Rekindle the spirit of war

Chapter 20

Sean gets a day and night vacation.

He returned to his "home".Facing Sophia's question, he wisely chose to remain silent.The young woman who loved him as if she were her own brother would have been devastated if she knew what had happened to her.At the same time, the dignity of a man made it impossible for him to tell others about the experience of being sold as a commodity and being tortured by a pervert.

Sean was in this small and simple house when he "opened his eyes" before; now he is back here again.Perhaps because this body has lived here for 16 years, this house gave him an indescribable sense of stability.

Sean lay down and sighed sincerely: "Thank God, I have this short period of peace, and I can finally rest without thinking about anything."

Sean, however, was dead wrong.Before dawn, he was awakened by a woman's screaming cry, which was so loud that it seemed to come from the next door, which shocked anyone who heard it; Sophia, who was also awakened, told him that it was a mother whose child finally died after suffering in vain for half a month. Taken by the Virgin.Afterwards, dawn was like a wake-up alarm clock, bringing the entire slum area "alive".Of course, this is not hard work; on weekends, any factory is closed.

The scene right now is both poignant and deeply heartwarming.Except for the elderly and the disabled, the slums are almost all workers. They are used to the rush of workdays, so that they don’t know what to do during the rare holidays.But these people found something to do: they set their sights on people who couldn't take care of themselves, and reached out to the poor.

I should go down and join them; the grandparents of these people probably sat in the same tavern as I did, drank and played cards.They're so tough I can't just watch.Sean thought so.He walked away from the window and told Sofia what he was going to do.

"Xion, I'm so happy that you are like this!" The young woman hugged him excitedly: "Although you didn't say anything, I know that you must have experienced some bad things! You became silent, The eyes are also very scary! I'm so worried!"

I'm afraid it's not the only change.

The moment she was embraced by Sophia, Sean's whole body stiffened.He found himself incapable of intimacy with people, and it panicked him.In the past, he would feel uncomfortable in close contact with women, but it was caused by the dual psychology of curiosity and timidity, which was quite different from the resistance he felt in his heart now.He had never been like this before meeting Medanzo.

At this moment, the excited woman calmed down a little, and said quickly: "You may not remember. You used to take care of those old guys, and they liked you too. Once, the old fool on the opposite street joked that you should put He sold it himself to make money, and you ran back angrily at that time; he bought a dagger for you in order to make amends. That almost cost him all his savings, what a fool."

"Yeah, that's really stupid." Sean murmured, feeling sore in his heart: "Thank you for telling me this." He raised his hand and patted Sophia on the shoulder.As a relative, he should have kissed the other person's forehead to express comfort, but he was already resistant to this.Naturally, he blamed Medanzo for this crime.

Sean left the house and walked into the street.Someone caught his attention.It was a young man with a dark complexion and neat clothes; he used the flame that appeared out of thin air from his fingertips to sear the center of a piece of metal, and then quickly bent it.Probably sensing Sean's gaze, the man turned around and nodded to Sean.

Shane looked at each other.He knew which family name fire magic belonged to. "Green?" He asked tentatively, and then confirmed himself: "Brian Green."

"It seems that I don't need to introduce myself." The young man put down the work in his hands, and then walked over with a smile. "We met at the auction; I met you, to be precise. Your performance was impressive, and my friend admired it."

"I don't agree with that. Your friend is not very friendly to me." Sean's voice involuntarily became cold when he thought of who the "friend" was in the other party's mouth.

"That's true. However, Medanzo has always been unfriendly to people, and your status at that time was a commodity." Brian seemed to be apologetic: "I'm just stating the facts, and I don't want to offend you. I think you It's funny, and besides, I won't be like Medanzo... How should I say it, disrespecting you?"

"You don't need to explain. I don't feel bad for you at all." Sean fell into memories: "People in the Green family are always very wise in making decisions, but they are not bad-hearted if they are wise."

"Your evaluation is really high, I thought you were a cynical person." Brian said unexpectedly: "Also, you said 'always', as if you knew my ancestors."

Sean smiled: "You are one of the very few noble young masters who are willing to walk into the slums, and your father is a fairly fair justice of the peace. This is obviously a tradition." He knew the grandfather of the other party.The duke was neutral when the civil war started, neither helping the new nobles nor the plebeians; not a bad decision, and no harm to the plebeians.

Realizing how impolite it was to dwell on his own memories, Sean looked up, only to be surprised to find that a man he absolutely didn't want to see appeared here!

"Looks like they gave you a break." Medanzo smiled; in Sean's view, that smile was malicious.This man was wearing a simple white shirt, and his long blond hair shone like a star in this dark corner with little sunlight, which was incompatible with the dilapidated streets.

After looking at it, Sean said coldly: "You actually condescended to walk in here. I was really shocked."

Brian watched the two men with interest, seemingly completely oblivious to the arrogance of one and the anger of the other. "I'm thinking, is the meaning of the two of you meeting just to quarrel?"

"of course not."

The voices of two people sounded at the same time.For this tacit understanding, Medan Zuo felt amused, while Sean felt annoyed.

