If you ask a star man which department under the king is the most terrifying, he will blurt out "Kingdom Secret Branch" nine times out of ten.

But if you say where the horror is, he doesn't know if he keeps it.

For Tails, however, this department is an "old acquaintance": whether it's the first time they meet the Black Prophet in the Mindis Hall, or they are in prison in Longxiao City, or they have met in a hurry at the Blade Tooth camp, they have dealt with each other a little too often.

Unfortunately, it's definitely not pleasant.

Now, this mysterious department that has been operating since the time of the Fuxing King, the highest intelligence agency of the Star Kingdom, is located in front of him.

"This is the Kingdom Secret Branch?"

Tails stepped out of the carriage and surveyed the manor on the southern outskirts of Eternal Star City: surrounded by small rivers, barren fields, quaint walls, and old mansions.

There are even farmhouses, warehouses, and even woodlands that have been left barren for many years at first glance and grow freely.

Ordinary and decent.

If it weren't for the vast area but few people, this would be a standard suburban aristocratic estate.

Maybe it was confiscated after copying a nobleman, Tails thought.

"At least for a dozen years, yes. ”

Raphael greeted the driver of the carriage, who was silent and disappeared into Tails with the sound of the horse's hooves.

It's like an ordinary country rusher.

The Bones made a "please" gesture to the prince and gestured to the iron gate of the manor not far away.

However, the whole manor was silent, almost dead.

Like a grave.

"I don't see many guards. ”

Tails suppressed his apprehension, stepped on the autumn leaves all over the ground, and followed Raphael towards the iron gate.

But he soon spotted the anomaly: two black crows emerged from the dense woods, skimmed over their heads, and sank into the quaint manor.

"No, you don't. ”

Raphael had an easy pace:

"Ordinary intruders don't threaten us. ”

Tails raised an eyebrow:

"What about the unusual?"

But at this moment, Tails's hair stood on end, and the sound of whirring wind came from his ears.

Reminded by the roar of the Sins of the River Hell, he quickly turned his head!

But it's too late.

I saw a huge black shadow breaking through the sky, unstoppable.

Straight to Tails!

"No!"

In Raphael's rage, Tails could only seize the reaction time given to him by the crime of the Prison River, and he could put on an "iron body".

Boom.

The huge black shadow came in an instant, and slammed into Tails's arms!

He flew out all over.

Tails felt a sharp tremor in his arm, followed by the pain of his back rubbing against the ground.

and the protest of bones and muscles throughout the body.

It was as if the whole person was going to fall apart.

No, no......

In the turbulence of the sins of the Prison River, Tails gritted his teeth and endured the pain, trying to open his eyes.

But that's not all.

A huge black shadow then enveloped Tails's body: he restrained his legs, pressed his shoulders, and pressed a huge weight against his chest, making it impossible for the boy to move and breathe.

The attacker pressed forward demonstratively, pressing against his cheek, and Tails could even feel the heavy, violent and fiery breathing of the other man.

No.

Tails struggled.

He swore that no matter how inconvenient, suspicious, or inappropriate it was, he would definitely bring JC or the warning man with him.

We must not be unarmed and slaughtered.

The assailant poked his head under Tails' neck and took a few deep breaths, each time getting longer and longer, as if he was gradually becoming intoxicated.

Raphael's angry voice came at this moment:

"No! Edward—"

At that moment, Tails suddenly felt a heat on his cheeks.

Beneath the neck, a moist, sticky soft object covered it.

The chin, cheeks, cheekbones, from bottom to top, slowly swept over the side of his face.

Scorching, warm, soft.

There are still some ...... Fishy?

Tails was stunned.

The other party left his cheek, leaving a thick sheet of liquid.

Blown by the wind, it was cool.

Well?

Before he could react, with a rapid and fiery breath, the black shadow approached again.

Another warm and moist sensation covered Tails' mouth, nose, forehead, and ears......

Over and over again.

He couldn't open his eyes.

The other party breathed and snorted, and the tip of his nose and lips brushed against Tails's skin countless times, pressing against him, looking quite excited.

Tails froze, and even the sin of the Prison River dissolved silently.

This is...... What the?

"Edward...... This is Prince Tails, he's not a threat!"

Eventually, the Bonesman's arm appeared around the attacker's neck, attempting to rip him off Tails' body.

As soon as Tails' chest loosened amid the disgruntled protests of the attackers, he finally gained some space and looked up.

The prince froze.

Pressing on him was a big black dog.

"Wow!"

