Toros, help me. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Powerless.

I know you can do it, and you're the most powerful among us. And I'm still conscious, which means that this seal is not entirely ......

Why.

Because you have to help me. I must immediately revert back to my physical state, back to the stars.

Forgiveness.

Thorus, you are not the will of the world, nor are you one of those stupid gods, why should you be as stubborn as they are?

Ignorant.

Please, Taurus, I've met a kid who may be the only nascent mage in a thousand years.

What do you have to do with me.

Why can't you understand? He, me, you, fourteen of us -- plus he's fifteen -- magicians, we're all one!

All in one piece?

Taurus, believe me, we live and sustain each other, even if we take different paths......

Bloodthorn Black Orchid, have you ever remembered?

That's different, those two - they betrayed us!

Everyone has a choice, that's all.

We are not human!

Select an unrelated family.

Then I have already made a choice! I choose a magician! Don't you want us to be free to stand in the world?

I have a choice, just like that.

That kid needs guidance! Otherwise, he'll be ...... sooner or later

So fate would have it.

Soul Tower 3rd Class Apprentice, Torus Mill! Don't forget! You were the first to kill the mountains and the sea! You were the one who started the war! You were our first role model! If it weren't for you, nothing would have happened!

...

Toros, help me.

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Help me.

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"Wait!" Tails raised his hand, interrupting Gilbert's slightly grief-stricken statement.

"The bloodline of the Bright Star Family has been almost slaughtered?"

"Who did it?"

Gilbert just looked at him with sadness in his eyes.

Tails narrowed his eyes.

In the first two sentences alone, there is a problem in it.

"Eddy II, my grandfather, who reigned long and securely, was known as the 'King of Constant Rule'?"

"And what about the rebellion of the 'Year of Blood'?"

"Dazhi instead brought about a rebellion? ”

Tails looked at Gilbert, but the other party just patted the book in his hand, frowning slightly.

The gray-haired middle-aged aristocrat said calmly:

"The reasons for the Year of Blood are many and complex, and some are even top secrets that can only be seen at the top. You'll learn these things in the next lessons, and it's never too late to study them even when you've become the official heir and have access to these secrets. ”

"Now, I can only tell you that Your Majesty has avenged everything he can. The hidden danger has been basically solved, and the remaining revenge is either impossible to avenge or cannot be done. ”

Tails' eyes narrowed.

Basic solution?

He had a hunch that the events of twelve years ago were extremely important to him.

With a little compassion and pain, Gilbert continues his narrative:

"In that year, the five central territories suffered a natural disaster and lost the harvest, the six cities in the southwest rebelled, the rebels rebelled and mutinied, the barren bone tribe rebelled, the Exeter invasion, the northern front was in an emergency, the sea blockade, the supply line from the royal capital to the south was cut off, the rebels even besieged Yongxing City for a time, and the nobles in the city once united to force the palace, everything happened so suddenly. ”

"Every day there was bad news in the court, the fall of the territory, the invasion of the enemy, the defeat of the army, the breaking of the covenant of the allies, the killing of the nobles, the slaughter of the slaughter, the panic of the people, praying for tomorrow, only to receive worse news the next day. ”

"The people of the city were in rags, struggling to survive under the pressure of the army, and it was difficult for those who were not soldiers to receive even food. The nobles below the earl are as lowly as beggars, and their former authority is like dung, and no amount of gold can be exchanged for even a loaf of bread. ”

"Thieves, robbers, and mobs are endless, and even the army can't hold them down. And in the army, the number of people dying of disease, starvation, and war is increasing day by day, and even the moat is clogged up and stinks. The misery of the people outside the royal capital was even worse, with many reduced to refugees or mobs, drifting in the wind with nothing to rely on, robbers in the wilderness, and criminals running rampant. ”

"Many lords were hanged in their own domains, some officials were even skinned in government offices, and people could not live without taking up arms. I heard from a knight who went out of town to report that every few steps in the field were piles of corpses, that it was impossible for horses to gallop freely for even half an hour, and that there were fewer than five knights who traveled, and that refugees and mobs dared to rush up. ”

"It was a year like a prison river. ”

Gilbert looked out the window, his tone calm, but Tails could hear the desolation and resentment in his words.

