Tyers, who had been wounded a lot, was carried by a member of the guard, and he was dizzy in the shaking, but he followed the large army with unabated speed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The pain in his left shoulder and arm awakened his consciousness.

Where am I?

He shook his head vigorously.

It took him a moment to realize that he was being escorted by the elite royal guards, led by the woman in the cloak, in a steady march with the same pace as he marched.

Gilbert and Genie walked with the cloaked woman, seemingly talking in a low voice.

Tails took a deep breath, dragging his tired spirit, and looked up.

They passed through a thick gray-black palace wall that stretched far away and seemed to have no end in sight, the walls were mottled and sometimes broken, and it seemed that they had gone through a long time.

The guards walked in orderly steps to a huge steel noose gate controlled by complex gates, and under a dozen crossbows guarding the city at the top of the palace wall, the guards exchanged orders with the well-guarded guards before being released.

Tails opened his mouth blankly, staring at the stars and moonlight in a daze.

The ground beneath your feet, from the muddy wasteland to the rough stone floor, to the elaborate floor tiles of unknown materials, the inextinguishable lights on both sides are getting bigger and bigger, more refined, and brighter and more dazzling.

Tails suddenly came to his senses when a huge slope and a magnificent pyramid-like structure rose from the ground, when the members of the royal guard, when the patrolling soldiers, and when the servants who came and went nodded to them.

Here they are.

The tallest, largest, most magnificent, and most noble building in Eternal Star City.

Tails loosened his nerves and hung his head again.

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By the time he woke up again, it was already the morning of the next day.

Tails found himself in a rough set of pajamas, lying on a padded stone bed.

He was slightly stunned, moved his bandaged left hand and left shoulder, and when he felt that he was fine, he jumped nimbly off the stone bed and stepped on the ground that was also made of cold stone.

The icy temperature and rough touch came from the soles of the feet.

Tails frowned.

He took a step, touching the equally cold stone wall, and surveyed the place.

The ceiling is not high, but it is made of the same material as the walls, floors, and beds, giving off a faint chill.

He walked over to the windowsill and opened the wooden window, and the cold wind poured in, making him shiver with cold.

Fortunately, the winter sun shines luxuriously into this pure stone room from the high stone windowsill.

But unlike the warm Mindis Hall, even the day and sunlight can't dispel the cold and damp discomfort in this room.

It's like...... It's like an abandoned house.

Tails' heart moved, remembering where he had been for four years.

He glanced out the window.

The traverser gasped.

At the moment of probing, he looked down at the crowd of ants, the carriage covered with fingernails, the checkerboard-sized houses, and the streets with fine lines—no doubt this room was on a very high place, overlooking the square-shaped scenery of the royal capital.

Just like in a previous life—he said to himself.

At this moment, the only door in the room, made of thick wood, was pushed open.

A first-class court official, Geni Bakvi, appeared at the door

"Lady Ginny?" Tails was relieved to see an acquaintance.

"Looks like you're recovering well. Ji Ni's face was a little pale and she didn't seem to be in good spirits, but she still held on to her body.

Isn't it just good......

Ji Ni said in her heart, the dagger in the previous day will be ...... the next day This kind of resilience doesn't even have orcs.

She sighed.

"By the way, Ginny, Lady Ginny!" Tails forgot to use an honorific in his desperation, and he hurried forward:

"Yesterday...... Yodel, and Gilbert ......"

Ginny stretched out a hand and interrupted Tails' words, only to hear her silently:

"Don't worry, Gilbert is by His Majesty's side, they have something to attend to. ”

"And yodel, he's still alive......"

Still alive? Tails was shocked, didn't that mean......

As if realizing that what she had said was a bit too serious, she immediately corrected: "He has been hit by a few crossbow arrows and is currently recovering from his wounds - and yesterday it was thanks to another secret guard who he informed His Majesty in time that the royal guard arrived in time." ”

Tails breathed a sigh of relief with mixed feelings.

He remembered the conversation he had with yodel last night.

Fortunately.

That won't be the last.

The masked guard.

survived.

Tails then turned his attention back to Keni's words.

Another secret guard?

