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"No, don't leave so quickly," Ke Ya stood up and showed a surprised expression: "By the way, he hasn't seen his brother and sister yet!"

Tails' heart sank.

"Keya!"

Ji Ni said in a loud voice, her tone full of - panic?

But Queen Koya only turned around and walked to the big bed in the distance.

"Lydia and Luthor will be happy to have a younger brother......"

Tails finally realized that something was wrong in this room.

His pupils dilated.

I saw the gentle and considerate Queen Boya take out the ...... from the bed

Two ragdolls.

Genie turned pale.

"Look, Luther, this is your brother Tails, say hello!"

Koya happily teased the rag doll in her left hand, raised its hand, and waved it at Tails, smiling happily.

Tails frowned.

Koya said happily as she lifted the rag doll on her right and lifted its head towards Tails.

"And you, Lydia, sit down—don't be naughty anymore, call my brother!"

Koya's own right hand was still shaking hard, as if the rag doll in her arms was struggling violently.

It's a very weird scene.

Tails' breathing began to fluctuate.

Don't......

The traverser looked in disbelief at the beautiful and luxurious queen, who was happily teasing the two rag dolls in his arms.

This...... This is......

"Enough, Koya!"

Ginny stepped forward quickly with a quick breath, the first thing she did was pull Tails back.

But Queen Koya's face quickly changed.

"Huh?"

"Why?"

Keya looked at the rag doll in his arms, and then at Tails, his expression suddenly became strange, and his tone became panicked:

"Why, Luthor you—you don't yet, without your brother, Tyrsgoard?"

Tails gritted his teeth and took a step back.

The next moment, Ke Ya seemed to have seen some incredible sight, and her face became frightened and frightened.

Smack!

The rag doll in her right hand fell slightly, but Queen Koya seemed to be unaware.

She just looked at the rag doll in her left hand with an uncomfortable expression, and wanted to cry.

"I see," Boya looked at the rag doll sadly and desperately, "the reason why you are shorter is because you have less ...... Missing ......"

"Let's go!" Ginny gritted her teeth and said to Tails, "You go first." ”

But Tails froze in place.

I saw that Keya's hands were tightly clasped around the rag doll.

After a second, Koya began to cry in pain, saying something that made Tails creep:

"Luther!"

Luther...... Head...... Head...... You're missing a head!"

"Luther, where is your head, where is your head?"

"Huh, your head, ...... Dropped?"

Keya raised her tearful face, screamed in panic, and lay down, looking around and groping: "Quick, quick, we need to get your head back!"

Tails looked at his scalp tingling.

Ji Ni stepped forward directly, hugged Queen Keya, and tried her best to stabilize her trembling.

"You!" Keya looked at Genie sharply, her eyes round, "See, do you see my Luther's head?"

"It's about that big......"

"Round...... ...... will roll."

"Two Eyes ......"

Tails watched in disbelief.

Koya struggled violently, waving her arms wildly!

"Don't! Don't stop me! I'm going to protect him! Protect Luther!

Ginny gritted her teeth and dragged her towards the bed.

At this moment, Tails' arm was gently pulled by a hand behind him.

Tails was taken aback!

Frightened, he suddenly turned his head!

I saw that the person who grabbed his arm was a stranger.

It was a long-haired lady in a black robe and a goose-down shawl.

The lady in black had a delicate face, but a sad face.

Tails gasped, finally calming down.

I saw the long-haired lady in black holding her arm and whispering:

"It's okay, let's go out first. ”

Tails was confused, and turned his head to look at Queen Koya, who was trying to subdue Queen Kini.

"Tails!" shouted Ginny through gritted teeth.

"I'll be in charge here, you and Her Royal Highness the princess will go out first, get out quickly!"

Her Royal Highness the Princess?

But Tails didn't think much of it, and was pulled out of the room by the long-haired goose-down lady.

Behind him, Keya struggled more and more, shouting frantically, "Guards! Guards!"

"Assassins!

The goose down lady pulled the iron-faced Tails and walked out quickly.

Leaving only behind him, Keya's hysterical voice came from afar.

