Vilogosa Continent, Viaphant Empire, Impatiens Garden, Study.

Ever since he dreamed that the Hidden Eyebrow on the throne had stabbed the huge lightsaber in his hand into his chest, Sether had been unable to sleep for many days. This woman had such a huge impact on him and his empire without spending a single soldier, which he simply did not expect.

The Emperor shut himself up in his study, according to his old habit, surrounded by thick files and stacks of papers, papers, manuscripts, and so on, a great number that would make the most paranoid workaholic shudder, and in recent days at best satisfied two-thirds of his strong desire to work.

But today, the emperor did not touch these files, but allowed his thoughts to be held hostage again by the strange woman named Yin Xinmei.

No one would have expected that in the early hours of the morning when she was about to be executed, this woman would disappear out of thin air! There was no escape, no robbery, no blood, no corpse, no comrades, no clues, as if there was no such person in the world as if there was no such person in the world, she was completely gone!

After that day, the Third Military Camp, which had been rumored to be abducted by the Great Prince's father and son, and even the entire city of Saisser, was completely plunged into even more panicked emotions and all kinds of bizarre speculations.

The day after the woman disappeared, the two teams of guards who hated each other in the Third Barracks, the Coop Guard and the Prime Minister's Guard, had reached the point of hating each other so much that they did not need a word or a look at each other, and drew their swords and fought until one of them died or both.

This frenzied firefight, like the most vicious barbarian invasion, was about to get out of control and cause a catastrophe - in just ten minutes, after the death of nearly 100 pigeon cage guards and the Xiangfu guards respectively, Seser had to ask Charond to send local soldiers from the 3rd Army Camp to subdue and escort all the red-eyed guards to the White Mountain Prison in Seser City, and the most terrible riot in the internal garrison was quelled.

Knowing that in such an extreme situation, the plan to rescue the Great Prince's father and son had to be put on hold, so he hurried to the rest of the garrison cities or base posts adjacent to the city of Saiser, and after confirming that the local military authority in several important areas was solid, the generals were loyal, and the troops were safe, he was slightly relieved on the way back to the city.

But he could not forget the dream so vivid the next night, and as soon as Sether had taken a breath, the woman came to his mind so vividly, and he remembered her rare and brilliant crown and colorful robes, and the terrifying sight of the heavens and the earth when she was angry, not to mention the seven messengers of the gods who attacked him like the scorching sun······

Since returning to the Impatiens Garden, Seser has been closed for many days. With barely sleep, no food, no one to talk to, and a day of confusion and depression, Sether felt that he had never been so close to a collapse, but he repeatedly reminded himself that he must not fall, that the men of the VIA Kai must die on the battlefield and not on emotions!

So Sether forcibly dressed himself, and he put on the beautiful clothes he had previously disdained, and deliberately smiled calmly rather than sarcastically, and his trick worked, and the courtiers and concubines who came and went were charmed by the beauty and confidence of the king they had regained, and what were they worried about as long as Sether was there? It would be unwise to be so unwise, for all things could be reversed by their king.

Just as Seser was in his darkest and most depressed thoughts, the Minister of Justice Mag knocked on the door.

"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"

"Mr. Mag, here is a release order that I have signed, please take this document to the White Mountain Prison and release those guards in batches. ”

"Your Majesty, you are so merciful! Are you really going to release these rioters?"

"Do you hear me?, go and release them, but the released coop guards need to be demoted by one rank and have their rations deducted, and those released by the Prime Minister's side are all dismissed from the military rank and can never serve again. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty······!"

"What?"

"Do you plan to continue the punishment of Lord Sangjie?"

"Did I tell you I was going to cancel?"

“······ No, Your Majesty. ”

"Therefore, during the punishment period, he cannot ask for an audience or manage the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion until the expiration of the period, and besides, has there been any new information about the current situation of the hidden eyebrows?"

"Your Majesty, it's all out. Do you think it is okay for you to suggest to the neighbors that the Hidden Eyebrows are willing to make amends for their mistakes and leave VIA until they have completed the tasks entrusted to them by His Majesty?"

"Yes, as long as we don't say no words, we always have to choose the most modest reason, just in case something happens. ”

Mag agreed, and at that moment the Emperor heard a trembling slow pace, as if a weak patient was struggling to stagger, followed by weeping and wailing from far and near.

Sether gave Mag a look, and the latter knew that he would leave through the side door at once, but after a while, a middle-aged woman burst in, without waiting for an announcement, she looked haggard, her eyes were bloodshot, and her gray lips and dark circles showed that she had been sleepless for days and had been crying all night.

