King Kessel looked at Tails silently, condescendingly.

His eyes were quiet and indifferent, and his movements were slow and orderly, completely different from the unangry and arrogant of King Nunn and the aggressiveness of King Chaman.

But it didn't make the boy feel any lighter.

The prince swallowed his throat, trying to relax his tense muscles and spirit.

To date, Tails doesn't know much about his father.

What kind of person is he?

Cold?

Silent?

Majesty?

Maybe.

Except for the experience in the Tomb of the Bright Stars, which was more like a one-sided listening experience, what Tails said to Kessel V added up to less than ten sentences.

As for the six years they spent together...... Tails suspected, less than a quarter of an hour.

However, in the limited life of a young man, the Iron Fist King is like a dark cloud hanging overhead, seemingly out of reach, but it always casts a shadow and envelops him firmly.

Whether it is a meeting of the state, or a negotiation with Exeter, whether it is the night of the dragon's blood, or the day of the government in Longxiao City, whether it is Gilbert's ear to the face, or the one-eyed dragon Gouster's heart-wrenching words...... Many experiences have reminded Tails from the side:

What kind of man is his father?

But when he really faced that dark cloud, Tails realized:

I'm still not ready.

I still don't know...... How to face him.

"You are mistaken. ”

Tails hung his head, avoiding the quiet but unsettling gaze, and took a deep breath.

He tried to drive away the negative emotions that he had noticed, but the king said nothing badly, which made it even more obvious:

"I'm not anxious. In fact, leaving Exeter and returning home ......"

But the king did not give him time to plead his case.

"Familiar. ”

Kessel no longer stared at Tails, and the corners of his mouth curled in a strange arc, as if with disdain:

"That's the tone. ”

Tails jerked his head up, puzzled.

Familiar?

I saw that on the stone steps, the king in the throne spoke in a cold voice:

"That old bone in the Western Wilderness, it should be like this, pretending to be profound, and bluffing you, right?"

Tails frowned.

The West Wilderness, that old bone?

Pretending to be profound, pulling things around?

Bluffing?

Tails understood something.

He remembered that Adrian had just said to Gilbert:

Yesterday the king was still asking the crows from the western wilderness.

Letter crow from the Western Wilderness......

Speculating on the king's intentions, Tails exhaled and said calmly:

"Yes, Falkenhause did come to me, but I ......"

But alas, the king did not give him the slightest opportunity to explain.

Or don't care at all.

"What about the sword?"

King Kessel calmly interrupted him:

"The one that was sent by the prestigious Four-Eyed Skull family in the Bladefang camp made some people suspicious, some people rejoiced, and the kingdom was full of speculation...... What about the Ancient Imperial Sword?"

Tails' words froze.

Sure enough, he also knew.

The sword called the Cautioner.

Should be...... Wings of Legend.

With an affirmative thought, Tails replied loudly:

"It's in the baggage, it's in the care of Lord Marios's men, but ......"

"Nope. ”

The third time, King Kessel interrupted the Duke of Starlake.

"It's not there. ”

I saw that on the high platform, the king slowly leaned back and leaned against the back of the throne.

"It's in your heart. ”

Tails was stunned.

Kessel V looked indifferently at the Duke of Star Lake at the bottom of the steps.

"And you don't even know where the sword is going to go. ”

Tails was silent for a few moments.

Obviously, the king was very dissatisfied with the affairs of the Western Wilderness.

But......

"I'm sorry for what happened in the Western Wilderness," Tails struggled to regain his form, trying to treat the person in front of him as another Northland prince to negotiate with:

"But Falkenhause's purpose in coming to me—"

But he still couldn't finish it.

"When I send you to the north......"

Unlike the people of the Northland or even the people of the West, King Kessel's voice was very light and had little ups and downs.

But compared to King Chaman's preemptive voice and Falkenhause's alarmism, the interrupting effect of the King of Stars' whispers is no less than that of the first two.

"I don't expect that much from you. ”

Tails froze.

King Kessel sat on the throne almost half-up, his posture seemed relaxed, but his eyes were locked on Tails:

"At least not high enough to expect you to rebuild the Northlands and install a new king. ”

Rebuild the Northlands.

Embrace a new king.

