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Even in the evening, when the hot and dry sun was finally reluctantly pulled down the horizon, the ground that had been scorched all day was still like a pan to fry everything on the earth, and the hot rocks could even stay warm until midnight, as if they had been cast a warm ray or other magic.

Only a heavy rain can bring some coolness.

It's like the royal capital of Lothar at this time.

The clouds began to accumulate in the afternoon, and by the evening the sky had turned to a dull gray-brown, and a gust of wind suddenly brought a slight smell of sand and dust, and then the raindrops of beans crackled and fell, and a moment later the torrential rain poured down, and the lightning and thunder were combined, and there were no ordinary pedestrians in the streets.

The shops had long since closed their doors, and even the caravan that was about to hurry shook their heads and changed their itinerary, reluctantly returning to the inn or tavern to book another day's accommodation from the smiling boss.

But on the boulevard outside the city, a rider was galloping in the heavy rain.

The young rider's cloak shimmered, keeping most of the wind and rain out, and the sturdy horse galloped at an extraordinary speed, and in a short time it was down into the city. In the midst of the rainstorm, the rider dismounted and presented the token to the garrison at the city gate, and each of them gave a military salute, and then left his horse here and entered the royal capital alone.

His faintly lit cloak dimmed, and his inconspicuous figure disappeared in the rain and soon disappeared into the streets.

Without the cover of the magic cloak, the rain flowed down the chain mail into the undershirt, and immediately wet the little Wes, but he didn't care, and carefully circled around the royal capital again, making sure that no one was following him, and finally came to a mansion.

The mansion occupies a large area, like the governor's mansion, the courtyard wall surrounded by black iron fences is as simple and powerful as a military camp, and there is even a high sentry post in the corner of the courtyard, which is still guarded by soldiers in the rainstorm.

After checking his identity at the door, Wesley Jr. walked to the magic barrier of the cloister and stayed for a moment, his clothes became dry again, and then walked down the corridor to a door, and before he could knock, the door opened inwards automatically, and Wesley Jr. stepped in.

It was a spacious room, and behind the bookcase at the top sat a dignified old man.

"Little Wesley?" the old man didn't seem to expect him to come back so quickly: "How's it going?"

"Live up to the general's trust. Little Wesley gave a military salute and took out a small alchemy bottle from his bosom, which contained a small drop of bright red blood, and he solemnly handed the alchemy bottle to the old man.

"Confirm it's the child from the Callanders?" asked the old man.

Wesley Jr. nodded: "At that time, he was traveling with His Highness Strayer and little Osmond, and he almost saw me through, His Highness and Osmond have really made a lot of progress in Iluvita this year." ”

"That little cub from Osmond, this year's exposure to the sea of magic has been baptized by magic, if you don't make progress, you can't say anything. Speaking of Osmond, a slight smile appeared on the dignified old man's face, he took the alchemy bottle, put it in a metal box that had been prepared long ago, and locked it: "This matter is strictly confidential, don't mention it to anyone." ”

"Yes. Wesley Jr. replied.

"Go down, Osmond has returned, if you have time, please help me train him, especially during this time when the situation is tense, try not to let him go out and run around......" The old man hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Don't let him run around with His Highness Strayer." ”

Wesley Jr. shuddered, saluted heavily, and exited the room.

The majestic old man put away the metal box, looked at the empty room, and after a while, suddenly said: "Since you are here, show up, although I am old, I am not old and dizzy." ”

As soon as the words fell, the air in the middle of the room seemed to flicker slightly, and then an old man in a white robe, dressed in a gold-patterned white robe of the life sacrifice, holding a short brown wooden staff, said politely: "General Hunt." ”

"Lord Wayne. The majestic old man at the top also nodded in salute, but did not get up:

"I've been feeling uncomfortable in my legs and feet lately, and it just so happened that Your Excellency came, why don't you help me see how many years this body bone can last?"

The general said with a smile, with the strength of the general, as long as you are willing, it will be easy to protect Lothar for another hundred years. Wayne said.

Hunter shook his head, and changed his words: "Since Lord Wayne came alone in the rain, it must not represent the temple, I don't know what happened?"

"The general is investigating Pike Calland," Wayne's expression became a little more serious, "I don't know what the general's purpose is, can you tell me?"

Hunter didn't look surprised at all, and said seriously: "Although I also want to trust that little guy Pike, after all, I am in charge of the Lothar army, and I am also responsible for the safety of the royal capital, so it is inevitable that I must always be vigilant against everyone." ”

"Included?" Wayne asked quippedly.