On both sides, from time to time, there were maids and servants with calm faces, hurrying towards Koya's room.

It seems that they have become accustomed to such scenes.

Koya's screams were still in my ears.

"Woo-woo-my Luther-no!

"Your head...... Whining...... Why can't you put it back? Why can't you spell it back? Why does it keep falling! Why!"

"Glue, just glue, Luther, right?"

Tails just walked forward with a pale face.

He felt that what was behind him was too cruel.

He didn't dare to face it.

It wasn't until Koya's voice faded far behind them that the two of them stood in a hallway.

Tails palpitated, looking behind him.

"I'm sorry. The goose down lady with long hair in black said softly: "Usually, Keya's seizures are not so fast. ”

Tails looked behind him in a daze.

Doubts began to slowly emerge in his heart.

Tails looked up at the lady.

"When Luthor and Lydia, my brother and sister, were assassinated," Tails said with difficulty, "the queen and the lady Ginny were there, did they see it with their own eyes?"

After a few seconds of silence, the goose down lady in black showed sadness in her eyes:

"Yes. ”

She said slowly:

"On that day, His Highness Luther was ...... on the spot"

The goose down lady closed her eyes tightly, and in the memory, she said breathlessly:

"Jenny and I came when we heard the voice, but it was too late. ”

"It is said that his head rolled under the bed......"

"Princess Lydia was taken captive, and Genie snatched a horse and chased her out, and I ran to inform the guards, leaving the frightened Boya alone in the room. ”

Tails exhaled deeply.

The answer suddenly occurred in his head.

I see.

He was assassinated on the way to the Fuxing Palace that day.

Genie reacted so unusually...... I was even alarmed in advance, and I wasn't an assassin who came at me.

Here's why?

They've all been there...... A scene like that?

So......

"But you need not be afraid, Tails," said the long-haired lady in black, and smiled softly at him:

“...... Queen Koya, she, has been like this for many years. ”

"When she was sober, she was always hysterical and resentful," said the goose-down lady, "but when she was sick, she was quiet and peaceful, except that Luthor and Lydia were still with her, bouncing and playing......"

The lady's expression gradually became bleak and miserable:

"After the tragedy of that year, there was chaos in the palace, and even King Eddy and His Royal Highness Midil were ...... The guards were so nervous that they drew their swords when they saw someone...... So no one cared about it, and the servants fled. ”

Only Koya clung to the prince's body and refused to let go...... It is said that she locked herself in her room......"

"I was forcibly isolated by the guards into a safe house...... The panicked nobles sealed the Fuxing Palace and locked up the Eternal Star City...... By the time His Majesty Kessel takes control of the kingdom and stabilizes the situation, it will be two weeks later. The lady sighed and lowered her forehead.

Tails sighed softly.

"For two weeks, Koya stayed in her room, weeping with the dead Prince Luthor in her arms, and living on the water in a vase......"

"You know, two weeks have passed, and the prince's body has become ......"

Following the lady's description, Tails shuddered as he tried to imagine the scene.

"When they smashed open the door two weeks later, we saw Keya, who was dying and almost fainting, and the ...... in her arms."

The lady let out a long sigh, her face full of fear:

"It's like a nightmare. ”

Tails swallowed his throat, not daring to imagine it anymore.

For the Shining Star Royal......

Scarlet Year......

Is that what it sees?

To be born for the stars - is that the price?

Silent.

Until Tails suddenly reacted, he raised his head and looked at the goose down lady in front of him suspiciously.

That's right.

Just now, Genie called her-

Her Royal Highness the Princess?

Judging by her age, it shouldn't be Kessel's daughter, so the princess refers to......

However, the eldest princess Constance Bright Star, the youngest daughter of the former king and the youngest sister of Cather V, did not see it in the Tomb of the Bright Star......

Tails had a question in his mind.

"So, may I ask ...... you?" Tails asked cautiously.

