Section 28
The misunderstanding was quickly resolved.
They knew that Annan could not be Odris, that he did not have the arrogance and tradition of the old aristocracy. On the contrary, he looks like a guy who would mingle with tavern mercenaries, thieves, and bards.
Through a misunderstanding, Princess Crimson subdues a vampire and learns of the plans of Count Turner and Grand Duke Borodia - they want to get involved in Huadu through Duke Skulls' necropolis, and the provocation is that after he screws up the alliance, he takes matters into his own hands in order to return to impunity.
Crimson Castle didn't appear in the plan...... Either Princess Crimson is insignificant in the eyes of the Count and the Grand Duke, or he is not qualified enough to know secrets
"Dai ...... Father, let's go back. Princess Crimson exclaimed wrigglingly.
"Hmm."
Lucy took the vampire back first, and Annan and Princess Crimson wandered back.
"We've known each other for seven days." Something was wrong with Princess Crimson's mood.
Annan remembered "The Seventh Night...... He began to regret that he hadn't looked carefully at what was written in the book.
"Does that mean anything?" Annan asked deliberately.
"Whatever you want...... It's just that! The Scarlet princess blushed in disgust, and hurried back to her room as soon as she returned to her lodgings.
Annan went to the lounge thoughtfully, and saw a copy of "The Seventh Night" by the fireplace where Princess Scarlet always sits.
While Princess Crimson was in the room, Annan secretly flipped to the place where the bookmark was sandwiched in "The Seventh Night", and there were only about thirty sheets left before the ending.
Annan flipped straight to the seventh night in the back: this day, David and Isha had sex while being hunted down...... Annan glanced at the author's name, and if he messed up everything by this "Fentes", he would be wanted by Liberty City.
The gorgeous rhetoric makes this plot not have much desire, but is full of beauty and sadness. Even if Annan only takes a cursory look at the beginning and the end, he can still be saddened by this carnival of "everything is going to a doomed end", which sets off the betrayal at the end even more fatalistic.
Annan's thought of a solution was to tear up the pages of David's betrayal of Isha and confirm the context, so that the stupid princess should not find out and put the book back in its place.
For the next few days, Princess Scarlet didn't seem to notice a problem. She stayed at the Necropolis with the head maid, adding details about the alliance, such as the joint defense of the two sides and the strategy against the humans......
Annan made excuses to go for a walk in the oak forest. The happy water in Huadu is still in full swing, and there are still three weeks to go before the Huadu celebration, and Huadu has begun to prepare for the next celebration, which will truly become a hell for pollen allergies.
Annan asked Klein and the others to try to cooperate with the City Lord's Mansion if they could make Happy Water show up at the celebration...... There's no shortage of exposure.
Klein said they would try, and Annan opened another portal, so that the two portals were next to each other, and the delivery was made to the warehouse in Huadu.
However, bad news came from Liberty City: Olmedo came to the portal and said that the three otherworldly leaves had lost their effect on the fifth day after twenty-four hours of use, and had turned into a normal elm leaf. Irirandze's otherworldly leaf was also found in vain.
"Can't refuel?"
"We haven't found a way yet. Dade tried, but our spells didn't work against it. ”
"What did the Ancestor say?"
"She said that only God can keep a tree without roots growing."
However, the gods have been gone for three years.
Otherworldly leaves can't be replenished. Want to keep it going...... Getting the branches of the Otherworldly Tree is the only way.
The World Tree can be replaced, but it is more difficult than the Tree of Another World...... And it's not enough to see the elves as a symbol of the world tree.
Otherworldly Leaf coexists with both opportunity and danger. As long as Annan gets the branches of the Otherworldly Tree, the finances of the Free City will not have to be pulled by the carriage of magical images alone, and there will be no need to worry about piracy - Annan has a monopoly on this industry.
The adventure is worth it......
Annan thought about it and went to seek Skeletron's help.
By the way, he asked a question: "Why do you and the merchant want to enter Persona City to investigate me?" ”
"Because you're different." Skeletron said, "It's not status, it's not charm and looks, it's your flawless heart that really separates you from the rest...... No prejudice, no arrogance, no matter the poor or the noble, the noble or the lowly, you are all equal......
Annan was praised for being a little weak-hearted, and he still had some stereotypes......
"What does this have to do with going to Hearsi?"
"Weirdness is the existence of other worlds that we don't know much about, and the calmer your emotions are when facing them, the less likely they are to threaten you."
Annan thought thoughtfully: "I mean what if, if I lead an army into Hearsi......"
"If the number of people had been useful, Persona City would not have fallen in the first place."
"yes......"
It seems that the number of people is useless, but Annan does not want to give up yet: "Can you help me?" ”
"I'll just be on the edge of the Hearsay Zone." Skeletron said. It's a disaster for it to be in Whisperana...... Both for the weird and for it.
So weakness is also Annan's strength?
"Does weirdness hurt weirdness?" Annan suddenly remembered something.
"They...... It shouldn't take the initiative to fight. Skeletron replied.
"It's worth the risk...... Mr. Leonefa, let's set out to find the merchant. Annan decided.
But you can't tell Liberty City...... They will feel that it is not worth it.
Annan tells Princess Crimson that she wants to go out with Skeletron, and Princess Crimson doesn't suspect him, although she has some opinions about her knights not following her and running out with her allies all day.
Annan and Skeletron set out early in the morning and arrived around the wooded hut on a bright afternoon.
"I remember something."
Looking at the wooden houses looming in the woods, Annan said, "You said that the strange invaded Persona City, but this innocent girl is a native of Persona City......"
"Because weirdness is not a specific existence, it is a magical force that will unnaturally change everything around it." Skeletron recounted, "If you decide to go, I'll tell you about Hearsa. ”
"Okay."
Instead of knocking on the wooden door of the wooden house in the woods, Annan quietly led Skeletron to the nearby cemetery, and after a while, the light of magic lit up.
A few minutes later, Annan came to the door and knocked on the wooden door.
Soon after, a crack opened in the door, and the shadow behind the door was so dark that nothing could be seen...... Or maybe the charred girl was standing in the doorway.
"Excuse me, I know it's a bit presumptuous to visit you again...... But what if I resurrect your father, your mother, and your brother? ”
Behind Annan, three skeletons were waving to the charred girl.
(End of chapter)