Instinctively, Brant pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword and took a step back, "My magic isn't for hurting friends. ”

Vanessa shrugged her shoulders and looked "I knew", "Look, chivalry has once again triumphed over your love for me." ”

"It's not like that—" Brandt tried to plead, but was again ruthlessly interrupted by the princess.

"It's ineffective, and there's no need to negotiate, since Kelun doesn't eat hard and soft, it seems that we have to start with his sore spots," Vanessa stared at the hundred-foot-high Halberd Castle outside the tent, and muttered, "People have weaknesses, where is Kelun's weakness?" ”

"As an adult, Kolun rarely appears in public," Donald pointed to the air intake window of Castle Black, "his realm is also managed by stewards and warlords, and it is said that every day, the butler personally reports to him the affairs of the city and the official documents from Neverwinter, and no outsiders are allowed to meet this mysterious lord." ”

"Some say he has the horns of a bull and the thighs of a dragon," said Cedric, whose red beard fluttered up and down, and his equally red face was covered with mockery, "but without the temper of a bull and the power of a dragon, this dignity can only hide in the castle all day long, and dare not see anyone." ”

"Defects in physiognomy are not enough to keep a man away from the world for many years." Vanessa shook her head, "My gut tells me that this is still something to do with magic. ”

As we were talking, there was a sudden commotion in the barracks. There was a woman's voice, and there was a scolding from the military cao.

"What's going on?" Donald asked the guards.

"A lady," the guard reported, "says her name is Kastina, and asks to see Her Highness." ”

"Kastina?" Vanessa and Brant looked at each other, "Why is she here?" The princess motioned to bring the Castina into the tent, and her gaze fell on Brandt's face in confusion, and although the latter was also confused, there was still a sour feeling in her heart, as if Castina had followed Brant all the way, and not for herself.

After a while, Castina was brought in. Vanessa couldn't help but wonder if this woman was really that sweet and lovely aristocratic girl. The woman in front of her was wearing a long gray cloth dress, although the color was old, but the workmanship was first-class, and it could be seen that she chose such an inconspicuous skirt in order not to attract attention, the skirt and the bottom edge were full of dust and mud, and the folds on one side were scratched and torn, which made her look wolf-bèi. In her memory, Castina was so delicate and beautiful, like a quiet and fragile glass vase, but now her face was like a wheat field after frost, withered. The satin-smooth skin had withered and turned into parchment for memorization; The golden curls of the sun's hair hung low behind his head, like a lifeless ponytail; The most painful thing is that her fawn-like eyes have lost their brilliance, and in just a few months, she is as sluggish as a dying woman.

"Kastina?" Brant tried to call her name.

"Prince Brandt!" Recognized the most familiar face in the room, Castina threw herself into Brant's arms, and cried aloud.

"What happened?" Vanessa felt the need to maintain the atmosphere in the camp while also relieving Brant. Oh no, maybe he's smug that a beautiful girl throws himself into his arms. Vanessa glanced at the prince and saw that he wasn't enjoying it.

Kastina sobbed and recounted what had happened.

It turns out that after Brandt, Sansillo, and Vanessa rolled into the Doron Gate together, Brandt's brother Creon once again took charge of the Land of the Wine Valley, and he easily found Castina and tortured her to death. Later, in order to befriend Koman, Creon sent Castina to the Land of Midsummer to make amends for losing Vanessa. Coman didn't like women at all, so he gave Castina to Baron Koren in the Halberd Castle, and poor Kastina was blown around like a leaf in the wind, and finally couldn't get out of the mud.

From Castina's staccato crying, Vanessa learns an important message - the Opland family has been plotting a rebellion for a century! Since they introduced the powerful magic gene, this family has ceased to be a vassal of the Delin family.

Colen? The real reason why Opplan has not seen outsiders for so many years is actually very simple, he is studying evil magic, and after failing, he is attacked by magic, and a simple glance from a stranger can insert a rusty silver needle into his internal organs. And the reason why he is so eager to study evil magic is because his successors simply can't meet his requirements, and no one has the powerful magic that can conquer the land of Midsummer.

Treated as a fertility machine, Kastina became pregnant with Kelun through a gauze tent, and under the help of magic, she gave birth to twins in a week. This would have been a great joy for the first-time mother, but she couldn't be happier when the children were growing at a geometric rate before her eyes. All the facts indicate that Colen has a perverted purpose for his desire for children, and she has no right to ask him what he wants to do with them.

This uneasiness had been buried in Castina's heart, and as time calmed down, she let her guard down and began to naively think that the uneasiness was just her own foolish thought. Until one day, her eldest son disappeared. She searched the whole castle, shouted her son's name, climbed the tower with her hands and feet worn out, cried to the sky, but never saw her son again. The previous uneasiness came to her mind again, and her intuition told her that her son had been taken away by Kolun and taken to his unspeakable room, perhaps the son was experiencing terrible loneliness, perhaps he was cowering in the corner and weeping, perhaps he was being disemboweled by his evil father......

Castina couldn't go on. Vanessa handed her a glass of wine, watched her pour the pale yellow liquid into her stomach in one gulp, and then poured her another glass, which was a lime wine from the city-state of ale, which had a calming effect. Sure enough, the poor girl raised her teary eyes and continued to tell her story.

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