Mount and Blade

"Hmph, think whatever you want." Edward responded lazily, as if he was too lazy to defend himself.

"But before the war, I have a big gift for you, Gurenberudo." Edward, who was not interested, suddenly became excited. With a wave of his hand, the soldier behind him handed him a leather bag containing something round, which seemed to be stained with blood.

Edward was afraid that Gurenberudo could not see it clearly, so he walked to the front of the city with the bag, not caring whether he was within the range of Gurenberudo and others, and took out the things in the bag.

——It was a bloody head.

——It was the head of General Kirstin.

"...General!!" Gurenberudo and Hickel exclaimed at the same time with their eyes wide open.

"...Hahaha." After Edward appreciated the expression on Gurenberudo's face, he laughed and continued: "After you led the troops to attack, he seemed to be worried about you and came to find out what happened."

"I wanted to capture him alive and let him replace those two people as a hostage... But he said, 'I can't be a burden to my son', and chose to commit suicide."

Just when Gurenberudo was angrily preparing to go out of the city to cut Edward into pieces, Edward put Kirstin's head back into the bag and threw it to Gurenberudo on the wall.

Gurenberudo didn't care about anything else and hurriedly caught the leather bag containing General Kirstin's head.

"He really loves you. Why don't you just call me 'Father'? Hahaha..." At that moment, Edward turned around and ran back to the position.

Grunbeldo held the leather bag tightly, his knuckles turned white due to the force, his eyes were filled with grief and anger, and his golden pupils stared at Edward's receding back.

"Edward! Why did you betray me?!" Grunbeldo's roar echoed over the entire Fire Dragon's Nest.

Hearing the questioning of his former best friend behind him, Edward's slightly morbid smile froze for a moment. Edward, who returned to the main camp, stared at Grunbeldo standing on the Fire Dragon's Nest on horseback. Although he couldn't see his face clearly at this time, Edward probably guessed that his expression on his always stern and old-fashioned face... must be very interesting at this time.

"There are many reasons." Edward's tone seemed very frivolous, "The biggest reason is that you obviously have everything I want, but you still pretend to be aloof."

"I have...?" Grunbeldo never felt that he had anything.

"You didn't realize it, did you? You are that kind of man. You didn't realize that you had a precious thing in your hand, and you crushed it." Edward sneered. Grunberudo always prioritized his own affairs, and others... including their group of close friends could not disturb him.

He was a strict soldier who was never willing to open his heart to anyone and talk all night long, and he was never drunk. He was an old-fashioned guy who never bowed his head to anyone. It seemed that he was born to break the rules of the world.

"You have unparalleled courage and strength, the war god Grant who is admired by everyone, and a father who has always loved you silently." Edward paused, his voice became cold, "And I have nothing. A disgraceful illegitimate child who has been despised since childhood, a street rat that no one really cares about even if he is captured! I have to rely on myself to work hard to climb to this position today."

"What about you? Even if you are captured, you are loved by someone who is not your father but better than your father! Everyone loves you, you are a "dragon" admired by everyone!"

"Compared with you, I am so insignificant! Obviously, I am the quartermaster who racks his brains for military expenses. Obviously, you eat my food and military pay, but everyone only remembers you, Gulenberudo! Why should I be the shadow behind you and be forgotten by everyone?!" Edward simply took this opportunity to vent all the unhappiness over the years, shouting at the top of his lungs.

Gulenberudo was stunned. He never thought that Edward had such deep jealousy and resentment in his heart.

"But this is not my fault." Grunberudo retorted loudly.

"But you always appear in front of me with a superiority, and your innate sense of superiority always hurts my eyes deeply!!" Edward tightened the reins, and the horse neighed anxiously.

"You always start it, even in Judah's prison! And you also involved Shekel..." Edward's eyes turned red, this was his most painful memory.

But how could he protect her now? At this time, he was the one who hurt Shekel. He still failed her, the person he felt the most guilty about...

Edward stopped the memories that were enough to make him feel so painful that he could hardly breathe, and sneered: "You won't understand." After that, he pulled out the iron gun hanging between the saddles and pointed it at Gurenbeluo, "In short, there are so many reasons that I can't count them! Today, let's draw a clear line!!"

"...Since you are determined to fight, then I will not back down!" Gurenbeluo clenched the stones on the wall with both hands, vaguely trying to squeeze the bricks to make a gap. In short, he felt very heavy, and when he saw General Kirstin's head, his heart suddenly felt very painful...

Gurenbeluo felt like he had lost something precious...

...Is it the "father's love" that he always felt nagging and troublesome? But now that he really lost it, why does he feel a tightness in his chest?

...Is it "sad"? Gurenberudo never understood what sadness felt like. Even when his mother was raped by the group of Jodah soldiers in front of him, he only felt angry.

Hickel silently shed tears, feeling sad and angry, and puzzled by Edward's actions...

Even though Edward said that, Hickel was still unwilling to believe it...

Besides that? What about the time they spent together and the warm moments of laughing together?

This is really an unacceptable reality...

But she can only take into account Gurenberudo's state first. With a powerful enemy at hand, she must first calm the general's heart.

"Gurenberudo, we must not be impulsive at this time. Edward's move is probably to provoke you and make you lose your mind and lose your composure." Hickel whispered.

Grunberudo's chest rose and fell violently, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a word from his teeth: "...Even if I heard you say that Edward betrayed me, I still refused to believe it."

"He really did...He really betrayed me..." Grunberudo's hands instantly crushed the cracked bricks.

"General Kirstin...I will make him pay with blood!!" Grunberudo's fist hit the wall hard, leaving a deep pit.

"If we attack rashly now, I'm afraid it will play into his hands. Not only will it be difficult to win, but it will also be a waste of the general's sacrifice." Hickel said earnestly.

Grunberudo took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and Kirstin's teachings and care emerged in his mind, trying to calm himself down. "You're right, Shikel, I can't be blinded by hatred."

At this time, Kadi also regrouped and led 20,000 Joda troops to the "Fire Dragon's Nest". Abecassis had bandaged his wounds, and he could hear Gulenberudo's loud voice from a long distance.

"You two good friends, go and kill each other quickly!!" Abecassis, trembling with pain and anger, roared, he was so angry.

At present, the "Fire Dragon's Nest" was not only not taken down according to the Grand Duke's agreement, but also let Gulenberudo escape back, and he also lost an arm.

But now under the attack of both sides, I believe that even Gulenberudo can't hold on for too long. Abecassis smiled sinisterly in his heart. In short, he believed that the Grand Duke would never give up the good opportunity to go to the mainland to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Facing Abecassis's provocation, Edward and Gulenberudo snorted coldly at the same time. The two men wanted to get rid of this former enemy as soon as possible.