Section 234 Self-reflection

Beller stood in the bathroom and looked at his face in the mirror.

As mentioned earlier, Berell's face is an extremely ordinary type - people with this kind of face can see at least one hundred on the road every day. No one will leave any deep impression on this face. In fact, if Berell changed into a civilian dress, he could be mixed up in the crowd without being found by someone. At least Robin knew that his general always looked like he was sleepy and slutty. Only when he was in that real crisis, Berell's ordinary and vulgar mask would suddenly be taken off, showing his style of being a battle-breaker and being known as the No. 1 contemporary general.

No one could ever say that Bereal was handsome. In the past, there were many women - at least in Robin's memory, who had countless numbers - who approached Bereal in various ways, either implicitly or directly expressed his love. But as Bereal himself said, his appearance was too ordinary, and what he could attract those women was entirely his status, glory, merit or wealth. If a hand of god stripped these factors from him, then Bereal would be like a rotten cabbage on the ground, and no one looked at him more.

"Am I very handsome?" Beller looked in the mirror, but said to Robin outside the bathroom.

"General..." Robin had no idea how to answer this question.

"No, no, Robin, I know I can't be 'very handsome, but is it a little bit handsome?" Beller asked again. "Of course, this may also be because of... age? Or is it because of my appearance that suits some... niche tastes?"

Hearing Belle's words, Robin just wanted to roll his eyes. In the end, he thought it would be better not to speak.

"Oh... it's true, it's not handsome at all." Berel sighed clearly. "That's true. In the golden years of my life, no woman has ever taken a fancy to me. Now it's even more impossible to get old." Berel looked at his face in the mirror and the gray sideburns.

It must be said that Beller is a very open-minded person, or a person who is very optimistic and destined. He quickly got rid of those pessimistic emotions. After walking out of the bathroom, his expression had returned to calm. At least with Robin's eyes, he could not see anything unusual about it.

"General, that woman..." Robin asked hesitantly. "I heard... the reputation is not very good?"

"Hmm?" Belle replied, but his thoughts were obviously not the same as Robin's turn. "Indeed, his figure was very hot." Belle recalled what he saw before. "This time you probably can't tell it in a long skirt. But her legs... are white, slender but powerful."

This is the clearest hint that Robin heard. In this era, men have no chance to see the thighs of strange women. If they see it, then what happened is self-evident. Robin now understands why that woman can come to the door with confidence, but General is helpless. But... Isn't General injured his lower body?

Is it a beauty trick? Or some other trick? I really didn't expect the Grony to play this trick against the general! But... I have to say that it seems to be effective. What's wrong?

"Sir General, I would like to remind you that you are here to do business this time. And this woman... is from Groni! She was born and raised in Eagle City."

"Yes, a little regretful." Berel sighed again. "By the way, Robin, I'm a pauper now, right?"

Of course, Robin knew Berell's previous actions. In his opinion, this time Berell made such actions in order to get support from all parties so as to obtain the maximum power of freedom to move. In this regard, Robin was extremely opposed. Because this not only meant that Berell's money accumulated in the past was squandered, but also meant that he had an astonishing debt. In the past, Berell's simple life (relatively speaking) was a kind of self-discipline, habit or nature, but in the future, Berell's simple life might have become a forced choice.

"Yes, General, the interest paid on an annual basis..." Robin hesitated for a moment. "All your income has to be paid off! Unless you..." Robin actually said that Beller might be able to use his status and use other channels to make some money, but in the end he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to say such things.

"Repay the debt!" replied Beller. "It's quite difficult."

He had known this for a long time. If he paid back the debt according to his current income, it could basically be confirmed that he might not be able to pay off the debt until he died. It is precisely because of this that Beller now has no credit to borrow money.

"Okay, Robin, don't think about it. It's late, it's time for us to have supper."

Robin is now the adjutant of Beller, but as early as when he was still Beller's entourage, they would have dinner at the same table as long as there were no outsiders. The dinner was officially provided by Groney and was very rich. The main content was meat porridge and roasted pork legs, as well as some fish, fruit and a small amount of snacks.

