After three rounds of drinking, the more they drank, they felt more and more and began to talk 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 Uncle Yoshak's friendship. He often regarded himself as a junior and toasted Uncle Yoshak. Locke also had an impression of Uncle Yoshak's two sons. When he joined the army, his eldest son inherited Uncle Yoshak's blacksmith shop, and his younger son was also a guy who did odd jobs in the blacksmith shop. But it was this guy who built Locke's first weapon, a short dagger.

This dagger has no wooden handle, only the end of the knife is wrapped with a rough linen as the handle. The dagger is small and thin, and has been hidden in his boots. This dagger also has a story.

When he came to join the army secretly at the age of 14, he only brought this short dagger. At that time, a half-year-old boy with a big palm dagger came to join the army, which became a joke and topic for conversation after the meal in the training camp of Minshan Town. He could not join the army without his relatives, but Locke had a familiar face in Minshan Town since he was a child. Yoshak, who was the captain of the second team of the town military camp at the time, recognized Xiao Locke. This former blacksmith had met Xiao Locke. In fact, there were only more than 1,000 people in this town and the affiliated villages. The number of people was not large, and everyone looked down and looked up. Apart from half of the women and the remaining half of the old and weak, there were only two or three hundred young and middle-aged people who could join the army. Everyone knew who could join the army.

Moreover, Locke's dagger was made by his son, Xiao Yoshik, and he recognized it at a glance. When Locke came to join the army secretly, his parents didn't know that only his sister knew. On that hot night, Locke secretly got up, took his linen clothes and walked away from their thatched hut in straw sandals. Perhaps his sister knew his younger brother, or perhaps it was the erotic Locke who woke up his sister. When Locke had just left not far away, under the night, his sister Lea chased out and caught up with Locke.

She knew in her heart why her younger brother wanted to leave secretly. He wanted to earn money to do something for this family. He wanted to join the army! In order not to let the family starve to death in the drought and to prevent herself from being sold to a merchant, her younger brother decided to go secretly when his parents opposed joining the army. Once he was admitted to the army, he could not leave without authorization! Unless he became a deserter, it was impossible, and his family was still here. Therefore, even if the parents knew about it later, they could only accept this reality. Moreover, after joining the army, they would get military pay when they went to the front line. The father was too old and in poor health and could not respond to the baron's call to join the army. Only the younger brother's age was just right. For this family, the younger brother decided to fight with his life.

Looking at this stubborn brother, Locke's sister Lea couldn't help crying. She cried so hard that she wet the face of the thin girl. The 14-year-old Locke had a momentum and a ruthless spirit. He was afraid of anything and could bear anything, but he could not see his sister crying. He loved his sister more than he loved himself. Under Locke's helpless comfort and persuasion, Lea gradually stopped crying, but the tears at the corners of her eyes made the malnourished and the thin girl even more tender. She looked at her younger brother, turned over every corner of her body, and took out more than 20 copper Delers. This was all the money from Lea. She said to Locke in a daze, come back alive!

Locke took more than 20 copper delers from his sister and walked all night night road and arrived at Mining Town in the early morning. He used the only money to go to the blacksmith shop in Mining Town, hoping to build a convenient weapon. However, at that time, the owner of the blacksmith shop, the eldest son of Uncle Yokk, told him that the money could not even afford a sword hilt. Just when Locke left the blacksmith shop disappointedly, a child of his size rushed out of the blacksmith shop. He either sympathized with or wanted to make some extra money. He said to Locke, "20 copper deler, use the remaining copper ore and iron ore of the hoe to make a dagger for you. Will it be a deal?" Then he pointed to two or three inconspicuous stones at the door of the blacksmith shop.

Lock looked at the pile of yellowish brown and red stones smaller than his fists. After a while, he had no choice but to agree. After all, he didn't understand the situation in the military camp. He had to have a guy, otherwise why should he join the army? Do you want to be cannon fodder?

