That night, none of the four gates of Eternal Star City were closed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Warrant from the King!Give way!Give way!" A dozen knights, holding the nine-pointed star banner and the cross-star flag at the same time, galloped out of the city gate with serious faces.

"Is this all the messengers?" said the captain of the city defense at the north gate, watching the messengers leave with a heavy face.

"More than that. The city defense officer who came urgently shook his head: "There are three other city gates. ”

The messengers held the warrants of the Fuxing Palace and rushed to the location of the big names - the city defense officials who knew the inside story.

That's not all, it's more of the crows - the nobles who are factioned farther away.

"Something is wrong. The city defense officer, who was nearly fifty years old, patted the captain on the shoulder and said softly.

Hopefully, it won't be another bloody year.

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Tails, who firmly declined to be accompanied by Gilbert and Genie ("I'm sorry, Mr. Gilbert, Ms. Gennie, but this is my covenant with her, and I must face it alone—I promise to inform you of the conversation. —Tails, shaking his head resolutely), silently walked at Yodel's side.

For the first few minutes, neither of them said anything.

It wasn't until he turned a corner, isolating the nearest guard behind the wall, that Tails stood silently and looked at the masked guard.

Yodel's footsteps stopped.

"We'll have to talk privately. Tails let out a deep breath.

Yodel walked up to him and crouched down silently.

"As you wish. The masked secret guard gently put his hand on Tails' shoulder.

The next moment, a wonderful ripple spread, and everything around Tails and Yodel turned a strange white.

It's like another world.

"The Realm of Shadows. Yodel explained briefly.

Tails nodded, but his expression was still serious, undrawn by the strange pure white background in front of him - he had more important things to do.

There was silence between the two.

"Yodel," Tails struggled to organize his words, and struggled to speak:

"You...... What happened between the Wizard of Qi and me...... How much do you know?"

Yodel didn't say a word, as usual, but looked down slightly at the black-haired and gray-eyed boy.

"When Morat was going to go to my study for a private conversation, you deliberately stopped him. Tails closed his eyes slightly, slowly straightened things out, and said in a dull voice:

"You know that the study on the third floor has a special soundproofing treatment, which will isolate the hearing and sound transmission of the blood clan, so you insist that we stay on the second floor to talk, so that we can seek Serena's help and convey a vital reminder under Morat's nose......"

"Let me hide from Morat's old spicy interrogation and cover up ......" Terston paused, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the purple mask, and finally said firmly: "...... Cover up my true identity. “

"Is that so?"

Tails stared fixedly at the secret guard of the royal family.

The mask was motionless at him.

After another moment of unspeakable silence, Yodel's perspective drooped slightly, and a low, hoarse voice came from behind the dark purple mask:

"I ...... Unlike Gilbert ......"

“...... I'm not good with words. ”

Under Tails' complicated gaze, the masked guard said in a deep voice.

"Since Hongfang Street, I don't know how to speak. ”

Tails looked at him with burning eyes: "But you knew it from the beginning. ”

"Yes. ”

"I've been ...... that night," Yodel's voice was full of heaviness, "I heard the magician's words. ”

"I noticed your ...... as well Unusual, the anomaly of facing the mage, the vase that broke in the corridor for no reason, the explosion under the vine manor......"

"So I know you're ......"

Tails took a deep breath: "Then my father ...... him"

"It's just me, little sir, only I know......"

Yodel didn't speak again.

Tails stared at this in amazement, the weirdo who had always protected himself and always hid his face behind a mysterious mask.

yes, he's always known that.

But he kept a secret for himself.

"Why?" the traverser heard his voice rise and fall slightly, filled with disbelief and surprise, "You know that I am...... Those calamities. ”

"You know how forbidden those calamities are - why do you ......?"

Yodel slowly clasped his shoulders, interrupting Tails' thoughts.

"Kids. He said hoarsely.

"I've seen ...... A lot more than you think. ”

"This country and your family," he said softly, "are destined to be with those calamities from the day of their birth...... Entangled. ”

"More than 600 years ago. ”

"Twelve years ago. ”

Tails' heart trembled.

Twelve years ago?

Entangled with calamity - the Bright Star Family?

"The same is true now. ”

"I've seen those plagues, more than once. ”

"I have a feeling. ”

"It is not the calamities that are truly terrible and frightening. ”

"It's ourselves. ”

"It's us ordinary people who will degenerate into what they will become, how corrupt they will be, and what kind of sacrifice they will sacrifice for the sake of the existence of those so-called calamities. ”

Yodel paused, as if pondering the next sentence.

"I know you may be a 'scourge'. The Mask Guard, who had always been silent, had spoken so much in front of him for the first time.

