[Lord of the Rings] Green Leaf's Blessing

"It hurts, it hurts... I think I'm dying!"

Eman, who was lying on the stretcher, kept yelling, while Legolas looked at him silently, his brows were slightly frowned, not sure if it was because of his friend's injury or something else.

"If you're really dying, I think I'd better not let them carry you back in vain." Legolas walked on the side of the team, his tone as flat as talking about the weather, "I'll just bury you here , maybe a small tree will grow in the coming year.”

Eman immediately stopped shouting, frowned and looked at his friend: "How can you be so cruel, Captain! It really hurts."

A thick bandage was wrapped around his left leg, which had been badly injured by falling stones, and blood continued to ooze even after applying medicine.

"Then what reaction do you expect from me?" Legolas raised his eyebrows. "Or, you don't expect my reaction at all, right?"

He squinted meaningfully not far away, and Eman blushed immediately—several doctors gathered around the more seriously wounded, and his eyes fell on the youngest female elf alone. It was Anuo Mier, a female doctor who had just joined the patrol team. Looking from this side, they could only see her long burgundy hair tied neatly behind her head. She seemed to be concentrating on the injuries of the wounded.

"No matter how loud you yell, she won't answer you," Legolas pointed out the fact calmly, "because you are so lucky that you only bleed a little, and you don't need extra people to take care of you." .”

The young South Border Patrol Captain didn't tease his friend too much when he said these words, instead he frowned slightly and looked at the several stretchers around him.At least Eman was able to moan loudly, but the other wounded elves were not so lucky.The healing ability of elves is very strong, a little bleeding and pain are nothing at all, but...

Legolas sighed lightly.Although he rushed over immediately after receiving the rescue signal, he only had time to see a faint black shadow disappearing in the distance. It was as obscure as a mist, and even his sharp elf eyes could not penetrate it.As early as a few days ago, the patrol team had received many complaints and requests for help from the people on the border. The horses died inexplicably, the land became scorched and no crops grew anymore, and even the air seemed to be filled with a sense of suffocation.As the officer guarding the southern border, Legolas immediately dispatched more manpower and arranged more frequent patrols. After a few days of inexplicable anxiety, the squad brought by Eman finally had a problem.

He didn't even know what had hurt his men, and they couldn't tell.At that time, the night was very dark and the starlight was dim. Everyone felt a sudden movement behind them, and then it seemed that even the air was frozen. In a daze, a powerful and turbulent force hit their backs, causing them to fall heavily to the ground, their limbs Numb to the point of being unable to move.Eman was standing on a high ground and looking into the distance. He turned around and responded eagerly when he heard the change—the invisible force failed to hurt him, but caused him to lose his balance while dodging and fell down the hillside, hitting him hard. Broke his left leg on the boulder.

What kind of force is that, what kind of enemy?Recalling the thick ink-like shadow under the moonlight, Legolas couldn't help shivering.Then he briefly left Eman's side and approached the chief physician.

"How are they?" He asked worriedly, the ominous premonition was entrenched in his heart like that shadow.

"We temporarily controlled their injuries with medicine—but you see, these scars are very strange," said the chief physician, pointing to the arm of one of the injured elves, where there was a scorched black mark that seemed to be burnt out, "the wound is not big but It was very deep, almost no blood flowed out, maybe it was a kind of poison, but I have never seen such a powerful poison, a day and a night passed, and they are still unconscious."

Legolas looked at the half-conscious faces, unable to utter a word.This is the first time that such a serious accident has occurred since he became the captain of the patrol team in the southern border. At this moment, I feel more complicated and heavy. What kind of trend will the road ahead be developed and extended?

Legolas couldn't help but think back hundreds of years ago, when his father offered to take over as the captain of the Southern Patrol after the former captain of the Southern Patrol left his post.At that time, he was still too young, so young that he was impatient to prove himself, and he felt hesitant and uneasy when the opportunity really came.

"Don't be afraid, son, and don't worry too much," the father's smile was clearly reflected in his heart hundreds of years ago, "You won't get this job because you are my son Prince of the Greenwood—only Legolas the Warrior."

On the way back to the fortress, Legolas kept thinking about his father's words over and over again. It was almost half a year ago when he came home last time... Maybe it would be a little ashamed to think this way, but every time he encountered difficulties and sorrows, he would always redouble his efforts. Missing his father, missing his embrace, and wanting to listen to his comfort, this has almost become an instinctive habit in his nearly thousand years of life.

Of course it never occurred to Legolas that he would actually meet his father near the fort.When that familiar figure appeared in front of him, the young elf was so happy, but before he actually stepped forward, doubts arose in his heart: Why did Ada suddenly appear here?

And even though Thranduil jumped off the horse and stood there calmly, Legolas keenly captured the momentary relaxation of a certain tension in his eyes, as well as the silent eye contact with Fino.

Legolas stepped forward and bowed slightly with his hand on his heart, adhering to the respect and etiquette that a warrior should have for a king.Then just as he looked up, Fino spoke: "His Majesty the King just happened to want to inspect the southern border. What happened here, Legolas?"

The young elf didn't answer right away, but looked at the team suspiciously. Even without the meaningful smile on Fino's face, he could keenly grasp some unusual facts: such a big event as the king coming to inspect the border The number of people in the team was really too small, and apart from Fino, there were no other ministers accompanying him. His father was wearing a formal dress that would only be worn in the palace, instead of a hunting suit that was more suitable for riding.What's more, they didn't get any notice that His Majesty the King would come to inspect beforehand.

The strangest thing is that even though this group of people appeared in front of him calmly and indifferently, the traces of travel and dust all over their bodies have not completely faded away, revealing the anxiety of rushing on the road before.His Royal Highness the young prince immediately understood what was going on.

Legolas sighed softly, took his father's hand and walked aside.

"Ada, you must have heard the news and mistakenly thought that I was injured, right?"

That slightly reproachful and helpless tone carried a hint of imperceptible dependence and touch.

Thranduil realized that he couldn't hide it from his son, so he could only smile and said, "Fortunately, I received new news on the way - the captain of my southern patrol team was not damaged at all."

Legolas looked up at his father, and also smiled: "How many times is this, Ada?"

Facing his son's joking question, Thranduil was momentarily speechless.How many times?No, even he himself can't remember clearly. It seems that every time there is bad news from afar, he immediately wants to run to his son without thinking.Even if he deeply introspected afterwards, such a move not only damaged the majesty of the king, but also might increase the burden on his son invisibly.After every incident, he made up his mind not to do this again, but every next time he would still be as usual.

"I'm not injured, I can protect myself well, Ada, don't worry." Finally Legolas said, holding his father's hand.His father's love and care always flowed into his heart quietly in silence. After so many years, the young prince has grown into a mature and mighty warrior. He knows that his father will never be able to rest assured of himself, and he also knows such worries Nothing about anything else, just a father's deep love for his son.He has said countless times to reassure his father, and he also knows that no matter how much he emphasizes, he can't really reassure him, and the only purpose he does is to let his Ada know: his love is for him, It was never a burden.