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Almost everyone in the kingdom died in the catastrophe, and in the end, only the princess and the knights who guarded her were left in the vast royal palace. The knight fought valiantly, repelling a succession of monsters that tried to inflict on the princess, and when night fell, he would return from the battlefield, take off his armor soaked in the blood of the monsters, and go to the princess's bedchamber.

"My princess, today, I have resisted those monsters again. ”

At this time, the frail princess would smile happily. This scene repeats itself until one day, when the knight comes to the palace, he finds the princess in tears.

"My princess, what's wrong with you?"

"Father...... And what about the queen mother?"

The princess asked.

The knight was silent.

Although he was brave and good at fighting, he could not resurrect the dead. He didn't want the princess to know about the kingdom, so there were only the two of them left. He couldn't tell the princess that he had already killed all the monsters, because as soon as the princess walked out of the door of the palace, she would find the blood-stained palace and the bodies of the king and queen.

The knight prayed to the gods, who finally heard his wishes. But the gods could not resurrect the dead, and she gave the knight the ability to enter into dreams.

So he went into the princess's bedchamber. The princess asked him, "Are my father and my mother dead?"

"Not really. ”

He said, "My princess, you have had a long, long nightmare. In the nightmare, both the king and the queen are killed, however, as long as you close your eyes now, this nightmare will end. ”

The princess did so.

In the princess's dream, the knight built another kingdom for her. Because the dream created by the knight is so beautiful, whenever the princess wakes up in the real world, she can't help but want to return to the dream under the guidance of the knight. On the first thousand and one nights, the princess finally believed that the world that the knight had created for her was the real world.

From then on, the princess could never wake up from her dreams.

Edward finished the story calmly, and Rose, lying on the bed, blinked her eyes - what she heard was not that the princess and the knight lived happily ever after, but that the princess would never wake up from her dreams again. Perhaps because she was so fascinated by what she heard, the white cat had already jumped out of Rose's arms.

It sat leisurely on the bed, licking its paws as it looked at the young archduke it had not seen a few times with its agate eyes.

Edward felt that he was by no means a good narrator - at an age when he should have listened to fairy tales, his father was always busy with the endless entertainment of the aristocracy, and at the age when he could read books and stories on his own, the Sandstorm descended, the Soul Suppressor lost its lustre, and hordes of monsters crossed the walls and wreaked havoc on all corners of Shakdam.

What he heard most from his mother as a child was not "From now on, the knight and the princess lived happily ever after", but "Edward, you must forgive your father, he was just ...... I care too much about the reputation of the Heiberg family. ”

"You say, the princess will never wake up from her dreams again?"

Rose's voice was a little hoarse.

"Yes, Your Highness Princess, the story is called One Thousand and One Nights, and was told to me by a friend. ”

Edward's voice was low, and it wasn't until he told her the story that the memories that had been sealed for a long time flooded into his mind like a tidal wave—not only of the dream country, but also of the vague and distant memories of the battle with the monsters.

A boy named Tyre-Cyrus tells him that when the cat spits out the orb in front of Princess Rose, it announces the end of everything.

For him, however, it was all over a long time ago.

He still remembered that at the end of that war, the Knight King led the three dukes and all the people of the Shakdam Kingdom to rush to the sand dunes. Behind the sand dunes, there is a super monster tens of meters long, and every time its body swims in the sand, the ground will shake strongly.

"Your Highness Princess, I've heard that you're very fond of watching juggles. ”

Edward saluted Rose as if to announce the beginning of the show—his last composure as a nobleman. Jörmungård poked his head out of his sleeve, and Lin Qiu instructed it to order the white cat to spit out the orb when Edward had finished his story.

"Eh, do you know how to do tricks?"

"I can conjure a jewel out of this white cat. ”

The sudden threat of the high-level monster made the white cat unable to move, and its eyes widened in horror, staring motionlessly at Jörmungadr who had locked on it. Forced by the threat of Jörmungadre, as an ordinary pet, it has to bow to the evil forces.

The white cat pondered for a moment, and spat a round orb onto the bed, which emitted a dim purple light, but it was particularly striking in the dark environment.

"Really, ...... Edward?"

Rose's cheerful voice came to an abrupt end, and Edward smiled relievedly as she looked at her frozen expression. He had never felt so relaxed, and at this moment, all those damn family successions and family glory were far away from him. If he could, he would even like to have a drink with Fisher and recount the stupid things they had done in this dream world.

That's right, it's stupid.

He had quarreled with Fisher in public on more than one occasion over political disagreements, and had always had ambitions to revive the Heiberg family, and even before he arrived, he was plotting how to convince Rose to listen to his advice after overthrowing Reinhardt.

Now it seems that all of this was in vain.

What is the point of the quarrels he had with Fisher, the candies he threw into the Trevi Fountain?

Because his memory told him that at the end of the war, all but their knight king, all of Shakdam's people had long since died.

The manic sandstorm buried them in the sand, which was the most dignified death for the men of their desert country, whether it was the Three Dukes or Shakdam, who had ceased to exist in the havoc of ten years earlier.

"So, Your Highness Princess, please wake up too. ”

......

The only remaining arm of the sand giant slammed towards Lin Qiu, Lin Qiu stood on the city wall, calmly facing the strong wind mixed with sand and dust, the battle of the royal city was also coming to an end, the guards were overwhelmed, a carriage slowly drove away, and finally stopped in front of the royal city, Grand Duke Fisher faced the wind and sand, and stepped off the carriage with Vera's support.

For some reason, the Grand Duke of Twilight actually bowed deeply to Lin Qiu. Even the Knight King had never enjoyed such courtesy.

Vera playfully stuck out her tongue at Lin Qiu.

Lin Qiu had told her that when he threw down that stone, it was doomed to the destruction of this kingdom. At that time, she refused to admit the other party's theory, and even ran to the wishing fountain angrily and made a wish to work against him. Although she still didn't understand the butterfly effect, she still wanted to thank Lin Qiu in person.

She wanted to thank Lin Qiu for helping her get back the most important thing - her lost memory.

It would be nice to get to know him earlier. Vera thought so.

Of course, Lin Qiu, who was far away, naturally couldn't see Vera's expression clearly, and maybe he would never be able to see clearly. Because the moment the sand giant's arm penetrated his body, everything in his eyes was like a charred oil painting—the picture was folded, and the ashes rose and slowly withered.

The figures of Fisher and Vera gradually became ethereal and ethereal.