holy flame

At the dance that day, Julian and Samuel danced until they lost feeling in their feet—mainly Julian's.

"High heels are really scary." He limped to the side and sat down, then flung the shoes out boldly.But Samuel quickly found his shoes: "Wear them on for a while, after all, the ground is very cold and dirty, I'll go find you a pair of shoes."

Julian chuckled, pinched his throat and said in a shrill voice: "Oh, handsome knight, you are so humble and polite, how can I not be satisfied with you~ I will keep a window for you tonight, You can sleep on the ivy and climb up~ You will see a couch full of petals and I am full of admiration~" After speaking, he took out a rag from his chest and threw it to Samuel as a promise handkerchief .

Samuel rolled his eyes: "You should be a bard, not a ranger."

"How do you know that I have also guest-starred as a bard in the past? Is it because of my charming voice?"

"Because of such a third-rate plot, only those bards who have nothing to do will come up with it." Samuel stuffed the handkerchief back into Julian's chest, which made the ranger's chest bigger Xiao...then he ignored Ranger's accusation of "Impatient people, can't you be gentler?", turned around and left.

Julian watched Samuel disappear into the crowd, and immediately kicked off the two shoes again, but instead of stepping on the ground barefoot, he put his legs crossed on the chair.His skirt was fluffy enough that no one noticed his faux pas.Leaning back in his chair, Julian began to pay attention to the paladins in the crowd, especially those who were about to leave Clorion like Samuel.Julian felt that only they, who are also paladins, could stay with Samuel for a long time...

"Julian?" A sudden voice sounded, and what Julian saw from the side was the priest Ruby.He was holding two clay cups, and when Julian saw him, he passed one over.

Julian remembered that when Samuel and him went to see Ruby that day, he didn't know Julian's name, or rather, he just suspected it.After all, from a child to an adult, people's appearance changes a lot.

"Thank you." Julian took the clay cup and took a sip of the wine. The wine at the banquet was much better than the ten copper coins in the tavern.

"I didn't expect to meet you with this identity in this kind of place." Ruby also pulled up a wicker chair and sat opposite Julian, "I heard that you are going to Valenthal too, Because you haven't played enough of that paladin yet?"

"Ruby Casewell, although I don't know who carved that scar on your face, but if you bite like a mad dog again, I will be happy to add a few more for you."

"This is really a miracle of the Holy Spirit...you are sincere? You..."

"Priest Ruby, what can I do?" Ruby's words were interrupted, and Samuel was standing behind him with a large plate of food.

Ruby stood up and looked at Samuel, showing a gentle smile: "You know your entourage

Who is it, Samuel Knight? "

"Of course." Samuel nodded and handed the food to Julian, "He is my follower and lover, isn't he?"

Ruby was surprised by Samuel's words at first, but soon became disapproving: "He is the son of the former prime minister of the Lubertin Empire. He is in the same shape. But he seduced the princess, and he abandoned it all the time. In the end, in order to survive, he had to abandon everything in the past and escape from Lubotan. But his family was still implicated, and the glory was no longer! Samuel Knight, even if you are a paladin, it doesn't mean your reputation will always be brilliant."

"Oh, thank you for your reminder." Samuel nodded politely, then looked at Julian's skirt, "Did you kick off your shoes?"

"Huh?" Samuel's unreasonable question stunned the other two present, but Samuel's next move made them stiffen—the newly promoted paladin even took off his shirt. The coat was spread on the ground under Julian's feet: "I'm going to find you shoes." After saying this, Samuel left directly. Obviously, this time he was indeed looking for shoes...

Fifteen minutes later, Samuel returned with a pair of wooden shoes.

"Try size?"

"Samuel, I'll explain to you what I said about Ruby."

"Okay, I'll wait." Samuel nodded, "It seems that the shoes are just right, so we can go home now."

"that's it?"

"What else can I do?"

Julian thought about it and smiled.Indeed, what else could it be?If it was most of the others, they might be suspicious, angry, and accusatory, but it was definitely not Samuel.

"I was only 13 years old at that time." On the way home, Julian, who was stepping on his wooden shoes, told his past, "I was still at the age when I thought the whole world was glorious. At that time, the relationship between me and the princess It's really good, but we are just friends. Then one day, the emperor's guards suddenly rushed into my house and arrested me. Then I spent half a month in a black prison. The only thing I was lucky about was that I I lived in a single room, and the jailer didn’t take me as an ordinary prisoner, so during that time, except for my stomach, other parts of my body were not hurt. When I came out, I didn’t even have time to meet my parents. I was sent away from the capital, and then sent away from the empire... In fact, I still learned about my crimes from others. Among the common people, I was a villain who raped the princess, and among the nobles, I was also a villain, but But he always abandoned the princess and angered the emperor."

Samuel patted Julian on the shoulder. Obviously, what the emperor wanted to deal with was not the 13-year-old Julian, but his family.However, it was clear that Julian's family did not have any obvious mistakes for the emperor to catch. The majesty was obviously a hypocrite who cherished his reputation, so he used Julian and his daughter as a breakthrough—both children were poor people.That Ruby probably didn't understand this, but after losing everything, he didn't have the guts to resent the emperor, nor was he able to take revenge, so after seeing Julian, he naturally burned the flame of hatred to Zhu Lian. Lian.

"Want to visit your parents?"

"No, we're just going to cause trouble for them, and we'll be leaving Clorion in two days." Julian shook his head. His family has already changed from a first-class Lubertin family to an ordinary one. Second-rate family.But this is not a bad thing, after all, the people in the family are safer.Moreover, he has younger siblings, who will take on the responsibilities and obligations that he cannot fulfill...

Samuel took Julian's hand habitually, and the two held hands like this, and returned home like a walk.

Three days later, their passage to Valenthal was opened—a magic spell cast by five hundred priests, the gate of space.This kind of magic must have a teleportation coordinate point when it is cast, but in this world where faction wars are going on on most continents, human power cannot establish accurate coordinates, and only powerful gods can provide stability. and safe coordinates.The priests of the light camp are like this, and the other two camps are no exception.Therefore, until today, there is still no communication between the mainland and the mainland.

The huge light gate that appeared on the ground at that moment made everyone present in amazement.Before the vanguard entered the light gate, something that surprised them even more happened!The great sage actually rode a golden eagle and appeared above the shield of light. He came to see them off!

Samuel was wearing the same full armor as other paladins, looking at the man in a simple white robe standing in the middle of the square.The current great sage is over 80 years old, but he still looks like a young man in his 20s. Obviously, as a supreme person, he also has the ability to live a long life.Samuel only calculated the possibility of Julian being called the Great Saint, but when he quickly dismissed this possibility, he no longer paid attention to the eloquent person.

Then amidst the cheers of those who didn't have to leave Clorion, Samuel stepped into the light gate along with the others who moved slowly.It was as if what he was going to do now was not to leave Crowline, but just to visit the neighbors.No nostalgia, not even a single look back...——

The author has something to say: I finally went to another continent XD