Prelude to a veteran
in the river shrouded in white gauze, and see your heroism for the first time.
The lone army goes deep, piercing the enemy's throat like a ghost.
However, death is always around. Listen to this companion's last will: after my son Inigo
finished speaking, he sank like a fish into the icy bottom.
Have you seen the girl in the first scene
? In a four-wheeled carriage, Inigo, Inigo.
You won't forget her when you see her. I will never forget the sharpness left by the blade on the ring finger, the blending and softness of blood.
"I'm willing to die for you." You lie on her carriage, impatiently asking for his rain and dew like flowers and plants.
Oh my dear little Inigo! You are in love. Hasn't anyone warned you: beautiful women make men lose their minds. Including your current father, the heroic Diego.
Act II
Diego, another battle.
Flanders, you describe as Your Excellency the haze that hangs over that land. But there is no fear in the strangest place in your eyes.
Go, take your brothers. Go underground on four feet like a pangolin.
You smell the stench of earth mixed with the seeping rain, sulphur and blood.
It was an unquestioned victory, as if God favored true warriors every time.
escape. You are as relaxed as playing a game that can be resurrected infinitely, and you have passed another level.
This is life, the life of a soldier. Is not it?
And who is the honor given? Is there you standing next to the general on the artist's huge portrait? With a sword, his eyebrows are high.
Act III
When the war is won, a moment of peace is not transferred to the country.
It was an age of monarchy, full of exploitation and intrigue.
Look at his fat sausage and eagle eyes.
He's rewarding you with a necklace that hangs around your neck at will, because you've caught a boatload of gold bars for him like a pirate.
How much is 2000 spindles? The money was not spent on dead soldiers in Flanders. No matter how much you desire, it can't change a tile of the grand palace.
Act 4
Maria de Catros, you see her long brown hair, curly like a fine mare. You look at her seductive eyes, which contain waves, and restrain this glamorous shadow. When she moaned on top of you, thought she'd betray one day. Of course, it was a last resort. The king's woman who dares to move, and which woman is not bought by power and money. what is love? It is the third cigarette after desire.
My poor little Igony, though you too have grown up. Will use his sword to pierce people who have nothing to do with you, just to get a bag of meager coins. The woman who swore to love you at the beginning also hesitated in her last steps on the ladder of reason.
It's not their fault. Because true love comes only once. And who does not change for the sake of life?
The fifth
act is the continuation of the fourth act, betrayal is the eternal stain of human nature.
The words came out of Angelica's mouth, and she looked out the window, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Long street switching, the person you love most will always kill you at a critical moment.
Fate, your Catros. How ironic! King's bait.
When you lay in a pool of blood, when you kissed her syphilis-rotten face.
True love never goes away because of betrayal.
And a man's love is always purer than a woman's, and thus more cruel.
Act VI
Keep fighting, Diego. As a veteran, dying on the battlefield is your greatest honor.
Even if the Empire doesn't pay you a mosquito. You too will always be a soldier of Spain.
Since he was thirteen years old, he has participated in the war, and the wounds on his body will be the best testimony.
When the cry is still roaring in the ear, the time to fight has come.
Keep fighting, Diego. The brothers who are born and die are by your side, and
eventually they will fall. Look at the blue sky and white clouds.
The soul will always blow the most courageous and tragic charge on this land.
For a veteran, Diego.
Although people call you Captain.
Although no one knows your end.
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