Thelma looked at him, her eyes slightly misty,

"But they didn't do anything wrong, did they," she smirked and shook her head, raising her right hand and looking at the 'triumphant' ring on her thumb, "I don't ...... at all."

"Little slippery!"

Tails interrupted her hard again with the same name from a long time ago.

The girl looked up in a daze.

"No, Selma. ”

"Even if you can't choose who you want to be......"

"But at least, don't be who they want you to be. ”

Tails stared at her deadly, "Please, don't be like that." ”

But Selma was only slightly stunned, and shook her head sarcastically: "It's useless, as the grand duke of the Northlands, my future path is already doomed...... Even if it's not this time. ”

"I've thought about it: marry a local nobleman, give birth to a male heir, and be politely sent to some seclusion until ...... old age," she said disappointedly.

"Smack!"

There was a crunch.

Thelma stared blankly at the second prince.

Watch as he grabs his right hand.

"Little slippery!"

Tails looked at her earnestly and moved "Triumph" to the center of their gaze.

"Even if it's a woman, you can live a wonderful life! I know a woman like that. ”

"Ah, the lady who taught you swordsmanship and etiquette," Selma shook her head and laughed, "I've heard you say it a thousand times - a legendary woman who broke free from the shackles of her family, established herself in the royal capital, and was good at both swords and swords, but she was special, and she was not a lord......"

"No, not her. ”

Tails spoke decisively, stopping Thelma's words.

"I'm talking about another young girl. ”

Selma was slightly stunned.

Her wrist, which was being held by Tails, trembled slightly:

"You say...... Young girls?"

"Yes," Tails nodded firmly, "She is also the last orphan of the great family, survived wars and riots, and inherited the title at the age of three, ruling the side. ”

Thelma did not contradict him again, but looked at the prince with a puzzled and inquiring look.

Tails took a deep breath and recalled the autumn and winter six years ago: "When I first met her, she was about the same age as you are now, fifteen or sixteen years old, young, young, and even a little immature. ”

But at that time, she was already a big man in her own right: I still remember the scene when she crossed the entire Hall of Stars, faced the monarchs and ministers of a country, and shocked the audience with sonorous and powerful words. ”

Tails said in a daze: "And the moment she walked into the hall in that casual purple-black hunting suit, the crowd in the hall consciously retreated to make way for her. ”

"At that time, there were also people who laughed at her, despised her, despised her, and looked down on her, 'How can the stars be ruled by ignorant women and children?'"

And the girl, she walked slowly, with a cold little face, with broken steps, graceful and lonely, and said what she wanted to say without care, whether it was sarcasm or condemnation, whether for or against. ”

The two weighty Earls could only walk behind her, one murderous and the other extravagant—but neither of them could hide her brilliance, but was almost imperceptible by her imposingness. ”

When she waved her long sleeves and opened her mouth, it seemed that the whole audience had become her foil—whether it was a king or a duke, a nobleman or a commoner. ”

Thelma listened to his narration and was slightly surprised: "You are talking about ......"

Tails gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Kingdom of the Stars, guarded by the Blade Leader. ”

"Duchess - Lyanna Tebback. ”

The prince narrowed his eyes: "As far as I know, she is still an unmarried woman, under the emblem of the blood moon, single-handedly supporting the Tebak family among the six powerful families, guarding and ruling the Blade Leader. ”

Tails turned his head sharply and looked at the stunned Thelma:

"If she can do it, so can you. ”

"One day, you can also rely on your own strength, don't need to rely on anyone, stand alone at the top of Longxiao City, and win everyone's respect!"

Tails took a breath and looked at the girl's face steadily: "One day, you can tell the vassals of Longxiao City in a grand manner: the person who rules them ......"

"It's a Grand Duchess. ”

Thelma looked at Tails, stunned, and then smiled helplessly.

"It's too hard," the girl sighed, "I can't do it......"

Tails shook his head and said resolutely: "It's not difficult, what is really difficult is that you yourself think you can't do it - that's why your vassals will feel that Longxiao City under your rule is not safe." ”

Thelma blinked, looking at the prince's eyes a little softer and brighter.

