The crescent moon hangs in the night sky, accompanied by the surrounding stars.

A black guard of honor was rapidly gathering.

Not only the people were dressed in black, but even the horses used were black, and the family crest belonging to the Warren royal family was also black and white at this time.

Mary, dressed in black and wearing a funeral hat, walked in the middle of the procession, next to her was Qin Ran, and behind the two was the coffin of James VIII.

There were no bodies inside, just some clothing and belongings that had been brought with them.

There are no tedious rituals and prayers.

Once the team had gathered, they headed towards the cemetery outside Lerdry.

The cemetery of the Warren royal family was somewhere behind the Warren palace until James III, but as time went on, more royal deaths made the small cemetery insufficient, so in the time of James IV, the Warren royal family rebuilt a royal cemetery outside of Raldry.

Walking out of the palace gates and through the inner city, the procession entered the outer city.

There were quite a few civilians on the side of the street.

One by one, they changed into black clothes and spontaneously saw off James VIII.

A king 'combined' of the first crow and James VIII was not a good king in the traditional sense.

However, it is definitely not bad.

He did not tyranny, let alone kill innocents.

On the contrary, taxes are reduced almost as much as possible every year.

The civilians didn't know much more, but they remembered that it was because of this tax reduction that they survived several difficult winters.

For this, they are grateful to this majesty.

More and more civilians were seeing off James VIII on the streets.

They prayed in low voices.

Some of them were sobbing.

Such an atmosphere infected the already solemn team.

Mary, who had been holding back, had tears in her eyes.

And then......

Slide slowly.

The underage princess did not cry loudly.

She didn't have such deep feelings for this father.

She didn't allow herself to do that either.

'When you take responsibility, remember to be strong! ’

She always remembered her mother's teachings.

Even if Qin Ran is relied on, the underage princess will choose to work hard and persist first.

Qin Ran, who was walking aside, looked at the stubborn Mary, and appreciation appeared in his eyes.

He appreciates strong people.

It's like he's a strong man himself.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that the two people who met at the beginning quickly became close.

The team moved on.

After passing through the outer city, we came to the outside of the city of Lerdry, and slowly approached the royal cemetery along the path that had long been decorated with black strips of cloth.

The royal cemetery is guarded by two hundred heavily armed guards, leaving enough men left even if they are called in at a critical moment.

Tomb robbers are not lacking in any era.

Especially in the face of such a clear goal.

Dressed in black, Adal stood in front of the cemetery, quietly waiting, and when the procession entered the cemetery, the old earl did not speak, but followed directly to the coffin of his old friend.

For the old count.

The existence in the coffin seems to be his old friend.

Qin Ran glanced at the other party.

The other party, who hadn't seen each other for a few days, looked even older, his back was already rickety, and his steps were staggering.

Obviously, the news of that night was really an incomparable blow to the old earl.

But Qin Ran couldn't do anything about it.

It has happened, not him, nor by the will of any one person.

James VIII's tomb is behind James VII's tomb, and the tomb in front is James IV, V, and VI of Warren, and Warren's founding king appears at the front of the tomb with a statue, cloaked in moonlight, like a god guarding the descendants of future generations.

Whoever is alive.

Still is......

Dead.

The final rites of the funeral begin.

Escorted by knights, James VIII's coffin began to slowly enter the burial chamber.

Except for the bearer of the coffin, only Mary, who was the heir, could stand on one side, and everyone else gathered in a circle and stood facing outward.

The place where Qin Ran was standing happened to be where he could see the statue of James I, and he raised his eyes to look at the statue.

Even if it is carefully maintained, the statue will inevitably leave traces of time.

However, even so, it can be seen that the statue was beautiful when it was completed, and it was really lifelike.

But a trace of doubt surfaced in Qin Ran's heart.

"You're wondering why there's no statue of James II, the Queen, here?"

The old earl, who was standing beside Qin Ran, suddenly spoke.

"Hmm."

Qin Ran didn't hide anything about it.

According to the information Qin Ran learned, the reason why the Warren Kingdom has its current territory is completely inseparable from the original queen.

The other party not only made a big move, but also expanded its territory and unified the three small kingdoms on the original land.

To put it simply, the queen had an even more illustrious record than James I.

According to reason, the other party should be revered by future generations.

But that's not the case.

Not only in the cemetery, but also in other places there are rare records of the queen.

Qin Ran had guessed some.

But he preferred to listen to the opinions of experts, and beside him the old earl was undoubtedly one of the best.

Seeing Qin Ran nodding, the old earl suddenly smiled.

He said word by word: "I won't tell you!" ”

Qin Ran was stunned.

And just as Qin Ran looked at the other party in surprise, the old earl spoke again.

"Dead Light."

"Through heaven and earth."

"That's what those guys want to know."

"I told you that my mission was complete."

"No thanks, no gratitude, I just did what I was supposed to do."

With that, the old earl turned and left.

Qin Ran turned around and watched the other party walk towards James VIII's tomb.

The coffin of James VIII had entered the burial chamber, the burial chamber had been completely sealed from the inside, and the guard of honor had gathered again to worship the king from afar.

The old earl went to the tomb under the gaze of the crowd, and took out a bottle of wine and a glass that had been prepared long ago.

Bang!

The cork flew high, and the old count poured the wine into two glasses.

"Respect, freedom."

With a shout, the old earl drank all the wine in his glass.

"Respect, death."

Chanting again, another glass of wine was scattered in front of James VIII's burial chamber, and then the old earl staggered against the burial chamber, his eyes staring at the night sky, his gaze wandered, and there was no more sound.

He, completed the task.

He completed the entrustment.

He......

Go and find his time.

There, there are memories that belong to him.

There, he was surrounded by a group of like-minded friends.