Outside the window, silver lightning occasionally swept across the dark sea, like a dazzling fire, lighting up the sky. Brando sat silently on the edge of the bed, and not far away, Princess Magdal lay flat on the bed, as quiet as a sleeping beauty in a fairy tale.

In the middle of the night, Otares's voice sounded in his heart: "Brando, you guessed it right, this little girl is not human, and even-"

"Not even a living being." Brando's tone was calm and unwavering.

"So you've already guessed it." There was a slight surprise in the hoarse voice of the royal sister.

"The Verse of the Firmament, the Cruzian epic poem, says: 'Mortal life is born out of water, multiplied on the earth, blessed by the wind, and given wisdom by fire' and says, 'At the beginning of the world, a sublime goodwill walked on the surface of the waters, giving spirit to the lowly creatures that float on the waters, and thus life became,' but there was light and darkness, and there were good and negative, so the man above the gods decided, 'The end of life is the kingdom of the dead, where the dead gather, and is governed by a deity (1)', but beyond the boundaries of life and death, there is a third camp, 'all soulless things' such as stones, metals, etc. ”

(Note: God of the Dead, Darkness of the Light, Monarch of the Eternal Realm)

"I don't see that you still have a lot of research on the Poetry of the Firmament, but I probably know that very few people in this era can read the ancient scriptures. And in the time of the War of the Sages, these books and prophecies were like beacons of darkness to us. Although he couldn't see it, Brando felt Otares turn his head to look out the window, and he couldn't help but look over there as well—

A lighthouse stood on the headland of the stormy sea, and in the darkness, a beam of light pierced straight into the deep sea, like a sharp sword, as if the only truth between heaven and earth was subverted.

A storm of magic on the edge of the world of order is converging and affecting the world of civilization to a greater or lesser extent. This year's storm off Ampesel was more ferocious than ever, but few people noticed the anomaly, and the sailboats put away their sails and entered the harbor, and the owner's door waited for the first time to sea after the storm had subsided.

"I have a great relationship with the mages in the Tower, and as you know, Lord Otales, I am half a mage in a sense. I'm interested in history, not only in the Cruz's poems, but even in some fragments of black prophecies. ”

"You have a point, but I always feel like you're hiding something from me," Ortales said with a light smile, and Brando could even feel the Wind Elf's narrow gaze from the tone of her voice, "Also, I wish you could call me sister instead of 'Lord Otales.'" ”

"Then I can't say it." Brando replied embarrassedly.

Ottales laughed.

"Then you are my student, it is no problem to call me a teacher."

"Teacher." Brando respectfully exclaimed that Ortales was not related to him, but had given him many meaningful helps, and had even saved him more than once; This kind of care is like the love of an elder for a younger generation, Brando doesn't say it, but he has always been very grateful in his heart.

Ottales laughed, "Okay, so what are you going to do next?" ”

She was not the only one who asked, but there were many people gathered in the room. Freya, who was standing side by side with little Roman, didn't know that Brando was talking to a Heroic Spirit, but when she saw the expression on Brando's face, she hurriedly asked, "How is it, Brando?" ”

Brando came to his senses.

He glanced at the rest of the room, Sue, Antitina, Charles, Tigerfinch, Flo and Tina, and the rest of the Lubis mercenary group, Mordface and Medissa standing not far from the door, and the red-haired girl who had been by his side without saying a word, were basically the core of his small group.

"Princess Magdal's wound pierced through the heart, and as I said, if it were a normal person, it would be an irreparable fatal wound."

"Ah......" Freya, the silly girl, was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help but shudder and pointed at Brando: "But ...... Cacao...... Brando, you obviously said ......"

Brando couldn't help but smile, "I said, if it's a normal person, this is an irreparable fatal injury." ”

"Oh, Brando, you're saying this little girl isn't normal, are you?" Of all the people, Roman reacted the fastest and immediately called out. And the others reacted immediately, and couldn't help but look at him suspiciously.

"Don't forget you're a little girl, too!" Brando glared at the Merchant's eldest lady, then he nodded, "I hope you don't spread the word about this, Princess Magdal wasn't fatally injured because she wasn't human. ”

"Not human? Could it be that she is a half-elf like Princess Griffyin? Freya asked, puzzled, and couldn't help but look at the ears of the princess lying on the bed—but they were still the same as ordinary people.

"No, she's not even a living being, to be exact." Brando replied word for word.

"What!?"

Everyone was shocked.

Brando was silent for a moment, in fact he had a hard time accepting this fact at first. However, when he checked the other party's injuries, he realized that something was wrong, first of all, when he opened the other party's 'status' window, the name and other status were clear at a glance.

Magdal's real name is 'Magdal? Armand Lodur? Morality? 'Antobro', Armand Lodur was the surname of her matrilineal family, and Andobou was his fiefdom, and the naming rules of this name were perfectly in line with the local customs of Andobruo.

At the same time, it is also in line with Brando's memory.

Information like the name, as well as information like gender, is known to Brando, which is why it is displayed on the status. But there was one detail that caught his attention, and that was that Magdal's ethnicity was???。

This is unusual, and in theory, Magdal is human. Not to mention human beings, even some common races are easy to distinguish, which is common sense, so it is theoretically impossible for him to be unable to distinguish between them.