Tails closed his mouth, feeling the weight behind these two sentences, feeling the faint contempt and accusation behind the sentences.

That's right.

Reengineering ...... New King ......

It's true that he's done for the last six years, but ......

The bloody wind and bloody rain corpses in Longxiao City are all over the field, and the swords in Valhalla Palace are full of tension......

The boy bit his lower lip.

With a slight hint of displeasure, Tails looked up again.

"I don't want to do that either, it's-"

Talking about the events of six years ago, he thought that he would remember the injustice and injustice of that year, and then sneered and asked the king's conspiracy, satirized the failure of the secret department, and asked why he was put in danger......

But at that moment, when he looked at King Kessel's eyes that were as calm as water.

He doesn't care.

In the bottom of Tails' heart, there was a small voice.

He won't care.

Tails pursed his lips.

He suppressed the resentment in his heart, turned his head and said:

"That's ...... Accidentally. ”

Silent.

Tails wasn't used to the dimness of the council chamber: six years ago, it was spacious and bright.

The boy suddenly remembered the only day he had lived in Fuxing Palace, and remembered his first impression of the palace: the cold rooms, the hard stone bed, the biting chill, and the deep darkness.

It's like......

Abandoned houses.

"Nope. ”

The King snorted, pulling Tails back to reality.

"It wasn't an accident. ”

King Kessel stared at his son in a strange tone:

"You. ”

"It's an accident. ”

Tails' heart was beating slightly.

"At least, that's what Secret said. ”

Secret Branch.

Tails' mood sank.

Is...... Secret Branch.

The king's eyes narrowed slightly:

"You must know that there are not many things in this world that can make the kingdom secret ...... Unprepared. ”

Not necessarily.

Tails silently replied in his heart.

Hearing the secret department, the unhappiness that Tails had just suppressed rose again.

"Okay. ”

The prince took a deep breath:

"Let me put it this way, if there is an accident, it must be you ......"

Terston paused, even if he changed the title:

"It's they who don't trust me. ”

The lights in the council chamber dimmed, and the shadows on the throne became blurred.

King Kessel snorted, as if asking:

"They don't trust you?"

Tails replied with a snort:

"Yes, whether it's a scourge or a rumba...... The secret department blocked all news before it started, and kept me in the dark everywhere - even if it was harmful to me. ”

The boy let out a breath:

"Several times, I almost died. ”

Tails stared at the king, trying to see something in the dim light.

The chamber was silent for a few seconds.

But what made him a little chilled was that Kessel still sat still, and his tone did not change in the slightest:

"Yes. ”

The king's indifferent gesture made Tails subconsciously clench his fists.

"I didn't have a choice. ”

Tails felt his words grow harder:

"I have to...... Adapt and find your way out. ”

The king is still the same:

"Yes. ”

Tails was crushed in the chest.

"Yes!"

He raised his voice and said unhappily:

"For yourself and for ......"

The young man paused, glanced at the king, and then said:

"Kingdom of the Stars. ”

Kessel's eyes were obscure, but this time, he said something different:

"Like you did at the National Meeting?"

Tails paused slightly.

The state is the meeting.

He suddenly remembered that six years ago, he was unwilling to be a puppet puppet in that meeting, so he made an astonishing speech and angrily denounced the major princes.

I can't help but sigh.

But Tails nodded anyway:

"Yes. ”

The boy's words were a little bleak:

"I ...... Had to do it. ”

The King lifted his gaze to the other end of the chamber.

Seems to be thinking about something.

After a few seconds, he sneered and repeated:

"Had to do it. ”

"They don't trust you," said the king, turning the scepter in his hand, playfully:

"And you, have to do it?"

Tails didn't know how to answer.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't seen Kessel for too long, or perhaps because years of hearsay had distorted his knowledge of the King, Tails found himself unable to read the emotions and movements of the High King.

It's like...... A curtain is separated.

And this is a situation that has never been encountered in the face of Nunn, in the face of Lomba, in the face of the five grand dukes of the Northland and the three major dukes of the stars.

I saw that the king finally chuckled:

"You mean ......"

