Kingdom’s Bloodline

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Sonia looked at Thales in a daze, thoughtfully.

"You know, when I returned to the capital this time, I found that everyone is very comfortable." After a while, she snorted softly, took out the cigarette pouch and cigarette roll again, and started to roll the next cigarette, "It's not as popular as it was a few years ago." Panic, ready to relocate and flee at any time, always worried that the northerners will call again someday."

"It's a good thing," Thales nodded, "and you deserve great credit for guarding the fortress."

But the flower of the fortress snorted lightly, with sarcasm in her voice:

"In fact, a month ago, I took people north to Black Sand Territory to 'campaign' on the land of Lumbard—to put it bluntly, it was investigation."

Thales didn't look back, but just looked at the Star Lake in the distance: "It's really courageous."

"It's quiet there now." Sonia's hand rolling the cigarette was steady and meticulous, and she didn't look like she had drunk too much at all.

"Heisha collar has just fought a civil war, and everything is still recovering, but the taxes for farmers and herdsmen are reduced, the customs clearance fees for merchants are also reduced, and there are fewer illegal bandits on the road. Including the villages, the rough men in the north are not tired of it. There are not many quarrels, and it is said that whatever disputes there are, it depends on the new officials-or a lot of king's decrees that I don't understand-to resolve."

King's decree.

Thales didn't speak, but his thoughts slowly separated from the sentimentality and sigh.

"I used to deal with, those rotten and smelly northern land lords who were familiar with each other--Lewand, Mende, Devinson, Peruno, Ika--most of them disappeared, some Some of them lost their heads in the civil war, some moved to Black Sand City, some were replaced by new family members who obeyed the king's orders, and the rest shrank in the castle, lingering behind closed doors."

Do what you say.

Thales frowned slowly.

"A lot of young people from the Northland in the countryside have also gone away—I heard that some of them joined the king's army during the civil war, and some went to live in the city after the war. Those who stayed were also talking excitedly. How can we go to farther places, such as Black Sand City, and try to earn an official position or even a title like other prominent civilians.

"And our secret work in the farther north, including the secret agents who occasionally come to rest, also said that every day, or even every hour, there are newcomers busily going to Black Sand City, I want to make a career there.”

To succeed.

Make a career.

Thales' eyes became sharper: "Really."

Sonia nodded, she finally rolled a pharynx, and was carefully smashing the cigarette butt:

"To tell you the truth, my years of fighting are not too short. I am not afraid of the heavy cavalry in the north, nor their epee infantry or heavy armored swordsmen. , it's not a big deal, but..."

Having said that, Sonia paused.

A few seconds later, she rubbed the flint and lit the cigarette in her hand.

"But I can feel that something is different in the north, and this is definitely not a question I can answer on the battlefield with a sword and a magic gun."

Thales listened to her words, but the words of his "old friend" appeared in front of his eyes:

Now it seems that it may not be that far away—Thales, who has experienced the ups and downs after returning to China, feels emotionally:

Like the weak Cohen and the unshakable downtown, the obsession may not be accomplished, but there will be echoes.

And how did you do it, Charmain Rumba?

What did you pay for this trip?

Fortress Flower took a deep breath and exhaled endless smoke.

"What do you think, Your Highness Polaris who came back from the north?"

Thales came back to his senses.

Polaris—a voice said silently in Thales' heart, no, you don't like this nickname.

It looks majestic, but it is ridiculed, as well as imperceptible exclusion and alienation.

It gives you a lot, but takes away even more.

"I know."

The Duke of Xinghu nodded slowly: "Seven years ago, I was there, at the center of the storm."

Thales turned around to avoid the smoke, only to feel that everything in front of him was obscured by Sonia's cigarette, full of unknowns.

"So I know better than anyone else what kind of beast I released in Exeter and Dragon Clouds City, and what kind of flame it will ignite."

beast.

Fortress Flower was silent for a while, and said slowly:

"So, can you put it back in the cage?"

Thales smiled.

Put back in the cage.

"No one can shut it," he shook his head and sighed, "it was destined to be like this when it was born more than a hundred years ago."

Maybe, maybe more than a hundred years, he quietly said in his heart:

From the day of human birth, it has quietly landed.

Sonia snorted ironically, took a puff of her cigarette, and leaned up to the lookout with a serious expression.

"Right now, many people in Eternal Star City feel that Exeter is in deep internal strife, split and declining, and it will no longer be possible to launch the nationwide expedition in the bloody year, and it will not be able to threaten us."

