Chapter 7: Choose who you want to be
This stone chamber is very large, so large that it is covered with more than two dozen huge stone pillars, and it is still spacious. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Burning Novel ww?w?.?r?a?n?w?e?n?'
But there were no windows, only a few large black holes in the ceiling, which served as vents.
It's frighteningly cold.
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Tails stared blankly.
A sturdy figure, draped in a star-blue cloak, stood in front of a stone pillar with its back to him.
On the side of the stone pillar facing the sturdy figure, a grotto was dug out.
Inside are two large stone jars side by side, as well as six small stone urns.
"Your grandfather, Addison, is buried here. There was a heavy and majestic voice from the figure.
"To be honest, I don't like to be in the same room with him, and the way he looks at me is always full of disappointment and blame for my mother's death, and I can hide from him. ”
Tails was neither too new nor familiar with the voice.
"Come here. ”
Tails took a deep breath and adjusted his mood.
He walked towards his titular father, the High King of the Stars, His Majesty the Bright Stars of Kessel.
King of the Iron Fist, Kessel V wears a crown of nine stars, holds an inextinguishable lamp in his right hand, and tightly holds a crystalline scepter with a shiny tip in his left hand.
He turned his head and glanced at Tails.
This sharp glance actually made Tails a little breathless.
"Since the second king, John I, every supreme king and queen of the stars, after their death and cremation, were buried in this stone chamber. Kessel's voice was extremely deep.
As if I was afraid of waking up something.
Kessel stretched out his hand and put up a large stone jar on the left, on which was engraved a name:
[King of Changji, King, Radix Radix, 595-660]
Kessel looked at the second large stone jar on the right, with another name on it.
"This is when my mother was fifteen years old, she died. ”
[Queen, Natalie J.F., 604-642]
He, His Majesty the Supreme King, touched those small stone urns again, and his expression was complicated and difficult to understand.
And the children of the kings, who did not inherit the throne and did not change their surnames, were in these small stone urns. ”
Tails was stunned, he turned his head slightly, and unexpectedly saw that on each side of each stone pillar, there was a grotto, in which two large stone jars were placed, and a few small stone urns occasionally appeared next to them.
Is this the burial ground of the royal family?
Kessel looked down at a small stone urn, and Tails followed suit.
[Starlight God of War, Liberator of Sodara, Duke of Starlake, John L. Bright Star, 613-660]
"This is Uncle John, the only member of the family who has ever traveled the world. ”
"He was my father's youngest brother and was almost raised by my mother, so I insisted on putting him in my father's grotto. ”
Kessel touched the stone urn and Tails smiled in surprise?
"He's well-informed, he's got a lot of talent, he's got a lot of humor, and he tells jokes like no other. ”
"When I was a child, as soon as he came back, my twin brother and I liked to pester him the most, listening to him talk about his love story with the princess of the night until his mother pierced him with a cold face, and at that time, I thought he was the best man in the world. ”
"John's marriage almost didn't make his father angry, he actually married a female knight in the Extreme Realm! ”
"After John was knighted, he often came back to the royal capital to see us, and from time to time gave a small gift to the Questan ribbon. But since his wife passed away, I have rarely seen John's smile. ”
Tails felt the atmosphere in the stone chamber, and he didn't dare to take a breath.
Kessel was immersed in the past and turned his head after a minute.
"This is Brother Middil. Kessel looked at the other stone urn and frowned slightly: "The one who should inherit the throne." ”
Tyers heard the familiar name, and hurriedly looked at the stone urn:
[The eldest son of the king, the crown prince, Midil te Bright Star, 622-660]
"He has the best relationship with his father, and he is the only person who can match his father when he is playing. Usually I don't talk much, and I always smile and watch our brothers play. He was very smart and popular, and everyone said that he was the best crown prince and the best brother with me. ”
"But when I was sixteen years old, I came back from the maid's room in the middle of the night, and I saw him sitting in the atrium in a decadent manner, drinking alone with a sad face. At that time, I just thought it was strange, he also had times when he was depressed?"
"Now I finally understand him. ”
Tails looked at the stone urn, thinking about the rumors of Middil's Bright Star.
Is this, the deliverer of Jeanne, the man whom Gilbert reveres, the man Yodel wants me to be, the man "better than him"?
The next stone urn.
