"A long, long time ago, the creation realm was first formed, the true source was not born, the life was not revealed, and the magic power was not divided. The concept of the world' has not yet been observed, and the infinite chaos is like a swaddling baby, nurturing ......"

A few minutes later, in the reopened research facility, the voice of the emerald came out of the mouth of the fairy doll. The slightly distorted electronic sound seems to have been processed, giving the emerald's originally lazy voice a bit of heaviness.

The delphinium sitting on the edge of the treatment bed was silent at first, clasping her hands and squinting at it, but after waiting for a few minutes, she found that the other party had not yet entered the meaning of the topic, and couldn't help but droop her eyes and say:

- "Can I go?" ”

"Wait, why are you leaving again? Why don't you juniors have the patience to listen to your elders tell you some stories? ”

The serious atmosphere forcibly created in the research institute was suddenly deflated, and the emerald was a little dissatisfied: "The next thing is the secret of the kingdom that no one knows about in the outside world, even if it is my status, I have to take the risk of saying it in person." Don't you feel like you should face this gift with the knowledge and preparation? ”

“…… All I know is that I'm the one who has the initiative. ”

Delphinch leaned on the edge of the bed: "And I was brought here from work by you for unknown reasons, and now I don't want to wait any longer." ”

"Hmm...... That's right, forget it, let's make a long story short. ”

The emerald was a little reluctant to stop the original topic, and resumed the conversation: "Nineteen years ago, you should still have an impression of the big beast disaster, right?" The 'Source of the Beast' in your hand suddenly increased in number during that great beast disaster. ”

"'Surge'?" Delphinium keenly searched for the key words of this sentence.

"Yes, surge, not emerge. In fact, this hedron has existed for a long time, but at that time there was only one hex, which was excavated from the Netherworld and kept in the royal treasury of the realm. ”

The doll nodded, emphasizing the word that the delphinium had captured: "And after the Great Beast Plague, as many as 5 Beast Sources were discovered from the material realm, making the total number of them 6 at once. ”

"But it's a pity that because the kingdom didn't know that there would be such a substance in the Great Beast Plague at the beginning, and the main force of the magical girl was basically transferred to the front-line battlefield. Three of these newly-born beast origins were taken by rebels from the Netherworld. ”

It stretched out its hand and called up the operation screen of the treatment table again: "As you know, relying on the existence of these three beast sources, they established an organization called 'Ember Dawn', and since then they have been active in the material realm. ”

This is consistent with the information that Delphinium had received from Mousse.

Although according to Mouss, the predecessor of Ember Dawn was a magician of the material world, and there was no person from the "intermediary" in Emerald's mouth. But going back to the source, its real growth is based on the "source of the beast".

"Of the 5 in total, 3 were taken by Ember Dawn, which means that your kingdom also got 2?"

After confirming the consistency of the information, the delphinium continued to ask, "In addition to what you said, the first one, the kingdom should also have mastered the source of three beasts." ”

"What do you mean by 'your kingdom'? Hereafter, don't let me emphasize the importance of unity, but 'our kingdom'! ”

The doll crossed his waist and said, "But you're right, our kingdom did master the source of the three beasts after the Great Beast Disaster, and kept them in the royal court's treasury. The Treasury is the main force in guarding the treasure house. ”

"So?"

Instead of arguing with her in a boring place, the delphinium continued the conversation: "Since the kingdom has the source of the beast, why are you obsessed with obtaining this one of mine? Wouldn't it be better to apply directly to the royal court? If the research institute wants to study it, Wang Ting should not refuse. ”

"I thought the same way you did at the beginning, later life. Unfortunately, things are unpredictable. The emerald sighed.

"The royal court did not agree to your application?" Delphinium wondered.

"I bought the Finance Yuan to get all the three beast sources out of the matter." The doll spreads its paws.

"We generally refer to things of this nature as 'sin deserved.'" Delphinium spoke coldly.

"Academic research always walks on the road of loneliness, and the afterlife. It is difficult for people who follow the rules and are bound by the rules to freely use their talents. ”

The doll shook his head: "But anyway, because of this incident, I was forbidden by His Majesty to conduct research on the origin of the beast." ”

"Of course, everyone knows that His Majesty's joys and wits are always temporary, and time will change everything. Even if she had chosen to ban my research at the time, in a few years' time, the ban would have been in name only. ”

"In addition, I had other research projects at that time, so I naturally left this matter behind me and prepared to secretly operate it in ten years. But just two years later, my plans were shattered. ”

"Your research on the origin of the beast has been completely banned?" Delphinium asked, holding her chin.