"Your Majesty!" she sobbed, "how unfortunate I am! My son, your brother, my grandson, your nephew, are gone!

She sat down in the armchair at the side of the study, and wept like rain. Her grief was desperate, and although Seser hated women crying in front of him the most, he could fully understand the pain at the moment. So he walked over and sat down beside her and held her hand.

"Don't torture yourselves like this, princess, I have already sent for you, they will be rescued, and you should trust me. ”

"Yes, yes, you did, Your Majesty," Princess Lindy looked at the floor with blank eyes, "but what good is this news for a mother and a grandmother? You don't want to see me when you come back, and if I tell me in advance today, you still find a reason to avoid me······"

"The Princess······"

"Your Majesty, listen to me! Belém is your own brother, even if I am not your mother, but I have always regarded you as my own child! Belém has always regarded you as his most beloved brother, he reveres you so much, loves you so much, I beg you, Your Majesty! Please don't give up on him! And my Wende'er, so lovely Wende'er, he is so small, so soft, so helpless! Do you remember when you were amused by him to laugh? Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Princess Lindy knelt down as she spoke, and despite Sether's obstruction, she prostrated repeatedly, "I beg you not to give up on them! I beg you to save them! or I might as well die now······"

Sether's lips trembled, he held back the sourness, and said to the collapsed princess in a calm voice, "Princess, listen to me, I have received news that not a single ship in the Red Palm Islands has left at the moment, including the Lion Treading the Waves. Those pirates weren't going to kidnap people for nothing and not trade or act, and I'm sure Belen and Wendel are still on the archipelago and aren't in danger of their lives at the moment. I'm going to get them out, we have a good plan, and it's going to work. ”

The princess seemed to be persuaded by the Emperor's determination, and Sether helped her up, "I assure you that if the pirates do not surrender, I will persuade the rest of the League of Twelve to launch a joint military operation against Red Palm Bay, even if they have a hundred Wave Riding Lions, they have no chance of winning." So trust me. Now I want you to cooperate with me, rest and eat well, otherwise Belen will be angry if he sees you like this when he comes back. You listen to me, okay?"

Sesher exerted his astonishing influence and persuasiveness, and in fact, Princess Lindy had never seen the Emperor grow up with such earnestness and patience, so she felt a lot more relieved when she left the Phoenix Garden.

But after sending her away, Sether felt even more depressed in his heart, anyone with a discerning eye knows that even if he is alive in the hands of pirates, it does not mean that the situation is not bad; especially when Sesher thinks of Wendeer, his heart palpitates, but he can't act rashly, starting a war with blood will only lead to a thousand collapses, so he must be foolproof and succeed at one time.

According to his old custom, Sether planned to go to the northern hunting grounds with Wei Nan and the four hussars, and this was the first time he had walked out of the house in the past few days.

It's two o'clock in the afternoon, and the winter sun is colder and brighter than elsewhere. Sether and his attendants walked along a secluded path to the north of Sether, which only connected the hunting grounds and the royal palace, and the common people could not walk and the royals did not bother to walk, so it became Sether's exclusive country path.

He breathed in the scent of dry grass and earth blowing in from the north, and the smell of the sun peculiar to a lazy winter day, emanating from the garden attached to the hunting grounds, which had been baked for most of the day. Sether seemed to hear singing in the distance in a few taverns reserved for hunters, but it was intermittent by the sound of the wind and the neighing of horses.

Now, whenever he hears an unfamiliar song, Sether is reminded of the night in the stone chamber, and then forced to think of the hidden eyebrows······ He was annoyed, he was fed up with the way he looked, and Sether hated his attention more than anything else, so he gritted his teeth and clamped his horse's belly to gallop.

But when he looked up, he saw Philenam coming towards him.

Sether's face immediately subsided his anger and became cold and unreachable, and Philenan rode a black Dalusy steed, and Sether's heart sank slightly, and his face suddenly sank.

"Your Majesty," said Phileman respectfully, after his salute, "I have come to ask for your permission······

"This horse belongs to the woman, right?"

"Since your Majesty has known this," said Philian, with the highest standards of aristocratic etiquette and sincerity, "then be gracious and give me 77 Lion Square and this horse." ”

"Mr. Philian, can you give me a perfect reason why I have to do this?"

