She Chooses To Destroy the World

When Alice began to examine the newly nailed horseshoes, and then began to feed her apples and carrots, Kent looked at her with a little doubt:

"Are you going to ride ‘Worry’ to compete with Father Philo?"

Alice nodded.

"Although no matter who wins between the two of you, the scores of our group will not change, but the guy'awkward' is very awkward and has not participated in the competition. It feels very variable. Since you have a better one Horse, why must ride it?"

If you want to explain this to Kent, you must tell him all the matters related to Cecillian. Alice can only fool her with her usual words:

"This matter is very complicated, I will talk to you later."

Alice's excuse has been used many times, but fortunately, Kent has forgotten what he asked before and never asked her again.

Kent is so foolish, but "awkward" is not so funny.

Alice is busy with the game these days, and rarely comes over to give "Worry" snacks such as apples and carrots as usual. In addition, "Ewkward" had seen Alice leave on an extremely chic black horse, which made it unprecedented. "Ewkward" was really angry, even if she was fed carrots, it would not be good to coax her.

Fortunately, Alice was still patient, feeding snacks, and gently stroking her neck softly soothing. By the time of the game, "Uncomfortable" finally changed his mind completely, and he was willing to act coquettishly against Alice's cheek.

"Worry" has a relationship with her to such a degree, it will be no problem to play.

It was almost time, and Alice took the ‘awkward’ to the tent on the side of the arena, ready to change her armor to play the game.

The people who want to participate in the game are obviously Philo Knight and Alice, but before the game, the busiest person is Kent.

While he wanted to see how Alice was preparing, he remembered the Philo knight, running between the tents on both sides of the arena, and kept reporting the Philo knight to Alice.

"Father Philo doesn't seem to be very good." He said to Alice worriedly. "He looked okay the other day, but it seems something is wrong today. The manservant sent by the Duchess just now helped him wear armor. He was sweating a lot when he was there."

Kent's statement made Alice a little worried.

"Is Philo Knight really okay? Do you want to change it until tomorrow?"

Kent shook his head:

"Someone just said that, but he firmly refused. Now someone is looking for the Duchess... I'll see if the Duchess comes."

After Kent said this, he ran to the opposite tent to find out, and it took a long time before he came back:

"The Duchess personally took the doctor and the magician Mrs. Meredith to see the Philo Knights. He refused to see the doctor, but drank some potions prepared by Mrs. Meredith."

In Alice’s cognition, potions can cure almost all diseases. When she heard that he was willing to drink potions, Alice was half-hearted:

"How is it? Has he got better after drinking the potion?"

Kent hesitated:

"Finally, he has the strength to wear armor, and it seems to be able to ride a horse, but...he is very panting. He refuses to let the doctor get close. The doctor is not sure what is going on."

Kent’s complexion is not much better than before," but Mrs. Meredith secretly said that depending on the state of Father Philo, even if he does not come to participate in this life-threatening competition, he will probably not be able to survive the winter if he takes good care of him every day. NS."

"Then... can he still play today?"

"The Duchess also begged him to give up the game, but he did not agree. Later, the Duchess took out her authority and ordered him to retire. But the Philo Knight said,'This is my last wish. Don't you want to help me realize it?' The Duchess cried and could only agree to him."

Kent seemed to be crying as he said these words. Alice pursed her lips, holding back the soreness of her nose.

Since the Philo Cavaliers hope to play anyway, she must also concentrate on her, and she must not let down the Philo Cavaliers' expectations.

She checked that the time was almost the same, mounted her horse and came to the center of the field.

The time for the official game has not yet arrived, but on the other side of the field, the Philo knight has also been fully armed and mounted on his horse, but he has not put on his helmet. Alice wanted to talk to him, so she drove her horse to him:

"Before the game, do you have anything else to tell me?"

The Philo knight seemed very happy to see her at this time and would like to talk to her again. He is smiling, his deep blue eyes seem to be able to see people's hearts all the time:

"You are the best student I have ever taught. I hope you will always be upright and firm, and be a true knight."

Alice understood that in Philo Knight's mind, the word "knight" had some very special meanings, and it represented a set of rules of conduct. Philo Knight has adhered to these guidelines all his life, and at this time, he hoped that these guidelines could be passed on.

This was a bit too much like Yong Jue, and Alice desperately kept her eyes wide open so as not to cry.

