The man chased to the entrance of the alley, sneakily looked inside, but found that the alley was empty, and couldn't help but be stunned, and thought that he had lost his target, and hurriedly rushed in.

But the moment he stepped in, it felt like he was stepping into a viscous liquid, and the air slowly twisted and stretched forward. The next moment, there was a soft sound, just like tearing a diaphragm.

The surrounding scenery formed a black and blue patch, and as the 'diaphragm' was torn apart, they converged with each other, and finally formed two girls, one on the left and one on the right, one of whom held a dagger in one hand, and the other crossed his waist with the other, tilting his head, and the other was slightly shorter, holding a magic wand, and the two of them happened to look at him for a long time.

"Who are you looking for?"

The blue-haired girl asked calmly.

The Sea Clan man's mind was like lightning, his right hand sank downward, pressed the short sword hanging from his waist, and the next moment a silver light shot towards the black-haired girl on one side. He knew that most of the mages had passive shields, and it was not wise to target them for sneak attacks—but with a heavy hand, he looked up to see that the black-haired girl had somehow stretched out her hands and staggered them together to hold the bright blade—she was wearing black leather gloves that only reached half of the palm, and some playfully exposed white palms, and a copper-colored bladed gear emblem on the leather.

The black-haired girl was also looking at him, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

The man's heart was horrified, and he turned the blade in his hand with all his might, but the girl seemed to guess his movements, and a hint of smart color flashed in her dark eyes. She took two steps up, kicked the wall with both feet, and her body flew up like a spinning top, and at that moment the man only felt a huge force coming from his hand, and he was involuntarily carried by the force of the rotation.

The girl folded in mid-air like a swallow, stretched out a leg, and pressed him down with a whirling kick. It was like a black whip shadow, and it pressed heavily on the back of the man's neck, hitting him almost to his stomach. But the man roared angrily, his body sank down, and he only knelt on one knee, and released the dagger with one hand before he broke free from the black-haired girl's control.

"Hey, the skin is so thick."

The girl sighed in mid-air.

The man gritted his teeth, pulled out a crossbow with his other hand, and turned around to pull the trigger on the black-haired girl.

It's a pity that after the black-haired girl swept him with a whip leg, the whole person dissolved like a burst of mist, and the crossbow bolt only passed through her body, like a shadow piercing through it, and flew out of the alley. The mist that the black-haired girl had turned into flowed forward like a shuttle, passing through the sides of the man's body, and reconverging behind him, converging and forming in an instant.

The next moment, the black-haired girl stood there vividly, and before the man could react, a knife struck the other party in the back of the head from behind, and the latter suddenly rolled his eyes and fell.

Only then did he wash his hands and look at the blue-haired girl on the side, stretched out his little hand and bent to the other party: "Little Shuangshuang, do you want to high-five?" ”

Shuangtian rolled his eyes: "Trouble saving time, hurry up and check who this guy is." ”

But with a slight shake of the hand that was stretched out by the hand, there was an extra silver dagger lying in the palm of her hand, which was covered with a dark scabbard, and on the scabbard there was a very unique butterfly-shaped silver carving. She shook the scabbard in her hand, and replied with a smile: "I have already checked it, and if I search my body at this time, this dagger may disappear, but the theft skill is different." ”

Even though it was not the first time to partner with the other party, Shuangtian couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw this scene: "When did you make a move?" ”

"Of course it wasn't that long ago," he said with a smile and a small snow-white fang, "I am not the one with the highest combat power among the nightingales, but compared to the skill in my hands, I will not necessarily lose when the Ten Kings come." ”

"Yes, yes, you are the best at stealing chickens and dogs," Shuangtian said angrily: "But I think you are wrong about one thing, among the nightingales, you are not necessarily the one with the best skills, but no one can do it with makeup and disguise." ”

The black-haired girl laughed when she heard this, not only was she not ashamed, but she was very complacent.

