"I really didn't expect the second prince to be so shy when he was young, and the eldest princess to be so introverted."

Yin En raised his eyebrows, he had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn't dare to confirm it: "It's just that growing up is inherently changing, when you are young, you are not good at words, and it is also normal to suddenly love to talk when you grow up." ”

"As for Your Majesty...... After the Darkmoon turmoil, I am not surprised to see what he has become. It's better to say ......"

After a slight pause, Yin En said softly: "I think he is already very good now." ”

"Hmm."

Marquis Batun nodded slightly, he didn't comment on Yin En's words, but said dryly: "You're right, it's all normal - except for me. ”

'Except for me, who has watched the growth of the princes and princesses since I was a child, and even often takes pictures of them. ”

Taking a deep breath, Marquis Batun said in a deep voice: "Yin En, you are a prophet, and you have passed all my tests, which proves that you are also an excellent sublimator. ”

"You're crazy."

"So you must understand that on this land, all the powerful sublimators are crazy."

"And the royal family of Sertar ...... It's one of the craziest people. ”

"Yes, you're right, people will grow up, the happy family will fight each other, the shy and timid second prince will become brave and resolute, and the big princess who had social fear back then may also become an iron-blooded Valkyrie."

"But Yin Eun, what if I told you that all this transformation took only a month?"

Yoon Eun was silent.

From knowing that the Marquis of Batun actually had the photos of Axel and the princes and princesses in his childhood, Yin En knew that he had misjudged the importance of the Marquis of Batun.

Obviously, the Marquis of Barton back then was definitely a confidant of Axel's henchmen, and even simply the kind of 'knight' or 'personal servant' who followed him and had no official position but lived together.

And the other party also has a very deep understanding of the princes.

"The eldest prince Carlos was born before His Majesty ascended the throne and was still training troops in the east."

From his office, the Marquis of Batun calmly spoke some secrets known only to him and the person concerned: "As you can see, the Grand Prince is a cheerful and scheming man, but he doesn't mind showing sincerity to those he likes—this is the character of our most common Sattaal royal family, and a testament to healthy growth." ”

"And the other princes and princesses have more or less personality problems."

"But in fact, the eldest prince is not like His Majesty, and other flawed princes and princesses are even more similar."

Sitting in his back chair, the Marquis of Batun's golden-green eyes met Yin Eun's, and he said calmly: "Because their personalities are partly similar to those of 'His Majesty Axel' when he was young. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Yin En was stunned: "My lord, what do you mean ......?"

"Yes."

Marquis of Batun said: "His Majesty Axel back then, before the age of eighteen, was an autistic, socially phobic, shy and a little neurotic. He likes to climb mountains more than to talk to people, and he likes to ride horses more than men and women, so we old fellows can communicate with him normally. ”

"Because of this, His Majesty was not regarded as a competitor for the 'Prince' at all, and even if he held the authority of heavy troops in the eastern border, he was not regarded as a threat."

"It's just that one day, after His Majesty went to the imperial capital to take up his post, he came back with a look of determination."

"He told me ......"

"'Barton, I want to change myself. I know very well that my character is greedy for peace and pleasure, and that I just want to be an ordinary prince outside the core of power. ’”

"But I knew that I couldn't live under my father and teacher for the rest of my life...... I have to be stronger and more determined. ’”

"'I have to be a beacon to others.'" ”

The Marquis of Batun said slowly: "How could I refuse at that time? I was the one who wanted my lord to become stronger, and I didn't hesitate to tell him that I supported all his actions, and if he wanted to change, I would accompany him to change. ”

"Whatever he wants to do, I'll be his most loyal right and left arm."

"Then, His Majesty changed."

"He became resolute, resolute, fierce, with the majesty and responsibility of an emperor, and did not lose his tenderness as a husband and father. His Majesty Axel has become the perfect candidate for Emperor in my heart. ”

"And then ......"

The old man closed his eyes, and he sighed, "It's the Dark Moon Turmoil." ”

"It is written in the history books of the Great Library, Yin Eun, you must know...... The Dark Moon Turmoil has destroyed almost all of the Empire's inherent power structures, and it is not enough for His Majesty to move his entire Eastern Territory team over, it is necessary to activate those 'ordinary people' who have no noble inheritance. ”

"Your Majesty has defeated all his brothers and sisters, and has dealt with all the nobles and royal bloodlines who intend to endanger the Empire, betray the Empire, and hinder the Empire's improvement."

