The emperor sat in a high-backed chair.

Next to him was a bare small table, the star banner that was originally laid on it was repeatedly confirmed by the emperor and put into the space, and it was a little abrupt to put the small table.

Master Rice stood aside thoughtfully.

Although the emperor didn't say anything, he kept holding the star banner and looked at it again and again, as if to confirm something, and Rice guessed that the emperor's change was closely related to the flag.

"It's a pity that there is no Merlin royal blood, and outsiders and royalty see it completely differently."

Keeping the Star Banner for more than a hundred years, Rice already knew this.

A voice came from outside, and Master Rice tilted his head sideways and said:

"Your Majesty, they've arrived."

Sure enough, after a while, a guard knocked on the door and came in to report, and the emperor immediately let him in.

It was not only Lin An and Yokyadan who entered, but also Master Kodiak, Worf Swordmaster, and a black-haired young mage.

The emperor looked slightly surprised, and then suddenly, he remembered that when the guards reported just now, they also said that these three people also came together.

Master Rice was secretly surprised.

"His Majesty has been on the throne for more than 30 years, and I am so absent-minded that this kind of Cheng dù, this is the first time I have seen it, what does the star flag show that makes him so abnormal?"

Perhaps it was the joint arrival of Master Kodiak and Worf Sword Master that diverted a lot of the emperor's attention, and he restored his normal state in the face of outsiders, so the new Lin An and the others did not notice his abnormality.

"You're here, and so is Wolf."

The Emperor stood up and nodded, not asking about the reason why the Worf Sword Master appeared in the palace, so that Worf Sword Master's prepared words fell through.

And Master Kodiak found that the emperor's attention was basically only on Lin An, and he secretly felt bad in his heart.

Lin An as the watched. Of course it was found out at the beginning.

She had been quiet according to Master Kodiak's words, but the Emperor did not follow the usual sense at all, and after saying the first sentence, he followed suit:

"Master Lin, I have something to say to you alone."

“…… Father? ”

"Your Majesty, I-"

The Wolf Sword Saint wrinkled his eyebrows, and was about to start reciting the Dafa of Sarai in pieces, when the emperor waved his hand, and his face froze. Undoubtedly:

"You don't have to worry about it, I told her to come back and have other things to ask. Kodiak and Wolf, if you two are not at ease. It's okay to wait outside, but I'm going to talk to her alone. ”

Worf ignored the sarcasm in the emperor's words, and as if he hadn't heard it, he said grinningly:

"Oh, since His Majesty allowed it. Then we'll wait. ”

Master Kodiak smiled and acquiesced with Wolf.

Yokjardan frowned, looked at the Emperor and looked at Rice, who nodded slightly, indicating that the Emperor was indeed in trouble.

Yokjadan was slightly relieved, and was about to signal to Lin An. Lin An on the side had already spoken up: "Yes." ”

Since they are alone, the emperor is not worried about his own safety, what is there to be afraid of her? What's more, there are a few archmages and sword masters guarding outside.

And judging from the feedback from perception. The Emperor was telling the truth.

This is probably also seen by the Wof-Swordmaster and the Kodiak Master.

Although the emperor's attitude towards Lin An was very strange, it was more of a vague judgment and measurement, and it seemed that there was little malice. And the emperor has already given assurances, and it is impossible for them to stop it.

Ultimately. It's the palace, and they don't want to make a big deal out of it.

For both sides, it is better to stop at the scope of the people they know so far, and not to further expand it.

Several masters and parties were very calm, only Andre looked anxious, grabbed Lin An's hand, and wanted to say something, but was glared at by Master Kodiak, and at the same time, Lin An also said:

"Don't worry, it looks fine, Andre, you and Master Kodiak are waiting outside."

After Lin An finished speaking, he withdrew his hand from Andre's hand and walked towards the emperor.

The emperor looked at him implicitly for the intimate action between Andre and Lin An, and said to Lin An: "Follow me." ”

He turned and walked to a room connected to the side hall, where the guard stood in the doorway, bowing to open the door for the two.

The Emperor and Lin An walked in under the eyes of the others.

