Roland secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After passing the father's pass, the next step is to prepare a risk plan for going deep into the imperial capital.

It's been almost seven years since he came to the world of Vares, and he is no longer the boy he was when he didn't know the height of the sky, and he must not only have the determination to face the difficulties, but also be prepared for emergencies.

For the security measures of the trip to the Holy City, Roland has been prepared. The "Escape Talisman" given by Valentina and the "Death Substitute Talisman" given by her father must be carried with you, the former can automatically teleport to Valentina's residence at the moment of mortal danger, and the latter is blessed with the "Legendary Accidental Resurrection Technique", which can automatically resurrect at the Krasburg Palace at the moment of death, even if it is too late to escape. In addition, Roland also plans to ask Nikita to help perform the 8-ring "cloning technique" to cut off a small piece of flesh from his body as a medium, and cast a spell to quickly grow into a soulless clone, which is sealed in a petri dish for later use. In the event that Roland encounters a catastrophe in the Holy City, and the first two life-saving talismans fail to work, then the "cloning technique" will become the last insurance, allowing him to go out of his body at the moment of destruction and enter the clone prepared in advance to regain his life.

Roland wrote back to Palatine and was scheduled to leave Colasburg on the first day of February. With more than a month to go, Roland was fully prepared for the trip, and at the same time took care of the urgent work at hand, and entrusted the less important ones to Lyudmila and Katya to handle on his behalf.

The busy days always flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the first day of February in 1623. It just so happened that Anthony was also planning to go home and make an appointment with Roland to go on the road together. In the early morning before leaving, Rudolph braved the biting cold wind and stepped on the snow everywhere to personally send his son out of the city.

"Do you have anything else to tell me?" Roland saw that his father had something on his mind.

"Roland, do you remember that day seven years ago? At that time, you had just turned seventeen, and you didn't know how thick the sky was, and you ran out of the city with two friends to sweep the goblin lair, and an accident happened......"

"Of course I do." Roland felt a chill all over his body, vaguely feeling that his father was aware of something, and replied with a strong head bowed his head: "A big dog demon has attacked us, if you hadn't arrived in time and didn't hesitate to spend a miracle scroll to resurrect me, I wouldn't be where I am today." ”

In fact, Rudolph's Miracle Scroll only resurrected his son's body, but it did not completely restore his soul. The real Roland Khoras had died seven years earlier, and now it was a soul from Earth who took possession of this body. This matter is the deepest secret in Roland's heart, and it is also a knot that can never be solved. How would Rudolph feel if he learned the truth? Can he tolerate a strange soul preying his son's body? Can you still treat Roland as his own flesh and blood?

Whenever he thought of these problems, Roland shuddered, and could only force himself not to think deeply, so that this secret would be buried in his heart forever. However, what is the intention of my father to suddenly mention this matter at this moment? Could it be that he was aware of the suspicions?

Roland was so nervous that he didn't dare to raise his head to face his father's gaze, let alone imagine what kind of disaster the secret exposure would bring to himself and even the entire Kolath Kingdom.

"Time flies so fast, seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, you have changed from a reckless and impulsive teenager to a calm and calm youth, thinking back to the stupid things you did in the past, I can't recognize you now......" Rudolph sighed, as if there was something unspeakable, he was silent for a long time and finally shook his head and smiled, and held Roland's shoulders with both hands and shook it hard: "It seems that I am really old, people love to fall into memories as soon as they get older, and their memory is getting worse and worse, not to mention these disappointing things, when you arrive in the Holy City, remember to visit Marshal Sigmund for me, Thanks to his efforts to protect our family, although in the end he couldn't save poor Franceska......"

Rudolph's eyes were red, and he raised his eyes to the sky to restrain the urge to cry, and when his mood calmed down a little, he continued to say to Roland: "In addition, when you arrive in the Holy City, remember to ask Sigmund about the burial place of your mother's bones, but unfortunately I can't go and sweep Francesca's grave myself, so I will leave this matter to you." ”

"Don't worry, I will keep these two things in mind and promise to get them done." Roland replied solemnly. Although he was not Franceska's kinsman, he was still obliged to go to her grave to show his filial piety.

"That's all I want to say, the wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, you guys get on the road as soon as possible, go early and come back early!" Rudolph gave his son one last hug and turned to walk towards the city gates.

Roland watched his father's slightly old back gradually disappear into the depths of the wind and snow, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist.

Anthony walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulders and sighed: "I really envy your father-son relationship, although my father also loves me, but he always likes to put a stinky shelf in front of me, he can only see my shortcomings, but he refuses to praise my advantages, let alone show his true feelings in front of his son like His Majesty Rudolph." ”

Roland took a deep breath in the wind and snow, the coolness that penetrated his heart dispelled the sorrow, and turned his head to smile indifferently at Anthony.

"This shows that your father and son are living too comfortably, unlike me and my father, who see the truth in adversity."

"Hardship sees the truth, this sentence is really good...... You don't mind if I put it in a poem, do you? ”

"Of course I don't mind, it's not original to me anyway." Roland took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "It's not too early, let's hurry up, don't let Palatina wait." ”

"Do you know the precise drop point of the teleportation?" Anthony took out a stack of papers from his pocket, shook it and tried to unfold it, "I have a topographical map of the vicinity of the Olevi Fortress here, you can refer to it......"

"No, I'm very familiar with that area, and I won't get lost with my eyes closed." Roland tore open a "teleportation" scroll, the snow under his feet was dyed orange and red by magic, and the teleportation pillar rose into the air, enveloping him and Anthony, and the two figures disappeared into the wind and snow in an instant.

Roland really didn't brag. When he escorted Archbishop Philip back to his home country last year, he kept the terrain along the way in mind, located the teleportation point from memory, and reached about a thousand yards outside the gates of the Ollevi Fortress.

The teleportation pillar faded, and Roland looked up into the distance, and the Ulino Mountains in winter were like a great wall covered with ice and snow, separating the Far East from the interior of the empire. The only way through this natural barrier is the Olevi Fort, which is protected by a large granite wall that reflects the morning light and the snow.