“可是……”

“没什么可是的。”

“如果离开了父母就活不下去，那你就乖乖地將他们的尖锐声音吞下去。”

赫洛的眼神转为轻蔑，“怎么，你不是要和我爭吗，连这种程度都做不到，你还是一辈子留在村里吧。”

阿泰被激將法鼓舞，他一把抹去眼泪，猛地站起身直面赫洛：

“我要爭，我要为自己爭个新的人生！”

赫洛没有罢休，他直接浇了一盆冷水。

“口號喊的很响亮。”

“所以你接下来要怎么做？”

“这……”阿泰一时语塞。

赫洛指向遥远的帝国首都。

“去帝都吧，那里有更多的机遇。”

“当学徒，打杂工，想办法存活下来，然后再去提升自己。”赫洛平淡地复述自己的经歷。

“剩下要做的，就是等待上天的安排。”

他又故意用戏謔的语气，“只是，你又能忍受多久的苦呢？”

“我一定可以！”阿泰眼神变得坚定。

“我向你保证，未来的某一天，已经是工匠大师的我会向你展示我所有成就！”

“你不必向我保证，”赫洛拍了拍少年的胸脯。

“只希望未来我不会收到消息，说阿泰哭著跑回了尘芯村要找爸爸妈妈。”

“当然不会。”阿泰扯下胸前的护符，郑重地交予赫洛。

“以此护符为誓。我若日后轻言放弃，你就直接把护符扔进垃圾堆里。”

“倘若我真的出人头地，我要像今天这样主动地站在你面前，要回这枚护符！”

赫洛无奈地收起护符，露出欣慰的笑容，“好，一言为定。”

阿泰彻底放下芥蒂，主动打破自己构建的隔阂：

“谢谢你赫洛。”

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“谢谢你的真心话，谢谢你没有討厌我。”

赫洛无言，拍了怕后辈的肩膀。

高台下远处的火光摇曳，隱约传出焦急的呼唤。

“你消失的太久了，你父母怕你想不开正找你呢。快去吧。”

阿泰敬重地点头，一路小跑下了高台，他的背影飘出一缕明晃晃的敬仰之力。

匯入腕处咒印时，远超以往的力量顷刻间喷涌欲出。

赫洛吃惊地握住手腕，针扎的痛感让他发觉咒印又深入皮层一分。

待刺痛消散，露出手腕，咒印中的齿轮依旧旋转，三组神性线条光亮加深。

术式纹轮转，他能感受到咒印吸收敬仰之力的容量增大，自己的肌肉和体內的元素被持续滋养。

眼瞳纹轮转，他的眼睛出现变化，远方的村民被各色气息包裹，身后的神像正发散著炫彩的元素光团。

他惊讶地看向高台下相聚的身影，阿泰的身上正逸散著远超他父母的强大元素力。

［难道这小子，以后真能成为工匠大师？］

金线纹轮转，一条崭新的金线將钢铁护符与另一块普通护符相连。

赫洛笑了笑，將那块特殊的钢铁护符用金线缠绕锁上。

［这块瑕疵太多了，还是留著吧。］