Shuang Tian didn't bother to tell her, so he just said, "What is the origin of this dagger, do you know that butterfly?" ”

Hand Wash glanced at the dagger in his hand and shook his head: "I haven't seen it, but this emblem is a bit special, it should be regarded as a clue, all in all, keep it first." ”

While the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion outside the alley.

Frost Sky turned around with a little surprise in his hand, and saw a group of Electors in black and red robes passing by the avenue in the distance.

Behind these people, there was also a line of horsemen with tall horses.

The knights wore red robes or full-rouse helmets with dark gold wings, and the thin gaps in the metal armor could not be seen clearly, giving only a sense of oppression. Silver metal armor was revealed beneath the blood-colored sleeves, and the iron gauntlet clenched the halberd, on which was a flaming cross-shaped emblem.

Shuangtian looked at these people with a little surprise, and couldn't help but ask to himself, "What are these people doing?" ”

"Those in black and red robes are the people of the Old Southern Alliance," Hand Wash replied as he said, "Not all of them, but there are quite a few, they have been making a lot of trouble here lately, you should have heard of it, right?" ”

"Of course I do," Frost Sky rolled her eyes, "I'm asking about the knights, I've never seen them before." ”

Washing his hands and spreading his hands, "Anyway, it's not from the Elffindor Council. ”

At that moment, the group suddenly turned in the direction of the lakeshore trestle, where a middle-aged man in a black robe and holding a staff was stepping down from a sailboat moored in the middle of the lake.

The other party was wearing a blood-red mask, and he couldn't see his true face clearly. He looked at the crowd, raised his hand, signaled silence, and then spoke, "Everyone, I think you have already heard. Whether it's the royal family, the prime minister's side, the Flor descendants, or the BBK, they all rejected our proposal—"

Hand Wash looked at the man from a distance, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Have you seen him?" Frost asked.

The girl shook her head.

At this time, the middle-aged man raised a fist and said in a loud voice: "But we have never prayed for the sympathy of others, the Southern Alliance was originally with these northerners to fight the river water, if it is said that someone provoked this dispute first-"

He paused for a moment before he spoke again: "Well, the fault is not on our side. ”

"And I've heard—"

"The Knights of the Oak of Tapolis have been disbanded."

"The Kaurin-Ishurian Eastern Economic Community is also in jeopardy."

The middle-aged man shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, in Aitalia, in the history of the Stargate, the Alliance of the Free Guilds and the Free Chosen has never been so close to the brink of danger as it is today, is it because we have done something wrong?" ”

"No—"

He shook his head: "It's just that the Grand Guild is aggressive, and the Super Athletic Alliance does nothing, or even colludes with it. ”

"But it's a pity that the stargate is not someone's stargate," the middle-aged man raised the magic wand in his hand: "They want us to put down our swords and surrender without resistance?" ”

The middle-aged man in black opened his mouth wide, as if he let out an angry roar from his chest: "Do you agree?" ”

"No!"

"Say yes!"

The roar resounded in the sky, attracting the attention of the nearby aborigines for a while.

Frost Tian looked at this scene and couldn't help frowning: "What a scendiary eloquence, I always feel that I have seen these people somewhere." ”

"Huh?"

She turned around and asked, "You should know that I just came back from Othello, right?" ”

The black-haired girl looked a little absent-minded: "Oh, does it have anything to do with that?" ”

Frost replied: "The current situation in Othello is much worse than that of Cowlin-Isurian, and the grudge between Emperor Philit VII and the Duke of the Eagle is deeper, and Philit VII has sent his army to the area of Omeyte, and the two sides are tense, and a great war is about to break out. ”

"Instead of trying to bridge this relationship, some of the emerging Electees' Guilds have taken the opportunity to divide into two camps and thrive through the chaos of the present, and these people are very different from the Electors who acted under the Stargate Declaration in the past."