"Your Majesty has done a good job, too good to be true, too good to look like him."

"It's kind of like ...... Our Pioneer the Great. ”

"First Emperor Yin Naga II."

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Batun also paused for a moment, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Since then, strange events have happened one after another. ”

"The second prince and eldest princess, who originally had a similar personality to His Majesty when he was young, began to gradually change her personality, becoming resolute and brave, assertive and no longer socially afraid, and able to speak well one by one."

"Now, do you understand why I feel weird?"

Yoon was silent.

He now knew not only why Batun had to say these things to him, but even why the Marquis of Batun had looked the other way at him from the beginning.

Because, he is a descendant of the Chehalorvo family, the inheritor of experts in the study of ancient ruins.

He is a descendant of the discoverer of the 'Law of Eternal Life' and a descendant of the 'Echo Digger'.

"What do you mean ......"

After settling down, Yin En said in a deep voice: "It's echo......"

The Marquis of Batun looked sideways at Yin En.

"You know the way of eternal life."

He shook his head, "But it's not something as simple as an echo, Yin Eun...... Echoes are easy to identify, because the soul structure is easily deteriorated, and as a method of eternal life, it is not qualified at all. ”

"And the first emperor ...... Yin En, you haven't really lived in the same era as the first emperor, if you have lived, you know that he will never touch this kind of taboo. ”

"However, I also have to say that the first emperor did have a very strange change before the Dark Moon Turmoil...... One of the reasons why the prince started the Dark Moon Rebellion, the fact that Yin Naga II has been possessed by an ancient evil thing, is indeed very convincing. ”

"I even suspect that it was the evil that possessed Yin Naga II and was transferred to His Majesty Axel, and then some of it was transferred to the princes and princesses."

The Marquis of Batun took back the photograph in his hand and put it in a drawer, his tone tinged with a kind of gloom: "Of course, I also know that even as a guess, this speculation is too incredible, even unbelievable. ”

"But I really can't find any reason to explain this."

- Yin Naga II became weird, most likely because of the silver chip and despair of Terra's situation, which has nothing to do with evil spirits.

In his heart, Yin En nodded slowly: "These are all your guesses." ”

"And the second prince also sensed that something was wrong, so you will cooperate."

"As for the eldest prince Carlos, he is the most normal one - indeed, he is indeed the one who seems to be the most affectionate of all the princes and princesses......"

After all, not just any prince can easily shout 'Dad, save me!' This kind of thing is obviously really treating himself as a son and a father as a father.

In the royal family, this kind of thing is quite rare.

Yin En now understood Marquis Batun's thoughts.

As one of Axel's most trusted people back then, and even simply the other's childhood playmate, the Marquis of Batun witnessed the strange changes in the personalities of Axel and his family.

Axel has grown from an introverted and autistic mountain climber to an iron-blooded emperor today...... It's not impossible, but it's too abrupt.

Similarly, the second prince and the eldest princess also had this sudden change, and there was a clear sense of abnormality.

Even......

Yin Eun suddenly thought of the emperor's eldest grandson, 'Aina Sattar'.

The other party's positive energy is almost the same as that of a saint, and it is indeed completely different from the royal children in ordinary people's cognition.

It's just that he was born like this, but what if Aina's personality also changed for some reason?

Yin Eun thought of Isengard again.

At first, Yin thought that Axel wanted to reincarnate through the blood of Isengard's 'Refining Light and Destroying Dragons' - but this possibility gradually diminished and became part of a larger mission, related to the Thousand Stars Beast or Terra as a whole.

But he did remind Isengard's mother, Aphrina Sattar, of this.

And Aphrina also reminded her brother, the second prince Mikael.

Because his wife is also of a similar bloodline to the Refining Light Eclipse Dragon, Mikael, who already has a daughter, naturally attaches great importance to this...... and found the Marquis of Batun.

As soon as the information of the two sides was combined, the two sides immediately woke up and noticed the strange personality change in their bodies.

As Yin En said, when a person grows up, personality changes naturally, but if this personality change is very abrupt and rapid, even if you don't feel it at first, you will notice that something is wrong when you mention it later.