"The misfortune of the Bright Star Royal Family is the biggest footnote to it. ”

The traverser did not speak.

Gilbert sighed and continued:

"The king touched his gray hair day after day, sat in the city of sorrow, the lamp oil of the imperial meeting almost never stopped, and every royal brother and prince of the Bright Star family was given the task, either to supervise the logistics of the war, or to win over the nobles, and even to send the front line to lead the army. ”

"Until they are mercilessly slaughtered. “

"His Majesty was beheaded on the throne, the princesses were strangled in their sleep, the princes and concubines were burned in the castle, the princes and grandchildren even died in infancy, and the first queen and queen were - alas. ”

"The valiant eldest son of the king alone held his sword, did not take a step back, and finally died in front of the palace gate with his guards. The most unfortunate of the royal brothers, Duke John, was on the battlefield in the southwest, and at the moment before he was about to win, he was attacked by a shameful sneak attack from behind. ”

"The princes of the front, one was pushed down from the highest room in the castle, one was poisoned at the banquet of the nobles, and the other led his troops into the siege of Exeter, and for three hours they were wiped out and killed. His Majesty Kessel, even while on his way in the wilderness, 'happened' to encounter a professional army of five hundred men, and at that time only yodel was beside him. ”

"The death and bloodshed of that year, all over the country, from the princes and nobles, to the wealthy families, down to the knights and merchants, and the common people, all suffered heavy casualties, and that was the last page of the history that Xingchen wanted to open. ”

Tails took a deep breath.

Before I crossed over, did this country experience such terrible turmoil?

Gilbert calmed his breath and said:

"So, the answer to the Scarlet Year, please find out for yourself in the future. ”

"At the same time, please be prepared, the year of blood is only the tip of the iceberg - the history of the stars is never lacking in blood. ”

Tails nodded, pressed curiosity and excitement, numbered the questions of the Scarlet Year, and stuffed them into his heart.

Gilbert looked at Tails' cautious expression, bowed slightly, turned his head and continued:

"Tails, the search for your bloodline begins here. ”

"Your father, now His Majesty Kessel, survived, but he also lost all his relatives in that year, including his two children, your brother and sister. ”

Among them, 1-year-old Luther Brilliant Star was found by the Assassin in her infancy, and in the chaos, 4-year-old Lydia Brilliant Star was taken hostage. ”

Speaking of this, Gilbert glanced at Tails with deep meaning and complexity.

"Tails, child," the middle-aged nobleman said slowly, "that lamp wasn't originally meant to look for you. ”

Tails looked down at the wound on his hand.

I see.

"After His Majesty's coronation, the High Priest of the Sunset Temple, High Priest Li Xiya, personally performed a divine skill, and was able to find any living creature in the world with His Majesty's blood. ”

"Only, when we found Princess Lydia—"

"In short, Your Majesty and the Bright Star Family have lost all their legitimate heirs, and it has lasted like this for twelve years. In the past twelve years, His Majesty has not given birth to any new bloodline. ”

"In the past twelve years, Xingchen has only had a supreme king, no prince or princess, and even foreign political marriages have been selected by the children of the six wealthy families. ”

"Until one day, the blood lamp came back on. ”

There was a long silence in the study.

Tails had a scene from last night in his mind.

He had to confirm one thing.

"Your Majesty will probably be in the fifth or sixth year of his reign—"

So, when Gilbert continued, he did not hesitate to interrupt the middle-aged nobleman.

"The royal family has been slaughtered so well planned," Tails said softly, "who is the most direct murderer?"

Gilbert's eyes were closed, and he was silent for a moment, but he still spoke:

"It's the Saliton family, and the 'Shadow Shield'. ”

Tails sighed silently in his heart.