[Sword of Light, Second Prince, Horace Me Bright Star, 623-660]
"This is Horace, the Tower of the End still holds the record for the highest sword speed in his student days, and as far as I heard last time, no one has been able to break it. ”
Kessel flicked the stone urn and snorted: "He is the only Extreme Realm master in the family, and he even has a majestic nickname. My father often lamented that after the 'Oath Keeper' Midil IV and the 'Wolf Enemy' Prince Kayla, the Bright Star Royal Family finally had a third extreme. ”
"He had a bad relationship with Brother Middil. When playing chess with Midil, he always likes to use the power of the end to bounce the opponent's chess pieces in secret, but even so, he can't play the smiling brother Middil. He often told us that if he hadn't been born a year after Midier, he would have been the one who would have become the crown prince. ”
A month before his death, he received an invitation from the inheritors of the Tower of End, which, if approved, would allow him to become one of the eight Extreme Realm Inheritors of the Tower of Ends. ”
"This is Bancroft and, my twin brother. Kessel looked at the two stone urns placed side by side, and his eyes were complicated: "It is said that the careless maid confused the birth order, and the father could not stand the quarrel between the two doctors about which baby had the largest head, so the mother simply threw a gold coin and used the head of Tormund I to decide that Bancroft was the third prince and Heyman was the fourth." ”
"The gold coin is now in my mother's stone jar, along with Middil's first perfect political assignment, with Horace's first swordsman's trophy, and with the baby cloth in which I and Constance were born. ”
Tails took a step closer and saw two small stone urns.
[The Third Prince, Bancroft Ne's Bright Star, 624-660]
[The Fourth Prince, Ne, 624-660]
"When we were children, the endless, boundless bickering between them at the dinner table was a nightmare for our whole family, and Midil joked that Horace was probably scared by the two of them to the Tower of the End to learn the arts. ”
Bancroft loved painting and sculpture, and he donated half of the National Research Association's Department of Arts and Culture. But his love for vanity is not bad, probably second only to the degree of his love of money, when we were children, we used to say that he should go to marry the Hukader family, and the dowry alone was enough for him to eat for a lifetime, and when he went to the Southern Isles, he proposed marriage with a sketch, and really married a Miss Hukadell back. ”
"And Heyman was the most handsome of the five brothers, and was good at playing the piano and writing poetry, and was preferred by both commoners and aristocratic maidens, and attracted screams and flowers every time he went out into the streets. Because of this, my father appointed him as the first leader of the Sacred Tree Kingdom of the Star Mission, but unfortunately he couldn't marry an elf back, otherwise my father might have passed the throne to him to strengthen our elven bloodline since Midil IV. ”
Kessel gripped his scepter and watched the light of the fire in the unquenchable lamp.
"We five brothers, I used to be so good I remember when I was a child in the palace, fighting with the three princes who came from the Night's Dynasty, Horace was in charge of the attack, Middil came to defend, mainly to protect me, and the twins were flanked and detoured. ”
"But when I grew up, everything changed. ”
"Midil still has a smile on his face, I have the best relationship with him, but I always feel that he is getting more and more unhappy. Horace was murderous when he came back from the Tower of the End, always trying to show himself in front of his father, and I remember him taking me to Red Square Street and scolding me for five minutes in the Imperial Council. Bank doesn't care much about the brothers, but he walks around every time he sees the four of us. Heyman was close to Horace, like a little henchman, but that smile was disgusting to me. ”
But Kessel's smile froze.
"But that doesn't matter anymore. ”
"Now, they're reunited here. ”
Kessel walked to the last urn.
Tails hung his head and clenched his fists slightly.
[Wang's eldest daughter, Constance ne Bright Star, 642-660]
"This is Constance, our little sister. Kessel lowered her head, her voice heavy, as if she didn't want to say more: "She is the only consensus of our five brothers, and we are willing to sacrifice everything to protect her happiness and smile." ”
Tails sighed, and he closed his eyes slightly, imagining the aunt of the eldest princess who was withering at the age of 18.
"The Bright Star family was born with the fate of the stars. Kessel said lightly.
Tails opened his eyes and listened to Kessel's heavy snort, thinking about the King's purpose for doing this today.
The two of them were in the empty stone room, and they didn't speak for a while.
"Boom"!
The king suddenly slammed his scepter on the ground!
Tails was taken aback.
"I don't know how much you know about us, or what you think of the name of the star. Kessel V's voice was low and stern, but not half of his father's affection.
"But that's not an easy title. ”
"It represents glory, it represents history, it represents power, and more importantly, it represents sacrifice. ”
Tails was speechless, he didn't know what to say back.
It doesn't seem quite right to say anything.
"Are you ready?" Kessel finally turned his head, her azure pupils sharp and oppressive, staring straight at him.
"Begin in the name of the Bright Star, fight for the stars, die for the stars, and ......"
Kessel looked at the six small stone urns, and his eyes darkened:
"Born for the stars. ”
Tails snorted for a moment, then hurried.
Fight for the stars.
Die for the stars.
Born for the stars?
This order ......
Tails thought to himself: So, to be a bright star, to live, is it far more difficult than to fight and die?
His Majesty's eyes were fixed on him.
"I'm waiting for your answer. The king spoke slowly, word for word.
Unquestionable, indisobedient.
Tails swallowed.
He couldn't stand the current atmosphere a little, and the traverser smiled reluctantly and said:
"Shouting to die for a certain country or something, it sounds like a war. ”
But Kessel still looked at him with burning eyes.