"Oh, the title 'princess' must have confused you. The goose-down lady, understandingly unraveling Tails' embarrassment, bowed her head slightly in embarrassment:

"I'm not surnamed Bright Star, I'm not a real princess," I saw this "princess" shake her head slightly:

"I'm just the adopted daughter of His Majesty the First King, and I'm yours - half an aunt. ”

Tails opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"I'm Elise Sora, younger than Constance," Princess Elise said with a chuckle, a charming dimple on the side of her face, "but not qualified to bear the surname of Bright Star...... Sora, this is my husband's last name. ”

Half...... Aunt?

Why hasn't anyone mentioned it before?

"Excuse me, your husband is ......," Tails said mechanically.

"Count Sora...... Honorary Earl of the First King," Elise sighed, "just passed away a month ago. ”

Widow?

No wonder, it's black...... Are you still mourning?

"A month ago, the Earl Honorus died?" Tails wondered, "Is it an illness......

But Tails reacted, he was a little rude, and quickly bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry, Aunt Elise, I was presumptuous." ”

Princess Elise was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "No, there's nothing to hide......

Just listen to the adopted daughter of the former king, Princess Elise, word by word:

He died a month earlier, in the big explosion in the center of Red Square Street. ”

Hung Fang Street ......

The Big Bang?

Tails froze suddenly.

Could it be......

"It's the night of the Lower Town and the West Ring District, when the gangs merged. Elise said plaintively.

Yes.

That's right.

It was me, Yodel, and Ashida, who caused the explosion.

Guilt suddenly welled up in my heart.

Tails exhaled.

"He, your husband," Tails asked, holding back the discomfort in his heart, "why was he in Red Square Street that night?"

It was curfew that night, wasn't it?

But Elise apparently didn't know much, and only heard her sigh:

"We don't have a good relationship, my husband ...... I like to go to Hongfang Street for fun...... A few days before he died, I went there to look for him and had a big fight, and he didn't come back for three days......"

"But I didn't expect that it would be the last side. ”

Elise closed her eyes, shook her head and sighed.

She tugged at the goose down on her shoulder to keep warm.

But at this time, Tails's pupils suddenly shrank!

That goose down...... Something familiar.

Goose down ......

Lady......

Hung Fang Street ......

Days before the Big Bang......

Looking for a husband...... Quarrel......

Don't......

Tails was shaken!

He looked again at Aunt Elise's face.

This time, my aunt's delicate face completely coincided with the face that seemed to be a long, long time ago in my impression.

It's been so long that I've almost forgotten it.

Oh, yes.

It's her.

It's the goose-down noblewoman.

Tails stared blankly at the princess aunt.

That day, it was her.

It was she, dressed in goose down and carrying twenty finishing swordsmen, who met Tails who ventured out to beg in the territory of the Blood Vial Gang on Red Square Street.

It was she, who gave alms to the unkempt Tails on the street, twelve coppers and ...... A silver coin.

It's just that Tails has changed too much, I'm afraid even she can't recognize it, the second prince Tails in front of her, and the beggar Tails a month ago, are actually the same person.

Tails reached for his chest.

There, it was the scar that Quaid had burned with that silver coin.

Because of that alms, Kolia, who was seriously ill, was able to survive typhoid fever.

It was because of that charity that Ned snitched off Quaid.

Because of that almsgiving...... Myself...... Beggars...... Quaid ...... Yara...... Hung Fang Street ......

Because of that almsgiving...... That's what came after......

Tails let out a deep sigh.

"What's wrong?" Princess Elise looked strangely at Tails with a complicated expression.

"No, nothing. ”

Tails looked up and smiled respectfully.

This aunt suddenly became much kinder in his eyes.

"I just saw my relatives and felt a little emotional. ”

Ashida Sackn's smile resurfaced in front of him.

That's what you said, by chance.

Or is it - Tails is in front of his eyes a sturdy Kessel, a lonely figure in the royal cemetery - fate?

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Downtown, underground mall, sunset bar.

"Cut it down. ”

"Just like a piece of wood. ”

"Abandon useless feelings and principles and become a real Saliton!"

"Cut it down!"

No.

No!

Yala Saliton, wake up from a nightmare!

She rolled up from the bed, gasping for breath.

She remembered that after the three beggars were taken captive, she knelt in the sunset bar for a long time.

until they lose consciousness.

And now......

