//-------------------------------------------------------// STRGGULE -by Mulight- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// main text //-------------------------------------------------------// main text Dukes residing in Augsburg pass by the city gates every day, never noticing a tent with a dry cloth that has been by the gate for months. Crowds of people have gawked at this tent, often dismantling it when its owner is away, leaving it in disarray. Even the vagrants, when passing by, would roll up their sleeves and quietly take a stick to use as a walking stick. The owner of this tent is named Wolfgang. These despicable creatures often come to make trouble during the day when he goes out, but they never take away that dry cloth, which is too shabby, like the shavings from a pencil sharpener, limp on the rotten frame. Every day when Wolfgang leaves the tent, he tidies it up, making it look "neat," and then goes to the street corner piano in Stouffer Alley. Almost every time, he would watch the residents there with great interest. There would always be one or two people singing alone, either from a broken heart or from confusion, never an empty seat. He would quietly hide aside, leaning against a cold and damp brick wall, quietly stealing this unique spiritual lunch. Usually, he would pick up two pieces of rotten radish roots; he could no longer find any other food. Celestia seemed to do this on purpose, leaving the wandering little ponies with nowhere to go. However, chewing on the radish roots while listening to the piano sound is the greatest comfort for more than ten years of living alone. He could recall his life at that time, savoring the misfortune, burying his resentment in the brick wall. Orphaned at a young age, his mother divorced, which also made him not hold out any hope to walk on the wedding stage with a girl holding flowers, even the only pitiful money on the roadside pony, in his heart, these are like a wisp of cold wind, thought about a million times, every time after thinking, he would laugh at himself. Every time after thinking, the pony left, the alley was clear. The piano stool was made of paper wrapped, one foot was missing very seriously, with several bricks piled up to support that foot, and the other stool feet were wobbly; the piano cover was always covered with a layer of ash, covering the yellowing wooden keys; the piano keys were very paint-peeled, but in Wolfgang's eyes, it showed a kind of retro beauty, quietly listening to the sound of the years sliding by; in a corner of the piano, a cluster of mushrooms grew out, which was the best witness of her. This is a piano that has been tuned by nature. Every time Wolfgang pressed a key, the sound was like grabbing a shaky rope and crawling out of the piano seam, "Hmm." He responded with satisfaction, raised his hands, and began to touch her tender teeth... Softly, gently, now, he can clearly smell the filth and discrimination in the air. "Oh, where are you going to flow to?" He said to himself, in his hands, the semi-tones began to be quite unopposed, the dual lines of sound waves were orderly in the alley, running lightly. The stone wall reflected the notes, and in Wolfgang's impression, his father was also like this, building his own road, tying himself to a straight corridor, until he died, because of his irreparable crime: arguing with a noble's attendant over the ticket price for a public performance, and the noble's attendant was not polite at all when he made a move, and the father fell in a pool of blood, and no pony sought treatment for him in an hour. He retracted his hooves, took a deep breath, "Ah..." He slid down the armrest of the piano, his hooves fell to the ground, carrying his heavy body, slowly moving towards the tent. Year after year, it is not a waste, it is not as a. The first morning breeze blew from above the city gate, the footsteps of the little ponies passed through as usual, Wolfgang struggled out of the dry cloth in a drowsy state, only to see the chocolate-like morning sun flowing all over the ground, he hurriedly covered his eyes, propped up and sat up. Quietly breathing the morning air, although filled with the smell of rotting vegetables, but full of enthusiasm and vitality. He tidied up the tent as usual, looked around, and looked for today's rotten radish roots. Today, two new ponies came to the town, one of them was particularly eye-catching with a cowboy brim hat, and the other was almost the same as the other dukes, with a noble style. He just glanced a few times, and one of them he also noticed that the white pony also included contempt in the eyes he threw at himself, this situation is quite common, and he didn't care too much. But after finding the rotten radish roots, Wolfgang found that the noble white pony was pulling his tent cloth, and his heart was tight. He rushed over like an arrow, opened the hooves of the white pony in one fell swoop, blocked in front of the dry cloth, and asked fiercely, "What do you want to do? Are you all so hateful? !! !!! Do you want to take away my last thing!" The white pony was beaten in pain, and just wanted to complain, but saw the other party so fierce, and the spirit immediately softened, and explained in a soft tone: "Well... I'm sorry, sir... I just want to ask where you got this cloth?" Wolfgang pressed his eyebrows tightly and said impolitely, "What does it have to do with you?" Now the white pony seems to be annoyed, and the coquettish tone seems to be unable to hold on: "How do you talk like this, I just asked." At this time, the cowboy-like pony came over and shouted, "What's the matter? Rarity?!" The white pony immediately promised, "Nothing Jia'er, you go to find the task first, I'll come right away!" Wolfgang heard this name, folded the dry cloth, and said unhappily: "Rarity? You are really quite rare." This really angered the white pony, and she began to provoke regardless of etiquette: "You this rascal, I give you face and you don't want it, you also make fun of people's names, it is really unbearable! It is an insult to me!" Wolfgang saw that the other party was coming hard, and his own cursing in his heart continued to escalate, venting the anger that had been accumulating for many years to this unscrupulous 'rich pony', "You think you are noble? You think you can take whatever you want? I tell you! Even if I have no status in this country! It's not your turn to judge such social monsters! You are a bunch of parasites!!!" This sentence really hurt the white pony named Rarity, and reality seemed to slap her in the face, and she screamed frantically: "Who are you calling a monster?!!!!" The crowd around was immediately attracted by the wonderful noise, and they all surrounded, with exclusive eyes sweeping over. White Pony saw the crowd surrounding, and took the opportunity to 'ask for help', she began to cover her eyes and 'cry': "Wuwuwu... Everyone look!!!... This gentleman just made fun of my name because I touched his cloth, and he was very unreasonable!!!..." The crowd began to make a fuss, a pair of confused and angry eyes, containing a bit of sarcasm, staring at Wolfgang, like countless spears pointing at him. But he was stubborn by nature and would not admit defeat, and he had never been insulted in public! He raised his hooves, just about to make a fierce move, when a shout from before came again: "Rui Rui!!! Rui