Heimarian Odyssey Chapter 5: Dagger

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After drinking for three rounds, the two of them felt more and more as they drank, and began to chat about old things in their hometown. Locke saw that Uncle Yoshak missed his two sons, and his words were all about teaching Locke's behavior and attitude. Locke was also very moved by the friendship of Uncle Yoshak, and frequently regarded himself as a junior and toasted Uncle Yoshak. Locke also had an impression of Uncle York’s two sons. When he first joined the army, his eldest son inherited Uncle Yoshak’s smithy, and his younger son was also a clerk in the smithy. But it was this little guy who built Locke's first weapon, a short dagger.

This short dagger does not have a wooden handle, only the end of the knife is wrapped with a rough linen cloth as the hilt. The short dagger is small and thin, and he has been hidden in his boots. This dagger also has a story.

When he secretly joined the army at the age of 14, he only brought this short dagger. At that time, a half-size son with a slapped dagger came to join the army, which became a laughing point and a conversational resource for the training camp in Mine Town. Originally, he could not join the army without the recommendation of his relatives, but Locke had been familiar with mine since he was a child. At that time, the captain of the second squad of the town’s barracks, Yoshak, recognized Little Locke. The former blacksmith had seen him In this small town, plus the attached villages, there are just over a thousand people. There are not many people, so everyone bows their heads and sees them. Excluding half of the women, and the remaining half of the old and weak, there are only two or three hundred young adults who can join the army. Everyone knows who can join the army and who will join the army.

Furthermore, Locke's dagger was made by his son, Jr. Yoshak, and he recognized it at a glance. When Locke secretly joined the army, his parents didn't know it. All they knew was his sister. On that hot night, Locke got up secretly, took his linen clothes, and left their thatched hut in straw sandals. Perhaps it was his. The elder sister knew her younger brother, or maybe it was the frivolous Locke who awakened her sister. When Locke had just left, under the darkness of night, his sister Leah chased him out and caught up with Locke.

She knows in her heart why her brother wants to leave secretly, he wants to earn money and do something for this family, he wants to join the army! In order to prevent the family from starving to death in the drought and to prevent himself from being sold to merchants, his brother decided to go secretly when his parents opposed joining the army. Once he was admitted by the army, he could not leave without authorization! This is impossible unless he is a deserter, his family is still here. Therefore, even if they are known to their parents afterwards, they can only accept this reality, and after the younger brother joins the army, he can be paid on the front line. The father is too old and poor to join the army at the baron’s call. Only the younger brother’s age is just now. In line, for the sake of this family, the younger brother decided to fight with his life.

Looking at this stubborn brother, Locke's sister Leah couldn't help crying. She cried and burst into tears, and the tears wet the face of the thin girl. The 14-year-old Locke has a strong momentum and a fierce force. He can bear it without fear of anything, except that he can't see his sister crying. He loves his sister more than he loves himself. Under Locke's helpless comfort and persuasion, Leah gradually stopped crying, but the tears in the corner of her eyes made the malnourished and thin girl more feminine. She looked at her younger brother, rolled over every corner of her body, and took out more than 20 copper dellers. This was all Leah’s money. She stared at Locke and said, come back alive!

Locke took more than 20 copper dellés given by her sister, walked the night road all night, and arrived at Mine Town in the early morning. He used the little money to go to the blacksmith shop in Mine Town, hoping to build a handy weapon. However, at the time, the owner of the blacksmith shop, the eldest son of Uncle Yorkiak, told him that he could not even afford a sword hilt. When Locke left the smithy disappointedly, a child of his size rushed out from the smithy. He either sympathized with him or wanted to make some extra money. He said to Locker, "20 copper dele, use the leftover copper ore with a hoe. Stone and iron ore will make you a dagger. Will it be sold?" Then he pointed to two or three unremarkable stones at the door of the forge.

Locke looked at the pile of yellowish-brown and red-red stones smaller than a fist. After tangling a bit, he had no choice but to agree. After all, he didn't understand the situation of the barracks. There must be a guy, otherwise he would join the army. Why? Cannon fodder?