The next moment, King Kessel raised his eyes that were as calm as ever, but inexplicably deep:

"It was they who did not trust you to be a brother to King Nunn, so that when he fell, you were cocooned and caught in the hands of the fish. ”

"And you have to fight back, return to Valhalla, and create a new king?"

Tails shuddered.

King Kessel's words continued, and every word had a peculiar charm:

"Or do they not trust you to fight the little girl in Longxiao City so hotly that she abandons everything in order to force you to keep you, offends the anger of the public, and openly breaks with all the vassals?"

"And you have to have a private meeting with Rumba and find another way out?"

Tails only felt a little dry in his throat.

The king continued with a sneer:

"Or do they not trust you to be incognito in the Western Wilderness, and you are not clear with a group of mercenaries selling swords, and then they will find out your identity, and in turn want to blackmail Baron Bladetooth?"

"And you have to ......"

The king didn't say any more, but just hooked the corners of his mouth.

But that's enough.

Tails closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Really.

He knows.

He knows it all.

But......

Tails suddenly found that in front of the other party's words, all his self-justification and reasoning in the past six years of self-reliance had become pale and powerless.

He can explain.

But whether it's Ashida and Giza in the Night of Dragonblood, or the background of Little Slippery Head, or the secrets of Fast Rope and the old royal guard......

He couldn't explain it.

He couldn't explain.

Tails opened his eyes and said with difficulty:

"That's ...... Is that what Miko said?"

This time, the king stared at him for a long time.

For a long time.

At last King Kessel spoke again, but his tone grew stern:

"Morat's report says that you, as a prince, are unaware of your self-reflection, slow progress, and bold in your own actions, so that everyone has to bear the bitter consequences of your making. ”

Kessel narrowed his eyes:

Or to use their words: wipe your ass. ”

A teenager meal.

Morat.

Tails exhaled heavily, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying:

"I see. ”

"I ...... I'm so sorry. ”

But the king chuckled again:

"But Gilbert has repeatedly said to me, you make rapid progress, learn in difficult situations, grow in beatings, go through a trench, grow wise, you are a rare genius. ”

Gilbert.

Tails' heart warmed.

"He, he's overrated. ”

Kessel looked at him, the scepter in his hand stopped turning.

"But Ada, she has a third opinion. ”

Angstrom......

The moment he heard the name, Tails was stunned for a moment:

"Who?"

Tails looked up in confusion, and saw the king leave his seat, leaning forward to look at him:

She wrote to her that you were growing too slowly, too fast, and she was annoyed. ”

Wait...... Wait a minute?

Hearing the gender pronoun clearly, Tails repeated incredulously:

"Ahh

A short, crazy, bouncing figure popped up before his eyes.

Tails widened, his lips moving stiffly.

The guy ...... Also write letters?

Fake, fake, right?

But Kessel V did not seem to feel the slightest sense of the funny and absurd, and His Majesty went on to himself:

"She said that you grew too slowly, and you didn't even have the courage to let her go to the forest outside Longxiao City to hunt rabbits and eat. ”

Tails' face darkened.

His father snorted coldly again:

"But you're growing so fast that every time she wants to go out to poach, you have expected her to be watched. ”

Tails confirmed that these were the king's words, and could not help but wonder:

"Well, Edda hunts rabbits...... Does it matter?"

The king did not answer.

He just looked at the second prince silently in the light of Yan Shan.

Because of Ada's name, Tails's mood eased slightly, but the king's gaze made his heart tighten again.

"But I can see that in six years, you are indeed different. ”

The king is secluded.

Tails froze.

He slowly turned his head, avoiding the other party's condescending gaze:

"Six years is a long time. ”

But Kessel shook his head.

"Nope. ”

"Whether it's Morat or Gilbert. ”

The king whispered:

"They were all wrong. ”

Tails' breathing began to quicken.

The king's eyes grew sharper:

"As for Ada, huh......"

Kessel's words were very strange, and at that moment, he didn't know whether he was disdainful or emotional.

This made Tails suddenly curious:

I don't know, can the black prophet Morat, who is said to be able to see through lies, see through the king in front of him?

"No ......"

The words of the Star King drew Tails' attention back:

"You're not growing fast enough. ”

Kessel said slowly:

"It's not slow enough. ”

Neither fast enough.

It's not slow enough.

