Strayer, who finally reached out, forced a drop of blood from his fingertips. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Click", the faint sound of collision sounded, and blood dripped on the Codex monument.

The blood dripped obliquely on the crystal surface of the obelisk, and quickly seeped into the obelisk, leaving no trace.

Everyone held back their breath and stared at the glittering monument, the one that the four griffon sculptures carried on their backs, and even the choir and orchestra stopped involuntarily, as if their music would have any effect on the outcome.

Strayer, on the high platform, did not look at the monument.

He looked at the crowd in the square in a daze, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes intertwined with memories and prayers, and he was stunned.

Then the monument lit up.

A golden-red glow poured out from the spire, flowing through every inscription on its surface, all the way to the griffon sculpture at the bottom.

The four styles of engraved codes were all lit up, and the golden red light seemed to bloom outward from the monument, projecting the inscriptions on the space around the high platform, as if a huge and incomparable monument code suddenly appeared on the high platform, and every invisible surface was a golden red law code.

Then the monument began to tremble slightly, and a clear chirp pierced the sky, echoing in the square one after another for a long time.

It was the call of an adult male griffon, like the four griffons coming to life and singing.

The people in the square were shocked by the sight in front of them, most of them were watching the ceremony of verifying the bloodline for the first time, and the illusory and huge monument of the code stood in front of the people carrying more than 2,000 years of time, as if the bits and pieces of this ancient country's past were gathered and revealed at the same time, making people cry uncontrollably.

Gradually, cheers came from nowhere, and more and more people began to cheer, gathering together, and the mountains and seas resounded in the sky.

The tense atmosphere at the aristocratic table was relaxed at once, and even those who had doubts stretched their brows, and some people laughed and said that His Royal Highness Strayer was still too young to be honed, and he could still be in a daze on such an occasion.

The corners of the Regent's mouth also showed a smile, and he sat down slowly with the black iron scepter in his hand.

Maureen let out a long sigh of relief in the corner, the atmosphere was so solemn that the boy really thought something was going to happen, he glanced at Papa Pike, and the baron was looking at His Highness Strayer on the high platform in a daze.

There were no surprises and the ceremony went smoothly.

His Royal Highness Strayer is the rightful heir to the throne of Lothar, and there is no doubt about it.

The orchestra and choir resumed, and the low, majestic music echoed the cheers of the people.

The cheers continued for a long time before they subsided, and the crimson glow scattered by the monument finally dimmed.

"Please ask the General to escort the Legacy Codex back to its place. Esier said, nodding to Strayer, who greeted everyone and walked down the platform first, returning to the nobles' seats to the cheers of the crowd along the path drawn by the guard.

The royal guards on the high platform carried the monument and walked down the high platform in orderly steps, led by General Hunt, and marched down the long street into the palace.

Then it's time to celebrate.

The high platform in the square was soon dismantled by the magicians and carried away, making room for a large area, and the orchestra on the platform stopped playing, but more troubadours and musicians began to play cheerful tunes in the crowd, and some people who were still interested began to sing and dance in the square, and the vendors took the opportunity to occupy the liveliest places to peddle their rare goods.

With their servants and guards, many nobles also stepped down from the viewing table and wandered among the stalls.

Hoping to find something surprising.

Strayer was surrounded by many noble children in the middle, babbling about what had just happened:

"Your Highness, you can be distracted on the high platform, it really scares me!"

"It's just, it really scared the hell out of me. ”

"Your Highness must have seen the cheers of the people from above and had a lot of thoughts......"

"I heard that His Majesty the Regent's proposal has been passed, and the entry of the code will be amended soon, and His Highness can be crowned king in advance, congratulations to His Highness in advance!"

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Morin saw several familiar faces in that small group of people, all of whom he had met on the ship when he was taking the academy examination last summer, including the children of the Lambert family and the son of Earl Norman Ackermann, who had fought with him.

Strayer glanced at him, presumably trying to introduce the boy to the nobles, but Maureen didn't want to go over and join them.

On the one hand, the baron did not take him to the social occasions of the nobles since he was a child, and the young man did not understand or be interested in the open and secret battles of these large and small factions of Lothar, and on the other hand, Daddy Pike was also burdened with serious accusations, and seeing that those nobles avoided Daddy, he knew that he was probably not very popular.

Besides, the baron had specifically instructed him not to leave his side.

"Daddy, now that the ceremony is over, I can always go down for a stroll, right?" asked Morin, who wanted to check out the stalls in the square, maybe he could buy something interesting, and by the way, prepare some small gifts for Barron to bring to them at Victor Academy. In addition, there are barbecue vendors over there, and young people from all walks of life can smell the fragrant smell.

At noon, I hadn't eaten much to watch the ceremony, and now my stomach was growling with hunger.