Rui!!! What's going on with you!!!!" The cowboy pony just squeezed into the crowd of onlookers, and at a glance, he saw Rui Rui sitting in the middle crying, and hurriedly helped her up and asked, "What happened?" The white pony named Rarity gasped and explained to her again, causing the cowboy pony to give a bad look to Wolfgang and persuaded: "Well, this kind of thing is a lot here, we have more important things to do." After that, he pulled up the white pony and left. The horse group dispersed in a hurry. Wolfgang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, he had already found the radish roots, and no longer dealt with these ponies, he still walked into the cold alley as before. Fragmented piano sounds fell out, he carefully looked around, ah, it was a gentleman today. He found the brick wall as usual, first leaned against it, and then naturally slid down, slowly closed his eyes. The previous event is still lingering in his heart, and he hasn't had such a good fight with other ponies for a long time, but he also feels relieved in his heart. That white pony is actually interested in his dry cloth, thinking of this, he took out the dry cloth and started to check it carefully, fortunately, it is the same as before, even if it has been pulled, it may not be noticeable. He withdrew and looked at the piano, picked up the cloth and compared it, well... almost the same, although it was originally used to cover the rosewood, but... pianos are all the same, he put away the cloth, put it in his arms, chewed the radish roots, and his head was dizzy... "Hey! Get up!!" A sudden push accompanied by a fierce impact hit Wolfgang's stomach. He only felt a dizzying vertigo, and a vague shadow appeared in front of him. "What's wrong?! Feel good to eavesdrop on me playing the piano?! You thief!!" The pony kicked him on the forehead, and the pain surged, then he was pulled up fiercely, and the pony said fiercely: "If you play the piano again and hide here, I will go to court! You can't stay here anymore!" Then he left a furious back. Wolfgang rubbed his mane, stood up in a daze, to be honest, he didn't understand why the gentleman treated him like this, but fortunately, he hadn't woken up yet, otherwise, things might have been worse. Leaning against the wall, Wolfgang touched the piano and sat firmly on the stool. He took out the dry cloth, carefully spread it out, and put it down along the piano's waist line, then smoothed each corner. Tears seeped from the corners of his eyes, the light reflected by the gray walls on both sides of the alley did not fall on the piano, he couldn't even see the keys clearly, his hooves hung weakly on the keys, his teeth clenched. A thick layer of blood film was attached to the corners of his eyes, mixed with tears, and flowed down his cheeks. "How about... take a break today..." a voice in his heart was calling him, leading him out of the alley. "No... I won't go, I hate them." Wolfgang resisted desperately, sitting on the stool, swaying to the other corner of the alley. In the double shadow, he saw the white figure, his heart was shocked, and he didn't care about the blood tears flowing straight down, turned and ran back. However, a rope suddenly flew over, tightly tied around his neck, and tightened abruptly. He only felt a black in front of him, fell down powerlessly, the wound on his stomach was completely torn, and his last glance was full of black and bloody taste. Early in the morning, Wolfgang found that he was not in the tent, surrounded by broken light flow, the body felt soft, was it silk? He got up and wiped the corners of his eyes, it seemed that there was a pony who had washed himself, there was no blood, and the torn part of the stomach had been beautifully bandaged. Wolfgang got out of bed, and there were rugs on the floor, he had already clearly realized that he was in a noble's house. He wanted to leave quickly. He looked around for the exit, the palace corridors were everywhere, some walls were hung with luxurious murals, which made Wolfgang extremely disgusted. "Hey! Sir! Are you awake?" A delicate shout came with the sound of footsteps from behind him. Wolfgang suddenly looked up and saw an open window 3 meters away from him, with the scorching sun in the sky. He turned around and saw the little pony calling to him, and he couldn't help but feel a bit surprised. "Are you... the princess?" He saw the crown on the head of the young woman, but this instead deepened his hatred for the noble class, and he had once wanted to tear the circle of ponies in Celestia into pieces. "Yes, I am Princess Friendship." The lavender-colored little pony took a few more steps forward. Wolfgang shouted in alarm: "What do you want to do?" Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his stomach, and he quickly covered the wound. Twilight was startled by his reaction, "What's wrong with you? Why are you shouting so loudly?" He gasped and answered in a trembling tone, extremely indignant, "You... have destroyed my life...", then he tore off the bandage, and blood splashed from under his body. Twilight saw his action, as if she was also in pain, and persuaded loudly, "Don't!!! You won't stand it!!! Can we sit down and talk!!!" He threw the bandage on the ground, "This wound! It's the end of talking to you nobles!!! And I haven't even spoken yet!!! My father's death! It's the end of talking to you nobles!!!" "What? Us?" "It's you!!! Destroyed my family!!! Destroyed my life!!! Destroyed music!!!" Twilight's tears were spinning in her eyes, and she just wanted to calm this little pony down, but undoubtedly, she had been poured a bucket of cold water on her head, and it contained grievances and panic: "Let's sit down and talk!!! Don't be impulsive!!!" "What's there to talk about! I don't expect you to be self-aware, and you won't even go see the children begging on the streets!!!" Wolfgang finished, turned to the wall, and tried his best to climb onto the window. "No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He ignored Twilight's heart-wrenching persuasion and turned over. Twilight collapsed to the ground, tears covering her face, she didn't understand what she had done wrong to him, even if her way of dealing with things was wrong, it was not enough... On the third day, Wolfgang had escaped from what he thought was purgatory, and now he just wanted to get back to the tent as soon as possible, the street corner piano. Only there could he find comfort, and the dry cloth was still on it, he had to get it back first. But, this was just a reflection of his consciousness, and when he woke up, he was still unable to move, with a hazy hood on his mouth, and the mouth was full of steam. "Hmm... Huh..." He tried to shake his head, but with a sense of dizziness and pain, nausea rushed straight to the top of his head. He seemed to see, at the head of the bed, there were six figures, no... it was eight... On the fourth day, Wolfgang barely got up, his pupils gradually focused. "I... am in... the hospital..." He saw that his ribs were already heavily plastered, and there was a sense of heaviness on his stomach. "Lie down." This delicate voice came from the bedside, and he looked warily, fortunately, it was a nurse. The nurse was hanging a full bottle of healing liquid on the rack, and Wolfgang hurriedly stopped her and said in a panic, "No! Don't do this..." The nurse was stunned for a while, but