Chapter 1558 Hero

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"Let's go, Merlin."

Leah sighed.

"I have no interest in staying in this city anymore."

"Where are we going next?" The girl whom Liya called "Merlin" asked Liya while following closely behind her.

"...Go to Pendragon." Liya said softly, "I haven't seen my friends who live in Pendragon for a while..."

"Friend...you mean Su Cheng, right?" Merlin chuckled softly.

"What other friend can I have besides him?"

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Leah and Merlin walked side by side on the road out of the city.

Almost all cities are structured like this - the closer to the city center, the more prosperous it is, where the rich, powerful and powerful people live.

They are well-dressed, and ever since Ilsa launched the foreign annexation war, you can always hear phrases like "Long live the Empire of Britannia" and "Hurry up and unify the continent" from their mouths.

The closer the area is to the city center, the more prosperous it is. On the contrary, the further away from the city center, the more deserted the area is.

As Liya and Merlin moved further away from the city center, the buildings on both sides of the street began to undergo gradual changes.

From the beginning, there were magnificent houses on both sides of the street, which gradually turned into ordinary low houses.

The appearance of passers-by walking on the street is also undergoing gradual changes.

The mental outlook of the people here is almost completely opposite to that of the people in the city center.

The most obvious difference is that you will not hear any praise of war or the Britannian Empire that constantly launches wars here.

People here just walked quickly on the streets with dull expressions.

A man dressed as a craftsman, carrying his tool box, looking in a hurry.

Some small stalls on the street shouted energetically, hoping to sell more products from the stalls today.

Several middle-aged people walked into a simple tavern with expressionless faces, seemingly intending to seek temporary pleasure in the tavern...

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Everyone on this street is running for their own lives.

At this moment, Liya and Merlin heard bursts of painful crying coming from the adjacent street.

Feeling a little curious, Liya winked at Merlin and then led Merlin towards the next street.

After arriving at the street next door, Liya learned that a funeral procession was passing through this street.

Although it is called a funeral team, the number of people in this team is really pitiful. Including the people responsible for carrying the coffin, there are only less than 10 people in total.

At a glance, it was obvious that this funeral team was not a professional funeral team. It was probably a temporary team formed by randomly finding some relatives and friends to fill in the numbers.

Behind the funeral procession carrying a black coffin was an old woman.

This old woman kept wailing and crying bitterly - the cry that Liya heard just now came from this old woman.

Because the old woman was crying so hard that she couldn't even stand steady, so two people needed to be beside her to help her walk.

The old woman's grief-stricken cries naturally attracted many people, including Liya.

These people gathered on both sides of the street, looking at the funeral procession with mixed emotions and talking quietly.

Thanks to the conversations with these people, Liya gradually understood what this funeral procession was about.

"This old woman was crying so hard...I was a little worried that she would faint from crying..."

"Can you not cry so much? The person lying in that coffin is her only son."

"Ah... my only son is dead... no wonder I cry so hard..."

"How did her son die? Did he die of illness?"

"I recognize them... they are from the Gardner family... I have heard about them. The old woman's only son was born because his family was poor.

So I decided to join the army and rely on military salary to support my family. "

"It turned out that her son had just gone to join the army, and the first battle in his life was the great defeat - the first war of annihilation of the Holy Hiran Empire."

"Although he finally managed to return to the Britannia Empire alive, he was seriously injured and can no longer serve as a soldier."

"After being forced to quit the army and being sent home, her son has been lying in bed recovering from his injuries."

"But no matter how many doctors we called in, they couldn't cure her son."

"It seems that her son died of serious injuries..."

"How pitiful..."

"I heard that they, who were already very poor, spent all their last savings in order to cure her son. Even the money to buy the coffin was borrowed from others."

"Huh? Her son was seriously injured on the battlefield. Won't those officials give him compensation?"

"Yes, of course I did. But the pension is not enough. In order to treat her son's injury, the pension was spent early."

"Alas... It's so pitiful... Not only did the only son die, he also had to bear a lot of debt..."

"If it were me, I probably wouldn't want to live anymore..."

"This old lady must be regretting letting her son join the army now..."

"I heard that part of the reason why her son chose to join the army was because he admired Su Cheng and wanted to become a famous hero like Su Cheng through military exploits and earn countless money and power."

"Oh, there are too many young people like this."

"These young people are really too naive... The Britannia Empire has only produced one genius like Su Cheng in all these years."

"That's right, how many soldiers can reach Su Cheng's level? The fate of many soldiers who took Su Cheng as an example is exactly the same as that of this old woman's son."

"My son also told me that he admired Su Cheng very much and wanted to join the army in the future and become a hero like Su Cheng. After hearing what he said, I slapped him several times without saying a word and warned him not to join the army in such a muddle."

"Well done, then These naive young people should be slapped in the face to make them sober up. "

"I will never let my children join the army either."

"The glorious image of heroes like Su Cheng is really harmful from another perspective. Although this is also closely related to the propaganda of those officials."

"Those officials only promote the honor of these heroes and show their bright side to everyone, which attracts countless people and makes them decide to imitate and become the next hero."

"It was not until they rushed into the army and entered the battlefield that they found that the bright side was so unbearable..."

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The people who were chatting enthusiastically did not notice that there were two girls standing behind them and listening.

No one noticed their existence, and no one noticed when they left...