I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 177 Hatred
dusk.

Beverly's father, Morse, and brother Tuttle came back with a dead rabbit before dusk. They were shocked when they saw a strange man appearing at home, but after Beverly's introduction , the two of them didn't say anything more, and agreed that Antico could continue to stay.

Of course, this may also be because Antigonus promised to pay in the future.

After receiving the dead rabbit that Morse handed over, Aunt Vera went to the yard to disembowel the rabbit and prepare it as food for the evening, while Morse sat leisurely on a complete bench and beckoned to An Ti Ke went over, and Antik walked over without hesitation and sat beside him.

As soon as he sat down, Morse's voice came from the side.

"Antico, are you from the Kingdom of Macedonia?"

"Yes, I'm from Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia." Antigonus replied. When Beverly introduced him just now, he said that he was from a foreign country.

"Pella, I heard it from a passing bard." Morse said, as if he was recalling the scene at that time. After a while, he continued: "It should be very prosperous there?"

"The city of Pella is the most prosperous city in the Kingdom of Macedonia." Antigonus said with a smile, "And it is also very rich. There are almost no beggars begging along the streets."

For the capital under his rule, Antigonus had very high confidence and pride.

Hearing Antigonus say this, Morse had a look of longing on his face and said, "Then I really want to see it."

"If you want, after I find my companion, I can bring your family to live in Pella." Antigonus suggested.

The family had helped him, so he didn't mind helping them get out of this dangerous and barren place.

Hearing Antigonus's proposal, Morse was about to agree immediately, but his rationality made him swallow the words that came to his mouth, and instead said: "Let's talk about it when the time comes, our relatives are still alive. Here, it's not so easy to leave."

How could Antigon fail to realize that this was just an excuse, he smiled slightly, and didn't continue talking, anyway, he had already sent out the invitation, it was up to the other party to accept it or not, and he had nothing to lose.

At this moment, Beverly's brother Tuttle came over. He was a young and strong man. His figure was as strong as his father due to years of hard work. His skin was tanned by the sun, and he had a pair of The bright eyes sparkle from time to time, which is a symbol of vitality.

As Tuttle walked over, he said to Morse, "Dad, the village chief sent someone to look for you. It seems that he has something to ask you for."

"Village head?" Morse was taken aback for a moment, and quickly realized that he stood up and said, "I see, I'll go right away."

After saying that, he looked at Antigonus again and said, "Antigonus, I will give you the answer to that matter in a few days. You can sleep with Tuttle tonight."

"Okay." Antico nodded, and then looked at Tuttle, who was also looking at him. Their eyes met in the air, and then they immediately retracted.

Morse hurriedly walked out of the house, and Tuttle sat directly where his father had just sat, and said to Antico: "I just asked Beverly, you said that your caravan was attacked by bandits. escaped in confusion."

Antigonus did not answer, preparing to see what he would say next.

"Where was your caravan attacked?" Tuttle continued to ask.

"It's in the Viscount Trollope." Antigonus replied, "There are two groups of people who attacked us. One group is the bandit group of Vincent the Hungry Wolf. You should have heard about his deeds. One group It's led by a guy named Taylor."

"Vincent the 'Hungry Wolf' once attacked our village and killed several people." Tuttle gritted his teeth, and it could be seen that he hated Vincent and his men extremely.

"In order to protect me, my servants stayed alone to delay their pursuit." Antigonus said this, his tone became much lower, "If possible, I must make them pay the price."

"I think so too, so I'm going to try my luck in Siraya to see if I can join the bounty hunters and deal with those damn robbers with them."

"Are you planning to go to Siraya too?" Antigon understood his intention in an instant, and suddenly talked about this with a stranger, just because he was going to Siraya too.

"Yes." Tuttle nodded. He looked in the direction of the yard and the bedroom like a thief, and he was relieved when he saw that no one was eavesdropping. He continued in a low voice, "But my family members don't agree with me. thinking, so I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"You want me to take you to Siraya, right?" Antico asked.

"That's right, when the time comes, you just say that you don't know the way and let me go with you. My father should not object. After I get to Siraya, what I want to do is out of their control..."

Antico: "..."

Is this the legendary filial son? I love it.

Antigonus wanted to say that it was possible that his whole family would follow him to Siraya to find the foreign camp spies lurking there, but after thinking about it, he decided to give this young man who was passionate about revenge a chance. With a hope, he nodded with difficulty.

……

Dinner in the evening is rabbit broth. The rabbits that Morse and his son came back from hunting were chopped up after being skinned, and they were thrown into an iron pot with crops such as peas, carrots and onions to cook. Vera tossed in it a very precious morsel of salt, which was the only condiment.

The taste of this hodgepodge is not very delicious to Antigonus, but it is a rare delicacy in the eyes of other Catalan people who rarely have the opportunity to eat meat. They rushed to scoop the rabbit meat into their bowls , and didn’t use a wooden spoon to pick it up, just grabbed the bone and gnawed it up, making baji baji sounds while gnawing, indicating that they ate very sweet.

Seeing them eating happily, Antico looked at the soup with two pieces of rabbit meat floating in his bowl, and still stretched out a spoon to pick it up and put it in his mouth. Under the cooking method with only salt, the rabbit meat The fishy smell has not been removed, and it is accompanied by the heavy taste of other foods (mainly onions).After only one mouthful, Antigonus lost his appetite to continue eating, but in order not to make himself hungry, he still resisted the strange taste and ate all the food in the bowl.

After hastily eating dinner, Antigon left the long table and went to the yard to get some fresh air.

