After his unpleasant first encounter with Ventari Stars on the shores of Lake Spiegel, Galaxy never saw this student again, and his whereabouts were so mysterious that even students in the same batch as him could only see him in class.

Although Ventari is as withdrawn as rumored, Xinghe feels that he is not actually as bad as everyone thinks, but everyone doesn't know him. Like Mr. Balbo, he once thought that he was a foul-tempered old man that no one liked, but later found out that he was actually a warm-hearted old man.

During that brief encounter with Ventari, although he didn't want to engage with them at first, it was his failure to answer the other person's question that really broke the conversation. That question about the "Holy Gate".

For Ventari, the affairs of his own people seemed to be very sacred and serious. He plunged into it like a stunned green, and it had already touched his sensitive nerves. For this reason, after returning home, Xinghe began to search for information about the Holy Gate, and he thought that if he figured out the problem, he might be able to know more about the cavemen. Cavemen are no strangers to everyone, and most people know that the empire's territory was snatched from the cavemen inch by inch through decades-long wars. But on the other hand, for the people of the empire, the troglodytes were mysterious, because after the war, the only living quarters of the troglodytes were left in the reserved area of the Shuta Wasteland, and the troglodytes almost disappeared from the continent.

The first time Xinghe consciously noticed the caveman was in Jiangcheng, in the ruins of the caveman under the Great Gladiatorial Arena, Du Ze once told him that the empire destroyed the city of the caveman and then built its own on the ruins, but at that time his attention was not on this.

Thinking in this direction, cavemen will not have a good face towards all the people of the Empire, after all, you can't expect to be polite to someone who breaks into someone's house like a robber. It's just that hundreds of years have passed since that war, and how do the cavemen view this empire today, simply with hatred?

Xinghe couldn't figure it out, and his meager life experience couldn't answer this question. He was expecting some hints from the books on troglodyte studies, but he was a little disappointed by the results of his search, and there were very few books related to troglodytes in the college library. Even those who do use derogatory terms such as vulgar and barbaric often use when describing this race.

Xinghe felt that these descriptions might not be so accurate, he remembered the ruins he had seen in Jiangcheng, the ancient architecture was exquisite, and the magic circuits in it were still functioning normally after hundreds of years of unattended care, and the race with such technology should have the same brilliant civilization, but this question seemed destined to be unanswered in those books. He also wanted to go over and ask Ye Zhiqiu about this question, but Ye Zhiqiu never came back after saying that he was going to go to the Elven River a few days ago.

In addition, several of them completed those papers on time, and the teachers did not hold on to their papers that were rushed out, and the matter was revealed. However, they did not make it easy for them. The winter break of the academy is approaching, and before the winter break, there will be a comprehensive test, the results of which will affect the evaluation of the academic year, and for Xinghe and others, who are lagging behind a lot in their studies, there is not much time left for them.

Compared to Anton, because Hedong has taught Xinghe some things sporadically, his foundation is relatively better, and those things in the first year are biased towards the basics, so Xinghe can also spare more time to do some other things.

He remembered that when he first came here, the place where Fu Bo led them into was Ye Zhiqiu's study, which was very rich in books, plus Ye Zhiqiu was the academy's magic history teacher, he felt that it might be possible to find something he wanted in his study.

After he proposed his idea to Fauber, Fauber happily gave him the key to the study, and after dinner, Xinghe rushed into the study alone. There are many books in the study room, but the arrangement is not as orderly as that of the college library, and it is much more troublesome to find. Xinghe can only sweep along the bookshelf one by one, which is really inefficient.

Just as Xinghe was struggling with those books, there was a sudden knocking sound on the window of the study. He looked up curiously, it was dark outside the window, and he couldn't see anything, and just when he thought he had misheard, the tapping sounded again.

Xinghe walked to the window where the sound was made, and outside the window, a crow stood on the windowsill, its eyes were looking at him, and when Xinghe came over, it flew up and tapped the position of the lock with its beak, and then landed on the window edge again, looking at Xinghe.

"You want me to let you in?" Xinghe asked tentatively.