All right.
Tails took three deep breaths, opened his eyes, and said in a low voice:
"Nope. ”
Kessel's brow furrowed slightly.
"Everything I did before I left Red Square Street was to struggle, to survive in this damn world. The traverser said in disappointment.
"I didn't even think about all this in front of me, the royal family, the conspiracy, the heirs, everything. He said sincerely: "I'm not ready to play these games at all, even though people die at every turn, but I can still talk and laugh freely." ”
"I am more accustomed to dilapidated houses, hard bedboards, huddled in corners cold and hungry, fighting for myself, for the survival of my friends, than in luxurious rooms, drinking and eating, while weaving intrigues, taking away lives, and ...... Provoke a war or respond to a war. ”
"I'm not ready to be a Tails star. The traverser let out a breath and lowered his head: "Everything is accidental, I am not ready for anything." ”
In front of his eyes, Ashida's figure seemed to reappear, smiling at him, yes, this is an accident.
There was a long silence.
Kessel looked at Tails, but the king, who was originally majestic and unapproachable, suddenly showed a complex and deep expression that a traverser had never seen before.
"Working for yourself and your friends is probably all of Bright Star's mission. ”
"It doesn't matter. ”
The king's eyes seemed to flow with emotion, and he said slowly: "I wasn't ready back then. ”
Tails looked up in surprise, only to see Kessel V, with mockery and hatred, in a powerful voice, word by word:
"And fate will prepare you. ”
He flicked his cloak and took a big stride.
Tails followed Kessel to the side of the pillar.
It was also a grotto, but it was empty, and there were no large stone jars.
There are only two small stone urns.
"This will be my burial place," said Kessel, bending down expressionlessly, stroking the two stone urns, and indifferently:
"But there are already two stone urns. ”
Tails' brain stopped for a few tenths of a second.
He remembered Gilbert's words about the Year of Blood, and looked at the two little stone urns:
[Wang's eldest daughter, Lydia GK Bright Star, 656-660]
"I remember when Lydia was born, I held her in my arms, and I was more helpless than she was. When she grew up, she ran around and never wanted to be quiet. ”
[Wang's eldest son, Luther kk Bright Star, 659-660]
Kessel put down the lamp and hid his expression in the shadows, only his lips moved, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly: "Luther is very well-behaved and quiet, he never cries, which is bad, because we don't know when he is hungry." ”
"These two children have always been very worrying about Keya and Jini, and I have always been happy. ”
The High King of the Stars rests on Tails' shoulders.
Tails was startled.
"Thankfully," Kessel's words chilled, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
This is my sister and brother?
At this time, outside the stone room where the kings of the stars were buried, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded.
"Go ahead. "His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Tails.
"Gilbert and Genie are waiting for you outside the door," said the king, standing up, regaining his majesty and oppression, and with a cold face, "they will have everything ready for you." ”
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you. ”
"Thankfully," Kessel's words chilled, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
This is my sister and brother?
At this time, outside the stone room where the kings of the stars were buried, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded.
"Go ahead. "His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Tails.
"Gilbert and Genie are waiting for you outside the door," said the king, standing up, regaining his majesty and oppression, and with a cold face, "they will have everything ready for you." ”
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you. "Thankfully," Kessel said, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
This is my sister and brother?
At this time, outside the stone room where the kings of the stars were buried, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded.
"Go ahead. "His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Tails.
"Gilbert and Genie are waiting for you outside the door," said the king, standing up, regaining his majesty and oppression, and with a cold face, "they will have everything ready for you." ”
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you. ”
"Thankfully," Kessel's words chilled, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
This is my sister and brother?
At this time, outside the stone room where the kings of the stars were buried, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded.
"Go ahead. "His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Tails.
"Gilbert and Genie are waiting for you outside the door," said the king, standing up, regaining his majesty and oppression, and with a cold face, "they will have everything ready for you." ”
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you. "Thankfully," Kessel said, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
This is my sister and brother?
At this time, outside the stone room where the kings of the stars were buried, a long and heavy bell suddenly sounded.
"Go ahead. "His Majesty Kessel Bright Star let go of Tails.
"Gilbert and Genie are waiting for you outside the door," said the king, standing up, regaining his majesty and oppression, and with a cold face, "they will have everything ready for you." ”
"Just like fate, everything has been prepared for you. ”
"Thankfully," Kessel's words chilled, "they don't have to worry about the children anymore." ”
Tails listened creepy as Kessel said:
"Because they're going to be here all the time. ”
"Don't cry, don't run around. ”
"All the time. ”
The King's hand squeezed Tails' shoulders with force.
His left shoulder, which had not yet healed, was still aching, but Tails held back and did not speak.
"Look, that's what fate has prepared me for. ”
Looking at the two small stone urns, Tails gritted his teeth and clenched his fists gently.
Is this my sister and brother?(To be continued.) )