Annan could not reply any more.

What he did was like sustaining a doomed tragedy.

Annan took the letter paper and pushed open the window facing Breeze City.

The smell of fireworks mixed with fragrant grass poured into the study with the continuous light. The bustling neighborhood never ends, and the towering Mage Tower stands forever bright, guarding the City of Breeze.

But it's only a macro guard.

Whether in the rich or in the slums, death, separation, suffering...... It's happening every day.

Annan lit the letter paper, placed it on the windowsill, and whispered:

"Levi, this is a letter from your sister. If you, as the rumors say, become the undead wandering the City of Breeze...... Don't be blinded by revenge, go home and see. They were waiting. ”

A cool breeze swept through the window, and the ashes of the letter rose with the wind, blending into the deep night.

Annan looked at the old moon hidden by the clouds, as if he saw the thoughts of flying unwaveringly flying to the east, the ancient place called the Ausulond Territory.

For a long time, Annan's vacant gaze returned from afar, to a carriage parked outside the manor.

"Master Annan, Augusta Olmedo is outside."

Soon after, the voice of the head maid rang out from outside the door.

"Let him in."

The gates of the manor opened, and the carriage drove into the manor.

Annan gathered the sentimentality of the night, closed the window, and waited for the head maid to arrive with Augusta Olmedo.

Knock Knock Knock –

The door opened, and Annan saw Augusta Olmedo and a figure behind him.

"Martin......?"

"Cousin!"

Martin gave Annan an Aunt Susan-style hug.

He wore an aristocratic gown, with a collar that should not be buttoned, lace cuffs, and a poor man's hairstyle that was shaved short around and only kept the top of his head, making Martin look nondescript, like an aristocratic ...... The stupid son of the family.

"How could you be with ...... Mr. Olmedo comes. ”

Martin's appearance frightened Annan more than surprise.

"Mr. Olmedo took good care of me, he took me to his estate, gave me good food, nice clothes, and asked the teacher to teach me how to practice swords!"

Annan noticed that the wooden sword he loved was replaced by a noble dagger studded with gems.

"Chief maid, please take Martin on a tour of the manor." Annan maintained his calm and said to the head maid outside the door.

"Cousin, I'll come back to you later!" Martin excitedly said, "This big house is bigger than the manor in town," and left with the head maid.

Click-

Then after Martin left, his eyes turned to indifference.

"You've crossed the line." Annan stared at Augusta Olmedo, "I don't want my family to be harmed. ”

"No one will be hurt." He said.

"But young warlock, you should know that the longer the King of the North stays in Breeze, the more the city is troubled by him. Chaos will also take advantage of the void. ”

Annan did not fall into his moral kidnapping: "You held Martin hostage. ”

"I'm protecting him......"

Augusta Olmedo said, "They will attack the people around you...... You may think you're well protected, but just as I can take him from the tavern, so can they. ”

"But it's also a threat, isn't it?"

The old man, who seemed to be on the opposite side, but who expressed his appreciation for Annan, was a little disappointed at this time: "Care and control...... They have always been inextricably linked. And how you tell them apart is up to you. ”

“…… I'll tell the truth tomorrow. ”

Augusta Olmedo nodded with relief, and the disappointment vanished: "Remember, countless people are suffering. Will you choose someone close to you, or a fake empty name? ”

Augusta Olmedo and Martin left.

Annan did not leave Martin, whether mild or tough, Martin seems to prefer Augusta Olmedo who brought him novelty -

Shortly after they left, news belatedly heard that Andrew Luna had taken Martin away.

Tonight passes, and the King of the North will flash away like a burning meteor.

Annan returned to his bedroom, closed the window that lifted the curtains, and did not meditate on the night of mixed thoughts.

He had another dream, in which he stood in the thick fog, and in front of him stood a vague silhouette dressed like an old-fashioned nobleman, with black hair, and very similar to himself.

He kept shouting something to Annan, but the mist blocked the sound and could not hear it clearly, until the anxious shouts came into his mind when the dream collapsed.

"Don't go gently into that good night!"

Annan woke up from his dream with words lingering in his ears.

Was it just a purely contemplative dream, or was it a warning from Levi's ghost?

The cleansing technique smoothed out the folds of the mage's robes, and Annan looked at himself in the mirror, his fingers wearing the two magic rings moved slightly.

"Young Master Annan, it's time to go." The voice of the head maid came from outside the door.

Annan walked out of the bedroom, got into a carriage with Dela, and drove to the square in front of the city lord's mansion.

The square was crowded with people, and the surrounding area was jammed with horse-drawn carriages emblazoned with various family crests.

The carriage stopped in front of the platform along the road leading to the high platform. Annan got out of the carriage and stepped onto the platform to meet the gaze of thousands of people.

Annan saw Michael and the Wine Lady, but also Soruman Copperbeard, Andrew Luna, and the Countess, the old master, and many people who knew and did not know......

Everything you experience in Breeze City is like a lavish dream. Now, it's time to wake up from the dream.

……

At the Reeves family castle, a figure in a long white dress stood on the terrace.

Gently blowing the hem of her skirt, she prayed to the west: "My brother, I pray to the gods that the breeze will carry you back safely from Breeze City......"

……

"I've heard that this king of the north is just an impostor......"

Mixed in the crowd, Francois looked indifferently at the person who spoke: "Shut up, if you don't want to be punished for offending the nobles." ”

……

By the window on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion.

The young city lord with long blond hair looked out at the square and frowned as Annan ascended the high platform.

……

The sleeping blue dragon unconsciously moved its claws.

An eyeball-shaped chess piece rolls down from the gilded mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

……

Meteor-like arrows of fire emerged from the sky, swirling like a flame around the black-haired boy.

It landed on Annan's outstretched hand, and as he stared, Annan unfolded the note.

No longer a letter, but a long sentence:

[I had a sad dream...... Dream that you fall into an ice cave, helplessly struggling, sinking deeper and deeper. When I woke up from my dream and left the wet pillow, I prayed to the gods that you would return safely......]

The surroundings of the square gradually became calm, and people looked at the king of the north on the stage.

"I ...... Annan Reeves, the vengeful spirit that crawled out of hell and the youngest king of the North, is here. ”

Annan's calm, low tone slowly resounded over the square.

"I will find the real murderer who attacked the convoy and the culprit behind the threat to Breeze."

"The authority of the Twelve Kings of the North is inviolable!"

(End of chapter)