That gray gemstone looks both dim and dazzling under the light. This contradictory feeling is blended so naturally on this gemstone, as if it attracts people's attention at a glance.
Anyone who sees this gem at first glance will know that it is absolutely extraordinary. But this gray gem looked so familiar to Brando that he opened the dimensional hole and took out another almost identical one.
Freya let out a soft exclamation when she held the gray gem in her hand and slowly opened it.
"Brando, the gem in your hand is exactly the same as the one left by your grandfather. Is this what Lord Darus left for you?"
Brando glanced at the Eruin Valkyrie, which startled the latter. Freya had never seen him show such a strange look, and subconsciously thought that she had said something wrong.
Brando took a gentle breath, and then put the gem back - in fact, he still had one such gem. He had seen similar things twice. The first time was in the trade wind.
The second time was under the glacier of the Dead Frost Forest. In the Ring of Trade Winds, the chief priest Amman and the Wind Queen Saint Osor called this gem the stone of sealing, and under the glacier, that
In the strange dream, the Miner people regarded it as a sacred object. But in his heart, he understood what this thing was - the soul fragment of the Dark Dragon.
This gray gem exudes a strange brilliance because its interior is transparent, which proves that the inheritance within the gem has been extracted.
And this gem——
It is a relic of his grandfather.
Sword Saint Darus is the Dragon of Darkness? Brando himself was shocked by his sudden idea. This seems to explain why Darus was judged by the Temple of Fire, exiled, and chose to leave the kingdom.
The center of power, hiding in hiding; why did the friendly forces suddenly turn against each other during the Holy War that day? It was because Sword Master Darus was the Dragon of Darkness. Because there was such a truth, everything seemed to make sense. He shook his head again
, but this does not explain why they were attacked from behind by Madara’s undead army during the third holy war in the game.
What's more, if his grandfather is the Dragon of Darkness, then the Temple of Flame is unlikely to let him go like this. After all, the Dragon of Darkness is the mortal enemy of the four major temples.
Another doubt comes from the lifespan of his grandfather. In Brando's memory, his grandfather died of illness, but in fact he also died of the gradual aging and decline of body functions. His final lifespan can only be regarded as that of an ordinary person.
Among them, there are relatively long-lived ones, but according to the level of strength of Sword Master Darus, this is an untimely death. He has doubted this for a long time, not to mention that after receiving the inheritance of the Dark Dragon, his lifespan will be much longer
The earth improved. He knew very well what the inheritance of the Dark Dragon meant - it was the blood of God.
Brando crooked his knuckles and tapped the tabletop of the desk, doubts resurrected in his heart, as if there was a vague thread in his thoughts, but he couldn't catch the thread for a while.
At this time, Freya suddenly said: "Brando, Antitina, look at this map."
Brando already had some vague guesses and conclusions in his mind at this moment. He raised his head and looked at the simple map, but it was better not to look at it. However, he was slightly startled when he looked at it. Because there was nothing on the papyrus map.
He sketched a few simple lines with a pen that was difficult to fade, and then wrote some crooked annotations. It was almost impossible to understand where the drawings were on the whole picture, but he suddenly felt that he seemed to be in the drawing.
I've seen this map before.
Is it in the game?
He immediately shook his head. There were very few secret maps in the game. Sophie had come across a few, but most of them were clearer than this one. And in this life, he had come into contact with even fewer secret maps, almost none - About
Although he had an impression of this map in his mind, he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
Freya looked at him and Antitina, and then said: "These annotations are also secret texts. They seem to have a place called Osopao written on them."
"Osopa'a?" Antitina said in shock, "Eruin doesn't have such a place."
"Neither Cruz." Brando replied, and he took a deep breath: "This is the place name of the Min'er people. The Min'er people once had a big battle with the Cruz people and the wind elves there."
He suddenly remembered it. It felt like another image appeared subconsciously in his mind. This image naturally overlapped with this simple map, making him suddenly startled and suddenly remembered
I have seen this map here. Tumen, a Miner, once hid a map in his mind when he officially embarked on the path of planeswalker. That map would occasionally appear in his mind.
But when he took the initiative to recall it, he couldn't remember it at all. It was precisely because of this that he had that familiar yet unfamiliar feeling before.
He had completely thought it through at this moment. The map Tumen gave only had the lines of undulating mountains and rivers, but Antitina's father marked it. The place Freya pointed to was Osopa.
The E Plain - today's Field of Four-leaf Clover, but there are still some places. Brando thought that they should also be the place names of the Min'er people, which correspond to today's place names one-to-one. They were just left by Antitina's father.
There was still a large blank space on the map. Although Brando didn't know why Borg Nathan would draw such a map, he vaguely thought that the latter might be looking for something, and this thing was not only related to the sensitivity of thousands of years ago.
The Er people are related to the war between the Black Iron People.