"It's ugly. ”

On the other side of the bed, in the corner of the room, came the familiar voice of Yara.

"Do you have that nightmare every time you get stimulated?"

Yala exhaled violently:

"Old fellow. ”

"When did you come back. ”

She closed her eyes and lay back on the bed.

But the voice didn't mean to answer her:

"Yala Saliton, if you can't turn back and face your fears, you'll always be a weakling. ”

Yala opened her eyes, pursed her lips, turned to face the wall, and turned a deaf ear to the old fellow's words.

"Even Roda can crush you without any power to fight back...... It's a pity that those two good knives that kill people......"

Yala remembered the three beggars who had been taken captive, and Coria's heart-rending pleas.

[Sister Yara......]

She closed her eyes tightly and held back the tears in her eyes.

But the old fellow's words still came: "A fear locks you up like this, and you are no different from that Quaid...... ...... year"

Nightmarish memories hit me.

Yala couldn't take it anymore, rolled over and got up, and shouted angrily into the corner:

"Enough!"

"Don't remind me anymore!"

The old fellow laughed deeply:

"Hehehe...... Remind you of what?" the old fellow continued to laugh at her: "Hmph, look, you're so scared that you don't even dare to mention it......"

There was a "ding" sound, startling Yara.

She knew it was the sound of the old guy flicking the blade with his fingers.

Despite her weakness, Yara stood up in dismay.

"Hmph, it's like as soon as I mention it, I'll immediately become a Extreme Realm master. ”

"Who knows," said the old fellow, still mysteriously, "but if you keep running away, you won't get to the extreme...... Yesterday's events will still repeat themselves. ”

"The surname Saliton will still imprison you like a curse, forever and ever. ”

"Do you really want that man's nightmare to rule the rest of your life?"

"Or do you want to experience your powerlessness and weakness again?"

Yala opened her mouth and took two deep breaths.

"What's so hard about that," she gritted her teeth, "but that's it." ”

"Oh?" said the old fellow's voice, "What's the matter?"

Yara's face contorted, and the stone room appeared in front of her.

No way.

She began to tremble.

No way.

Darkness and blood spread like a tidal wave in front of her eyes.

No way.

Her teeth began to warn.

No way.

She was almost out of breath.

No way.

Can't reminisce......

But the next moment, a small back appeared in front of her eyes.

It was a stinky little devil with black hair and gray eyes, covered with scars, and he looked at her with no measure, and said resolutely:

"I'm walking alone. ”

Yara opened her eyes and took a breath of air.

In the brain, go back to that stone room.

She trembled and spoke:

"Twelve years ago, in the Fuxing Palace, ......"

Cold sweat oozed from her head.

"Ding!" In the air, there was the sound of the old guy flicking the blade.

I only heard the old guy say coldly: "Go on." ”

Yala gritted her teeth, her face getting worse and worse.

"My first, first mission......"

Yara's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

But her eyes flashed yesterday, when Rhoda pinched her knife with an indifferent face and took away the three beggars.

Is that...... Coria's pleading eyes.

"I ......"

Yala shuddered, sick to her stomach.

"I ......"

Yara felt something coming out of her eyes.

"I ......"

Everything in front of me turned bright red...... Good...... Terrible......

Yala snorted, her lips not touching each other.

Right now.

It's the old guy's binge!

"Say!"

Yala was shaken.

And then came a flash of silver light that shot at her!

"Boom!"

A wolf-legged knife was nailed to the wall half an inch from Yara's left ear.

Yara, a thriller!

All the scenes, characters, sounds, and colors of that day were clearly reproduced in front of my eyes!

"That day, I—"

Her eyes were blank, and she involuntarily shouted loudly:

"I cut off a baby's head alive!"

After yelling at these words, Yala gasped for breath, only to feel that all the strength in her body was leaving her.

Twelve years.

She shouted.

She finally shouted.

"Plop!"

Trembling, Yala fell to her knees, covering her mouth, enduring nausea and nausea, and weeping bitterly.

In the corner, the old man's voice came faintly:

"Now, pick up your knife. ”

"Your own knife. ”

"Not Sariton's knife. ”