Edge of the Apocalypse Chapter 77: Blade of Dawn
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When knocking on the door of Hughton's house on Rio Avenue, the old drunkard still looked half-drunk and jumped into Allen's eyes.
"Alan? Come in."
Hughton opened the door and let Allen in. On the second day of returning to Ugalle Fort, Allen paid a visit, of course, to learn the relevant knowledge of Rubik's Cube sequence. It was morning, even though it was not early, you can see that Hughton just got up. Let Allen sit in the living room while running to freshen up. When I walked into the hall again, I picked up a wine bottle next to the table and poured it into my mouth with a sip of spirits.
Another spit of strong wine came out, and the whole living room was filled with the fragrance of wine. Allen frowned and said, "Mr. Hughton, alcohol hurts you, so drink less."
Hughton rolled his eyes and sat down on his apparently faded sofa: "What do you know, I can't live without this good thing."
"Speaking of which, I heard that you were ambushed the other day?"
Alan nodded.
Hughton murmured: "Who is so courageous and dare to hit Bethkod's idea. You don't know that the old madman Horne is now offering a reward for the killer. The commissioning platform of the hunting group and the underground killer organization On the black list, all you Beskard’s reward announcements. If I were the mastermind behind the scenes, I can only hide in a remote corner of the surface. Stay with it for ten or eight years and don’t come out, hey."
As soon as Allen fought, he didn't know Horn's such a big move. Before that, he saw that Horn had even a few words passed down from generation to generation by Butler Heising, and thought he didn't care about the apron attack. Now it seems that it is ridiculously wrong.
"Don't talk about this, I heard that Old Horn has arranged for you to study at Dawn Blade?" Hughton changed the subject and said.
"Yes, I have to report to the college next Monday."
"Very good, the Rubik's Cube sequence involves a lot of things. For example, mathematics, space science, source power system, etc.. If you don’t have a basic foundation, I can hardly guide you in this area. The Dawn Blade is the highest in Babylon Level academy, if you soak in it for a year and a half, read through those basic theories, and then learn the Rubik’s Cube sequence will be much easier.” Hughton said this, paused for a moment, and began: “I have one more thing to think about. If you entrust you, it will be your tuition."
"What's the matter?" Allen barely considered it, and chose to agree.
Hughton patted him on the shoulder: "Come with me."
He led Alan to the second floor and up the stairs, which was a corridor. The two walked to the end of the corridor and stood in front of a door. Hughton knocked on the wood and said, "Vera, it's grandpa."
There was no movement inside the door, and Hughton sighed and opened the door.
The door is obviously a girl's room, from the furniture to the decoration colors, there are large patches of pink. However, there is a very uncoordinated scenery in this room, and that is the girl standing by the window and painting. Long black hair, black eyes, black long skirt... The girl's first impression of Alan was that it was full of ink-like darkness, which revealed a suffocating heaviness on her body.
As if there was a space where she was, even the air became as heavy as lead.
Look carefully, her facial features are extremely beautiful. The thin willow-like eyebrows, the straight nose, and the tight lips make her look calm and classical. However, her eyes were lifeless.
Alan has seen many moving eyes, like Lucy's vibrant green eyes, and Adele's domineering windows of the soul, they all have their own characteristics. There is no doubt that the girl’s eyes are also very distinctive, but what it will convey is hopelessness, emptiness, and loneliness that people cannot imagine. Just being stared at by these eyes for a moment, the weak-willed person is afraid that they will not be able to stand the depressive deep and frantic screams in these eyes.
How on earth is the painful soul to bring out such a pair of eyes?
The door closed slowly, isolating the black-haired and white-skinned girl from Allen's eyes.
Until the door was completely closed, Alan seemed to know how to breathe, took a deep breath, and said in amazement: "Is she?"
"Vera...my granddaughter."
Go back to the direction of the stairs, and Hughton's back looks so old at this moment. Back in the living room, he drank a few more sips of alcohol before saying: "Seven years ago, Vera's parents died in the Outland War. From that time on, Vera closed her mind and became like As you just saw. She is very sensitive and fragile. I have been taking good care of her. But even so, the situation may not improve. So I plan to send her to Dawn's Blade to study, although the college enrolls I am a family child, but there are also places for self-financed students. I still have some savings that can be used for her study."
"I hope Vera can go out and get to know some friends. After all, she has a long way to go, and an old man of mine can't stay with her for that long." Hughton glanced at the second floor: "It's just She seldom comes into contact with people, and she may have a lot of discomfort when she first arrived at the college. I..."
"I will take care of her." Allen nodded.
Hughton laughed and said, "I just like you. It makes sense, no more words. Then Vera will help me watch a little bit, but don't have to give her anything, otherwise she will never leave. Out of the shadow in my heart."