Hand Wash nodded lightly, and replied, "I've heard about this too, but it's all some new guilds, right?" ”

Frost replied quietly, "Although they are an emerging force, they are developing extremely rapidly, and they fought a battle with the subordinate branch of 'Gray Field' in Aitaria not long ago, and each has a victory or defeat. The North American Super Athletic League has officially recognized their status as a first-tier guild, and I heard that they can get some tickets to the second world this year. ”

"The Gray King FOX is really ashamed," the black-haired girl snorted softly, "My own chapter, even the rising star can't beat it." However, it is also in the first division, and with the way those guilds develop, it is impossible to reproduce it in China. ”

Frost Tian turned around and said, "Look at these people outside, do you really think it's impossible?" ”

"That's different," Hand Wash replied indifferently, "Actually, they are not wrong, this is BBK's own sin, he didn't force the Southern Alliance to get to this point, would there be so many things?" I've heard that Stargate Harbor is investigating the Super Athletic League, and they're going to be okay with it after that. ”

Frost Tian looked at her and asked rhetorically, "Do you really think so, look at it." ”

Hand Wash glanced at her with some surprise.

……

For Fang, the meeting was scheduled for the week after that.

It took them two days to reach Balgo in an airship arranged by Celestia, and then a half-day trip through the desert on a pack beast before they reached a palace in an oasis. The meeting place between the two parties was arranged in this place, which, according to Abed, was only one of the private estates of Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, and had nothing to do with the Penelope royal family.

In fact, the manor outside Tansnir City was in a similar situation, which couldn't help but give Fang Yu a new understanding of the business ability of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

It is well known that Ishanya has a strong business atmosphere, a place where money and wealth flow, and the reputation of the country that Lady Roman loved - these Estanian merchants from afar were very famous in Kaulin-Ishurian. Business has long been a tradition in the desert country, so it is not surprising that the way Barbartan, the king of sand, raised his children - he gave them a start-up capital to take care of their own business and savings.

Of course, most members of the royal family will have a dedicated team, so they will not fall into bankruptcy due to poor management. However, the fact that this eldest princess has a wealth that rivals the country in such a short period of time is naturally closely related to her own ability and unique vision.

Since the Seven Seas Traveler is still being built in Tansnir, Fang Yu did not bring everyone from the Seven Seas Brigade this time, and even Miss Ship Officer stayed in the shipyard to continue to preside over the construction work, and the related Sky Blue, Luo Yu and Kita did not make the trip.

Only a few 'people' from Box, Parker, Roho, and Donde accompanied him, and Sylvid had Shesta accompany him, taking care of the food and living of the group and their 'captains' on the way.

Although the maid still doesn't have a good face for him, she also works hard.

With the exception of Shesta, who had a straight face, and Donde, who was dismissive of it, the group sighed at the magnificence of the palace in the desert, and on more than one occasion the Plover prevented the Paparals from reaching out to the palace's collections.

The little man's eyes seemed to be almost glazed, and the jewels, interiors, gold and silver artifacts in the palace almost made Parker drool all the way through.

And it didn't take long for them to meet the people they really wanted to meet.

However, Fang Yu didn't expect that the other party would be an old lady who looked a little serious.

The lady was not really able to tell her age, but she was no more than in her early forties, but she had gray silver hair, and a floral headscarf with a crystal pendant hanging down behind her.

She wore earrings with purple crystal pendants, her skin was extremely well-maintained, fair and delicate, not at all like what she should look like at this age, with only a slight crow's feet at the corners of her eyes and only one or two wrinkles on her forehead. She was of a rare race and complexion in Astanya, more like a Kaulin-Ishurian than a facial contour.

But her gaze gives people the feeling of old age and vicissitudes, and the light purple pupils carry a touch of old color, as if she has experienced wind and frost and suffering, is accustomed to seeing human feelings, and has a rich experience and insight that makes people palpitate.

The moment Fang Yu saw these eyes, he felt that the other party's age should be much older than the appearance of the other party, even much bigger.

Princess Rupert is also here.

