The wedding month is over and the thunderstorm month is coming. Lightning and thunder are heard in the cloudy sky, like a pair of invisible giant hands, keeping people's bodies at home when they want to go out.
Queen Isabella is sitting on the balcony of the stone tower, the red wine in her hand is as red as blood, a skylark is eating the pastries on the plate, and occasionally turns to look at its master.
It is Isabella's contracted beast, a messenger bird with no attack power. But only the two of them know it. There is a magic box locked in its body, and the key to open it is the "rice".<
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Isabella raised her left hand and gently touched the sapphire necklace. It was a gift when she married King Ogu, symbolizing that the two would forever be united.
But the most ridiculous thing is that the grain of "rice" is now placed inside it. It will soon realize its wish, a wish full of blood.
Isabella is a very simple person, insidiousness is her evening dress, forbearance is the folding fan in her hand. As for always smiling, it is a matter of habit.
In this world, especially women like her who grew up in an imperial family, most of them have this kind of personality. As for those freaks who like to find other ways, they have long since become corpses.
"Living" is just the antonym of "death", which is the only and clear word. Although Isabella is not afraid of facing death, she will not take the initiative to give up her life.
It was God's will that she and King Augu come together, and it was a decision made by both parties after weighing the pros and cons. As the sister of the Grand Duke of Cisse, she can refuse, but she will not refuse.
This is not to say how loyal she is to her principality, but that she just changed the chessboard called "Ogu City", but the chess piece is still herself.
Twenty-five years have passed by, and the former Princess Cisse has transformed from the little girl she was back then into a graceful and beautiful woman.
After giving birth to two princes, she also thought about giving her heart to that man. But the facts proved that even King Ogu was unreliable.
At least from a woman's perspective, he is just a man standing at the pinnacle of power. A man like thousands of men.
If there is anything different, perhaps it is that he is very powerful and wise. And he has two good brothers who represent absolute power.
Isabella is not a professional. She can neither fight with spirit nor conjure fireballs out of thin air. In her opinion, power is the master of this world, and those weirdos can only push it to a higher level. Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ten crystal cups are neatly placed on the table, filled with water from left to right, and the water lines form a curve.
Cup Qin is an artistic performance that has been gradually forgotten even in the Principality of Sisai, where it originated. No one can tell its origin, and even the next page of music has not been preserved.
But this thing was Isabella's true love. In her memory, whenever she faced a major decision, she would always hit the cup with her own hands, and it would always bring her good luck.
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! The sound of the piano sounded like a dragonfly touching water, blending with the rain a few meters away.
The two maids looked at each other. This was the first time they saw the queen playing the cup and harp, but they were instantly attracted by the beautiful and ethereal sound.
The guards guarding the door of the stone tower looked strange. One of them looked towards the balcony, and then walked into the thunderstorm.
He is King Ogu's eagle dog, and his duty is to promptly inform the queen of all changes. No matter who she meets or what she eats.
Isabella looked at that figure, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth unconsciously. But the sound of the cup piano was still coherent without any pause.
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! The skylark fluttered its wings and took off, flipping up and down with the melody, turning back and forth. But it had no intention of flying far.
The rain in the sky became thicker and thicker, and the raindrops changed from small particles to like grapes. The thunder and lightning that pierced the dome from time to time seemed like the gods peering into the world.
Isabella slowly closed her eyes, and scenes from the past emerged. When she was young, she always liked to make trouble behind her brother, but his smile was so warm.
As the days passed, my father died inexplicably during the Holy War, and my mother also died of depression. Fortunately, my brother eventually became the Grand Duke of Cisse.
Time rolled forward again, and Isabella came to Aogu City and married that man. Tears were left in her hometown, and all innocence was abandoned.
Today, many years later, she has completed her transformation from a great noble to a queen. What she can see in her eyes now is not King Aogu, not the Grand Duke of Cisse, and not even her two sons.
It is a mirror, a huge mirror that always stands in front of you. The person in the mirror is only yourself and no one else.
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! The rain is still continuous. The first week of the thunderstorm month every year is full of such bad weather.
The sound of the cup harp faded in and out. Although the servants thought it sounded pleasant, they gradually felt a little bored after listening to it for more than two hours.
But if Rikka were present, her jaw would definitely be dropped. Because the melody is not a piano sound, it is simply a lifelike picture.
It's just that in this picture, there is no colorful sky, and there are no laughing pedestrians. It is a touch of gray, like a huge shadow composed of dark clouds.
Laziness is its main tone, and caution is its hidden line. Countless flashy modifiers are the robes on its body, and they always cover the real face.
Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! The sound of the cup harp was masked by the ancient clock. Just like Isabella, she has always been a dispensable person.
The pure gold carved stick was raised high, and with Isabella's swing, it finally shattered the cup harp. One, two, three, until they were all shattered.
Although the servants behind her wanted to come forward to clean up, they still stood still. This was the queen's inverse behavior. She could not act without permission without permission.
This rule is a secret known to everyone in the palace. It is an invisible code made up of corpses. And even King Aogu acquiesced to this coquettishness.
The cup and piano performance officially came to an end. Isabella slowly sat back in the rocking chair, picked up the half glass of wine again, and tasted it lightly.
But at some point, a cricket jumped onto the dining table, its tentacles swaying slightly, and its yellow-green eyes stared at Isabella.
Rotating, jumping, and crawling. This cricket seemed to be explaining something with its actions. Squeak! Isabella's contract beast Skylark screamed, and then jumped onto the dining table.
A few minutes later, the cricket jumped up and got into the grass outside the stone tower. The skylark was flapping its wings and flying up and down.
This kind of encrypted messaging comes from the Whispering Forest and is the most common method of long-distance communication among dark elves. But in this ancient city, it is extremely rare.
After a moment, Isabella gently stroked the skylark, and then stuffed the "rice" in the necklace into its mouth. Her expression was neither sad nor happy, and she just kept feeding the skylark with her own blood.
After getting up and returning to the bedroom, Isabella got into bed on time and slowly closed her eyes. And the skylark flew away from the palace at high speed, heading directly towards the black market.