"I still remember that little slippery head who went out of his way and dragged me out of the hands of calamity......"

"I also remember the little slippery head who came out of the fireplace and nervously memorized the lines to help me out......"

At that time, the girl did not hesitate to say: it is too difficult. ”

Thelma didn't speak, she just silently watched as Tails held her hand.

"Selma, remember: choose who you want to be. ”

"If you don't want to be a vase that is at the mercy of others and trades freely......"

The prince squeezed her hand tightly, and his tone was unmistakable: "Then don't act like a vase!"

Thelma stared blankly at the prince.

After a few seconds, her originally misty and discrete gaze refocused.

"If you don't want to hastily marry a man who is enough to be your father and survive on your belly......"

Tails' eyes sharpened: "Then refuse them!"

"Let's figure it out together, and of course, I think Lisbane will help you too. ”

"Just say: you don't want to. ”

"Then you don't have to marry them. ”

The two looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

Tails never looked away.

Thelma's eyes flickered, as if she was a little moved and a little frightened.

Eventually, Selma looked at the resolute prince and took a deep breath.

"Tails. Thelma cleared her throat.

"I ......"

She seemed hesitant.

Tails gave him an encouraging look.

But the hesitation lasted only three seconds, and the girl gritted her teeth and tensed her face.

"Tails," Thelma looked up, her eyes serious, "I don't want to ......"

"I don't want to marry Earl Hearst. ”

Tails let out a breath and nodded heavily, "Hmm!"

"I don't want to marry the son of Count Nagil either. ”

"Hmm!"

"I don't like them," Thelma's words slowly became fluid from the stiffness at the beginning, "I don't want to marry someone else, either." ”

Tails looked at her steadily.

"Very well," the prince raised an eyebrow, "you won't marry them." ”

Tails shrugged, "Because I don't like them either." ”

The two looked at each other, and after a few seconds, they burst out laughing together.

Call.

Tails sighed slightly in his heart: Now, Putile is going to nag me with an expression of "I knew it would be like this" again.

We have to think of a reason to convince him that it would be in our best interest if the Grand Duchess did not marry......

And......

I'm going to have to find time to talk to Lisbane in the next few days.

About Longxiao City.

and the Grand Duke.

Laughing, Tails let go of the other man's hand as if nothing had happened.

In the library, a maid frowned.

"With all due respect, Lady Jinx, I know that Madame has not been in a good state of mind lately...... But their demeanor was still a little too intimate. ”

"For the sake of Your Excellency the Grand Duchess, we should intervene," the maid said euphemistically, turning to the Lady Jinx, "she needs us now." ”

The Lady Jinx still had the same old-fashioned face, and she quietly watched the young prince and the young grand duke in the distance and laughed and laughed.

"Believe me, for the sake of Her Excellency the Grand Duchess," Lady Jinx turned her stern eyes and shook her head, "The ...... she needs most right now"

"Not us. ”

Suddenly, Thelma spoke again.

"Tails. ”

But this time, she tilted her head slightly, and her expression made people feel a little cunning: "If I am willing to marry them, marry the vassals of Longxiao City...... Would you still say those things?"

"Are you going to stop me from marrying them?"

Tails was stunned when he heard something.

He shook his shoulders: "Of course." ”

The girl smiled slightly.

"Didn't you stand up and speak for me," Tails scratched his head again: "The friendship of friends is mutual, and it is difficult to change money." ”

Thelma's eyes drooped slightly.

Tails scratched his head and embarrassedly found a reason: "You know, you have an extra husband who is a local in Longxiao City out of thin air, then maybe my good life will come to an end...... Of course, try to stop it. ”

"Oh, that's right. The girl's voice fell again.

"That's right, Tails. ”

Tails blinked, confused.

Thelma looked up.

The archduchess narrowed her eyes intriguingly and asked, "Lyanna, is she pretty?"

Tails' eyelids jumped again.

"I don't really remember. ”

The prince let out a breath and tugged at the corners of his mouth: "The atmosphere was so tense that I just remember my legs shaking. ”

Thelma chuckled.

Tails laughed a few times as well.