The first time he saw Magdal's corpse, Brando's mind was so confused that he didn't notice this detail. But looking back, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

After examining the other party's corpse closely, he immediately found another problem, the time of death of Princess Magdal was at least two hours ago, but a few minutes after the death of the person, the muscles began to relax, the skin would change color and hard, this change would be quite obvious in the previous hour, but this sign could not be seen on Her Royal Highness at that time.

The point is, her skin is cold, but it has always maintained a moderate amount of elasticity, and it looks as if it is in a healthy state. In Vagond, most of the pain and illness are done through herbalism and magic, so most people don't have the biological knowledge that modern people know, but in Brando's opinion, these details are very unusual.

Therefore, he quietly checked the other party's pupils, and his heart suddenly shook violently, and Magdal's pupils in the state of death were dim, as if the originally bright flame had been extinguished. It looked like the gaze of a deceased, but the pupils were not dilated, and most importantly, there was a ray of afterglow in the depths of the eye like an extinguished spark.

In Brando's memory, there is only one kind of existence that shows such a representation after 'death'.

It is the ember glow of the soul core, and there is only one kind of 'life' that needs to be driven by it - the puppet.

He almost didn't scream out in fright at the time, and his first reaction was whether this was a stand-in for Her Royal Highness the princess, but then he realized that it was impossible, because he immediately found the 'Silver Ornament of the Wind Elf Clan' from the dead princess, which he had given to the other party at the auction in the afternoon.

If the doll was a stand-in for Princess Magdal, then she didn't have to keep it at all, lest it lead to her meeting with Brando.

Moreover, this princess of Antobro may not be too delicate as a puppet. Except for the only evidence of the pupil, there is no trace of non-living features on the whole body, flesh and blood, just like ordinary people. And whether it is wisdom, personality or feelings, they are completely no different from normal people.

Brando found it hard to believe that the girl with whom he had discussed how to help him, and who had a strong faith and a pure heart, was a puppet, but after careful examination by Otares through his hand, he finally came to the conclusion that the other girl was indeed a special being who was very different from ordinary life.

A very special doll, to be exact. At least in Brando's foresight, he had never seen such a wonderful life form, and this princess was clearly not the kind of soulless, hard-hearted constructed creature.

Brando prefers to identify with her as a very special 'race', and in fact Otales agrees with that. In the memory of the Wind Elf Royal Sister, I have actually seen such a being, they used to be puppets, but then they were endowed with spiritual wisdom and formed a race of their own.

This race is the Rune Dwarves.

Since there is the same existential zài, it may not be so strange that Magdal's existential zài. But what Brando was curious about was the identity of the other party, and Magdal, as a princess of a principality, was not an inexplicable person like him, but did not know the fact that her parents, the Duchess of Antobri, knew about it, and it would be interesting if they did not know.

At least for now, Magdal herself was unaware, and she had always considered herself human. Even historically, Brando had never heard of any rumors about it. Instead, he remembered one thing, it was rumored that the nun princess's married life was very miserable, and she even disappeared in the end......

Originally, it was just a piece of aristocratic wild history, but now it seems a bit subtle.

Brando shook his head, throwing the jumbled thoughts out of his mind. As he explained his thoughts to everyone around him—except for the last guess, of course—everyone's eyes widened.

"Wait, Brando, are you saying that Her Royal Highness Princess Magdal is a doll?" Not to mention Freya, even Antitina was a little stunned, "But ...... But ......"

"No, in fact, Her Royal Highness the princess is not a puppet, this is just a metaphor." Brando shook his head and explained, "To put it simply, Princess Magdal's vital signs are not the same as what we know, she has no blood circulation, she is not a carbon-based creature, but she has a soul of her own, just like us. ”

"What is blood circulation, and what are carbon-based organisms? Is that a mage's word? Antitina asked, puzzled.

"Ahem," Brando immediately realized that he had made a mistake, but with the difference in knowledge between him and these people, the problem was really difficult to explain, so he could only hide it: "That's a technical term, you just listen to it, in short, it's like ......"

"It's like a rune dwarf, right? Brando said it, but was Uncle Oldham really a puppet before? Roman couldn't help but ask curiously, this eldest lady's thinking is always different from ordinary people.

"No," Brando replied angrily, "that was tens of thousands of years ago, and if it was a puppet, it would have to be Oldham's ancestor a puppet, and it had nothing to do with him!" ”

"Oh!"

"Yes...... Her Royal Highness didn't know anything about this, could it be that Princess Magdal had been lying to Princess Griffiin? Although she had only been with the future princess regent for a short time, Freya had already begun to think about each other.

Brando's heart jumped, and he immediately gave the other party a look and shook his head: "No, I suspect that Princess Magdal herself doesn't know. ”

"I don't know about it?" Freya was slightly stunned and wanted to ask again, but when she saw Brando's eyes, she immediately closed her mouth obediently. Immediately, she also reacted, if Princess Magdal didn't know about it, it would be a big problem.

She thought for a moment and then changed her words, "So how can we save her?" ”

"To be exact, Princess Magdal is not dead at all. As for how to get her to wake up, I'll need to look up some information - but for now, we have more important things to do. ”

Brando glanced out the window.

There was hardly any pre-dawn light in the dark sea and sky, but the hourglass had finished its final journey, and the most important day in Ampesel's history was approaching.

But when it came to the end, he was a little hesitant.

What made Marquis You Xi and others murder a princess and a high-ranking priest of the temple next time, the relationship is too great. What did Princess Magdal see in the end?

The history seemed to be darkening, as if a great whirlpool was forming in front of him.