At this moment, Raphael was pulling the fierce dog by the neck, dragging it backwards for his life, embarrassed in the wrestling.

Tails recognized its variety.

It's an angry wolfdog.

This breed of dog, which is known for its fierceness, has always been a good helper for the major nobles of the Star Kingdom to hunt and go on outings. Even a long time ago, the Brotherhood's boss Maurice, Quaid and Rick's boss, had a majestic wolfdog, and once ran into Tails in the back alley of the Sunset Bar, and also liked to "play" with him, well, the not-so-friendly kind of "play".

The big dog in front of him also has similar characteristics: both sharp fangs and a fierce face.

Except for one point.

It also ......

It's too big.

Tails stared blankly at the wrestling in front of him:

Raphael may be slender, but he is not short.

But even with his size, it was difficult to restrain the big dog, like a child struggling to reach out and cling to an old tree two or three times thicker than him.

At this moment, the vicious-looking big dog was looking at Tails on the ground with great interest, breathing hot, licking his tongue and sucking a mouthful of saliva from time to time.

"Sabo!"

Seeing that he was overwhelmed, Raphael looked into the distance and shouted indignantly:

"Pull it up!"

A gloomy and lazy voice sounded at the right time, from far and near:

"It's coming, it's coming, it's quiet. ”

A right hand with only three fingers appeared in front of Tails' eyes, grabbed the big dog's neck ring, and exerted force very skillfully.

Finally, Tails was relieved, and it felt like someone had lifted the three-layer quilt over him—it was still summer.

The big dog was torn off his body and barked in displeasure, deafeningly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Raphael, Edward was walking in circles, I didn't pay attention for a moment......" The slouched voice apologized insincerely, responding to the big dog's protests.

Tails grabbed Raphael's hand, felt the numbness all over his body, and struggled to get up.

"Damn...... What is this?"

Tails frighteningly slapped the dust all over his body, pulled up his sleeve and wiped the saliva from his face.

Raphael coughed in embarrassment.

"Your Highness, I believe you have already met Edward, it is ours...... One of the guards. ”

The Bones Man waved his hand at the big dog in front of him, and his exaggerated movements caused it to roar angrily:

"Wow, Wow!"

Grinding his teeth and grinding his eyes, his eyes are vicious.

But when it subconsciously wanted to step forward, its right hand, which only had three fingers left, reached out at the right time to stop Edward's movements:

"You know, guards...... Edward didn't like to be introduced, he thought this was his territory, and he was the master. ”

Raphael snorted:

"Yes. ”

The man holding the big dog, a middle-aged man with a haggard face and a look like he hadn't slept well at night, with dark circles under his eyes, barked in defiance of Edward's threat, and bowed to Tails:

"Duke of Xinghu, I have long admired my name. ”

Raphael looked at the furious wolfhound warily and introduced:

"This is Sabo, the best tracker of the kingdom's secret department. ”

Saab shrugged:

"Doubles as a janitor, and as a dog walker. ”

The big dog next to him was dissatisfied again:

"Wow, Wow!"

"Good, good, my bad," Sabo comforted Edward:

"I mean, I'm the janitor, and the ...... shoveling for you."

Tracker hand, janitor, dog walker......

Tyers, who had disposed of the unknown liquid on his face, nodded awkwardly and saluted Sabo in return, but his eyes couldn't stop drifting towards Edward beside him.

Secret's watchdog......

Looking at the opponent's forelimbs as thick as his thighs, but he could reach the height of ordinary people's shoulders when he landed on the ground, and the impact of the heavy cavalry charge just now, Tails swallowed his throat with palpitations.

That's too big, isn't it?

Foul!

As soon as he noticed Tails looking at it, the exaggerated black wolfhound instantly lowered the volume of its roar.

"Whew~"

Edward, the big dog, retracted his sharp teeth, exposed his tongue, opened a large arc in his jaw, and swayed his tail freely from side to side.

"Obviously, he likes you, Your Highness. ”

Sabo frowned, and said in a dark manner.

I saw Edward snorting in a frightening mouth, unable to hide the drooling from his mouth, and a pair of eyes looking at Tails with sparkling eyes.

Happiness is written all over the face.

Full of energy.

Tails hurriedly lowered his head to avoid eye contact, and sorted out his messy clothes in embarrassment:

"yes, I see it. ”

Sabo grabbed the neck ring with one hand and scratched Edward's back with the other, soothing its restlessness from being able to pounce forward:

"It's been a long time since he's pounced, and the last time was a long time ago......"

