Chapter Eleven, Stella
.The Golden Desert, above the ruins, dark clouds roll, flying sand and stones.
In the underground ruins, torches flashed, and the stone door slowly opened. Facing the deep passage that seemed to lead to another world, everyone was silent and the air solidified.
"Okay!" After a moment, the mysterious man who had just lost his mind murmured. It was rare for such a thing to happen to such a cold man.
"Sir, I'll go in and explore the way first!" said a Falls Cavaliers.
"No, I'll open the way for you!" said Rehager. After saying that, he took big steps towards the dark corridor.
"If he wasn't the old fox of Jose, he was actually really good." Stera knew that there might be an ambush in such an underground corridor. Rehger could explore the way for everyone in this way. It was really a manly behavior. No wonder the knights of the Gaul Cavalry Regiment of Falls loved him so much.
"As for the Emperor Taizu of the Empire, there should be no mechanism in this corridor." The mysterious man seemed to see through Stera's thoughts and said softly.
"But he doesn't know, don't he?" Stella smiled.
"His Excellency Thor is indeed a real warrior, but in this era, the real warrior is..." The mysterious man wanted to speak but stopped.
"So, I would rather choose to be a coward..." Stera mocked himself.
This man, who is a bit cunning and cynical in the eyes of others, cannot express the pain hidden in his heart.
Is the passionate and pity for the weak really not suitable for this era?
Stera shook her head hard, as if she wanted to shake these unrealistic ideas out.
"It's useless to think so, at least we're still alive." The mysterious man said to himself as if to Stera and then, and walked into the dark corridor.
"Living is that simple, I think so too..." Stera was slightly lost, a bitter smile appeared on her face, and she chased after her in a flash.
Yes, living, no matter how great or humble it is; no matter how cold or passionate it is; no matter how cowardly or brave it is; in fact, for most lives, being able to live is the best.
Jean Conno Steira offended the bishop of the Kingdom for exposing the corruption in a church in a certain place in the Holy Church. She was eventually deprived of her knight title and sent to the heavy infantry regiment.
He lost the noble family title that had been passed down for a hundred years, and the name that represents gloriousness, but only called Jean Steira. Only some old friends and those who admire him would call him Conno.
But Stera never regretted it. Even if he would not be so impulsive today, he would reveal the so-called dark side, but that time, he never regretted it.
He didn't care about these things, just like the old man who drank all day long, who told the young fairy tale about the so-called glorious past of the gods.
He even disdained the old man's weakness, and he was under the so-called aristocratic title, but hid his true self in a legendary story.
But one day, when the old man fell in front of Stella in blood to protect him.
This somewhat hard boy suddenly broke something deep in his heart.
He suddenly realized that in this world, there is a man who does not talk about dreams or glory, nor does he look like a hero and tough guy all day long. He will only stand up bravely when the people he loves and those who love him need him, even if he gives a humble life for it.
Despite this, Stera did not regret it. This man's dictionary has never regretted it since he was a child. Facing the corpse of that old man, Stera's only vow was: "Dad, I don't want to be a person like you!"
Therefore, Stera did not forget these shames, but were engraved into her heart like a knife mark.
The longer the days are, the deeper the traces are, because this man is always using his claws to repeatedly scratch the healing scars, constantly healing, constantly scratching... This dark dog returning from hell will tear everything apart one day...
He never believed in the so-called myth of the gods, or he had already believed it, but he had always refused to indulge in the myth.
Stera, a man, a man with childlike dreams.
If you have a dream, you have to say it out loud. Even if you can’t say it out loud, you have to repeat it in a low voice. Even if you have to be silent, you must persist in silence.
I, don’t be a man who dies by my lover the most, and I don’t let the loved ones and the ones I love live in pain.
"I once thought of living well, but such a humble dream was broken. It was you, it was you..." Stera smiled, and a tear turned around in the corner of her eyes, and she slipped away in an instant.
"It's the end!" As the mysterious man said, the few people walked through the winding and long corridor and came to a slow platform., Rehager said.
With the light of the torches raised by the soldiers behind him, the few people saw a vast underground space in front of them, surrounded by strange rocks, an underground river flowed out of the darkness and disappeared into the darkness. It looked like it was a naturally formed cave.
But the location of the few people was on the slow platform in the air of the cave, and next to it was a downward stone step.
"Where is the thing?" asked Rehager.
"Go down first, let's talk about it." The mysterious man said, walking down the downward steps first.
"Well, there!" After descending the stone steps, the man observed for a moment, pointed to the distance, and looked in the direction of his fingers. There was a stone door in the distance.
"It's there." The mysterious man said excitedly, but another inexplicable worry arose in his heart.
"Wait for warning here!" Rehager took the torch and said to the Gaul Knight behind him.
"You stay too!" Stera also asked her men to stay in this cave.
"Yes!" There were not many Fals soldiers and Teutonic soldiers following the cave, only about ten of them each, most of them stayed outside and were on guard against each other.
"Please, Lord Thor!" Stera gave in.
"Thank you!" Rehager was not polite and walked towards the stone gate in the distance.
The three of them came to the stone gate, and Rehager pressed his palm against the stone gate again, and the stone gate was slowly pushed open.
"Is that all?" As soon as several people entered the stone door, they observed by the fire. They saw that there was a small house inside the stone door, built with all the stones, and there were no windows. There was a stone table and a stone chair in the room, and a wooden box was placed on the stone table.
"It's that thing!" The mysterious man took the lead and reached out to pick up the wooden box.
Stera's hand was always on the sword, and she wanted to stop it, but seeing Rehager looking at him with a cautious look on his face, shrugging indifferently, but her eyes were staring at the wooden box in the mysterious man's hand.
Chapter completed!