With the sound of gongs and drums, Charlotte's long-awaited shadow puppet show finally took place in the town square. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The circus performers stand behind the curtain, manipulating the shadow puppets with a few small bamboo poles. Although in the opinion of Charlotte, who has experienced various anime baptisms, such a performance is simply weak, but I have to admit that such a circus performance is almost an epoch-making creation in the world of Steeu, which is similar to medieval civilization.

Shadow puppets dance on the curtain, and performers dub and narrate the dancing dolls. Because it was performed in the Duchy of Erossa, such a performance had to be heavily political and mythological.

The myth of the crisis of annihilation 3,000 years ago is the enlightenment for almost every noble child in the Duchy of Erossa, and is widely spread in the Duchy because it involves the sacredness of the Clayderman family.

The story probably goes that about 3,000 years ago, in the dark age when the gods were sleeping and magic was withering, a powerful witch suddenly appeared. The witch has the power to destroy the world, she can easily play with people's hearts, create illusions, the almost immortal witch started a war for unknown reasons, she summoned the demons of the abyss and some evil mages, and led them to invade the main material realm.

It is said that in that era, almost everything was affected by the powerful magical power of witches, and it was difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. Sometimes as soon as you go out, you will find that your familiar home has become an abyss, sometimes you feel like you are in the kingdom of the gods even though you are on the battlefield, and there are even people who are ecstatic to see their dead relatives.

But whether the phantom is beautiful or terrifying, as long as you are caught in it and cannot extricate yourself, then you will surely become the witch's most faithful slave before you know it.

In that era when everyone was in danger, heroes appeared!

Claudine was one of the brightest heroes of his time, a legendary warrior who defeated the witch with the help of two fellow mages and solved the war of annihilation. People sing the praises of the heroic deeds of those three great heroes, so they are honored as the Three Saints of Annihilation.

The story reaches its climax as Claudine inserts the glory of the Holy Sword Knight, a symbol of victory, into the witch's chest. People cheered and sang the praises of Claudien's name, and the young people in the square writhed wildly and waved their palms, and the atmosphere was as lively as a festival.

"Victory, Claudine, your glory is all over the earth!"

As the people praised him, Evan and Vivien Leigh blushed with excitement, and they clapped and cheered in spite of the image, and Vivien Leigh even jumped on the awning, causing the shopkeeper to let out whining curses. However, in the next second, the complaining shopkeeper also threw himself into the cheering crowd.

"I'm going to have my mom bring this circus to the castle, sure!"

Evan reiterates to Charlotte several times that he is completely caught up in the glory of his ancestors, and even leaves behind the heavy flail of the nobility.

Yes, the hero's full name is Claudine Clayderman. He has countless titles, such as the founder of the Duchy of Erosa, the first Grand Duke of Erosa, the King of Knights, the King of the Black Dragons, the Protector of the Steeu World, the Righteous and Wise Elder, and the Light of the Dark Ages......

It is no exaggeration to say that it was he who established the Clayderman family for 3,000 years, and brought great political and civil prestige to future generations. In the past three thousand years, the Clayderman family has risen and fallen several times but has always stood still, and the reason for this is because of the glorious ancestor of this suspected time-traveler. It is said that whenever the Clayderman family declined, the Duchy of Erosa responded to the high air, thanks to the reputation of this ancestor.

However, Charlotte was skeptical about this. You know, this is a world of high demons with gods, if it is true that Claudine has such great power and unparalleled prestige as the myth says, then how could he die?

His great prestige can be seen in the fanaticism of the people 3,000 years later, and it stands to reason that such a figure could have used his own power and people's worship to ignite the divine fire and sit on the throne.

But Charlotte's reading of the family's documents reveals some secrets, and Claudien's old age is very bleak. It is said that he was so weak that he could not even hold a sword, and spent his days depressed, saying things like a madman that no one could understand. Then, before dying, he left a ban on the descendants of the family.

"The Clayderman family is never, ever allowed to learn magic!"

Charlotte also had a big fight with her dad about this. After all, in the eyes of Charlotte the Traverser, what is the difference between a life in another world where you can't learn magic and salted fish!

The performance lasted two hours, and the fanatical crowd had a stir for a while, before they dispersed in excitement at noon.

The three siblings walked down the sparsely populated path that led to the town's horses, and they had to get back before sunset.

Even the muddy road didn't spoil their good mood, and the excited Evan and Fei Wenli kept discussing the performance. Vivien Leigh's face flushed, and she clutched the saber at her waist, looking eager to wield it like her ancestors.

Although Evan maintained the basic etiquette of the nobility, he had said at least dozens of times that he wanted to invite the circus to perform at the castle.

Only Charlotte put her hands on the back of her head, and she responded to several people with one or the other, and in his opinion, there was hardly anything new in such a performance. Not to mention anything else, there is no basic element of the story of love, it is completely as plain as boiled water! I really don't know how those people can be infected by such a simple story.

"Hey, you say, annihilate the Three Saints, annihilate the Three Saints, then who are the other two Saints!"

The little princess Fivien Leigh frowned, her index finger tapping her lips and asking questions, she finally noticed the strangeness of the story.

"That's a good question! With your poor brain, you've finally noticed this detail!"

Charlotte spoiled. That's the biggest reason why Charlotte doubts the truth of this story!

Since they are the three saints, who are the other two saints? Although it can be seen in the story that they are two mages, a man and a woman, their names are ambiguous. Some people call them Granger's, others call them Clayton or something, and anyway, each place has a different version. Compared with Claudine, they have properly become foils, and even their names have been washed clean in the long river of history.