Tails remembered the young woman in the cloak.

He saved this information, and before he could digest it, his brain jumped to another thing.

"Also, those assassins, ...... with that Duke Cavendire"

Ginny's eyes became stern, which reminded Tails of those days of hard training, and only listened to her, "That's not something you can care about, everything has already been taken care of." ”

"Those problems will soon be no longer problems...... And, you have to trust your father. ”

It's mine...... Father?

Tails struggled to recall the unfamiliar word—not that he didn't care, but that he had only met his titular "father" once from the Red Square to Mindis Hall, not to mention the strange attitude he had towards himself

"I asked the servant to prepare hot water and breakfast, so let's take care of ourselves first, we still have important things to do. Genie gave him a serious look.

"Servant?" Tails was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned his head to look around at the room that looked more like a coffin than a bedroom: "So, we're ......"

Ji Ni nodded tiredly:

"Yes, you're in the largest and most important building in Eternal Star City. ”

"The royal palace of the supreme kings of the stars. ”

Ji Ni spat out three words with a blank face:

"Fuxing Palace. ”

Tails opened his mouth wide, remembering the great pyramid-shaped structure he had seen last night - no wonder it was so high.

He then frowned and looked around him.

The mottled walls, the gray colours, the dim lighting, the cold temperature, the hard slates, the rough floors, the cramped rooms—compared to the Mindish Room, it was like a slum.

Jenny saw Tails' eyes.

"What, not used to it?" she folded her arms and looked at Tails' expression with interest.

"No, it's not. Tails waved his hand and shook his head.

He wanted to say something, but after all, he just sighed and lowered his head.

In fact, he wanted to say that it was the most restful night he had slept in more than 20 days.

The hard, cold bed and rough floor made Tails regain the sense of security that the soft bed in the Mindis Hall could not give.

Originally...... Tails sadly discovered...... The best time I slept was in a harsh abandoned house for four years.

But apparently, Ji Ni took his truth as a hard mouth, and saw her smile gloomily:

"I know what you're thinking, yes. ”

"The palace of the High King is not as splendid and luxurious as imagined, exquisite and magnificent. ”

Ji Ni walked to the window, her eyes focused on the countless inhabitants of the kingdom under the high Fuxing Palace.

"Quite the opposite...... This so-called, Fuxing Palace in the center of the kingdom is not even as good as an ordinary house......"

Tails was stunned to see that the arrogant, domineering, and tough court lady, Ginny Bakvi, sighed lonely in the next moment:

"It's narrow. ”

"Very high. ”

"It's cold. ”

Ginny turned around and looked at Tails with a complicated expression.

"It's still dark. ”

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Tails followed behind Ginny Buckway, stepping on the hard, rough stone floor characteristic of the Fuxing Palace, and walking through the equally cramped, cold, dimly lit rooms.

The guards and servants I met on the road bowed their heads and saluted when they saw Ji Ni.

In the interior of this semi-pyramidal palace, the lighting is so poor that even during the day, lights are used to illuminate some of the more delicate corners.

Because of the high altitude, the cold wind continues to pour in through the gaps, and the only advantage is that it is often difficult to raise any insects in such a place.

The narrow corridors and low ceilings set off the atmosphere of the palace oppressively, and sometimes even seem lifeless.

This place...... Tails stuck out his tongue and sighed secretly: It really doesn't look like a palace.

Rather, it looks like a mausoleum.

Aren't the Egyptian pyramids in the previous life buried in the ground with the tombs of countless kings of ancient history?

"It's here. Ji Ni stopped suddenly, and she said slowly in response to her indifference.

"To ...... What's wrong?" Tails, who had just been distracted, noticed that he and Jenny had walked into an empty dim stone corridor with a double-open stone door in front of it.

"Come in, kid," Ginny didn't answer him, but nodded to Tails with a deep expression, "Be polite." ”

"What kind of courtesy......" Before the stunned Tails could finish speaking, Jenny pressed the stone door and pushed it open violently!

"Boom!"

Tails looked at the scene in amazement at the stone door: it was a dark room, with only a few corners lit with inextinguishable lights, and the central inextinguishable light was held in the hands of a woman with his back to him?