It is a relatively simple and simple room compared to other palace halls, and it feels like it is not very commonly used.

The white lily in the vase on the low cabinet in the corner of the room was a little wilted, and seemed to have been left for two or three days, and the velvet carpet under his feet was half-new, but it was cleaned quite frequently, and there was no dust to be seen on the edges and corners of the carpet.

After the emperor came in, he turned his back to Lin An and didn't say anything.

There were sudden magic fluctuations in the room, and one by one the vigilance arrays shielded the spells and hidden, it should be the strong man who protected him in the dark, shielding the possible prying eyes from outside.

Outside the room, Andre suddenly cursed.

Master Kodiak's spell was also blocked back, and with a frown, he glanced at Master Rice:

"What the hell do you want to do, dead old ghost, you don't know anything about it?"

Master Rice didn't care about Master Kodiak's verbal salutation, his face was as usual, and he shook his head, "Your Majesty didn't sue me. ”

After saying this, he closed his mouth tightly like a river mussel.

Master Kodiak and Worf Juggernaut glanced at each other, and secretly felt helpless in their hearts:

In terms of strength, they are slightly inferior to Rice, and their usual tricks are generally useless in front of a strict and calm person like Rice.

The two had no choice but to give up the inquiry.

Yorkiadan waved off one of the guards he had called and patted Andre.

"Don't worry, there is no change on Odin's side, my father has never broken his promise, and he will never embarrass Master Lin, otherwise I wouldn't have let her leave before."

Andrei reluctantly smiled at Yokjardan.

He could see that the fifth prince was on Lin An's side, and he may have helped Lin An in the previous roundabout.

Although he knew the role of Yokyadan in Paradise Island, as well as what Lin An had said about Yokyadan, the Tower of Doran, and the Holy Empire, Andre was still more grateful to Yokyadan.

in the room.

The vigilance shielding array was flooded one after another, and Lin An didn't care about studying the location of the strong man hiding in the shadows, knowing that the emperor had made such a battle, it seemed that the emperor attached great importance to the next topic.

She was secretly vigilant in her heart, waiting for the emperor to speak.

After the spell is cast. The movement in the room disappeared, and the strong man hid again, but since the other party had shown his traces from the beginning, Lin An was vigilant, but also felt that the emperor probably did not intend to use any coercive means.

But the emperor still did not speak.

The long silence created a frozen atmosphere in the room.

If it was someone with less willpower, or those courtiers who feared the emperor in this room, I am afraid that they would be made restless by this atmosphere.

Lin An secretly laughed at the emperor's bad tricks, but because his mood was not as stable as before tonight. In the end, he was a little upset, secretly speculating about the emperor's intentions.

"Who are you?"

The Emperor suddenly spoke abruptly.

The stagnant silence was broken, and Lin An's heart jumped by this abrupt sound. I couldn't help but make a sound:

"Huh?"

"I'm asking you where you came from, who are you?"

The emperor turned around and stared at Lin An tightly, accentuating his tone, staring at Lin An with a very solemn look. Don't miss the slightest expression on her face.

Lin An's eyes moved slightly.

This is Lin An's biggest secret.

Lin An never thought that one day, he would encounter this kind of questioning from the person at the top of the pyramid of secular power, and his heart inevitably jumped a little faster.

"Who am I? Is the Majesty inconclusive? ”

Under the emperor's tight gaze, Lin An controlled his expression, did not show a different color, and said with a faint smile. "Besides, even if I sue you, you will be completely convinced?"

"Flickering words. There is a problem. ”

The emperor thought to himself, and said coldly: "You say, if you don't believe it, I will judge." ”

Lin An smirked when he heard this.

"It's a pity, although His Majesty Xià asked this. But I once made a mage vow, and I was not a legend. Never mention the teacher, if you are interested in my origin, you can directly ask my teacher. ”

If it was before yesterday's incident, maybe she would have been troubled by the emperor's questioning, but now that everyone is tearing their faces, she doesn't have to save face for the emperor too much.

Lin An's implication:

If you have the ability, you can go to my backstage, don't bully the juniors every time regardless of your identity.