"This, this...... You'll understand it when you grow up. ”

Evan finally recovered from his frenzy, and he touched the bridge of his nose, his face looking a little embarrassed. He also seemed to realize that the story might just be a lie woven by the Claydermans about the sanctity of their rule.

"W-What! Charlotte, do you despise me? Hmph! Even Brother Evan ......"

Lori, who was jumping to protest, suddenly stopped her voice, she stared blankly at her chest, where a trembling arrow pierced her heart and burst out of her chest, red blood soaked the lace on her hunting suit, and Vivien Leigh felt her head buzzing, her vision darkened, and she couldn't figure out what was going on.

In the next second, the little girl who was still alive just now lost consciousness and fell straight to the ground.

"Fi, Fivien Lei-"

Charlotte subconsciously caught his lovely sister and watched her petite body twitch in his arms, he shouted her name loudly, trying to make her open her eyes. For a while, he had the illusion that he couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion. What are you doing, I was happily arguing just now, why did this happen all of a sudden? Is this a dream? It must be a dream! I haven't woken up from a dream!

"No kidding! Is this a prank? It's not funny at all, damn it, wake me up!

Charlotte shook the girl's body vigorously, but she didn't react at all, and the red blood gradually spread on the dirt. The ornament on Aven's body clanged and fell to the ground, and he seemed to be unable to believe what was happening in front of him, and he reached out to Vivien Leigh in a daze.

"Hmph, I see. If this is the end of resistance, the scum of the Clayderman family will be captured obediently, and I may be able to spare your lives!"

A strong man more than two meters tall stepped out of the shadows carrying a huge battle axe, his chest bare, his face covered in scars and mysterious tattoos. The man was barehead and gave the brothers a cruel smile. Behind him, a group of men in black stared at them fiercely, as aggressive as beasts before hunting. One of the men in black was holding a longbow, and it was clear that he had drawn the bow and shot the ignorant Vivien Leigh to death.

Charlotte was so angry that she almost lost her mind, and with a thud he drew his saber, pointing the tip firmly at the man in black who was raising his bow. Although he has been bullying his sister, he loves this lovely sister more than anyone else, and in his heart, bullying Vivien Leigh should only be his exclusive power, when will it ......

"Hurt Vivien Leigh, I—I'm going to kill you—"

"Wait, Charlotte-no-"

Before Evan could stop it, Charlotte rushed out like a gust of wind. The surging magic energy in her body responds to the call of her master and tidal rhythmically, and the magic energy feeds back to herself, making Charlotte's various qualities have made a great leap. Although there is no golden finger, but Clayderman's pure-blood blood is not the biggest golden finger? Ordinary people want to become a good warrior, awakening magic energy is the biggest obstacle, and for Charlotte, such an obstacle is almost non-existent.

The saber stabs the longbowman with a thrusting attack, which is the way to abandon any defense. The man in black didn't seem to expect a 12-year-old imp to have such a strong strength, and he stared blankly at the sprinting Charlotte, and even forgot to dodge.

Qiang――

The axe slammed into the saber, sending a flood of force through Charlotte's body, knocking him to the muddy ground. At the critical moment, the bald scar-faced man made a shot and knocked Charlotte away with just one blow.

"It's amazing, it's really a mongrel with Clayderman blood, and he actually has the power of a second-ring swordsman at a young age. ”

The scar-faced man stomped on Charlotte's face and crushed the side of his face with the ball of his foot, and the dirt and garbage were inevitably swallowed into her mouth, Charlotte maintained a humiliated posture, staring at the enemy in front of her with vicious eyes.

"Charlotte—"

Seeing Charlotte being humiliated, Evan also drew his sword and rushed forward at the first time. He was calmer than Charlotte, and he bent slightly to dodge Scarface's slash, only to be punched by Scarface a second before he attacked. With a simple punch, Evan flew out like a kite with a broken string, his face red and swollen as he fell to the ground, and blood kept spitting out of his mouth.

"But do the mere second-ring swordsmen want to outdo me? I'm a warrior known as a butcher, and I've killed at least three hundred of them like you, hahaha......"

He let out a wild laugh that constantly crushed Charlotte's side face, causing Charlotte's mood to hit rock bottom.

Charlotte had heard his name, he was a fierce warrior in the northern grasslands, a top warrior of the Seven Rings!

It's all my fault! It's all my fault! If I hadn't dragged Evan and Vivien Liqiao's house, even if I had brought guards, this would not have happened! It was me, I had harmed them!

"Bring them back to me, and as for our princess, throw her down the sewers. I'd like to see what Archduke Erossa's expression will look like when he finds out. ”

It's all my fault! It's all my fault! It's all my fault! If I could do it all over again, I'd ......

Bang! The butcher kicked Charlotte so hard that his mind went dark......

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Charlotte's eyes snapped open, crunching beneath his feet, and he looked around. In front of him, there was a wooden two-story house, and he was walking down the old staircase, and downstairs was the lobby of the storefront, because it was early in the morning, there were no customers in the lobby.

A bartender with pale blue hair was wiping her wine glass behind the counter, and in the corner of the first-floor house, a little Lori with beautiful blonde hair was complaining about something to the gentle black-haired boy with a puffed bun face, and she seemed to notice Charlotte's arrival, and immediately let out a 'hum-' tail while throwing her head to the side.

On the other side of the lobby, two waitresses were looking at the black-haired boy and whispering, and the boy with long black hair suddenly stood up, so the waitresses let out a suppressed exclamation, and then boldly released some kind of message to him.

What the hell is this? He must have been attacked on the trail leading to the horse, and now he ...... He was in the hotel in the early morning!