The crow nodded, and Xinghe thought he must be crazy, but he opened the window anyway. The cold wind from outside the window almost blew him down, and he quickly closed the window, and when he tried to see the crow again, the windowsill was empty.

"Are you looking for a book?" a familiar voice came from behind.

Xinghe turned around and found that Ye Zhiqiu was standing behind him and tidying up his somewhat messy coat, he looked tired, "Uncle Ye Xian, was it you just now?"

Ye Zhiqiu nodded, "I happened to see you in the study, scared you?"

Xinghe shook his head, "No, I just didn't expect it." ”

"Ah Fu, help us make two cups of tea. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Xinghe was startled, and turned around to see Fauber standing at the door of the study, but he didn't know when he came. Ye Zhiqiu didn't give him much time to think, he stretched out his hand in the direction of the desk, and two chairs floated over in response to his call.

"Sit down. Ye Zhiqiu said and sat down on one of the chairs, "What's the trouble?" Xinghe leaned on the back of the chair and shook his head, "It's not a trouble, it's just that there are a few questions that I can't figure out." ”

"What's the problem?" Ye Zhiqiu adjusted his sitting posture to make himself more comfortable, but he looked a little lazy.

Xinghe couldn't help but wonder where he had gone and why he was so tired, but his answer didn't stop, "Uncle, if I want to know about cavemen, what books would I read?"

"Know the caveman?" this question made Ye Zhiqiu interested, and he sat up a little straighter.

"Yes. Xinghe nodded, "I also looked for it in the academy's library, but there are not many books on this subject, and the statements are a bit extreme." ”

Ye Zhiqiu didn't answer this question right away, but was looking at him, Xinghe wasn't sure if he was wrong, the corners of Ye Zhiqiu's mouth seemed to rise slightly, which made him a little hairy.

At this moment, Fu Bo's voice suddenly came, "Master, Young Master Xinghe, the tea is ready." ”

Xinghe was a little stunned and took the warm teacup from Fu Bo's hand, but watching him leave with the tray, at this moment when he was in a daze, Ye Zhiqiu suddenly spoke, "There are very few books on caveman research, and there are very few objective attitudes, if you really want to read it, you can take a look at Evans's "Immortal Bird", but it is not very comprehensive." However, if you don't have to go through the trouble, it might be better to read the "Nagato Yearbook", which has a more comprehensive description of the cavemen in the war, but you need to analyze it yourself. ”

After he finished speaking, he began to bow his head and drink tea, while Xinghe began to bow his head and think, he remembered a question, so he asked, "What is the 'Holy Gate'?"

Ye Zhiqiu put down the tea bowl, "Have you seen Wen Tali?"

Xinghe nodded, "This place seems to be important to him. ”

"It should be said that this place is important for all cavemen. Ye Zhiqiu said, "The Holy Gate is the Long Gate, that is, the former holy capital of the cavemen, because two huge mountain peaks interact here, surrounding the city, like a huge portal, so it was named this one." ”

"And now?" Xinghe subconsciously asked this question, but as soon as he asked it, he remembered how idiotic this question was, in AC57, Morton Cowin and his death squad members infiltrated Nagato with a magic bomb called "Annihilation", detonated the city, annihilated most of the troglodyte army, and laid the results of the war, as for the crater left by the bomb, it is today's little Xinghai, which is something that children know.

Because it was the former capital, it was very important, and Xinghe felt that he had roughly understood, but there was still a question he didn't understand, "Why is the evaluation of cavemen in most of the literature biased negatively?"

Ye Zhiqiu didn't answer directly, but changed his words and asked, "Xinghe, how much do you know about the history before the establishment of the empire?"

"I don't know a lot. Xinghe replied truthfully, the empire has a history of six or seven hundred years so far, and the history before the empire is already somewhat beyond the scope of common sense, and Xinghe is not very clear.

Ye Zhiqiu put the teacup on the ground and was silent for a while, seemingly sorting out his thoughts, "The races of Uluto, Demon Spirit, Moro, Human, Snow, Maowen, and Paro were collectively referred to as ancestors in history, while the races of dragons, krakens, and cavemen were called aborigines, do you know the reason for this?"

