Aemond's dwellings were the most inconspicuous single building in the entire mansion, and the outer walls were made of white volcanic stone in relief, which at first glance looked like a prayer room. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info is backed by a wall, and the windows are narrow, like a small bunker.

The room was silent, and the sunlight filtered through the desk, reflecting the slender figure of the Auxiliary Minister on the other wall.

Older than forty years old, but without a hint of aging, Aemond, with a fur coat draped over his shoulders, was hunched on a table staring at an oil painting of a portrait of a goddess of the previous generation.

The artist depicts the bright morning sunshine with a wonderful brush, and the majestic and gorgeous goddess sits lazily on the crystal throne with a mask trimmed with gold thread in her hand. The straight and towering crystal wall behind her reflected a brilliant light, echoing the brilliance of the crown, and making her more and more sacrosanct.

He and the other three stood on the left and right sides of the armrests, and Aemond stood on the far left with his head bowed and his shoulders hunched, his pale face full of caution and humility.

“......”

The Auxiliary Minister gazed at the painting with a fascination that seemed to blend into the memories of the painting, and the beauty of the goddess was reflected in the depths of his eyes, and a complex emotion gradually poured out—attachment, obsession, and a trace of resentment that was so strong that it could not be dissolved.

If someone who knows Sophia well is present, they will find that the face of the goddess in the painting is five or six points similar to her, but compared to the youth of the Valkyrie, the queen of the previous generation is much more mature and plump.

After a long time, as if remembering some unpleasant memory, Aemond put down the oil painting, let out a long sigh, and gently rubbed his eyebrows, his expression heavy. He then opened the drawer, wrapped several layers of gauze around the painting, put it in a wooden box, and pressed it to the bottom of the drawer.

"Huh!?"

The auxiliary minister suddenly shuddered unconsciously, and his heart was cold, as if something heavy was pressing on his chest, and he could barely breathe for a while.

As this strange feeling came over him, Aemond noticed that everything in the space had changed, and an eerie silence had drifted around him. Expensive furniture, polis carpets, fireplaces, famous paintings on the walls, Aurora vases and even self-portraits hanging on the walls all seem to be covered with a thick layer of dust, and there is a feeling of lifelessness.

He quickly walked to the window, pulled up the wooden blinds, and looked out.

Aemond's room faces the entire mansion and has a wide view, with a clear view of things big and small. At this moment, among the fallen leaves, the escort team is patrolling in an orderly manner, the domesticated monsters are lying by the door basking in the sun, and the spell traps hidden in the depths of the garden are operating normally, and there is a quiet and peaceful smell everywhere.

After a careful examination by the Auxiliary Secretary for a week, he found nothing unusual, and when he closed the blinds again and returned to his desk, the strange feeling was gone.

Adam suspects that he was too cautious, which led to the delusion, so he decided to take a little medication to suppress the convulsion.

He took a bottle of winter wheat from the wine cabinet, poured a full glass, then opened the medicine box, picked up a "borneol" with tweezers, and threw it into the drink. The mellow liquor is soaked in the crystal ice flakes, and against the sun, the ice flakes rise and fall, and soon disappear.

"Goo-Goo......

Aemond furrowed his eyebrows, tilted his neck and swallowed the drink, a blush rising on his pale face, and sat down slowly, then closed his eyes comfortably.

Just as he was immersed in the soothing power of the medicine, a nailed page of the calendar on the wall rose without wind and fell to the ground.

This indiscernible movement caused the Auxiliary Chancellor to open his eyes suddenly, and the sound of the paper falling to the ground sounded to him like a thunderclap - for this was the last cordon, and in this case, it meant that someone had invaded the building.

Aemond bounced off his seat as if he had been electrocuted, and at the same moment, a huge roar shook the room, and the crisp sound of the enchantment shattering came from far and near, and a huge amount of electric sparks danced wildly in the room. The walls were flickering with bright light, and by the time the light had stabilized, the entire room was covered with dense cracks.