So Locke had his first weapon, a short dagger without a scabbard or hilt. With this dagger not much bigger than his palm, Locke joined the army by the standard of just reaching the age line. The next day Locke’s parents hurriedly brought his sister to the town. Watching the people training Locke in the barracks, the old couple could only sigh with tears and accept this reality. They are also poor civilians. In the sorrow of the natural disaster, the role of manpower is minimal, not to mention the family of common people for generations. They left Locke with three big chestnut cakes. Locke knew that this was made by his parents with all the food left in the family. . . In the next six months, they may only be able to eat bark.

Locke’s sister took off the linen wrapped in her long hair and handed it to Locke. She still said to him, "Come back alive!" In the evening, Locke’s sister helped her parents who were quite old in the day and walked towards The road back to Maple Leaf Village. Locke clasped the fragrant linen in his hands and carefully put it away. He was going to wrap it around the dagger so that it could carry his sister's love for him and fight with him.

Looking at the back of his parents and sister leaving, Locke vowed to come back alive. After that, Locke began his two-month military training life. He worked desperately with the captain on the training field. Age is his disadvantage and his advantage. He responded faster than ordinary adults. It was also at that time that he discovered that little Hans, his neighbor, who had been playing with him, had joined the army, but he had joined the army to feed his stomach. After two months of training, Locke and the others rushed to the battlefield.

This short dagger is a true portrayal of Locke when he first joined the army. It is immature but not sharp, young and full of potential. Locke's dagger witnessed Locke's passing between life and death again and again. After the inferior iron sword issued by the army was broken in the first battle, he used this dagger to kill his first enemy. A 14 or 5-year-old servant of the Kingdom of Charlotte who was about his age, Locke vomited for a whole day after the war. However, after the war, Locke seized a long gun and a pair of short boots that were of similar poor quality.

In the subsequent battles, Locke’s weapon was broken and changed, changed and broken, until it became the current equipment, but his short dagger was not broken, maybe he was well maintained, maybe It is the youngest son of Yoshak who has great skills, and his dagger grows with him. Now that the linen cloth wrapped around the hilt has faded away from the color it used to become blood red, there is his blood as well as the blood of the enemy. Locke often took out his short dagger and looked at it. From the rough linen, Locke seemed to smell it again. It's my sister's fragrance.

The ale reminded Uncle Yoshak of his son, and also reminded Locke of the origin of his dagger, of his sister, of his parents. The two had a cup after another, and the second bottle immediately reached the bottom. The ale in the Green Palm Tavern tastes mediocre, but it has some stamina. Two bottles of ale don't make two people drunk, but they also make them sentimental.

Uncle Yorkiak suggested to leave after drinking the last glass of ale. It is indeed late. It’s almost time for dinner. The Green Palm Tavern does not provide meals. They have to go back to camp, and Uncle Yorkiak even more. Go back to the barracks and have dinner with the baron. Locke and the others will also have a patrol at night. "Uncle, let's go." Locke said when he got up and helped Uncle Yoshak pick up his casual clothes.

After walking out of the private room, the two of them were still depressed because of homesickness. Yoshak was worthy of being an old fritters, so he adjusted his mood quickly and made a small joke with Locke to liven up the atmosphere." Your kid is 18, he won't be a virgin, I think this bar proprietress is not bad." He said that he squeezed a smile at Locke.

"Uncle, stop joking, people can still look at me? Doesn't her husband have the skills, can you talk to the baron." Locke was also amused by the joke, feeling sad. Zi dilutes a lot, he doesn't know much about the bar owner, but it is not easy to think of a person who can understand the overall situation early.

"Hey, a speculator, just the clown. Can the Baron look at him right?" Uncle Yorkiak obviously knows the bar owner more deeply, and this view should be more than his. Hey, a poor guy. Locke sighed in his heart to the bar owner who had never met before. It seems that the high-level camp in the camp is not very attracted to this guy who surrendered early. Immediately Locke remembered the charming lady boss again, perhaps because of the influence of alcohol, and his heart suddenly became hot.

Locke is indeed not a virgin. In his second year in the army, he escaped from a large-scale battle and was promoted to third-class soldier. At that time, in addition to sending money to the family every month, Locke also saved some spare money. During that time, he went to the quarters at the military camp to solve his first time under the instigation of his comrades. Perhaps because he was still a child, he was most interested in women who were older than himself. Of course he will not admit that he has this plot. In fact, Locke subconsciously believed that among the women he met, the most beautiful woman was his sister, but every time he thought about it, he forced himself to calm down and slap himself.