"But ......"

His memories then went back to six years earlier.

Lyanna.

Six years ago, she was fifteen.

Now, she should be at the right age, like the age of flowers blooming.

That impressive girl.

"The moment Lyanna spoke, when she unleashed that knife-sharp look and stood up to the dukes without showing any weakness...... Tails came up with a god, sketching in his mind the heroic young duke: "Even when she confronted Exeter's envoy and forcefully retorted Rumba......"

Thelma's eyes widened as she watched the prince's response.

"I found that the words 'beautiful', 'beautiful', 'cute', 'stunning' and so on are no longer enough to describe her. ”

"Lyanna at that moment. ”

Tails closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Like a magnificent diamond reflecting the sun," the prince exhaled, recalling the past in the Fuxing Palace, and at the same time admiring the heroic Duchess of the Blade Collar, "dazzling, dazzling, shining." ”

"It's unforgettable. ”

Right now.

Boom!

With a muffled thud, Tails' chest ached, and he twisted his face to open his eyes, looking at a book that had been thrown to his chest.

"Today's new book," Selma said coldly, as she also took a book in her hand:

"I looked through and found something you might be interested in. ”

"Look, there's too much time wasted. ”

"Didn't we have a good conversation just now," Tails rubbed his chest in pain, he was unwilling to realize what mistake he had made, and was about to argue: "But you can't ...... either"

"Shut up and read the book!"

The female eldest duke raised her face and said fiercely:

"Don't waste time, I'll have class in a while!"

Tails let out a breath and rolled his eyes as Thelma lowered her head.

Fierce woman.

The prince lowered his head with a bitter face, sat upright, and opened the bookmark "Against the Firmament" in his arms.

What book is this?

"What do you think of the dragon language?"

Tails flipped through the bookmark page and was immediately drawn to the title of the chapter.

The prince's face became solemn.

As is customary, he studied it quietly.

"'The dragon's throat is so special that the pronunciation of the dragon's language is so complex that it can't be recorded without a musical instrument......"

"The recorded dragon language can only express a part of the syllables, and in the dragon's mouth, most of these dragon words have another way of reading and pronunciation that we cannot think of......"

Dragon language.

Tails' six-year career in the library was certainly not just about finding purity.

What's more......

The prince remembered that night, the huge figure that rose in the firelight, and remembered his mysteries, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

Six years later, he and Thelma searched for a lot of documents, and learned the names of at least fifteen dragons in history.

However, among the fifteen names with different characteristics, there was no one he was looking for......

"With the exception of a few races, such as elves whose singing voices are comparable to larks, most races are unable to rely on their voices to communicate and talk directly to dragons face to face," Tails frowned as he read the passage, "No wonder the Queen of the Sky wants to communicate with us like that, it turns out that we can't speak dragon language......"

Damn it.

So......

As long as the name is pronounced in dragon language, isn't it a lingua franca, or even a human can pronounce it?

In this case......

"Not there!"

Selma's voice came, seemingly impatient: "Flip through the second bookmark!"

Tails, who was complicated in his heart, raised his head angrily: "How do you know if you don't say it...... me"

However, the moment he saw the other party's fierce eyes, he shrank back again.

The prince obediently flipped through the position of the second bookmark, and said:

"'The ancient elves are one of the few races in history that can fight against dragons without falling behind, in the dragon slaying war (this name comes from the historical materials of the ancient elves, for the war that we know little about more than 2,000 years ago, the author believes that the dragons must have a different name like 'hunting long ear game'), the ancient elf kingdom has hunted at least six dragons with names and surnames, therefore, they are also the race that knows the most about dragons, and even a lot of the author's information comes from the generosity of a friend in Baishan......"

Tails narrowed his eyes.

Six-headed?

Could it be that Thelma is going to show herself a list of the six fallen dragons?

Thelma knew that she had always been interested in dragons, and often looked up their names......

But she may not know that the dragon she was looking for had lived until now, at least fourteen years ago, when she was born into this world.

And it's, no, her name is ......

