Laurie's mind was confused, and he couldn't even understand why his father had summoned him back in such a hurry, was he wrong?, but the peculiarities of his body had made it abundantly clear that everything he had ever found out was not delusion or speculation.

"His soul is not in his body," said the priest of Rosada, and then Adel glanced at Cremar, and he blinked, and the otherworldly spirit stretched out his hands and made a complicated gesture - the eyes of the knights who followed them into the side court and stared at them suddenly fell with a false vision— Adel then stepped forward and rudely removed the king's robe and underwear, revealing his gray and stiff body, which, after removing the crown of fine clothes, had lost its former dignity and glory like every dead man, and his bloated belly and muscular limbs made him look like a decaying rat, and Laurie was about to say something about this act, but was interrupted by the sudden solemn expressions of the other two Rosada priests.

"Ciric's emblem. One of the priests of Rosada said that although they had almost confirmed the king's blasphemy and betrayal of Rosada, they could not help but feel a throbbing pain of embarrassment when they saw the emblem hidden under the fat double rue - this emblem was small, but very distinct, not an ordinary tattoo, but the outline of the Cyric emblem was cut with a small knife, and then injected with dark purple and off-white pigment - The paint had faded a little, and it was not a matter of a day or two, which meant that by the time the king of Tara seemed to offer sacrifices to Rosada, his faith had long since shifted to another deity, and this deity was still an enemy of Rosada, the god of morning light.

But what surprised them even more was that Adair not only pushed away the layers of flesh, but also lowered his head to take a closer look and sniff. "What are you doing?" asked Laurie.

"This is no ordinary imprint. The black-haired Dragonborn said, "This could be a mark left by a very evil spell." As he said this, he glanced at Adair, as the chosen person of the God of Morning Light, Adel may have understood his past identity, but he, like Kerryben, accepted this once evil and dangerous companion with great feeling, so Adel just nodded, "Yes, tell us, what did you see, Cremar?"

The Otherworldly Soul was still a long way from the Dark Gate, but since the lich in the Sea of Consciousness could sense the outside world through it, the traces left on King Tara's body still wouldn't escape his detection—to be honest, he hardly wanted to admit that it would be a spell cast by a colleague from the Seventy-Seven Islands, and it was too rudimentary and crude in every sense of the word, but come to think of it, the hapless ghost who was devoured before he was caught up in the astral storm might have been nothing more than that-" I can tell you what happened to him," said the lich through the mouth of his cohabitant, "but before that, I would like to know, Your Highness, why did you leave Tara in the first place?

Laurie jerked his head up, he looked at the people around him, the knights were expressionless, and they didn't seem to hear their conversation at all.

“...... I only showed the talent of a warlock when I was about twelve years old. "And since I was a baby, until I was twelve, I was like a mortal, so they probably didn't expect that I would suddenly become a spellcaster—I mean, warlock talents, if you know, they don't happen overnight, and while a warlock doesn't need to learn or memorize to cast spells, he didn't know what it was when he first found out he had a talent like no other." He looked out the window, and the scenery was so familiar, even though it had been twenty years since he had been here, but nothing seemed to have changed: "My first wonder was why I could hear so many chaotic sounds, and when I found that even if someone was talking a hundred feet away, I could still hear it...... Of course, as a teenager, my heart was full of excitement and curiosity, and I listened to everyone's conversations as much as I could, and I also got a lot of jokes and privacy...... It's just that I didn't expect to hear such terrible things. I ......" His voice suddenly disappeared, and everyone present calmly waited for him to continue, and after a moment of silence, Laurie's voice finally reappeared in the room: "Not only am I not the Queen's child, nor am I a legitimate child, but I am an orthodox heir, I ...... I'm still a ...... with demonic blood Hybrid ...... I didn't even give birth of my own natural selves—for even with a little demonic blood, I was greedy and unforgivable. ”

Adele's eyes widened slightly, "So you don't dare to ask us for help......"

"It's just one reason," said Laurie, "more because of my father," he looked at the dead king, "and my father wouldn't allow me to tell the secret." ”

"You should tell us," said the priest in Rosada, "that is the result of your connivance with evil." ”

"Go on, Laurie," the black-haired Dragonborn pressed coldly and mercilessly, "I know how the children of demons are born in this plane, and your mother is afraid that she will not be able to hold out until you are born, and you will tear the belly of the dead to see the dawn of the world...... Is it the queen who is manipulating all this? That's why you try to attack her and refuse to admit that she is your mother......"

"My mother is her sister! a sister of the same blood, and the queen has only treated her as a sacrifice, nay, or rather as a test animal—I learned all this when I was twelve, and I swear, when my father asked me to be patient, I did, until she declared herself pregnant again! Wasn't it enough to have a monster like me? How many more did she want? ten, or a hundred, and I could not let her go on...... So, I swung my sword at her," Laurie's tone became more urgent, "I thought I could put an end to this, but my father's mage stopped me, and my father was furious, but he just banished me after all, not killed me or imprisoned me forever. ”

"Another way of imprisoning," the black-haired Dragonborn calmly pointed out, "you have his insignia on you, and he can find you if he wants to find you, and you know very well that he does not show kindness to you, otherwise you would not have treated your father's messenger as you would have treated your enemies." ”

"I am afraid that he wants to sacrifice me because he loves his wife. "I know that the queen, or her subordinates, made me and my brother and me, but we both have shortcomings, and it has been said that if the shortcomings make up for each other, then there will be no more shortcomings," Laurie said. ”

Maybe. The lich commented in the sea of knowledge.

