"So the Sand King is still investigating who was behind that attack."

"But in that case, why did he put his eldest daughter under house arrest?"

"That's exactly what I don't know."

"Maybe I just don't want my daughter to be involved, maybe I don't want to get my daughter involved."

"But that didn't need to be so extreme, he directly grounded Princess Rupert in the palace, could he really stop the determination of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess? Babaltan, the king of sand, will not know his daughter's character more than outsiders? ”

"So the captain thinks he did it on purpose?"

"Perhaps, there is another bitter ......"

The conversation between the two people was not slow.

Soft sunlight is shining through the crystal-like glass.

The glow that was like a dreamy glow fell on Sylvede's face, making the ship's young lady at this moment look a little sacred.

And she only listened to Fang Yu quietly, and then smiled lightly.

But the conversation between the two about the Sand King and the Celestial Princess ended there.

In fact, in the final analysis, Fang Yu only needs one reason - since the confrontation between the Sand King and the Celestial Princess has not yet risen to the level of politics, then he will not violate the "Stargate Declaration" on either side. Of course, he has an agreement with Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, so he will still give priority to fulfilling the promise-

In the end, the ship was built smoothly and embarked on a new journey.

With the intelligence of Miss Shipmaster, she naturally understands this truth.

The two did not need to communicate, they looked at each other, and they already understood each other's meaning from their eyes.

"So about the elven relics......"

Compared with the family affairs of the Penelope royal family, the daughter of the nobles cared more about the matter of the notebook.

Because of the bridge to the sky, that's exactly what her father was after.

"What does Sylvade think?"

"I don't know much, my father just thinks they have something to do with the Sky Bridge......"

"But what is the secret behind the relics?" Fang Yu couldn't help but muttered to himself, the words that Ye Hua told him at the end were a little ambiguous—but they didn't mean to hide him.

It's just that the Southern Alliance may not know what the inside story is—the other party also deduced this from some sporadic clues obtained from the ten major guilds.

"The ten guilds are actively involved in investigating everything related to the last war."

"Last war?"

"The Scourge of Essorin."

He remembered the conversation between the two,

But it is impossible to connect the secrets of the relics with this.

Fortunately, he was even closer to the mystery than the Confederates, because the notebook was actually in their possession.

But of course, he couldn't have handed over the notes, not because of anything else, just because of the notebook itself, and it was just that Her Royal Highness the princess was temporarily with them. He is not the owner of the notes, and naturally he has no right to be the master.

But again, he remembered his uncle's notebook.

Why is there such a notebook on the earth?

Fang Yu was puzzled when he suddenly heard Sylvid ask, "When does the captain plan to leave?" ”

Only then did he realize that he had another thing to do—

Travel to Bein.

"As soon as possible."

Fang Yu only replied lightly.

And this time is set for two days later.

In fact, in the past few days, magical communication has begun to resume one after another, but it is still unstable and intermittent. There was more news from the Daoud – where they had fallen, the current situation they were facing, and so on. The people of the previously resurrected Shield of Lufu contacted the rescue, but unfortunately the conditions were still very rudimentary.

After all, the resurrected man was located in a small village, and the locals couldn't muster decent manpower.

In the end, Count Nurman also heard the news, and organized a rescue team from the nearest Anto, and the two sides agreed to escort Afifa to Questak - Luo Hao and the others naturally went with him - but this is nothing, after all, after the matter of Bein is over, no one will pursue anything further.

After this rare dust storm, everything seems to be back on track.

Communities are also beginning to recover.

Although there are still occasional disconnections, the number of posts has become like snowflakes – even like retaliatory posts after a long silence, and the sheer volume of information has been pouring in like a flood of discussions about the 'Great Disruption'.

Conspiracy theories of all kinds are rampant in the community. Officials still can't give a reasonable explanation - Stargate is still closed, and almost everyone is asking what has happened in the past month and a half.

Not to mention, many tourists have been stranded in Aitalia for up to four months, which is enough to cause panic.

But the other side of the globe is still unconnected.

Fang Yu tried to contact Su Changfeng, but he didn't expect the other party to be in Aitalia.

The communication situation there was extremely poor, and in fact the magical communication elsewhere had not been very good these days, and there was serious interference - their communication with the Daoud was almost done in a matter of guesswork, and the heavily distorted voices could hardly convey the exact meaning.

Faced with Fang Yuan's question, Su Changfeng's distorted voice only smiled: "One good news, one bad good news." You should be able to see the good news in a while, and as for the bad news, wait until you have cooperated with us to a certain extent. ”

Fang Yu listened to the rustling interference sound, and couldn't help but be speechless, is it the same as not saying it and not saying it? However, he also understood that the other party could tell him that this was done to the fullest, and that Stargate Harbor must be preparing for something big - there was no doubt that this plan should be kept strictly secret for the time being.

"I apologize to your uncle and aunt on my behalf," Su Changfeng replied, "but they should be able to go back soon." ”

"The stargate has been repaired?"

"It wasn't broken."

"No, ...... you say?"

