After making a special stamp on the secret letter, then rolling it up and meticulously sealing it with fire paint, Viscount Andrew exhaled softly, remembering if he had missed or made a mistake.

Probably not anymore - what had been agreed upon had already been written on the secret letter, and it was written very truthfully, and Viscount Andrew was so confident in his ability to make up the story that he felt that anyone who saw the secret letter would believe that he was really an eyewitness to "that incident".

All that remains is to see if the old king, who is far away in the royal capital, is willing to believe in this matter itself.

No, it should be said that he wants to admit the truth of this matter.

It was a somewhat risky move, but Viscount Andrew was not one to resist taking risks - if he hadn't, he would not have been able to emerge from his seven siblings as the heir to House Leslie.

He just didn't expect his new adventure to be tied to the Cecil family.

The family that had withdrawn from the political center of the kingdom a hundred years ago was so thin that it was about to die out in modern times.

Viscount Andrew has always been very concerned about his "neighbors", not only because the two sides are adjacent to each other, and there are many trade exchanges on weekdays, but also because the decline of the Cecil family has become more serious in the past two years, if the original progress continues, basically in Andrew's lifetime, he can expect to double the territory of the Leslie family - the little girl who hastily inherited the family business is not a qualified lord at all, although she works hard, she will definitely not be able to keep her little family business.

It's just that fate played a joke on everyone, and in a way that no one could have imagined: when he heard that Cecil was destroyed by monsters, Andrew was stunned; When he heard that those monsters were very similar to the creatures of the demon tide in the historical records, he was still confused; When he heard the merchants who entered the city mention that a dragon had appeared, he was also confused; When Rebecca Cecil and Hetty Cecil entered the castle with a man who claimed to be their ancestor...... Viscount Andrew showed great composure and receptivity.

That's because he's finally getting used to it.

But after finishing his conversation with the "Ancestor" and returning to his bedchamber, Viscount Andrew felt that he had made the right decision.

A dying aristocratic lineage and a fiefdom burned to the ground are worthless, and no matter how much they squeeze in, they can't squeeze out the water, if they want to recoup their costs, they might as well turn from a greedy squeezer to a generous good neighbor, and the existence of that "ancestor" is even more critical - Viscount Andrew is now ninety percent convinced of the truth of this matter - whether the Cecil family has that old ancestor or not is completely two concepts.

He sealed the letter in a silver cylinder, wrapped a circle of magical thread around it, and handed it to the old butler standing nearby: "Give it to the best ranger messenger - set out on a griffon, and let the messenger deliver it to the Silver Citadel after the arrival of the first messenger and before the arrival of the Cecil family." ”

The butler took the silver cylinder and was about to turn to leave, when Viscount Andrew stopped him: "Wait a minute, in addition you go to the silver vault - and return the gold and silver belonging to the Cecil family as it is." ”

"Yes, Lord Viscount. But is it okay to just return it as it is? ”

"It's enough to return it as it is, and when they leave, I'll prepare a little more in the name of the travel expenses."

The situation has changed, and the "fees" that were previously charged for that ridiculous greed are now a hot potato, and the is-like service is only the first step, but it can't be done too much at once.

Viscount Andrew weighed it carefully in his heart, and hoped that the ancient man seven hundred years ago would understand his sincerity.

It's dark at night.

Gawain put on his dressing gown, pushed open the balcony door of his room, and came to the terrace on the second floor of the Viscount's Castle.

There is no moon at night in this world, and in the deep canopy, there are only more dense stars than on earth, and those twinkling stars bring a cold light to this land, and each starlight is particularly foreign to Gawain.

Ever since he came into this world, he has loved to look up at the sky – day and night. During the day, look at the huge and not too dazzling "sun", and at night, look at the moonless night.

His gaze wandered from star to star, trying to find a static, extraordinarily special object among the twinkling stars.

But this is doomed to a futile attempt. There were so many stars, and he didn't have enough data and calculations to find the position where he looked down on the earth, and even if he did, he couldn't distinguish it from the starry sky.

But he just couldn't help but do it, because he knew better than anyone that there were secrets hidden in the skies of this world. There's something there, maybe some kind of surveillance device, a satellite, a space station, or a ship. Although it is highly likely that it has now been suspended, it cannot be ruled out that there are other things that have not been suspended and are still hanging in the sky.

He had been part of the surveillance device—the closest Gawain had come to after thinking about it for days.

If he didn't have those experiences of looking down on the earth, if he had traveled to Gawain Cecil as soon as he arrived, then he would not have this knowledge at all, and he would not have the corresponding pressure, but he just knew something, so as an earth soul with a modern mind, he couldn't control his curiosity about the sky...... and apprehension.

