"That's ......"

Haina remembered the knife.

To alleviate the headache of cognitive confusion, she said everything she could.

After listening to her story, Eivas raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Like a fox that has caught a chicken, it has a smug and ambiguous happy smile.

And Sherlock on the side also noticed the loophole at the first time.

"Heh......"

Sherlock scoffed, and leaned back with his fingers crossed, "You're really dull, Hayna." ”

“…… What? ”

"You name it, that beautiful dagger has a zigzag of elven language engraved on it."

Sherlock asked rhetorically, "Was it given to you by your father?" ”

"Yes, he said he wanted me to take this. You can defend yourself. ”

Haina replied.

As she said this, she suddenly realized something: "You mean ......"

Sherlock interrupted her directly, "Your father is a dwarven craftsman.

"He's a transcendent blacksmith with a heritage, and he can craft transcendent equipment. Even if he wanted you to have something to defend yourself on the way to school, how could he give you an elven dagger? Or if he wanted you to bring a dick, why did he only give you an elven dagger? ”

Blacksmiths take pride in the tools they make, and dwarves are confident in their craft.

At the same time, the dwarves are generally hostile to the elves. The Magnetic Hammer is a typical dwarven blacksmith.

So in this case, a dwarven blacksmith didn't give her any equipment of his own making, except for an elven dagger to protect his daughter?

"And the dagger was lost later. But I forgot where I lost it, it was like it was suddenly gone one day. ”

Hayna remembered what happened and immediately continued: "I was worried for a while. I was afraid that when I came home, my father would find out that I had lost his things...... So there was a time when I didn't want to go home, or I didn't dare to go home. Because the dagger looked expensive, I was scared.

"I'm all ready for lies. Either it said that it was put in school, or it was lent to a friend for protection. If you really don't believe me, I said that I hurt someone, and I paid the dagger as compensation.

"But when my father saw my empty waist, he didn't ask me anything. He never asked after that......

"I was glad at the time, but I was still scared. I always worry that this time my father forgot or drank too much, and the next time he might be discovered. So I'm still a little uneasy in my heart......"

It wasn't until much later that Haina slowly got used to it.

But at that time, the awe of my father was still imprinted in my heart. That's the fear of knowing that you've done something wrong and worrying about your parents finding out.

"Did you lose it early?"

Sherlock asked, "Didn't you lose it early?" ”

Haina pondered for a moment: "What do you say...... I guess so. It's been so long since I remember it. But I had a very ...... personality at the time. Lively.

"I remember showing off this dagger to a lot of people and carving tables with it. If I hold it long enough, I think maybe I'll do something else. But I didn't, so I thought I should have lost it pretty quickly. ”

"Then I have a guess, Hayna."

Sherlock said calmly, "Is there such a possibility that it was not your father who gave you this dagger?" ”

"But ......"

Haina reflexively tried to refute Sherlock.

But as soon as she spoke, she suddenly got stuck.

She did remember vividly that it was given to her by her father.

But then my father didn't remember it at all......

And it's like Sherlock said...... Why did my father suddenly give him an elven dagger?

After the "Trees Grow" incident, she suddenly became less confident in her memory.

"Is there something wrong with my memory again......?"

"I don't think so."

Ivas spoke slowly, ending the discussion between the two: "If I'm not mistaken, someone should have taken the form of your father and lent it to you. Or rather, her goal is to get you to get it out of Cape Eagle. ”

"She?" What Hawena captured.

“…… Smuggle? ”

Sherlock also thought of something from this act: "It's like someone smuggled something out of Haina. ”

Ivus nodded at Sherlock, "Sort of." ”

"Do you know that dagger?"

Looking at Ivus's reaction, Sherlock finally understood why the fox had a happy expression on his face when he had stolen the chicken.

"Yes, I know it. I've seen it too. ”

Ivus nodded.

As he spoke, he removed the key to the Chapel of St. Genevele from his waist.

Holding the key as large as a short sword, he asked Sherlock, "Do you know what this is?" ”

"Fragments of the red-hilted sword?"

Sherlock clasped his hands to his chest and fell into deep thought, "Do you want me to say this answer?" ”

He paused, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Is it ......?"

He remembered too—

For Sherlock had seen the dagger too - or rather, another dagger of a similar style.

"That's it."

Ivus nodded.

Then he turned back to Hayna and confirmed, "You said that the dagger has a blue-green blade like a lake, and if you can see the gradient from dark blue to dusk yellow from the side in the sun, right?" ”

“…… That's right. ”

Haina nodded.

The corners of Aihuas's mouth rose slightly: "That's congratulations." You have been recognized by the Holy Sword Arondaite. ”

Haina was silent for a moment, but nothing responded.