It's just that the Marquis of Batun himself can't guess what happened to the royal family of Sertal - is it the curse of the throne? Or is it the influence of the bloodline of the sun god bird? Or is it really the after-effects of some kind of eternal life, or even ...... Ancient evil spirits?

It was precisely because the Marquis of Batun was completely unaware of these things that he brought it up to Yin En today, intending to get some news from him, a descendant of the Chehalorvo family.

But it's a pity.

Yoon Eun didn't know either.

It's not an echo, and it's most likely not a throne curse or an ancient evil spirit, so what is left may be the blood of the Sun God Bird.

But this is the most unlikely—the bloodline curse of the Sun God Bird is unlikely to be one of these theoretically 'merit' characters.

And, according to the Marquis of Barton, the change in personality that happened to Axel was most likely a kind of transformation that he himself voluntarily carried out.

"Soul transformation?"

Just now he got this technology from the hands of the 'Swarm Yin En', and Yin En couldn't help but have this word in his heart: "Could it be that Axel has carried out a comprehensive soul transformation on himself?" ”

If it were the original Yoon Eun, he would not believe in the so-called coincidence.

But Yin Eun, who already knew the truth about his guiding star psychic ability, was a little beginning to believe that all the coincidences were deliberate.

Not to mention, the speculation is actually quite reasonable.

At this moment, Yin En even remembered that when he was in the South China Sea Labyrinth, he had seen a 'learning machine' in the depths of the Great Labyrinth.

Although this learning machine was soon destroyed by Patrick, it is clear that there is more than one learning machine that is enough to carry out the 'Echo Transformation'.

There may be many of them, and they have long been acquired by a large power like the Empire, and then turned into a prototype of some kind of transformation surgery.

For example, soul transformation, the prototype of the soul seal.

"Axel wants to change himself, and has imposed some superior soul seals on himself, just like the soul seals of the swarm path will make everyone optimistic and positive, and they can't be knocked down by failures and disasters, Axel is likely to make himself more iron-blooded and courageous, more decisive and resolute."

Yin Eun muttered to himself in his heart: "But, what is the change in the personality of the prince and princess?" Did he also transform his own child with a soul seal? This kind of thing is not a voluntary cooperation, or the swarm is against the offspring, and it is basically impossible for the forced deceptive soul transformation to succeed......"

"And if Aina's character is the same...... So why did Axel make the plans? ”

Although he knew a little more than the Marquis of Batun, Yin En actually couldn't say that he had found the truth.

In particular, Yoon knew that Axel had conducted an unknown number of experiments behind his back.

The Gnostic House came back from the dead, artificial psykers...... The artificial souls of Avak Labs, the Dead King, the Nameless Savior, and the Blood River Armed ...... The Key to Darkness and the Tower of Babel......

Too much, too much.

If it was so easy to get an answer, Yin would feel that something was wrong - there were too many crazy people in Terra, and Axel, as the strongest group of them, couldn't just do such a simple thing.

It was absolutely impossible to just transform the soul of the soul seal with this level of technology, his real purpose was definitely even crazier than Yin En imagined.

"What do you want me to do?"

Taking a deep breath and contemplating his mind, Yin En looked at the Marquis of Batun and said, "Tell me this extremely dangerous confidential information, and I can count on why you support me so much - this is compensation and reward for me." ”

"But why do you have to tell me? You're not sure if I know the Chehalorvo family has the law of eternal life! ”

"Because you have to know."

The Marquis of Batun sneered, and he said solemnly, "Who do you think you are now?" Yoon? You are the Prophet, my heir, the future Governor of Southridge - you are the Earl of Silverpeak, the friend of the new Elven Future Fifth Rank powerhouse, the Friend of the Elves, and the guest of the Dragon Island. ”

"You are one of the most gifted people in the Empire, and you are also the one who is favored by the Great Prince, the Second Prince, the Great Princess, and even Princess Avrina...... Your conditions are much better than mine, and who can get relevant news from all the key princes and princesses at the same time except you? ”

"You say you don't want to know? If you are as smart as you, you must know very well that all this news has a lot to do with His Majesty the Emperor today, if you know it, you may be able to avoid it, if you don't know, you may break the taboo and die one day - do you want to know? ”

“…… Of course not. Yin En closed his eyes, then laughed: "Indeed, I want to thank you, Marquis of Batun. ”

"Your reminder is useful...... If I want to get involved in the Empire in the future, I'll know all of that. ”

"But."

