"Don't worry, the rest of the team won't be back tonight because of all sorts. ”

The fast rope lay on the bed board with a grin, shook the wrist that had just been sore from the fierce struggle, and said:

"I'm guessing that Dean deliberately lured them away, and the target was you. ”

A broken animal oil lamp illuminated the mercenary's hut, and Dean's body lay quietly on the ground with a coarse cloth, while Tails sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the corner, looking warily at the cozy cord on the bed.

After a long time, Tails, who had finally sorted out his thoughts, spoke softly:

"What's going on? Why, why are you in ......?"

"What's going on?" Fastrope put his hands on the back of his head and looked at the mottled ceiling, "That's what you see." ”

"I always thought that except for some old people in Longxiao City, no one would know the news that I was alive. ”

The fast rope snorted at the human body covered with coarse cloth:

"Until this guy shows up. ”

His tone was still relaxed, as if it was a sunny day without haze.

"Darkrooms are always pervasive, aren't they?"

"Neither my father nor Suril liked Lady Kassan, so I stayed away from her. ”

Tails glanced at Dean on the ground.

He subconsciously clenched his fists.

"I don't understand," he said, turning to the fast rope and asking his biggest doubt: "Your hair color, your Comas accent, and your age......"

Fast Rope sneered.

"Did you know that Commas is a magical place, with a variety of city-states, a variety of races, and a variety of terroirs," the former prince lamented:

"And on the route they opened, the Zante Islands in the southwest of the continent, produce a magical dye, and the local tribes use it to dye their hair and even apply makeup, and it will not fall off for a month, I only need to worry about the root part of the hair......"

Tails frowned as he watched the fast rope rub his red hair.

"As for accent and age......"

"Maybe you didn't notice it yourself, Prince of the Stars," Quickrope said, turning his head sideways and smiling at Tails, "but it sounds to me that you, after six years in the North, are now full of Northland accents, and you don't look like a simple fourteen-year-old boy." ”

He arched his shoulders.

Tails bowed his head in silence.

"Is it all fake?"

The Prince of Stars asked in an uncomfortable mood, "Starting from the Great Desert, the fast rope that tells jokes, the fast rope that fights with everyone, the fast rope that fights for the rights and interests of dead companions, and even the fast rope that 'can't write'...... You've been acting?"

Fast Rope's face darkened.

"No," he said, clasping his hands blankly, "it's not all fake. ”

"You know, when a pampered and disheartened prince walks out of the castle, the first thing he notices is that the outside world is not so good. ”

The inferior lights slowly dimmed, and the room became dark again.

Tails didn't move.

"So much so, on the first afternoon that the foolish prince arrived in Commas, in the 'capital of a thousand sails' Variur, he was cheated out of all his remaining savings—by the way, the three hundred gold coins that crossed the Dark Path were ridiculously expensive—and had to be sold to a long-distance voyage to embark on a maiden voyage that he had never dreamed of, and to open a chapter in his life that had never been seen before. ”

Fast Rope said dumbly: "In the past six years, he has abandoned a lot and learned a lot. ”

Speaking of this, the fast rope snorted slightly.

"When I first went to sea, the boatswain was grumpy, and he always pointed to the unfastened or unfastened sail rope and shouted at me: 'Hurry!

His tone was full of emotion: "That's it, I got the first nickname in my life. ”

Tails was still leaning solemnly against the corner.

Until the next sentence of the fast rope, with a slight depression came:

"And not some bullshit 'born king'. ”

Tails frowned.

He suddenly remembered King Nunn, but found that no matter what, it was difficult to connect him with the optimistic, but strangely complex fast rope in front of him.

"What kind of nickname will you get, Tails, have you thought about it?"

Fast Rope suddenly asked with interest, "Adventure King?"

Tails came back to his senses and sighed slightly: "Moral......"

"Ah, I see. ”

In the dark, the voice of the fast rope fluctuated slightly, with a slight smugness: "King of bad luck." ”

The giggles of the fast rope resounded.

Tails did not respond.

Until the laughter of the fast rope slowly subsided.

"Why. ”

"Six years ago," Tails asked hoarsely, "why left." ”

This time, there was a long silence in the room.

Fast Rope sighed softly, as if he was on trial, ready to face his fate

"That's a question I asked myself countless times in the first few years. ”

The voice of the fast rope sounded faintly: "The answer is different every time." ”

But in the last two or three years, the answer has become clearer. ”

In the darkness, he sat up slowly, and a pair of clear eyes flickered slightly in the moonlight:

"Because it's my choice. ”

Tails' breathing quickened.

What King Chaman had said to him, and what he had said about Moral, came to mind.

Everything I experienced six years ago flashed back to me as if it was yesterday.

"But you just walked away so irresponsibly?"

Tails unconsciously gritted his teeth: "Leave your country, your people, your loved ones ......"

The silhouette of the fast rope in the moonlight shook slightly.

"Do you know how much your disappearance has caused the entire Longxiao City to suffer? Do you know that your willfulness almost caused the two countries to fight each other, with countless casualties? Do you know what fate your decision has made me, Rumba, Selma, and your father, King Nunn, face?"