"There is something wrong with the Star Gate," Su Changfeng replied, "but the problem is not necessarily a malfunction-"

Fang Yu was confused when he heard it, but Su Changfeng had already turned off the communicator over there, and only left one sentence before leaving: "Prepare well, Ed." ”

What to prepare?

He was even more stunned.

However, the restoration of the Stargate Passage is good news anyway, not long ago, many people in the community were worried that the Stargate had disappeared and they would be stranded in this world. Such words were not taken seriously at first, but over time, they were enough to create panic in the crowd.

And as soon as the stargate is restored, these panic-causing remarks will naturally be self-defeating

But after thinking about it, are Tang Xin and Ai Xiaoxiao going to leave this place?

Although when the military gave the two of them the quota of call-ups, they said that the freedom of choice was in their hands - but after all, their cousin still had studies on the earth, and Ai Xiaoxiao's family came to travel, so they couldn't stay in this world forever.

Becoming a Chosen One means that the best time of your life is tied to this world, and even if you return to Earth in the future, you are unlikely to be able to work in other industries. After all, in the golden twenty years from the age of 14 to 35, while you left footprints in this world, others also fought for their dreams on the earth.

Twenty years will become a chasm separating people from the two worlds – in fact, even if the Chosen return to Earth, it will take a long time for them to reintegrate into their lives, let alone others, with the help of counseling?

Of course, in the past half century, Xingmen itself has supported countless industries, and the jobs involved are also innumerable.

Even if the electee retires, he will not end up with the death of a veteran. Commercialization naturally brings benefits in various ways.

But no one will make a hasty decision about their future path-

In Fang Yuan's impression, Tang Xin has always been not too interested in the world and super competition. Even if the choice is in her hands, her cousin may not stay, not to mention her uncle and aunt, will they support Tang Xin to stay?

Fang Yu imagined his own experience for a moment, and also felt that it was unlikely.

Ai's parents are successful people, and they may not resist the world of Aitalia, but they will not let their daughter be an 'adventurer'.

Because of the deliberate propaganda, the Elect have a high reputation on Earth - especially the top Electors, who enjoy a high reputation among ordinary people.

But in the eyes of the elite, the Electors were a bunch of risk-takers—perhaps even those of the nineteenth-century gold rush—gamblers, crooks, and outlaws. Ai's parents probably don't want their daughter to become such a person, and most of the reasons why his uncle and aunt oppose him coming to this world.

It's just that the thought that the two of them might have to leave, Fang Yu was still faintly a pity.

It has been almost half a year since the first battle of Van Rik, and in the past six months, the Seven Seas Brigade has gradually become accustomed to these two new members.

Tang Xin has helped Attila a lot in her daily affairs, and recently she and Sylvid have not been so-for-tat, but the two still have some tacit cooperation - their cousin has always been very good, Fang Yu never doubted this, and Miss Ship Officer is not far behind, the two are strong together, and they rarely encounter anything that will make them feel tricky.

As for Ai Xiaoxiao, although she 'has no skills' - these are the original words of this little girl. But everyone likes her very much, and she has a good relationship with Tianlan, if there is such a person suddenly missing from the team, everyone may suddenly feel a little too quiet.

It's a bit of a shame that the Seven Seas Brigade is missing any of its approved members.

This is about Fang Yuan's mood at the moment.

……

The time to return to Bein was actually much earlier than Fang Ou had predicted.

Probably because the dust had stopped, the journey he had taken from Questac back to this place felt much shorter than the last.

It wasn't even a delusion, he had traveled with a caravan to Bein, and had helped them drive away the sand thieves once on the way - fortunately, they were just thieves, and if they were real desert thieves, Fang Yu was worried that he might end up in that place. Traveling in the desert is always fraught with unpredictable dangers, and natural disasters are just one of them.

And the leader of that caravan told him that due to the dust storm, caravans often chose the road closer to the oasis. But when they returned, the storm had subsided, and they had no worries about getting lost in the sea of sand, and they could walk straight through it.

This saves a lot of time.

And standing under the quaint city gate of Bein at this moment, Fang Yu was still a little emotional for a while.

He looked up at the gate made of gray-white stone—the same color that almost made up the main color of the city, the gray-white towers, the gray-white roofs, and even the gray-white fortresses on the crimson cliffs in the distance.

The last time he came to this place, he didn't even notice the 'color' of the city because of a dust storm. Bein's meaning in the Istanian language is actually 'grayish', and this grayish dye is extracted from the calcifications deposited in the marine phase beneath the weathered valley.

But among the white complexes, apart from the main body of the fortress, of course, there is only the pointed arch of the Sanctuary of Andama.

Not far from the pointed arch was another pointed arch—

Fang Plover was very familiar with that place, which was the temple in Marland.

The owner of the temple was a somewhat taciturn middle-aged knight who had left the city with the help of the other party not long ago.

But I didn't expect to return to this place again in less than half a month......

But this time I came back, not to catch up.

Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess asked him to come here to find someone, to be exact, an intelligence chief.