In this world without industrial pollution, the air is very fresh everywhere. Antigonus stood in the middle of the courtyard, looked at the sky full of stars above his head, took a deep breath comfortably, and slowly exhaled the stale air in his chest. , For some reason, he felt homesick.

This home is not the home in his previous life, but the home in the Palazzo Vecina in Pella. After dreaming back to modern times last time, he completely let go of his past life and regarded Palazzo Vecina as his home. After marrying Helen, the concept of this family became more solid.

"I wonder if Helen is looking at the stars now." He sighed and murmured in a voice that only he could hear.

At this moment, a woman's voice suddenly sounded from behind him, interrupting his calmness.

"Are you homesick?"

Antico turned his head slightly, looked at the woman who came out of the thatched cottage behind him, and hummed nasally as an answer.

"Tsk, are you thinking about your parents?" Beverly said as she came out from the shadow under the eaves and stood beside Antigon.

"Both my parents are dead," Antigonus denied calmly.

"That is?"

"My wife." Antigonus replied.

Hearing that Antico said that she had a wife, Beverly was startled, took a step back to the side, looked around Antigon again under the moonlight above her head, and said in surprise, "You're already married?"

"???"

"Do I look small?" Antigon asked, frowning slightly.

Perhaps aware that she was offended, Beverly scratched her head and said, "Please forgive my offense, but you look younger than me."

"Oh?" Antico looked at her with interest and asked, "How old do you think I am?"

"Seventeen, maybe." Beverly guessed.

"I am already twenty this year." Antigonus said, shaking his head in confusion.

"Then you're as old as Tuttle," she said.

After finishing speaking, he added: "Although I really don't want to admit it, our family is too poor, so I am surprised that Tuttle is still unable to marry a wife now that he is 20 years old."

"So does he have someone he likes?"

The heart of gossip in Antigono's heart suddenly burned.

"Yes." Beverly said, "There used to be."

"once?"

"Yes, before that attack a year ago, there were."

"What happened a year ago?" Antigonus asked.

Beverly opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Tuttle's voice sounded from behind.

"Taylor's men attacked our village and killed her."

Antico and Beverly turned around subconsciously, and Antico saw that Tuttle's face was full of sadness and anger.

"Tuttle..." Beverly wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Tuttle. "Beverly, I'm fine." He said, but the original expression remained on his face.

Only then did Antico understand why Tuttle was so persistent in joining the bounty hunters to eliminate the robbers, perhaps because he wanted to avenge his sweetheart.

Tuttle walked up to the two of them. He looked in the direction of the village and said in a low tone: "A year ago, Taylor and his bandits attacked our village. Although we resisted desperately, the line of defense was still blocked by them." After the breach, those robbers rushed into the village and robbed our property. In order to protect her younger brother, Alice alone led away the robbers who were about to break in, and was chased and killed by the robbers within a short distance."

"I should have been by her side to protect her, but, but..."

Speaking of this, he finally couldn't hold back the tears accumulated in his eyes, and fell drop by drop, "After I saw the robber killing someone, my mind went blank, and I just turned around and fled back. If, if I could Be brave, and she won't have to die."

At the end, the young man sobbed loudly, looking at Tuttle who was half crouching while clutching his hair, Antigonus remained silent. He suddenly thought of Agnes, the loyal captain of the guard, who, at a critical moment, for Allowing him to escape safely, he stayed bravely and faced the attack of several robbers alone. Although he did not see him die with his own eyes, Antigonus also knew in his heart that this Macedonian nobleman he had played with since childhood was very big. The probability is more ominous than good.

Although he is the king of Macedonia, he was unable to protect his own people after being attacked by lowly nobles. Now he can only hide in a hunter's home in the countryside.

Thinking of this, he sighed, stepped forward and patted Tuttle on the shoulder, and said, "I can understand your feelings, because before I came here, people close to me were also killed by the robbers. hands."

Listening to Antigonus's words, Tuttle's trembling shoulders gradually calmed down, but he still didn't say a word, covering his cheeks with his hands.

"If you believe me, set off with me to Siraya at dawn tomorrow." He continued, as if to give an answer to what Tuttle said during the day.

"it is good."

Tuttle raised his head slowly, revealing his bloodshot red eyes, and said firmly.

Beverly watched the conversation between the two men. Although she wanted to prevent Tuttle from leaving the house, she opened her mouth and still didn't say anything to stop her. She was not qualified to stop her brother from avenging his beloved.

……

The next day, Antigonus and the two still could not leave here, because Morse, who was called out by the village chief, came back with a piece of bombshell news: war broke out.

The reason for the war was that the two villages near the border of Viscount Dunla and Viscount Gower fought for the same water source. The villagers were not reconciled, and went directly to their lord. Viscount Dunla had long thought of expanding abroad. Hearing the villagers' cries, he was overjoyed and used this reason as an excuse to declare war on Viscount Gower.

After the declaration of war, the village where Morse was located was under the direct control of the Viscount, so he was also required to provide conscripts to join the war. However, the village was harassed by robbers, and there was no longer enough suitable soldiers. The village chief found Morse and others. Some people with high prestige want to find a solution.

Naturally, there was no solution. Tuttle was drawn into the conscript team because he was a young and middle-aged man. Although Antigonus was not from this village, the village chief didn't care about it, and he was arrested half-forced To put it bluntly, before the poor Antigonus could react, he rode his pack horse in a daze to join Viscount Dunla's team and assist him against the hostile Viscount Gower.

(End of this chapter)