"Including Your Excellency. Hunter nodded earnestly.

"So, do you have anything to look into about that little Pike?" Wayne asked.

"Should I find anything?" asked Hunter rhetorically.

"The general misunderstood," Wayne said, "that little guy Pike was put on the watch list because of that incident, and his identity is too sensitive, and Lothar's situation has been very tense lately, and if some rumors are involved, it will inevitably cause more trouble." And Pike insisted on coming to the royal capital again, I heard that the griffin shield was just taken out at the griffin inn, so it is better to be cautious during this time. ”

"Catching the Wind and Catching ......the Shadows," the majestic Hunter pondered for a while, and finally said, "Actually, I'm not investigating Pike, but his child, the one named Morin. ”

"Huh?" Wayne was stunned: "Pike does have a son, it is said that he has a good talent and was admitted to Iluvita, and he is in the same class as His Highness and that kid from your family, what problems can he have that deserves your attention?"

"The problem is ......" Hunter looked away from the white-robed priest and stared at the illuminated crystal on the ceiling with a frown, as if considering whether to tell the other party about it.

There was still a raging storm outside the room, but pins could be heard in the room.

"Even after all these years, you still don't trust me, but you should always trust the Temple. Seeing that the other party had been hesitating, Wayne said with some displeasure.

"It's you. Hunter finally said slowly.

"Huh?" Wayne was puzzled.

"You said that you had seen Your Highness, and said that Your Highness had no problem. Hunter stared at the white-robed old man, "But some people say that Pike's child is similar to Queen Janelis's eyebrows, and my portrait of that child really reminds me of the first queen and queen." ”

"Huh!" Wayne laughed puzzled: "After all, it's still those rumors?!"

General Hunt silently stared at the temple sacrifice and did not deny it.

"Okay, I'll repeat it to you again. The old man in the sacrificial white robe said angrily, and paused his cane hard, and a white light barrier wrapped the two of them in it:

"Thirteen years ago, on that night, after His Highness was born, he was sent to the Temple of Life to be blessed by me, and soon after those flames and wolves came, His Highness was indeed on his way back to the palace. But I don't care what the rumor says, it doesn't matter whether His Highness was deliberately taken away on that chaotic night, or that His Highness was killed in the fire. ”

Wayne gasped, looking excited.

"The important thing is that Your Highness is blessed by me, and there is a breath of life left by me in your body, which is impossible for others to fake! And half a year later, it is precisely because of this breath that we finally found His Highness, at that time he was adopted by a farmer outside the royal capital, and the farmer has been working on that farm for three generations, and his origin is innocent, and there is no problem!"

"Besides, I've seen it, Your Majesty has seen it, and I've tested the inheritance code, but you must suspect Your Highness based on those rumors that came out of nowhere?!"

Hunter also raised his voice: "You have your judgment, and I have mine. I was told that the soldier who had taken the king's eldest son captive was my direct officer, a member of the team responsible for escorting him from the temple back to the palace. At that time, he was seriously injured and struggled to hold up in front of me to tell me the news, it was impossible to say anything, and the whole thing was clearly very strange. ”

"I admit that there is something strange about the Nightmare of Lothar, the temple has never stopped tracking it over the years, but I am telling you now that there can be no problem with the identity of His Highness Strayer, he is the eldest son of the king who was sent to me to receive blessings back then, as for what you said looks like, Lothar is so big, Todder is so big, the total number of people is too many to count, naturally there are people who look similar. Wayne said.

"Since His Highness Strayer has no problem, why would His Majesty the Regent hold another ceremony to verify the Inheritance Code?" General Hunt asked.

"Aside from tempting the Earl of Grey Mountain, it's not like you people are going to see it again with your own eyes! there are always people in the province who believe the news that they don't know!" Wayne said angrily.

Seeing that the other party said so categorically, Hunt shook his head again, leaned over and pulled out a picture scroll from under the table, and waved his hand in the air: "You haven't seen that child named Morin yet, right? This is a portrait drawn by my subordinate, from this point of view, this eyebrow is clearly carved out of the same mold as the deceased Queen Jeanerys, and the age is about the same, I don't believe it can be a coincidence." ”

Wayne was about to speak, but he froze for a moment after glancing at the scroll.

"You see, don't you also think of Queen Jean-Nice," said Hunter, "I didn't pay attention to this matter after His Highness Strayer was found, but last summer one of my soldiers happened to see this young man, and I started to investigate again, not that I don't believe in your judgment and Your Majesty's judgment, but as I said, since I am the guardian of the kingdom, I must find out for myself to rest assured." ”

Seeing that Hunter was so determined to investigate, Wayne finally sighed:

"Well, I shouldn't have kept this thing from you in the first place. ”

He paused his cane again, and the light curtain around him became even thicker.