Thales pursed his lips:

"At least the first half is right."

Sonia ignored his words and continued:

"In the past seven years, the border between the two countries has been calm, and the Broken Dragon Fortress is even more empty. Whether it is His Majesty or the big figures in front of the imperial court, and even many people who have been in the northern border and Exeter for generations

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Qiu's family felt that the enemy was gone and the foreign troubles had been eliminated, so they turned around and engaged in their own people at ease.

"Even the old man Thord was no exception, he rejected my proposal to strengthen the defense of the fortress, saying he had more important things to do.

"Even some people in the imperial meeting thought I was scaremongering."

After Sonia's words fell, she pointed her gaze at Thales, sharp and compelling.

Thales also looked back at her with deep eyes.

All that stood between them was a wisp of white smoke rising from the cigarette between Sonia's fingers.

A few seconds later, Thales grinned and shook his head.

"Only a fool would think that Exeter's decline is nothing to worry about, let alone the adults in the imperial council. I think they just can't help themselves in many cases."

"Involuntary?"

Sonia disagrees:

"When the old man Suoduo asked me for the reserve soldiers, saying that he was going to the Western Wilderness to rob the nobles, he looked very interested, and he didn't seem to be forced by the king."

Western wilderness.

Sand King Project.

Thales was silent for a while.

"It's not the king," Thales said, looking at the night sky in a daze, "it's not the king, or even the individual, that's forcing them, but 'things'—fame, status, ideals, interests, power, everything in their trap , forcing them to make decisions that may not be rational or long-term from another perspective."

Sonia's cigarette butt flickered, and she frowned in the smoke.

"And this is the scariest part." Thales unconsciously held the ring and the dagger in his pocket, only to feel that one left and one right were full of weight. "The most brilliant persecution is often subtle and silent, so that You thought you were willing."

The observatory under the moon returned to silence.

After a while, the flower of the fortress dusted off the cigarette butt, and said with a cold snort:

"Listen, I don't know what happened in the Fuxing Palace, and I don't know what 'beast' you released, but this trip gives me a bad feeling. When Broken Dragon Fortress gets lively next time, we will What you are facing is probably far beyond imagination."

Thales raised his eyes:

"so?"

"I need more."

"More what?"

"Everything," Sonia replied without hesitation, "everything that can prevent my foreboding from becoming a reality."

She took a puff of cigarette, and gently exhaled to Thales:

"Soldiers, money, equipment, rations, intelligence, morale, support, and maybe a government bureaucrat who doesn't hold back - although in my experience the last is pretty much impossible."

Thales frowned, lowered his head and coughed, and waved his hands to disperse the smoke.

Sure enough, she is not as simple as going back to her hometown for vacation, nor is it such a coincidence that she just happened to pass by your castle.

A voice said from the bottom of his heart: Everyone has plans and desires.

Even the hearty, magnanimous and well-known flower of the fortress is unavoidable.

Thinking of this, Thales' mood sank a little.

Sonia has a request from you, then you should promise her, at least leave a message, and see what you can find in the future——he whispered in his heart, even if this is just a short exchange, this is in line with the agreement between you and the king The covenant made by you, using the rift between you father and son, illuminates every crack in the kingdom.

Even if it is the flower of the fortress.

but……

"Sorry, you found the wrong person," the Duke of Xinghu said in a deep voice after a while, "I'm just an out-of-favor prince who was exiled, with no soldiers and power, and poor as hell."

Sonia stared at him for a long time before turning to the direction of Star Lake.

"It doesn't matter. Nineteen years ago, I led troops north to Yongxing City. When I met your father in a group of refugees, he was similar."

Fortress Flower took another puff of cigarette:

"Even, Kessel had just escaped from the hunt at that time, and he was in a trance and trembling, which was much more miserable than you are now."

Hearing the name, Thales frowned.

"Then maybe, you should ask my father for help."

"If I can, you're paralyzed," Sonia cursed, pointed a cigarette butt at the moon and complained, "Since sitting on the throne, your father has become less and less cute and less well-behaved. When we first met, I told him to kneel down and kneeled down, told him to take off his clothes and took off his clothes, forced him to dance and danced, and asked him to be a king, so he crawled to be crowned while crying..."

Thales frowned deeply upon hearing these disrespectful words.

Why did she say that?

Your father is getting less and less cute... Call him king and he will be crowned...

Why did she say this to herself?