The emperor was angry, but he still suppressed his anger and said angrily:

"I'm not asking about your teacher, but about your origin—do you have parents?"

Lin An chuckled in his heart, but there was an even more hypocritical smirk on his face.

"Do you think I'm jumping out of the stone?"

The emperor was stabbed by her with a strange smile, knowing that Lin An was messing around, and said in a deep voice:

"Then you know, your parents...... Who is it? ”

It was not for nothing that the emperor asked this.

Legendary powerhouses and hidden lineages are usually accustomed to adopting orphans and cultivating them from infancy: in this way, it not only strengthens the disciples' feelings for the master, but also ensures the stability of the inheritance.

After all, with the standards of legendary powerhouses and hidden inheritances, there are very few children whose talents meet their requirements, and there is a great deal of chance that they appear, and they are often prone to encounter seeds of different nationalities from their own background, but they meet the requirements.

If the disciple had already remembered his age at that time and remembered his parents, he would inevitably have the possibility of being cut off or defecting to the master in the future.

And a talent like Lin An, which occurs once in a thousand years, is more accidental, and judging by her appearance, she doesn't look like a Merlin person.

But she was able to achieve her current achievements at a young age, obviously because she was carefully instilled and cultivated since she was a child, and with the habit of accepting apprentices from outside the world, Lin An was raised since she was a child, and it is very likely that she does not know her origin and parents.

Especially when Lin An first appeared in Yanbao, he also preached to the outside world, saying that he was not from any of the Three Kingdoms.

"My parents ......?"

Lin An's breath was slightly short, his eyes flashed with different colors, he remembered some bad memories, his face changed, his face sank like water, and even the perfunctory smirk disappeared, and he said coldly:

"They have nothing to do with me now, is it meaningful for Your Majesty to get to the bottom of this?"

There was already a clear look on her face that she didn't want to mention, and her sunken face was a little ugly, but the emperor ignored her expression and asked:

"You don't know your parents? Are you an orphan? ”

Lin An's expression seemed to be stabbed, but he calmed down and took a deep breath. With a gloomy face, he said:

"I'm an orphan."

She raised her eyebrows and looked at the emperor, as if to say: So what?

The answer was entirely expected, and the Emperor was silent for a moment, and then asked:

"You really haven't met your parents? No memory at all? ”

"I haven't seen it! I haven't seen it since I can remember! ”

Lin An's voice raised a degree, and he said coldly in a displeased voice that anyone could hear: "What does Your Majesty want to ask me, are these questions?" If there are no other questions, I can't accompany you! ”

After she finished speaking, she barely bowed and turned sharply to leave.

"Wait!"

The Emperor's voice came after him from behind. Lin An suddenly turned his head, and angry flames jumped in his dark eyes.

"If you could find your parents one day, would you like to go back?" The Emperor asked solemnly.

“…… They and me. Does it matter! ”

Lin An sneered, he couldn't even salute, he turned around and opened the door directly, and walked out.

……

The Emperor did not stop any longer, and watched her back leave the room. The door closed again, his expression was extremely complicated, and after a moment he asked quietly:

"Antonio, is she telling the truth?"

"Her perception is too strong, though I've tried to hide spell fluctuations from when I set up shielding spells before. But there's no guarantee that she's aware of it, and in that case, it doesn't rule out the possibility that she's vaguely answering my polygraph spell.

You know. Lie detector spells do not detect misleading elements in language. ”

On the wall, a bust of the man in the oil painting suddenly moved, his mouth open, and his mouth spat out words.

The emperor was not surprised by this. Only way:

"I know, but there are a few key issues in it. She already had a positive answer. ”

"Not bad,"

The portrait replied, "According to the spell test, the fact that she is an orphan and has not met her parents should be true—no matter how strong her mental power is, as long as she answers positively, the lie detector spell will be truly rewarded." ”

"That's enough, it seems, she really doesn't know where she comes from."

The Emperor was silent for a moment, and muttered to himself.

“…… However, she doesn't know herself, it doesn't mean ......"

