Chapter 11: Queen Allen
The salute was still ringing, and every time the Red Butterfly passed a tower, two gun salutes would be fired from the tower, as if it were some kind of ritual. This battle is almost the same as when Prince Huffman brought Princess Valrhona to visit Turanda. It seems that Queen Allen already knows her itinerary, and I am afraid that even if she does not encounter pirates, she will be invited to the palace the moment she disembarks from the airship.
"What a show...... "Achille sighed, "and besides, this city is so big?"
No wonder he wondered, even though Bai Modi was already a huge city like an independent kingdom, the area of the Yanas King City was much larger. There are few borders or walls other than the surrounding lake, and the towns and towns on the periphery seem to be integrated with the royal city.
"The city of Yanas is strictly a city without walls. Although it is the capital of mankind, for the other races of this continent, it is not only for humans, but for the common wealth of all Hovlands. In order to maintain a free and equal environment here. From the very beginning of the founding of the country, Queen Agati made a vow never to erect a wall for the royal city as a sign of harmony with other peoples. ”
Dearlando still remembered this, so he explained it to a few curious children.
"And what if someone else wants to attack it?" Dino asked curiously, looking at the small islands on the lake and the various boats that were passing by quickly. You must know that the wall is the easiest and most convenient means to protect the home, and if there is no wall, how can you protect your family?
"The Duchy of Hovland has a unique form of government, they are ethnically consultative. There are people representing the interests of various families who attend the National Assembly, and there is a system of hearings. If there is a conflict between nations, races and tribes, then the head of the tribe can send a representative of the tribe to lodge a protest in the parliament, and then all the members will conduct hearings and deliberations to finally reach a conclusion. ”
"There has been no real war here for a long time, only sporadic conflicts. Most of the problems will be resolved in the council, and the royal city of Yanas is both the capital of humanity and a place where other tribes and races can communicate and settle disputes. So this place is protected by peace agreements of all Hovland races and nations. Whoever attacks this place without permission. Whoever is sanctioned by the entire parliamentary body. ”
Dino didn't seem to understand, he tilted his face and asked, "Doesn't anyone want to overthrow the Queen Allen you said, or anyone else?"
"Yes, but the bloodlines of the human rulers are also protected and supported by us. The combination of humans and elves is the largest shili in this continent. If the other races want to move here. We have to get through this. Zoya smiled and touched Dino's soft hair, and said the hidden reason why the Human King City could stand here.
Although the elves are not keen on mastering the management of the country and the land, they prefer a free and natural lifestyle. But the greed of humans and other races will always keep their territory swallowed up. The elves chose to form an alliance with the most populous Terrans and Feathered Terrans on this continent in order to be able to implement a strategy that can be sustained for a long time.
As the longest-lived, most powerful, and highest race of all races, the presence of elves makes others have to be afraid of three points. Humans are dynamic and action-driven, faithfully enforcing and upholding the rules laid down by the elves under agreement, and the feathered people provide their special skills and knowledge to serve the society as a whole.
As a result, on this small continent, the three largest races have formed a delicate balance here, and thousands of years have passed.
After sailing over the lake, which was more than five miles wide, the airship finally came to the sky above the King of Yanas that bloomed like a lotus flower on the lake. In this spacious royal city, all the buildings are painted in light colors, as if dream-like light purple, light blue, pale pink and pale yellow, the whole city is hazy and elegant.
The city is divided into twelve neat districts, and in the center of the city there is a royal palace that looks like a blooming lily bush that is much higher than other buildings, and that is the palace of Queen Allen, the Flannati Palace, commonly known as the Lily Palace.
"Hi my child, you're finally here, I've been looking forward to your arrival for a long, long time. A voice suddenly appeared next to Deirlando, startling him, it turned out to be the emerald green bird that had just disappeared, and appeared out of thin air.
"How did you do that?" Diarlando held out his hand, trying to touch the bird. You must know that this kind of virtual magical creature that can represent itself and achieve real-time communication can generally only be generated and controlled at a very close distance, and can release the same effect from a distance of one or two hundred miles, which is certainly not something that ordinary magic can do.
The bird approached generously, and simply landed on his finger, and it tilted its head, jumped easily, and said, "You'll know when you see me." That's why I can't leave here and visit you in Turanda. My dear Lena, if I had been by her side, maybe she wouldn't have died so early. ”
Deerland didn't know what to take, and he had no impression of his biological mother, who had been dead for many years. Leighton was so heartbroken that he lost his wife and children that year, and he didn't want to see anything about the former princess, so he burned all the portraits. As a result, Diarlando still doesn't know what his mother looks like, and only hears that he looks very similar to her when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, which is why Weishenme was recognized by Layton at a glance in the royal tournament.
He has always had some doubts about Hovland, because although it is said that Turanda and the Duchy of Hovland are close blood families who have intermarried for generations, he has never heard of the queen of Hovland leaving her country to visit Turanda, but his father visited here in his early years in order to marry Princess Lena.
Riseth suddenly fluttered in the star box, as if trying to figure it out, and Deirlandor opened the lid, and the young dragon flew out with a snort, and pounced on the little kingfisher.
"Ahh......h After flying up and down in a circle, not only did not eat, but hugged the bird affectionately.
"Riseth, you—do you like her?" said Deirrando's surprise.