So Locke had the first weapon of his own, a dagger without scabbard and no hilt. Locke carried this dagger not much larger than his palm, and joined the army at the standard of reaching the age line. The next day, Locke's parents hurriedly brought his sister to the town. Seeing the crowd training Locke in the military camp, the old Locke and his wife could only sigh with tears and accept this reality. This was also the sorrow of poor civilians. Under natural disasters, the role of manpower was minimal, not to mention that it was their family of civilians for generations. They left Locke three big cherry cakes. Locke knew that this was made by his parents with all the remaining food in the house... In the next half year, they might have to eat tree bark.

Locke's sister took off the linen wrapped in long hair and handed it to Locke, and said to him, "Come back alive!" In the evening, Locke's sister helped his parents who had grown older aged for a day and walked back to Maple Leaf Village. Locke held the linen with the fragrance in his hand and carefully put it away. He was about to wrap it around the dagger and let it carry his sister's love for him and fight with him.

Looking at the backs of his parents and sister leaving, Locke vowed to come back alive. Since then, Locke began his two-month military camp training life. He worked hard on the training ground to train with the captain. Age is his disadvantage and his advantage, and he replied faster than ordinary adults. It was also at that time that he discovered that the neighbor Little Hans, who had been playing with him, also joined the army, but he joined the army to have a full stomach. After two months of training, Locke and the others rushed to the battlefield.

This short dagger is a true portrayal of Locke's first joining the army. It is tender but not without loss of sharpness, young and energetic and full of potential. Locke's short dagger witnesses Locke's passing by life and death again and again. After the inferior iron swords fired by the army broke in the first battle, he used the short dagger to kill his first enemy. A 14-5-year-old servant of the Kingdom of Charlotte, who was about the same age as him. Locke vomited for a whole day after that battle. However, after that battle, Locke seized a spear and a pair of short boots.

In the battles again and again, Locke's weapons were broken and changed, and they were broken until they became the equipment they are today. However, his dagger was not broken. Perhaps he was well maintained, perhaps because Yoshak's youngest son's skills were great, and his dagger accompanied him to grow. Now the linen wrapped in the hilt of the knife has faded away from its former color and turned blood red, with his blood and the blood of the enemy. Locke often took out his dagger to look at it. From the rough linen, Locke seemed to smell the fragrance of his sister's hair again.

The ale reminded Uncle Yoshak of his son, and also made Locke remember the origin of his dagger, his sister, and his parents. The two of them had one cup after another, and the second bottle was immediately seen. The ale in the Green Palm Tavern tasted average, but it had some potential. The two bottles of ale did not make them drunk, but also made them sentimental.

After drinking the last glass of ale, Uncle Yoshik suggested leaving. It was indeed late. It was almost time for dinner. The Green Palm Tavern did not provide meals. They had to go back to the camp. Uncle Yoshik had to go back to the Central Army camp to have dinner with the Baron and the others. Locke and the others would also have a patrol officer in the camp at night. "Uncle, let's go." Locke stood up and helped Uncle Yoshik pick up his casual clothes and said.

After walking out of the private room, the two of them were still depressed because of their family miss. Yoshak is worthy of being an old fry. He quickly adjusted his emotions and even played a little joke with Locke to liven up the atmosphere. "You kid is 18, you can't be a virgin, right? I think this bar owner is good." After saying that, he squeezed a smile at Locke.

"Uncle, stop joking. Can people still like me? Isn't her husband quite capable? He can still hand over to the Baron." Locke was also amused by the joke, and his sadness suddenly diluted a lot. He didn't know much about the bar owner, but it's not easy for someone who can understand the overall situation early.

"Hey, a speculator, just a clown. Can the Baron look at him directly?" Uncle Yoshak obviously had a deep understanding of the bar owner, and this view should be more than his. Alas, a poor guy. Locke sighed at the bar owner who had never met before. It seems that the top leaders in the camp did not look at this guy who surrendered early. Then Locke remembered the boss's wife who was still charming, perhaps because of alcohol, and suddenly felt hot in his heart.
Chapter completed!