The emperor's old eyes flashed, and coldness flashed in his eyes, "...... It doesn't mean that the person who raised her - I don't know. ”

The Emperor took a deep breath, pondered, and muttered:

"What generation is she? …… I have the impression that the children of the past 20 years or so should be in the family tree...... Her parents...... How could it be taken away...... And what is the purpose...... Why come back......"

But his lips only moved slightly, and his voice did not come out, and the other person in the room could not hear his voice clearly, only watching the emperor stand there in the portrait, frowning his gray eyebrows tightly, and his face constantly changing.

The emperor's face changed for a while, and when he remembered Lin An's last answer, his face gradually sank.

In the portrait, Antonio looks at the emperor, and he knows that every time the emperor shows such an expression, it means that he has made up his mind in his heart.

The Emperor suddenly strode out the door.

Lin An and the others were still waiting outside, Andre and Yokyadan whispered to her, and as soon as the emperor opened the door, everyone was silent and looked at him one after another.

The emperor didn't look at the others, and his eyes fell on the black-haired and purple-robed girl among the others.

"I'm giving you a chance to go somewhere. If you can pass the test there, then your future will be smooth, and the Merlin royal family will protect and assist you with all their might, at the cost of resources - with your qualifications, with such a supply of resources, perhaps even the promotion to the legendary powerhouse can pave the way;

But if you can't pass the guò test, then the best outcome is to be imprisoned there for life, and you can't see anyone again. ”

The Emperor paused, "Chance, I'll only give you once, if you refuse this chance, then, you'll never be allowed to enter there again." ”

His face was condensed, as if announcing a national decision.

"Majesty!"

Master Rice, Master Kodiak, and Worf Swordmaster exclaimed in unison, their tones full of surprise, surprise, and opposition, but they all understood where the place the Emperor was talking about.

Yokyadan turned his head sharply to look at Lin An, who only looked surprised and dazed on the latter's beautiful face.

"Your choice?"

The emperor didn't listen to the voices of the others, and only stared at Lin An tightly, and his eyes with drooping eyelids were shining brightly at this time. Sharp and not to be overlooked.

Lin An faced the pressure in his gaze, was silent for a moment, and spoke:

"If I pass the test and make the most of that opportunity, will I have to pay any other price?"

"Nothing doesn't cost you." The emperor's eyes flashed, and he said lightly.

"Oh," Lin An lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, just when others thought she was going to ask for more relevant details, she said directly:

"Well, then, I refuse."

Everyone's expressions froze. Silent.

"Are you sure? You refused this time, and there will be no next chance - don't think it's just words, I can issue a ban right away. From now on, you are forbidden to enter that place, and even the next emperor will not be able to let you enter there. ”

The Emperor reminded.

"There is nothing in this world that can be exchanged for my freedom and my life."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Lin An's mouth. Said calmly.

The emperor's eyes flashed with a different color, and he asked slowly:

"Even if you give up the chance to become a legend?"

"It's just 'a chance' to become a legend!"

Lin An was disdainful and laughed, "To put it bluntly, with my qualification potential, is it a pity that I need it!" ”

"That's because. You don't know what it can bring you there. The Emperor said.

"All I know is that shortcuts are never so easy to take, not to mention the possibility of failure. And the successful results are vague and illusory. Lin An said lightly.

"It turns out that you are worried that I will harm you under the pretext of harming you......" The emperor suddenly said.

"No, of course not, if that's the case. You could have tempted me directly in my room, not in front of a few masters. Lin An said, "Looking at the reactions of several masters, I guessed that it must be a big pie, and the temptation is so great that even they can't resist it." ”

"Now that you understand, you're sure you're going to say no – if you miss this opportunity, you won't have a next time."

The emperor confirmed it for the last time.

"I've faced many choices, but I've never regretted it," Lin An shrugged, "I just want to know, can I go now, Honorable Majesty?" ”

"Anytime."

The emperor looked at her deeply, closed his gaze, and waved.

Lin An leaned over silently, glanced at Andre, and the two left together.

Master Kodiak and Worf Sword Master looked at the Emperor and stopped talking, they couldn't figure out how what was originally a tough battle ended in such an inexplicable way.