"Your Majesty," Philian said with a calm expression that was characteristic of the great nobleman whom Seser hated the most, knowing that Philian's elegance and nobility were not pretended, which caused Sether to have an unprecedented dislike for this almost perfect noble knight with impeccable behavior from the very beginning, and his conscience kept reminding him that Philedan was perhaps the only person in this world who made Seser jealous.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to mention my family to you, because I don't want you to look down on me and think I'm a loser who eats my ancestors' roots," Philenan bowed again with his characteristic demeanor, "but I have to do it, because it's the only reason you have given me this reward." ”

Sether was speechless, he knew that Philedan was right, that he was so illustrious that even the royal family would be jealous······ But he didn't want to just throw in the towel, after all, he was the only master of the empire.

"No," replied the Emperor dryly, "you can take care of the horse, but No. 77 Lion Square—" he said after a moment's thought, "but No. 77 Lion Square I will take it back and entrust it to Miss Mimiin's care." ”

Philemon smiled, "Your Majesty, you have made a more perfect choice than my advice, and I am eternally grateful for your grace!"

Sether closed his lips, he immediately understood Philedan's true intentions, and he had once again misjudged out of jealousy, and inadvertently fell into Philednan's arms, but he finally restrained his anger and decided to leave, ignoring the other party.

"Your Majesty—" Philenan called out to him from behind.

"Don't talk to me about that woman, understand?"

"No—Your Majesty, I'm just," Philennan's voice didn't rise or fall, "I just want to ask you to have time to see Captain Baby—"

"How do you know I haven't seen Baby White?" Sether turned to look at him, his eyes grim, "I've seen him more than any of you—maybe early morning, maybe midnight." I don't have to explain my whereabouts to anyone in this country, including you, noble Monsieur Philnan, do I?"

Philip dismounted with a calmness that had never been lost, and made an unexpected salute, "Your wisdom is amazing, and your silent efforts are much more than people see. ”

"This is another guy I don't know what to do with him......"

The Emperor whispered with a gloomy face after Philip had left. He was distracted by the conversation and was about to turn the reins to go back, when he caught a glimpse of the sharp, bright roof not far from the hunting grounds.

"Go to the Ancient Book Attic!"

One of the oldest buildings in the city of Sethor, it has been standing in the limelight of history since before the rise of the Semitic kingdom.

Gray brick walls, crunching panes of opaque, bright red domes, and razor-sharp iron wedges that rose up like giant lightning rods to the sky. The blood-drenched red, which completely clashed with the style of the entire building, was like the devil stabbing a hole in the innocent sky with a monstrous giant gun.

Sether and the cavalry walked through the dilapidated old brick door and down the rusty chain ladder to the hall of the Attic of the Ancient Books.

The main body of the entire antique book loft resembles a deep cylindrical cellar built under the foundation of a two-storey gallowing tower. The hall is more than 150 meters deep, with a total of 37 floors, and the construction area and pattern of each floor are different, just like the glorious giant cave built by the dwarves in the deep mountains.

It has the richest collection of books in the world, so many that no one can finish it all in their lifetime, and these gray-haired librarians, transcribers, antiquarians, ancient linguists, etc., each responsible for a small area, and most of them will never run to the bookshelves of others for the rest of their lives, even if they are only a few meters away.

It took Sether more than ten minutes to descend to the 17th floor, which is counted from the top down. He circled several times in the dim candlelight of a dark orange substance that seemed to be flowing as if the air was also flowing, before finally finding the man he was looking for in the right corner of a semicircular jutting out of the ground.

"Semier. ”

The emaciated man curled up in a huge square black cloth roof wheelchair like a tomb, babbling through the old wheelchair at the sound of the babbling, his big hollow silver eyes staring through Sether and his cavalry, his thin fingers like twigs groping for a large braille book spread out on his knees, the 19-year-old prince of the former dynasty was as stiff as an old man, and he whispered softly to his knees.

"Wake up, iron rod, wake up ......"

Sether watched in amazement as what he thought was a pile of rags looked up, revealing a strikingly horse-like face with strange features, which blinked its sleepy-eyed brown pupils and indifferently swept the stranger in front of him.

"What are you?" it turned out to be a talker.

"Don't be so rude, iron rod," said Semier's voice, almost as crisp as a maiden's, "have you forgotten how I taught you? ”

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

The man named Iron Bar stood up and carried Semir and his wheelchair across the table and in front of Sether as easily as he picked up a small bag of flour. Only then did they discover that the iron rod was two and a half meters long, and that he had strange bones, protruding roots, and a sharp skull, almost like some unknown new species.

"It's the Emperor, isn't it?" said Semiur calmly, his fingers still rubbing the page, "You deigned to come, but I have nothing to entertain you, please forgive me." ”

"How's your body, Semier?"