she still hung the healing liquid, "Princess Twilight will pay for you." "What? No... I won't accept it." He turned over and got out of bed, which caused some of the needles on his hooves to fall off, and the nurse hurriedly helped him, saying, "Hey, you can't move yet, the princess must not want to see you like this." "What does the princess have to do with me!" "She is a princess!" Wolfgang endured the pain and pulled off the last IV tube, with a painful rib, he resolutely walked towards the door. The nurse used magic to flash in front of him and stopped him, "No way!!!" "I don't need the princess to pay!!! I don't owe her any favors!!! She doesn't have to help me either!!" The nurse was dumbfounded, never had such a horse treated a princess's help like this. Wolfgang saw the other party was stunned and motionless, and he quickly stepped out. The plaster cut the ribs, making a cracking sound. He had already made up his mind, he went through the corridor, regardless of everything, and came outside the hospital. "This is... the capital!!!" He was surprised, but this reminded him of his father. Wolfgang looked around, "I need to find a map..." Just then, he suddenly saw Princess Twilight and a few other ponies rushing over from the avenue, and he quickly hid beside the sidewall at the door, and at this time, the nurse also came out, anxiously looking around. When Twilight and the other ponies arrived, Wolfgang only heard an anxious inquiry: "Nurse? Where is the horse?" "I don't know! I was trying to stop him from going out, but he just rushed past me and went out!!!" "Oh no..." Wolfgang seemed to hear that the princess's voice contained a cry, and a few other voices came forward to persuade: "It's okay, Twilight, a horse like him is not worth caring so much about." Wolfgang heard this voice, and his anger surged in his heart, and he didn't conceal it at all. He walked out from behind the wall, staring at them fiercely, and said, "We, in your hearts, are not worth mentioning compared to the dust." Twilight was shocked and looked for the sound, "No! It's not like that!!!" Any more explanations and arguments have no significance, just about to turn around, a rainbow barrier suddenly appeared in front of him. "Let me go!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted angrily. "No way." This is a blue sky horse with rainbow-colored mane. "You... all..." In a state of extreme anger, Wolfgang's body, which had just recovered, couldn't bear it at all, and the whole horse fell down like a mountain, accompanied by weakened breathing, but his gaze was still fixed on the front. Those six ponies and the nurse surrounded him, and the nurse hurriedly said, "He needs surgery!!! Plaster embedded in the heart!!!!" "Rarity, don't you think, your words just now were a secondary injury to him?" Xiao Die said on the side. "But... I didn't expect, he actually..." "Enough! I still remember how you and Jia'er brought him back!!!" Twilight's eyes were full of blame. "But, he made fun of my name, which was wrong in the first place!" "This is a mission of friendship!! Not personal grudges!!!" Rarity was silent, although there was still a lingering resentment in her heart, but the complaints and criticism from friends had to make her start to reflect. "Now, girls, let's go to the operating room to see him... " Twilight turned around and sighed, hanging her head, this was definitely the most difficult task so far, and Twilight herself felt very uneasy, this horse was obviously severely hurt by the nobility and the upper class, and it should have been Jia'er and Rarity who handled the task, but friends participated, I hope nothing goes wrong... , On the fifth day, Wolfgang felt that his whole body could no longer move, he tried to move his front hoof, but a sharp pain in his chest forced him to give up the idea. "No matter what the situation is now, please don't move, even if I beg you." In order to find the source of the voice, Wolfgang used all his strength to slightly tilt his head. That voice hurriedly persuaded, mixed with a cry: "I am Princess Friendship, I don't know what we did wrong, but if there is anything we did badly, please tell me, okay?" "Twilight, wait a while longer, he still needs to recover." A thick voice came from his left, but he had already recognized it. On the ninth day, Wolfgang opened his eyes, it was the middle of the night, he had no sleep at all these days, his brain was full of emptiness, he sat up, and the nurse who came to change the medicine was startled, the nurse said: "What's wrong with you? Don't run around this time, almost killed yourself." Wolfgang sat silently, looking at the nurse, but instead made her feel embarrassed. "Is there a piano?" Wolfgang suddenly asked. "What?" The nurse didn't react. "Piano, is there one?" The nurse was stunned for a while, then pointed out of the window and said, "In the central square, do you want to go?" Wolfgang nodded, then turned over and got out of bed, the nurse immediately came forward to help, holding the medicine rack, and accompanied him step by step to the central square. The night was quiet, the moonlight was like a light yarn covering the sleeping city, and the piano sat there silently, the moonlight silently swept over it. Wolfgang pulled out the piano stool and sat on it. "Do you... play the piano?" The nurse put the medicine rack aside and asked. He didn't answer, opened the piano cover, and the black and white keys were revealed, there was no familiar smell, no smell of dry cloth, no smell of relatives. When he touched the keys, that note straightened up and walked out, but Wolfgang frowned himself. He sighed and began to play. This is Mendelssohn's "Venetian Boat Song", the tone gradually receded, the ripples spread around the square, Wolfgang's hooves rose and fell, the big city has been decorated as a clear river, the wonderful music made the nurse beside him completely intoxicated, after a song, the aftersound lingered, but there were two figures in the shadow behind the piano. Wolfgang was very alert and asked, "Princess, if you want to listen, you don't have to hide, I don't care." The two horses came out, and the nurse's eyes widened, "Princess Twilight? Princess Luna?" Luna smiled and said to Wolfgang, "You play really well, if you want, you can come to the court to be a musician." "There's no need." Wolfgang refused. Luna showed a puzzled look, and Twilight asked, "Sir, why is that?" Wolfgang turned around and faced the two princesses, and said solemnly, "First of all, don't call me sir in the future, I have a name, Wolfgang, secondly, no matter what, I will never dedicate my music to the nobility, today you heard me play the piano, please don't tell other people in the future." Luna was confused, before coming, Twilight only mentioned that Wolfgang was quite excited and had a strong desire for revenge, but now it seems that Wolfgang at this time showed endless indifference and tolerance. Twilight now seems embarrassed, but compared with Wolfgang's extreme mood before, this is indeed a pleasant surprise. "Well... Princess Luna, I think he is not ready yet, how about you go back tonight first, I will talk to him again." Twilight said tactfully. Luna hesitated for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay, let me know if there is anything in the dream." After that, she turned and flew towards the imperial city. Wolfgang