She must have arrived a step earlier, and was now sitting alone beside the old woman, and introduced them in a beautiful voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Lady Farid Aljuhan Raziz, the biological mother of Princess Palit and my maternal grandmother. She's heard about you, and she wants to meet you. ”

Fang Yu had expected that since the other party was from the princess's maternal family, he must have an extraordinary identity, but he didn't expect that it would be the grandmother of Her Royal Highness the princess, and he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

The old lady looked at them closely, but she did not seem to speak the lingua franca of Kaurin-Ishurian, but turned her head and whispered something to Her Highness the Princess, and then gestured to her.

Princess Rupert nodded, and then turned back and said, "As for my mother, the tragedy of that year is still vivid, and my grandmother is reluctant to talk about it, and I hope you can forgive an old man for the hurt he has suffered in this matter." But my grandmother has something that I would like to pass on to you for safekeeping, and maybe you can get some clues from it. ”

Fang Yu nodded, he originally wanted to ask some of the princess's experiences in the first half of her life, especially some things before she married into the Penelope royal family, but if you think about it, many questions involve royal privacy, and Istania is a fairly conservative country, very different from the earth, and Cowlin-Ihurian.

There are some questions that are indeed not easy to ask.

Of course, if the investigation reaches a dead end, he should still speak, but now that the other party is willing to take the initiative to provide clues, he is also happy to see what it is.

Princess Rupert asked her servant to bring a small box on top of which was a silk box and covered with jewels. When Parker heard that the other party was going to hand over the box to them for safekeeping, he almost ran over in excitement - if it hadn't been for Fang Ou's foot and causing this guy to fall to the ground.

He glanced up at Her Royal Highness and the old woman apologetically, and Princess Rupert only nodded a little amusedly.

She picked up the box and presented it to the old lady, and the woman stretched out her hand and opened it with some trembling trembling, and Fang Yu saw that there was a thin notebook inside.

His eyes lit up slightly, if there was a written record such as a diary, the information contained in it was too rich. This was like a relief in the snow for them who had no clue at all, but it also made him wonder a little - if this was the written record left by the princess, would the Penelope royal family get nothing out of it?

The princess took out the note in both hands and said to them, "This is a notebook left by my mother when she was alive, but we can't see what is written in it, and we have also split up some of the 'words' in it and found some of the Electors to identify them, but they have never seen anything like it." ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "Do you think that the notes left by the princess are in the words of the Elector?" ”

"There are quite a few scholars in the royal family," replied the Princess, "they are fluent in almost every language of Aitalia, even scholars who know the very rare Wood, Druid, and Elven languages, and we have brought some from the Silver Tower, but none of them know the written language. ”

Fang Yu added: "There are actually many countries that can be called, and most of them have different languages and languages, and if you choose people among the Callers of Kaorin-Ihurian, the other party may not know every script. ”

"Naturally, we have considered this," said Her Highness the Princess, "and we have chosen not only the Callers of Kaorin-Ikhurian, but also those of other regions, including some of your scholars, who do not know the text on it. ”

She paused for a moment, then added, "Of course, I don't think Mr. Ed necessarily knows him, but there are some strange patterns on this note, and someone has told us before that those patterns may be related to alchemy. Although I have asked almost every alchemist in Istania to make out the origins of the patterns, I think this will at least give you some clues. ”

Fang Yu didn't expect this thing to be so bizarre.

A princess in a dignified state actually wrote down a notebook in private in a text that almost everyone couldn't understand, which in itself is a very abnormal thing. Ordinary people keep a diary, of course, with privacy in mind, but few people go to such great lengths unless they have their own secrets.

In fact, this point in itself can already be regarded as a clue.

At least this princess doesn't seem to be ordinary, it's nothing like an ordinary person, and that's a headache, proving that their previous speculation may have been wrong. And now, the appearance of this notebook shows that there is an unknown side hidden in this princess, which coincides with his and Sylvide's reasoning.

He didn't say anything, just waited for Her Highness the Princess to show him what was in the note.