Sonia Sutherley, she was supposed to be the backbone of the royal standing army, the northern barrier of the kingdom, the sharp sword in the hand of the iron king, wasn't she?

Why?

But Thales didn't show it on the face, and only picked out a word in the other party's sentence to ridicule: "Take off, really?"

Sonia waved her hand and ignored it:

"Anyway, I don't expect you to do anything now—look at your poor little frame—but I can wait, wait."

In the smog and confusion, the flower of the fortress smiled at him.

But at that moment, Thales only felt hollow in his heart.

wait.

What are you waiting for?

What else, another voice in his heart whispered, between you and the king, what else can she wait for?

But no, so

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Nia she...

Thales suddenly panicked, he subconsciously rubbed the bone ring in his pocket, remembering his agreement with King Kessel.

Sonia changed her hand to hold the cigarette, and sighed a little: "As for you, just keep what I said in your heart - if something happens to the kingdom, it must be in the north, and you have to prepare for the future."

Thales swallowed.

Get ready for the future.

future?

No, it's impossible, Thales dispelled the inappropriate thoughts.

Sonia is the commander of the fortress, and all she cares about is the threat of Exeter and the defense of the north—if there is anything to do with the kingdom, it must be in the north, and this is the key point in her words.

So what - another thought popped up in her heart again - the reason why she said that was because, as the guard of Broken Dragon Fortress, she had to say that.

Because the enemy in the north is her capital: the threat of the Kingdom of Exeter directly affects Sonia's safety and future, affects her standing army, affects the resources she can obtain, affects the degree to which she is seen and valued, affects Her position of power in the kingdom.

Because she is also in the net.

Can not extricate themselves.

Is not it? Isn't this the reason you have experienced in the political games of the past few months and used it to fight against the king's army?

And you, Thales, you have to see through this point, her request for help is not that simple - no!

Thales closed his eyes and interrupted his thoughts.

He was thinking too much, Sonia, the Sonia he knew, was not like that.

"Why, why me?"

Thales opened his eyes, feeling a little tired:

"I believe that there are other insightful people in the capital who can give you more and more substantial help."

Sonia took a sip of tobacco and pondered for a moment:

"Maybe, because you are special? For example, dare to break into the palace to rebel and threaten your father with a sword?"

Thales turned his head abruptly!

Fortress Flower raised the cigarette in her hand: "Don't look at me, rumors are spreading fast—er, it's definitely not the old man Suoduo who told me."

But Thales' mood sank.

Look, you're right, Thales.

She came to you because you broke into the palace to rebel but left safely, because you proved your worth and became the second pole besides the supreme throne.

As a result, the situation in the kingdom changed drastically, and even the flower of the fortress, which seemed to be valiant and heroic, she saw, she knew, and she felt—just as the king and Thales had foreseen——Tells might be able to Against King Kessel.

So here she is.

Not just for returning home, not just for the north, not just for the poor personal friendship with you.

Thales looked at Sonia silently, restless in his heart.

Sonia didn't notice the change in Thales' eyes. She smoked on her own, immersed in the hazy smoke, very comfortable.

"Maybe it's also because you are one of the few people who can cure Lumbard? According to Miranda, seven years ago, you gave up the chance of escape and decisively returned to the Palace of Heroes, using your own freedom to extinguish the burning conflict between the two countries. War."

Thales took a deep breath.

seven years ago.

It was seven years ago again.

Damn seven years ago.

He suddenly lost interest in the conversation before him.

Whether it is for the defense of the fortress or for the future of the kingdom, in the final analysis, she is here to show favor, win over, ask for help, stand in line—or any other good or bad synonyms.

She, the owner of the Supreme Shield, Sonia Sutherley, who once saved her life, is actually not much different from the Duke of Xihuang.

Sonia, even Sonia, is the same.

Thinking of this, Thales felt deeply disappointed.

And he, Thales Canxing, he can no longer open his heart to this savior without reservation as he did when they first met.

"So I think, that child," Sonia took a puff of cigarette, sighed, but her eyes were pointed, "the child who took into account forgiveness and justice under the gallows, the child who dared to charge the Rumba and swing the sword at his father , there should be some hope?"

At that moment, Thales squeezed the "covenant".

"Hope?" Thales repeated mechanically.

Sonia, she is not the first, nor the last. In the future, there will be more people who will do the same thing. From a certain point, the person who talks to him, the calculation and benefits in words, the purpose and **, will only increase.

until there is nothing else left.

Thales subconsciously clenched the covenant in his pocket.