ignored it, sitting quietly in the chair. Twilight was silent for a while and said, "Wolfgang, can you talk to me now, let's have a good talk, talk about my faults." "Not you, it's you." Wolfgang turned around and faced Twilight, saying, "Can I go back?" Twilight was puzzled and asked, "But... you can only be taken care of here." "I am not afraid of death, I don't care." Wolfgang said, "I want to show you something, but you have to take me back." She thought about it, this might be an important clue to solve the problem, and agreed. "Take me on a horse, don't tell the other horses, it might be better." Wolfgang said. Twilight thought this could indeed eliminate other distractions, but the map was arranged for Rarity and Jia'er at the time, and there were still doubts in her heart. "But... can I take two horses, just two." "Who?" "Rarity and Jia'er." Twilight said in a low voice. "Okay, let them come, I don't mind." Wolfgang's answer was very firm, which made Twilight feel surprised. "Let's go now." "What? But they are all in Ponyville, and it's very late." Twilight was very puzzled. Wolfgang seemed to be impatient and said, "Come, look at my eyes." He walked forward a few steps, leaned forward, and made Twilight feel embarrassed. He pulled the skin under his eyes, and a very frightening wound cracked open, which startled Twilight. "How did you get here..." "You did it." Wolfgang's tone was about to spit on Twilight's face, "While I was sleeping." The nurse looked at Wolfgang worriedly. Twilight was very distressed, but afraid that Wolfgang would be impulsive again, helplessly came to the train station, hurriedly booked the train ticket, and when getting into the carriage, the nurse handed the medicine rack to Twilight and entrusted the medicine, watching them get on the train. After 40 minutes on the train, Wolfgang was silent, and after arriving in Ponyville, he went straight to the Merry-Go-Round Fashion Shop with Twilight. As soon as he arrived at the door, Wolfgang kicked the door open, and the lock couldn't hold on, and it exploded loudly. "Hey!! What are you doing!!" Twilight was a little angry, at least basic manners should be there. But in return, he got a look as sharp as a needle, "When you see what I have for you, you will feel normal." Twilight endured dissatisfaction and followed Wolfgang into the room, only to find Rarity with a lamp on, stepping on the sewing machine and sewing clothes. Wolfgang was stunned for a moment, walked up, and put his hoof on Rarity's shoulder. Rarity turned around quickly as if she had seen a ghost, and saw Wolfgang standing upright behind her, which scared her into screaming. Suddenly, a hoof blocked her mouth, "Shut up, come with me." Rarity froze, and Twilight came up, her face full of worry, "Let's go, I've talked to him." Wolfgang walked out of the fashion shop indifferently, and the nurse hurriedly followed. "Is she from the Apple family?" Wolfgang suddenly asked. "Yes, how did you know?" Twilight asked. "Only their family's horses would use a rope to rib other horses." The horse behind him couldn't help but be shocked, and Twilight quickly caught up, walking with Wolfgang. I'm afraid something will go wrong. When they arrived at the farm, Twilight quickly stopped Wolfgang and explained, "You wait outside, I'll go in." Wolfgang nodded impatiently. More than 10 minutes later, Twilight came out with Apple Jia'er wearing a sleep cap. Jia'er looked at Wolfgang in disbelief, and Wolfgang took the initiative to approach and said, "If it was me who called you, I would definitely kick you in the stomach and then use a rope to strangle your neck." Twilight felt a shock in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything verbally. Apple Jia'er felt a burst of fear and watched Wolfgang warily. "Let's go, Augsburg." On the tenth day, the train pulled into the station of Augsburg. As soon as they got off the train, strange looks and words immediately swept over from the station, "Isn't this the vagrant at the city gate..." "Yes, yes, how is he with the princess." ...... Twilight felt very uncomfortable when she heard these words, but Wolfgang didn't say a word, squeezed through the crowd, and walked towards the alley. Twilight and the other horses followed closely behind. Passing through the city gate, it was the alley, and the corner of the alley was the piano. Rui Rui and Jia'er all stopped. "What's the matter?" Twilight asked. "Keep up, we're almost there." Wolfgang said seriously. The other three horses didn't dare to stay and immediately followed him in. After walking around the corner, Wolfgang took the dry cloth with his hoof, and took them to the side door of a building, where there was no light inside. "Come in, and you will understand." Twilight looked at each other, and the first one walked in, Apple Jia'er and Rui Rui were stunned, and then walked in. A few minutes later, the other two horses stepped forward and saw Twilight standing in front, but soon the scene in front of them also made them stop. On the dark concrete floor, more than a dozen little ponies in tattered clothes were lying around, some huddled in the corners of the concrete pillars, including children who were not yet a month old. Wolfgang walked in, and several seven or eight-year-old ponies came over, and the innocent voices echoed in the hall, "Brother, why haven't you played the piano in the past few days? My mother said that since a noble horse played a few days ago, the piano has been making noise." "Yes, it feels like the strings are about to break, just like rusty wire." "He also hit me..." Wolfgang was stunned, looked at the sound, went forward and looked at the little pony, there was a split wound on his face, he carefully held his face and said, "Be strong." He looked around, endured the pain and tore off the bandage wrapped around his stomach, folded it into a piece, and pasted it on the child's face. Rarity saw it and quickly rubbed against Twilight, and Twilight felt very unsuccessful at this time, her heart was full of sympathy, but she still quickly held up the medicine rack, suppressing the emotions in her heart, "No, you will get infected!" Wolfgang listened, simply pulled out the needle tube, grabbed the medicine bottle, and said calmly, "I'm not afraid of death, leave it for the children to use, take a good look." The child quickly supported his hoof and asked, "Can you hold on, Old William said that the bandage on the body can't be removed." "Oh, yes, he must be wrong, you know the nobles' words can't be trusted, let alone he is the royal doctor." He wiped the child's bruises on his face and said, "This is not a princess." An old horse with a pipe in his mouth and a leg missing on his clothes came over, and when he came closer, they found that this horse's eyes were full of pupils, "You are not staying in the palace, let me think..." Twilight said, "Sir, can you tell us about your current situation?" The old horse waited for a long time, ignoring Twilight's question, "I didn't know you before, is Celestia going to abdicate?" Twilight thought for a while, brewed for more than a minute, and said slowly, "I am the newly appointed princess, Princess of Friendship." "Oh, it's not your fault, child, you are still young now." The old horse sighed, "But when it's your turn, I hope you can understand us, deal with the bodies." Speaking of this, Twilight couldn't