Sure enough, after the eldest princess withdrew from the subordinate, she opened the note to him.

And Fang Yu was stunned at the first glance of the handwriting on the note.

"What the hell is this?" Parker was just getting up from the ground, looking at the crooked words, and couldn't help but mutter. He turned around and asked the others, "Do you know each other, this is a Chinese character?" But I don't think it looked like that. ”

Both the box and Luo Hao shook their heads.

However, Luo Hao is well-informed, he acts as a keyboard master in the community, and naturally has a wide range of knowledge, squinting his eyes and saying: "This seems to be some kind of shorthand symbol, but it is very different from the international shorthand symbol, if this is the shorthand notes that the princess has added to her personal habits, then it will be troublesome to interpret." ”

"After all, the princess has—"

When Luo Hao said this, he subconsciously stopped, and suddenly realized that it seemed a little impolite to say such things in front of the daughter and biological mother of the person concerned.

But fortunately, Her Royal Highness the princess and the old woman didn't seem to care about this, she only looked at Luo Hao, and replied: "Actually, some of you scholars we found have said similar things to us, but they haven't studied the inherent laws in it. ”

"This is nature," replied Luo Hao, "I have heard that there was no such thing as shorthand in Aitalia, and that the contemporary shorthand on the earth is formed after adding some inherent rules to the existing language, and if you understand the relevant linguistics, you can deduce the inherent rules of shorthand symbols through the rules of the language itself." ”

"But there's a trick here, because the princess herself is not an earthling, and the language she uses may be some kind of Aitalia's language, and she uses the shorthand rules of the earth to diffract her own set of shorthand rules. It is impossible to deduce until we know what kind of rules your mother herself uses, Your Highness Princess, and what kind of native language of Aitalia is used. ”

"However, this range is also too large, as far as I know, there are at least dozens of common languages spoken in Aitalia, and the grammar is also different, unless she is here, it is too small for outsiders to limit the scope."

Her Royal Highness sighed softly when she heard this, it was obviously not the first time she had heard this statement.

However, she quickly recovered from this gaffe and said softly, "Except for these words, my mother has left some strange patterns and marks in this notebook, most of which are more abstract, but there are a few that we can understand. ”

"Mr. Ed?"

Princess Rupert seemed to notice that Fang Yu had been standing there absent-mindedly, seemingly completely unconcerned about her previous conversation with Luo Hao.

She was slightly stunned, as if she suddenly thought of something, and a bright light flashed in her eyes: "Mr. Ed, do you recognize the words on it?" ”

Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses, he looked at the entire 'Book of Heaven', and hurriedly shook his head. However, although he couldn't confirm the words on it, he suddenly remembered where he seemed to have seen such a strange shorthand symbol.

It was a vague feeling.

At that moment, he seemed to suddenly remember a little thing about the past:

On Earth, his uncle Tang Sheng is a well-known best-selling author, and like all writers, the other party has a small study room of his own, and when he is working, the other party will be locked up in that quiet study alone, sometimes writing for an afternoon, sometimes for hours.

As far as Fang Yu remembers, he had entered the study many times, because his uncle seemed to be happy to see him read—although he had entered it for another purpose. All he could remember now was that there were many tall bookshelves in the study, piled high with all sorts of tomes he didn't recognize.

In addition to these bookshelves, there is a small storage room on one side of the study.

In the storage room, there are also boxes and boxes of old books, some of which are said to have been collected by his uncle Tang Sheng in his early years, as well as complete sets of his own books sent by publishers, as well as some ancient books, and many interesting collections.

In fact, this storage room is the purpose for him to really go in and out of the study - because that storage room is almost one of the largest treasure troves for him and Tang Xin. He still remembers his uncle's wood carvings from Africa, and he was very fond of them.

The thing he remembered at the moment was also related to these wood carvings. Fang Yu remembered that once when he was hiding with Tang Xin, he hid behind the group of wood carvings, and in that place, he saw a dusty package that he had never noticed before.