But you know, Thales.

This is the necessary path, and this is the beginning.

A voice said to him in his heart: You know, you have already prepared for it.

No matter what the cost.

Sonia smiled and tapped Thales' forehead:

"I know, you are not a 'big shot' in the Fuxing Palace, not yet, but the good thing is that you haven't had time to be like them, forced to be 'involuntary' by something, and you haven't become as annoying as them. disgusting."

become them.

Thales ignored her presumptuous movements, but felt that the bone ring in his pocket was getting more and more difficult to handle.

She thought she knew, but she didn't know at all.

Thales stared at her.

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The Flower of the Fortress smiled and said:

"In short, the world will not remain the same. I hope that you, in fact, many people think that you are..."

"But I'm not!" Thales shouted subconsciously.

There was a moment of silence on the watchtower.

Sonia was taken aback. She looked at Thales who was short of breath in surprise, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

"Not what?"

But Thales immediately reacted and adjusted his breathing regretfully:

"Sorry, ma'am, I, I lost my composure, maybe I drank too much at night and couldn't concentrate."

He controlled his tone and forced out a few smiles:

"I understand your concern about the defense of the fortress, Your Majesty, but you may not be clear about my situation..."

But before he could finish speaking, Sonia interrupted him coldly: "Shut up."

Thales was about to say something, but at that moment, Fortress Flower's eyes were terrific, abrupt and sharp, making him forget his words.

She was looking up and down, looking Thales carefully.

"Tell me, boy, how long have you been back in the capital?"

The boy was startled for a second.

"It's been half a year, I don't remember. I'm sorry for my slip of the tongue, but it's late, lady, I'm a little tired..."

But the flower of the fortress shook her head and clicked her tongue, interrupting him again.

"Sunset, it looks like she's right, they fucked you badly."

Thales frowned:

"What?"

Sonia smiled skyward.

"You know, you're like the dumb guy under you, talking with a mask on." Sonia raised the corner of her mouth while holding up the cigarette, the corners of her mouth were still curved, and her eyes were still cold.

wearing a mask...

Thales was silent for a while upon hearing this.

"Rolf can't talk."

"Aren't you different now?" Sonia quickly refuted him, she sneered:

"How long has it been since you spoke human words?"

Thales was speechless for a moment.

"What, is it possessed by a demon, or cursed by a witch?"

Cursed by a witch.

Thales swallowed his throat, resisting the desire to touch the ring.

He took a deep breath:

"I, you don't understand, Sonia—"

"You haven't tried it yet, how do you know..."

"You don't know!" The upset Thales interrupted her loudly.

He was short of breath, and stared at Sonia, who was smoking a cigarette, looking neat and tidy.

You have only heard a few rumours, and you have weighed the situation enough, Sonia Sutherley, and you hurried back and forth to "visit" me, relying on the so-called old friendship, to say something meaningful, What "something is going on in the north", what "I can wait", what "get ready for the future", "you are special", come to understate, boast, and self-righteously...

Thales mobilized the crime of prison river and tried his best to breathe smoothly.

"You don't know, Sonia," Thales tried not to think too much, he stood up, trying to end the conversation as decently as possible:

"I am oblivious."

"do not know anything."

The boy said in a daze.

what, everything...

Sonia didn't speak, she sat opposite Thales, staring at him intently, letting the cigarette in her hand burn.

But the look in her eyes made Thales even more uneasy, and wanted to turn around to avoid it.

Finally, the flower of the fortress exhaled and looked at the starry sky above her head.

"You know, when I was going to come to Star Lake Castle to enlist as a guard, my mother was so frightened—ah, frightened, I was taught this word by the nuns in the castle."

Thales came back to his senses:

"What?"

But Sonia ignored him, and just said quietly to herself:

"And when I got here, the first thing they said when they saw me was: You are on the wrong road, girl, the kitchen and weaving workshop are not here, and the maid recruitment is not here.

"And when they found out I was drafted for the guards..."

Sonia chuckled lightly, with complicated emotions:

"John is an open-minded duke, so no one has the guts to just say 'hey girl, you're not for this, go home and have a baby and nurse'."

The Flower of the Fortress turned around and asked Thales, implying something:

"Like now?"

Thales, who was in a bad mood, frowned:

"Now? Now what?"

Sonia snorted coldly.

"Nowadays, no one dares to tell you directly: 'Hey, Prince, Duke, Polaris, you're new here, you're delicate and tender, you're brutal and incomprehensible, you're not fit for the job, you should go back to bed **, wait until you learn to be good, and then wait until your father passes on the throne."

