Jialan's barrier isolated the movement of the explosion in the morning, so except for Mu Yan and his party, no one in Falan City knew what happened in Yuexi Manor.

But I don't know if it's because he has a heart or what, Fei Luo has been restless today, and he doesn't talk very much, so that when he saw Mu Yan appear at the back door of the classroom, his heart jumped suddenly, and then he was invited to sit in the tavern, which was even more incomprehensible.

It was the first time the two had sat facing each other since he almost did rough up on each other.

Mu Yan never spoke, kept organizing the language, and after a few minutes of silence, he finally looked up and handed Fei Luo a booklet.

The booklet is not thick, about 100 pages, and the cover only has a few beautiful characters written on the cover, dark green, decorated like seaweed, and surrounded by shells and conchs.

"It's ......"

"This is a sample issue, which was originally intended to be released at the same time as the first volume of A Song of Frost and Fire. Miss Shireen must have mentioned it to you, right? Relate...... Well...... A story about two people. ”

"No, she didn't say it, I only know that she used to use 'encore' as a pen name, which is the language of the Sea Clan." Ferry opened the sample in surprise, "I also gave her a gift yesterday, it is said to come from the Endless Sea, what is it called...... 'Encore', it is a conch, and you can hear the sound of the sea. ”

"What?"

Mu Yanteng stood up, and Fei Luoshu was almost frightened.

Mu Yan ...... Teacher? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm so excited."

Mu Yan sat down again, but his mind drifted to the conch.

"Can you elaborate on that conch?"

Philo stopped what he was doing and thought about it carefully, "I remember that it was put together with the 'antique' engraved with the sword flower emblem, and it should have been brought from the Imperial Era." Most of this kind of thing was originally given to the mage as a magical material to be sealed and kept, and the cards describing it were even in the Donkragon language...... It is to the effect of 'a rare material of unknown use, which can be used as an ornament'. ”

"I see......"

Mu Yan nodded, it seems that this is something that existed during the city-state period.

The Assassin player who went through the epic questline of the Dark Reef was given a dagger called the Silent Ripper, which was named the Encore Blade. As the name suggests, it is inextricably linked to Miss Shireen, or her identity after returning to the Endless Sea. It's a pity that only a few people have experienced this plot, and the parties don't want to mention it too much, so he didn't ask much.

Although the details are not known, since the conch was given to Shireen by Philo as a birthday present, and later appeared in the mission as a plot item, it shows that such a thing is full of bonds between the two, and perhaps the reason why Fello was able to find Shireen is because of it, in other words, it is also the direct motivation for him to go to Nanami.

The root cause is naturally the emotion between the two, but Mu Yan has already made up his mind to go beyond the bounds, and he is not familiar with Shirin, so he naturally has to find a way to find something less "connotative".

On the one hand, he was imagining, and on the other hand, Fello was already immersed in the story.

The protagonist of the story, Slark, is the illegitimate son of a diminutive aristocracy who has suffered from the eyes of his family since he was a child. After a serious illness, his mother's temperament changed drastically, not only did she dislike him, but she also connived at the nurse to bully him, not to give him food, to pinch him during breastfeeding, and all kinds of small actions that could bring pain but not leave scars.

Over time, Slark became a crybaby in the eyes of adults, and he was pampered and had a bad temper, and even his father gradually disliked him.

There is no doubt that this is a true portrayal of Shireen's childhood life, but the difference is that Slark did not suffer in silence like a girl, but chose to rebel at the age of 12 - the way of resistance is also very simple and straightforward, he left home, went to the sea dozens of miles away, and jumped headlong.

He chose to end this life in search of liberation and leave this painful world once and for all.

This seems to be another path that Shireen chose for herself, but unfortunately she didn't have time to realize it.

But the sea plays the role of "end" and "destination" in this story, is this her subconscious thought or a coincidence? Now there seems to be an answer.

The beginning of the story is very gloomy and depressing, and even people can't help but throw down the book, but Shireen writes it with a very sense of substitution, and as a single book, the protagonist falls into the sea on the seventh page, but everyone knows that jumping down does not mean the end of the story.

Sure enough, Slark, who fell into the sea, happened to be spotted by the mermaid princess who swam to the shallow sea to play.

The little princess's name is Anke, the third daughter of Prince Morgan of the Sea Clan, who happened to be 14 years old that year. This was the first time she had seen a human, and she simply brought him back to the palace.

After that, the story began to gradually become sweet and tired, changing the previous dim and gloomy style.