I'm afraid it also has something to do with his grandfather.
"Grandpa, who are you?" Brando couldn't help but groan in his heart.
He looked at the three things on the desk, and the doubts in his heart suddenly became more profound than when he had not found these clues. It was as if after clearing the fog, he found that there were even more black clouds behind, and he could not see his fingers; he was unbearably confused, and finally
I couldn't help but open my spiritual connection and said to Ciel and Metissa on the other side: "Ciel, Metissa, are you there? I have a question to ask you."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Charles's surprised voice came over: "Ha, Lord Lord, I have something to ask you, and I heard your voice unexpectedly. We really have a good understanding..."
"Stop talking nonsense," Brando interrupted his teasing angrily: "Char, let me ask you, do you know Mead and Shippard?"
The voice over there suddenly became excited: "Oh my God, Lord Lord, why are you asking them?"
"That means you know each other?"
"Of course, they are your grandfather's attendants. Pamid was born in the Anna family and is the second son of the Earl of Gray Mountain. Shipard was born in a small noble family in Sifah. He was a famous genius back then."
Charlie paused and continued: "Brando, have you found them?"
Brando shook his head: "I just heard about it accidentally."
"Did your father tell you?" Charles sighed: "I have been looking for them too."
"So you don't know their situation?"
"Lord, after they received the order from Her Royal Highness the Princess, they left without saying goodbye. I know they must have known something, so I have been looking for them." Charles replied.
Brando frowned and asked keenly: "Your Highness the Princess?"
Ciel's voice seemed to be mute, and then he said: "Ah, you heard wrong, Lord Lord."
"Char, I heard from Tiger Bird that the scenery of Gemstone Plain is very good. I think it's time to give you a holiday after such a long time." Brando threatened silently.
Charles' voice was about to burst into tears: "Okay, okay, Brando, you must not lock me up, you listen to me...Okay, that princess...you also know, your father
She almost became the betrothed of a certain aunt of Princess Griffin."
"Someone?"
"I can't reveal her name. I have to protect a lady's reputation. Besides, she may not meet you." Charles said helplessly.
"Is everything you said true?"
"It's absolutely true." The young attendant mage assured.
Brando frowned, always feeling that this guy's words could not be fully believed, but if it was true, the clues seemed to have been broken again.
He shook his head and suddenly thought: "What do you want to see me for?"
"Ah, ah, don't you still have something to ask Medissa?" Charles was covered in cold sweat. He took the time to leave the topic, but he heard Brando snort and quickly replied: "Okay, I am
Say, if your matter isn't very urgent, you'd better listen to some news from me first."
"What news?" Brando was stunned.
"It was a magical message delivered to her by a certain countess's men, and she passed it on to me."
"Delfry?"
…
There was a silver brooch in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess. She picked up the brooch, admired it carefully, and then put it down silently.
She still remembered what happened that afternoon——
The afternoon sun seemed to contain some kind of peaceful flavor, the leaves were rustling, except for the silent silence; she gently stood on tiptoe, and then slowly retracted it, her cold lips touched her. Brando stared at her eyes.
, looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess with some confusion.
"Mr. Brando, I am really grateful to hear that you are still going down this road; however, I still hope that you can seriously consider our engagement."
"Why?" Brando asked with a frown.
"Eruin is a small country. To resist potential enemies, we must concentrate the power of the entire kingdom and even restore the ancient system." Griffin took a few steps back and looked carefully with light silver-grey, bright eyes.
Looking at him carefully: "But this ancient kingdom has experienced two generations of rule by Sifah and my family. I know it too well - the nobles under my father's rule have different minds, short-sightedness and ideals.
There are only a few of them - these people are not worthy of trust."
As if to strengthen this sentence, she shook her head slightly: "The kingdom must re-centralize power, re-establish the local tax system that has been interrupted since the Anson era, and weaken the military power of the nobles, but..."
Brando suddenly understood the hidden meaning behind this 'but' - the Southern Territory already had the foundation to restore the royal power, but the decision-making power of the entire Southern Territory's future fell on him instead. If he supported the princess without reservation,
So no matter whether Duke Lantonilan, Duke Viero or Duke Golan-Elsen objects, they can't change the final result - the battle of Qiu Mu has already shown that Tony Geer has such a decisive
of military power.
But if he objects, or even just maintains the status quo, then the local nobles will regard him as arrogant and remain indifferent. Indeed, the Duke of Viero is the princess's grandfather, the Duke of Lantonilan is at least nominally an ally of the princess, and the Highland Knights are aloof.
Externally, however, there is a natural opposition between local nobles and the central royal family; the Duke of Viero will never risk losing power to support his granddaughter, and the same is true for the Duke of Lantonilan, who are happy to see a
Stay close to your own royal family, but will not let it override them.