There was such a booklet in the package—the memory in his mind grew clearer when he thought of it—and he remembered distinctly that it was exactly the same as the notebook in the hands of Her Highness the Princess, and that he had looked through the contents of the booklet at that time.

It was full of symbols that he couldn't read, like a book from heaven, and he wondered which country's script it was, but like all children of that age, it didn't take long for him to forget about it. And it was only now that he saw the words on the booklet again from Her Royal Highness the Princess's hand.

Fang Plover stood almost like a wooden plastic, his heart full of surprise.

He didn't know for a moment whether he was misremembering, or that the notebook in the princess's hand was actually originally from the earth?

As we all know, all the materials of Aitaria cannot be taken out of the Star Gate, and once they return to the Star Gate, all the experiences of the Chosen One in Aitaria will be stored as high-dimensional information and handed over to the countries of the Star Gate.

But there are people who have transcribed or translated some of the texts of the earth into Aitalia.

In fact, such things were very common in academic and popular circles, and the Kaurin-Ishurian was particularly keen on knights of a certain era on Earth, and he remembered that Sylvid had several such books in his possession, including the famous anti-knight Don Quixote.

His first reaction was, could it be that this notebook was actually such a book?

But how could the person who transcribed it to Aitalia have not translated it at all, and just transcribed it as it is, who can understand this?

And the princess of Babartan, how could she have such a booklet in her hand?

Fang Yu almost immediately had an idea in his heart, he had to find a way to ask his uncle to see if the other party could remember that there was such a book in his collection. However, without being sure whether his memory was wrong, he did not speak, but pressed the thought in his heart.

But Princess Celestia is not a fool either.

Her bright gaze fell on him and asked, "Did Mr. Ed think of anything?" ”

Fang Yu nodded, and said, "I also have some understanding about shorthand, so seeing these symbols, it is inevitable that there will be a little association." ”

"Did Mr. Ed gain anything?"

Fang Yu shook his head.

The eldest princess looked at him again, and did not force it, so she turned the book to one of the pages - it seems that the other party has also read the contents of this booklet many times, and is familiar with the booklet, and as soon as she opens the page, she turns to the place she wants to find.

There was a folded page in it, and Her Royal Highness the Princess carefully unfolded it so that Fang Yu could see the pattern drawn inside.

The pattern was almost sketched, quite realistic, and it was a butterfly with wings spreading, but it was not a real thing, because the person who drew it was so skilled that he even vividly painted the reflection of the butterfly in light and shade - it should be a material like metal.

And in the center of the butterfly, there is also a gemstone.

See this butterfly.

Don't talk about Fang Yu, even Luo Hao showed a surprised gaze: "...... this butterfly?" ”

He subconsciously looked at Fang Yu on the side.

Her Royal Highness looked at the two of them, and the old woman, apparently seeing their anomaly, turned back and gestured to Princess Rupert. The princess nodded, and then opened her mouth to ask Fang Yu and the others, "Mr. Ed, Mr. Luo Hao, do you recognize anything?" ”

Fang Yu didn't answer, it just so happened that after they killed the two royal spies that day, the short sword they got was still with him.

He thought for a moment, then took the short sword from his coat and handed it over.

Princess Rupert's gaze sharpened the moment it landed on the scabbard of her dagger. She glanced at the delicate silver butterfly, and immediately raised her head to Fang Yu and asked, "Mr. Ed, where did this short sword come from?" ”

Fang Yu replied unhurriedly:

"Does Her Highness remember the day we met?"

A glimmer of light flashed in Princess Rupert's eyes, and almost immediately she showed her extraordinary intelligence, and replied, "I heard that you had a conflict with someone that day, but is this dagger ......?" Of course, she knew who was in conflict with Fang, but because of political sensitivities, she didn't point it out directly.

Fang Yu only nodded slightly.

Her Royal Highness fell silent for a moment.

She couldn't help but gently stroke the silver butterfly on the scabbard with her hand.

……