Slark was fooled by Encore dressed as a fish-man, and thus obtained permission from his father to become her bodyguard. And Slark also thanked her for saving her life, leaving behind his past human identity and serving her as if he had been reborn.

It is unknown what will happen next, because that's where the story ends. If it were to end with this, it would be a fairy tale, but if it was combined with reality and the plot of the game, it would be a tragedy in the end.

The third prince opened the book with doubts at first, but when he looked at it, he understood everything.

His Royal Highness smiled and bent his eyes, if Mu Yan hadn't sat opposite him, he might have laughed out loud. He couldn't see anywhere that this was Shireen's expression of her fiery emotions through her work.

Although the two are brother and sister in name, they are quite far apart, and they are not forbidden love. It just so happened that today was her birthday, and she had planned to do something, but now it would be better to pierce this layer of window paper......

Thinking of this, he felt that Mu Yan was becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.

It turned out that Teacher Mu Yan was here to help him.

Fei Luo closed the book, although he was still in the tavern, his heart had already flown to the Moon Creek Manor, and he wished that the evening would come immediately......

"Thank you, Teacher Mu Yan, I will show her, this is a great birthday gift."

Mu Yan smiled bitterly, he didn't know how to speak.

"Anything else? Teacher Mu Yan? ”

"Yes, there are a lot of ......" Mu Yan tapped lightly on the table, as if waiting for Fello's enthusiasm to cool down.

After a while, it wasn't until Philo was a little impatient that he spoke, "The 'Brotherhood' you formed...... Originally it was for self-preservation, right? ”

Philo was slightly stunned and nodded subconsciously.

Because of the particularity of Jialan's imperial power, discussing these things in public not only has a sense of urgency that "confidential and important matters cannot be made public", but even has an absurd sense of "there are people fighting for this kind of throne...... So much so that he was stunned for a while.

"Actually...... The persecution you faced was not the work of your siblings or other pretenders to the throne. Mu Yan said softly: "It's a kind of screening." ”

"Screening?"

"Let's put it this way," Mu Yan crossed his fingers, "I have a herd of highland horned sheep, and every night there are some people who try to break through the fence and run out, what should I do to put an end to this phenomenon?" ”

"Tie a leash to each sheep?"

"It's a thankless task, and it will tire the shepherds to death." Mu Yan smiled, "I will first slaughter the few who took the lead in hitting the wall to eat meat, and then slaughter the lively and active lambs, leaving only those who are safe and will not use their brains...... In this way, no damn sheep will dare to run away, and I will have to bother with tying ropes one by one. ”

"It'......," Fello instinctively felt a chill. What exactly are you trying to say? ”

"Let's make it clear, it's the Tower that is sifting through the puppets of the future." Mu Yan said lightly: "His Royal Highness's father, the reason why His Majesty Lawrence II succeeded to the throne smoothly is not because he is the smartest among the five brothers, but because he is the only one among the five people. And in your generation, Your Highness has shown great talent since childhood, so he was almost strangled in the cradle. The reason why you have survived until now is not all because of your self-preservation, but because of the intervention of the Mage Guild......"

"You mean...... Mr. Bednar? ”

"That's right. His Highness doesn't have the talent of a spellcaster, but he has a mage as a mentor and protector, I don't know if this is his personal will or the meaning of the Mage Guild, in short, you are the lucky one to survive the game between the two sides. This may be due to the peculiarities of His Highness - for example, I was able to discover my perception at the dinner that day. ”

Philo nodded, it was true, he was born more sensitive than others, but it had nothing to do with the caster's talent, so the court appraisers decided that he was better suited to be an assassin who walked in the shadows.

"Let's get back to business." Mu Yan knocked on the table again, "Since His Royal Highness knows what Jialan's 'imperial power' looks like, have you ever thought about the future of forming a brotherhood?" ”

Philo lowered his head, his gaze confused.

Indeed, where is the future?

If it was really what Mu Yan said, then he had chosen the wrong enemy from the beginning. But after knowing who the real enemy is, does he still have the courage to confront it? Rely on the Brotherhood to trip over the Tower? Scold...... Forget it, the Brotherhood's best future is nothing more than covering Shadow Steps, but Shadow Steps is not even as good as Morningstar's Thieves Guild these years, and their arrogance has ruined themselves.

"Does Your Highness feel a little dazed?"

Mu Yan asked again, his voice seemed to carry some kind of demagogic magic.

"Actually, I've always had an idea......"

"What thoughts?"

"I want Jialan's imperial power to override the Parliament...... Even, above theocracy......"

Ferry suddenly came to his senses.