bear the sadness in her heart and quickly walked out of the warehouse. "Twilight!"Rarity and Jia'er saw it and immediately followed. Wolfgang still ignored it, let these nobles see the real situation may not change anything, but this will always make his heart feel better. Twilight stood by the piano, her eyes red, standing quietly, with a cluster of earth-colored mushrooms at her feet. Rarity and Jia'er stumbled up and comforted her, saying, "Twilight, don't be like this, it's not your fault." "But it is the responsibility of the princess, it is my fault." Twilight turned around, and the dim light in the alley hit her tears like spider silk, dancing in the air, "I was chosen by the cosmic princess, as the princess of Equestria, and the princess of friendship, we still can't ensure the harmony between the nobles and the poor, they are unable to resist, because of my incompetence." "But you are working hard now, you are helping Wolfgang with all your heart." Apple Jia'er said. "Yes, dear, we have realized the absurdity of our behavior when performing tasks, but this does not mean that your approach and achievements are denied, in the hearts of most ponies, you are still an idol." "Is it?" The horses turned back, and Wolfgang, holding his stomach wound, limped over, and Twilight quickly held his front hoof, "Come and see this last thing, this is for the children." He took out a booklet from his jacket pocket, "When I play the piano, there are always children coming to listen in the alley, most of them are neighbors or children from the city's poor, and every time I will write down their names and let them say a thought about their future life. These are a few of them." Twilight took the booklet, and there were the names of five little ponies written on it, and behind each name, there was a sentence. Rarity and Jia'er also came over, and they read line by line, some of which made their hearts completely broken: "William Yao Guang - I want to be a pilot, so I can earn more money, my father has always wanted a hat, I believe I can fulfill his wish, as long as the hat shop owner doesn't drive me out, the money I made this year should be enough to buy a hat, I will go to Dris Cemetery to see him." "Qiao Le Mianxin - I want to open a pet hospital, when I was wandering, the closest thing to me was rats, I would often take care of them, sometimes I don't understand why the ponies on the road have to step on them." Rarity and Jia'er looked at each other, and Twilight continued to read. "Kai Yilan - Open a party hall, I am a lucky child, because, I don't feel unhappy in Augsburg, those dukes often kick me with their feet, they seem to be unhappy with my smiling appearance, but I don't care, will you come in the afternoon?" Twilight seemed to have finished reading, Rui Rui and Jia'er couldn't see her expression, and their emotions were in a whirlpool, she handed the booklet to Rui Rui and Jia'er. "Ai Lin - Learn fashion design, although there is no money at home, my father and mother have beaten me many times, they all say it's a waste of money, but I think that clothing doesn't necessarily need high-priced fabrics, you see this, it's made from the newspaper in the trash can at the head of the alley, and it can be rolled into a rose." "Qiao Maishu - Farm, be a farmer, I am trying to plow the land by myself, I usually carry my parents with me, these two boxes are worth two horse bits, they said they want to be the fertilizer for their last season's crop, and then let me change the box." Now, the Hall of Friendship is silent. "I now know that these five children are very similar to you, and I also know the qualities represented by the elements of harmony, but under the pressure of life, the quality of the elements and their purpose have undergone the most essential distortion." Wolfgang finished, took out another piece of paper, pushed it in front of Twilight, and said in a low voice, "Look at this last child, is it like you?" The horses sobbed and gathered around, and after seeing the words on the paper, they were inevitably shocked. "Xing Xi Weiguang - I want to learn all the magic in the world, I want to kill the princess, avenge my parents." Twilight's eyes widened, her eyes filled with bloodshot, her nostrils flaring, and the other five horses were silent, praying in their hearts... "The old man who talked to you when you came in is an old artist." Wolfgang said, "He, used to be Qiaole Mianxin's father, got stomach cancer, and Qiaole Mianxin got lost a few months ago." Twilight raised her head and said sincerely, "We now understand that our previous rule..." "No, what we want to find is Celestia." Wolfgang requested. "Okay, girls, let's write a letter." The five horses gathered around, Rui Rui took out a piece of paper, Sui Long took it and wrote according to Twilight's words. "Dear Princess of the Universe, We are the six holders of the elements of harmony, and we would like to request an audience with you, as well as a few other guests, it's a matter of great importance, please approve." Sui Long put away the pen, and the green flame gushed out of his mouth, and the envelope disappeared. The horses gasped, not knowing what to do when they saw Princess Celestia, they would probably be asked to come over quickly. "Bring people, I need someone to go with me." Wolfgang got up from his seat, although he was no longer in much trouble when walking, he was still enduring severe pain, if it wasn't for the suffering of a year's life, he might have already succumbed to the hospital's needle. "Who." "The remaining family members of those children." Wolfgang took out a list, "In the factory." "I'll go." Apple Jia'er took the initiative to stand out, but was refused by Wolfgang. "You and that white horse can't go." He said firmly. "Why? This is our mission." Rarity was very puzzled, the map is never wrong. Wolfgang looked at Rarity, "After you went out of the factory, I told them about your arrival here and how you brought me to the castle, they said that if you go there again, they may do something to you, they promised not to let any of you present, and the people around you, dare to step into the factory, even the police can't save you." "You... how..." "Tell them? What's the matter?" Wolfgang started to question, and Twilight could clearly hear that every word of Wolfgang's was squeezed out of his throat. "Okay, then Twilight and I will go." Twilight suddenly proposed. "What?!" The horses were surprised, "Twilight, you can't go!" "Right! Even if we go, we can't guarantee safety, you are a princess!" ...... "Because I am a princess, this is my responsibility." She seemed to have made up her mind, and the faces of the other five horses were full of worry. Twilight looked at Wolfgang, Wolfgang didn't speak, he just looked at the other five horses, and walked out silently. "How long have you been friends?" On the train, Wolfgang suddenly asked. Twilight was caught off guard and hurriedly replied, "Ah... two or three years..." "And you before." Wolfgang started to focus, propping his front hoof on his chest, which would make the wound feel better. "I used to..." Twilight hesitated, "have friends." "Not bad, at least there are some." After that, he was silent. "And you, Wolfgang." Twilight asked. Wolfgang sneered, "Music, from childhood, after my father died." Wolfgang sighed and said nothing more. When they arrived in Augsburg, Twilight