Catalog of the Lost - a searing epic

Had it not been for the war that sent millions of people into exile, Emel would have died doing a job of cutting trees.

According to the church's godfather, Emer was sent by his adoptive father to an orphaned church in Lalheim when he was four years old with his brother Emello, who was only one year old at the time, and the godfather only felt that his adoptive father was a very strange man, who was dressed in a black robe at midnight, with a mask on half of his face, and a life-length staff in his hand, and a purple stone hanging from the top of the staff, which could only be described as mysterious.

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godfather wanted to call him into the church to ask for details, but the man just refused on the grounds that he was not the biological father of these two children, and then after obtaining permission from the godfather, the man left without looking back, and he has not been here since, and no one knows who he is, which is why the godfather looked helpless when Emelo asked the difficult question of 'where is my father' when he grew up.

Unlike his brother Emello, Emel never asked about him, and the godfather thought that he might have reached the age of remembering and knew that the man was not his biological father, but even so, the godfather would still care about his mental health from time to time, and tactfully ask him, 'What do you think of your father', at that time Emel would only thank him with a few pleasantries, and nothing else.

The godfather thought that this incident would become a hurdle for Emel to overcome, but fortunately, this matter had no effect on him at all, at a very young age, he won everyone's favor and recognition with his outstanding performance in the eyes of everyone, whether it is ability, physical strength or intelligence, Emel has a talent that surpasses his peers, and because of his kind and gentle, down-to-earth and capable character, he is also very popular among women of similar age.

Lumberjack was a very lucrative profession at that time, and because Lalheim Town was located in the southwest corner of the imperial country, only 100,000 meters away from the sea, and the trees grew particularly luxuriantly, so when he became an adult, Emel refused to be a believer in the church as the only adult in the church who could work in order to subsidize the church, and became a lumberjack, repeating the daily routine of going out early and returning late every day, without complaining about it.

The real reason why Emel became a lumberjack was known only to him and his brother, he wanted to avoid the daily morning and bedtime prayers of the church, although it was nothing to the other orphans, but it was really unbearable for him, perhaps because of his precociousness, he had doubts about his faith from a long time ago, watching one orphan after another being sent to the church, he always wondered why there were orphans if the gods existed, and everyone should live happily in their own families with their parents, as he had always hoped for when he was very young。

He hated the profession of a church worker, but he loved the work of a lumberjack, for him, it was nothing to go out early and return late, and it was nothing to take care of food because he was busy, and after the money he earned by selling wood every day was handed over to the church, watching the improvement of the food of the orphans, and the way every child was thriving, he felt that what he did was meaningful, and he enjoyed this sense of pride and satisfaction.

So after getting this pride, he worked harder, the lazy lumberjack could earn ten copper coins a day, while he could earn one silver coin, even in the rain and snow he was still busy, with the accumulation of experience and physique, he grew from the original one silver coin to one silver coin and five copper coins, so that Lala, the representative sent by the town to care for the orphans, reminded him more than once to pay attention to his body and not to tire himself out, but at that time Emer did not listen at all.

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a blink of an eye, Emelo also grew up, after finishing the work of the church, the most common thing he did was to go to deliver food to Emel with Lala, the representative of Lalheim Town, the two would often talk about something, Emelo also knew that Lala was interesting to his brother, so he would always emphasize his brother's snoring loudly, and the money he saved would always buy some sweets over and over again, in addition to some small things in daily life.

Lara would always ask Emel how her health was lately, whether it was due to overwork or anything like that, because she was just in love with Emel in her heart, and she had no confidence to equate herself with all of Emer's suitors, and she was born in an ordinary ordinary family after meeting Emer, in order to be a woman worthy of him, she had a certain status in the local area through continuous efforts, but what could this be? Among Emer's suitors are nobles, and if the two are found to be close, the nobles can easily empty her rights, so Lara has long been on the fence about this unlikely relationship.

Just when Emelo and Lara were chatting about Emel using the money left over from yesterday to buy candy for the children in the church, Lara saw Emel wiping his sweat in the distance at a glance, at this moment he was wearing a pair of brown pants with patches, exposing his upper body to rest, looking at Emer's muscles, Lara blushed directly, covered her face with both hands, and peeked through the gaps in her fingers.

As soon as Emelo saw Lala like this, he immediately understood, because it was not the first time, and he immediately waved and shouted: "Brother, Lala and I are here!".

Upon hearing the voice, Emel stopped his hand to hold the axe, looked at Emelo and Lara in the distance, and beckoned them to come.

In order to rest, Emel thought about taking the leftover food from the night before, but after a few times of diarrhea, he didn't think so, so I don't know when it started, delivering food was already Emello's business, although there was a long time in between Emel and not eating at noon.

Logging is a manual job, and even with experience and skill, it would be extremely physically demanding for Emel to complete a tree, and Emer, who worked in such a tiring environment, developed a habit of eating fast food and not paying attention to his surroundings when eating.

When he noticed Lala after eating, he smiled embarrassedly, and Lala reacted as if she was frightened and hid behind Emello, who only told her, "It's better to try to improve this matter of being shy", and then got busy.

Emelo realized that if he didn't help them, it would not end well for the two of them, so when Emel asked him why he hadn't gone back, he replied: "There's nothing going on in church this afternoon, and the godfather said we'll be fine if we go back later, so I'm here to play with you for a while." "

"What's fun here, it's dangerous, it's not good if you get scratched by a fallen branch, go back early." "

"Just let me play here for a while, anyway, church work is boring", Emelo knew that his brother would never say anything more as long as he said this, so he did it on purpose, so, while his brother was busy, he chatted: "Brother, when are you going to get married, do you have someone you like?".

Emer's answer was all in the negative, he just answered Emello's question truthfully.

If there really is no such impulse, it must not be, Emel is also a man who has experienced adolescent restlessness, and he was also restless when everyone around him began to talk unscrupulously about the topic of sex, but those restlessness were suppressed by him, so in the face of all the suitors, he just smiled and chatted for a while, and never added the distance between himself and anyone directly, he once thought that maybe everything was just a matter of his own vision, and until now no woman could make himself pay special attention.

Hearing this, Emelo threw a look at Lala behind her, signaling her to try to show herself, but Lala was too shy, just kept patting Emelo on the back, as if to blame him for why he did this, she initially thought about expressing her heart, but she was too shy to express it, so she didn't express it.

In the midst of small talk, a big tree fell, and Emel stopped again to wipe the sweat from his head, and came back to his senses, I don't know when, Emelo and Lara were no longer behind him.

He had a chance to think about the conversation he had just had with them, and his expression instantly became serious when he thought about the topic of marriage.

Emer thought about the experience of himself and his brother when they were orphaned as children, in this extremely turbulent era, the wars between humans, dwarves, and elves from time to time, and how many children born in endless wars would become orphans, just like himself, did not grow up in a warm family.

This has become the norm, but it still can't be improved.

Only then did Emel understand why he didn't get married, he didn't want his children to go through his pain, maybe after everything improved, he would build a family of his own.

But what if this situation continues?

"Then it's up to me to change the situation. Emer muttered to himself.

Then, once again, he gripped his axe and cut down one towering tree after another.

At the end of the evening, Emer returned to the church, and before he could open the door, he heard the godfather's roar, full of dissatisfaction with the status quo, but helplessness that could not be done

"Taxes have increased again! What's wrong with this country, taxes have already been increased three times this year! The common people can't live anymore!"