"Since it's not, let's find something to do." Brian turned to Medanzuo: "I have to continue to help that kid fix the cart. You can work with Sean, since you are so... tacit understanding."

Medanzo gave him a warning look and whispered, "Brian, you really look like a pimp now."

Brian shrugged and walked away.He knew that comparing his friend with a commoner had hurt the other's self-esteem; but he felt that it was time for Medanzo to let go of that tiresome arrogance.

Sean stared at Medanzo.He had let go of the hatred in his heart; now he was in astonishment.Arrogance is the tradition of the Levin family, and James has never been among the common people, and at most he used money to relieve disasters.He didn't expect that this annoying guy would set foot in the streets of poor people. "You're really here to help, aren't you?"

"If you tell me what to do." Medanzo moved aside, avoiding an old man in rags; he felt uncomfortable here: "I don't know what to do."

"Follow me." Sean took a step forward: "A child died of illness early this morning. I'm afraid the family needs help."

Their destination is dark and narrow, sad.The dead baby has been put into the coffin, but the single mother has no money to buy a cemetery for the time being, so she can only put the small coffin in the corner.She no longer cried, but sat at the table with a livid face.Her eldest son was sitting in a corner tossing a small, broken automatic loom, making an unpleasant creaking sound.

Sean looked around and sighed softly: "If that child continues like that..."

Mei Danzuo took the words: "It's not just the steam engine that's broken, the connecting rods and wheels will also fall off."

"No, what I want to say is that he will be beaten soon." Sean looked back at the other party in surprise: "You seem to be very knowledgeable."

"Of course I understand. I learned this in school." Looking at the dilapidated house, Medanzuo hesitated for a long time before deciding, "I'll fix it, and you go to comfort the lady who is in a bad mood. "

"Okay." Sean responded, and then smiled at Medanzo: "You surprised me today."

What a rare smile that was, Medanzo thought.He walked up to the boy and knelt down, moving the loom towards him.The boy looked timid and didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.Medanzuo was a little curious, but he quickly turned his attention to the machine in front of him.

This guy really understands this.Sean watched the handsome hands flick the metal parts.When he saw the other party's long blond hair slipping down his shoulders, he greeted the woman, took a straw rope from the table, and then walked towards Medanzo.

The sound of static crackling made Medanzuo's eyes narrow. "You're touching my hair with a dirty straw rope."

"Please do as the Romans do, young master." Sean resisted the urge to pull the other party's hair and whispered: "Your hair is too long, I have to tie it up for you. If you loose them, the machine will twist them in , then you can make a fool of yourself. Believe me, I'm looking forward to that scene."

Medanzuo frowned, but said nothing more.He let Sean gather his hair into a bunch with his hands.The other person's fingers were very thin and warm, which made him a little dazed: I have never felt this kind of temperature in those who obeyed orders; this person was rude to me and didn't care, but he was so warm!

Sheehan also weighed in on this: "You're always so cold."

Mei Danzuo smiled contentedly: "You really can't forget. Now even if it's your closest person, you can't kiss them, right?"

Sean was taken aback, then squatted down and stayed side by side with Medanzuo.He asked eagerly: "Is this also caused by the contract?"

"It's not. It's just that your psychology has changed." Medanzo leaned over and whispered softly in Sean's ear: "Those things I did to you made you afraid to have too close physical contact with people." ...you might think it's disgusting, but your body belongs to me."

Sean's body froze.Medanzuo's words were purely poking at his sore spot.This injury is very effective, just like what the other party did before, after cutting his skin with a knife, he made the wound even more bloody.He wanted to kick Medanzo away, but the most important thing at the moment was to bring some comfort to this unfortunate family.So he did nothing.

The loom was finally back to work, and the boy's eyes lit up.He looked at Medanzuo expectantly, and suddenly said, "You are amazing. Can you also fix gas lamps? Mother needs a brighter light at night, but our gas lamp has been broken."

It is impossible to fix it if it is broken, so you can buy another one.Medanzo wanted to say this, but he couldn't open his mouth.He had seen how poor the family was.

"Bring a corked wine bottle here." Sean said, "This guy has light magic and can turn a glass bottle into a lamp. That will last you a month."

Medanzuo said strangely: "I have never done this kind of thing in front of you. How do you know I can do it?"

Because that's what your grandfather did when I was on the same side as him.Sean couldn't give the answer, so he could only perfunctory the other party: "I just know."

When the wine bottle was filled with soft white light due to magic, the dark space was also illuminated.The boy laughed in surprise, as if the originally dark world was lit up in front of him.Sean smiled gratifiedly, but when he saw the faint surprise in Medanzo's eyes, the smile gradually faded away.

Maybe this guy isn't hopeless...

"You treated me very well today." When they walked out of the house side by side, Medanzuo asked Sean with a smile: "Finally fell for my charm?"

"That's nonsense!" Sean emphasized.It's a horrible thing for a man to be so good-looking, especially if he's narcissistic about it, he thought. "Of course I want to beat you. But you made that distressed kid laugh, and I can't fight you because of that."

Mei Danzuo was quite surprised: "That's it?"

"That's it." Sean turned and walked away: "Although you may just find it curious or interesting, at least you did something meaningful."