This is a natural conflict between the princess's ideals and the core interests of the dukes.
But what is he going to do?
The kingdom must re-centralize power. Naturally, Tonigel and Valhalla cannot be aloof. They can even be said to bear the brunt. Does Her Royal Highness the Princess hope that he will set an example? But can he trust this half-elf girl, Tonigel, Valhalla?
It was built by him hand by hand. It is a place where many people place their hope and future. The veterans of the Copper Dragon Mercenary Group who have experienced the November War, the adventurers who were persecuted by Grudin, and the residents of Green Village
, even Antitina, Caglis, their visions haunt him. This is the responsibility that comes with power. Can he transfer this responsibility to others?
He weighed all of this silently in his heart. Emotionally, he was willing to believe in this princess - she could stick to her ideals and have a heart to pursue kindness and justice. She was the eldest princess of Eruin and was impressed by history.
Her Royal Highness the Holy White Princess of countless players. But after all, no one is perfect. In this life, will she still be manipulated by the aristocratic mentality in her nature, hesitate, and compromise to the conservative forces? This is related to the fate of many people.
; Reason told Brando that Her Royal Highness the Princess has a weak side hidden in her nature, and she is not that kind of real reformer.
And all this depends on the gentleness of her nature.
History has already commented on everything, and today it still depends on his choice. Brando is very aware of the difference between himself and Her Royal Highness. He has no foundation in this world, and his only concern is his parents who he only met today, but...
Princess Rifein has constant ties with the old aristocracy. She is not a ruthless Silver Queen.
Brando looked at Princess Griffin in front of him. The princess was half a head shorter than him. She raised her head slightly, and her light silver-gray eyes did not shy away from looking at him. She pursed her lips and her silver curly hair was scattered.
Down below, she shines beautifully in the sun, and her pointed ears peek out from under her long hair, showing her bloodline from the elf side. No one will doubt that the beauty of this princess is both human and human.
The nobility of the royal family is combined with the nature and intimacy of the forest and the wind blowing on your face.
Of course Brando will not forget that the girl's fragrance is still on his lips.
"I know what you are thinking about, Lord Brando," Princess Griffin saw that he understood and said, "But if someone who can decide the future of a kingdom is too naive, it will be too naive for you and me.
It’s not necessarily a good sign.”
Brando heard something in her words, so he asked: "Then what does Her Royal Highness think I should do?"
Princess Griffin looked at Brando. He could actually take the same path as Enlek, deposing her and Haruze and establishing himself as king. He was actually stronger and had more ability and time to do so.
. But if he does this, he will lose the reputation and justifiable status that accompany him. If all he needs is a throne and supreme power, he can choose this path. But if he chooses the latter path, he will lose
Much more than you get.
Her Royal Highness the Princess's eyes were slightly bright. She looked at this unique nobleman - the Earl - and quietly replied: "Marry me."
"I am Haruze's sister. In fact, I do not have the right to inherit the throne. As my husband, according to the tradition of the kingdom, you can legitimately manage and rule this country. At that time, Tonigel and Valhalla
Even the royal family's territory, Viero, Lantoniland, and even Golan-Elson and Karasu surrender to you, which is a legitimate thing." She paused: "... However, one day I no longer care about the throne.
Only Haruze or his descendants can inherit this position."
Isn't this Enlek, but the conditions are much more stringent. After hearing what Her Royal Highness the Princess said, Brando couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Her Royal Highness, it doesn't sound like I'm marrying you, but it sounds like I'm marrying you."
Like you..."
Princess Griffin smiled teasingly, she saw that what Brando cared about was not the power in his hands.
"But I already have a fiancée," Brando could only reply, "Let's put this matter aside first."
"It doesn't matter, then I'll wait for your reply." Princess Griffin was not annoyed at all, but smiled slightly.
Brando could only flee.
Griffith pressed her finger on the brooch, as if she had come back from her memories. She raised her head and looked at the dusk scene outside the window. The sunset was as red as fire, hanging far away under the golden clouds.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. She was slightly startled, listened to the sound, and then said: "Come in, Mrs. Hill." After the door opened, it was her who appeared outside.
The maid, a woman in her forties, held a letter in her hand and stood outside the door and said respectfully: "Your Highness."
"It's so late, what's wrong?" Princess Griffin looked at her and asked.
"There is a letter from Wallentenburg," Mrs. Hill replied.
"Is it for me?"
"Yes, it's Mr. Overwell's personal letter."
Griffin took the letter, opened the envelope, unfolded the letter inside, and read it carefully. She raised her eyebrows slightly at first, and then her face changed color.
'——I would like to inform Her Royal Highness that the Silver Queen of the Cruz Empire recently awarded a female earl title. According to reliable information, we learned that this newly promoted earl is from Eruin and has some kind of close relationship with Count Tonigel.
relation--'
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