"What did you find?" questioned Laurie this time, "my father really ...... I don't remember him ever dealing with thieves - what kind of spell is attached to him?Can you summon his soul, I don't believe it was just a simple assassination. ”

"We've found something," Adair said, "but we can't tell you just yet." ”

Laurie pursed his lips tightly, his gaze constantly shifting from one person to another, he admitted that he could not be said to be a purely good person, but more than that, these people made him more uneasy, perhaps this was the terrible feeling of a human with demonic blood in the white robes, he wondered if these people had not believed his words at all, or thought that he could not escape the influence of evil blood, and were considering whether to put him to death or imprison him......

And at this moment, there was a sudden shout of joy and excitement outside, they were shouting the name of Laurie's younger brother, that is, the king's second son, it was obvious that the queen and the ministers had completed his enthronement ceremony in the shortest possible time, Laurie's expression was complicated, after all, in the first twelve years of his life, he was the king's eldest son, and everyone told him that he would eventually inherit this palace and become the new king of Tara, and now, the new king of Tara had someone else, and he could only stand next to his dead father, no surname, no position, and he had exposed his biggest secret, the ugliest side, but at the same time, he also had a trace of relief and worry, relief from the dark thoughts in his heart was finally completely stifled because there was still a queen mother behind the new king, her family had a prominent position in Tara, a long history, if they were just trying to get a more controllable king.

The twin doors of the side court suddenly opened, and a strange knight entered, bowed to Laurie and the others, and told them that the new king of Tara wanted them to stop for a while—that he wanted to know what his father had done to the temples and sanctuaries of Rosada, and that Laurie would both be rewarded with his affection.

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"Will they be satisfied?" asked King Tara.

"Yes. The Queen Mother replied softly, "The sinners are dead, and they will give in as much as they can in order for you to no longer lean towards the other side, and you are the king of Tara." ”

"Where's Laurie?"

"As for him," said the Queen Mother, "you and he are the same," she sighed slightly, "but you know that he is my sister's child, although at that time she did not know her...... There will be a demon child, but no matter what is achieved, there will always be sacrifices, but I do feel a little sorry for her - what do you want to do with him? If you can, I hope he doesn't suffer too much, of course, if you have to...... So do it, I'm going to support you too, I've always been behind you, you know. ”

"There is no doubt," said the new king of Tara, "that I know that you have always loved me, and will always love me. ”

He turned to the full-length mirror, the mirror with the peacock's claws sticking out of the frame fully reflected the slender figure of the young man, his face was no longer shrouded in the gray aura of death, his eyes were shining, just like other children of the same age, his limbs were full of elasticity and vitality, he was dressed in the king's robe— Because things were too hasty, he didn't have a well-fitting robe, so he could only use his father's temporary replacement, but this did not affect his mood at all, he happily spun his body and looked at himself in the mirror, so young, so healthy, he smiled at himself in the mirror.

"Now that Laurie is back," he heard himself say in a cheerful voice, "don't let him go, just let him stay with me," he paused and muttered in a voice that the Queen Mother could not hear, "Perhaps I will be able to use him soon." ”

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"He may need you soon. ”

Laurie spun awkward, the flames leaping violently in his hands, as if he were in the mood and thoughts right now, "You should come in through the door," Laurie said, "and you'd better knock on the door, or a good visit might turn out to be very unfriendly." ”

"Do you know what I like?" he said, "I just like the way you can't get used to me and you can't kill me." ”

Laurie really can't, this guy is also a warlock, but the difference between a warlock and a warlock is like the sky and the earth, not to mention that this bastard is still related to Crefa, don't think he can't see it, after being in the scale pen for so long, there is a big difference between a hired mercenary and a loyal subordinate.

"Why did you suddenly appear in my room at this time?" asked Laurie, "Is there anything you have to tell me alone?"

"Maybe you won't want to know. "Because then you're going to be in a dilemma, or this dilemma, or that dilemma." ”

"Do you want to know?" the fellow continued, "for your misfortune does not come from what you think of as your 'mother,' but from your father, the king of Tara, who is the real source of sin. ”

Laurie almost laughed, "But he's dead." ”

"The old king is dead, long live the new king!" said the black-haired Dragonborn, "look, how ironic, and wonderful, it wasn't a mistake—no, not the one you thought it was, your father, King Tara's death was the result of a conspiracy, but the mastermind and executor of the conspiracy was none other than himself—Laurie, who had wanted a young and healthy body for a long time. ”

Laurie took a step back.

"To put it simply," said the black-haired Dragonborn, "have you ever heard of a lich? Yes, it's a spell created by the undead, and while they think it's useless, some think it's quite doable, so they chose your father. ”

"You, and your brother, are the vessels he has prepared for himself. ”