The entire building felt like it had experienced a small earthquake, with wine splashing, shutters cracking, shards of wood scattered everywhere, and a solid one-way barrier between the windows crumbling in an instant.

“акрытые！”

The Auxiliary Chancellor chanted a dark magic spell as he slammed headlong into the fireplace, and the room was turned upside down with the faint sound of gears.

The wall connecting to the fireplace moved along the slide rails, revealing a magic circle concave in the center, and incandescent electric sparks occasionally flashed along the delicate lines. Aemond stood in the hollow of the Standing Magic Circle, and with the muffled sound of plasma exploding, an orange eggshell-shaped shield was generated in the void, enveloping his body.

Boom!

Almost the next moment, the entire building collapsed with a devastating force, and instead of falling, the shattered wreckage was thrown away by a strong wind. As the gray grains of gravel and sand vibrated and scattered in all directions, Aemond stood alone in the shield like a hedgehog stripped of its spikes.

The greater shock was in the auxiliary minister's heart, the room was churning with debris, sparks flashed out, and a tall figure had appeared in front of the magic array at some point, and his gaze fell on him, as sharp as a knife.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're Leo, and you've found ...... here."

Aemond stared at the other party's figure, and then looked away, and saw Sophia with a pale expression behind him: "I see, you caught Sophia beforehand...... It can't be helped. ”

"You think this barrier can stop me?"

Yalei stood calmly in place, looking at the barrier as if looking at a piece of tissue paper.

"No, no, no, of course I can't stop it. ”

The auxiliary minister smiled calmly, his slender pupils narrowed into two crescents, spread his hands, and said with a nonchalant expression:

"If someone can break through the outer barrier in a short period of time, then there is no point in adding another layer, so this layer of barrier has no defense. It can even be said to be very fragile, but it is connected to a hidden magic stone warehouse, and if this barrier is damaged, then half of the city will be swallowed by the shockwave of explosion. ”

"But then you'll die, too. ”

The black-haired knight's eyes were calm, and his judgment was not affected by the other party's words.

"yes......"

Aemond sighed and looked up at the sky, a bitter smile on the corner of his lips: "I don't know how you did it, but since the moment you appeared here, I was out." ”

“......”

Yalei looked at him and felt that this person was slightly different from his impression, and judging from this calmness in the face of failure, he did have a bit of a heroic temperament. If it weren't for him standing in front of Hiluda and clamoring against his goal, it would have been worth a deep friendship.

"Make a deal. ”

The auxiliary minister drew a dagger from his sleeve, and the blade shook in the dazzling sunlight, pressed against his neck, and looked at him sharply:

"Spare Sophia, and I'll give you my life. ”

"Why do you care so much about her, this woman has just betrayed you. The black-haired knight asked, a little surprised.

"Who made me a father? ”

Aemond looked at the Valkyrie, like an ordinary father, looking at his disobedient daughter, and those long, viper-like eyes overflowed with long-suppressed love:

"All this I did was to help my daughter get back everything that should have belonged to her. ”

"What are you talking about?"

The black-haired knight's eyes narrowed instantly, and from the other party's words, he caught something that interested him.

"Do you want to know? Let her go, and I'll give you all these secrets, including this life. ”

"Why should I trust you?"

"Evidence. ”

The Auxiliary Minister pointed to the desk not far away, half-hidden in the rubble, and raised his voice and said, "There is something in that desk that can prove what I just said, you can identify it yourself." ”

“......”

Sophia stood stupidly in place, looking at the figure in the magic array, and still couldn't believe that her father, who had trained herself strictly since she was a child, would show such a face

“......”

Yalei was silent, reached out in the direction of the desk, grabbed it with five fingers, and shot it in the air.

Whoosh!

The desk shook instantly, and then broke through the ground, cracking and weathering in midair. The interior was littered with scattered items, and apart from a pile of papers, only a few flat wooden boxes remained.

"Open the box. ”

Aemond stared at the wooden box, his body trembling inadvertently, and then he quickly disguised it.

