The small ball that wound out from behind Long Ge swayed from side to side like a lanyard ornament, and finally froze in the direction of Barn.

"You're the Moonwatcher?" Long Ge narrowed his eyes and recalled the contents of the letter that Xia Zuo told him on the way out of the basement. The thought filtered out that he seemed to be interested, thinking that it would be a cat-eared girl.

Barn giggled and shook his head repeatedly, "No, His Highness Watchmoon is a half-elf girl who has just turned 15, how can he be such an old guy as me. ”

"Is it..."Long Ge still snorted a little in frustration.

"Ma'am, are you the new inheritor of the Sword Breaker?" Curious, Barn took a few steps forward as he spoke, "Judging by the Spirit of Guidance, you did open the relic of Mentor Sangilf and read the letter of commission from Mentor... I always thought that I would find my successor, a male swordsman with superb skills after years of reflex training, and my mentor had revealed me in letters in the past, but for some reason I had the idea to change to a subhuman woman. ”

"New heir, I did read the spell in the letter, but I wasn't the one who opened the box." Long Ge denied.

“... What the? Barn paused, his expression suddenly changing and wondering, "Who is that?" ”

"It's me."

Xia Zuo's voice came from the back of the house, attracting the two of them to look at each other at the same time.

When? Barn was slightly startled, but when the young man stepped out, he still didn't smell his breath, so it was not surprising.

The footsteps were real, and even if it could explain that he didn't feel like he was hiding there, it couldn't explain how he moved to the back of the house, unless he had used the magic to eliminate the footsteps... Bath wouldn't believe it anyway, and he used the "sword swinging technique" that could eliminate the sound of footsteps, and temporarily believed that it was some other magic.

"Hmm—" Barn stroked the side of his beard.

Long Ge roughly deduced that Xia Zuo was hiding behind the house and eavesdropping on something, so he didn't ask him why he had been silent all along.

"You, the successor of the Sword Breaking Technique chosen by Mentor Sangilf?" Barn asked, pointing to one of the chairs in front of the room and motioning to take a seat.

Listening to the other party, Xia Zuo judged that he was a disciple of Sanjielf... How could Sangilf have a three-hundred-year-old disciple? Puzzled, he sat down, "I opened the tin box, I read the letters, and I followed the spirit of guidance to get here, accompanied by my companions. ”

After a while, Barn also walked slowly and took a seat next to Xia's left. The two chairs had been prepared and had been placed outside the house, and Bath wiped them down from time to time, knowing that the warrior who had recently been commissioned by the Mentor would arrive.

Long Ge stood beside Xia Zuo, he didn't expect that there would be two people in Bahn, he only prepared two chairs, lived alone for a long time, and rarely had extra furniture in the house. He didn't care too much about why someone outside the box would be the guide of the light ball, could it be that this man was too cautious? Doesn't try uncertain magic.

“... I am your guide, one of the heirs of Sword Breaker. Barn bowed to Xia Zuo and said, "My name is Barn." ”

Xia Zuo also briefly introduced himself and Long Ge.

"According to the mentor's arrangement, I will explain the duties of the new heir in detail," Bahn looked at Xia Zuo seriously, as if he was a little slaughtered, "but the content will involve the whereabouts of His Highness the Watchman, so I must first confirm whether you are really on His Highness's side." ”

"Protect her?" Xia Zuo asked.

"Yes, protect her until Her Highness reaches the age of 16, when your mission is temporarily over, and at that time, you can choose to continue to assist Her Majesty Watchmoon, who has the right to inherit and unify the two queens, or you can get the Mentor's treasure as a reward and continue your life." Barn spoke plainly, seemingly uninterested in the treasure mentioned.

"Sounds good, but what needs to be taken into account and you won't tell me directly?"

"This is the advantage of standing on the side of His Highness Shouyue, of course, if you stand on her opponent, you will also get great wealth," Barn looked serious, and sighed after hesitation, "Because you will know sooner or later, so I tell you the truth, the Vermilion Kingdom and the Indigo Forest, both forces are not optimistic about His Highness Shouyue, and have sent killers many times to kill her." ”

"That's why the Watchmoon needs to be protected." Xia Zuo nodded in understanding.

"Yes, His Highness Watchmoon is the daughter of Hannah, the former queen of the Vermilion Kingdom, and Hicks, the former king of the Indigo Forest, but unfortunately the two are deceased... The two countries have been at war for many years, and the crystallization of both sides is a symbol of peace, but unfortunately everything was ruined by an assassination attempt, Queen Hannah and King Hicks unfortunately died, and Her Royal Highness Shouyue survived alone - from the age of 6 to the present, she does have direct royal blood from both sides, and has the highest priority to inherit the throne, but everything has to wait until she reaches adulthood, and before that, the high-ranking people of the Vermilion Kingdom and the Indigo Forest are eager to take advantage of her lack of full-fledged wings to end her in the future. ”

“... Neither country wants her to inherit, or rather, they want to maintain the current hostile relations, not peaceful reunification. Xia Zuo said.

Barn nodded, "There are two reasons, the two sides have been estranged for many years, and the sense of hostility is strong, especially the Vermilion Kingdom against the Indigo Forest, which cannot be mutually understood overnight. Moreover, if His Highness Shouzuki dies, the throne of the Vermilion Kingdom will be inherited by the former queen's brother, the current acting king Zangewill, so he intends to execute His Highness Shouyue; In addition, the Indigo Forest was originally equal to the king of the forest and the council, but now that the king is dead, the power is completely in the hands of the council, and the five elders of the council, if they want to continue to hold the power firmly in their hands, will naturally send people to hunt down and kill His Highness Shouyue. ”

"You said that the Indigo Forest was originally ruled equally by the king and the parliament, so did Omotsuki inherit the throne and have full authority to guide the two countries to coexist peacefully? Can the council agree? Xia Zuo asked after a moment's thought.

"As long as more than half of the people of the forest support this initiative, the council will not be able to stop it, and the people of the Indigo Forest have longed for peace for a long time compared to the Vermilion Kingdom."

"So, what does that have to do with you asking me where I'm standing and not telling me where the watchmoon is right away so I can protect her?" Xia's left eyebrow is one high and one low.

"What if you don't go to protect Her Highness Shouyue, but tell either of the two countries about Her Highness's whereabouts, or even both at the same time, or in the name of guards, take advantage of Her Highness's unpreparedness, kill her with your own hands and then go to the two countries to ask for merit?" Bath was old and seemed to be able to see through everything, and stared directly at Xia Zuo, "The gold and silver treasures given by either side of the Vermilion Kingdom and the Indigo Forest will exceed the part of the treasure buried by the mentor Sangilf, and it is obviously much easier to use the whereabouts or corpse of Her Highness Shouyue to ask for merit than to protect her, you have every reason to do so." ”

"What I value is not money, but Sangilf's magic," Xia Zuo explained unabashedly, still seeing that the other party's expression was unmoved, "... So let's be straight, what do you have to do to believe me? ”

"That's easy, I'm just getting you mentally prepared," Barn suddenly smiled, "I'll tell you directly about the whereabouts of Her Highness the Moonwatch, but after learning all this, you must promise to protect her and solemnly swear in the form of a 'Mi God's Oath." ”