If you turn your back to the sea and don't look at the destroyed towns, the scenery of Fire Island is still very beautiful;

Of course, if you put aside your moral grudges and take the destroyed towns into sight, it can also be "beautiful" purely from the perspective of a picture.

Karen believed that if his prospective father-in-law, Mr. Bede, were here, he would probably be unable to bear the urge to sit on this hillside, set up a drawing board, and start creating.

Fortunately, Marvalho was not in such a mood. He was facing the sea with his back to the town and a wine bag beside him.

The afternoon sea breeze blew on his body, blowing his hair, which was very youthful and soft.

"sit."

"Okay, mentor."

Karen sat down next to Marvalho.

Marvalho handed the wine bag to Karen: "Have a taste?"

Karen took it, opened it, and took a sip.

"How does it taste?"

Karen wiped her lips with the back of her hand and replied, "It tastes terrible."

This wine is not only very turbid, but also sour and tastes strange.

Karen doesn't usually drink, but he can probably tell the difference between "good" and "bad" wine, or "expensive and cheap".

"Well, it really doesn't taste good. The wine I got from the wine cellar must have been brewed using bananas and other raw materials and using very crude techniques."

"Then it should be prepared for the poor pirates who have been unable to drink, and now it has become a customary drink?"

"In the memory fragments of Lord Macchettini, there is a memory about this kind of wine. He likes this kind of wine very much. I used to specially search for this kind of wine and taste it from time to time. Unfortunately, I have never been able to like it.

The taste of this kind of wine is hard to get used to no matter how much you drink it.”

Karen said: "Maybe what Mr. Macchettini likes is not the wine itself, but the years that can be recalled when drinking this wine."

Marvalho was stunned for a moment and looked at Karen blankly;

With a smile on his face, Karen picked up the wine in the wine bag and took another sip. The smile disappeared and turned into a bitter smile. It was really too unpleasant to drink.

"It's very interesting. I think what you said is correct. You, an outsider, seem to understand Sir Marchettini better than I, the inheritor of him."

"This is just a small detail. Maybe in your eyes, mentor, you drink it often as a sign of respect, but I don't have this psychological factor."

"Yes, it's out of respect. In fact, I often can't tell whether it's me or Mr. Marchettini;

If I think that I am still me, that would be disrespectful to the heritage; if I think that I am Mr. Marchettini, haha, what qualifications do I have to represent the real Mr. Marchettini? This is another disrespect for Machetti.

A kind of disrespect from Mr. Ni."

Karen nodded. There were many examples of this kind of thing around him. It was a kind of loss of self-perception and positioning.

"However, I don't think you are too troubled by this, mentor."

From Karen's observation, Marvalho actually lived a very easy life. Usually people who lack self-awareness and positioning will show emotional impatience and imbalance, because if they don't even have a clear self-awareness, how can they do it?

Are you patient enough to face your surroundings?

"Well, I don't want to think about this. When people call me "sir", I just say "hmm". They can call me whatever they like, and I don't bother to worry about who I am.

I just feel that who I am is not particularly important. Since Lord Marchettini has chosen me to be the inheritor, then I will do what I should do in the religion.

There are some questions that have no answers, or in other words, when there is a high probability that I cannot pursue the answers, I simply choose to put them on hold, which can also be called giving up."

"You are very open-minded." Karen praised, "Maybe, this is also the reason why Mr. Marchettini chose you as his successor."

This is not flattery, because Marvalho is in the best condition among the people he has seen with similar problems. This is not a kind of self-destruction, but a kind of wisdom.

Everyone has their own right to choose the path of life. The purpose of choice is to make themselves more comfortable, so after fulfilling their due responsibilities, you can completely refuse the coercion of following the crowd.

It is impossible for Karen to accept that there is another person in his body, because it will make him feel uncomfortable. Even if it is "Dis" in his body, it is just the family belief system passed down by his grandfather, and the phantom does not

Not the real Dees.

The same goes for Neo, so in the past ten years, Neo has been fighting "Philias" at all costs. The hunting dog is the truest portrayal of Neo. Either you kill me, or I bite you to death.

