Alien Knights

Muxi City, the capital of this harbor-type kingdom, is expanding much faster than people expected. The area that was considered a suburb last month may be included in the urban area today, but some places are exceptions.

A small hill in the south of Muxi City is one of them.

The hill is surrounded by rows of houses, and there is only one low building and a lonely tombstone on the huge hillside.

Some wealthy businessmen and upstarts who had just moved to the city were jealous of the potential commercial value of the hills, and they tried to acquire this asset, either explicitly or secretly, and ended up more or less "unfortunately" in the end.

In the Muxi Knights, Alfonso De Cavo played the role of the city defense officer. Compared with Cumberland's high morals and Huggins' wide connections, this man who used to be a Silver Ring Knight and a Church Knight seemed a little unknown and low-key, but the soldiers respected him no less than the previous two officers.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the second floor of the hilly building. Alfonso, who was sleeping sideways on the bed, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the bright spring scenery outside the window, and slowly stretched his body. The spine of the "keel" parasite female on his back hooked, causing a faint pain, causing him to frown slightly.

Supporting the edge of the bed with one hand, Alfonso stood on the floor, the dust raised up in the room fluttered and rolled in the beams of light, like a group of naughty and active elves.

Walking to a corner of the bedroom, Alfonso picked up the cloth towel in the basin, wiped his body, and put on the underwear on the hanger. Then he came to the cabinet and took down an elegant copper pendant.

He lightly pressed the button on the card slot, and the shell of the pendant popped open, and the three strands of hair lay quietly in the copper shell.

Rubbing his hair carefully with his fingertips, Alfonso's expression was rarely soft and sentimental.

Putting on the pendant, Alfonso opened the door and walked to the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor. He stretched out his hand to the handle of the room, but there was a slight hesitation and hesitation in his movements.

There was nothing else in the room except a huge wooden barrel.

Lifting the lid of the wooden barrel, Alfonso looked at the male "keel" sleeping in the culture solution, closed his eyes and sighed, took out the body and embedded it in front of the chest and abdomen.

Between the interface between the female and the male, tentacles slowly stretched out, and the two parasites joined together to form a "keel breastplate".

The hard iron bone limbs protruded from the insect body, extending along the host's arms, thighs and cervical spine, and the "keel breastplate" gradually became a set of "keel full body armor".

Looking at the weird figure on the water surface, Alfonso put his hand into the water and swiped hard, breaking the reflection.

After finishing all this, Alfonso came to the kitchen on the first floor, lit up the fire, heated the oatmeal in the pot over low heat, and cut a few slices of ham.

The knight's squire, Leslie, yawned and walked down the stairs, slipped to the kitchen to look around, and said to Alfonso with a bitter face, "Oatmeal again?"

The latter took out the wooden tableware, put it on the table, and tapped the boy's head with a spoon: "Don't talk nonsense, eat quickly!"

After a simple breakfast, Alfonso put on his knight armor, took a kettle and a farm hoe, and walked down the hill.

The halfway up the hill is no longer the bare and clean land of the past. Adelina's tombstone stands quietly in the sea of ​​colorful flowers, such as feather flowers, phoenix trees, and winter honeysuckle.

"Adelina Sarri Wilmot, a lady of integrity, modesty and courage. She faced the injustices of fate and never flinched. At the cost of her life, she awakened a knight from hatred and prejudice. 』

Alfonso knelt on one knee, staring at the words on the tombstone with his eyes, and carefully brushed off the dust and petals on the top of the tombstone with his right hand, with his expression and movements, as if he was touching a pure and immaculate holy object.

Lowering his head, Alfonso saw a bouquet of flowers that had been presented not long ago, tied in a layman's way, plus the purple irises that the woman loved most during her lifetime. Guessing the identity of the mourner, guilt and sadness appeared on the knight's face at the same time, and guilt gnawed at his soul like a poisonous snake.

After carefully watering each flower with a water bottle and taking care of every inch of land with a farm hoe, Alfonso returned to the small building with heavy steps after cleaning up the "cemetery garden".

Alfonso, who put down his tools, watched Leslie tidy up the tableware, and asked pretending not to care, "How is Walton doing recently?"