"By the way, Robin, what do you think of Asu Ruffat?" Beller asked while eating pork leg.

His words are unique. After discussing the battle situation today, Berel took the initiative to invite Asu Ruffat to play a few games of war chess deductions. If Robin remembers correctly, the pictures that Berel drew this time were the same as the last time they played war chess deductions (that was the time in Mir City).

However, the ending was a bit different. The last time I played this game in Mir City, Belar won three games, but this time, Belar won one win, one lost and one draw.

Berel has played war chess deduction games with many people - in fact, there are countless in Robin's memory. But to be honest, Berel lost only a handful of times. And Robin remembers very clearly that every time Berel lost, it is not because he really lost, but because the other party was too rude to argue, while Berel was too lazy to fight. This is because war chess deduction is a game that lacks rigorous rules, and many details of the battle depend on players to discuss and decide between each other - if a party plays a text game and the other party is unintentional to argue, it undoubtedly means having a great advantage.

But this time, even Robin admitted that Bereal did lose. Ashurufate occupied the crossing point, concentrating his troops on one side. In a few short rounds when Bereal was hesitant, he broke up one wing of Bereal in one fell swoop. Then he retracted his troops to rescue the other wing. The tactics were simple and fast. He seized the initiative in the short moment when Bereal hesitated to regain the crossing point, and took the lead step by step, and finally defeated Bereal. The game he lost was relatively reluctant - in fact, even Robin himself admitted that it was a bit lucky. A normal detour by Bereal's cavalry happened to hit Ashurufate's defensive gap, thus gaining an absolute advantage with one blow.

The draw was a head-on battle with each other, each with its advantages, and no one could do anything to the other. In the end, the referee, that is, Robin, proposed that both sides make peace.

"Very awesome." Robin replied. "In terms of playing the chess game," he added softly the next half.

"Yes, it's amazing," said Beller. "He reminded me of the wilderness sage Garunas."

"Is it so exaggerated? General!"

"It's just a feeling. The history books record that Garunas suddenly appeared... No one knows where Garunas learned his abilities from? Who is his mentor? Why is the tutor who taught such outstanding students unknown and never appears in history books? Not only Garunas, but more people. Not to mention the distance, there is one in front of us, for example, Thomas. I still don't know how his... ability comes from now."

"Sir," Robin had to give his opinion. "What about you?"

"Me? Ah... Hahaha... It seems to be true." Berel laughed. Berel himself had only studied in an ordinary military academy - the same as most of the nobles in the world. But he eventually became Berel now through countless practices, self-study, insights and training. And his former classmates have either become unknown ordinary people or have died on the battlefield.

"Okay, Robin, you seem to be a little dissatisfied with Asu Ruffat," said Beller. "So, Robin, if Asu Ruffat and I each led an army to fight on the battlefield, what do you think the chances of winning between the two sides?"

"General, although he is a disciple of Thomas, he is not Thomas after all." Robin replied. The implication was that he was not optimistic about Ashu Rufate.

"Robin, you underestimate him," said Beller. "If I look at it from my perspective, I believe it is 55. If that happens, the outcome can depend on... some external conditions or something."

"General, the last time he met, he still..." Robin said. "Besides, he has lost his memory."

Now, with the increase in the number of meetings, both Belar and Robin have confirmed that Ashu Rufate has lost his amnesia. Robin's initial suspicion, that is, Ashu Rufate is a vampire, has been basically dispelled. Of course, theoretically, there is still the possibility of a vampire deliberately causing himself to lose his amnesia and pretending to enter Grooney, but this possibility is too low, even Robin thinks it only exists in theory.

"Some things have nothing to do with amnesia. You have also heard that even if a carpenter loses his memory, his carpentry work will not disappear. Of course, the same goes for soldiers in this regard." Berel said. "When he met last time, he lacked experience... Although he accepted Thomas' teachings and inheritance, he still did not have enough experience and could only be considered a deputy general. But now, he has made up for this shortcoming... The last time we met, it was probably nearly ten years apart. What has he experienced in these ten years?"

"I'm involved in Ryan's civil war." Robin replied in detail.
Chapter completed!