Raphael cleared his throat and glanced at Sabo warningly:

"I'm going to open the door and keep an eye on your dog. ”

Sabo tilted his head indifferently, and Edward bared his teeth again.

"Wow!"

"You misunderstood, Raphael didn't say you, he said me, look at me......"

The Bones Man took a step towards the double-open iron door.

Sabo looked at Raphael's back, and then at the big dog next to him, who couldn't stop rubbing forward and was obviously interested in Tails:

"Tsk, Lord Hansen must be upset......"

Tails suppressed his fear of Edward:

"Why?"

"Don't you know?"

Sabo pulled out a chain ("Who the chained the dog!"—the prince complained later) and fastened Edward's necklace.

He took a step closer in the direction of Tails (the prince subconsciously took a step back) and whispered:

"Rumor has it that Lord Hansen's leg was said to have been bitten off by a terrifying vicious dog. ”

Yes?

The legs of the Black Prophet?

Tails pricked up his ears.

"But there has been a debate about which dog it is, and there are even bets. ”

"But, tsk, if you want me to say," Sabo glanced at the big dog beside him, and said something to the letter:

"Do you know what I mean?"

The frighteningly large Angry Wolfhound barked excitedly, undiminished in his enthusiasm for Tails.

Tails stepped back and nodded stiffly.

In the distance, Raphael approached the large double-opened iron door, pulled up his sleeves, and waved his fingers in the void.

What's even more bizarre is that as his fingers dance, the air in front of the iron gate ripples, like sparkling water.

Tails frowned:

"What is he doing?"

"Magic pattern," Sabo replied nonchalantly, looking at the prince and then at Edward, "the trick of the Soul Tower, on the corresponding blockade circle, only if you draw a matching pattern will be released." In contrast, I prefer alchemy pagodas, they are all classical, and they like to use keys. ”

Tails' heart moved.

"But I remember that magic is forbidden?"

Sabo shook his head:

"Oblivion. ”

Tails looked up in confusion:

"What?"

Sabo tugged at Edward's chain and picked at it, preventing the big dog from slipping out and trying to get closer to Tails:

"Magic is forgotten, not banned. ”

Tails' expression moved:

"Is there a difference between being forgotten and being banned?"

Sabo shrugged:

"In practice, no. ”

"But if you look at it in terms of motive and purpose......"

Right now.

"Saab," Raphael's voice came, as if disgruntled, "that's enough. ”

Before enough, the Bones had turned, and the iron door had opened a gap behind him.

Sabo smashed his mouth and waved his hand indifferently:

"Okay......"

But before he finished speaking, there was a sudden change in the field!

I saw that the big dog Edward suddenly jumped up and jumped towards the iron gate!

Tails was taken aback.

Perhaps unprepared, or too late to let go, the equally shocked Sabo was pulled down by the chain and dragged by Edward towards the iron gate.

In the next second, Edward, who was huge in physique, violently crashed into Raphael in front of the iron gate!

Bang.

The Skeleton Man was knocked away mercilessly, falling to the side, groaning.

Saab was thrown off the chain and rolled on the ground several times, also grunting.

Tails stared in amazement at everything in front of him: two men had been put down by a dog.

"You...... Are you all right?"

I'll just say it.

This dog is too big!

But what happened next was even more unexpected.

In front of the stunned Tails, the huge black wolfhound dragged the empty leash, happily slammed open the iron door on one side, and ran back again, clumsily arching open the other door.

After doing this, it happily turned back and looked at Tails.

The prince's heart was cold.

"Wait, hey, what, good dog, Edward...... Well, I don't actually know them...... If you have a grudge against them......"

But the next moment, Edward roared angrily, took a step, and rushed towards the boy!

"No, no, no, no, you don't want to come here."

The prince with a shadow in his heart was frightened back five or six steps, and finally couldn't care about the royal family's decency, turned around and ran!

But Edward's sheer size doesn't matter, and his speed is just as impressive.

Tails hadn't run a few steps before the big dog swept over his side and pounced in front of him!

it!

Tails subconsciously raised his arms in a defensive gesture.

But fortunately, Edward didn't pounce recklessly this time.

It nimbly stopped a short distance in front of Tails, whimpering twice obediently, as if to remind him of something.

Well?

Tails lowered his arm in confusion.

I saw the big dog cautiously approaching with broken steps.

This time, looking at its well-behaved eyes, Tails found that there was no reaction to the sin of the Prison River in his body.