The boy glanced back at the knight, turned around and continued to be busy with the matter at hand: "I heard that guy recently applied for a patent called 'distilled liquor'. He also found a wine merchant and a workshop owner. The three of them jointly opened a winery. I heard that the business is pretty good."

Alfonso nodded while listening: "Really? So that's the case, that's good..."

Leslie added: "Walton seems to have visited the cemetery yesterday."

Alfonso didn't say anything, he just packed his bags, took his weapon, opened the door and left the cabin again.

Leslie watched the knight gradually go away, stopped busy, sat on the chair, looked at his hands again, his eyes were empty, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Today is not the day when Alfonso is on duty, but the habit he has developed for a long time makes him still perform the daily patrol task.

"Lord Alfonso!" A businessman walked up to the knight quickly, holding a small bag of coins in his hand, his face full of gratitude: "May the heavenly father praise your good deeds! If you didn't act in time, those valuable antiques in my shop may never be recovered again!"

Alfonso gently pushed back the purse, politely rejecting the merchant's "thank you".

A bard carrying a Moroder's three-stringed instrument saw Alfonso's appearance, took off the instrument, and sang while playing: "The ghost of the Cordelli farm, the bandit of the Maslow mountain stream, the villain of the Musset market, our guard, the great protector, the model of the knight~~"

Two knights patrolling the street saw Alfonso from afar. After they came to salute, they watched the officer go away. One of them said to his companion, "I heard that there is a silver ring nobleman who just moved here, and he is thinking about that hill again. Let's gather some brothers and teach those arrogant bastards what it means to respect and obey!"

After patrolling around Muxi City, Alfonso chose to have a simple lunch at a small street shop.

The owner of the shop is a veteran who participated in the "Battle of Muxi Defense". During the battle, his left arm was cut off and he became disabled. After receiving a "resettlement fee", he quit the army and opened this roadside snack shop.

Alfonso took off his helmet, and the appearance of the parasite's limbs wriggling and stretching did not affect the veteran's attitude at all.

"Master Alfonso, is it still the same as usual?"

"Ah, that's right."

The shopkeeper brought out a bowl of fish fillet soup, cut a small plate of sausage, and finally attached half a loaf of black bread.

Alfonso soaked the black bread into the fish soup, waited for it to be soft, then wrapped it with sausage and put it in his mouth.

After lunch, Alfonso insisted on putting the coins on the table amid the refusal of the veteran, and hurried to an orphanage in the city.

The orphanage is located in a secluded residential area in the west of the city. From the outside, it looks like a two-story longhouse with a small open space in front of the house.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is no longer as strong as at noon, but the temperature is the warmest and most pleasant time of the day. A dozen or so children were playing and frolicking in the open space. Among them were men and women. The oldest was no more than ten years old, and the youngest was less than two years old.

The appearance of Alfonso completely ignited the enthusiasm of the children.

Mr. Knight, Lord Alfonso, Uncle Commander... Various titles echoed above the open space.

Alfonso, who was in full armor, greeted the children awkwardly, carefully controlling the strength of the "keel". After only a few minutes, he was tired and sweating profusely.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman walked out of the longhouse, and Alfonso saw her as if she had been pardoned: "Esther, come and help me!"

The woman laughed and coaxed and drove away the group of chattering and noisy children around Alfonso.

The knight seemed to be exhausted, sitting on the sand in the open space, panting heavily, took out a heavy money bag from his arms, and handed it to Esther: "This is a reward from the king last month, as well as the salary of the job. Use this money to buy some clothes and toys for the children. By the way, remember to ask a cementer to repair the hole in the east wall..."

Esther interrupted Alfonso: "My lord, you donated all your savings to buy this land and take in us homeless war orphans. We really can't charge you any more money. In fact, Erico and I usually mend clothes for people, and the children can tie silk flowers and make tissues, which has already supplemented a lot of household expenses..."

Alfonso stuffed the money bag into Esther's arms involuntarily, and then quickly left the orphanage. Only the woman was left, holding a heavy purse, and staring in the direction where he disappeared.