Lord of the Oasis

After hearing what Kant said, Aubrey breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's okay. There's no big problem."

Kant nodded and said: "I originally asked Bandak to come to me today, why are you here?"

"Commander Bandak set off to Durandal with the convoy, and no one else was found in the military camp. Your Majesty, your bodyguard came to me." Aubrey replied sheepishly.

"Bandak went to Durandal? Why don't I know?" Kant asked slightly confused.

"Your Majesty, don't you know?" Aubrey's eyes widened, and he had a premonition that he might have caused a big disaster. He hesitated and said: "I heard that Commander Bandak heard that Commander Derrick will end the year. I didn’t want to go back to Dehreem, so I went to look for him. After all, the two of them were comrades in arms before."

"I see, then who is in charge of the affairs in the military camp now?" Kant asked.

"...Adonis," Aubrey replied.

"Well, okay." Kant said calmly without any displeasure on his face.

Aubrey followed Kant tremblingly the rest of the way and escorted him back to the palace.

After walking out of the Senate Hall, Aubrey thought silently in his heart: Should he send Bandak a letter or something.

However, thinking that Bandak should be on the way back with the convoy, he gave up this idea.

"What can we do?" Aubrey said with emotion, looking at the sky.

The time went back to two days ago, when Bandak had just arrived in Durandal.

Bandak got off the camel, took off his velvet hat, and said to Derrick, who looked surprised, "Long time no see."

"Why did you come with me?" Derrick happily walked to Bandak and said.

"If you don't go back to Dehreim, why don't I come to Durandal to see you?" Bandak said.

Derrick waved his hand and said, "Why do you say that? I'm just staying here to celebrate the New Year. How many days are you going to stay here?" After saying that, he took some of Bandak's luggage.

"We have to leave tomorrow. His Majesty doesn't know that I'm out yet, so I have to go back quickly." Bandak patted Derrick on the shoulder and said.

"Ha, you are so brave." Derrick let go of his hand and his luggage fell to the ground.

"It's okay, I can't find it. Yadunis helped me hide it." Bandak said, "Ah, this bag is the cotton coat I brought. If it gets soaked, you are responsible. Pick it up quickly."

Derrick was stunned for a moment, then picked up the duffel bag that had fallen in the snow, followed Bandak's footsteps, and the two walked side by side.

"When you go back, let's see how His Majesty deals with you." Derrick said.

"I came here specifically to see you." Bandak shook his head and said indifferently: "To be honest, I won't go back this time. In addition to wanting to stay here, do you still have the letter I wrote to you? reason?"

When Derrick heard this, he took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Yes. When I first heard that His Majesty planned to remove me, I was also angry. But after thinking about it, maybe this way There's nothing wrong with it, Clermont is better suited to try it than I am. My wish is to stay in Durandal and finish the work here."

"This is completely different from the purpose of my original letter to you." Bandak said.

"Then what were you thinking about when you wrote the letter?" There is still a long way to go, and Derrick doesn't mind if this topic continues.

"Of course, I want you to return to Dehreim and make some achievements. In this way, His Majesty will not remove you from the position of commander. In this way, we can continue to be colleagues and wait for the next time we rush to the battlefield together." Ban. Duck said all his thoughts.

"Thank you, Bandak." Derrick said with red eyes, "However, I am also very happy to support you from the position of a subordinate."

"No..." After Bandak came to his senses, he said, "How did you..."

"I don't have the determination to compete with others, do you remember? The celebration banquet when we first came back from the Elf Kingdom.

"Derrick said: "At that time, I had the strongest desire to win. He showed his prominence as a leader in a victory he had just won. At that time, I had enough confidence in my heart to become a better leader than you. That's why I want to express myself in front of you. "

"Wait, the celebration party? How long ago was that?" Bandak frowned and said, "Derrick, you are really good as a leader. But sometimes your delicate thoughts can bother you. ."

"I know." Derrick replied: "Anyway, now I no longer have the confidence to stand in the position of leader."

Bandak looked at Derrick's side face and found that Derrick, who was usually calm and self-possessed, actually had such a stubborn yet fragile childish side. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

After returning to Durandal's military base, Derrick hurriedly brought Durandal's men to help unload the goods. There was no time to greet Bandak. Bandak stayed in his guest room until evening.

"Commander Bandak! Dinner time is almost here!" A soldier knocked on Bandak's door and said.

"Got it." Bandak replied. After drinking the last sip of tea in the porcelain cup, he walked out.

The building they were staying in tonight was newly built near the military camp. When they walked outside the lobby door on the first floor, they could see soldiers gathering noisily in the military camp.

"Commander Bandak, please follow me." said a Durandal soldier.

Bandak followed him and walked to the banquet table. Derrick was also sitting there.

"You're here." Derrick greeted with a smile.

"Yeah." Bandak forced a smile. Now in his heart: Derrick has become a complete stranger.

It had been less than two hours since the afternoon dispute, and Bandak really couldn't imagine what Derrick's smiling face meant.

As the banquet began, Derrick and Bandak, as representatives of the two parties, each made a few remarks.

When Bandak was speaking, he had no idea what he was talking about. After saying "I wish you all a good meal and fun" at the end, he sat down in his seat and drank a glass of sake.

"Dududu——" The empty wine glass was filled.

Bandak looked up and saw Derrick, who still had a smile on his face: "Don't drink in such a hurry. Let's eat the food first."

"I feel like... I can't eat it." Bandak said with a bitter smile.

"Then I'll drink with you." Derrick sighed and responded.

After saying that, he took his wine glass and sat down in front of Bandak.

"Here." Derrick filled his wine glass with wine, raised it in front of him, and said to Bandak.

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