"Warm, sweet, I want to have it. That's the taste of home......" The young dragon rubbed the bird affectionately, and happily answered his question.
"Hehehehe, this little thing really likes this, you guys move quickly, wait for it to see this." It's going to be crazy. "Finished. The little kingfisher disappeared again with a "bang" as it had just done.
The airship began to descend gradually, aiming at the top of a huge three-story landing platform diagonally behind the lily palace. The other two locations were filled with smaller airships, one of which Princess Loveran had been riding on when she visited Turanda.
Another salute, this time from above the ring of spires that surrounded the Lily Palace. And it is also accompanied by colorful ceremonial flowers. Thousands of colored debris fluttered in the wind. It's like a large flower petal has been spilled.
"Your aunt really likes you. Fayle copied his hand and commented coldly, intriguing that the mysterious queen could also make such a small animal that could take his place. But the distance will not exceed a hundred feet, and the time will not exceed a minute. So he suspected that the other party was a female magician with a particularly high level of mana.
When the airship landed, an internal officer came to guide the way. As soon as I got off the airship, I saw Princess Loveland and his father, Prince Huffman, who had been absent for more than two years.
The prince has not changed much over the years, and when he saw Diarlando kindly step forward and pat him on the shoulder, he looked him up and down, and then said with a little emotion: "I really didn't expect that we would have a day when we could have zaijian noodles." Come, meet my daughter, it's been more than two years, if that incident hadn't happened back then, maybe I would have been a grandfather. ”
Princess Lovelan is now eighteen years old, and compared to two years ago, she was still a little immature. Diarlando gave her a close salute according to etiquette, and the moment the two approached, Lovelan suddenly spoke and whispered, "Don't agree to my mother's request." ”
With that, she stepped back, pretending that nothing had happened.
Prince Huffman's gaze swept over Zoya, Dino and the others behind him, and he didn't say anything, but enthusiastically led the way for them. Descending from the airship mooring platform, they entered a tower-like building, where they descended at least fifteen feet, then passed through a long, long corridor, and finally came to a golden door.
However, when the door opened in front of them, it was not a hall of audience, but a row of rooms.
"Your men are here to take a break, and Alan wants to talk to you alone, including Rieseth, of course. As Prince Huffman spoke, he noticed the young dragon that had been lying on Deirlando's shoulder since the beginning, and immediately added.
He pointed to the end of the corridor and said, "Alan is waiting for you there, and when you've talked, she'll let me take the others to meet her." ”
Although he thought it was a little strange, Deirlandor greeted everyone's eyes and turned and walked in the direction that Prince Huffman was pointing.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Ryses urged, eager to fly over by himself, but it also seemed to be a little scrupled, not as presumptuous and arrogant as usual.
At the urging of the young dragon, Dearlando unconsciously quickened his pace, and to be honest, his curiosity about this person was also rising. The same golden door opened automatically when he walked in front of him. There was no furniture behind the door, just a huge spiral staircase leading underground.
This structure is very similar to the palace of the Holy Spring at the top of Augustus, and from the top of the spiral staircase, there is a small marble square at the bottom, and the whole drop is about 50 feet. If you add the drop just now, the small square is clearly below the water level.
With curious steps, he hurried down the stairs and soon came to the bottom of the spiral staircase, which had nothing to offer. Except for the magic lanterns that illuminate it, the place is bare, and the walls are simply painted with white paint. But even so, there's something that makes this place awe-inspiring.
"Ha, you're finally here, look at your feet, find that key, open the door, and you'll see me. The little emerald green bird reappeared, this time bigger than ever, and the colors were even more vibrant.
Diarrando looked at the ground, the marble collage of the underside forming an ornate and symmetrical pattern. Dozens of variations of the lily were spread all over his feet, and he walked around the small square, and he was about to ask the little kingfisher what was the key. Riseth had already flown out and landed on an oval-shaped piece of white marble that was indistinguishable from any other stone.
"Here!" the young dragon slapped its tail on the ground with certainty.
Diarlando immediately went over, crouched down, and tried to touch the stone with his hand to see what was the mystery at the bottom. The stone was silently lit up after his fingertips touched. Then the ground began to shake, and a rock-made gate rose from the ground, which was very similar to the design of the Holy Spring Palace.
Looking at the one-and-a-half-tall, two-man wide stone frame that formed the door, Dearlando swallowed and stepped in.
Everything changed as he crossed the empty central axis of the stone gate, and Diarrando fell into a large expanse of clear water. The sparkling waves ripple overhead, surrounded by slender stems of aquatic plants, ranging in color from yellow-green to crimson, swaying like a fairy's skirt in the transparent water.
"Here, I'm here ......," a faint voice came from under his feet, and Diarrando turned around and swam into the water, and found that at the base of the many aquatic plants, there was a mass of coral, which shimmered in response to the waves on the surface of the water.
Ryses rushed over and drilled into the inside of the coral ball through the narrow gap, and Dearlando circled around the ball, realizing that there was no air attack enough for him to pass through, so he had to use the connection between Reses and himself to teleport himself in.
However, when he entered the coral ball, he was suddenly greeted by the body of a pale female who had almost grown together with the coral. Long white hair like snow fluttered inside the orb, quickly wrapping around Dearlando's body. But before Dearlando could struggle, they all dispersed again, as if they were just saying hello softly. (To be continued......)
PS: There is one more chapter, and victory lies ahead!