“...... Dragon-slaying warriors are usually divided into groups and work together. ”

"Booby-traps, generally facing the enemy head-on, are fully equipped, and usually have a machete with similar specifications to the Elven Guard, a machete that can break gold, and a Mithril armor shield with a melting point so high that it can isolate the temperature, both offensive and defensive - the author suspects that this is the origin of human swordsmanship, at least the Northland military swordsmanship should be borrowed from the tactics of the booby trap troops in terms of spirit and equipment, an expert in the ancient history of the North in the Tower of Ascetics, and the Legend of the Iron Blood King The author of the author, Master Mindis, holds the same opinion, but Master Laimer, an expert in the history of the Alchemy Tower's weaponry, believes that the swordsmanship of the Northland army is mainly influenced by the reverse influence of the ancient orc fighting techniques of the enemy on the battlefield;

"Sniper, this unit is responsible for long-range strikes and containment, equipped with a variety of special arrows that can affect dragons, and holds a foldable strong arm remote sniper bow to quickly hit and suppress fast-moving air targets, ranging from dragon eyes to dragon armpits and other weaknesses - to this day, the 'Wanderer' elven settlements in the Empire's Greenheart Province still retain this bow-making technology, and even the Greenheart Province has become the Empire's premier archer producer,' The saying that the north is fierce, the west is ruthless, and the green hill produces a strong bow' is widely spread, and the Gray Peng Archer Army, which has been handed down by the Romit family, is a terrifying existence that takes people's lives hundreds of paces away, and it is believed that this is not unrelated to the sniper skills of the ancient elf kingdom when hunting dragons (although the Gray Peng refused to admit it)......'"

Tails was puzzled, and the more he read, the more overwhelmed he became.

What are they?

How to hunt dragons?

"The Obliterators, the smallest elves, have the most dangerous task of approaching the dragon's Achilles' heel in battle, fighting to injure or even kill the enemy with a single blow. The Slayer is generally made up of the best scouts and spearheads, who are lightly armed and stealthy in close quarters, armed only with the most inconspicuous but most expensive dagger of all time. This short sword is said to be forged with special and secret materials and methods, and can pierce through dragon scales without hindrance, but I wonder how such a short-length sidearm, even if it is as sharp as a stone, can pose a deadly threat to a giant dragon with such a short length......

"According to the author's research, this legendary sidearm is called 'Dragon Breaker', which is rare in history, and only the strongest eraser is qualified to equip it, it is said that it is a magical weapon, and every time a dragon is injured or killed, the sword body can accumulate the power of the hunted, so as to become 'more powerful, sharp, weird, deadly, and vibrant' - this is the original word in the ancient elven literature, but the author's translation of the last word is still doubtful......"

Seeing this, Tails raised his head to look at Selma from time to time, but the other party's puffing eyes made him have to lower his head again and again.

The prince could only sigh deeply.

All right.

He turned a page.

In the next second, Tails was shocked!

"See, right?" Thelma sighed:

"I was also surprised. ”

Tails looked up dumbfounded, and the large book opened to one of the pages, sketching a sketch of a weapon with simple strokes.

He touched the picture and instantly knew what Thelma wanted him to see.

"It's ......," Tails said stunned.

"Hmm," Thelma nodded solemnly, "According to the above records, it is an elite weapon possessed only by the Ancient Elves' Erasure troops. ”

"'Dragon Breaker'. ”

"More than 300 years ago, the King of Oaths, Midil IV, named after the fortified fortress he built on the border between the two countries. ”

Tails looked down in disbelief at the weapon diagram drawn in the book.

It was a short sword with a strange counterweight orb and a jewel in the center of the grid, and the gauntlet curved in an inverse arc toward the blade.

Although it was not colored, he recognized it.

Break...... Dragon Breaker?

In Tails' nearly fourteen years of life, he had seen a dagger of this style once.

No, he didn't just see.

Six years ago, Tails had held a dagger of the same specification in his own hands.

The short sword that was as red as blood.

It woke up like a warrior who had been asleep for a long time, glowing in its own hands.

It was like a conscious dagger.

It transmits vague syllables and words that call itself ......

Blood brothers.

I'm tired and sleep.

(End of chapter)