What is that which hangs in the sky? What effect will it or they have on the earth? Will it or they hang there so peacefully forever? What purpose would it or their makers, if there are one, have?

All this made Gawain have a sense of urgency that he couldn't be humane, just like an earthling suddenly knew that an alien spaceship was parked in the orbit above his head, even if the ship was motionless for hundreds of thousands of years or even hundreds of thousands of years, it was difficult for people living on the ground to settle down.

It is necessary to understand it or their ins and outs in order to sleep soundly.

And even without this worry, Gawain could not turn a blind eye to the sky with curiosity alone.

"Anyway, you look up at the sky every day – either at the sun or at the stars."

Suddenly a girl's voice came from behind him, and Gawain looked back, only to see the half-elf Miss Thief sitting on the railing of the terrace, with her back to the outside, looking at herself with a grin, her legs swinging under the railing, not at all worried about falling.

Gao Wen glanced at her: "It's not very polite for the third watch to sneak into other people's balconies in the middle of the night to scare people." ”

"The night is my world, there are shadows everywhere, I can go wherever I want," Amber shook on the railing, her body melted into the shadows, and the next moment she appeared on the other side of the balcony, "And you are a great hero of seven hundred years ago, are you afraid that someone will suddenly talk to you at night?" ”

Gawain was embarrassed to admit that he did get goosebumps just now......

"What the hell are you looking at every day?" Amber saw that Gawain was silent, so she changed the subject, "Looking at the sun during the day is to identify the direction, and looking at the stars at night is astrology?" Do you still know astrology? ”

"What do you think will be in the sky?" Gawain asked the other party rhetorically.

"Heavenly? Isn't it just the stars, the sun, and something? Amber replied casually, "Oh yes...... You don't want to tell me that the palace of the gods is also in heaven, and then preach with me, do you? I'm not interested in that - I believe in the goddess of shadows and the night, the Night Lady, and the kingdom of the Night Lady is in the deepest part of the starless night, which is completely different from the real world sky, and I just close my eyes and pray every day to worship God! ”

"Are you really a believer in the goddess of the night?" Gawain glanced at Amber a little surprised, although he didn't have much faith himself, but from Gawain Cecil's memory, he still knew a lot about this world religion, those various gods and sects large and small opened his eyes at the same time, but he also stayed away, but he didn't expect that the thief in front of him, who didn't seem to have anything to do with piety, was also a person of faith.

"Just believe it, anyway, the night lady neither asks for an offering nor gives a god, and she doesn't need to pay homage or sacrifice at a fixed time or something, why don't I believe it by the way if a copper plate doesn't cost me?" Amber said lightly, uttering something that would sound unseemly to true believers, "And the Way of Shadows is somewhat related to the power of the Night Lady, and sometimes I feel like I can really get better when I pray—though it turns out to be an illusion after drinking high every time." ”

Gawain pursed his lips and decided to ignore the half-elf who had no door.

It's a shame for the elves - whatever the other half of her bloodline is, it's also a shame for the corresponding bloodline.

"Hey, why don't you talk again," Amber didn't intend to let him go, "You haven't said yet, what the hell are you looking at?" ”

Gawain glanced at her: "Have you ever heard of a saying that after death, the soul of a person will return to the sky, wandering among the stars, and each star is actually the soul of an ancestor......"

"I haven't heard of it, I've heard that after the death of a person with faith, the soul will be taken away by the corresponding god he believes in, and then in the kingdom of God, while the soul of a person without faith will be taken away by the god of death after death, and then all the memories will be combed out by the wife of the god of death with an iron comb, and then thrown back to the human world - so some people say that all beings in the world are believers in the god of death by default, regardless of their faith," Amber Balabala said, "but this statement of yours is also so interesting, people will go to heaven after death?" Is this a religious statement from 700 years ago? ”

Gawain was a little embarrassed: "No, it's ......"

"Ah, yes! You're dead! Amber looked at Gawain with wide eyes as if she had discovered a new world, and with a shake of her body came to him, leaned over and asked urgently, "Did you die and go to heaven in the same place?" What does it look like when a person dies? Tell me about it! ”

"Go, go, go, go!" Gao Wen pressed Amber's face and forcibly pushed the other party away, "When a person dies, he doesn't know anything, understand?" I was just idle and bored! ”

"Huh......" Amber stared at Gawain for a long time, and after confirming that the other party really didn't want to tell her, she didn't look away, "The old man is so boring." ”

Gawain: "Say it again?!" ”

Suddenly, the amber was gone.