s his loaf “i’ve fought alongside the before they’re like deons battle, huan aches”
“why did you leave?” e asked “wasn’t it excitg livg as a kgsbde? huntg and syg onsters, keepg the peace the na of the kg? you would have had a property the city and e until the end of your days why give that up to hide a vil the iddle of nowhere?”
“you’re startg to und like evae,” alend growled “the life of a kgsbde is a danro one, e your entire bloodle is dedicated to the uldan hoe not jt your life, but the life of your children, and your children’s children if you’d ever experienced the type of trag a kgsbde ts put through, you would understand i would never want you or cna gog through that”
“but why?” e asked “surely there are people out there who would actually want to go down that path?”
“becae we have the blood of kgs,” alend said siply “we carry the thoren na upon our shoulders, and as long as we exist, we are a threat to the uldan reign the kgsbdes were created for hoe uldan to onitor its rival failies and their descendants, all under the farce of a peace treaty breakg the vow pces the stat of deserter upon you, a cri punishable by death upholdg the vow bds you for the rest of your life there are people out there who support our na, e, who believe to be the rightful ciants to the throne, and aedon doesn’t like that even now, when we’re all believed to be dead, he turns his attention to other hoes—the leonharts, for one”
“if beg a kgsbde grants you uch power, uldn’t you jt e it to overthrow the kg?” e asked “kgsbdes are the ultiate warriors, aren’t they? it would be hard to s you”
alend shook his head “i only wish you see, the agic of the vow is such that the taker t obey the and of his aster at all tis the high kg has abte ntrol over all his elite, and through the, abte ntrol over the rival hoes”
“cna…” e breathed
阿伦点点头。“是的。辛纳宁有权继承王位。如果艾登国王知道了她的存在，你认为他会怎么做？他会把她塑造成一个王刃。她将永远不会知道一个普通女孩的生活。你明白我为什么离开了吗？”