Chapter 61: The Ruins of the Old Town
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It's been almost a month since the last time I climbed over the wall, and it was a little hot in Sarins in August, but Avi and the others were used to living here and enjoying the daily meals of the palace's chef. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Big Nose Fan is really lonely, and he actually started a small business.
During the days when the market opened, Big Nose would put some of his own handmade clay dolls on long tables for sale, as well as some dishes that were also made of clay. Neither Avi nor Felisty knew that Big-Nosed Fan was so ingenious and could make these interesting things, but Fan said that it was not a gadget, but a skill that everyone in their hometown could do. The clay products become hard when roasted at high temperatures, and the shape can be changed according to the maker's idea, as long as you can tolerate picking up the slimy clay with your hands.
These clay objects are very popular with children, and many of the inhabitants of Mallote bring their children to Fan, who can take a clay artifact for a gold coin or two. Fan also made a batch of clay dolls and gave them to every child in the White Orphanage, he didn't explain anything to Avi, but Avi already vaguely felt that there was some special connection between Fan with the big nose and the orphan, maybe because he was also born as an orphan.
Avi had rarely seen Millet since Evan "coincidentally" bumped into the three of them in the square, and the little girl told Avi and Felistie that Evan had been staying at home a lot lately and had made fewer trips to the infantry training camp, and wondered if it was because they had been suspected by Evan of something. In short, Michelle decided to think about the next investigation after a while, and not to arouse the suspicion of others for the time being.
She also expressed her concerns about Adie every time she met with Avi, but when she went to the White Orphanage again, all the orphanage gardeners, including the director Archibald, told Michelle that Adie had been sent out of Mallote for medical treatment in another city due to health reasons. Of course, these guys didn't say exactly what the disease was, but they all unified, and there was nothing Michelle could do.
Xiaomi also contacted Adie's roommates, and they all listened to the gardener's words. If you can't sneak into the White Orphanage again and explore the secret underground structure, you may never know where Adie is now.
Felistie expressed deep sympathy, but in the light of the current situation, it is indeed the best way to take the long view. Felisty had been to the "Forest of Coexistence" herself, and since it was guarded by soldiers from the kingdom, it was not convenient for her to approach the secret exit that Millet had mentioned. Or maybe it's possible that the drunken janitor incident last time made the White Orphanage more vigilant, and even this secret entrance to the outside of the city was discovered, maybe the next time I visited, the place would be sealed.
"If you want to go, you must wait until the wind is not so tight," Felistie comforted Michelle, "although the gardeners of the orphanage are not unusual, they can see from their eyes that they have noticed the intruder, and of course it cannot be ruled out that my plan to take the blame has succeeded." ”
Life became peaceful after the incident, and Evan spent a weekend taking Stitch and Avi to the ruins of the old city of Mallot. The place was a large ruin, and King Byron did not rebuild it even though he had sufficient funds from the treasury, perhaps because the event that led to the ruins was memorable.
Evan tells Stitch that Mallott wasn't that big back then, and that King Byron had only expanded to that shape ten years before he took office. And Byron's previous king, the "Thunderbolt King" of the Kingdom of Salins, once did something in this ruin, and until now, there are still many older people who know about it.
"'Thunderbolt King'?!It sounds like a powerful name. "Da Nose Fan stood on top of a ruined rubble, and looked past him, except for the city wall a kilometer away, this piece of land near the northern city wall was in ruins, as if he had experienced an earthquake yesterday.
"It is true that the king was a very brave warrior, but his mental state has not been very stable," said Evan thoughtfully as he looked at the ruins in front of him, "and he came to this dwelling in one night with many beloved weapons and went on a killing spree..."
Avi and the others who heard this were taken aback.
Evan told the crowd that the "Thunderbolt King" was so powerful that he was accustomed to carrying a heavy weapon in each hand and one on his back. If you don't know his identity, you may only think that he is a fierce strong man, who would have thought that such a person was born in the royal family. The most unexpected thing is that the "Thunderbolt King" got a disease in the prime of life, and he suddenly lost his mind.
Until now, the doctors and historians of the Kingdom of Salins have not been able to tell what the disease was, except that the "Thunderbolt King" smashed hundreds of houses here that night with his body and those weapons made of steel. Most of the civilians fled, but a small number of civilians were also in large numbers, and they died under the boulders that had collapsed on top of them. Like a mad bull, the "Thunderbolt King" rampaged through the capital of his kingdom until he smashed all the ruins of the old city, and then collapsed into the ruins from exhaustion.
The later "Thunderbolt King" became extremely weak because of this incident, and for the next ten years, he has been relying on a large amount of nutrients to maintain his life, but he can only lie in bed all the time to deal with state affairs. Even so, the kingdom of Sallins remained prosperous and stable. Until the death of the "Thunderbolt King", the civilians of Mallott did not forget that night, when the king of warriors rampaged through the city.
"Terrible! but it's also funny!" Stitch held out an arm, showing everyone the muscles in his arm. The aristocratic imp also relied on his natural divine power, no wonder he was not only not afraid of the scene in front of him, but also showed a surprised expression.
"In other words, King Byron, the son of the 'Thunderbolt King', and even the current prince, may have inherited the terrifying power of the 'Thunderbolt King'?" said Big Nose Fan after thinking about it.
"Not necessarily, after all, the situation of the 'Thunderbolt King' is unique in the history of the Kingdom of Salins, and King Byron and the other princes have not shown the slightest inclination for violence, let alone natural powers..."Evan said after shaking his head.
Avi has also been studying the history of various countries and the customs of the Kingdom of Salins recently. The book never mentions the destruction of the city by the "Thunderbolt King", the book only says that the "Thunderbolt King" is the pride of the royal family of Feremiz, a warrior of infinite strength, even at the age of fifty-five, he can kill a wild boar with one punch, and in the face of the assassin who assassinated him, he can knock the opponent unconscious with just one palm.
It would be a terrible thing for such a power to be exerted on an unarmed civilian, but if someone in this royal family of Feremiz inherited such an ability, then for other countries, it was definitely not something that should be taken lightly.
"Although the scenery here is not as good as outside the city!, I especially like this strong sense of history!" Stitch pretended to pick up a piece of gravel and threw it into the distance, "Commander Evan will take me around whenever he has time, and it will be extremely boring in the Kestrel Academy anyway!"
Evan nodded, not echoing or objecting, and he suddenly remembered something, "Sir Stitch, as for the time to meet with our king, I wonder if it is appropriate to set it for the weekend of next week?"
This question made Stitch stop trying to pick up a stone, "Do you want to meet King Byron too?" ”
"This time there will be the Theoguna Empire... The nobles attend the banquet together. ”