followed Wolfgang to the factory door, Wolfgang stopped her and said, "You wait outside first, I'll go in first." Twilight waited outside, except for some rustling noises coming from the factory, the rest was spotlessly dark. After a long time, Wolfgang came out, his face filled with calm, and said, "Let's go, it's nothing." "What?" Twilight asked, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad now. "It's nothing, let's go." For some reason, Twilight detected a trace of regret from the bottom of Wolfgang's heart. "What happened to those children's relatives?" Twilight continued to ask, although she still felt unwilling, but out of a sense of responsibility, she needed to do it in the end. "Next time." This time Wolfgang took out the paper and wrote something on it with a pen. Twilight was worried that continuing to ask would make Wolfgang angry, so she silently followed behind him. They got on the train. This time they took a train directly to the capital, and on the train, Twilight had already received a letter from Sui Long. When they arrived at the station, friends were waiting for them. "Twilight!!!" Rainbow shouted, waving his hand. As soon as the car stopped, the five horses quickly surrounded them and asked about Twilight's situation. Wolfgang watched quietly and walked towards the station exit. But immediately, a strong pull on his back pulled him back, he turned his head fiercely and looked back... it was Yunbao, the sudden pull had torn open the scabbed wound again, Wolfgang held back the pain and flung Rainbow off fiercely, shouting, "What are you doing?!!!" Rainbow didn't take this breath and questioned Twilight, "Since there's nothing wrong, why did you still go to Twilight? Now you want to run away?" Wolfgang couldn't exert force anymore, he tried to calm down and said in a calm tone, "I just want to see Celestia as soon as possible." Twilight was startled by this roar, and when she found out what Yunbao had done, the hoof that Wolfgang was covering the wound with couldn't stop the blood from seeping out, and drop by drop fell to the ground. "Wolfgang!" Twilight rushed over and stood in front of Rainbow, "What are you doing?!!!" Rainbow looked very surprised, "But... isn't he..." "Any horse doesn't know what will happen in the next second!" "What is the reason he didn't say, how do we know?" Rainbow questioned Twilight. Wolfgang came up, put it on Twilight's shoulder, and squeezed out a few words unsteadily, "I said, let me talk to him." Twilight looked at him worriedly. Wolfgang faced Rainbow and said, "I'll tell you, but don't spread it out, okay?" "Okay, you say it!" Rainbow still spoke with a stubborn tone. Wolfgang looked at Twilight and said, "Call the other horses together." "Last time we went to Augsburg, the dukes of Augsburg have been following us because they recognized Twilight and knew she was a princess. After leaving, they found out the poor gathering place, and the 1,200 little horses and more than 200 children living in the factory were all driven out. Some who couldn't walk were killed on the spot. Don't tell any horse, but... there are also things to be grateful for." Wolfgang fell silent. "What is it." Twilight asked, she couldn't cover up the sadness in her heart, tears were eroding the fluff on her face. "The six children have not been in the factory since last week, they are the only poor people who may still be active in Augsburg." Wolfgang looked at Twilight, "Go to see Princess Celestia." Wolfgang finished and stumbled towards the door, Twilight hurriedly helped him and temporarily stopped the bleeding on the wound with magic. "Rainbow, I really can't bear what you just said." Fluttershy said angrily, Rarity and Jia'er looked at each other and followed Wolfgang. Pinkie came out of the Hall of Friendship very low-spirited, and now she is silent. When they arrived at the throne room and climbed the steps of the big door, the door guard blocked Wolfgang with a spear and shouted, "Who are you?!" Twilight explained, "Sir, this is the one Princess Celestia asked to see, and I invited." "Princess Twilight? How could Princess Celestia invite such a vagrant to the throne room?!" The guard did not let the way, but became more arrogant. "This guest is the one I invited, it was me who asked to see him!" A thunderous command came from behind the guard. This voice scared the guard. "Let them in!" "Yes! Princess!" The two guards retracted their spears and stood upright, Wolfgang glared at them, "Damn nobles..." Twilight helped Wolfgang in and walked in, the golden sunlight passed through the colorful murals, the rainbow-like light edges surged on the ground, along with the light arcs reflected by the gold diamonds on the wall. Wolfgang tried to avoid these dazzling lights and came to the throne. "What do you need?" Princess Celestia came down the steps and came to Wolfgang. Wolfgang took out the scroll from his jacket and handed it to Celestia, "This is the list of 1,200 poor people in our city, as well as the measures of the government, please have a look." Celestia immediately frowned when she heard about the poverty rate, she took the scroll and asked, "Which city?" "Augsburg, the total population is 8,000." "Twilight." She called, "What's the matter, princess?" "You have been there, right?" Celestia asked. "Only Rui Rui and Jia'er, because this is a mission of friendship, I shouldn't have gone, but this problem seems very serious, so we are ready to work together to solve it, the ordinary methods have no effect." "I understand, this is a political event." At this time, Worlfgang took out that booklet and handed it to Celestia, "Look at these five children, and then look at these ones." Celestia read each child's words and wishes carefully and asked, "Where are these children now?" "In Augsburg, if they haven't been found by the guards yet." Wolfgang hesitated. "Can you find them, so that I can have enough evidence to dismiss the officials and make new regulations?" "But isn't what you have in your hand evidence?" Wolfgang questioned. "Because the more than 1,200 horses on the list have been expelled by the officials. After finding them, they can lie completely, and it will be impossible to execute due to the inconsistency of cause and effect. If we force the dismissal, Equestria will fall into chaos." Wolfgang took back the booklet, and Twilight looked at him puzzled. "Okay, princess." Wolfgang turned around and brushed away Twilight's hooves. "What's the matter with the wound on your body?" Princess Celestia asked again. "It's nothing, Your Highness." Wolfgang deliberately emphasized "Your Highness", now he is very angry, but at the same time, a sense of relief welled up in his heart. Twilight's magic began to fail on the wound, and the pain gradually started to attack the wound again. But this time he didn't turn back. "Girls, let's start." Twilight said, and the other five horses followed, but Celestia always felt something was wrong. On the way, Twilight came up and asked, "Wolfgang, why didn't you give the sixth child's business card to Princess Celestia just now?" "You don't want to know, it's not beneficial to this operation, but can I ask you something." Wolfgang stopped and faced Twilight. Twilight had never seen Wolfgang ask for himself, but it must be something important, "What is it?" Wolfgang took a deep breath and said, "Twilight, even if we don't