Opening his eyes, Yin En looked at the old man, and he said word by word: "You still have something to hide." That's not your real goal. ”

"Hmph, don't talk about you? Can't hide the kid? ”

In the face of Yin En's serious questioning, the corners of Marquis Batun's mouth turned up, and he smiled slightly: "Indeed, this is not my real purpose...... But my real purpose is actually very simple. ”

"I'm curious."

Slowly putting his whole body comfortably in his chair, the Marquis of Barton looked at the ceiling of his office and said softly: "The most valuable virtue of an intelligence worker is the ultimate curiosity and the ultimate control. ”

"Know everything you want to know and forget everything you shouldn't know so you can get to the top."

Yoon Eun...... Answer: It's that simple. ”

"I'm too curious—how could I not want to know the strange personality changes that have stretched from the first emperor to the eldest grandson of this generation, the secret hidden behind my lord's personality?"

Raising his hand, raising his index finger, and turning around next to his temporal part, the Marquis of Batun said with a rare humor: "I'm about to die, but I don't know the truth, and I'm not willing to die." Oh my God, you are such a great prophet in front of me, how can I let it go? ”

"So, Yoon, promise me."

Facing the white-haired young prophet, the old man stretched out his hand, and the Marquis of Batun said earnestly: "If you find the answer, and I am still alive, tell me this answer, okay?" ”

"Not as a marquis, not as a knight on patrol, but simply as a curious man, pleading with another puzzle solver."

He whispered.

Yoon Eun sighed.

"I thought it was a big deal." The young man shook his head helplessly, and said in a relaxed tone: "It turns out that I am curious." ”

"Also, if it were me, I would definitely die and find out what was going on behind all this, who could bear it!"

"Don't worry." The white-haired prophet raised his hand and shook hands with the Marquis of Batun: "I promise you, if you are still alive when I know the truth, I will tell you the truth." ”

Shaking hands and making a covenant, Yin En and the Marquis of Barton both smiled.

With their ingenuity, there are a dozen different ways to break the contract.

However, they all know very well that since the other party has agreed, they will not breach the contract.

Because, no matter how many differences Yin En and Marquis Batun have...... At the very least, in the exploration of the unknown, the taboo secrets hidden behind history.

They are indeed fellow travelers.

……

Terra 774, late July.

With the return of the first earl of Nanling, Yin En Yinfeng, to Nanling, a huge storm of reform was set off.

All the nobles, all the chambers of commerce, and even all kinds of alchemy workshops have all obtained purple documents from the governor's palace, which represents the highest order of the imperial capital's permission to completely dispel the idea of all local nobles and chambers of commerce, and began to follow the words of the prophet, count the population in their own territory, the data of various production facilities, and submit a productivity report.

After all, Yang Fengyin is a method of confrontation between the local government and the central government, and Emperor Tiangao is far from this truth.

But the problem is that the real earth emperor of Nanling, the Marquis of Batun, is in Nanling...... His old man's house is not far from them!

As the saying goes, the emperor is not as good as the current management, and the emperor plus the current management is an existence that must not be violated.

However, even so, in the face of Yin Eun's idea of unifying the entire Nanling and creating a complete set of information systems, these nobles and big businessmen were all sneering and disdainful in their hearts.

Even, they used more granular data than needed to write the report that Yin Eun needed.

This kind of behavior stems from a bad idea.

Look at how detailed I do this information, even if I give you all this data, can you see it?

If you can't see it, what's the use of writing it for you and not writing it?

Yin Eun is not particularly clear about this kind of confrontational psychology, and if he knew, he would not care.

Anyway, he has the fifth-level essentia computing chip of the pre-era civilization, as well as a complete set of Star God Gifts, you can do as complex as you like, and the resource report at the provincial level will take me a second even if I lose!

It will take some time to wait for the nobles from all over the world to compile the data, and with Yin Eun's current status, he does not need to stay in Nauman City all the time, but can ask others to send the report to the Xiahui Territory, which will be the second political center of Nanling in the future.

In this way, Yin Eun, who has been busy working in Nauman City for a while, can finally take another step.

Return to his territory.