotion.

"Antaxia, stop. I'm neither kind nor tolerant. I really hate this kid. Don't think too much about it."

"Ah, yes, Wang's humility is also something I want to learn. Thank you for your teaching!"

"..."

Eddie didn't want to talk, and he didn't want to correct Antaxia's misunderstanding anymore.

He now has a headache seeing Solomon.

He was sold by his biological father with a bottle of wine. He emphasized the fact several times, but this kid still had the same dead appearance, which made his emotional ups and downs too obvious.

Eddie looked down from the higher throne: "Will you know how to speak? Yes, just answer me."

Solomon, who was pinned and stroked by the distressed girl, only showed a little white hair on the top of his head.

"Ah."

Let him answer, and he really answered.

Well stop talking - Eddie is going to be pissed off.

David just pissed him off to death, and then David's son came to continue.

Fortunately, before Eddie was really pissed off, Antasia's just-right voice played the role of diverting attention.

"Wang, since this child has been...why don't you give him a name?"

Eddie glanced at the girl who was still holding Solomon, and said:

"Even if his biological father doesn't want it, I won't keep him forever, and I will definitely throw him back soon."

"Huh, is it?"

Antaxia sighed slightly.

"What's more, I don't need to pick up this kid's name. Now there is a ready-made one..."

Eddie paused for a moment before saying calmly, "From now on, just call him Yedidiah."

"Jedi... Dia?"

"Ah."

Jedidiah.

This is Solomon's nickname that David told him before he left.

Rather than the name Solomon, you may be more appropriate to call him Jedidiah-David said so, the meaning is quite unclear.

Of course, Eddie didn't care if there was any deep meaning in these words, he just subconsciously felt that it was not good for people on his side to know that Solomon was called Solomon, and it would be more appropriate to find another name instead.

So, let’s call it “Jedidiah.”

He didn't bother to find out what the name Jedidiah meant.

——However, after Antaxia heard this, she was stunned for a moment.

"God's favorite child... is Jedidiah."

Antaxia raised her head, her eyes trembling with surprise: "Wang, do you really want to use this name?"

Before coming to Papara, she believed in God.

In her country, everyone is a child of God.Heretics who refused to follow their faith were either executed or driven out—of the few who survived, most fled to Papara.

Papara is a country without faith.This is the extremely astonishing fact that Antasia realized immediately after coming here.

Oh no.

Can't say the same.

The accurate description is that this country, which occupies an extremely small area, really promotes freedom of belief—except for the sect of Yahweh, who drove the heathen here, people want to believe in any god, as long as they don’t do radical things that endanger their lives. What others do is okay.

Antaxia once hesitated about this, but the time of hesitation was only for a moment.

In her most desperate moment, it was not her god but her king who saved her.Then, the past she was determined to abandon naturally included her old beliefs.

It's not forced at all, and I don't regret it at all. Instead, I feel relieved after the decision is made.

- Then again.

Although Wang never mentioned it, Antaxia vaguely felt that Wang held a rather repulsive attitude towards her former belief.

There's no evidence, it's like...a hunch.

That's why she was so shocked when she heard the name Jedidia from the king's mouth.

"..."

"Oh, that's what it means. I didn't know that before."

The head resting on the palm of his hand was raised slightly, and a slight surprise flashed in Eddie's eyes, but soon, this different color was covered by a deeper color that slowly rose.

He finally raised his head completely, and looked straight down at Solomon who was half blocked by Antasia.

"God's favorite—chuck."

The laughter seemed so soft that it never escaped from his mouth.

It turns out that this is "God's favor".

Before he put his hand down, his fingers stretched unconsciously, and his fingertips touched his lips.

Antaxia was panicking because of the king's sudden silence, but she didn't expect that the next moment, the king would speak suddenly, and the voice was mixed with joy that she couldn't believe.

"Antaxia, my good girl, you gave me the best reminder."

"I finally know what I'm going to do. Not meddling, not wasting time, but—"

"Come up, and bring So... Jedidiah with you."

When the two children, one big and one small—actually, two children who were much younger than him came close, the smile on the corner of Eddie's lips finally became clear.

It's a pity that I can't take revenge on my enemies with my own hands because of the distance that cannot be crossed by a human body.

That's the next best thing.

Take away "God's most beloved child" from the hands of the self-righteous god——

Well, although it is very troublesome, it is very exciting and worth trying.

Anyway, even if it fails.

It's just a waste of those years, or ten years.

"Antaxia."

"Yes!"

"Jedidia stays here, you go to the meeting room and get rid of the pile of official documents on the table as quickly as possible. Alright, let's go."

"Why so fast I still have some—no! King! I will do my best! I'll go!"

Caught off guard by the king's pat on the head, and the king's order, the purple-haired girl ran out with her whole heart flying, her figure as brave and fearless as if she was heading towards a battlefield she had never been involved in.

In the end, Eddie was still sitting, and Solomon was standing alone in front of the throne.

When no one saw him, he picked up Solomon and put it on his lap.

After scrutiny several times.

Eddie grabbed the soft face of the expressionless toddler and pulled it sideways.

Solomon has an expression now, but in the eyes of the man, it is quite horrible.

"It feels so good...cough! First of all, the first goal is to let you, the little devil who dares to face me, learn how to smile."

The first goal is to laugh - is the difficulty set too high?

Forget it, no matter how high you are, take your time anyway.

Suddenly, he was patient.