Delicate body and tender heart.

Taylor's fist clenched subconsciously.

Sonia leaned forward and approached Thales, her tone full of mockery:

"But they all think so, but most of the time they don't know it themselves, and they look at you with pity and sympathy, the kind that can move themselves—why, can't you notice it?"

Thales suddenly felt inexplicable displeasure: "I—"

Sonia narrowed her eyes:

"So much so that you yourself start to think so, you self-righteous

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Little waste. "

Thales couldn't listen anymore, he took a deep breath:

"Good night, Sonia, it was a pleasure chatting with you."

But the moment he turned around, Sonia's mocking and contemptuous words came again:

"Instead, they are polite and polite, 'Oh, Your Highness, you are really young and old!' 'You have done the best for your age!' 'We can't expect more from you!'"

Sonia's tone darkened:

"Just like back then, the recruiter looked at me with weird eyes and said to me, 'Oh, what a heroine!' 'A girl can have such ambition!' 'Should let those bastards Men come and see!'”

Taylor's footsteps stopped.

"And they say that because you're new here, because you're an accident, and you shouldn't be here in the same room with them—just like I was back then."

Fortress Flower turned to face the stars on Star Lake with a numb expression.

Thales didn't look back, but his throat moved.

"Why do you say this?"

"Because I know this feeling," Sonia took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, as if tasting the fine wine brewed from memory, "this kind of entering a completely strange world, facing all the things you are not used to, There are unknown obstacles, but you still have to pretend to be tough and move forward step by step."

At that moment, Thales trembled slightly.

The feeling of stepping into the Fuxing Palace appeared in his memory—cold, cramped, and oppressive.

The scene of walking into the Ballard room also came before us-everyone had a smiling face, sincere words, and a dignified appearance.

but……

"And this happens to be the territory of your opponents. It is a battlefield they have been used to for a long time, with fixed rules. It is an environment that is beneficial to them but harmful to the rest," Sonia stared at the stars in a daze, but she couldn't understand Xinghu, who has seen the bottom, "And we, we are tantamount to taking advantage of our own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths, to accommodate them, to follow them, to engage in those 'old ways' that you may never be able to do."

Thales was silent for a long time.

At that moment, what Jinie said to him before the royal banquet came to mind:

but……

Thales squeezed the dagger and bone ring in his pocket, and snorted coldly.

"Let me guess, what you're trying to say is that despite all the odds, you've made it through, that you've been drafted into the guards, and you've stayed at the castle, yes?"

He turned around and looked at the back of Fortress Flower lying on the watchtower.

"Through your final power or something, you survive the strong and survive the fittest. You have shown the strength of a newcomer, and you have become a blockbuster. It has proved that women are not inferior to men, and they can also be outstanding in men's courts? More than that, you And reached the top, shocked the jaws of countless people, including Duke John, and finally became one of the three handsome men in the kingdom, so now you are going to pour chicken soup on me, "Hey, don't give up, you are a faller" Yes Is it?"

Sonia didn't answer, just sighed deeply, and pressed the cigarette butt in her hand on the watchtower.

Thales shook his head sarcastically:

"Forget it, it's not the same at all."

After the words fell, Thales turned and left without hesitation.

"They say that women are not suitable for the battlefield," Sonia's voice came from far behind, "so, be careful."

The crime of prison river surged, Thales frowned:

"What?"

But the next second, he felt a pain in his back knee!

Boom!

Thales was swept down, and he put his arms on the ground after he could react:

"What are you doing—"

But as soon as he turned around in shock and anger, he saw Sonia's cold face and the soles of military boots slowly enlarged in front of his eyes!

boom!

The crime of prison river roared wildly, Thales blocked the kick of Fortress Flower in a matter of seconds, and his arm bones were numb from the shock, and his whole head was buzzing!

What are you doing?

Sonia's finishing power fed back to his senses, like unbreakable ice—strong, hard, and powerful.

But his luck ended there.

Sonia's next knee kick followed the trend and completely broke his defense.

Thales felt his eyes go dark, and immediately landed on his back. Sonia knelt on his chest, grabbed his neck, and pressed him firmly to the ground.

The crime of leaving prison rivers flowing wildly, but there is nothing they can do.

Damn it!

This gap...how could it be so big!

"Fuck you—"

Thales was furious and cursed, but what followed was a merciless slap from Fortress Flower!