"I express my serious protest and criticism against your repeated denigration of me, posterity."

The emerald was a little dissatisfied: "In those two years, I didn't think about the source of the beast at all, but I just asked some people to enter the treasury from the periphery to see if they could sneak into the guard of the royal court's treasury." But none of my people got involved, and the source of the beast in the treasury was stolen, and two were stolen at a time. ”

"Stolen?"

This word made Delphinium slightly stunned: "Wang Ting? ”

"I know what you're trying to say, the royal court has the most rigorous censorship and guards in the country, and it also has the most advanced defense techniques in the country and countless self-defense mechanisms. Some of those techniques were even set up by my own hands, and there is no way that any thief in this world can successfully break into them. ”

Emerald took over the conversation: "However, the probability of theft in the royal court is very small, but it is not non-existent." If I were to make a plan to steal from someone who knew enough about the royal court, I would have at least 3 options to steal the source of the beast without alerting the others...... Why are you looking at me like that? Think about it with your brain, Hou Sheng, do I need to do this kind of stealing thing? ”

"Who the hell said to send people into the guards?" The delphinium squinted.

"I would like to state to you that the nature of these two things is different. Although I have sent someone, I have not yet made clear my intention to steal, and you cannot convict a person who has no subjective will and no substantive deeds. ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, but a subtle stumbling voice came from the sound part of the doll: "However, it turned out that someone stole it before me...... Took the source of the beast. ”

"You just said that it is impossible for anyone to successfully invade the royal court."

"I don't intend to overturn what I said earlier, in the future, of course no one will invade the royal court after success."

The voice of the doll carried a different meaning: "Because, the truth of this matter is that the guards steal themselves." ”

“…… Treasury Yuan? ”

"That's right."

"Who?"

"That's why you can't just tell outsiders about it. Epigenetic. ”

The doll raised its head slightly, and its dark eyes looked at the delphinium: "Can you promise not to tell anyone after hearing the answer?" ”

When it asked this, the delphinium clearly sensed that the atmosphere in the research institute was much more solemn.

It's not a false atmosphere created by the other party with various conversation techniques and light and shadow; It's substantial, an atmosphere that becomes heavy because of the pressure given by the other party.

Emerald is serious.

The delphinium realized this.

“…… I don't have anyone else to reveal at this time. ”

So she spoke slowly: "If there is a day when I have to tell others, I will let you know in advance." ”

The doll nodded.

- "It's a purple diamond." ”

It said, "Purple Diamond took the 2 Beast Sources with him and defected from the realm. ”

"Purple ...... Drill? ”

Delphinium, of course, would not be unaware of the meaning of the name.

The gem scepter of the Magic Realm is named after all the gems on the Queen's Scepter, which are the golden green cat's eye corresponding to the opal; Pigeon's blood red corresponding to ruby; emeralds corresponding to emeralds; cornflower corresponding to sapphire; And, a purple diamond corresponding to a diamond.

Purple Diamond, the jewel scepter of diamonds, is the magical girl in charge of the National Treasury Academy.

When the answer was answered, the first reaction of the delphinium was: the emerald was joking.

Because it sounds so unbelievable, the Jewel Scepter has rebelled, and it is a big joke for the outside world to know that this kind of thing is known.

The nature of this kind of thing is tantamount to the fact that the CEO of a company betrays the company, and the director of the Bureau of Alien Policy personally betrays the Bureau...... Although to use such an example as a metaphor, it does not seem entirely impossible. But the Gem Scepter is far more closely associated with the Magical Realm than the former.

Other than that, it's strange: because of the rebellion of the Jewel Scepter and the absence of the Diamond Position, this kind of thing should be considered a big change in the magical realm, why has she never heard of it from any source?

Calculate the time, she should have retired at that time, and it is normal to be ignorant of this, but the rest of the Fangting City team is still fighting on the front line, why don't they know about it?

Back more than ten years later, the comeback Delphinium has seen a lot of magical girls and goblins, and I haven't heard the news of "diamond shortage" from the other party.

