Rather than waiting for her son's body, Castina searched around the castle and finally found the secret passage that Colon usually used to enter and exit, and successfully entered his secret room. There, she finally meets her eldest son and solves many mysteries, such as the secret secrets of the Opland family.

"He had many wives, and each of them bore him children," Castina recalled with a trembling voice, "and those children were filled with transparent tubes, and their magic was pumped out and delivered to one of the most powerful children. ”

"Magical offerings?" Vanessa asked Sir Donald with her gaze, "No wonder Kolun can make so many crit fighters. ”

"But it's evil magic that was banned by the Wizards' Guild many years ago!" Sir widened in rage, "What's more, on his own offspring!" ”

"That's why I have to close the door so that outsiders don't see it." Vanessa raised her chin and motioned for Kastina to continue.

"My little Rick, he is tied to the rear, like a bird that has lost its wings," Castina wept helplessly, "I saw with my own eyes that the children before me died, and without magic, their lives came to an end......" She threw herself at Vanessa's feet and grabbed the princess by the corner of her skirt, "Your Royal Highness, please save my little Rick, he is still a child, he doesn't deserve such an ending!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll figure it out." Vanessa picked up Kastina and looked at her torn skirt, "How did you escape from the Halberd Castle alone?" ”

"I didn't run away," Kastina touched the back of her head, "I ran into Kolun's guards, who didn't hesitate to attack me, thinking I was dead, and threw me down the drain. When I woke up, I was already outside the sluice. ”

Vanessa and Brant glanced at each other and said in unison, "Sluice!" Vanessa took Castina's hand and led her to the table, pointing to the Halberd Castle on the sand table, "Show me, where did you come from?" ”

"Here," Castina pointed to the depression on the north side of the castle with trembling fingers, "I remember being washed down this mud pond and catching a floating barrel to survive." ”

"Reina." Vanessa habitually called her archer, but remembering that Reina had been sent back to Crescent City by herself, Brandt stared at her face with a complicated expression, which made her very uncomfortable. "I'm going to leave right away. Please help me prepare my horse. ”

"I'm with you." Brant strode out of the tent to untie the reins of the Light.

Vanessa instructed Donald to take care of Kastina, and then followed. She walked up to the prince and looked at his somewhat thin back, and couldn't help but think of the last side of the Burning Flame Kingdom, when he was so dedicated to himself that he didn't hesitate to jump into the tower to ensure his safety; Now that the poison on his body has been lifted, Vanessa finds that she can no longer trust him, and who knows when that poison will attack again and make Brant kill herself?

Vanessa walked over cautiously, "Going into the city to inquire about this kind of thing, a lot of people doesn't necessarily lead to a reward." ”

"Then why are you going? You have so many knights, any one of them can sacrifice their lives for you. Brandt glared. You are at the center of this qiē, and if something happens to you, who else will lead them home? "He didn't understand. Vanessa sighed in her heart, she couldn't blame him, he didn't remember anything after the poisoning.

"This is my war," Vanessa looked at the prince earnestly, "and it has nothing to do with them. They can walk back to Winterfell on their own feet. But I can't. I want to see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears, all the information has to be judged by me, Reina is not here, I can only do it myself, if I don't fight for myself, who will? ”

"You still have me!" Brandt finally couldn't help but shout, "Since I woke up, you have been avoiding me and alienating me, as if I were a dragon that could breathe fire at any moment, but you know, I will not hurt you," the prince's tone softened, "not even to hurt the people around you." Where is our previous trust? Where is the backing we once relied on? Did I mess up a qiē, or did you transfer your trust in me to that archer! ”

"You want to talk about it? Well, let's talk as we go. The princess rolled over and got on her horse, her legs clamping her belly, and the Light began to trot, leaving Brandt not far behind.

They walked to the moat, and when they looked up, they could see the battlements in the wall, and Vanessa spoke, "I think you already know that my biological father is Ivan, the Ivan of the Cursed Family. Brant nodded, picked her up, and paced slowly along the riverbank.

"He's like Kolun, he has sown seeds all over the ground, hoping for a strong heir." Vanessa took the reins of the Light in her hand and walked along, "He's a little smarter than Koron, and he's not thinking of just a summer country, but of all of Olops. ”

"Is it only a strong heir?" Brandt asked, not without sarcasm.

"Maybe you don't believe it, but that's exactly what the prophecy says." Vanessa nodded helplessly, "The Cursed Family's family will give birth to an heir with the blood of the King to help the Ivan family return to the pinnacle throne. ”

"Ivan did so much because he thinks you're the heir?"

"That's right. Not only did he decide that I was the blood of kings, but he also promised me to marry me to the prince of the country of mountains in order to unify the six kingdoms. Vanessa smiled wryly, "Do you know how many engagements I have?" If my magic is a clone, I'm afraid I won't be able to turn into so many clones when my magic runs out. ”

"I know that very well." Brandt shrugged and regained his rogue look.

"It is always the one who makes the enoffered," Vanessa said sadly, looking at the prince's face, "even as a princess, I have never had the right to decide. But in my heart, there will always be only one fiancé. ”

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