Edward stuck out his tongue and wagged his tail, and his massive mountain-like body spun around in place twice.

"Wow, Wow!"

It barked twice at the open door, its eyes were well-behaved, and it was flattering.

Sensing the other party's kindness, Tails looked at the door in the distance, lowered his arm suspiciously, and pointed to himself:

"Me?"

The big dog who got the response was even more excited.

This time, it wagked its tail and barked first at Tails, and then twice at the iron door:

"Wang!"

With the other party's expectant eyes, Tails looked at the blocked road, as well as the two figures on the ground in the distance, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, and squeezed out a smile:

"You mean, the door?"

"Wang!"

The big dog pounced on the prince merrily, circled Tails twice, and pushed him forward by arching his back.

"Alright, alright, I'll go......" The apprehensive Tails walked forward at a loss.

Edward walked beside him, licking the back of his hand affectionately and rubbing the boy's arm.

Until they came to the iron gate.

"Oh," Tails understood, standing in front of the iron gate, a little enlightened, and a little relaxed:

"You mean ......"

"You opened the door for me?"

"Wang!" Edward shouted more cheerfully.

"Good, good dog," Tails held back his uneasiness, tentatively reaching out and scratching its furry head:

"Thanks, thank you?"

Edward stuck out his tongue and twisted his head, looking at ease.

Obviously enjoyed.

On the other side, Raphael swore and swore to his feet, slapping the dust all over his body, while looking angrily at Sabo, who was also tidying up his body.

"Well, we all know Edward is smart," Sabo said grimly, reaching out to grab the big dog's chain and taking over Tails' tickling of the dog:

"But this is the first time. ”

Edward yelled at him in displeasure, his vocal cords threatening.

"We'd better get in quickly," Raphael looked at the big dog warily, his face full of displeasure:

"It looks like it's not going to get enough. ”

Tails turned back one last time and waved his hand awkwardly.

The angry wolfhound roared excitedly in response, tried to move forward again, and was pulled back by Sabo.

With a click, the iron door closed.

Shut Sabo, who is also unhappy, and the giant angry wolfdog who is reluctant to look at Tails, both of them shut out the door.

"Sabo," Raphael looked at the big dog suspiciously through the iron door:

"Lord Xinghu is traveling privately, do you understand?"

"Understood, I'll tell them," Sabo shook his head indifferently:

"An innocent and lovely fawn stumbled on Edward's territory. ”

The big dog on one side howled angrily.

"Okay, okay!

Sabo scratched Edward's neck with a headache:

"I'll just say a big wolf, wolf, okay? without damaging your reputation...... I swear, the other dogs will admire it......"

Listening to the quarrel between the man and the dog behind him getting farther and farther away, Tails had palpitations.

"So, Sabo, can he talk to the dog?"

The Bones Man laughed:

"He thinks he can. ”

"What do you mean?"

"At least Lord Hansen said that Saab himself believed so for decades," Raphael shook his head indifferently: "As for whether it is really ......"

"That's only the dog. ”

Tails smiled,

He grabbed his collar and sniffed at the spot where Edward's teeth had bitten.

The prince frowned.

He won't admit it.

That's fresh......

The smell of blood.

"So old man, when was the last time you were so upset besides eating?"

Outside the iron door, Sabo pulled out an old notebook and opened the cover with the crooked words "Don't Get Eat!" written on it.

As he listened to Edward's roar, he recorded something with great interest:

"What?"

"You say it tastes, the same taste, dogs, another dog?"

Saab's eyes widened.

"What, big dog, big dog, big dog, strong dog, big dog, raw dog, dog that scares all dogs?"

Saab suddenly came to his senses.

"Big dog, big dog in his house, big dog in raw dog...... Oh, I see......"

He put down his pen and looked at Edward's head and at the back of Tails in the iron door.

"What you're trying to say is—"

The furious wolfhound stared at Sabo's palm, licked his saliva teeth, and let out a low growl of warning.

"His mother?"

The angry wolfhound's eyes froze.

In the next second, the fierce big dog's muscles shook and he looked up!

Da!

The sound of teeth clenching exploded in the air.

At the last moment, Sabo skillfully and quickly withdrew his palm.

"I see, well, so bullying the soft and afraid of the hard......"

Sabo was not afraid, he raised his right hand with only three fingers, and smiled at the fierce angry wolfdog: "I said, his mother may not be human......

"But you're a real dog!"

Edward snorted disapprerovingly.

Then it turned its head in disdain, flicked its tail and claws, and went back for a walk in a majestic manner.