Snapped!

This slap was so hot and transparent, it not only made Thales dizzy and stared at the eyes, but also slapped the prince's anger back into his mouth, leaving him gasping for air.

"Children can't swear," said Sonia coldly, who suppressed him firmly, "don't fuck around all day long."

This watchtower was located in the center of the castle, and the guards focused mainly on external threats (this is why Thales chose this place), but even so, the sound of fighting spread out.

"Who's making noise up there!"

Lights were lit on the walls of the slightly shorter fortress, shining on the watchtower, and a very familiar voice from Thales sounded, upright and awe-inspiring:

"Stand up, put your hands up, show your face! Let me see!"

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Sonia snorted coldly, turned her knees, and pressed Thales' neck ("Damn, why is it a neck again!"——Furious Thales).

"My old lady is here to fuck a man!"

Fortress Flower straightened up, revealing half of her head, and her roar shook the castle:

"Do you have any fucking objections!"

After all, she lowered her head and said to Thales unabashedly:

"Scream, scream louder! Haven't you been full, you bastard! Use your breastfeeding strength!"

Thales was shocked and sullen on the other side, but his neck was pressed, and he could only make a sound of "amount, amount, amount" with his tongue open.

Hearing her voice, the patrols on the fort wall were silent for several seconds.

"Ah, it's Lady Sutherley!"

The next moment, the patroller's voice became gentle and flattering:

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding haha! That, that, sorry to bother you! The Duke of Thales asked me to bring you a treat for him... Please be gentle! Zombie is my partner, although he looks good Big, but probably won't be able to handle your strong..."

"Get out!" Sonia's roar sounded again.

Under the watchtower, the patroller's voice and his lights disappeared together, along with many of Canxing's private soldiers who followed him.

Only then did Sonia sneer, loosen Thales' neck slightly, and lowered her head:

"Now, no one bothers us anymore."

Thales has never hated his guards as much as he does now.

He swore that waiting for him to escape and d.d. would be the most terrifying torture in the world that the latter could never imagine.

The crimes of Hell and River kept gathering on his arms, but the boy just couldn't break through the blockade of the Fortress Flower.

Sonia, who was originally indifferent, looked at him struggling and crying, and suddenly grinned and giggled.

The next second, she let go of her knees, dragged Thales up from the ground, and leaned on the lookout.

Thales, who received the amnesty, didn't care about counterattack and revenge, he gasped in pain and rubbed his chest:

"You crazy woman, what do you want, do, do, do..."

"I screwed up."

Thales' words came to an abrupt end with an understatement.

messed up? What's wrong?

Thales gasped and couldn't help looking at Sonia.

"The recruitment of the castle guards, I stumbled in the entry test, and I was too old to lift a certain weight stone."

Sonia was laughing.

But at this moment, the smile on Fortress Flower's face seemed tired, bitter, and numb.

She didn't have the demeanor of a general who was on the battlefield and tried her best to reject the northern captives.

With her rare expression, Thales didn't know how to answer.

"It's the same for the long-distance running test. The physical fitness is not up to standard at all."

Sonia had no sense of bullying the prince just now, she turned around wearily, and sat down next to Thales.

"And shooting, I drew the bow trembling with difficulty, but I just couldn't hit the target, and reading and writing—did I tell you that it was the nuns in the castle who later taught me to read? of?"

She stared fixedly at the night sky.

"As for fighting, it's even worse. I guess I'm more used to hitting people with a hoe than wearing armor and holding a sword. Even a recruit can knock me down."

Thales slowly adjusted his breathing.

"Although I am considered a good hand among the people who do farm work, and I am also a shrew who is famous in all directions, and I have fought with wild boars and bandits with a pitchfork, but among those who came from all over Among the men..."

Sonia said quietly:

"Anyway, I screwed up, and I was the only woman at the bottom of all the applicants, the worst."

"I remember their stares and ridicule... and all my efforts were in vain to prove to them once again that women are not suitable for the battlefield, and perhaps they should not be soldiers, and they cannot do those things."

screwed up.

Thales' breathing paused for a second.

At that moment, the flower of the fortress of Megatron Xilu slowly raised her head, she looked at the bright moon and starry sky in bewilderment, and the drunkenness seemed to return to her nerves.

"All my dignity, persistence, and hope were shattered by the bloody reality the moment I stepped into a strange world."

Sonia turned her head to look at Thales, showing a weak smile that didn't match the identity of the flower of the fortress:

"Just like you."

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^