At that moment, Tails seemed to be back in the catacombs of the Fuxing Palace, and that heavy, majestic, faintly powerful voice sounded in his ears.

【Fate will help you prepare】

For the past six years, blood, death, betrayal, murder, politics, helplessness and powerlessness, helplessness and remorse, if this is the fate of the prince......

Tails' mood was getting more and more chaotic.

And in the face of fate, the person in front of him is ......

"How is he?"

"My father. Fast Rope spoke hoarsely, interrupting Tails' thoughts, which he didn't know whether to be jealous or unwilling: "Six years ago, when he was dying...... How?"

Tails was slightly stunned.

Nunn VII.

Born King.

The indifferent old man rubbing the ring.

"All I've heard rumors over the years, but you're there, Tails," Quickrope said lightly, with a subtle tremor in his voice:

"You're there. ”

For a moment, only two people were left in the house to breathe.

Tails was silent for a moment.

Dragon's Blood.

That night six years ago was unforgettable.

"I don't know how to describe it, but it was ......"

Finally, Tails sighed and suppressed the sudden upsurge of resentment.

"He's not bad, Nunn still retains the domineering and majesty of a natural king. ”

He tells the story of his family to Fastrope like to a son who never comes home all year round:

"At that time, he had just punished Fengzhao City and unified the forces of the other Grand Dukes, and the Black Sand Collar was no problem. ”

Tails mused, "And he's survived the crisis of the Calamity, and he's witnessing the return of the Sky Queen, and he's trying to teach the scourge of breaking his toys a lesson." ”

The prince said in disappointment: "He even has no last resort and has planned the future of Walton and Longxiao City. ”

And...... The future of the Prince of the Stars.

Fast Rope laughed.

"Oh, it's still the same. His tone was nostalgic, but with an almost overflowing sense of melancholy.

"Put everything ...... It's in your hands. ”

Tails nodded.

"This is him on his deathbed, the last King of Nunn," the prince said with difficulty, "until ......."

He didn't say any more.

"Yes. ”

Fast Rope took over his words, and his tone was unclear.

Tails sighed: "Don't worry, everything happened quickly, and in an instant, he passed away without feeling any pain." ”

Two seconds of silence.

"Yes. ”

The fast rope leaned against the wall and hugged his knees: "What about Longxiao City?"

Tails' breathing was stagnant.

"Really?" said the prince with a hint of resentment, "you ask me?"

"Disaster befell the shield area, and the queen of the sky fought until morning, killing and wounding...... After the king's death, rumors abounded and order was chaotic, and the army of the Black Sand Leader entered the city at night to meet the Lisbane swordsmen," Tails spoke, taking a deep breath, as if listening to a stranger tell a strange story: "The White Blade Guards suffered heavy losses, and Nicollet fought back desperately with the last of his men. ”

Tails' tone became more and more urgent.

"Rumba once occupied Valhalla, and the five Grand Dukes were pinching each other's futures and lives in the Hall of Heroes, holding their hands on the hilt of their swords, and life and death were seesawing, and Archduke Ronnie and Archduke Auresius had even come out of their sheaths, intending to fight Rumba to the death. ”

Kaslan, Michael...... Countless people died in that damn tug-of-war. ”

Every time he said a word, the shadow of the fast rope trembled.

"In the end, Selma — I mean Alex Walton was under a lot of pressure and under their ill-intentioned gaze to succeed to the throne. ”

Eventually, Tails stared at the figure on the bedboard:

"Under the eyes of countless pairs of hatred for each other, Chaman Rumba wore a bloody crown, stepped on countless bones in the rain of swords, and was crowned king for Chaman I. ”

The fast rope exhaled heavily.

"In the past six years, Longxiao City has been turbulent and turbulent, the qualifications of the female archduke have been questioned, the vassals have been full of contradictions, the king has bad intentions, and the princes have been eyeing me—as for me, I have been trapped there as a hostage and a pawn, until now. ”

That's the answer you want. ”

"Are you satisfied?"

Tails said coldly: "Moral Walton who evaded responsibility and provoked all this." ”

The fast rope was silent for a long time.

Until a full dozen seconds later.

"So that's the answer, thank you. Fast Rope replied weakly.

"I'm sorry. ”

Tails frowned.

"You're sorry?"

The Prince of the Stars sneered, "That's your country, your city, your hometown. ”

"And you're 'sorry'?"

Fast Rope shook his head.

"Tails. ”

His tone was a little low.

"When you said to Dean that you don't want to ask so much, that you just want me to be gone forever, I thought you would at least understand a little. ”

As if he had lost something, his tone was listless, but there was an unspeakable sadness.

Tails took a deep breath, "If you were still here six years ago - well, I mean, if you had escaped the assassination, at least you had chosen to return to Longxiao City......"

Fast Rope jerked his head up!

"That won't change anything!"

He said coldly.

Tails froze.