"Do you remember why you were adamantly opposed to King Lothar when he wanted to marry Jeanerys?" he asked.

Hunter was stunned for a moment, and didn't know why the other party mentioned this: "Janelis is just an ordinary commoner, not in line with the royal tradition, at that time, this marriage was opposed by most nobles, including me, that is, the first king insisted that everyone had no choice but to agree, but for this reason there were still some people who had a gap." ”

"But Queen Jaenerys wasn't actually a commoner," Wayne said slowly.

"Well, if a nobleman should hide his identity, even if it is a nobleman from a neighboring country, even if it is only the child of the lowliest knightly family, it will not be so strongly opposed, unless—" said Hunt.

"—unless she has to hide her origin for some other reason. Wayne replied.

"What factor?" asked Hunter in a deep voice.

"Her brother has just accepted the ruling of the Holy Council, and if she does not become a commoner incognito, how can she marry the former king, I am afraid that the resistance will be ten times greater, or someone will simply raise an army to fight against her. The white-robed old man said slowly.

"You mean-?!"

"This is also here to tell you, and it must not be spread out again. The old man sighed, "It is only natural that Pike's child looks similar to the queen, because Queen Jeanerys, whose real name is Jenny." ”

"Jenny Callander. ”

"She's Pike's own sister. ”

……

……

"Why are you on the law enforcement team's watch list, Daddy?" asked Morin with a serious face.

Outside the window, lightning and thunder roared, wind and rain, and in the griffon inn, the atmosphere was also a little solemn.

Pike looked at Maureen, looking a little stunned: "How do you know ......?"

"I met Captain Raymond of the law enforcement team because of something, and I listened to him. The teenager explained.

"Huh, how did you end up with that old stupid bear in Raymond?!" Pike startled.

"Oh, I'll talk about that later, Dad, don't change the subject, tell me why the Temple of Nature is spying on you!" Merlin said angrily.

"This ...... That's a long story......" the baron sighed, and slumped back on the soft leather sofa, the cunning in his dark blue eyes gone, replaced by an old look of memory.

"Nearly thirty years ago, in the cold winter, the tide of chaos suddenly swept in—"

"Ahh

"You know that, too. Pike continued, "In that war, which came to be known as the Battle of the Blood Moon, I was in charge of commanding a legion—"

"Command a legion?!" exclaimed the boy again.

He was then hit in the head by an oncoming feather pillow.

"Shut up and listen honestly!Don't be surprised!" Pike brewed his emotions again and said slowly, "The legion under my command was responsible for the defense of a battle line, and played a vital role in the Battle of the Blood Moon, but after that war subsided, I was accused of being a cultist because some of my orders were unreasonable. ”

"Evil!" this time Morin covered his mouth in time.

"And because I was a bit more aggressive in that war, and had a grudge against many of the nobles of the Empire, they even proposed to the Holy Council that I should be taken to death, almost to death, and finally His Excellency the High Priest came forward to save me, but the Council still put me on the watch list of the law enforcement team. Pike smiled wryly.

"The exact process is not clear for a while, you just need to know that I have done a great job and have been falsely accused, but those people in the Holy Council have long since lost their original glory, and they are only concerned with fighting for fame and fortune, forming gangs for their own country, and not caring about the rise and fall of Todder's order and the fire of civilization. ”

"I didn't want to keep working for them. The baron concluded sourly.

"It's so excessive!" Morin said angrily to the enemy: "This is simply, this is simply revenge! Cross the river and tear down the bridge! Unload the mill and kill the donkey! Cook the rabbit with the dog! Turn your face ruthlessly! Pull-"

Seeing that the young man was getting more and more outrageous, Pike hurriedly interrupted: "I don't feel sorry for the position of commander of the coalition army, but because of this matter, my family and many subordinates like Lothar have been restricted, and I feel a little indignant." ”

"Dad, you said that you were a little ruthless at the time, what the hell is going on, tell me about it. Maureen asked.

"Ahem, that's a bit inappropriate, I'll talk about it later, I'll talk about it later. Pike waved his hand, and after a moment he said, "You wrote to me a few days ago that you were going to Victor Academy next month for an exchange, if you have the heart, you can probably find more detailed information about the Battle of the Blood Moon over there, go check it yourself." ”

"Just remember that no matter what you see, I'm your Pike daddy, and that's not going to change. ”

You can be sure to keep that in mind. ”