She hesitated: "What holy sword?" ”

"The holy sword wielded by Lancelot I, the founding monarch of Avalon, Arondaite. It is the same level of sacred weapon as my red-hilted sword. ”

Ivus said slowly, "Its characteristics are that it has a light like a lake under the moon, and the sword has the inscription of elven characters on its body. But just as the red-hilted sword was sealed, Arondaite was also split in two by Merlin, from a long sword to two daggers.

One of the daggers is in Queen Sophia's bedchamber and is a national treasure. After that, it should be inherited by Isabel......"

Another handful...... As the true ritual base of [Shadow of Avalon], it was stored somewhere by Merlin.

It was used as an anchor to guide Lancelot to his resurrection.

Ivas explained the Shadow of Avalon ritual to the trio a little.

The final step of Shadow of Avalon was to pierce the heart of a direct member of the royal family with the dagger of Arondatte, which was inherited from the royal family.

The other dagger containing the fragments of Lancelot's soul will echo from afar, and the ritual will completely absorb Lancelot's soul to the fragments, just like the cursed doll of the path of beauty. Then rely on the "mirror" principle of the path of beauty to transfer the soul to another Dagger of Arondaet.

Quantum entanglement belongs to yes.

— and now, the dagger has been stolen.

Haina is that carrier.

"That is," Sherlock was stunned, "Eagle Cape Village is the base of this great ceremony?" ”

"It's entirely possible."

Ivus nodded.

The only thing stored in St. Genevel's Cathedral is the "corpse" of Lancelot, which is not yet dead.

The basement there Ivas and Sherlock had just visited, and had even borrowed it for ceremonies. There are no ceremonies there either.

And there must be a ceremonial field for ceremonies.

The Shadow of Avalon is a ritual that has been in constant operation for hundreds of years, and it must have a stable enough base. At the same time, it must be discreet enough to prevent others from interfering with the ritual. At the same time, as a large-scale ceremony, it must take up a lot of space.

Sum up......

"Maybe the secret is in that goblin cave."

Ivus was a little excited: "I suspect that Merlin's ritual is hidden there!" And now it's very likely to have been modified......"

After all this time, he finally found the corner of the truth.

Suppose that Merlin's big ceremony was held in or near the village of Cape Eagle...... Then everything is connected.

Why has there been no development here for four hundred years, why did my grandfather, as a fifth-level spell mage, choose such a small place to spend the rest of his life, why the trees here grow so strangely but are so indestructible, why Jacob can easily perform the "Swamp Man Ritual".

And...... The villagers here sacrificed their names to guard something here for almost immortality.

And why does Haina, as the child of twilight and devotion, have the characteristics of authority and transcendence-

Ivus looked at Hayna.

If he guessed correctly......

Hawena was not her parents' biological daughter at all.

Most likely, she was a replicant—and a replicant whose soul had been altered.

Not the primitive form of the swamp people. Rather, it is a new form that combines the "newborn ritual" and the "swamp man ritual" that is reactivated.

This explains why she looks so similar to her mother and brother, but her path is strangely skewed.

Transcendence and authoritarianism.

It is true that there is a man whose soul is so inclined......

That is the chief knight of Lancelot, who accompanied Arthur to meet the giants in the past, and the founding monarch of Avalon, "Lancelot".

His path attributes are transcendence and power. And after Arthur was elevated to the silver crown dragon, the path of "power" in his body was washed into a more powerful "authoritarian" power.

Since then, he has inherited a strong power of authority in his blood. With the help of the Silver Crowned Dragon, he selectively removed the power of transcendence from his bloodline.

And his princess Gnavelle should have the adaptability of love and beauty. That's why there are Sophia and Isabelle, who are naturally inclined to the path of beauty that occasionally appear.

If it was Lancelot's soul fragment that Hayna contained in her body, that would explain why she was so special.

Arondatte's dagger isn't for everyone.

It's basically a royal predicament......

But Haina was able to use it.

But Ivas can be sure that she has absolutely no royal blood.

From this point of view, the person who handed her the dagger should be Merlin's ex-girlfriend...... Vivien, the apostle of the Shadow Division.

The path of love wants to change one's image and appearance, and that couldn't be easier.

Then Vivien should be Jacob's collaborator!

"But why ......"

Ivus frowned again.

He suddenly realized something else.

If Haina is necessary, why doesn't Jacob pay so much attention to her?

Jacob even deliberately told Haina a story about Arthur. That was apparently to awaken Hayna's transcendent nature!

What if Hayna was an experiment?

An experiment used to test whether a newborn's soul can contain someone else's soul fragments......

Thinking of this, Ivas was suddenly silent for a moment.

He thought of himself.

Or rather, he thought of his sudden awakening, but genuine ......

- Otherworldly memories.

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