"I know what to do."
When I left Hughton's residence in this way, it was almost noon. Alan felt a little when he walked out of the small garden in front of the house, and turned to look in the direction of the second floor. Behind the window of the room on the second floor, a black-haired girl was standing in front of the window. Alan turned around and quickly flashed into the shadow behind the window, like a frightened kitten.
"Vera!" Allen suddenly exclaimed: "See you at the college."
Leaving a sunny smile in that direction, Allen left. After the magic speed car drove away, the girl walked to the window again. He glanced in the direction of the street, then his eyes fluttered and landed on the easel by the window. On the canvas is a portrait of a man. In the center of the picture is a man. He is holding a huge blade and facing the viewer. He only turns his head halfway, leaving a side face.
At the foot of the man is a mountain of corpses, and in front of him is the figure of Chuuchuo. The enemies who are like mountains and seas have all kinds of strange appearances, but they all rush to the men without exception. The background/scene in the distance is represented by a large block of rich black and red color, which is absolutely tragic.
The girl's gaze fell on the man's side face, and the line of that side face was somewhat similar to Alan!
A week later, when Alan was standing in front of the towering arch of the Dawn Blade Academy, the young man's mind was shocked again, just like the first time he saw Ugalle Castle. The difference is that the castle gave Allen the feeling of being immersed in the vicissitudes of time, while the Blade of Dawn gave him the feeling of blood boiling.
The housekeeper Haising escorted him through the academy's arches, and the world in front of him suddenly opened up. In the light of dawn, the first thing that caught Allen's eyes was a vast green space, which was divided into several areas by the main road, branch roads, fountains, and statues. Go straight along the main road, and you will see a pair of stone sculptures halfway through.
The work is actually very monotonous. On the towering abutment, some rubble seems to be piled up in disorder. Just to the left of this pile of rubble, an old broken blade was inserted. The simple and rough composition brings a huge sense of soul shock to every newcomer to the academy. From the debris and broken blades, the viewer seems to be able to feel an indescribable desolation and tragic.
In the center of the abutment, there is a line of words engraved: Take blood as the blade and faith as the shield. Cut through the night, usher in the beginning of dawn, shed the light of hope!
Looking at this line of words, Allen only felt as if a fire was burning in his chest, making him almost want to yell, so he felt comfortable. Haising stood behind him and said: "This is the motto of the two academies of Dawn Blade and Hope Shield. The purpose is to remind future generations not to forget the tragic war. The only difference is the theme of the sculpture, the theme of Dawn Blade. It is Broken Blade, and the Shield of Hope is a remnant shield. Broken Blade and Remnant Shield represent blood and sacrifice!"
While the butler Haising explained the stone carvings and the meaning of the words to Alan, a pretty tall girl came forward. She calls herself Julie, is a student of the college, and is responsible for leading Allen to visit the college. Julie has long red hair, and her personality is as hot and enthusiastic as her red hair. The full chest and long snow-white legs indicate that she is already well-matured in some way.
Butler Heising handed Ellen to Julie and said: "Miss Julie is a self-financed student sponsored by our family. She will be responsible for showing Master Ellen you to visit and familiarize yourself with the entire college. Master’s life in the college If you have any needs in your daily life, you can also ask Miss Julie for help. Then, I will leave first, and the driver will pick up the young master on the weekend."
"Excuse me, Mr. Heising."
After Steward Hessing left, Julie's eyes gleamed as he watched Alan. She is a self-financed student sponsored by Beth Kode. She was born in the populace class. The ideal thing for her is to catch a noble son in the academy, which will completely change her destiny. Otherwise, after leaving the college, the best result is to enter a company under the name of Beskode, and finally marry a potbellied company executive.
So when Heising contacted her and asked her to be responsible for the introduction of Allen at the beginning of enrollment, Julie seemed to see the **** of luck beckoning to herself. Even in the identity of Allen, he is declared to be a collateral child to the outside world. But he needs the family steward of Hessing to take care of it, so even if Allen is not as noble as his direct blood relatives, he should be an importantly cultivated elite in the side branch family.
In fact, such a talent is Julie's ideal marriage partner. After all, those direct children of the aristocratic family, which is the turn of civilians like her, had already called some ladies of the noble family with roughly the same background/view to divide them up.
What's more, the young master in front of me is a little younger than himself, but his height can catch up with him. Ignoring the faint childishness between his eyebrows, just looking at his figure, he is no different from the fourteen or five-year-old boy. Julie felt that perhaps she could also become a special mentor for some aspects of this young master. In any case, this young master with a masculine silver hair is much more pleasing to the eye than the Vincent who also came from Bethkode!