Master Kodiak thought about it, and then said goodbye to the emperor, who was not in the mood to talk to him and waved his hand to let him go.

The Worf Sword Master did not leave immediately, but looked at Master Rice and said to the Emperor:

"Your Majesty, today's matter, I'm afraid I will have to report to the teacher when I go back to Sword Saint Mountain."

The emperor was not surprised, Wolf seemed to be out of tune, but as a disciple of the mountain master, although he was not close to the royal family, he must know a little secret, and I am afraid that he could also see something from his inquiry today.

He thought for a while and said, "I will contact the old mountain master, and I should make this matter clear in person, so as not to let his old man go out of the mountain." ”

"Sure enough." Wolf heart said.

He knew more or less about the dungeon and the Merlin royal family, and he also knew the inheritance of the dungeon, which was inherited by Merlin's bloodline, so when he saw the emperor grabbing Lin An and asking, he already felt something.

However, although his teacher was from the Merlin lineage, he did not have a close relationship with the royal family, and he did not like to get involved in the secrets of the court.

Once again, the room was left with only the Emperor and Master Rice.

"Your Majesty, Master Lin, is she ......?"

Before the chief archmage of the court, Rice had been the archmage of the court for more than a hundred years, and nearly three hundred years before and after were enough for him to know most of the secrets of the royal family.

"That's right, that's what you guessed." The Emperor interrupted without waiting for Master Rice to speak.

Master Rice's face changed slightly, his eyes flashed with different colors, and he was silent and thoughtful, "The royal family is flourishing, and after so many generations, the descendants of reproduction have no plan, maybe she ......"

"I know."

The emperor nodded and said, "Within five generations of the royal family, every name on the family tree, even if it is a child who died and did not remember it, I remember it clearly, there is no girl of her age, not to mention that she has inherited such a foreign appearance."

I'm afraid that her ancestors are the last descendants of the side branches that have been separated a long time ago, although it stands to reason that the bloodline should have been thin, but it is not impossible to have an atavistic phenomenon like York's Yadan, and the purity of the bloodline has improved, which is enough to make the Star Banner react. ”

"It's a pity, such a good talent, if the royal family had known about it......" Rice sighed.

"It's okay, she's a smart kid, and she probably guessed something from my inquiry,"

The emperor said, "Looking at her choice today, she should really not know the storage of the dungeon, probably not being raised back, and deliberately sending it back to try to enter the dungeon - even if it is, after today, she will not have a chance." ”

A cold glint flashed in the emperor's eyes.

Behind the emperor, the faint light in Master Rice's eyes darkened after hearing these words:

With the emperor's emphasis on the inheritance of the dungeon, since he said so, no matter whether Lin An is of Merlin royal blood or not, he will no longer have the opportunity to enter "there".

"That's it, compared to this inexplicable Master Lin, after all, it's still Yorkyardan, after all, it's been so many years, and I don't care if it's a few more years......"

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you for the big pink ticket in the vast moonlight! o(n_n)o~

The emperor's first reaction when he knew Lin An's bloodline, of course, was not to suspect whether this was his child's paper, but to guess if this product was stolen by the opponent to cultivate, and then put it back to pit his father~

So the choice of the "opportunity" given by the emperor is actually a test to understand?

If he was really tempted to agree, then the suspicion would be on his back, and the emperor might just drop the cup and jump out with five hundred knives and axes...... And didn't be tempted, well, you gave it up yourself, so the emperor didn't even give it a chance, and directly sealed this bloodline with the highest authority, what if you have bloodline, if you don't give it in, no matter what the conspiracy will not succeed ~

Is there a conspiracy in Lin An's bloodline? Of course there is, but the one who planned the conspiracy, you know, he has already been cannon fodder~ The cute thing that inherited his memory is returning, but that memory has long been lost in which pimple corner~

Character Cards:

Antonio - Shadow Archmage, the emperor's personal protector, a master-level powerhouse cultivated by the royal family itself, and the rest of the information will be supplemented later.

PS: Regarding the title, do you see what the hidden danger refers to?

pps: Rolling all over the ground and continuing to ask for tickets, the fifth position in the classification is about to be exploded!!