"Only the royal court, the Jewel Scepter, and a few magical girls at the heart of the Treasury know about it."

As if seeing the confusion of the delphinium, the doll explained lightly: "And in order to make up for the vacancy of the diamond position, Your Majesty also made an exception and ordered to leave the palace and temporarily set up a new diamond." It's just that it is kept secret for now, and the inauguration ceremony will be carried out until the next Daqing year. ”

"So...... The gem scepter is so mutinied? Nobody cares? ”

Such an answer obviously did not completely dispel Delphinium's doubts, she first questioned, and then inexplicably fell into deep thought. She suddenly remembered: emerald laid so much information, what was originally going to be said.

- It's a "claw mark".

"You mean, 'claw marks'?" Thinking of this, she couldn't help but whisper.

"Looks like you've figured it out yourself, yes, that's it."

Emerald sighed: "The so-called claw marks are the organization established by the former gem scepter Purple Diamond in order to escape the pursuit after stealing the source of the beast and rebelling from the kingdom. ”

"Purple Diamond, who fled from the realm, took with her a considerable number of magical girls who were willing to follow her, including a lot of flower cards. After escaping to the physical realm, the magical girls formed some sort of partnership with Ember Dawn, and after several years of silence, they began their activities in their current form. ”

"The magical girls who joined the claw marks would have suffered a decline in their magic power due to exceeding their tenure, and in order to cope with this, the alternative they chose was the power of the remnant."

"The magical girls of the claw marks have all abandoned their old code names, and seem to have used the names of birds and beasts as their new names, and their leader, the mutinous Purple Diamond, has also abandoned the title of their gem and replaced it with a new code name: White Wolf."

"This is the origin of the claw marks now."

The doll's paws pressed lightly against the edge of the bed: "That's why I started to search for the origin of the beast and want to start studying it again." ”

“…… To deal with claw marks? The delphinium looked at it.

"On the surface, that's true, but the reason for going deeper is because I don't allow magical girls to have techniques that I haven't been able to master."

Emerald's voice was still lazy, but when she said this, her tone was unshakable: "The magic of the magical girl and the magic of the remnant beast are mutually exclusive, to be precise, there is a relationship of confrontation and erosion. ”

"The magic of a magical girl will repel and hinder the magic of the remnant beast; The magic of the remnant beast will devour and assimilate the magic of the magical girl. The result of these two magical forces together is that water and fire are incompatible, and there is no possibility of coexistence at all. ”

"Why did the white wolf steal the source of the beast? And after stealing the source of the beast from the realm, why did she develop the technology to allow the magical girl to master the magic power of the beast in just a few years? Clearly, she had gotten something from the Beast's Source. ”

"I don't want to boast, but my academic research ability is undoubtedly above her recklessness, and there is no reason why I can't master the skills she can learn and master."

"Then, the gap between me and her is obviously the source of the beast."

"Her technique must be based on the origin of the beast, and in those magical girls with claw marks, I see an unprecedented phenomenon, that is, they have become some kind of 'artificial offset'."

"They were originally all magical girls, but their magical backgrounds have shifted to the remnant beasts, so to speak, they have all become beings with dual power and identity."

When the doll said this, suddenly his voice paused slightly, and then changed to the front:

"And, that's why, I'm going to tell you about that kid."

For the turning point in the emerald's sentence, the delphinium was slightly stunned at first, and then began to think about the meaning. After a moment, she realized something:

“…… Thin snow? ”

She did feel a slight familiarity from the emerald's description of the claw marks: for she had heard similar theories not so long ago.

There was no need to recall, she immediately remembered that this was the description of Bai Jingxuan on the way here.

At that time, the emerald said that Bai Jingxuan's magical background color was naturally biased towards beasts, if she hadn't been chosen as a magical girl, she could be said to be a natural "beast". However, she took a different path in the attack on the welfare home, and became a magical girl by chance.

So, after she became a magical girl, did it end?

Obviously, the answer is no.

"She's a natural beast, and after she became a magical girl, she was born with a 'claw mark'."

In a soft but calm voice, the emerald recited as if pronouncing a sentence:

"More pure, more complete, closer to a complete body than a white wolf, a real 'claw mark'."

(End of chapter)