Although the mana can be supplied to the body's consumption, it has a certain limit, just like sleep, like ordinary humans, even if they come into contact with the sea of magic, they need to eat, otherwise the body that is too hungry will consume mana greatly.

Baron Pike still looked at Strayer, not knowing what to see in that gentle face, and he waved his hand for the boy to move freely.

Maureen didn't care about the weird daddy, and ran into the crowd in a few clicks.

After all, this is a public place, and there is no shield from the magic barrier, so many things are really inconvenient to talk about.

After a while, on the other side of the square, the boy reappeared, already clutching several skewers of fragrant barbecue in his hand, and was eating happily.

Although Toddell's trade was well developed, the food was still very regional, such as the usual kebabs, the flour and sauce used in different places, the size and processing of the pieces of meat will be slightly different, and the temperature of the grill and the sticks used to skewer the meat will be different.

Mo Lin only felt that this barbecue meat had a unique fragrance, and he was not afraid of being hot with his magic to protect his body, so he ate the meat skewers in two or three clicks, and almost swallowed his tongue.

"Hmm...... Not bad," the young man praised while secretly glancing at the hawker's spice bottle, thinking about how the taste he had just eaten was blended, and he couldn't take the opportunity to steal a wave of teachers, and he would also experiment with it himself when he was free in the future, after all, he couldn't always be "controlled by others", and he still had to eat when he went out to adventure in the middle of nowhere.

"Huh...... Isn't that the Earl of Grey Mountain?" Morin was stunned.

He also thought that this old man would find an opportunity to talk to His Highness Strayer after the ceremony, after all, he had not hidden his desire to win over His Highness in that letter before. But who would have thought that the old man who was in good spirits appeared in this square, and was stopping in front of a stall selling flowers with a few guards.

Maybe he's already done what he's done?The boy thought that the Lord Regent had proposed to amend the Code, and that His Highness Strayer should be crowned as soon as next summer, perhaps that would be enough to satisfy the Earl of Grey Mountain.

But what doesn't seem quite right?

Merlin frowned, and turned his attention away from the barbecue stand, all on the old man not far away.

He paused for a few breaths in front of the flower stall, but ...... His eyes never seemed to be fixed on the clusters of flowers of different colors in front of him, he was staring away.

Merlin took two steps to the side, and came closer, and found that the Count of Grey Mountain's gaze had passed over the clusters of flowers in front of him, and landed on a man in a cloak not far away, who was wearing a gray cloak and a wide hood, and his face was hidden in the shadows, but his whole body was also facing the Count.

Seem...... What's not quite right......

The whole square was filled with a festive atmosphere, and everyone was celebrating the reconfirmation of the identity of His Highness Strayer's successor, why this man was dressed like this, looking out of place with those who sang and danced.

Suddenly, Merlin saw the hand in the man's sleeve move slightly, and then the boy felt a slight fluctuation in his magical power.

A terrible thought flashed through the boy's mind.

The man was holding a magic card in his sleeve and activating the spell model!

He's a killer!

He's going to assassinate the Count of Grey Mountain!

He wants to assassinate the Count from afar in the royal capital of Lothar, in this celebratory square!

The terrible consequences that this incident will bring about made the young man's cold hair stand up, and without the slightest hesitation, he suddenly jumped out with a force under his feet: "Little-"

But in the next scene, his body froze in place, and the screams were forcibly pressed into his chest.

Merlin saw that the Count of Grey Mountain was staring at the man wrapped in the gray cloak and nodded slightly.

The movement was small, but the boy was sure that he would never be mistaken, and the Count of Grey Mountain looked at the face in the shadows and did nod slightly.

Explain that the Earl of Grey Hill knew the man.

The boy breathed a sigh of relief and blamed himself for a false alarm. In this way, that person is probably a mage under the command of the Earl of Gray Mountain, responsible for protecting the safety of the old man in secret, I heard that he brought a lot of people to the royal capital, but he can't trust the garrison of the royal capital.

It's good that he didn't scream, otherwise I'm afraid it would have caused a panic riot, Mo Lin thought.

He looked away, thinking about taking another look at the delicious roast and soothing his heartbeat.

But the next moment, the electric light exploded.

The lightning exploded not far from his side, and then a loud bang was heard.

Then there were the screams of the people.

Then came the frenzied wind.

Merlin's body was hit by the people who fled in a panic, and he used all his strength to stagger a little, and turned his head a little dazedly, and saw the petals flying in the sky, the float scattered into pieces, the old man fell to the ground in an unknown way, and several guards guarded in front of him in a panic.

People rushed to the side, and the place was in shambles.

The man in the gray cloak was nowhere to be seen, and the people in the audience in the distance were still stunned and didn't understand what was happening, and the heavily armed guard team was rushing towards it, and the bodies of several life sacrifices were already lit up with white glows.

But how can this be?

Morin was stunned and thought, didn't the Earl of Grey Mountain know that man?

It's impossible......