She understands what Philo Knight expects of her. She actually doesn't know if she might become a person like Philo Knight, but she knows that at this moment, she must agree to him.

"Yes," she said, "I remember."

Knight Philo looked at her and smiled at her from the bottom of his heart.

Then he put on the helmet. The gentle smile was hidden from view by the helmet, but Alice could still see his eyes through the holes in the helmet visor. Their eyes were so firm that they had never hesitated before.

The time for the game is coming soon. Alice pursed her lips, did not say anything else, turned the horse's head back to the other end of the arena, took the wooden spear handed to her by the assistant, and began to prepare for the sprint.

In this game, she needs to do her best.

Alice knew that Philo Knight didn't want others to be merciful, nor would he want others to give alms to victory. If she can't use her best level here, it would be an insult to the Philo knight. So, when the referee gave the signal to charge, she rushed towards him with a wooden spear in her hand and made a blow with all her strength.

At the same time, the Philo knight rode a horse to rush towards her, his posture is still tall and straight, every posture is as perfect as the demonstration in the textbook, his body is wrapped in armor, making it invisible to him. Sickly. When Alice's spear hit him, he also hit Alice: Philo Knight's wooden spear cut through the gap in Alice's armor and stabbed her in the shoulder.

All this only happened in an instant.

Their eyes crossed each other, and Alice once again saw Philo Knight's eyes through the visor of the helmet, and saw his last wish from his eyes:

The Philo knight wanted to die in battle.

This last wish burned like a flame, and at that moment, Alice felt that she understood everything about the old man in front of her. His soul is as clean as fire, and as strong as fire, and cannot tolerate himself being confined in a body that has been weakened. At that moment, Alice saw him burst out with surprising vitality, so dazzling that it was almost impossible to look directly at him. For a while, Alice thought that her previous thoughts were wrong, and his vitality would support him to continue to live. But in the next second, the old knight fell from his horse like a rock and fell to the ground without moving.

The caregiver and Mrs. Meredith both ran up to him, took off his helmet, and broke his lips in vain to feed him the potion. But the precious liquid medicine flowed out from the corner of his mouth, the potion was no longer useful to him, and a generation of legends fell.

The referee loudly announced Alice’s victory. Most of the people sitting in the audience did not realize what had happened. At the same time, cheers and sighs came out, as if they were taking the crown of the legend off the head of the old hero. To the new head. However, Alice had no intention of celebrating her victory. She was riding on the horse, her eyes fixed on the body of Philo Knight, as if expecting him to move.

The rescue continued, and the caregiver took off his armor, pressed his chest hard, and blew into his mouth. Mrs. Meredith tried to feed him medicine again and again, and it was not a pity to pour out a whole bottle of precious potion, but everything was useless. Death is an irreversible process. When the shadow of the **** of death is over, even the **** of the night who is the lord can't save it. The bird with black feathers began to hover in the sky, and the black-robed man with the same name as the bird had already appeared beside the arena.

I don't know when, the Duchess stood here.

She watched this respectable knight, her best friend, had lost her heartbeat and breath. She had already cried before, so she did not shed any more tears at this time, and always maintained the demeanor that a lord should have.

"Choose the best coffin for the Philo knight, and hold a funeral three days later." The duke gave an order to the "crow", "bury him in the cemetery behind the castle of Yunqi, let him and the heroes who guard the castle of Yunqi Sleep together."

The "crows" bowed to the Duchess, moved the body of the Philo knight to a stretcher, and then covered him with a white cloth to cover his face and body, and carried him away.

The "crows" carried the stretcher and walked forward facing the setting sun. The setting sun shone in front of them, causing the "crows" to drag down long shadows.

Alice looked at the distant back of the "crows", knowing in her heart that this past legend really ended at this time.

A caregiver asked Alice to get off her horse so that she could bandage the wound on her shoulder. Alice looked down and realized that the wound on her shoulder stabbed by the Philo knight had dyed the shoulders of the armor red. She removed her armor and put her shoulders on the caregiver's hands.

The caregiver wiped off the blood stains for her and applied medicines to promote wound healing. When she picked up the potion that could keep the wound without scars and handed it to Alice, Alice shook her head and refused.

She wants to keep this scar. This is an eternal remembrance. It is a mark given to her by the Philo knight before his death. The hero will one day move towards that fixed ending, but the legend will never die.