"Thanks to you, let the divine doctor treat me, as long as I don't see the light, my purple cloud flower illness will not attack. Also," said Semier, turning another page, "I am grateful that you have been gracious in releasing the iron rod from the prisoners and allowing him to continue to take care of me." My life is in your hands, and you don't need to go through such a lot of trouble. ”

Sether waved his hand, and the knights immediately withdrew from the guards, at the end of the bookcase three meters away, leaving only Semier, the Emperor, and the Iron Bar in the aisle.

Although Shemir was blind, the rest of his senses were extremely sensitive, and he didn't need to see to seem to understand what Seser was trying to do.

Sether approached him, and as soon as he was about to speak, Semir said coldly, "If Your Majesty wants to come to me to inquire about the Shenian Scroll, then I have nothing to say. ”

Sether looked at his expressionless face, "Are you refusing to say it because of my father?"

"No, you're wrong. "Even without Serres, our kingdom of Shem would perish, for my father and I have refused to fulfill our obligations to the Semians, and you Viacyans are nothing more than instruments of the King of Eternity to punish us for our rebellion and stubbornness." ”

Sether began to tremble, and he struggled to squeeze out a few words, "Eternal King, don't you believe in the goddess Astar?"

"That's the source of all our calamities," said Semier, whose hand stopped flipping through the book, and he couldn't help but clench his bony fists, "I was young, but I should have stopped my father, but I was afraid that he would be angry with me, so it was too late......"

Sether didn't speak, but he understood how Semir felt, but he didn't want to give up, so he asked again, "What is the duty of the Semians? How many copies of your scrolls do you have? What the hell are the Semian scrolls talking about?"

Shmir suddenly raised his head, and his dull silver-white pupils suddenly glowed, and Sether almost thought he could see it for a moment, "You know the hidden eyebrows, have you seen her stamp?"

“...... Yes. Seser picked up too many memories in an instant.

"Do you believe what she says?"

“...... I ......"

"You don't believe it, do you?" said Semier, with a faint sneer that bordered on haughtiness, "so you won't know anything. ”

"Didn't you deliberately conceal it?" exclaimed Sether.

The fundamental reason why this mystery is known only to a few people in the world is that Semier grabbed the armrest of the wheelchair with his right hand and choked it tightly, "You hear to hear and not understand, and to see you to see but not to know." ”

Sether glared at him in astonishment and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"

"For the heart of this world is clouded with oil, and the ears are heavy, and the eyes are closed: lest the eyes see, and the ears hear, and the heart understands, and I will heal them......" Semier seemed to sing an old song, and her voice grew lower and disappeared from her lips.

"O Shi Fan—" The Iron Bar let out a miserable wail that made people shudder, and Sether was sure that what he was trying to say was actually the name of his master.

"Your Majesty, you go, I want to sleep. Semier closed his eyes and retracted into the depths of his wheelchair.

Sether had a very unhappy day, and he worked in his study until two o'clock in the morning, and he thought it would be easier to fall asleep by tormenting himself to exhaustion, but when he returned to his bedchamber, he could not sleep soundly.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the hidden eyebrows with the crown, the mother with her limbs chained, the strange shepherd boy and girl, the baby's white face, the laughter of Wendel, the grimacing Belen, and so on, these countless scenes would come one after another, and Sether would wake up from his light sleep again and again.

It was already four o'clock in the morning, and he hadn't closed his eyes for five days.

Sethera called Wei Nan, his eyes bloodshot, and his voice hoarse commanded the butler, "Bring those three women here, and no one can come in without my permission." ”

Wei Nan looked at the emperor in a daze, as if begging him not to destroy himself like this.

"Did you hear me?

Wei Nan left in despair.

For the next two days and two nights, the emperor could not be seen anywhere in the Fengxian Garden.

The queen hurried into Sether's bedchamber, but she could not believe her ears when she heard the obscene voices of men and women.

"Wei Nan!" Di Jia shouted angrily at the butler minister, "Did Your Majesty let you bring these women?"

"Yes. ”

"And you did?"

"Yes. ”

"Your Majesty would never bring this kind of person back to the Phoenix Garden before...... And you've connived at him to do that?"

"Yes. ”

"Is he crazy, or are you crazy?"

"I don't know ......"

The three yes were all answered by Wei Nan, one tone was lower than the other, the queen was crying alone in the corner, and Wei Nan couldn't wait to cry, but he must not collapse.

"Hope...... Give him hope, even if it's just a little bit ......"

Wei Nan stared at the confined door of the dormitory and closed his eyes in despair.