[Lord of the Rings] Green Leaf's Blessing

Thranduil stayed up all night, standing in front of the window of the clock tower, looking into the distance with steady eyes.The night in early spring was still a bit cold. The wind penetrated through his thin clothes and penetrated into every inch of his skin, but it couldn't shake his body that was standing firmly.

Until the first dawn of dawn, it brought a message of light, and also brought the figure in the distance—that light green figure was riding on a horse, passing through layers of dense forest like the wind, and the noise it made would not be louder than the sound of the wind , It is not even easy to be noticed under the layers of branches.

However, Thranduil, who was standing on a high place, still saw that dazzling blond hair, like fine and flowing starlight among the lush bushes—a star that never fades in the dark night, the most important love and hope in his life .

The wind got stronger and blew off his cloak, but Thranduil didn't realize it at all. When he saw the young figure riding from the dense forest to the open field in front of the palace, he sighed softly, and immediately pulled away to drive away. go.

A group of guards and servants gathered in front of the palace gate to welcome His Highness the Prince. They had received the news that His Highness the Prince would return today a few days ago, and they waited here before dawn, but they had rested last night after all.Except for one person.

"Ada!" Legolas jumped off his horse, ran straight to his father who was walking out of the palace gate, and threw himself into his arms, shouting excitedly.

"Legolas!" Thranduil pulled his son's shoulders to let him look at himself, although the joy of reunion was not concealed in his eyes, his tone also added a sense of reproach.

Those clear blue eyes were only confused for a moment, and then a smile broke out.

"Adar," he called again, before tiptoing to press a kiss on his father's cheek.

Thranduil couldn't hold back the smile at the corner of his mouth, but he quickly pressed Legolas' shoulder again and regained his seriousness.

"You know that's not what I mean."

"Ada?" Legolas called softly with some guilt, then lowered his head, "I thought you...wouldn't be angry this time."

Seeing his son's appearance, Thranduil couldn't bear it, but he adjusted his mood slightly and said in a low voice, "Follow me to the study."

So Legolas took down the bow and arrows and handed them to Galian, obediently followed his father and walked towards the palace.His father was walking fast ahead, and Legolas had to trot now and then to catch up with him, and he yawned several times in a row, even though he hadn't slept the night before in order to hurry.

I haven't been home for several months, and my father's study room is still exactly the same as I remember, and the positions of the tables, chairs and books display seem to have not changed.Thranduil didn't like too many decorations in the study room—except for the portrait of the father and son painted by the court painter, that was many years ago, when the elf was only as tall as his father's waist, under his father's gaze and Under the guidance, he practiced the arrow seriously with his face sullen and his lips pursed—the expressions of the father and son in the painting are so similar.

Thranduil went to the window and sat down, looked up at his son standing beside him, with reproachful displeasure in his expression, but also imperceptible distress: "You should have returned a month ago, Legolas , get ready for your coming-of-age ceremony."

A few years later, his child has finally grown up.But his handsome and clean face may be a noble prince and a strong and courageous warrior outside, but when father and son are alone, they will always remain a child.Now this child is like many times in the past, with his hands folded obediently, and his lips are slightly pursed unconsciously.

"Ada... don't be angry. That's right, I went to Long Lake Town with my friends before going home...Ada, do you know? The local residents treated us very kindly, and many things I never knew I have never eaten or seen anything! Later we went boating, which was the first time I rowed a boat, and everyone said that elves are born with very good balance, but Eman was the first to fall into the lake, he—”

The more he talked, the more excited Legolas suddenly stopped talking because of the change in his father's eyes.

The young elf lowered his head, as if waiting for his father's reprimand, but Thranduil finally just sighed and said softly: "Don't go there anymore, Legolas, Long Lake Town is too close to the Lonely Mountain, come here from time to time The dark monsters that harass the northern border of our country come from there."

Legolas thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "What about the other places, Ada? I've been to almost every place in the North over the past ten years. I'm not tired of it, but I'm eager to set foot in it." More new land."

"If you like, I can transfer you to the south or east..."

"After that, Ada?" Blue eyes looked at him quietly, "Will you let me go to more places? Will you let me go out of the big green forest?"

Thranduil's heart twitched slightly. 50 years is just a short moment for the elf, he has not recovered from that old dream, and is ready to accept everything that may happen in the future.It seems that Legolas has been constantly compromising throughout his growth process, from not letting him out of his sight at the beginning, to letting him have free space later, and even letting him go to the far north...every time Every time he thought it was his bottom line, but which one didn't end with his compromise?And now, Legolas' coming-of-age day was approaching, and the full significance of this day seemed so complicated to Thranduil.

"Come to me, Legolas." Thranduil stretched out his hand and called softly.

The young elf responded happily, stepped forward to hold his father's hand, sat down on the floor, and put his hands on his father's lap.

"Tell Ada, where do you want to go?" Thranduil stroked his son's face with his hands.

"I haven't thought of that yet," Legolas replied honestly.

"Did you know? The outside world may...not be as safe as inside the big green forest." Here, I have been silently protecting you, silly boy.

"Maybe...but I don't want to leave yet," Legolas looked at his father seriously, his beautiful eyes were clear without any mist, reaching the bottom of his heart, "but I think there will always be That day will come, do you understand, Ada?"

"Of course I understand, little green leaf, I was young and I was also a son - it's just that the situation is a little different now, because I have become a father. I understand your feelings, but you can understand your Ada's feelings to a certain extent Woolen cloth?"

Legolas raised his head and blinked his eyes: "Does that mean that as long as I do Ada, I will understand?"

This kind of childish words made Thranduil laugh, raised his hand and gently pinched the tip of his son's nose: "Let's talk about it in a few thousand years, you are still just Ada's childish and innocent little green leaf."

Legolas also smiled, then rested his face on his father's lap, yawned a long time and said, "Ada, I'm so sleepy, you sing a song to lull me to sleep, okay?"

That's good too, Thranduil thought with emotion, the little green leaf who wanted to announce to the whole world that she was no longer a child, refused to act like a baby to her father because she tried her best to learn to be a little adult.Now that he has grown up, because of the long separation, he misses every minute and every second he spent with his father when he was a child, showing his precious innocence to his closest relatives without hesitation.Then at this moment, a voice seemed to ring in my ears: Thranduil, you know you have to let go, only then Legolas will be your little green leaf forever and ever.

One hand was held by Legolas to pillow his face, and the other hand rested lightly on his son's shoulder. A melodious singing voice began to come out of Thranduil's mouth, and then he himself closed his eyes.

When Galian was carrying his breakfast and walked to the door of His Majesty's study and was about to knock on the door, what he saw made him stop in time.Under the rising sun, His Majesty the King was sitting in a chair, with one hand lightly on His Royal Highness sitting at his feet, as if wanting to hug him closer, and His Royal Highness was holding his father's hand on his stomach Both of them fell asleep on their father's lap.The corners of Legolas' mouth were raised slightly, as if he was dreaming a sweet dream under the protection of his father - or maybe he was dreaming the same dream.

Galian quietly exited the room with a smile.