Tails was still surprised when he was pushed into the room by Gennie.

"Boom!"

The stone door is closed.

Tails managed to gain his footing, only to find himself locked up in the stone house by Jenny.

"So, that's you, boy?"

At this time, a mellow and good-sounding, delicate and coquettish voice came from the center of the room.

Tails turned his head in confusion and looked at the woman with her back to him.

The woman slowly turned around with the lamp that could not be extinguished.

Tails' eyes lit up.

This is a goose-faced beauty with bright eyes and bright teeth, in her thirties, compared with the charming and mature Ji Ni, she is a little less sassy and neat, but more soft and moving.

She wore a dark veil and a robe embellished with a half-round red sun - wait, a half-round red sun?

Tails was taken aback: "Are you ...... A sacrifice at the Temple of the Sunset?"

"Temple of the Sunset......?" the beauty chuckled, but instead of feeling the slightest tenderness in the laughter, Tails tasted a faint indifference.

"Let me take a closer look at you, boy. The beauty leaned closer to him, but Tails frowned: no warmth or kindness could be felt from her.

From this woman, he sensed something uncomfortable.

"Sure enough," the thirty-year-old coquettish beauty leaned down in front of him, squinting her eyes, and observing Tails: "You are also a pair of gray eyes......

"Just like your mother. ”

Tails' pupils shrank!

Mother?

Tails was stunned for a second.

"You know...... Excuse me, ma'am, do you know my mother?" he asked, suspicious, and remembering Kini's "be polite" admonition, he quickly changed his words to an honorific.

"Of course, your mother, well, that's a ruthless character to mess with......" The coquettish beauty curled the corners of her mouth and looked cold: "Didn't Kessel tell you?"

Tails' breathing unconsciously quickened.

"No, ma'am. Tails said with some embarrassment: "Except for her name, father...... My father didn't tell me anything else. ”

"I see, okay, you can get out. The charming beauty sneered, shook the inextinguishable lamp in her hand, and the figures of the two flashed in the stone house.

"Tell Kessel that I'm ready. ”

Is that the end of it?Genie, or that father asked me to come and see her...... What does this mean exactly?

But he had to know.

Because...... Tails took a deep breath: he was almost 100% sure that everything that was wrong with him was probably related to his suspicious mother.

"This lady," Tails took a deep breath and bowed respectfully with the etiquette he had learned from Ginny, "I would be grateful if you could tell me about my mother." ”

The coquettish beauty covered her mouth and chuckled.

But then her face turned cold, and she said in a cold tone:

"Why should you and I tell you if your father didn't tell you?"

Tailston was speechless.

But he couldn't give up easily:

"Yes...... But that's my mother, and I have the right to know, and I'll repay you!"

The beauty just sneered and turned around.

"But you are not my son, and I am not obligated to tell you. Moreover, I don't need your reciprocation. ”

Tails choked again, from yodel to Gilbert, he had never met anything like this except his own "father".

This--what a drag is more than a king.

But a pathway seemed to connect in his mind in an instant.

More dragged than a king?

Tails' brain was constantly running—he thought of something.

He took a deep breath and looked at the delicate beauty.

"I see. ”

"I know who you are. ”

The coquettish beauty turned her head in surprise

"I've heard my father and Gilbert talk about you," Tails frowned, recalling the memories of when he had just been rescued by Yodel to Mindis Hall.

"I remembered. He said slowly.

"Y-you-" Tails took a deep breath and raised his left hand, looking at the shallow scar on it.

His face hesitated for a moment, but then he said categorically: "You are the blood lamp...... The lamp used to find his father's bloodline...... It's the caster of the bloodline magic!"

"You are the High Priest of the Temple of the Sunset...... Li Xiya!"

Coquettish beauty - Li Xiya's face is difficult to look at.

"Worthy of your mother's son," she said slowly, "even her cunning and memory have been inherited to the fullest." ”

"That's right, I'm Lisia Arend. ”

"High priest of the Temple of the Sunset. ”

"The goddess of the sunset, the only spokesperson in the world. ”

"It will also be, the one who confirms the identity of the royal blood for you. ”

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