find them, please help them fulfill their wishes, even if it's just in form." Twilight didn't expect Wolfgang to care so much about these children, "Okay, I promise." She was determined. "Thank you." Twilight vaguely saw some distortion on his face, but he turned his face away again. The train entered Augsburg again in the middle of the night, and there were basically no horses in the station, it was quiet, a few newspapers were rolling on the seats in the waiting hall, and the buttery electric light was shining on the ground, dazzling. Wolfgang led Twilight and the other horses out of the station, and Twilight didn't know where to start, but the whole of Augsburg is not big, a few wandering horses must be very conspicuous, but he had to hurry, otherwise, when the patrol found them, he would have no chance. "In this way, Wolfgang, we will search in areas, you are most familiar with the city area, Yunbao, you go around the city first to see if there are any patrols." "Okay!" Rainbow responded, spread his wings and rushed out. Twilight continued: "When looking later, I will be with Wolfgang, girls, I believe you all know who to look for, after finding the children, gather at the train station." Immediately after, a rainbow with a long tail flew back, "Twilight, not for the time being." Twilight nodded, "Then Rainbow, you should go look for William Yao Guang." "No problem." "Okay, girls, any questions?" Wolfgang looked around, and there was silence. "Then let's go, we have to hurry." "Let's go..." Twilight followed Wolfgang, and the rest of the horses were very worried, not only about the worry of Wolfgang and Twilight being together, but also about the child named Xing Xi Weiguang. Stof Street------ "Why not look for it yourself." Wolfgang's tone was full of heaviness, "I can't persuade her, she will kill you." "If it really has to be like this, then I am willing..." Wolfgang suddenly stopped, and Twilight didn't know why, "Do you know where to find Xing Xi Weiguang?" "I know." Wolfgang whispered, "I know..." He enjoyed the silent night very much, a night without music, a bit dull, with no thoughts in his heart, they don't know the truth yet, they will hate these politicians, they haven't seen it, they will see it clearly soon, they haven't experienced it, and they will feel it soon. "Uh? Is there a horse? Hello..." Fluttershy was bent over, her light green pupils searching in the dark, full of fear and panic, a trace of perseverance trembling in the white of her eyes, "Ah-----------Who is it?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She turned her head sharply to look behind, and a group of crows were startled, "Oh... The birds..." "Hello." "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A sharp scream shot straight out of Xiao Die's throat, which startled the horse, who asked in confusion, "Little girl, what are you screaming for, you might attract the guard team." Fluttershy looked up trembling, "You... are you..." "I am Dean Lela." "Dean?" "Yes, I am in charge of the Augsburg Central Hospital..." "Central Hospital?" The faint voice brightened, "Then... do you know a pony named Qiaole Mianxin?" The dean frowned, his nostrils fluttering, obviously his tone became heavy: "I know." "Can you... can you take me to her?" She became excited, with sparks of hope burning in her eyes, "Are you a foreign horse?" Seeing Fluttershy nodding slightly, the dean said, "Then... follow me, let's put the bed matter aside for now..." "Thank you." "Let's go... She will be very happy." Fluttershy noticed that the dean might have some unspeakable things with Qiaole Mianxin, "Dean, what happened to Qiaole Mianxin before?" The dean was silent for a while, leading Xiao Die forward, and she had an inexplicable wave surging in her heart, which made Xiao Die not ask more and follow her silently. "She is a poor child." After leaving the alley, the dean said, "She was born in our hospital, and I haven't visited her for a long time, she should be about your age now..." "What? And me?" Xiao Die knew her own age very well, it was impossible to remember wrong, but in Wolfgang's mouth, she was still just a child. "Yes, she was separated from her parents since childhood, and after she was born, she was in our hospital, as a good hand, and soon an old man like a vagrant took her in, she was very hardworking, at that time, almost all the patients in the hospital knew her, she loved small animals very much, once I asked her to go out and pick a basket of lavender, she came back with an injured squirrel, we didn't know how to treat animals, so we sent the squirrel to the vet, speaking of this, the vet Lex is more familiar with her, that little guy would go to her place almost every day, after taking care of the patients every night..." Fluttershy choked tightly, with countless ants crawling on her heart. They turned a corner, and the air began to become heavy, this was a wasteland behind the hospital, full of moldy smell, "We will be there soon." The dean said, "She is in front, with her friends, this is probably the happiest thing for this group of children, to be able to be with friends..." "Broken houses, suffocating smell..." Rui Rui was holding the map with magic while looking around, "Oh... little guy... I understand your pursuit of fashion very much, but where is the Philos Hotel..." There were only street lights on the street with their eyes open, staring at the white horse, Rarity was startled when she looked at the street, all the stores along the way were closed, and there was a dead silence ahead, "Wolfgang must have marked it wrong... this... is this the direction..." Rarity didn't believe Wolfgang himself, and he had made up his mind to ask for directions when he set out, but he didn't meet a horse for most of the way. "Oh, what a sin..." Suddenly, Rarity vaguely noticed a figure in black cloth hanging down with his back in the white light, if it was before, he would definitely turn around and take another road, but now completing the task is more important than anything, she walked up quietly and said softly, "Hey... Hello..." "Hmm?" The figure moved, slowly turned to Rarity , and said, "Who are you, what's the matter?" This horse seemed to be old, and the vicissitudes of life poured out from the cavity. "Uh, I want to ask, do you know where the Philos Hotel is?" "There is no hotel here, never for guests." Rui Rui was undoubtedly puzzled, but at the same time he was proud, this proved that he was right, "Oh... okay." "Are you looking for someone? There were horses asking about this place before, but I have a good memory, it's been a few weeks." Hearing this,Rarity dismissed the idea of going back and asked, "That... Ailin." The horse sat up suddenly, "Who?" Rarity stepped back, "Ailin, a child." "A child, no, a girl, according to now, she is about your age." "Me?" "Of course, do you want to meet her?" The horse stood up, "Well... yes, can you show me the way?" She took back the parchment paper and saw the horse take off the black hat, was that a horse? The mane was even more messy than if he hadn't taken care of it for ten thousand years, and one eye was so inflamed and swollen that he had to wear an eye patch. "Let's go, bring some wine, I'm going to see my family too." Rarity didn't understand what he was talking about, but fortunately, there was finally a pony willing to lead the way, and he slowly followed. "Where