Doubts welled up, and Tails frowned slightly.

"I don't ...... Understood?"

Fortunately, the king did not interrupt the boy again this time, nor did he change the subject.

But Kessel's next words were full of deep meaning, and silenced him:

"You're either growing fast enough. ”

King Kessel looked up at the ceiling with a misty look in his eyes, as if looking into the past:

"Surprisingly fast, so fast that in just six years, you can carry the weight of the entire star. ”

The King's eyes focused back on Tails, back to cold and bland:

"But you didn't. ”

Bear...... The weight of the entire star.

Tails swallowed his throat, only to feel his body stiff.

The king looked at him from afar, showing some disappointment.

"You're either slow enough. ”

Kessel lowered his head, looked at his open left palm, and said a little lonely:

"Slow enough to keep to ourselves, slow enough to unload the burden of the kingdom step by step, little by little. ”

The king clenched his fists and looked at Tails again, his eyes slightly chilling:

"But you didn't. ”

Keep to yourself and follow the steps......

Understood what the other party meant, and at that moment, Tails didn't know how to answer.

"Now you're not growing up fast or slow. ”

The king said coldly, and his tone became colder and colder:

"No hurry, no delay. ”

"Not up, not up. ”

Kessel snorted softly, with a bit of disdain and dismay.

"It's more than expected," he shook his head, "and it's disappointing." ”

Tails took a few deep breaths and stopped talking.

This time, the silence between father and son was unusually long.

They just stood silent, silent for a long time.

Until the boy couldn't stand the depression in his heart anymore.

"I ......"

Telston paused.

With unspeakable depression and depression, he exhaled a few breaths, trying to laugh, but couldn't.

"I thought that on my first day back in Eternal Star City, you would talk about some positive topic of father and son reunion. ”

Tails turned his head, looking for some reassuring words:

"Father. ”

But Kessel apparently didn't mean the same thing:

"And I thought that after going through so much, you would understand what it means to be 'born for the stars'. ”

The king's eyes burned, and his tone was cold:

"Prince. ”

Tails froze.

Kessel looked at Tails and snorted softly, as if disdainful:

"But luckily, we still have time to teach you how to do ......it all over again."

"Prince of the Stars. ”

Re-......

Prince of the Stars......

Tails didn't speak.

He could only feel an inexplicable emotion rising from his chest.

Makes him sick.

It's hard to get rid of.

But he didn't say anything after all.

"Your homecoming welcome is in a week's time. ”

"As a time for you to reappear. ”

The King turned his head, unimpressed by Tails' silence, whether he regarded it as acquiescence or disdain:

"During this time, you keep a low profile. ”

"Let the kingdom slowly digest the return of the heir. ”

"Got it?"

Kessel said coldly.

Tails was silent for several seconds before answering with difficulty:

"Like six years ago?"

Kessel V raised his gaze and said in a long tone:

"Even more so six years ago. ”

Even more so six years ago.

Tails stood still, motionless.

A few seconds later.

"Yes," Tails felt his voice hoarse, like an old instrument:

"Your Majesty. ”

Kessel stared at him for a few seconds before speaking slowly.

"Very well," said the king, with a slight sarcasm in his tone:

"Son. ”

Kessel V leaned back and fell into the shadows.

The chamber returned to dead silence.

Tails took a few breaths and calmed down.

"I don't think you have anything else to say. ”

He forced himself to be respectful:

"Your Majesty. ”

No answer came from the throne overhead.

Tails took this as a default.

Duke Xinghu bowed and walked back with a complicated and indescribable mood.

"Stop. ”

The King's words echoed through the council chamber.

Tails stopped:

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

But King Kessel only shook his head in the shadows:

"It's gone. ”

"But you have to stay here. ”

The king said coldly:

"At least a quarter of an hour. ”

Tails was stunned:

"Why?"

Kessel maintained his posture, revealing only a pair of eyes reflecting cold light in the shadows, which complemented the staff of stars in his hand:

"Because in the eyes of outsiders, the 'positive topic of father and son reunion' probably takes such a long time. ”

Tails breathlessed.

He swallowed hard in his throat.

I see.

It turned out that the reunion of His Majesty and the Prince......

It's only worth a quarter of an hour.