"One is an Assassin family that has been in the dark for thousands of years, and the other is an Assassin Order that has been rampant in the dark for hundreds of years. ”

"Together with the black hands behind them, they planned a rebellion called 'Starfall' - this is the investigation of the Kingdom Secret Department after the fact. ”

"Two of the secret guards of the former king Eddy II were led away by those who had a heart, and the elite royal guards, due to the kindness of the first king, were sent out with the king's eldest son to suppress the mob that had suddenly gathered in front of the palace. Although the forty soldiers of the city guards guarding the side of the former king were all good at mortal and super-rank, and could line up from the palace gate to the apse, the legendary assassin could not resist even half an hour - the first king was beheaded by Lordane Saliton in this way. ”

Yes, Tails thought silently: I have seen with my own eyes, that kind of indomitable, irresistible knife technique.

"Several of His Majesty's brothers, including His Royal Highness the Eldest Son, were assassinated by the assassins of the Shadow Shield in different ways and stratagems. His Majesty's two children, who remained in the court, died at the hands of Ba'an Nate Saliton along with several princes and princesses, along with the eldest princess. ”

Barannette, that's familiar.

Tails let out a breath from his nose, the "stranger" Yara was talking about.

He resisted the urge to reach for JC's dagger, and he resisted the urge to go back to his room and ask about yodel right away.

"Please go ahead. Tails immediately reversed his mood and nodded, "Please tell me about my part." ”

Gilbert straightened his bow tie, which had been slightly misplaced due to emotion, and continued:

"Your birth mother, I know a little. According to your father, His Majesty the Honourable Kessel, her name should be Therrengirana, and as for the surname - Your Majesty did not speak of her origin, probably not a nobleman. Judging by the name, I even suspect that she is a foreigner. ”

"But that's all, I don't even know how old she is, when she met Your Majesty, and whether she is alive now. ”

Tails frowned.

"I was delivered to the Brotherhood of the Dark Streets at least seven years ago," Tails bowed his head and muttered, "That is, in 665, my birth mother met the king, can you—"

But Gilbert shook his head at this point.

"Your Majesty has always had many lovers, both overt and covert, as short as a month or two, and as long as ten years, and their specific circumstances are probably only known to Yodel, who has followed His Majesty closely. ”

"But none of them came to the fore?" Tails asked suspiciously, "Only my unmet mother happened to give birth to me?" and then was spotted by the blood lamp as my blood dripped to the ground?

"My father, His Majesty the King, was lukewarm to his illegitimate son, and did not seem to discuss my mother's appearance with me, are you sure that I am indeed their child?"

Gilbert frowned.

"I am neither convenient nor able to ignore His Majesty's actions. ”

"As for your mother, I can only say that this is the arrangement of fate," the middle-aged nobleman said with a slight discomfort: "Also, I have to remind you that the idea just now is very detrimental to your future identity, and please don't mention it again." ”

Gilbert's eyes were so stern that Tails in the leather chair couldn't help but shrink back.

"After all, there is nothing wrong with the blood lamp under the divine power of the Goddess of the Sunset, and Your Majesty insists that that - Lady Seranterana is your biological mother. ”

So please keep that in mind and bury it in your heart. Perhaps one day, His Majesty will answer this question for you. ”

With Kessel V's cold expression and unmistakable majesty flashing through his mind, Tails spun in one direction and rolled his eyes.

That's the answer to the question of where you're from and who you are. ”

Gilbert said with a serious face.

"So, as for where you're going—"

At this moment, a person suddenly appeared in the study!

Silently fell in front of them!

Gilbert's face changed, and in an instant he quickly got up and kicked a cane from his feet!

By the time the cane was grasped by him, the middle-aged nobleman was already standing in front of Tails.

Only then did Tails realize that this seemingly gentle and elegant middle-aged nobleman had no bad kung fu in his hands!

But the middle-aged aristocrat exhaled and relaxed with Tails.

Because this person suddenly appeared, covered in a black hood and tights, and had a dark purple mask on his face.

"Concealment. ”

His Majesty the High King's secret bodyguard, Jodel Cato, spoke in a short, hoarse voice.

"Someone is approaching here at high speed, twenty!"

At that moment, Tails' mind flashed through Gilbert's words:

The history of the stars has never lacked blood.