are you from? You don't look like a horse from here." He walked with Rui Rui, which made Rarity very uncomfortable. "Oh, I'm from Ponyville, a fashion designer." "Is that so, she would be very happy, she has always hoped to have a teacher to teach her how to make clothes." Rarity felt very bad, a smart designer might be able to design unparalleled clothes, but having a comfortable environment and expensive materials is essential, and she is still a child. "I know, she also likes designing clothes, but... how did she like designing." In that horse's remaining eye, Rui Rui saw countless complex emotions, and he said in a strange tone: "Girl, I can't believe that designers like you don't know this truth." "What truth?" "Art comes from life, no matter what kind, music is the same." Rarity suddenly felt that she had heard something similar before, but couldn't remember who said it for a while. "I remember she often went to the factory in Stof Street because her friend was there, of course, this is hearsay, I don't know if it's true or not, she especially likes to sew cloth dolls, I remember once, she sewed a fire dragon, and when passing by the central hospital, a businessman in the hospital saw it and bought it from her, and put it in his cabinet, very cheap, only one horse bit, it's estimated that since that day, she felt that designing all kinds of silk products and the like is very interesting, and can also find value in it, every time she passed by that businessman's store, she would stop and look, because she knew how proud she was, that was what she sewed herself, but later, I don't know which kind-hearted gentleman bought that beautiful and exquisite fire dragon away." "Isn't that great? More people like their own works." Rui Rui was very puzzled. "But it was precisely because of this that Ailin realized that her works were just for the entertainment of others, and could not make them understand their true feelings, at that time she was only 8 years old, since then, the horses that could see her works might only be her few friends." The street is about to come to an end, but in a small alley not far from the edge, they turned in, and a gloomy atmosphere suddenly rushed into Rui Rui's fur: "It's almost there, her place is in front, just go straight, I'm going to see my father." "Location?" The wind was blowing in the ears, and what made Yunbao feel strange was that after she took off from the square, the ground seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog immediately, dark, and she could only judge the direction while looking at the map, the entire upper sky, apart from the moon, the bottom was pitch black, and in front, Daisy faintly heard the sound of the factory machine. But the rumbling sound was getting closer and closer, and finally reached a point that could not be ignored. Rainbow began to dive down, passing through the low-level clouds, and sure enough, a chimney was spewing mushroom-like smoke. She approached, and the windows of the factory were open, but there seemed to be no ponies inside. "Strange..." When she was about to turn around and adjust her direction again, a shout came from the ground: "Hey!!! Pegasus!!! Flying is prohibited near the factory!!!" Yunbao was startled and flew towards the sound, and in front of the factory dam, a light gray pony was tightly holding a mask and waving at herself. Daisy landed on the ground, "Don't you know it's dangerous to fly around the factory?" Rainbow took a few steps back, "Well... I didn't know, I'm new here." "New? The city is not welcoming to visitors, it's the mayor's order." His tone was very serious, "In Augsburg, even princesses have to be restrained." Rainbow was puzzled, "But I'm just here to find a horse, and I'll go back after I find it." "Who." He took off the mask. "A child named William Yao Guang." "William Yao Guang... That's the child of the William family, his father used to work in our factory, and later became a vagrant, he did tell me a place, but I've never been there, it's said to be very resentful." Daisy asked, "How do I get to that place? Is it at the training ground?" The light gray pony shook his head: "No... No, the training ground has been demolished." "Demolished?!" Rainbow was very surprised, "Yes, it was more than 20 years ago, the mayor ordered the demolition, that child used to like to stay there. Oh, since you want to find him, just go straight down this road, as long as you have enough courage." Rainbow hesitated for a moment, "Hey! Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" She asked worriedly, but there was no answer, and she could only continue to grope forward with her courage. Gradually, a white fence appeared in front, which made Daisy strange, and the fear that came with it was also solemn. "This is like reincarnation, even if you are a princess, you can't resist what they are going to face... some horses have already found it." Wolfgang led Twilight walking. "Here? Where is Xingxi Weiguang?" Wolfgang didn't speak. "Your friends are ahead." Twilight walked up, and five horses were standing silently in front. She was puzzled, "Girls, why are you..." She walked up and was stunned. "Each tombstone has a story similar to yours." Wolfgang knew that the six holders of the elements of harmony were bleeding in their hearts, but only by experiencing it could they understand. "But you told us they were wandering in the city." Rui Rui couldn't hold back her tears and asked in a loud voice, "Why..." Tears had already blurred Twilight's eyes, and her voice trembled in the wind, "Why... you didn't tell us directly..." "Like you didn't tell us that we were expelled, most of them were killed, but at least, one of them survived." The five horses turned around one after another, and at this time, they all looked at this horse in disbelief. Wolfgang squatted down, a stream of light began to spread from the tip of his tail to his whole body, his wings gradually spread out, and the sharp horn on his head shone brightly. "Wolfgang... you..." "Princess." At this time, he had completely taken off his ragged jacket, and instead, he had a golden body. "These are my friends, not much different from you. Also, my full name is Xingxi Weiguang, Wolfgang." At this time, all the little horses became nervous, and the five friends knew the purpose of Xingxi Weiguang very well. Rainbow rushed over first, too late to wipe away her tears, and stood in front of Twilight, "What do you want to do to Twilight?!!!" Xingxi Weiguang closed his eyes, spread his wings, and his whole body suddenly started to burn, "No!!!!!!!" Twilight squeezed past Yunbao's blockage and lit her unicorn, trying to save Xingxi Weiguang. It was useless. In the end, what was left was a pile of debris, Twilight sobbed, and suddenly, a call came from the air: I know how you will govern the country, we believe in you, take my ashes to see Celestia, you have evidence now. Finally, as I asked you before, help them achieve their dreams, and I will also give you a reward that belongs to you, that's it, please... A piece of dry cloth fell from the sky, wrapped in a golden force field, and Twilight spread her hooves, it slowly fell between her hooves, different from before, the dry cloth seemed to become much more gorgeous, they found that the dry cloth had a border woven from staff paper, with a few golden words printed on it: Court Musician, Wolfgang.