The man was called 'Humptoe', of course, like the 'hummingbird' of the Brotherhood of Cuistark's Woodpeckers, which was just a meaningless codename.

Fang Yu even knew that Bein was a military fortress, not a diverse royal capital like Questak, with all kinds of forces. The so-called brotherhood has no room to survive in this kind of place, and some kind of intelligence dealer, maybe it is the intelligence leader - this person may be the dark line left by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess in this place.

But fortunately, none of this has anything to do with him. He didn't even have to make much effort to find someone in Bein, and Her Royal Highness had already given him how to contact him—he had recently made a trip to Bein's largest bar, where he had connected with the 'intelligence chief' informant.

After the code was correct, he came to this place the next day and waited for someone.

This is the old city gate of Bein.

It used to be the outer wall of Bein Fortress, but that was a hundred or two hundred years ago, and as Bein expanded, it is now the entrance to the inner and outer city of Bein.

Fang Yu stood under the gate, and at a glance saw a corner of the city gate, a mark drawn with chalk. It was an abstract image of a gerbil, and it was said that the gerbil was one of the guardian beasts on the family crest of Her Royal Highness the Princess's mother, and seeing this gerbil, Fang Plover was even more sure of the relationship between the other party and Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess.

He hadn't waited long before he saw a man with a scar on his face come out of the corner of the gate.

Looking at this person, Fang Yu instinctively felt that he had seen the main master—but it was not his speculation, but the emblem with a gerbil pattern pinned to the other party's cloak.

To be honest, Fang Yu also froze slightly. The other party asked him to meet in this place, he originally thought that this person would come out of the inner city, but he never expected that the other party seemed to be hiding in that corner early in the morning. It seems that he has just been observing himself.

Fang Yu looked at the other party and asked directly to the point, "Mr. Humptoe?" ”

But the man didn't answer, just looked at his hand. Fang Yu was slightly stunned before he realized something, and hurriedly showed the token given to him by Her Royal Highness the Princess.

It was just a brooch, as if it were a plant pattern, but the plover didn't recognize it. Princess Rupert did not give it to him directly, but asked Achilles to pass it on to him, telling him to use the brooch to identify himself when he met people.

Fang Yu didn't think too much about it, and after showing the brooch at this moment, it seemed that it did have an effect. The man with the scar on his face looked at the emblem, nodded, and said, "You are the 'messenger'?" ”

Fang Yu secretly 'puffed', thinking to himself what kind of unfortunate name this was.

However, he also understood that Princess Rupert did not know what entanglement he had with the Dragon Cult. The code name itself may just be taken at random, whether it's 'messenger' or something else, it doesn't really mean much.

He only nodded slightly.

The man raised his head to look at him, his eyes flashing with an unpredictable light: "Her Royal Highness the princess has left me in this place for so long, and finally remembered that I am a marginal person?" ”

Fang Yu was slightly stunned and looked at this guy. I didn't expect the other party to say such a thing when he spoke.

He originally thought that the other party was the secret son placed here by Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, but he didn't expect it to sound like a forgotten person. But in that case, the eldest princess actually asked him to come to such a person at this moment? How can a marginal person who has been forgotten by her help in such a situation?

He almost surprised for a moment that he was thinking wrong, maybe Her Royal Highness the Princess didn't want to get out of trouble at all?

But before he could speak, the man shook his head again: "Forget it, there is no point in talking about this with you, a dozen, etc. You're late, and someone has already taken people away first. ”

“？？？”

Fang Yu looked at this person in confusion.

What's too late?

Who took whom and whom?

He was stunned for a while before he remembered what he was here for, took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and handed it to the other party. "I think you may have made a mistake, friend," he took a breath before replying lightly, "I am only the one who came to deliver the letter, and Her Highness the Princess asked me to hand over this letter." ”

"Mr. Humptoe?"

"Letter?"

The man looked at him with some surprise.

With a suspicious look, he reluctantly accepted the letter, did not open it, and only looked at the imprint of the envelope. But it was at this time that Fang Yu saw the other party raise his eyebrows slightly, and his expression obviously changed slightly. It's just that he still didn't open the letter, but silently took it back and put it close to him.

Then he raised his head again, looked at Fang Yu and said, "I see, okay, I understand." It seems that Your Excellency is just a messenger, so please help me reply to Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

"Tell her that I understand and reassure him. The favor owed can be repaid at any time. ”

Fang Yu looked at the other party, although he was a little curious about what that favor was.

But he also understood that this person would never tell him, so after thinking about it for a while, he only nodded.

The man looked at him one last time before turning away, and re-entering the shadow of the gate, and soon vanished.

Fang Yu watched this scene silently, but there were some doubts in his heart. What he had thought was wrong - but the thought only flashed through him. He suddenly realized that his mission in Istania seemed to be over, and after leaving this place, he and what was happening in the Kashan Palace might have nothing to do with it.

With this in mind, he glanced in that direction one last time before silently turning away.

Things seemed to be going even better than he had imagined.

He had thought he was going to encounter some twists and turns.

……