"It's still the same, conspiracy, trickery, politics, interests, ......" Fast Rope said almost through gritted teeth: "Whether it is Longxiao City or Exeter, whether it is Rumba or Walton, nothing has changed." ”

Tails looked at him in a daze.

"I know, of course, that there are a lot of casualties and a high cost. ”

Fast rope said sadly: "This is the struggle for power. ”

"You accuse me of bringing disaster to my evasion. ”

"But how do you know that if I stay in the position of the Grand Duke of Longxiao City and even the King of Exeter, I will kill fewer people than now, cause less trouble than now, commit lighter crimes than now, and Longxiao City will be luckier and more stable than now?"

Tails gritted his teeth.

"You don't know, Tails. ”

Fast Rope said coldly:

"Do you think that the calamities and calamities in Longxiao City, and the turmoil and upheaval in Exeter, are really just Rumba's conspiracy, or my willfulness, or my father's misbelief?"

He straightened up his waist from the wall.

"My father, the Born King, while he was alive, shook the Western Continent, subdued the princes, and pushed the majesty of Longxiao City to the top for three generations, planting fear and obedience in the land and beyond, and the next thing left was to dominate Exeter. ”

Fast Rope's tone was cold:

"However, he was destined to become someone's enemy—the enemy of the Grand Dukes, the enemies of the fiefdom nobles, the enemies of the Western Continents, and even the enemies of the small people under his rule, even if there was no rumba, no dark room, no bloody years, even if there were no accidents of Suriel, there were no ...... Without my departure, one day, these enemies will take on other faces and characters, such as Ronnie, Lecco, Trudida, and even his most trusted men, played by another group of people who are dissatisfied with him, and will return to the throne of Dragon City. ”

King Nune's enemies......

Tails pondered the people who were responsible for the dragon's blood night that appeared in front of him six years ago: the Grand Duke of Black Sand who was cornered, the fickle Marquis of Commas, the hidden dark room, the black market forces in the gutter, and even ...... and even the supreme king of the stars.

Even a petty citizen like Griveo sneered at his king and dismissed it.

And the side of King Nunn...... Only half of his Longxiao City.

"My father died not because of the failure of a scheme, an accident, or someone's stupidity," said Fastrope's tone with deep sorrow, "but because in this day and age, he climbed too high, and too many people wanted him to die." ”

Tails froze.

For countless days and nights, when he remembered the dragon's blood six years ago, all that came to his mind was Nunn's missteps, Rumba's ruthlessness, the insidiousness of the dark room, the secrets of the secret department, and the exhaustion of the organs of the Grand Dukes.

But......

"There's a fine line between prosperity and decline. ”

"This is the general trend, Tails," Fastrope's tone became more and more urgent:

"When I returned from the sea and survived, I understood that history is not controlled by individuals like us who seem to be of great position and power, but by the innumerable unstoppable waves, unfathomable whirlpools, sea tides and trade winds that shake thousands of miles in the world. ”

"If the tide is stopped, no matter how strong the warship is, it will be shattered, and if it sets sail with the wind, no matter how fragile the sampan is, it can travel thousands of miles - in front of it, even if it is as great as a hero, it is powerless to return to the sky, even if it is as small as a grass people, it can also take advantage of the trend to reach the top. ”

"Too many people only see conspiracies and tricks, open and secret battles, heroes and convicts. ”

"But before the tide, the individual is so small, there is very little we can do, and no one can buck the tide and turn the tide – that's just our illusion of the characters who surfaced at the end of the tide. ”

"Not to mention my father, even if the Revival King and the Dragoon King are reincarnated, it is the same...... Even if my father succeeds in putting the throne in my hands. His tone trembled slightly.

"I can see very clearly that no matter who sits on that throne, Dragon City is destined to prosper and decline, and whoever leads the Dragon Nation, Exeter will also have its ups and downs. ”

Fast Rope stared silently at Tails.

"It's like the kingdom blood that has been passed down in you, like the empire that was once invincible. ”

Tails subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Do you think that now that Longxiao City is in turmoil and turmoil because of a female archduke, it must be a bad thing?"

Fast Rope lowered his head.

"How do you know that if Longxiao City at this time, if this jealous force after King Nunn is still inherited by an orthodox male descendant, still holding high the authority of the Heavenly King, then the new king and the old princes will not deal with Longxiao City with a hundred times more terrible pressure and wrists than now, like ants eating away at insect corpses, eating us to the ground?"

"I'm not them, Tails, I'm not a father, I'm not Surir, I'm not my cousin - Charman Rumba who killed his own brother, but even they ......"

Fast Rope crossed his arms, and his voice trembled:

"I can't do it, Tails, in that abyssal desperate situation, in that air of intrigue and intrigue without respite, in those days when everyone lives in hell, I can do nothing but bring Longxiao City and Exter to destruction......"

"Nothing can be done. ”

It's not done yet, so don't rush to see it.

In the past few days, I have been figuring out the characters, and I have simulated five or six different Moral personalities in a row, which is almost schizophrenic.

(End of chapter)