The second prince turned around and looked at his father on the throne, his heart was indescribable, and his tone was slightly resentful:

"But we don't need to. ”

Kessel snorted, "We don't. ”

"But the kingdom needs it. ”

Tails' unhappiness came back to him.

I see.

He shouldn't have had to be anxious.

Because what was destined six years ago, six years later......

Same.

Tails adjusted his breathing and sneered:

"So I have to stay here for a quarter of an hour, so that the whole kingdom will not know about the rumors and gossip of 'royal conflicts, fathers and sons are out of harmony', right?"

In the face of the prince's slightly provocative words, the shadow on the throne froze slightly.

A few seconds later, King Kessel snorted coldly.

"They didn't know. ”

A deep chill melted in the king's words:

"Until you take the sword. ”

The sword?

Tails was stunned.

He doesn't understand:

"That sword is just ......"

But Kessel interrupted him by raising his voice:

"But they still won't know. ”

At some point, the king had left his seat again, and stared coldly at Tails in the firelight, like staring at his enemies:

"Because I have had to put an end to all this year's decrees on the Western Wilderness, from taxes to land quantities to conscription, to show the utmost goodwill to your new friends. ”

New friends.

Tails was in a state of thought.

Kessel snorted angrily:

"Just for your damn sword. ”

Facing the king, whose expression was the same, but his mood seemed to have cooled down for more than a winter, Tails frowned, expressing incomprehension.

"If you are not satisfied with this, I can always return that sword, you don't have to think about me, you can continue your plan to conquer the Western Wilderness......"

But the king suddenly asked:

"Did that change you?"

Tails shut up.

"Change...... What?" asked the prince, puzzled.

Kessel on the throne of the high platform narrowed his eyes:

"You said of this trip that 'almost died several times'......"

"Did you learn anything?"

Almost died several times on the journey......

Tails' mood cooled.

"Yes. ”

After a few seconds, he said lightly, "I learned a lot." ”

"Nope. ”

But Kessel decisively denied him.

"If you really learned anything," the King of the Stars looked at Duke Starlake from afar:

"Then you should know. ”

I saw an incomprehensible anger in the king's eyes:

"If it weren't for that sword......"

"Then you won't be the Duke of Star Lake at all. ”

Tails froze.

"Why?" he asked subconsciously.

The light in the chamber seemed to dim again.

"Why?" said Kessel, smirking angrily.

The king sneered and paused for a moment, and the muffled sound echoed through the hall:

"Because you ......"

"Not worthy. ”

Unworthy.

The moment he heard the last word clearly, Tails's whole person froze.

But he didn't have a chance to think about it, let alone talk back.

"Gilbert! Adrian!"

Kessel V no longer looked at Tails, but spoke in a loud voice, snorting coldly.

The door of the stone hall opened, and two footsteps sounded calmly.

Gilbert's slightly confused voice came from behind him:

"Your Majesty, how can you ......?"

But the king immediately interrupted him, and his tone was resolute and unquestionable:

"Let the edict draft...... No, Gilbert, you made up a warrant of mine for everyone to see. ”

Gilbert looked surprised.

"Prince Tails has returned home from a long distance in recognition of his glorious exploits and to show his honorable status......"

The king of the stars paused, and snorted from his nose:

"And my favor and love. ”

Hearing this, Tails gritted his teeth.

King Kessel looked at his son, and spoke faintly under Gilbert's strange gaze:

"From now on, among the royal estates, the Mindis Hall in the Dusk Star District will be given to the Duke of Star Lake as his ...... in the royal capital."

"Concession of residence. ”

Gilbert glanced at Tails, the Foreign Secretary's eyes filled with surprise and confusion at the same time.

"Yes, UU read the book Your Majesty. Gilbert nodded his head in obedience.

Tails looked up slowly, only to find that King Kessel was not looking at him.

But the king's unequivocal order is not over:

"Adrian, you go out with the Duke, and have your men take him directly to the Mindis Hall—he should be familiar with it. ”

Gilbert stopped talking.

Adrian bowed:

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Tails, on the other hand, stood aside, silent.

"Of course, that has to be in ......"

The king snorted coldly, and the whole person fell back into the shadows:

"A quarter of an hour later. ”

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