Xinghe nodded, he was still clear, the difference between the ancestors and the aborigines was that the ancestors crossed the endless sea to come to this continent, and the aborigines were the original inhabitants of this continent.

"The ancestors came across the sea to this land, established the Elven River, and formed the Holy Alliance there, according to the difference in strength between the different races, there are three races that have the most voice in this alliance, namely Uluto, the Demon Spirit, and the Moro people, of which Uluto all settled in the Elven River, where they planted the Pale Tree.

It was also in this place, around AC19, that the cavemen appeared to the ancestors, and despite the communication barrier between them, the initial contact was harmonious. However, for unknown reasons, five years later, the relationship between the ancestors and the cavemen suddenly broke down, and the troglodyte army captured the Elven River, and the Urutos were all captured because they were unwilling to give up the Pale Tree.

Also for unknown reasons, the cavemen left no prisoners, all Uluto was executed under the Pale Tree, and overnight, a race of permanent councillors of the Holy Alliance vanished, leaving only one person left. It was this incident that established the reputation of the cavemen, which led to the derogatory evaluation of the cavemen by most historians since then. ”

Being biased because of the massacre, which seemed to be in the past, Xinghe nodded and asked, "What about later?"

"This was followed by a decades-long war, and although the ancestors were inferior in numbers, because the magic level of the Holy Alliance was superior to that of the cavemen, the alliance's armies were defeated and retreated, but they still struggled to support it, until the invention of 'annihilation', several armies of the cavemen were annihilated and destroyed, and the tide of the war was reversed.

The two sides, both of which paid a heavy price, signed an armistice agreement in the Elven River, demarcating the land outside the Iron Curtain to be owned by the Alliance, and the Troglodytes to the Troglodytes within the Iron Wood, thus ending the first war against the troglodytes. ”

"But the Iron Curtain is now the territory of the Empire, and the cavemen are gathered in the reserve, so there is a second war against the cavemen?" Xinghe asked.

"Yes. Ye Zhiqiu nodded, "In the year 126 of AC, the second war against the cavemen took place, but the motive of this war was a little warm, its initiator was Sheng, he persuaded the Holy Alliance at that time to tear up the peace agreement with the cavemen, send troops to cross the Iron Curtain, wipe out all the cavemen, and almost exterminate this genocide." However, Saint's motives were impure from the beginning, and as soon as the war came to an end, he returned to the Elven River with his descendants, annihilating all the high-ranking members of the Alliance, and then using the danger and his own strength, he defeated the other Alliance armies that returned to establish the current empire. ”

"How did the reserved area come about?"

"It was because of a man who wanted to erase the troglodyte race, until this man found him, and he said, 'All races have the right to live, and no one should deprive them of this right.'" This man convinced the saint, and so there was today's reservation, and the cavemen were thus continued. ”

Ye Zhiqiu's words shocked Xinghe, and he wanted to know who had persuaded Sheng, so he asked.

"It was Maruzat, the only Uruto who survived the massacre. ”

This answer made Xinghe fall into even greater shock, "But, why, didn't the caveman kill all his compatriots and exterminate his race, why did he intercede for the caveman?"

Perhaps it was because of what he said, or perhaps it was some other hidden reason, the real reason for which no one could know except Maruzat himself. ”

Xinghe lowered his head and fell into silence, there were too many things that he couldn't understand, although Ye Zhiqiu had already explained this history for him, but he felt even more incomprehensible, what kind of attitude did the cavemen have towards the current empire, what did they think of Maruzat who saved them from extinction, and what about the other races that were betrayed by demons and saints, what kind of attitude did they have towards the current empire?

"It's normal to not understand, it's too early for you to figure these things out. Ye Zhiqiu picked up the tea bowl from the ground, patted him on the shoulder, and walked towards the outside of the study, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped and said again, "But it doesn't hurt to think about it earlier, after all, you have things that others can't have." "PS: For typography that inevitably collapses every time, I say it's really exciting