But Marvalho doesn't necessarily need to be like himself and Neo.

"Haha." Marvalho took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "I'm sorry for calling you out because I wanted to find someone to talk to, but I found that I have no one else to talk to here."

"Where's Vic?"

"Do you like Vic?"

"Maybe I haven't become familiar with it yet."

"People who are too smart are often difficult to like."

Karen nodded when he heard this.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that you are not smart enough. Before I came to Fire Island, I told Mr. Tai Xisen that you are the most talented person I have seen since I accepted the inheritance.

I still remember that when I first taught you [Black Prison Castle], your performance was really impeccable, and it can even be said that it surprised me. War magic is actually the most difficult thing to learn."

"But..." Karen hesitated.

"Just say what you want to say."

"But you still didn't tell me why you came out to chat with me."

"Do you still remember when I stamped the [Scythe of War] mark on the back of your hand?"

"Remember, because of you, mentor, I have witnessed the majesty of the artifact."

Then when I was lying on the hotel bed at night, I dreamed of the deep pool and the sickle, and the blood dyed the sheets red.

Ventura slept outside his door for the next few days, fearing that he, the captain, would die suddenly in his sleep.

"Actually, I was observing you at the time."

"Observe me?"

"Yes, I noticed that there is something missing in your eyes compared to others."

"What's missing?"

"A kind of awe from the bottom of my heart."

"Teacher, you can't say this nonsense..."

"It's not a big deal. As Master Taichison said before he died, there is also a scroll of God in the "Order of Order". We believers of Order should dare to stand up straight in front of God."

"Is this why you think I won't be in awe of you when you talk to me?"

"You described it very accurately."

"Okay, I understand, mentor."

Karen nodded. Marvalho was because everyone around him regarded him as the incarnation of "Marchettini". Although Machettini was only one of the 12 Knights of the Order, he played an important role in other orthodox theistic mythological narratives.

Li is the branch god, and he is a very front branch god.

Many people with high status have this mentality. They feel that if you don't take their status seriously, they will be surprised, they will look at you differently, and they will be curious about you.

But don’t think that doing this all the time is the right thing to do, because people’s sense of novelty has its limits.

Just like chasing a girl, you just need to show a little bit of uniqueness to attract attention at the beginning, but you can't hold it all the time.

"Master Taixisen, this is my grandfather."

"Then please forgive me."

"He is really a very old-fashioned person, but he is also a very kind person. He insists on calling me "Sir" even when I am alone with him, he insists on calling me like this.

You know, it was only when I was talking to him in his room two days ago that he showed more true feelings. This was under the premise that we all knew and he himself knew that he was going to die."

"He's just following the rules, I think."

"Yes, but I don't blame him, because I have tried to take on his role. There is another person living in your grandson. Is he still your grandson? Can you continue to care for him? Even if there is another person living in your grandson, can you continue to care for him?

The bloodline is the same, but we are priests who can touch the soul. We know clearly that the soul is the real core that shapes and determines a person.

Sorry, this kind of question is a bit inappropriate. After all, no one will think about this, and no one can imagine it."

Karen blinked.

"He left and I couldn't cry. I wanted to brew a little sadness, but I found that I couldn't. This made me a little uncomfortable. I felt that it shouldn't be like this."

Karen opened his mouth to comfort him: "There are many forms of sadness, and I think Mr. Teixin walked very calmly. He has completed his life path and it's time to rest. Therefore, we don't have to think about it.

Sadness is like facing a complete work, we just need to appreciate and understand it."

"Is that why?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Thank you for your comfort."

"This is not comfort." Karen reached out and grabbed a few stones from under her body, "You don't need my comfort. Everyone has their own path. When traveling on this road, we will stop due to fatigue and confusion.

, I will also look back or stop to take a few more glances at the nostalgic scenery.

Of course, the scenery can also be imprinted in your heart. If you don’t look back or stop, it’s not because it’s not beautiful enough, but because its beauty has already followed you.”
To be continued...