"If you dare to play tricks, then the deal will be nullified. ”

The black-haired knight had warned him beforehand, and then, from a distance of dozens of yards, shattered the wooden boxes, revealing a dozen or so oil paintings inside.

Almost all of these paintings are 'group photos' of Aemond and others with the previous queen, some sitting, some lying, and some more beautiful pictures. The moment he saw the queen, combined with what the Auxiliary Minister had said before, Yalei quickly understood Sophia's identity.

"You get the idea. ”

Aemond looked at the paintings with nostalgia, a hint of nostalgia on his face, and then this emotion quickly disintegrated into hysterical hideousness:

"Sophia was supposed to be the master of the country, but because of my presence...... Just because she is my daughter, I can only lose everything. And the little girl of Heroda, because she was the offspring of the queen who was conceived and born on her own without mating, became the legitimate heir!"

“......”

Yalei listened silently, and at this moment, he seemed to understand what the other party was doing.

"I gave everything for her, including dignity, but she didn't even want to give my daughter a name, how could I be willing!?"

The auxiliary minister's face was bruised, and his pale and thin face was full of red, like a dying lion, and roared angrily:

"So I made up my mind to take back my daughter's throne from that little girl, no matter what the cost!

"It's all over. The black-haired knight interrupted him.

"yes...... It's over. ”

Aemond looked at him with a miserable smile like a deflated ball, and his whole person seemed to have aged for decades in an instant:

"Sheluda is such a lucky girl, born with a head start, even if she has done countless things wrong, she can be easily forgiven. And when her position is in jeopardy and her rule is shaky, there is a man like you who can turn the tide. Maybe that's fate...... I have been battling fate for the rest of my life, and I have never given in, and now I can't help but accept my fate. ”

Then the deal is set. ”

Yalei didn't let him continue, there was pity in his heart, but he couldn't be an obstacle to his rational judgment, and glanced at the glazed Valkyrie:

"Let's go. ”

“......”

Sophia raised her head in a daze, looking at her father standing in the magic array, her thoughts seemed to go back to the past, to every second she spent with him. Those memories that should have been painful were full of sweetness at the moment, and when she came back to her senses, her heart was like a sharp pain.

"Sophia, let's go!" Aemond couldn't help but urge, holding the dagger's hand, trembling with anxiety.

"Thank you for everything you have done for me. ”

The Valkyrie choked back tears, not daring to look at the expression of the person next to her, she lowered her head and turned around and ran away, fast and fast, and soon turned into a phantom and disappeared into the chaotic ruins.

"She's gone. ”

Yalei waited for Sophia to stay away from here, suggesting that the other party was starting to fulfill his promise.

"You won't hunt her down, will you......"

The Auxiliary Minister saw his daughter completely disappear from view, and breathed a sigh of relief, stabbed the tip of the dagger in his throat, and looked at him with a pleading look:

"Knowing who Sophia is, she will be of use to you. I have a villa in Vyborg, and in the load-bearing wall in front of the foyer, all the evidence of her origins is stored. ”

"Sophia is of no use to me, but I won't hunt her down unless she comes to her door and dies, that's a promise. The black-haired knight shook his head slightly.

As he spoke, he saw the guards in the distance rush over, raise their hands and set off a hurricane, which immediately swept the gang out again.

"Remember what you say!"

Aemond looked at him deeply, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, as if venting and mocking, and suddenly clenched the dagger with great force, and slammed it into his throat. With the splash of blood, the man's body also fell.

With the death of the auxiliary minister, the magic array tied to him also lost its effect, and the light gradually dimmed.

“......”

Arley walked over to Aemond's body, made sure the man was dead, and reached out to pluck his head. After thinking about it but not doing so, a flame shot out from the palm of his hand, burning it to ashes.

"If they find you, it will inevitably insult your body, so I'll give you one last ride...... Who let me have a daughter too? ”

With an inexplicable feeling, the black-haired knight waved his hand and slapped down, shaking a deep pit in the ground and pushing the ashes of the auxiliary minister into it.

Whoosh!

The wind whipped up the dirt and filled the pit, before Areley turned and vanished.