I only heard him hesitantly say: "But I know that many people in this country, even ...... They have become uglier and more terrible than those calamities. ”

"They have brought calamity without knowing it. ”

Tails frowned unnaturally.

"Like Morat?"

He was only one of them: the Black Prophet was no longer a prophet, only darkness. ”

Yodel looked up, the dark lenses reflecting the grim white of his surroundings, and the figure of Tails was isolated from it, looking thin and bleak.

"In contrast. ”

"Mr. Tails, I prefer to believe you. ”

Yodel didn't seem to have said so much in a long time, but he struggled to find the clumsy look of the words, and the honesty behind it, which made Tails feel complicated.

At that moment, the traverser didn't know what kind of expression and mentality to use to face this secret guard.

"But why me?" Tails took a deep breath for three seconds before speaking again, "Just because I have the blood of the stars in me?"

Yodel shook his head slowly.

"I'm not Gilbert, and I don't believe in blood. ”

"What I believe is that the seven-year-old boy who did his best to protect his companions in a desperate situation is a different existence from those ugly people. ”

"I would also like to believe that you, a bright star from humble beginnings, will become a ...... in this decaying kingdom A king like no other. ”

A king like no other?

Tails subconsciously said in a loud voice: "Just like Crown Prince Middil, my uncle?"

Yodel was silent for a few seconds.

"Nope. The masked guard spoke, his voice low and sad.

Just listen to his hoarse voice and say firmly: "You will be better than him." ”

"I know you have something in you that he doesn't have. ”

Tails shook slightly, and his breathing accelerated.

He looked at Yodel, who had no expression, and couldn't speak for a long time.

Half a day.

"Thank you. ”

Tyles, who finally calmed down, could only say these two words.

He is usually sharp-toothed, but he is really speechless at the moment.

The masked guard, who knelt on one knee, nodded his head heavily but forcefully.

Yodel spoke hoarsely again.

This time, his words appear more sincere:

"Yodell Cato. ”

"At your service. ”

Tails took a deep breath.

I didn't speak for a long time.

"One more thing," he asked, as he heard himself difficult:

"If, you've been ...... that night"

"Are you...... Since when...... In?"

Yodel's hand sank slightly.

I only heard Tails gasp slightly, and said slowly:

"You see, you see Quaid in the ruined house......" Tails asked with gritted teeth and a trembling voice, "...... Really?"

The masked guards opened with ease.

He didn't speak.

Didn't speak.

At that moment, Tails only felt that Yodel's mask, and the pair of lenses on the mask, were so cold.

His heart felt like a sudden chill.

"You didn't stop him. ”

"Until he came into our house...... Didn't stop him from ......"

Tails shuddered and asked:

"Why?"

"Prince Mingming...... Maybe it's in those beggars, isn't it?"

"And...... Those kids ......"

Tails had already guessed.

But he wasn't sure.

He had to ask.

Yodel slowly stood up and interrupted him.

"It's time to go. ”

Yodel said lightly.

"They'll be suspicious. ”

At that moment, the masked guard was like an emotionless machine.

Reminds Tails of Ashida's smile.

There is no temperature.

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Although Serena's room was not as far as "a hundred meters away" as Genie said, it was not as close as expected.

The Bloodline's guest rooms were set up in the spacious storage cellar of the Mindith Hall, away from the sun, the crowds, and Tails.

"Good evening, Mr. Tails. The pale face of the blood, the old butler who has lived for an unknown number of years, Chris Corleone bowed slightly at the "door" and smiled like a dead man at Yodel:

"Welcome back, Mr. Mask—you just made a sudden appearance, but it scared the hell out of us. ”

Yodel didn't reply.

Chris turned to Tails disappreciatively and nodded slightly, "Your Highness is waiting for your visit." ”

Anxious and complicated, Tails looked up and looked at Yodel beside him.

The latter's mask nodded imperceptibly, and he walked to the other side of the door, where he and Chris stood in the doorway like two doormen.

The traverser bowed slightly, and after taking a deep breath, he pushed open the door and walked towards Serena Corleone, who was already waiting inside.

He was just the lifesaver.

It is also the next trouble after Morat.

"Ah, the long-awaited ally. ”

The red-eyed Lori had a deep expression, and against the backdrop of the black dress, she saluted him with her skirt.

"It seems that with the help of the puppet," Serena, with a leaky tooth, continued with an uneasy smile on her face, emphasizing the word 'help,' "and she is out of trouble." “

"Then it's time to talk about the pay and fat of the couples?"

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Believe it or not, I'm really two shifts today. By a swordless with a serious face

ps: I heard that today's Tanabata Festival? How many people have been single like no sword?