Chapter 1373: Reasons for Fighting (Part 2)

"Is it to protect the homeland and the country...?"

"It doesn't seem to be the case. I am not that great or have such a grand goal."

"Is it to gain great fame, leave a name in history, and be popular with beautiful women...?"

"It doesn't seem to be the case... I'm not interested in things like fame and leaving my name in history at all. Being popular with beauties... my reasons for fighting don't seem to be so superficial..."

Speaking of this, Luo Xie fell silent again.

There seems to be a rethink.

He seriously thought about the question that Barrister had just asked him.

And Barrister was not in a hurry.

Silently waiting for Luo Xie to think.

...

...

"Now that I think about it carefully, it seems that the reason why I fought so hard to defend this country was not for such a great reason."

Luo Xie finally spoke up and broke the silence.

"The reason why I have been fighting all the way till now is just because I was infected by those old seniors..."

"Old-timer?"

"Um."

Luo Xie seemed to have recalled something beautiful, a soft smile like calm water appeared on his face.

"In the military, there are three people I have a good relationship with, and they are also seniors I respect very much."

"Those three seniors are old enough to be my grandfathers."

"At such a young age, they are still fighting bloody battles on the front lines of the battlefield, giving everything they have for this country..."

"It puts a young man like me to shame..."

"I admire these seniors... you can say that I admire them very much."

"I look forward to their heroic demeanor, despite their age, still willing to stand at the forefront of the battlefield for their own beliefs..."

"Maybe it's my admiration for them that turned into my motivation."

"When I think about the old timers, they are still burning themselves at such an old age."

"How can a young man like me lag behind others..."

After that, Luo Xie broke off the branch in his hand that had been used to poke the bonfire since just now, and then threw it into the bonfire.

"So..." Barrister said softly, "Is it because you admire those seniors that you have been fighting so far?"

"Well, you could say that."

"It feels a bit boring." Barrister said in a half-joking tone, "I thought the reason why you have been fighting bloody battles would be more grand, such as to protect the health of the people of the empire."

"Don't think of me as too great." Luo Xie said with a wry smile, "I said it just now - I'm not that noble."

"It feels like it's not worth risking your life for such a reason..."

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"It would be easier for people to accept it if they fought bloody battles for a noble reason such as protecting the country's people and driving away the invaders."

"I risk my life just to look up to my seniors and not to fall behind them... It's really hard for me to understand..."

"It's like betting your finger on a piece of freshly baked bread..."

As soon as Barrister finished speaking, Luo Xie laughed a few times.

“It’s normal to find it difficult to understand.”

"Humans are very strange creatures."

"There will always be an impulse that is inexplicably ignited to do something that is incomprehensible to ordinary people."

"...As expected of a person who has received higher education." Barrister sighed softly, "He can always say something that is difficult to understand..."

After Luo Xie laughed, he threw the last piece of wood in his hand into the bonfire.

Then lie down on your side.

"Okay, enough chatting, go to bed. We have to continue our journey tomorrow.

"

"Well, I happen to be tired too... huh?"

Barrister suddenly realized something.

He raised his hands.

"Hey, won't you tie my hands again?"

After encountering the armed merchant group today, Luo Xie, who mistakenly thought that the armed merchant group would harm them, cut off the hemp rope binding Barrist's hands.

From then until now, Luo Xie has never tied Barrister's hands again.

Barrister didn't realize this until just now.

"how?"

Roche asked Barrister in a half-joking tone.

"Do you really want to be tied up by me?"

"Of course not!" Barrister directly denied without thinking, "Who would like to have their hands tied all the time! If you agree not to tie my hands, I will naturally welcome it! I'm just here I’m just curious why you didn’t tie me up!”

"There's no complicated reason."

Luo Xie, who was lying on his side on the ground, shrugged.

"Just because I don't have any rope anymore."

"and--"

"I don't know why, but I always have a weird feeling."

Luo Xie looked at Barrister with a soft smile.

"It feels like you won't run away anymore."

"Huh?" Barrister raised his eyebrows displeased, "What do you mean?"

"It's just literal."

"Okay! I'll run away now! I wish I could get back home even a second earlier!"

After saying that, Barrister stood up and walked towards the darkness that the light of the bonfire could not reach.

However, before he had walked a few steps, Barrister's footsteps stopped.

"......Won't you stop me?"

"Sorry, too many things happened today..."

Roche raised his hand and pinched his nose, his face full of fatigue that could not be concealed.

"I don't have the strength and energy to stop you anymore... I just want to lie down now."

"It's best if you don't stop me! Then - sir, goodbye."

After saying that, Barrister rushed into the darkness that the light of the bonfire could not reach without looking back.

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......

Then not long after... probably only a few seconds later, Barrister returned to the light of the bonfire.

Then he lay down next to the bonfire neatly.

Roche, who was lying not far from Barrister, opened one eye and cast a playful look at Barrister.

He asked Barrister in a half-joking tone:

"Why did you come back?"

"...It's night now. Walking alone in the dark night is simply seeking death."

"And I'm worried about your sword."

"I always feel that you will secretly follow me while I run away and then stab me with a sword."

"For my life, I came back."

"It's better to continue to be your prisoner than to be a cold corpse."

I won't secretly stab you with a sword while you run away - that's what Roche wanted to say.

But after opening his lips and hesitating for a while, he chose to close his lips.

Looking at Barrister with his back facing him, Roche shook his head helplessly, adjusted his sleeping position, and then closed his eyes again.